A/N: OMG! Can you guys believe that my story has been up for about half a year! Yay! Oh, and by the way! There is a co-write I did with my friends, and it's called "Shatter." So, it's on FictionPress under Awesomely Bored Cloud and on DeviantArt under silver-unicornz. Those are my friends. Yay. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own The Little Mermaid. This is FanFiction, duh.

Chapter 25: The Forbidden Day

Melody's POV

"I was secretly out swimming behind the wall like I'd always done. It was a sunny and beautiful day for a swim, anyways. The water was calm, the waves lapping softly on the beach. A small salty breeze blew through my hair. The bag I always brought with me was filling up with shells. So, I'd just resurfaced from a dive to collect a shell when I noticed the ripples in the water that were created by me were colliding with ripples made by something else. I made a three-hundred-sixty degree turn, searching for something unusual. I saw footprints in the sand emerging from the sea, and I followed where they went. They led to behind a rock. I eyed the rock, waiting for something to happen. I slowly brought up a defensive stance, when I saw four tiny fingers along the edge of the rock. I knew only one person with such fingers and let out a small sigh..."

"It's okay, Cat," I called. "It's just me, Melody. You can come out now."

I saw the fingers move as the other hand grasped higher up the rock and Cat's head poked out just enough so only her eyes could be seen. I swam towards her, noting the fear that showed in her eyes.

"It's just me, Cat," I said a little softer and more reluctantly. "There's no need to be afraid."

As I held out my hand to her, I noticed Cat hesitated for a moment before holding onto it. As soon as I felt her trust I slowly helped her out from behind the rock. I lifted her up on the rock and climbed on top of it as well. Once I was seated next to her, I looked into her eyes, asking,

"Cat, what are you doing out here?"

Of course, like most three-year-old children would, she told the absolute truth.

"I was out here trying to swim and look for treasure like you!" She threw her hands into the air happily.

"Is there anyone else with you?"

"Um... No?" She said, but with a questionable stammer.

"Then how did you get out here?"

"I followed you!" With that came an ear-to-ear grin, because she felt happy to be following me.

"Cat, you know we're not supposed to be out here, right?"

"Yes... but I don't like the wall! It so boring inside." She began to pout cutely while crossing her arms.

I had to agree with her. The wall had always secluded us from the best thing in the world, the sea. Mom and dad never told us why until we found out after I ran away three years later.

"We need to get you back. You could-!" I began, but was soon cut off by Sebastian.

"What on earth are you two doing out here?! You're supposed to be in de castle! You know de rule, Melody. So, how many times must I remind you, child?"

"It is strictly forbidden for you to be swimming beyond de safety of de sea wall. Any such swimming is a reckless disregard to de rules. Don'tcha know?" He cleared his throat as I began to imitate him. "He always says the same thing," I whispered to Cat as she let out a giggle. Sebastian turned to look at her and she instantly stopped.

"And just what do you think you are doing out here, Cat?" he asked quite sternly.

"I'm... uh..." she said hesitantly because she knew that Sebastian was very strict. I decided to step in for her.

"Cat is out here because she wanted to learn how to swim. Right, Cat?"

She nodded, which luckily got Sebastian convinced, so he said,

"Just be careful and make sure nobody sees you swimming out here." With that, he walked away, murmuring things to himself (most likely complaints). We swam behind the sea wall for about twenty minutes before we decided to sit down.

"Cat, don't you think it's just beautiful today? It's nice and quiet."

"Too quiet, Melody," she replied. I rolled my eyes.

"You're always saying that, little girl. I think Estar is getting to you."

"No! Not Estar! It was Quellie."

"Quellie? Really, now. I wouldn't think that!"

"It's true..."

I laughed. Things were just jumbled around today. Usually Estar was the crazy one that fooled around, saying funny and strange phrases.

I looked out to the ocean, noticing a big wave coming in.

"Whoa! Look at that, Cat! A big wave!" I exclaimed.

"Cat! Melody! Sheesh, where are you?" I heard voices on the beach. It sounded like two of my other sisters.

"Kanade? Quellie?" I called in the direction of their voices.

"Melody? Cat? MELODY! CAT!" they simultaneously screamed when they saw me. They frantically ran over to me, fear written all over their faces.

"We have to get off this beach now, Melody!" Quellie yelled.

"Calm down! I know that we have to, but what's wrong? You two look as if you saw a ghost! Besides that, why are you even here?!"

"We sat Cat wandering around and decided to randomly follow her! But Quellie's serious, we have to leave now!" Kanade said, grabbing my wrist with both hands and shaking it.

"Why are you all in such a..." I faltered and never finished my sentence. The enormous wave I saw was getting larger and larger by the second.

"We have to leave. Let's go!" I slung my bag of shells over my shoulder and lifted Cat onto my back, starting to run away from the strange "natural disaster" that was beginning to smash into the sea wall on the other side of the beach. I looked back and saw the waves closing in on us, rising at least fifteen feet above us.

"C'mon! Get in front of me and run like your life depends on it!" Their lives technically did depend on it. We were all very young; all less than ten. Even though I was only nine, I had to take responsibility and take care of them. The impact of the waves hurt, and it can recklessly toss you around underwater. We began to climb a rock that had a high elevation, hoping that it would be tall enough to escape the massive wave.

