Chapter 16: Kidnapped

Italics: Thoughts

~*Freddie's POV*~

I stepped out of my room to get some fresh air. I looked into the clear Sea water. It was beautiful out here. I looked to where the boat was headed and saw two cliffs about 100 ft. leading to rocks from under water. I looked back down and saw something moving under the water. I saw something pink and something purple. They were pretty long. It moved faster than the boat and got away before I can make out what it was. I noticed it was going the same way. It was probably some fish that were somehow purple or pink or I'm just losing my mind.

Richard, Aly's step brother, came next to me. "Hey dude."

"Hey." I greeted back, still looking at the water.

"So you're friends with Sam right?" I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah. Why?" I asked, even though I think I know why he's asking.

"Well, Sam and I dated…" I rolled my eyes again. I don't care if you dated Sam. It's old news. It was a long time ago. All I care about now is having a good time and trying to build up the courage to ask her out. "…and I was wondering if you can help me get her back. Can you?" I looked at him. He looked like he really wanted a girlfriend. But I heard from Aly once when we were talking that he cheated on one of his girlfriends. I don't want the same thing to happen to Sam. Maybe he was too clingy to Sam so she can believe that he wants to be with her and only her while he was probably sneaking around with some other whore.

"Sorry, but I don't think I can help you out there." I replied. Richard looked at me for a while. He looked emotionless.

"I know why." I looked at him weirdly with my right brow raised.

"What do you mean 'you know why'?" I asked. He stared at me giving me chills up my spine.

"You like Sam too don't you." How did he know?

"No. I would never like Sam. She bullies me and beats me up…sometime." I (sort of) lied. It sounded believable enough. The 'I would never like Sam' part was kind of true. I would never like her. Because I Love Her. And by the way, for some reason Sam hasn't even bullied me as bad as before or even laid a hand on me. I actually wish she would hit me sometimes.

Richard nodded. "Okay. Say whatever you want. But I know you like Sam. But you're Never going to get with her when I'm around." He stated before walking away.

Wow. He seems like a wimp but he sounds vicious…

10 Minutes Later the boat went between the cliffs. There were many rocks and when the boat was turning I saw something go into the water. It was something blue. It looked like a fish tail. Maybe somehow a fish was on the rock but was able to get back in the water. Man, I think I'm going crazy.

~*Sam*~

Aly and I swam back to the other Mermaids. When we got there, only Wendy, Lina, and Cassie were there. Good.

I sat on the rock I was at before with Aly. "Guys, Sam and I need to talk to you about something." Aly said, getting their attention.

"What is it?" Cassie asks.

"Well," I started. "When we met the other Mermaids, we thought something was strange about one of them. Raye. That's when Aly and I left. Aly got a scale from Raye's tail and we examined it. So we dried a scale of mine and it turned to skin but Raye's never did. Also, Aly said she thinks she saw legs through her 'tail' when we were swimming away." I finished.

Marlina spoke next. "She also didn't have highlights and her tail did look a little thin. Also her nails weren't painted red and Melody, Serena, and Destiny just met her."

~*Next Day*~

I woke up to the sun shining through the window in my room. I couldn't stop thinking about Raye's Scale. Why didn't the scale turn to skin? I still had the Scale in a small jar. (A/N: I don't know why but I put a pic of how the jar looks like. Yeah I know, I'm stupid)

I went toward it and decided to look at it carefully. I took the Scale out of the jar and examined it. It was a bit smaller than my Scales. I went to my bathroom, turned on the faucet, and touched the water. My tail was revealed.

I put Raye's Scale next to one of mine. Her Scale was smaller and it was shaped differently. But just because they are shaped differently doesn't mean anything. I still can't figure out what's different about her. Oh well.

I went to Carly's house later that day at around two. We watched television for an hour.

"I'm hungry." I say before getting up and heading to the fridge. Carly was coming to the kitchen too, when Spencer came running out of his room.

"Hey guys! Check this out!" I walked over to the counter followed by Carly.

"What's up?" She asks.

"This!" Spencer lifts up something that was big. It was a big water gun. Oh no. "Isn't this cool? It's a big water gun but I filled it up with some apple juice."

Carly looked confused and so did I. "Umm…why?" Carly asks. Spencer grinned.

"Cause when Socko and I go to the park, we're going to play with water guns, BUT instead of water I'm going to shoot him with Apple Juice!" He says happily. Carly and I look at each other weirdly. I turn to Spencer and say…

"You're Weird." Spencer then pouts at me. Then he grinned again.

"Hey watch this! On the box it says it can shoot up to 20ft.! Now the only thing now is how do I work this thing because when I pull the trigger it doesn't shoo-" Before he can say anything else the Apple Juice was squirted on Carly and I. Carly squealed and I just stood there with my eyes wide in shock. I ran to the bathroom and my tail popped right after closing the door. I sighed. Keeping this secret is going to be harder than I thought. Especially with Spencer near you. No offence to him.

I placed my hands an inch away from my tail and boiled the water on it. I got my legs back. I opened the door and no one was in the living room. I decided to go home since I was tired.

Ten minutes later I was home in my room with nothing to do. The doorbell rang. I got down stairs looked through the peek hole. There was a girl with dark brown hair that almost looked black, has green eyes, and is about a couple centimeters taller than me.

Raye.

What is she doing here? I opened the door. Raye smiled. "Hi Sam! Remember me?"

"Yea. Hi." I raised my eyebrow. "What are u doing here?"

"Well, I wanted to know if you wanted to hang out or something. Do you?" she asks. I have a bad feeling about her. So I say…

"Actually I'm busy at the moment." I lied. The next thing that happened got my heart beating faster, wondering what was going to happen next.

Hey guys! Hope you're enjoying the story! I'm so sorry I haven't been updating. A LOT has been happening including 9th grade. I can't stand how my life is like right now. I'm starting on the next chapter right now. Should be up later or tomorrow! Bye!