Chapter V
It was 9:35 am now, Princess Anna just woke up. With severe bed-head that is... Her auburn hair appeared to look like a jungle. A knock was heard from her door. "Anna? Are you in there?" She recognized the shy, teenage voice anywhere. "Yeah Elizabeth? What is it?"
"Oh! Well... Uh... I just wanted to let you know that I'll be meeting you at the harbor. Kristoff's waiting there for us."
"Ok! Meet you there."
Anna immediately got ready. She didn't bother taking a bath, for she could do that later, and dashed out with a plain, olive green dress. She dashed straight for the harbor, apparently Elizabeth and Kristoff were already there.
"So... A-Are you guys ready to go to my cave?" Elizabeth asked, unsure of the answers. The answer from Anna and Kristoff was a nod. Elize beamed. She jumped into the water before stating, "Meet me over at the beach where you found me."
She dove under the water and disappeared into the clear blue liquid. "Let's go Kristoff. The beach is far from here..."
"I know Anna... I know."
They started walking to the faraway beach. Elizabeth would clearly be there in no time flat.
For the mermaid, being underwater was absolute freedom. It felt good. On land, it was different. Sometimes when freedoms are limited on land it feels like there's no freedom at all. Well, in Elizabeth's opinion that is...
Underwater Elizabeth smiles upon the sea creatures in the reefs. Mostly the dolphins. She glides with them all the time. 'Hello Elizabeth! It's been a few days since we've talked, huh?' One of the adult males spoke telepathically. 'It sure has been Luke. So how have all of you been?' Elize responded.
A female chimed in, 'We have all been doing well. Thank you for asking.'
'You're welcome Kilee. It's great to see you all, but where are my mermaid friends?'
'Over here Elizabeth!' A cheerful voice called. She turned towards the voice she heard and she smiled. Three mermaids from another clan were suspended in the water right in front of her. She swam towards them, arms extended, in which the other mermaids quickly returned. They shared a group hug then broke apart.
'It has been so long since we've seen each other, right Elize?'
'Yeah. You're right, Blitz. Do you all wanna come with me to the cave? I got human friends that we can trust.'
'A-Are you sure they're trustworthy enough? We can't have more humans hunting us down like bloodhounds, Elizabeth.'
'I assure you Rikki, we can trust them. I made them promise not to tell. Another thing, they cared for me in my time of need, so why not trust them?'
'Well Elize, since you're so sure about this... I believe you.'
The other mermaids nodded in agreement. 'Alright then. Let's go.' Elizabeth said.
It didn't take long for the four mermaids to find the beach that Elizabeth was supposed to meet Anna and Kristoff in. They crawled onto the cove and hid themselves behind two enormous rocks.
Each turned into a human girl after one of them dried the others. All of them wore commoner's clothing. It was obvious. All of them were commoners. Except for Elizabeth who's wearing royal-like clothing.
"Wait here." Elizabeth whispered before stepping out to see if Anna and Kristoff were there. They were just arriving.
The now-human girl waved to them, signaling where she was. They slid down the sand and approached the cove.
"Whew! That was quite a workout just walking here." Anna panted, trying to breathe normally.
Kristoff rolled his eyes. "So... Where's that cave that you were talking about yesterday?" Elizabeth responded with an unintentional glint in her purple eyes "Patience Kristoff. I would like for you to meet my friends first. You can come out now."
The girls hiding behind the rocks cautiously walked out. "Anna, Kristoff, these are my friends." Elizabeth introduced. "That's Blitz." She pointed to the girl with chestnut brown hair and blue eyes, next she pointed to the one with golden yellow hair and green eyes, "Hadley." And last but not least Elizabeth introduced the one with chocolate brown hair and hazel eyes. "And that's Rikki."
The girls waved tentatively. "Shall we be off to the cave now?" Everyone nodded. Elizabeth started walking as the others followed suite. It took them about twenty-five minutes before they arrived at the cave's entrance.
The purple eyed human-mermaid girl took a deep breath before knocking on the hard rocks that are tightly sealed shut.
Knock, knock, knock-knock, knock
The rocks moved out of the way, opening up quickly. Everyone walked inside before the rocks tightly slid shut.
Anna and Kristoff's jaw dropped as they walked the cave's third cavern.
There was nothing but a large pool of ocean water with a small hole on the ceiling. The rooms glowed specific colors in different caverns. This one was bluish-purple. There was a waterfall leading to the pool below it. Elizabeth softly giggled at Anna and Kristoff's astonished faces. She walked up to a crack in the wall, slipping her slim smooth fingers into the small hole she gently pulled until the item was out.
Covering the item in her hands, she walked over to Anna with a smile. Perhaps this was the first time that Anna's seen her truly happy. Kristoff was too busy touring with the mermaids showing him around the cave to even notice anything.
Elizabeth removed her hand covering up the thing, revealing a glowing gem. "It's a moonstone. It's what made those other rooms different colors. I'm letting you have this." She said, Anna was wide-eyeing her, "Are you serious?"
"Yes Anna. But..." Anna was about to take the gem out of Elizabeth's hands but paused when she said 'but'. "You must guard this gem with your life. It has a special power to protect anyone from dangerous magic. I'll create a necklace with my powers but you MUST promise to never take this off. Not even for a moment. It will change color to match the clothing you wear. I'm just saying."
The human/mermaid girl rubbed her hands together, they glowed as she continued rubbing them. Eventually after a few seconds a chain has been created. Opening up her hands the moonstone has been attached to a chain made of pure ice. Elizabeth's best ice. The type of ice that will never melt.
She walked behind the Princess and put the necklace on her. Anna gazed upon the moonstone with wonder. She loved it.
"Thank you Elizabeth."
"You're welcome, Anna. Ready to go back to the castle?"
The Princess thought about the question for a moment. "Yes. Let's go." The mermaid girls jumped into the gleaming water. Their scaly tails were the last thing that Anna and Kristoff saw before walking out.
The rocks opened before them and closed as they exited.
Author's note: Elsa's gonna find out Elizabeth's secrets in the next chappie!