Where Will I Go?

Ch. 15

Melody was aching all over. She wasn't completely sure what had just happened. Then, as she started to come to, all the memories of what had happened came back. She could feel herself being carried by someone, someone with strong warm arms who was holding her safe and close, she could also feel something warm and wet around her legs.

Melody began to stir, and she opened her eyes. She couldn't see at first, everything was a dark blur. Melody blinked, and saw a tall figure who was holding her tight, but gently. She blinked again, and she saw a pair of dark, chocolate brown eyes staring down at her.

"Peter?"

"Melody." Peter gasped, holding her close. "I thought I lost you."

"Peter, it's ok." Melody smiled slightly placing a hand on his cheek. "I'm fine, really."

Peter smiled back at her, hugging her gently.

"I'm sorry I lied." he whispered in her ear. "I know I didn't know everything, but I should've told you what I knew. I'm so sorry."

Melody held him close, her head buried in his shoulder.

"I'm sorry too. You were trying to help protect me, I was just being cruel. I should've known you wouldn't lie to me if you didn't have a good reason."

Melody glanced down at Peters arm. It was still bleeding, and the blood had stained her pants.

"Sorry about the blood." Peter said sheepishly.

"It's no big deal."

As they looked at each other, they heard someone come up to them. Melody turned to see her father standing in front of them.

"Melody?" Eric gasped.

"Dad."

"Oh Melody," Eric sighed, kissing her forehead. "I was so afraid we lost you. Who's this? His arm…"

"This is Peter dad." said Melody. "He needs to get his arm taking care of, and needs rest. He's lost so much blood."

"I'll get a medic right now."

Eric suddenly ran off to one of his fellows. Peter continued to walk forward and came up to Ariel, who was sitting on the edge of the ice, tail in the water. They both sat down next to her, Melody sat and Peter practically flopped onto the ice. He did feel dizzy and a little bit sick. He was beginning to wonder how much blood he had actually lost.

"Peter, your arm's bleeding." Ariel said, staring at his arm.

"Look, I promise I'm fine.

At that point both Eric and a medic came up to them. The medic went and took care of Peters arm, wrapping it in a temporary bandage.

"That should be good for now." he said. "We'll get you some better stuff when we get back home."

"Thanks." said Peter, examining his arm.

The medic walked off. Peter stared after him and looked at all of Erics crew. He had never seen one adult in Never Land other than the pirates, and this was probably a once in a life time thing.

Eric and Ariel were sitting a little away, looking at him and Melody. They all looked at one another not knowing what to do. Then suddenly Melody threw herself onto Ariel arms and hugged her tightly.

"I'm sorry mother." Melody breathed as they broke apart.

"Oh no sweetie, we're sorry." Ariel put Melodys face in her hands. "We should of told you the truth."

Melody looked up at her. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Peter. I thought…I thought if I did…I might never see him again..."

"We understand that honey," said Eric calmly. "But that's still no reason not to trust us."

"He's right Melody" Ariel said sternly. "You almost drowned, Peter was almost killed!"

"We're sorry Ariel." said Peter apologetically. "Really we are."

Melody nodded. "We didn't mean to hurt anybody. I guess I just…thought I'd have a better life,…and be a better me if I was a mermaid…instead of a girl…"

Melody voice trailed off as she hung her head. Ariel smiled down at her.

"Oh Melody sweetie, it doesn't matter if you have fins or feet, we all love you for who you are on the inside." she held Melodys chin up. "Our very brave little girl."

Melody smiled. Then Triton came up behind them.

"Just like your mother."

"Oh grandfather!"

Melody ran up to Triton and hugged him. He smiled widely and hugged her back. Eric and Ariel stayed close to each other. They looked at Peter, who nodded slightly. All three smiled at each other, then turned to Triton and Melody.

"I'm…I'm so sorry grandfather." she said softly. "I didn't mean to hurt you."

"It's all right darling. It's alright."

They stayed for a moment before they leaned back and looked at each other.

"Melody, I don't blame you for wanting to join us merfolk." he said kindly. "And because you're my granddaughter, I'm giving you a most precious gift."

From out of nowhere, he took out Melodys necklace. They all watched as he raised his trident and touched it to the gold shell. At once it started to glow a bright golden light. Everyone stared in awe and amazment. Melody, who was closest, had her eyes wide and jaw a gape, her face illuminated by the glow.

A moment later the light faded as Triton removed the trident from it. He held it out to Melody.

"With this, you can become one of us."

He took both of her hands and placed the necklace in them. He closed them and held them gently.

"As long as you wear it, you can wish for a tail, and you can be with us if you wish."

Melody looked down at the necklace, smiled brightly, then placed it around her neck. She looked up at him.

"Thank you, so much."

"Your very welcome my dear. But that's not all." he added. "I have a second gift for you. Something you should have had a long time ago. A choice. You can come and live in Atlantica with me…"

Peter, Eric and Ariel all gasped. Melodys jaw dropped and she stared at her grandfather.

"Or you can return to the waters of Never Land."

"Really?" Peter and Melody gasped happily.

Tritons eyes twinkled. "If you wish it. But if you do not want to go to Atlantica, or go back to Never Land, you can return to your home and life on land. It's up to you."

Melody bit her lip, deep in though. Then Peter floated up and stood next to her.

"You know." he started. "Mermaid or human,…you could always stay in Never Land."

Melody turned to face him, a small smile etched across her face.

