Hi, sorry for the delay. I've been resting from my trip to Australia and been writing a travel journey about the trip. Now I'm back on line. In this chapter, there will be a song produced by Disney for The Little Mermaid. Credit doesn't go go to me. Enjoy the chapter

Foes turned Friends:

The bullies remained frozen where they were. "I really don't believe it," whispered Aonung.

"But if they're here? Where are Atuiko and Sylwa?" Roxto wondered.

"I guess we follow them," said Aonung.

Unknowst to them, their whispers weren't undetected.

As Lo'ak hugged him, Tsu'tey's ears flicked up and he began growling. The bullies hid behind the rocks, holding their ilus' mouths shut tight. The Taquamare began to growl.

"What is it, buddy?" asked Lo'ak, letting go.

Tsu'tey walked forward, his nostrils sniffling. I smell something over there. Lo'ak looked towards the rocks. I smell…

Splash. The water splashed. Tsu'tey growled at the water. HE shot a dart. Some blood drifted up.

"What was that?' asked Lo'ak.

A giant Colosquila. Very nasty things with tentacles. We must go back to the others. I'm not gonna let that thing pull you to the bottom of the ocean.

Lo'ak mounted Tsu'tey and they galloped across the water at a fast pace. Once they were several leagues away, the boys peeped out again. "Let's follow them," instructed Aonung. "But keep your distance,"

Once they were a good distance away, Tsu'tey sank into the water but kept his head and Lo'ak above it. He had been running all day and he wanted to relax his legs. As they did, Lo'ak heard a strange humming and realised it was his spirit brother doing it.

Mmm, mmm
Ah, ah

"What are you singing?" asked Lo'ak curiously.

'Something my mother sang to me all the time. I don't know if you recall but she sang it when we were asleep. The night she brought you to our cave. You just couldn't understand it'.

Lo'ak went into deep thought again. He suddenly remembered Tsu'tey's mother did sound like she was humming. something when they slept. He just couldn't understand her. His spirit brother continued singing.

What would I give to live where you are?
What would I pay to stay here beside you?
What would I do to see you smiling at me?

Where would we walk? Where would we run?
If we could stay all day in the sun
Just you and me, and I could be
Part of your world

Lo'ak shed a tear. "That was beautiful,"

'She sang it to me every night when we felt alone. My father sang it to her. It's a song passed down through our species for years.

"You really have no idea where the other Taquamares are?"

'I searched and searched for years but I found none. Not even any trace of the rest of my family. If they're alive

Lo'ak patted his side. "You're not alone. Not anymore,"

An hour passed. Payaka and Sylwa had entertained Atuiko once again with another chorus of humming and singing and he clapped for joy. "This has been the best day in forever," he said. "All my life I dreamed of seeing more beyond the reef and you guys have really made and ruined my day," he hugged Sylwa and she hugged him back. Payaka purred seeing them happy. They heard loud neighing and to their delight, Lo'ak and Tsu'tey appeared into view the Taquamare did a massive leap in the air with its light, long, lean, lanky body and to their surprise, did a spin in the air, Lo'ak holding on tightly and they landed gracefully on Payaka's back.

"Cool trick," clapped Sylwa.

"You guys are not gonna believe this," said Lo'ak. They sat down and listened. "Remember that night Sylwa? When you, me and Spider were playing at night…"

"That story you told me," interrupted Atuiko. "The one about that creature who rescued you and the baby you befriended,"

"It's him," Lo'ak explained, looking at Tsu'tey. Sylwa's lower jaw dropped.

"No way," breathed Atuiko. "This is the baby from your story?"

"It is," Lo'ak smiled admirably at Tsu'tey. "His mother saved my life,"

"Incredible. A creature of both land and sea. This is amazing!" cheered Sylwa. "Where is his mother? And more importantly why he is out here alone? Aren't there other Taquamares out there?"

"His mother was killed," said Lo'ak sadly. "I saw it all. And he doesn't even know if there are any other Taquamares out there,"

"You bonded with him?"

"I did," Lo'ak held up his queue and Tsu'tey held up his. "I can understand him now. And we don't need to connect our queues again,"

"That's unbelievable," said Atuiko. "Never before have I ever heard of a creature who needs only one link to form a life-long bond. We're so sorry for your loss Tsu'tey," he stroked the Taquamare's snout in comfort.