"Climb faster! We have to get up higher!"

I began to get tired. Cat was holding onto me for precious life. My bag of shells was bringing me down. I checked behind us to see where the wave was now.

"Wait... Melody, aren't we mermaids? Wouldn't the water have no effect on us anyways?" Cat asked, interrupting my story.

"The impact, Cat. The impact," I said. "Besides, we didn't even know then."

"Oh..."

I continued.

"Oh no! EVERYONE PREPARE FOR IMPACT!"

As the water surged toward us, I squeezed Cat hand to comfort her.

"Melody, I-" she started but I cut her off.

"Now isn't the time, Cat!" I yelled over the roaring wind that had picked up.

"But-"

"NOT NOW, CAT!" I turned to look at Cat and my eyes widened with fear as I saw the wave coming closer. We scrambled to the top of the rock, the wave still within our range. I yanked Cat off my back and held her in front of me and saw Kanade do the same with her younger sister, Quellie. We were shielding them both. The two of us had our backs to the wave and braced ourselves for the impact, but never felt it.

I opened my eyes that had been squeezed shut the whole time and looked around. I gasped as I saw what was happening right before my eyes. Kanade and Quellie looked up as well and were gaping in awe.

The wave was going over us like an archway. The water was about a foot above us, sunlight shining through to us. I reached out to make sure it wasn't a trick and sure enough, I felt the water running through my fingers.

"But how?" I asked, looking at my two other sisters. They just shrugged, just as confused as I was. Then, I looked at Cat, who had her hand out calmly and directing the water to go over us.

"This is what I was trying to tell you!" she said, pointing at the water. "I can move water!"

We were amazed.

"Cat, how did you learn to do that?" I asked, still in shock.

"I don't know," she replied with a shrug. "I found out when I played on the grass by the wall."

I didn't have a chance to ask any more questions because right at that moment, our mother, father, and other three sisters ran onto the beach, all searching frantically around trying to find us.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Cat called, jumping off the rock, onto the sand, and running as fast as her little three year old legs could carry her. Our parents looked at us and let out a sigh of relief, seeing we were okay. Unfortunately for me, Kanade, and Quellie, when Cat jumped off of the rock, she forgot about the wave and the water that was above us. Gravity took over and it crashed down, drenching us. Cat heard the splash and turned around to see us soaked to the bone. Kanade spit the water out of her mouth like a statue in a fountain.

"Oops!" Cat said with a giggle. Our parents didn't see the water fall on us. We hopped off the rock and walked towards our mom.

"Cat, where have you been?" Our mother asked, picking her up. "We've been worried sick. Melody, what are you doing outside the sea wall again? Why are you and your sisters soaking wet?"

I looked to Kanade and Quellie for an excuse for the last question, but couldn't think of any. "Um... Uh... Well, you see..."

"Mommy!" Cat cried, thankfully taking our mother's attention away from me and the other two. "Look what I can do!" With a flick of her hand, Cat send a little wave in our direction. Out mother gasped and our father's jaw dropped. They looked horrified or something. My other three sisters were nervous as well.

"Eric," Mom called. "Can you come over here, please?"

Our father walked over, still in shock, and started talking to mom. Although they were whispering, I could hear what they were saying.

"Eric, she has her powers," Mom said with fear in her voice. Whose powers does Cat have? Who's this lady?

"Ariel, how can that be?" Dad asked. "I thought her powers faded years ago."

"I thought so too, but her gene for them must have gotten into Cat."

Dad let out a deep breath and rubbed the back of his neck. I knew that meant he was thinking. Finally, I heard him say,

"Alright, we'll just have to make sure she doesn't use it in public."

Mom nodded, then turned to us saying,

"Okay, girls, inside the wall we go."

All of us walked into the palace and up the stairs to our bedroom. We all got ready for bed in silence. Even Cat wasn't talking. By the time we finished, our parents came to tuck us into bed. When my mother was tucking me in, I asked the question all of us wanted to know.

"Mom, whose power does Cat have?" By then, Cat was asleep. So, she didn't hear my question. The others nodded, wanting to know the same thing. My mother simply smiled at all of us and said,

"You'll learn in time, girls." Then, she was serious and continued. "But I do need you to promise me this. If Cat does remember what happened today, act as normal as possible so she won't feel so weird while she's growing up, okay?"

We all nodded. Then Quellie asked,

"But what if she doesn't, Mommy?"

"Mom then told us that we just shouldn't remind you because you might end up feeling like you would if you did know all along. We all agreed to it and went to sleep. The next morning, you had completely forgotten about what happened, which we were thankful for, but we never reminded you of what happened. Not only because of our promise, but also because you're our little sister, and we wanted to keep you safe," I finished the story.

Cat was staring at me, in awe.

"I COULD MANIPULATE WATER?"

A/N: Yeah, I know the magic power thing is like H2O:Just Add Water, but hey, this is a Little Mermaid story. And when it's Little Mermaid, there's always gotta be some magic, right?