"What a wonderful thought." she said sweetly, then her smile faded. "But I can't. There's things I have to learn, things I need to know."

Peter, who had been smiling hopefully at first, was now sulking in disappointment, a very sad look on his face. Melody walked forward and held his face up.

"Hey, it's ok." she said kindly "I'll be back before you know it."

Peter grinned ear to ear at her. Melody smiled sweetly before turning to her parents. They smiled at her, and she knew they would support her no matter what she decided. Melody thought for a moment. She would have given anything to have an opportunity like this. She loved the sea and would do anything to live in it…forever. But right now, she wanted something else.

She smiled cleverly, then looked up at her grandfather.

"I have a better idea."

Melody and Peter were standing on a tall rock in front of the castle along with Tinker Bell. After getting his arm properly bandaged, Peter had returned to Never Land and told Tink about everything. So now she was with them.

Melody was in a bright yellow dress that was long and went down to her ankles, a vest-like top with a white collar, and puffy sleeves with white cuffs. Peter was in his usual but was now wearing clean white bandages on his arm. His wound had healed greatly and was almost time to take off the bandage. He would have a scar, but nothing too drastic. Tinker Bell was floating just between them, her dust falling peacefully into the sea.

Melody held the trident tightly in her hands. She smiled at Peter and Tink, they smiled back. They were really happy, after having to explain about Peter, Ariel and Eric had allowed him to keep visiting Melody as long as he wanted.

"Ready Pete?"

"Ready Mels."

Melody turned to the castle. Then she held the trident back for a moment, then shot it forward at the wall. As it hit, a thick golden light cascaded down on it. The wall started to disappear into thin air. Soon enough it was gone. No bit of the wall was left behind. The seawater clashed loudly as it seeped onto the incredibly dry land. Melody laughed.

"Now we can all be together." she said happily.

Everyone, merpeople and human, were all cheering and clapping happily. Peter and Melody took each others hands and jumped off the rock. They dove in and started swimming under the water. Lots of people began to follow them. First Melodys parents, then some of the towns people, and then everyone else.

As soon as they reached the surface, Melody closed her eyes and held her necklace in her hands. At once a bright light issues from beneath the water. A second later, her legs had turned into the bright scarlet tail once more. Melody smiled then looked up at Peter.

"So?" she asked. "How was that for an adventure?"

Peter smiled. "We defiantly need to do this more often."

They both laughed as Melody hugged Peter, and he hugged back. They had a good feeling life was going to be a little better in the kingdom now.

(2 hours later/Sunset)

Peter and Melody were still out in the water. They had stayed along with a few other kids and merkids. But right now, they were out in the usual place where they hung out everyday. They weren't even the slightest bit tired. They had just gotten done with another game of underwater hide-and-seek. And as predicted, Melody had won. As they sat in the water, Melody laughing in victory and Peter sulking in defeat, a few of the mermaids and kids came out a little ways away. All of a sudden, the blond mermaid boy Melody met in Atlantica came swimming up to them and bumped into her. She stopped laughing and turned. As she did, the boy smiled at her.

"Sorry, my fault."

"Don't worry about it." Melody smiled slightly.

Peter rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Oh brother."

He turned from them and floated towards a rock only a few feet away. As he sat on it, he pulled out his flute and started playing, but was listening to every word.

"You know, we never really got a chance to talk last time. If your not too busy, we could go somewhere, get to know each other."

Melody blinked at him. "Like…now?"

"Well, yeah. What do you say?"

He moved a little closer to her, and Melody smiled at him, blushing deeply. She opened her mouth to say yes, but stopped. She was already playing with Peter. She really liked this boy, but she couldn't leave Peter could she? Melody turned to look at Peter, who was still on a rock playing his flute. Melody had a feeling he had been listening in on everything they said. The mermaid seemed to have just realized Peter was there and glared at him slightly. Luckily, Melody didn't notice. She smiled at Peter before back to the boy, who had immediately lost his stern face and replaced it with a cheerful smile.

"That dose sound lovely." Melody said kindly. "But I can't.'

"Oh," he said, sounding disappointed. "But, why?"

Melody looked at him for a second. Then she took off her necklace and a bright golden light issued again. At once her tail disappeared and became legs once more.

The merboy stared at her for a moment, eyes wide and jaw open. Then he stared back up at her.

"So,…you're…"

Melody nodded. "Yep, I'm human." she said as she placed the necklace around her neck. "Well, half human anyway."

He bit his lip, obviously deep in though about something. Then he smiled slightly at her.

"We can still hang out, right?"

Melody smiled. "Of course we can. Just…not now."

"Well, ok. See you later I guess."

The boy smiled at her before swimming off to play with the others. Peter set down his flute and turned to Melody.

"I thought you had a thing for him." he said teasingly as she swam towards him.

"I do." Melody said simply.

She folded her arms on the rock and laid her head in them. Peter looked at her.

"And you said no?"

Melody nodded.

"But why?"

"Because," Melody smiled brightly. "I'm already playing with my best friend. And I wouldn't miss that for the world."

Peter beamed at her. "I couldn't agree more."

-The End-

I'm finally finished! So what do you think for my first book ever? And just so all of you know, I am doing a sequel to this story. I want to know if you think I should, but I might just do it anyway. J

Many of your questions that were not answered will be answered in the sequel, and it will be amazing! Be sure to keep an eye out for it. I promise it will be up very soon and I've already started working on it. Love yall, and thank you for reading. Please please please comment!