We'll be your family," she said, giving him a hug. "Won't we,"

"Absolutely," Atuiko hugged him as well and then Lo'ak joined in. Tsu'tey felt more comforted. Payaka purred. The kid let go and sat on the fin, stroking her. "We'll be your family too Paya,"

'Thank you'.

The bullies watched everything from behind a rock. As it was on the left side of Payaka from a distance, Aonung could see the missing fin. "Payaka," he breathed.

"The outcast?" asked Roxto.

"That Tulkun must have saved Sylwa," said Aonung. "Why would she come back to her?"

Roxto was more focused on happy Atuiko was with his friends. He whole-heartedly felt like Atuiko had no love for him anymore. He had been so focused on maintaining his friendship with Aonung and his friends that he never thought to consider how much his brother was growing to hate him for letting them treat him so horribly. An ilu squeaked.

Tsu'tey heard it again. He growled.

"What is it, boy?" Lo'ak asked. Tsu'tey growled towards the rocks and the moment the trio twisted their heads; they gasped. The bullies froze seeing them looking at them.

"They followed us!" panicked Sylwa. "If they tell our dads, they'll never let us see them again!"

Suddenly a giant colossal squid-like creature erupted from the water with its bulbous head of multiple eyes and tentacles. It attacked the boys on the rocks. They screamed. Their ilus swam away in fear. They jumped into the sea.

"Oh my gosh," breathed Sylwa.

"What is that thing?" asked Lo'ak.

"It's a Colosquila," Atuiko breathed. "Very dangerous. Twenty tentacles,"

"Twenty?!" shouted the twins.

I'll get us out of her. Hold on! Payaka flapped her tail and began carrying her passengers away from the scene. But the children heard screams and looked back.

Aonung, Roxto and the other two tried swimming away as their ilu had swum away in fear, afraid of being eaten. But the Colosquila pursued them desperate for a snack. They were suddenly grabbed individually by the legs by their tentacles and all but Aonung were pulled underwater. He struggled to keep above water. "Help!" he cried out. The Trio looked back after him. "Please!" he begged. "PLEASE! YOU HAVE TO HELP US!" he was pulled underwater.

The Colosquila began pulling them underwater. They were trapped in the tentacles, losing breath too quickly. Suddenly a dart came out of nowhere and shot one of its eyes causing it to scream in pain. Then all of a sudden, the four prisoners saw Lo'ak on Tsu'tey diving towards them. Tsu'tey swam around the giant head and out of his behind under his tail, he spewed out a black gooey substance. Some of it drifted into one of the teens.

Aonung tried to squeeze free but then he saw Sylwa riding towards him on an ilu she had summoned, holding out her hand. He managed to pull one hand free and he grabbed hers. She pulled him out. Then she swam to Roxto and pulled him free too. They swam to the surface, gasping for breath.

Tsu'tey shot another dart and hit another eye when the cloud of gooey black began to dissolve. Lo'ak held out his hands to the other bullies and pulled them free. He took them up to the surface. The sea monster tried to pursue them when Payaka came out of nowhere and rammed her head crest right into it squeezing it against some rocks, killing it. It sank down to the bottom of the ocean. She resurfaced.

Lo'ak and Sylwa dragged the bullies towards Payaka. Atuiko who had managed to gather the other ilus joined them. Once they were on board, the bullies coughed and puked out the water as they sat up on the Tulkun's thick hide. The shortest bully was grossed out by all the black liquid fluid Tsu'tey had spewed from underneath his tail. Aonung was the first to acknowledge the twins and Atuiko, both staring over at them with crossed arms but soft expressions.

"You saved us," The twins didn't say anything. They still held up their cold faces towards him; it hadn't meant they'd forgiven him for his actions. The bullies were equally surprised as him. "Why would you two save us? After everything we did. That I did." he felt he was solely to blame. He was the leader of his gang and as the chief's son, they pandered to his every order.

Lo'ak and Sylwa shared uncertain looks. But then they found an answer. "We guess….we see a lot of ourselves in you," said the boy twin.

Aonung wouldn't believe it. "We're nothing alike,"

"Yes we are," Sylwa talked back calmly. "We know what it feels like to have fathers who expect so much out of us. And what it feels like to be scolded if you make even make the slightest mistakes,"

"And I especially know what it feels like to be one big disappointment," Lo'ak lamented. Atuiko held his hand, comforting him.

"But I left you out at sea," Aonung reminded Sylwa. "And I brutally hurt you and you would have been drowned out at sea too," he said to Lo'ak. "Why would you save us?"

