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Last Time: Everything was ready. Darcy had given her the crystals. Rhiannon smiled. All she had to do was wait.
Chapter 9:
Ray arrived home less than half an hour before dinner. Rhiannon had been getting very impatient, and when he got back she could have kissed him.
She had kept herself from going to insanity by reading a book that she had first read half a year ago over and over again. It said:
"The Pink-Shifter Crystal (or Love Crystal): This crystal causes a merperson to fall in love with another merperson.
How to use it: Prick the subject's right wrist with the crystal. Prick your left wrist. Prick the subject's left wrist with the crystal. Prick your right wrist. Prick the base of the subject's tail. Prick the base of your tail. Touch your wrists and tail to the subject's. The subject will fall into a deep sleep for 24 hours that they cannot be awakened from.
IMPORTANT: For this spell to work the subject must already be in love. When the spell is performed they will forget this merperson. If the subject sees their previous love, they will remember that merperson's name. If they hear that merperson speak, they will remember things about them. If they feel their touch, they will recall memories involving them both. If they kiss the spell will be completely broken."
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Dinner was a surprisingly quiet affair that night. Ray was thinking about Melody, Rhiannon was thinking about Ray and Darcy was thinking how mundane the whole 'love' thing was.
Rhiannon silently took a cup of red grape jelly and put it on her lap, quickly slipping the Fever Crystal into it.
Ray took it with a small smile of thanks and began to eat. Rhiannon held her breath, praying it would work. Suddenly, Ray clutched his stomach, turning pale.
"Are you alright?" asked Rhiannon in a concerned voice. Ray shook his head. Rhiannon got up and helped him to his room not a moment to soon.
As soon as he got to his bedroom he fell asleep. Rhiannon worked quickly, she closed the door and did exactly what the book said. Rhiannon smiled, it was completed for now. Melody was next.
ooOoo
The next morning, Melody received a message from Ray.
Dear Melody,
It read,
Come over to my place at midday. I live at 23 Goldreed Way, a large mansion with a pink coral fence. Can't wait to see you again.
I love you,
Ray xoxo
ooOoo
Melody couldn't stop smiling that day and she noticed that neither could Christella.
Christella and Derek had slept on Christella's bed through the night and had both woken very early. They had shared another passionate kiss before Derek had to leave.
Derek's father was part of Ariel's Council of Advisors. He was often seen around the palace 'contemplating life' as he said or with his father discussing politics.
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Melody set out early that day to buy some more shell tops. Her hair was in a high ponytail, and she was wearing a simple white shell top.
Melody wandered about the stalls a bought one top. It had a row of beads dangling from the bottom of it and it was exactly the same colour as her tail.
Funnily enough, it was her least revealing top to date. Melody continued on through the markets and soon arrived at Goldreed Way.
She found number 23 and looked at the house. It seemed completely unlike anywhere she could imagine Ray living. It was the nearly the most feminie house she had ever seen!
She rang the doorbell, still uncertain. An ordinary looking mermaid with a pale orange tail and a pretty smile answered the door.
"Hello," said Melody nervously, "Does anyone called Ray live here?" "He certainly does," replied the other mermaid, leading Melody inside, "I'm a friend of his, Rhiannon, and he's been living with us for about half a year now."
Melody remained silent. Rhiannon led her to a plush living room and showed her to a seat beside a large tapestry depicting an older merman with a pleasant smile, like Rhiannon's and a cruel but beautiful younger woman holding a baby merboy with a blood red tail.
"Wait here," Rhiannon said, "I'll go get Ray." She left the room. Melody waited.
She didn't notice the tapestry ripple slightly. She didn't notice a webbed hand slowly creep out from behind it, a red crystal gripped in it.
Melody felt a sharp pain in her neck and the world went black. The mermaid with the bulky tail came from behind the tapestry, revealing a cavity. She smiled and went to get Darcy.
ooOoo
Derek knocked on Christella's door, she turned around from the desk where she had been drawing and faced him with a smile.
He came in and greeted her with a deep, slow kiss. "I want you to come to my place," he said, "Show you my bedroom," he said with a smile.
Outside the palace, Derek led Christella to a nearby stable. He brought out green seahorse with intelligent eyes. "Her name's Allie," Derek said.
He sat himself on her side-saddle and pulled Christella up beside him. "Ready?" Derek enquired eyes full of mischief. Christella nodded with a smile just as cheeky.
The seahorse darted at enormous speed as Derek wound through the traffic. Christella clung to him, and would have fallen off otherwise.
They arrived at a large mansion similar in style in colour to those around it, but different in its own way.
After stabling his seahorse, Derek took Christella though the empty house to his bedroom.
He opened the door, and on the bed was a stunning mermaid wearing something that looked as if it were from Melody's wardrobe.
"Hello Derek," she said seductively.
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