It was a beautiful day in Portorosso, the home of Albert Scorfano . the sun shone on the waves of the sea. The summer holidays came just to an end. A week ago, Luca and Giulia went back to Genova for Luca's second year at the human school. He missed them already, but knew he couldn't keep them from following their dreams and responsibility's. He also knew that this wasn't the last time he would see them. During the Christmas break he would visit Genova and in the summer, both of them would return back to Portorosso. Until then, they would call and write each other as much as possible.
At normal days, Alberto would spend his days without Luca and Giulia in Portorosso helping his adoptive dad Massimo Marcovaldo catching fish, helping the freshly caught fish sell and working as a lifeguard. It was a peacefull life. He liked it. Ofcourse, he still loved the trill of adventuring on his free days.
The people in Portorosso were slowly adapting on the sea monsters within there ranks. A lot didn't even try to hide their real form. Alberto, together with Luca, was one of them. Because of that, he didn't really look around him when he put down his beach towel and walked to the sea. It wasn't long before the sand between his toes gave way for the sea. Slowly his human skin turned in his periwinkle scales. Some people were looking at him, but he ignored it and dived in the sea. He decided to return to his old tower at Isola del Mare. Even tho he was glad that Luca got him out of there, it was still his home. He didn't wait for his father anymore, but the place had a lot of memories, treasures and adventure. Everything he needed for the day.
What Alberto didn't know was that he was followed. A narcissistic boy around 18 years old was sitting in a boat with a man. His brown eyes were looking in the distance Alberto disappeared to. Ercole Visconti wasn't forgetten the humiliation he felt one year ago. A humiliation caused by Alberto, Luca and Giulia. After the Portorosso Cup, Ercole decided to leave Portorosso. How could he stay after what happened? He couldn't understand how a town who hunted sea monsters would accept them. Could choose their side and abandon him. To make the matters even worse, his best friends, his followers Ciccio and Guido even choose to abandon him for everyone!
Lucky for him, the Visconti was big and had a lot of company's. One of those company's was a special circus. A circus you've never seen before. Why do you ask? Easy, a normal circus would use animals and human right? Circus Visconti would also use humans and animals, but not only that. They would use monsters. At the moment, they would use werewolves and some other small creatures. Most people would think there shows were just awesome special effects. Only a handfull of people knew the truth. The monsters used in the shows were real. Just as real as you and I, just as real as Luca and Alberto. And that brought an idea in his head. His uncle was always looking for new acts. So after the humiliation, Ercole decided to ask his uncle for his help. When his uncle learned about the sea monsters, and specially that they weren't hunted anymore, he got a cruel smile on his face. He always wanted a sea monster in his show, but because of the hunt, it was a little difficult. An other reason that he didn't had a sea monster was because those creatures needed special care. It took a year to make all the preparations, but now? Now was finally the time that Ercole would get his revenge…