1001 words exactly. A happy accident. This chapter took longer than it probably should have, seriously. Okay here it is.

The girls walked through the woods for a good hour or so Abby had yelled her irritation out at Katherine for her impulsiveness. Ana was much more passive aggressive. It always looked like an accident with Ana, and there was never any proof that it wasn't. This would usually come in the form of backhanded compliments, but in the woods, she just waited till they were walking decently fast and then dropped to the ground in front of Katherine causing her to trip over her, and claimed she had "tripped on a root" After walking this way for awhile, they stopped at the shore of a very large lake, and Katherine decided she had had enough of this.

"I'm sorry okay, it didn't occur to me how dangerous it was to jump in and literally while I was in the air on my way in I realized what I had done"

"That's the problem! You're so impulsive! You just never think before you act!" Ana shot back. Katherine clenched her jaw before saying quietly

"At least I'm not a slut. I think before I act that way!" Ana gasped at this. She knew Katherine had always thought her a bit, promiscuous. But she never thought she would go so far as to call her a slut. She let out a low growl before tackling Katherine right into the lake. They both transformed as they fought in the water. Abby dove in and tried desperately to pry them apart. she ended up boiling the water between them, forcing them apart.

"Both of you apologize to each other now! Katherine, Ana is not a slut and you know you only said that because you knew it would hit a nerve! Ana you shouldn't have been so hard on Katherine. Your mean girls abilities are fine when they're turned on my jerk of an ex-boyfriend. But seriously, turn them on one of us again and i will end you!" That's when they heard a soft cough. Looking over at the shore of the lake, they saw the hugest man they had ever seen. He had a kind look on his face but they still needed to be cautious. All holding up there hands, preparing to use their powers if need be, they looked at him suspiciously and moved closer to the shore

"Who are you and what do you want?" Ana asked softly in a very scared voice.

"I'm Hagrid. the grounds keeper up at the school. I've never seen mermaids like you before. Most aren't nearly as...pretty as you. Or human looking for that matter."

The girls all looked at each other Ana motioned for them to huddle.

"He totally is talking like he knows all about mermaids"

"Yeah but he could be playing us, maybe he's just trying to get us to trust him"

"What other options do we have?

"Am i seriously the only one who noticed the HUGE castle on the hill?" The girls all turned at the same time to look up at the castle. They then turned back to each other, and continued their chatter.

"That looks like the creepiest place ever!"

"Is that the school he was talking about because its a castle on a hill and it has towers and it's beautiful and i would LOVE to go there!"

"No way am i going in that place it looks terrifying"

"Once again, do we HAVE a choice?"

The girls all sighed, before slowly turning around and looking at the man, who had an confused but slightly amused expression on his face.

"What kind of school?" Abby asked him.

"Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry of course" He said with enthusiasm. The girls all gaped at him.

"I'm sorry , did you just suggest that that is a magic school in a castle? And that you're the really big grounds keeper?"

"Of course. Its Hogwarts! Run by Albus Dumbledore."

"Prove it" Katherine said flatly.

"If you come up to the school with me i can bring you to Dumbledore and he can prove it." Katherine

"Alright but do not think that we can't stop you if you try anything." Ana said with an edge to her voice.

"Okay we just have the matter of getting you up to the school. Will you be hurt if you exit the water?" Hagrid asked with what he hoped was a disarming smile. The girls just scoffed lightly and climbed out of the water. They dried them selves off and stood up in front of him. He gaped.

"Wait...you aren't like...part human are you?" He asked in awe.

"We were humans completely. We were transformed into mermaids. But we have completely human families and homes and everything." Abby said. Some of the fear was gone from her voice. They all followed Hagrid into the castle. The whole time, he was chattering about how much he loved magical creatures and how he wants to become the teacher of that at the school. The girls asked him about this magic school and he told them all about it. Finally, they arrived at the school, he opened the doors and led them down a long hallway. As they reached a large set of doors, he stopped them.

"You all wait out here while i get Dumbledore. I don't think its really necessary to alert the whole castle of your presence just yet." with that he walked through the doors. The girls waited in the hall for a moment before coming back through after a man with long white hair and a matching beard.

"Girls, this is Albus Dumbledore. Headmaster of the school" Hagrid smiled while he said this. All three girls could tell how much he admired this man. The man looked at them quizzically and said quietly.

"Well, we do have a bit of an issue here don't we girls?"