I can do this…. I can do this…. I can do this. I kept chanting to myself, I had prepared for this, my plan was going to work! Everything was going to be fine. I had just underestimated how much this was going to FREAK ME OUT! It was time to tell my dad about me being a true Sharkboy. We were at the beach in that cavern Dad had showed me that day when I went to save the dolphin, it was Saturday again, I don't know how but I had managed to survive the week! David Patterson was given detention for " harassing another student" which somehow had made him an icon for being a bad-boy ?In the meantime Miranda and Nico had become my almost friends, they were only two people in that hell hole I can stand to be around, we had even started working on homework together, and eating lunch at the same table! It was nice, having a semi normal human life, now I kind of understand why Max likes up here so much! But back to the matter at hand, my plan was to tell him here in the cavern, that way there was no chance of an interruption, and if worst came to worst, I could just transform, and swim out the underwater passage in the cavern, I'm really hopping it does not come to that. Dad and I had just walked in to the cavern, dad had brought and back pack with lunch inside it, as we were planning on spending the whole day here, dad was just setting the bag down when I made my move.

" Dad, we need to talk". I guess by the sound of my voice he knew something was up.

" What is it Sharkboy"? He asked that name made flinch, realizing I was about to tell him how real the name Sharkboy really was, but Dad seemed to mistake my flinch for pain, and stating to have a parental freak-out.

" Oh My God Taylor are you ok? Does your arm hurt? Maybe we should go home"?

" No dad I'm not in pain! I just need to tell you something…"

" You can tell me anything". He said sincerely, I nodded and sent a silent prayer to Neptune, and toke off my morph necklace, and jumped in to the pool. Under water I could feel myself changing, my fingers into talons, a fin growing out of my back, my teeth sharpening to a point. I was back in my Sharkboy form, I swam back up to the surface, to show my dad what is son had become since the day of the storm. At first he did not notice anything, in fact he smiled slightly and said

" You know you can't just swim away your proble….." he never finished his sentence, because by then he had seen my hind fin, and was screaming

" GET OUT OF THE WATER NOW!" He tried to grab my arm, but saw my now talon fingers and quickly let go, completely stunned, I stepped back, hands shaking, mouth on the ground. Not saying a word, I'm not sure if he was even breathing, just stared at me, taking in my Sharkboy form.

" Dad" I said with caution " let me explain".

" what.. what happened?"

" The night of the storm I was floating on my life raft, freaking out cause I had no idea what I was going to do, when three fin's popped out of the water it was Egg back, Piggy, and Kraken, you remember the shark's I use to feed at the old lab." Dad nodded numbly. " Well they found me floating out in the middle of the ocean, I guess they had grown a soft spot for me, because they took me in, the raised in the ways of the shark, I lived with them, migrated with them, became one of the."

" When I human is in an environment for a long period of time they adapt to the environment by becoming like the animals living there". Dad and I recited in unison. He started at me stunned, and slowly walked toward me, knelt down, and looked straight into my eyes, I looked back at him, starting intently, I did not even notice that his hand had gone into the water and had reached for mine, I quickly pulled away at his touch but with a soft,

" It's on Taylor, it's ok". I let him take my hand, in then pull it out of the water, and turned it over, he looked at it with wild fascination, brushing is fingers along my talons.

" There is barley a scar". What? I thought then I realized that he was looking at my injured arm, to see how the injury would differ being human and shark, honestly he was such a nerd I had to smile at that.

" That's why I did not want to go the doctor I knew it would heal on its own".

" As a shark yes It would have, as I human, you needed a doctor". It was silent then, both of us starting intently at the other, me trying to see what he was thinking, him trying to figure out what was like now. Finally he toke a step back, toke off his shoes at jumped into the pool with me, and said " tell me everything". So I did, I told me about planet Drool, about Max, about Lavagirl. When I minced my girlfriend was half lava, queen of earths volcanoes, he started to laugh his guts out saying " Well I guess opposites really do attract". I gave him a little shove for that, When I told him I was king of the ocean, for some reason he went all sappy. " Awe my baby's the king of the ocean, I'm so proud". He even reached over to hug me and gave me a warm kiss on the check." DADDDD". I whined that was embarrassing, and I was thankful no one was around. " What" he replied " I'm your dad I'm it's my job to embarrasses you". I told him about the palace, and the kingdom, and all the problems the council faces, he was actually really good at giving advice, finally I got to the point I need him to swear to screechy. Surprisingly he agreed thoroughly saying " If someone found out about you if would be utter chaos." So I told him to the word to say, and he swore in

" I Adam Conner will not share the secrete of the council's existence without permission by the council should I fail to this I will be sentenced to whatever punishment the council see's fit." As he said the words the pool started to bubble, magic filling the air, and the words, become an oath, and the oath was sworn in. the rest of the day went by well enough, I told him of my life as king, and he got use to the idea that his kid was half shark, by the end of the day the only thing he really wanted was to meet lavagirl! It's not that I don't think they won't get along, it's just that my Dad meeting my girlfriend is bound to end with major humiliation!