By the time Hallie's mind started coming back into focus, she began to register the fact that she felt incredibly warm like she was under her favorite blanket, but that was back in her room, so what was keeping her warm at the moment, she didn't know even though for some reason the warmth that Hallie was feeling made her feel happy, but she needed to know what it was helping her feel warm if not her favorite blanket.
Hallie opened her eyes although her vision was blurry, so she rubbed at her eyes until she could see again which led her to seeing a different ceiling that was not part of her new bedroom, so as Hallie sat up she took notice of Hayden, Halsey and Hannah as they surrounded her in their sleep which explained why she was feeling warm, but then saw a long pink tail that was around them which helped keep all four of them warm.
Hallie's eyes followed the tail upwards to see the pretty pink Nessie that had been standing next to Sir Prize which in turn caused the events of last night to slam right back into Hallie's mind as it played over and over again in her thoughts causing Hallie to start shaking in fear while wondering what the Nessies were going to do to her now that she knew of their existence, she had to escape quickly before they woke back up again.
Being as quite and gentle as she could, Hallie got out of the pile she had been in without disturbing the sleeping Nessie and kids before finding what looked to be a door to what Hallie assumed was the nest of this Nessie as it opened without so much as a noise, and that's when Hallie got outside of the nest only to see that there was no way for her to get down to the water unless she felt like jumping down from the platform.
Hallie then looked around for a solution to her problem as she put her hand into her pocket to retrieve her Ladybug yo-yo in order to play with it while thinking about her current situation. "What would Ladybug do?" Hallie muttered softly, that's when she looked up and saw another new male Nessie as he passed by her, only this one was light blue with sunglasses covering his eyes, seeing him made Hallie's answer come to her.
Hallie made the yo-yo string long enough for her swing it like a rope as it wrapped around the Nessie's tail without him noticing before Hallie was lifted off the platform, and landed safely back down to the water where the Nessie began to play his saxophone which impressed Hallie since she didn't know that something so big could even play an instrument, then she quickly got her yo-yo to let go of the Nessie's tail before he saw her.
Once the toy was securely back in her pocket, Hallie quietly swam back to where she saw the slide from last night before going over to it then stopped and looked back at where the nests of all the Nessie's were at, and while she couldn't tell which one she'd been in, Hallie knew that it was rude of her to just up and disappear, but after everything that happened the night before, she knew that she had to leave for her own safety.
"I'm sorry, guys." Hallie said sadly to herself, she got started on carefully climbing back up the slide before making it back to the hidden room then took off for her new bedroom where she got back into her pajamas in order to get some more sleep since it was still midnight as Hallie realized that time ran differently down in the world of the Nessies, so it was unlikely that her parents knew that she had left their hotel home.
A few hours later, Hallie's parents woke her up to eat breakfast before they left for work while Hallie decided to stay in her room and read her books since she needed a day to relax after what she had learned from the night before, so that's why Hallie needed something special to help her feel better and what would help her cheer up than by reading her favorite stories with princess and female knights as the heroes of the stories.
[Play What's Gonna Happen from Barbie and the Secret Door]
[Hallie]
(Music)
All I really wanna do is stay right here
Away from prying eyes
'Cause I really gotta get to chapter three
And see if I'm surprised
Will the princess slay the dragon?
Will she save the day?
Will she find a brand-new world
That takes her breath away?
(Music)
What's gonna happen? I can't wait to see
What's gonna happen? It's all a mystery
(Music)
I need to turn the page, prepare to be amazed
See if she's got it made, whoa, oh, oh, oh
It's nothing I'd expect what's gonna happen next?
(Music)
All I really wanna do is hide right here
And start on chapter four
Maybe this is where the princess saves her friends
And claims her just rewards
Will she shoot a perfect arrow?
Will her aim be true?
Will she meet a mighty foe
And know just what to do?
What's gonna happen? I can't wait to see
What's gonna happen? It's all a mystery
(Music)
I need to turn the page, prepare to be amazed
See if she's got it made, whoa, oh, oh, oh
It's nothing I'd expect what's gonna happen next?
(Music)
What if I could just dive inside?
I could stand tall and it all would come easy to me
Like a dream
What's gonna happen? I can't wait to see
What's gonna happen? It's all a mystery
Oh whoa, oh, oh, oh
I need to turn the page, prepare to be amazed
See if she's got it made, whoa, oh, oh, oh
It's nothing I'd expect what's gonna happen next?
After Hallie had finally finished reading the book that she had started on the plan ride from America to Scotland, she really wanted to start another one however a knock on the door stopped her from doing just that, so Hallie opened the door only to jump back when she saw that Hayden, Halsey and Hannah were standing outside of her room looking really anxious which caused her to raise an eyebrow at them until they grabbed her arms.
"Just what're you doing?" Hallie asked as she dug her heels into the floor, the McJoys obviously wanted to take her somewhere, and the only place she could think of was back down to where the Nessies lived unless the twins wanted to play a two-on-one game of basketball while Hannah watched, sadly Hallie knew that wasn't the case which is why she refused to budge and go back with them to meet their secret friends at the moment.
"Hallie! You need to talk to Happy Ness and Sir Prize." Hannah told her, she and the twins were having a hard time getting Hallie to move from her spot. "I'd rather stay here and read my books." Hallie replied as she moved back in to the safety of her room, Hannah and her brothers accidentally let go of Hallie's arms causing the four to fall to the floor only for Hallie to recover quickly as she ran out the door and through the castle.
"Guess we're doing plan b." Hayden said as he and his siblings got up then followed Hallie, the McJoys raced out of the castle after Hallie did, only to see her go to the beach which is right where they needed her end up at while Hallie slowed down once she realized that the others stopped following her making her wonder why they had stopped chasing her until she figured out that McJoys had laid out a trap, and she had just fallen for it.
"There you are Hallie." The voice of Sir Prize rang out, Hallie looked around, but she couldn't find him anywhere. "Where are you?" Hallie asked nervously as she held her arms out, as scared as Hallie may be that didn't mean that she wanted to stumble into the old man since she couldn't see him before feeling someone gently take hold of her hand, and that's when she realized that Sir Prize was right in front of her as he led her to a secluded area of the beach.
Sir Prize became visible to Hallie making her jump back in shock. "Are you really a ghost?!" Hallie asked as remembered the story that Mr. McPrize told her about his 'missing' relative, that wasn't true though as Sir Prize laughed a little bit as the McJoys joined their friends in the secluded spot of the beach before Sir Prize told Hallie the same exact thing that he'd told her friends months ago when they had first met down below the Loch.
"So, what happens now?" Hallie asked in anticipation, Sir Prize looked at the McJoys with a smile on his face. "The Nessies would love to meet ya, lass." Sir Prize answered her, Hallie still wasn't sure that she wanted to meet them, but after seeing the hopeful looks on her friends faces how could see refuse? "I'll meet them then, if it's alright?" Hallie asked her friends, they gave her a big warm smile then planned on when to go back down to Happy Land.
With the plan now in place to meet that same night, the four kids went back to the castle in order to talk more while Sir Prize when back down to Nessa City to let the others know of Hallie's soon-to-be-arrival that way no one would end overwhelming the young girl, so the McJoys, Sir Prize and the good Nessies couldn't wait to show Hallie around while the young girl was worried that she'd be too scared to get along with all of them and ruin any chance she has of making new friends, so Hallie hoped that everything would go will tonight or else she'd have to stay inside the hotel while the McJoys played with the Nessies for all of summer break.
New chapter done! I don't own the song in this chapter or Sir Prize, please review and no flames!