Mabel was excited. They were going to the pool today, and she wanted to see if Mermando had sent her anymore letters.
When they arrived she raced over to the filter and reached inside. Her fingertips hit something hard, and she pulled out the bottle and slid the note out. It read:
Dear Mabel,
Meet me in the spot where you released me today at 3:00
-Mermando
Her heartbeat instantly sped up. Mermando wanted to see her! She ran around the pool in joy.
"Dipper! Soos! Mermando wants to see me!"
"Yeah, that's cool Mabel," Dipper said, not taking his eyes off of Wendy. Mabel laughed.
"That's awesome, dude!" Soos exclaimed.
She ran past Grunkle Stan, who was trying to pry Gideon off of his chair.
"You'll never steal my chair, Stanford!" Gideon screamed. When he saw Mabel, his gaze lingered for a second, then went back to Stan. Mabel shuddered.
At 2:50 Mabel walked to the shore, filled with excitement. When she got there she sat down on a rock and stared out into the water.
She sat there for what seemed like forever, and suddenly her sight went blank.
She woke up, her vision hazy. She seemed to be floating. She looked down and saw that she had I tail!
"Oh my gosh!" She exclaimed. "It's so shiny!"
She sat there admiring her tail, when she felt a hand tap her shoulder.
"Mermando!" "Yes, Mabel. It is I, Mermando." He smiled. "What are you doing here in my home?"
"I don't know I just blanked out and... Oh my gosh this tail is so shiny!" She ran her fingers over the smooth scales.
"Mabel, you have a tail!"
"Yeah it's so cool!" She twirled around in the water.
Mermando suddenly stiffened, them swam swiftly in the opposite direction of Mabel.
"Wait! Where are you going?" She demanded.
She tried to swim after him but she couldn't move. She heard a voice repeating her name. "Mabel! Mabel!"
Dipper? What is he doing here? She thought.
"Mabel!"
She bolted upright, slamming her nose into Dipper's forehead. "Ow," he mumbled.
She looked down. She was sitting on the floor of the Mystery Shack, her tail replaced my her legs.
"No! No no no no!" She tried to stand up, but fell back down. "What happened?"
"You were laying on the shore unconscious. Wendy and I dragged you back to the shack."
She looked up, noticing Wendy for the first time.
"Yeah," she said. "You were out for, like, an hour." She sat there, baffled.
*that night*
Mabel snuck into the pool that night. She went to the filter and found yet another bottle. She pulled out the note, almost ripping it in the process.
Dear Mabel,
I hope you enjoyed your tail while it lasted.
- Mermando