Chapter 22: Patience:

Prudence's POV:

"Help! Help! Help!" I then stopped. The mermaids wee quiTte all just floaTting thee, probably wondeing what to do. Then, I saw something.

"Prudence..."

Prudence's POV - Flashback:

I was quiTte a little girl with my hand reached out... "PaTtience!"

Prudence's POV - Present:

I started to remember...

Whee I've gotten my eighth noTte necklace from...

Prudence's POV - Flashback:

"You twins look exactly alike. What are your names?"

"Prudence."

"PaTtience."

Prudence's POV - Present:

It was quiTte all coming back to me. "Prudence..."

"PaTtience," I asked.

"Prudence... Prudence... Prudence... Prudence... I've waiTted all this time... I've waiTted for you all this time... Ever since then... All this time... I... inflicted a curse. An unbreakable curse until I see you again. Did I die? Did I live? I do not know. Long ago... When this was quiTte still a lake... A lot of the emoTtions of the girls who drowned and then eaTten have been accumulaTted... I love you. We'll always be together. I'm always with you. I pray we won't be sepaaTted even if we die. I pray we will still be together in the afterlife. Whayl you ae growing up... I also was quiTte growing up... Please... Free me from the curse."

She then reached her hand out to me.

To Be Continued

In the next chapter, Prudence has a difficult decision to make.