Still, they couldn't find a good answer. "Because if they left you out there to die it would have them no different than you," said Atuiko for them. By the way, he spoke, the twins could tell he was so proud of them for their altruism.

"You owe us your lives. So don't you ever mistreat us or called us freaks again. The same goes for the rest of our family," said Lo'ak firmly.

"And we hope this means you've all learnt your lesson the next thing you think it's fun to bully someone who's different from you," Sylwa pointed at all of them with a disappointed expression. "And our family isn't the only one you all owe an apology to," she cocked her head to Atuiko.

"We're sorry we bullied you Atuiko," said Aonung. "And we're sorry for bullying you both," he sincerely expressed to the twins. "And I'm so sorry, so very, very sorry for nearly getting you killed Sylwa. And for putting your life in danger as well, Lo'ak. I promise you I didn't mean for it to go this far,"

Roxto stepped forward. "And I'm sorry I hit you with that coconut and caused you to crash," he said anxiously to Lo'ak.

"You threw that at him?" Atuiko questioned him angrily. "I can't believe you,"

Roxto shrugged. "I was just jealous," he lamented. "I was just so jealous of you Lo'ak," he looked apologetically at the boy twin who red-faced at him. "You guys were getting along so well and it made me mad. You were there for him in ways I wasn't and I felt like I was being replaced. I got jealous. And I just…." He huffed. "But I never meant for you two to crash-land and make the fisherman so mad at you,"

Atuiko was outraged at Roxto for letting his jealousy of Lo'ak motivate him to cause them both to crash and get injured and into trouble. But sometimes twitched inside him. A part of him felt guilty for the way he spoke to his biological brother and how he wished his best friend was his brother instead of him.

"I feel I owe you an apology as well Aonung," Sylwa's words surprised everyone. "I shouldn't have mentioned your brother like that," She felt she should at least apologise for that; Aonung was quite surprised by her apology. "It was a bit too far on my part," he was touched.

"So...are we good?" asked Aonung.

"Not quite. You need to apologise to our sister," Lo'ak said firmly.

"And you are gonna tell those fishermen and Dad that you caused us to crash," Atuiko said to Roxto.

"I already did," Roxto's words surprised them. "I told them earlier today that it was my fault and they made me do extra fishing work. And I told Dad as well,". Lo'ak was surprised that he owned up like that. So was Atuiko.

"How did you tame a Taquamare?" one of the teens asked. "We saw everything," Lo'ak was surprised. Tsu'tey however was not glad that they were spying on them.

"I didn't," said Lo'ak. "He saved my life," Tsu'tey purred into his hands.

"And unlike us, he saw past what people say and saw the compassion within him," Atuiko was proud of Lo'ak's open-hearted nature.

"But it pooed blood on me," groaned another teen covered in the black substance Tsu'tey had erupted out of his behind.

"It's not blood you skewing," Sylwa walked over and wiped some of it onto her fingers. "It's ink. He's not a bloodthirsty daemon creature,"

"We should have got to know these creatures ourselves instead of believing all those stories we heard," Atuiko said.

"And his mother saved my life when I was a child," continued Lo'ak. "And he saved my life,"

"How can he be both a forest and a sea animal?" asked the ink-covered teen as he began scoping up seawater to clean himself.

"He's adapted to both those environments. Just like our family is," said Sylwa. "You guys just need to learn to see past what people say about things they don't understand,". The bullies could see she was right. They realised now how wrong they were about them. They were different but that didn't give them the right to be so malicious to them. And yet they had saved their lives from that squid creature.

"It's just like she said. 'Just because you hear things doesn't mean they're true' and you should never just people before you get to know them,"Lo'ak recapped. "Same goes for Payaka here," he bent and patted her hide making her purr.

The boys had forgotten they were standing on the back of a Tulkun. They noticed her left-severed front fin and became agitated. Aonung was about to speak when Sylwa interrupted.

"I know what you're gonna say and you're wrong. Tsireya told me and as usual, you all believe gossip over facts. If Payaka was going to kill me she would have done so before. Without her, I never would have survived that storm or found my brother,"

The boys were still sceptical. "Does this look like the face of a violent killer to you?" Lo'ak challenged their consciences. "Just look at her," he stroked the side of her face. "She's so lonely,"

"How would any of you like it if you were left alone? In a cold, cruel, heartless world?" spoke Atuiko. "Whatever our people say about her, they don't know the full story. Which brings me to another thing. You had better keep this secret. These two helped save you all so you all owe them. Big time. Don't ever give our friendships away to anyone. These two have suffered enough loneliness and if any of you so much as give them away, you will have to answer to us,"

The bullies were reluctant. Keeping this secret would mean going disobeying the chief again. But Aonung realised that it wasn't just the twins who saved them. It was also Payaka and Tsu'tey. A part of him still believed the rumours they had heard about the outcast Tulkun and the daemon of the deep but what they had witnessed right now was that they weren't entirely true. And they owed it to them. "We won't tell anyone," he promised. "But no one…can learn of this,"

The Trio agreed. "We should probably head back," said Sylwa. "Our fathers will be fuming mad if they find out we're gone. Think you can give us a lift girl?"

