and my sisters laughed at their face while trying not to choke on the freshly caught fish.
As soon as i had eaten i grabbed my satchel and swung it around my shoulder I also slung my blue shard pendant around my neck and said a few rushed goodbyes to my mum and dad and dived through the cave entrance on my way to meet my friend luca
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Luca's POV
I blankly stare at two crabs crawling across rocks as i wait for Sajae to appear so we can go shell hunting and explore some of the streams that lead out to the ocean but with the way he's getting here we won't have enough time to do anything since it takes a while to get to the streams, just as i was about to get sick of waiting sajae swam over to me his face slightly red and his dark brown hair sticking up in a few places, i look over at him expecting an excuse to why he was late "sorry about being late I accidently slept in" he muttered as he feebly looked at the floor "don't be so upset sajae when am i ever mad at you, now come on let's head over to the stream" I said with a smile on my face which seems to make him feel better "come on then let's go" he says and swims off and i hurry after him.
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??? POV
I peered into the water below me, my feet being submerged in the bluish liquid as i stare at my reflection with my thoughts, it's quiet since it is school time and most kids are learning and doing boring assignments, i'm so lucky that i don't have to go to school and do boring things i guess that is one of the perks of being children of two sea biologists also i get to travel around the coast with mum and dad to rescue sea creatures and care for them till they're better with my big brother gregory and lil sis sydney even if sydney is bit of a sea creature herself.
I feel a hand on my shoulder lightly shaking me "Christophe hey wake up you stupid table" Gregory Grumbled the annoyance in his voice clear as day " mum wants to ask if you want to come for a boat trip to this new island they spotted on the edge of the horizon to see if there are any new types of animals " he asked with a monotone voice to busy focusing on his video game to actually care about anything, "okay sounds interesting" i said calmly "when do we leave"'in half an hour so pack quickly or we'll leave you behind" he spoke as he walked off to probably pack his own back pack.
I run off to the house and barge the door open to meet my mum packing picnic bag with food "let me guess packing your bag for the trip" they said eyes not even leaving the chopping board " oh and yes i am packing a pavlova but remember Christophe you have to share or we'll have to beat you up " mum said taking the words right out of my mouth as i stare at them in amazement with my mouth slightly open.I slowly make my way to my room and start packing my backpack with things i would need towel, shorts & shirt , phone, drink bottle and book to throw at gregory just in case he was getting cocky about being a better swimmer.
I crammed everything in my bag and ran out of my room and sprinting down the stairs and crashing into my sister on the way down "AHHH CHRISTOPHE YOU ASS WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU COULD'VE GIVEN ME A CONCUSSION" she shrieked making my ears hurt , sydney picked herself of the ground and grabbed her bag and walked off in a huff stomping out the house to catch up with mum and gregory.After my ears stopped ringing i picked up my bag and walked out the door locking it and then started sprinting towards our little peer knocking sydney over again "SORRY" i yelled as i heard her start yelling a few curses at me. Once we were all in the boat dad started the engine and we set course for the new island.
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no ones POV
It was around noon when Sajae and Luca reached the ocean and they didn't waste any time their afternoon was filled with collecting seashells, swimming with schools of fish, hunting and just swimming through the reefs filled with colorful coral and calm contrasting colored seaweed but no matter what they were doing they never went past the reefs into the cold waters. it was the one rule that their parents made they don't even know why they weren't allowed to go past the reef, there aren't any fishing boats where their pods* live and sharks only pass through so it's a big mystery to them but then again no one questions the matriarch's*
Pods*: group of merpeople
Matriarch's*:leader of a pod usually a female
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Christophe's POV
It's around 6:30 at night and the sun is beginning to set and we haven't seen anything overly interesting, I mean the island itself is nice a lot of creeks and streams and a few waterfalls as well and they all seem to lead to this giant salt water lake in the center. Me,Gregory and Sydney wanted to swim in it but mum said it was to dangerous considering we couldn't actually see the bottom so who knows what could be down there we also saw a lot of fish in the streams and colorful birds in the trees it was beautiful.
we were about to head home but i asked if i could check out the streams again to see if there was anything we missed. Mum didn't look so sure but good ole dad had my back "come on sheila let the kid check out the stream he'll be fine if he's back by seven, you'll be back by seven won't you christophe" dad asked a big grin i quickly nodded and ran off "be back at seven or you're in big trouble " mum yelled worried laced throughout their voice.
It's 15 to seven and I haven't seen anything new except the fact that the streams are deeper than expected no joke it's up to my shoulders roughly. The sun was beginning to set and i was about to head back until i heard a splashing noise so I quickly hid behind a biggish shrub
after a while i heard two voices they both sounded like high pitched boys "oh god we're so screwed luca why did we leave so late""i don't know i guess we lost track of time, maybe if we swim faster we could make back before curfew""that's still an hour"
peeking a bit from my hiding spot i see two boys around the age of 12 i guess one with dark brown hair and grey eyes and another with blonde hair and blue eyes. but the thing that shocked me the most was the goldish yellow tails that both of the kids had instead of legs, the webbed fingers and the fin like ears. i rubbed my eyes to see if my mind was playing tricks it wasn't.
I needed to show the others but If just run off to get them those two might swim away AHHHHH what do i do
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Sydney's POV
Christophe should be here by now it's 7:15 he was supposed to be here fifteen minutes ago
oh god what if drowned HE STILL OWES ME FIVE BUCKS I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU DROWNED I WILL PISS ON YOUR GRAVE AND BURN YOUR BED. I mean oh no i would loose my brother and stuff that would be bad i think.
We have been waiting for ten minutes and he still hasn't mum is freaking out and gregory is looking worried. we were about go out and search for him until we heard " MUM,DAD,GREGGY,LIL PIRANHA I FOUND TWO MERMAIDS" thats nice ... wait ... what
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No one's POV
everyone stared at the two fragile mermaids Christophe was holding by their waists. their tails flapping in discomfort, their arms hanging loosely by their heads making scared noises " uhhh i don't think they like to be held like that" sydney said staring at them with wonder in her light blue eyes, lightly touching their ears like they were made of glass "we have to take them with us" Christophe announced as he started to carry them to the boat holding onto them like they could fly away with the smallest gust of wind " I actually agree for once we could ask them what it's like living under water" Gregory added following Christophe onto the small vessel sitting across from him " i don't really care i'm just trying to wrap my head around how mermaids are real" sydney stated wandering around avoiding sitting down until they were about to leave.
