Hello! I'm going to add lyrics in the story to understand Caroline's feelings. Caroline isn't shy by the way. Lydia is the shy one. I'll reveal why Caroline is scared of water in this chapter. Lydia and Caroline are shy in different ways, but I'll get those characters to overcome their shyness in the next few chapters. Anyways, on with the story :)


Caroline and Lyla were chasing each other all around. Caroline didn't know where to go. Lyla was having fun, but she was going to find out this secret. Lyla and Caroline had been best friends for years, but Lyla still never found out what she was hiding. But she was going to find out today.

Caroline ran on the dock. She wanted to take the boat and go to Mako Island or wherever she can get away from Lyla. Sadly for her when she was starting the boat, it started raining.

Caroline grew her tail and she fell off the boat, and hit her head on the boat in the process. Lyla didn't see though because she grew her tail in the middle of the dock. She scooted herself to the edge of the dock and went in the water.

She seen Caroline on the ocean floor and she had a big scar on her head. Oh no, she thought. She took Caroline's hand and speed swam to the moon pool.

I wake up in the morning, all think about is you, its true.
I look into my mirror and all I see is you, and I wonder why I feel this way, when nothing feels so right, like the day that you are mine. And I cant fight this feeling anymore.

10 minutes later Caroline woke up. "What happened?" she said. Lyla was so happy! She just went up and hugged Caroline.

Say hey, I wont walk away, and I will always fight to save our day.
Say hey, I cant walk away and I just hope that you come back some day, baby I wont walk away
.

"Wait, why am I in water?!" asked Caroline. Lyla thought Caroline sounded really scared. "I think you should tell me why your scared of water. I never knew all these years, and I won't tell a soul!"

Been hiding in the shadows of what we used to be, so it seems.
Living in a day dream, I wish it could be true. Still wondering why I feel this way, nothing feels so right, like the day that you are mine. And maybe I'm in love, maybe I'm in love.

"Okay," she said, "I was at the beach with my mom and dad. And we were swimming. I was an amazing swimmer I'd swim all day if I could. I'd be psyched if I got to be a mermaid then. But I was swimming and a shark was coming up to eat me. I didn't see it but my mom did, so she pushed me out of the way and...she...died."

Say hey, I wont walk away, and I will always fight to save our day.
Say hey, I cant walk away and I just hope that you come back some day, baby I wont walk awaay..

"Oh my gosh, Caroline, I'm so sorry." cried Lyla, "But why can't you swim?"

I wont walk away, oh no, oh no I wont walk away. I'll be here...

"It's too painful!" cried Caroline, "If I go in the water now, I feel like... I'm just... Not doing what my mom wanted. I killed her. I have to make it up to her."

Oooh...

"You've gotten this all wrong! Your mom saved you from dying so YOU could be in water! Not so you can be scared of it for the rest of your life."

Say hey, I wont walk away, I will always fight to save our day. Yeah.
Say hey, I cant walk away and I just hope that you come back some day, Ooooh..
Hey, I wont walk away, I will always fight to save our day, yeah,
I wont walk away, I wont walk away, no I wont walk away, I wont walk away

"You know what? Your right! But one thing, I haven't swam in years, and also I never swam with this tail."

"I'll teach you!" Lyla squealed. "Follow me!"

"Okay!"


That day was the best day ever for Caroline. She overcame her fear of swimming and learned to make the better of things. She came to be heard, strong, and proud.

For Lyla, she had the best day ever too. She helped her best friend and discovered something that night...


What did Lyla discover that night? Tune in for the next chapter: Lylas Secret.