Absolutely. Payaka clicked. The former bullies toppled off their feet as she steered and began swimming away from the brother's rocks; the ilus swimming alongside them. The twins and Atuiko lied against Tsu'tey and chilled out. The gang of boys sat down peacefully, choosing to try and enjoy the feeling. As they sailed on the Tulkun's back across the sea, she began to hum a beautiful song that melted their hearts. As she did, Sylwa sang out loud. It was her song that Payaka was humming. As they vocally performed, the boys applauded and the former foes now turned friends could clearly see how truly unique the twins were.

Hours passed. It was sundown. Three regrettable siblings and a remorseful princess had been searching for them all day. It was getting harder to cover the twins' disappearance from Jake and Neytiri who would be fuming mad if they weren't found soon. They came to the beach. "I've been looking for Sylwa everywhere," Tsireya said. Ever since Sylwa had stormed off, upset by their disbelief, she felt awfully guilty for unintentionally hurting her feelings. "I can't find her anywhere,"

"We've been looking for her and Lo'ak too," vented Neteyam. "Man, as if those two haven't got into enough trouble already,"

"Don't talk like that," criticised Kiri. "You already angered them enough as it is,"

"You laughed at Lo'ak too,"

"Wait," Tuk said. "Do you guys hear that?". She started walking along the beach and the three teens followed her. As they did, they could hear voices. Lo'ak and Sylwa's.

"So, you actually saw the bottom of the sea?" it was Aonung's voice.

"I did. And I can tell you it's the most beautiful thing you could ever see. It's like an entire underwater world," came Lo'ak's voice next. "It's like seeing an underwater night sky,".

The group walked past some trees and to their unexpected surprise, they saw the twins and Atuiko sitting in a circle with the forgiven bullies and Aonung on the sand. Tsireya was quite flabbergasted to see them interacting like this. "It's true we saw it ourselves," said Atuiko, remembering their grand adventure to the bottom of the sea. "There are creatures there we've never seen before. And giant clams with pearls of pure starlight,"

"Don't forget the colourful crystals," added Sylwa. "They glow so brightly it's like you're looking into an actual star,"

The former bullies were amazed. They had ventured to the deep; they were surprised by Lo'ak, technically the first one as it was he who had befriended the Taquamare and formed a remarkable bond with it. "And that story about Taquamares luring Navi to their death with their eyes. That's not true at all," said Lo'ak. "A giant fish nearly ate me but Tsu'tey hypnotised it to save me,"

As they listened the other three Sullys and Tsireya were surprised; they really were telling the truth earlier. "Hang on a minute. If he uses hypnosis to defend himself…" Roxto began. "Why didn't he use to save us?"

"Because he really wanted to use his ink," Lo'ak chuckled. "And he also wanted to have Payaka have some fun,". The children burst out laughing.

"The ocean truly has blessed you," bid Aonung. "Two forest Navi and yet it seemed Eywa brought you both together with your saviours,".

"Hey guys," Tuk came onto the scene and instantly she threw her arms around Sylwa and fell onto the sand. "We're really sorry,"

"It's okay," she patted her back.

The older siblings and Tsireya came onto the scene. Aonung twitched a little seeing his sister's face.

"Guys…we've settled things out. There's no trouble at all," Lo'ak assured.

"Sylwa…he left you out at sea. You could have drowned," said Neteyam, glaring unforgivably at Aonung who shrunk back in guilt again.

"I know. But there's no point holding onto this feud. We have to make peace and we would rather do that now than let our anger get the better of us. Besides 'A house divided against itself, cannot stand',". Everyone but Lo'ak blinked in confusion.

