Chapter 22: Save Some Sailors:
Pearl's POV:
Slippery and I were going to see a friend of mine.
"Doesn't your father hate this guy," asks Slippery.
"Yes, but he knows more about humans then I do," I said. Granted, I don't know that much about them.
. . .
Slippery and I then found my friend, Rimulus.
"Hello, Pearl," says Rimulus.
"We found this amazing item," I said.
Rimulus then takes a look at it. "Humans call it a telescope. They use it to see things that are far away."
"I guess some things are just too far," says Slippery.
"Some have even used them to see if they can find merpeople," says Rimulus.
"They're looking for us," I asked.
"As silly as this sounds," says Rimulus, "most humans believe us to be a myth."
"No wonder we have to hide from them so much," I said, "I have seen some humans, I tricked them into thinking I was one."
"I just hope they still think that," says Rimulus.
Herman's POV:
"The Sea might do something treacherous again," says Melvin.
"The Sea is not evil," I said, "besides, there's a mermaid and we're going to capture her!"
"You're an idiot," says Melvin, "too many dangerous things happen in the Sea!"
"Like what," I asked.
We then heard some beautiful singing.
Sirens: Before man, before moon, before history
In a world made of magic and mystery
Gods and Titans lightning and bone
Fought to posses the Chronos stone
For he who held the stone, held the world
And into darkness earth the Titans were hurled
And Zeus the thunder in his throne
Zeus became the rule of them all
Come with me
Across the sea of time
Come with me
Across the sea of time
Where the creatures never seen before
The gorgan and the manticore
The centeur 'neath the silver tree
Across the seas of time
Come with me
Across the sea of time
Where man and God meet in the dawn
Where gods are kings and men are pawns
And no man born is truly free
Across the sea of time
Zeus descended from the sky
The lightning by his side
Love like thunder in his heart
To take a mortal bride
And from their union came a son
Half human and half god
With twice the strength of mortal men
To walk where heroes trod
Come with me
Across the sea of time
When men have fallen to their knees
And all the gods ignore their pleas
The name they call is Hercules
Across the sea of time
Across the sea of time
Time
Across the sea of time
Time
Across the sea of time
Time
Across the sea of time!
We then drove our boat over to them.
Pearl's POV:
"Look at those ships," I said.
"Humans cannot breathe under water," says Rimulus, "and they cannot swim as well as we can, so they travel the ocean by boat."
"I wonder how the sea looks from their point of view," I said.
"That's strange," says Rimulus, "they're heading above Siren territory."
"Siren," Slippery and I both said.
. . .
We then swam and saw Thessanora and her sinister sirens.
"They're luring the sailors to their demise," says Rimulus.
"Why do they do that," I asked.
"Sirens are just mean sometimes," says Rimulus.
"Well, we have to stop them," I said.
. . .
We swam to the surface. I used my own singing to have the water stop the ships while Rimulus turned to a shark creature to try to fight the Sirens, but neither was good enough.
"Nice try, Pearl," says Thessanora.
Rimulus and I then swam away.
. . .
"We're going to need a new plan," says Rimulus.
"Slippery, you can use your eel powers to shock those sirens," I said.
"You... you want me... to face the sirens," asks Slippery.
"Slippery, we can't let those humans die," I said.
Slippery knew I was right, and he swims up.
Slippery's POV:
As I swam up, I touched my tail to Thessanora and shocked her.
"What was... the eel creature," says Thessanora.
Pearl's POV:
Rimulus and I were still waiting, but then Slippery came back. "It's all over," says Slippery, "we should just go home and forget about coming back." I then slapped Slippery. "What happened?"
"Sorry I had to slap you," I said, "but Thessanora had you under her control."
"Oh no," says Slippery.
"What is the meaning of this," asks my Father as he came.
"Daddy, the Sirens are going to kill those humans," I said.
"That's not our problem," says my Father, "it means less humans."
"You may not think so," I said, "but I'm part human and so are you!"
"Merpeople are basically humans and fish coming together," says Rimulus.
"And I can't let the sirens hurt them," I said.
I then started swimming. "Pearl, wait," says my Father, "I'm going to regret this, but let's go."
. . .
The Sailors were coming closer, but then my Father traps the Sirens in an energy bubble and sends them away. The Sailors then stopped. I recognized two of them.
"I told you," says Herman.
"Let's get out of here," says Melvin.
"What are you doing," asks Herman.
"Friends of yours," asks my Father.
"It's a long story," I said.
. . .
"Perhaps one day, humans and merpeople can realize that it's not two worlds, but one," says Rimulus.
"I wonder how those sailors are doing," I said.
Herman's POV:
"I told you and we have to go back, and we have to go back," I said.
"We are going back," says Melvin, "those merpeople tried to kill us and we are going to make them pay."
In the next chapter, the Kappas steal the trident.