All right. You knew it was coming, but I hate to hurt Bridgette like this. Thanks for reviewing, Elizabeth Fire Ice Heart, Bloodylilcorpse and Gage the Hedgehog.

After the men reported back to Blaineley, she began to rage. "That was far too close! I can't believe it!"

"Maybe it's time you intervened." Alejandro suggested. "You still have her voice, don't you? And I would be happy to help lure her away from him."

Blaineley shook her head. "No more flirting, loverboy. We don't want the prince getting suspicious. But yes...that shell will help a lot. With Bridgette's voice and a little...disguise, that kingdom is as good as mine." She began to laugh, as she took out a golden chain, laced the shell holding Bridgette's voice onto it and clasped it around her neck. As she laughed, her disguise took hold, making her skinnier, blonder, prettier. In fact, she had become the spitting image of Dakota, her second eldest. Except, of course, Dakota had longer hair and greener eyes.

That night, Bridgette ran to the ocean and threw three stones in. After a few seconds, DJ and Courtney surfaced.

"You're close." Courtney said encouragingly. "Geoff likes you a lot, you can tell. Stick to the plan for tomorrow, and you'll have kissed him by sunset, definitely!"

"Just..." DJ said. "I think you should stay away from water for the day. I caught Blaineley's guys capsizing your boat this evening."

Bridgette frowned and wrote on her iPad "Justin and Alejandro? But why would they do that? They were so nice to me!"

Courtney's dark eyes narrowed. "I didn't get a chance to tell you about Blaineley, but we don't have time to go into that now. Listen, we'll talk about it after we've got this done and dusted."

Bridgette nodded, and went back up. Ten minutes later, she was sitting at her balcony in her bedroom. Geoff, who was on the bank just above the beach, chanced to look up, and he waved at her. Bridgette waved back, and then went inside.

Oh, if only she'd stayed a few minutes. Or maybe it was good she didn't. What happened next could have affected anyone who was unlucky enough to look that way. As it was, it was only meant to affect Geoff, and affect him it did.

The poor guy never saw it coming. He simply heard haunting humming coming from the shore. So he looked up, and saw a girl in a cloak with a glowing necklace.

Geoff squinted, trying to see who the girl was. That was the humming from the girl who'd rescued him! But as he stared, the golden glow overpowered him. And that magical shell was doing his work. Five more seconds, and Geoff was transfixed. There was no way he'd have any control over what he'd be doing for a while. And for as long as the shell held power over him, he wouldn't be kissing Bridgette.

The next morning, Bridgette was woken up by Lindsay pecking on her window, desperate to tell her the news. Bridgette typed out on her iPad "I can't understand you right now, Linds, remember? Tell Courtney and DJ about it and they'll translate it back to me."

Bridgette got dressed again, back in the hoodie, jean shorts and sandals ensemble and hurried downstairs...and stopped dead.

Geoff was standing with his back to her. But she saw his arm was around a girl, a tiny bit shorter than him. If it wasn't for the red T-shirt and jeans the girl was wearing, and the hair cut to shoulder-length, Bridgette would have thought it was Dakota, somehow turned human herself. But it didn't matter who it was. She could only hear what they were saying, and they were saying that the girl, called Leslie, was the girl who rescued Geoff...and that he wanted to be married to her straightaway.

Bridgette didn't think about the strangeness of the girl, or the even more strange idea of marrying someone you'd just met. Her head just screamed that she was that girl, she was the one who'd given up everything to take a chance on love, it was all her. She took a different entrance out of the castle, and threw her stones into the water.

Bridgette may have not been able to make any sound in her voice, but she didn't need it to start sniffling, trying her hardest not to cry. Tears dripped down her face for the first time ever, falling like raindrops into the shallows.

Courtney surfaced first. "Bridgette, what's wrong? What happened?"

Bridgette typed the words on her iPad. "Geoff's arranging to get married to someone else."

Lindsay swooped down as Courtney and DJ read the words Bridgette had typed. "Did you tell her?" she asked. "The prince has announced that he's getting married this afternoon! It's gonna be on a ship, a bit away from the harbour."

DJ's face set. "Just throwing Bridge aside like he didn't nearly kiss her, or ask her to hang out today?" he said. "Now that really isn't right."

Courtney couldn't help it. A plan formed, and a devious smirk crossed her face. Bridgette looked confused, and DJ asked "What's that look for, Courtney?"

"I'm thinking..." Courtney said slowly. "That we need to crash a certain wedding. I've got an idea." She paused. "Bridgette, can you swim as a human?"

Bridgette tested it. She stripped off the shorts and hoodie and dived into the ocean in her bikini-like underwear. She found it harder to use her legs, but her arms more than made up for it. She'd be able to swim.

"Great." Courtney said. "It's likely Geoff won't ask you to the wedding, since he's pushed you aside, but you have to get there, and if you can't sneak onto the ship, swimming is your only hope. As for me, I'll swim ahead, and try to find a way to talk to Geoff without exposing myself as a mermaid. We have to know why he's doing this." She turned to the merman. "DJ, stay with Bridgette. If she finds it too hard to swim that far, you have to get her there." Finally, she turned to the seagull. "Lindsay, just make sure they don't say their wedding vows. The priest would say 'speak now or forever hold your peace'. Find all the sea creatures and birds you can, and make sure they disrupt the wedding." She smiled at her stepdaughter. "Don't worry, Bridgette. We'll get this sorted."

Sure enough, Geoff seemed to have forgotten that Bridgette ever existed. He certainly didn't seem to see her. No one noticed the dazed golden glow in his eyes, and the lack of energy in his voice. And Harold was so pleased with the marriage that he didn't remember the speechless girl from the shipwreck, either. The other servants were too busy to think about it.

So while the ship sailed off, Bridgette had to jump into the water in a wetsuit from her closet, while DJ helped her start swimming there. Courtney dived ahead, desperately hoping to get to Geoff before the ceremony was over.

And just in case it didn't work, Lindsay was looking for help.

It was Lindsay who found out what was going on. She heard Bridgette's singing voice inside the ship, and looked inside.

"Things are working out according to my planned lovely design!" It was Leslie, twirling around in front of the mirror. "Now I've got that little mermaid and Chris' ocean will be mine..." And to Lindsay's horror, she saw Blaineley's reflection. She'd never seen Blaineley before, but she knew instantly that this was bad news.

She went to Courtney. "The bride isn't who she looks like!" she said. "She's an ugly old blonde who wants the ocean to herself...she means to screw it up!"

Courtney instantly understood. "Is she twice my age?" she asked. "Likes to wear red? Streaks in her hair?"

Lindsay nodded.

"It's gotta be Blaineley." the brunette said grimly. "I should've known she'd pull something like this. And she has Bridgette's voice." She gasped. "If she used Bridgette's voice with her alchemy to entrance Geoff or something like that, I swear I'll...Lindsay, go get help like I told you to! And tell them to attack the bride. ONLY the bride."

Lindsay obediently flew off, and Courtney sped through the water, only her head above the waves. She only hoped that they'd get there before sunset.

And will they? Stay tuned to find out!