"It's a sky people thing," explained the boy twin. "It's an expression,"

"It means if we keep fighting with each other…we won't be strong against a common foe," Atuiko stated. "The sky people, the bad ones are our common enemies so we might as well as get along because we're on the same side,"

"So…" Sylwa crossed her arms, eying Aonung carefully. "Something you wanna say,"

Aonung remembered. "We're very sorry, we picked on you Kiri," he apologised. "And we're sorry for being unfriendly to you two," his apology to Tuk and Neteyam was quite surprising. "We made things harder for you all when you arrived and it was wrong of us. It would have been just as difficult for us to fit into the forest if we had to leave home,"

"What's past is past. And besides they're not gonna be bullying us again. Not after we just saved their lives," said Lo'ak. Kiri was proud. Neteyam was surprised. The twins had saved the bullies, even though they had been so prejudiced towards them for being different.

"Please reconcile you two," Sylwa implored Aonung and Tsireya. "You're both family and that should be important,"

Tsireya considered for a moment but Aonung, expressing deep regret, held up his hand. With an encouraging glance from Sylwa, Tsireya slowly took it and shook it. No matter how much Aonung got on her nerves, they were family. They both missed Tousal more than anything and they couldn't honour his memory by being distant.

"Where were you guys?" Neteyam demanded the twins. "And how did you save them?"

"Tell them everything," Roxto encouraged. They all sat together and Lo'ak and Sylwa told them everything they had told their new friends. Meeting their saviours again. Diving deep under the sea. Witnessing the treasures of the oceans. Lo'ak being saved by Tsu'tey again. Payaka's beautiful singing. And ultimate Lo'ak told them how he had discovered Tsu'tey was the son of the strange creature who had rescued him years ago and had become his spirit brother. The former bullies were impressed. They had never heard of anyone bonding to a mysterious creature before and it seemed as if Lo'ak was the first-ever spirit brother of a Taquamare. The girls were amazed. Neteyam however seemed agitated about it.

"And how did you rescue Aonung and the others?" asked Tsireya.

They told them what had happened. And it astounded her and the siblings that Payaka and Tsu'tey had helped the twins rescue the four former bullies from the giant tentacle monster that had tried to drag them to the bottom of the ocean. And afterwards, Aonung, Roxto and the other two were deeply grateful to Lo'ak and Sylwa for saving them despite their bullying. They had apologised to them and in return for their heroism, they were now treating them with the utmost kindness and respect and keeping their forbidden friendships secret.

"It was mainly Payaka and Tsu'tey. They worked together against that Kraken-like beast," Sylwa explained.

"Of course, it took a lot of effort from you two," acknowledged Atuiko to the twins. "You both acted very honourably today,"

Unknowst to them, Jake, Tonowari and Soxato observed the children from above. They were so surprised. Jake especially to see his twin children interacting with the bullies who had endangered their lives. They couldn't quite hear what they were saying but whatever it is that the twins were telling them, it was quite amusing to their audience. All except Neteyam.

"It seems like this hostility is diminishing," said Tonowari. "At least we won't have to worry about another brawl between anyone,". He walked off with the general who glimpsed again at his two boys sitting next to each other.

Jake however stayed where he was, glancing down at his children. He had never seen the twins look so happy. But Neteyam looked really conflicted. Like he was sort of jealous or something. He walked off.

"We're sorry we laughed at you," said Kiri to Lo'ak. "Aren't we Neteyam?"

"Yes," he sounded a bit grouchy.

"You could sound a little more apologetic," criticised Atuiko.

"Okay fine. I'm sorry,"

"And…" he pushed.

"For what?" Atuiko gesture to Sylwa. Neteyam huffed. "I'm sorry I called Payaka a killer and teased you as well," he stood up and stomped off.

"What's gotten into him?" asked Roxto; he'd never seen him act like that.

"When are you guys gonna see them again?" asked Tuk.

"Maybe tomorrow," said Sylwa.

"Guys…" Aonung spoke up, sounding serious. "If you're gonna keep seeing them, you're gonna have to do it carefully. You can't go every day or your dad and my dad are going get suspicious,"

"I hate to say this…but he's right guys," said Atuiko. "We gotta keep this on a low profile,"

Sylwa and Lo'ak exchanged glances and knew at once that they were right. If they were ever going to stay true to their friendship with their saviours and keep it hidden, they would have to do it vigilantly.

"We'll see them next week then," decided the girl twin.

"Perfect," approved the boy twin.

"So…are we officially good now?" asked Aonung to the twins and Atu. They shared glances. He had apologised to them and now he was promising to keep their friendship with Payaka and Tsu'tey a secret.

"We're good," answered Sylwa simply.

"But same warning as before. Tell anyone…" Lo'ak said firmly.

"I got it. You'll kill me," Aonung's remark just made everyone burst out laughing.

"Can we take a walk?" asked Roxto to Atuiko. The kid wasn't sure. He was still a little edgy with his brother, especially when he had confessed to causing Lo'ak to crash and to get into trouble.

"Go on," encouraged Lo'ak. "We'll see you later,"

Atuiko took a moment to think. And then he nodded and stood up and walked off with his biological brother. The rest of the group went on their separate ways. Tsireya and Sylwa chose to walk together.

"I'm really sorry that I hurt you badly," Tsireya said. "I neglected what you said before…"

"It's okay. I'm really sorry for storming off like that. It was a bit too far on my part,"

"I was only trying to look out for you. If my father learns about your friendship with Payaka, you'll be in big trouble. But your brother will be in even bigger trouble,"

"Tsu'tey would never harm anyone," Sylwa shook her head. "He's been so lonely for years. He's basically like us,"

"Even if Lo'ak did tell my father that he wouldn't listen,"

"Why?" Sylwa's question made Tsireya stop walking and she faced a tree. "Look, I know you might not want to answer this question, but why does your father hate Taquamares so much? What's his personal grudge against them?"

Tsireya was quiet for a second. "You know…you're not the only one to be named after their aunt,"

Sylwa was struck. "You were named after your aunt too?" Another thing, we have in common.

Tsireya nodded. "Like Lo'ak, she was very intrigued with these creatures. She didn't believe everything people said about them. She ventured beyond the reef and she told my father and grandfather that she saw them and that they were like us. They lived in clans. They had an alpha and his mate leading them. They were like basically Navi but….different. She believed that perhaps our species could co-exist together. My father didn't believe that. But my grandfather did. He sent her to broker peace with them," the long pause meant nothing something dreadful. "She never came back,"

"And so just like that, your father blames them for her death?" Sylwa was outraged at his short-minded accusation. "How can he hold them responsible when he doesn't even know what happened?"

"More people have been going missing over the years. With every loss, my clan and other sea clans get more paranoid by the minute,"

"There could be a lot of reasons why that's happening,"

"No one else can learn of Lo'ak's bond with Tsu'tey,"

"Or what? Your father will banish him?" the colour drained from her face.

"I doubt he would. But he'll be extremely cross. And I'd hate for things between him and your father to get any worse,"

Sylwa dreaded for the tension between her twin and dad to get even worse. "I appreciate your concern for us…but we can't stop seeing them. They're our friends. And they've suffered solitude for too long. We can't repay them for saving our lives by neglecting them,"

Tsireya realised just how much Payaka and Tsu'tey meant to them. "I won't try and stop you," she said, supportingly. "But if you're going to keep seeing them, you must be careful. I'm only trying to look out for you because…because I care about you Sylwa," her words melted Sylwa's heart. "And I don't want you to get into any trouble. I'll support your friendships with your friends, and I will make sure Aonung and his friends don't blabber anything,". Though the twins and Atuiko had forgiven her brother and his gang for their harassment, she still hadn't quite forgiven him for leaving Sylwa out at sea.

Sylwa was touched. "Thank you, Reya,"

"The Tulkun will be returning very soon. And my mother is expecting me to perform a dance for them. Will you um…" She twiddled her fingers and bit her lower lip. "…will you partner up with me?"

Sylwa was surprised. "I…I…I'm not sure. I've never performed in front of an audience before,"

"You'll be with me the whole time," she promised. "And it's only underwater," she offered her hand. "I really don't want to do this without you. I'd love you to be my partner,"

Sylwa thought for a second but then she remembered how fun it had been learning all those cool dance moves from her tutor turned close friend. "Okay," she answered. "I'll give it a go," she clasped it. "Shall we get practising?"

Tsireya smiled and together they jogged off, sharing girlish chuckles.

Hidden from their sight, Neteyam had overheard everything behind some trees. He did not trust the Taquamare who saved his brother the slightest; even though it had saved his brother's life and helped him find their sister. He was not going to have Lo'ak continue seeing him for that matter.

That's another chapter too. What did you think of Tsu'tey singing that song to Lo'ak? I hope you all enjoyed it. Please send reviews and let me know what you all thought of this chapter. Thank you very much Bailey again for your ideas. Happy Birthday. I would love to use them. And I'd like to alter them a bit if you don't mind. Once again the song's credit doesn't go to me, it goes to the little mermaid. See you all soon.