Capture me a Mermaid

Do You Still Think of Me?

Agatha stared blankly into the blue sky above, as she lay on a rock at mermaid lagoon.

It had been 3 weeks since Tedros and his crew left Neverland. The pain the Agatha felt when she hit the water never stopped. It wasn't physical pain, like she'd made it out to be in her dream, it was emotional pain.

It hurt more than Arthur's burning hand cuffs.

Sophie gazed at her sister from another rock. Agatha hadn't breathed a word about what had happened when she was taken. She'd barely breathed a word at all. She just sat on the same rock, day after day. She hadn't even explained how she had legs when she was on that plank

Sophie wanted Agatha to open up to her like she used to. What had that prince done to her?

"Agatha," Sophie said. "The coral reef if blooming today."

Agatha said nothing.

"We were all going to go watch." Sophie said, persistent.

Still no answer.

Sophie huffed, and tried to stay smiling and not scream in annoyance. "Would you like to come it's us?"

"No." Agatha said, still not even moving.

Sophie's jaw dropped. "But, Aggie, it only happens once a year."

Agatha's jaw tightened. "I'll watch it next year."

"But you love the coral spawn!"

Agatha's head whipped to her. "I said no, alright?!" That was the most emotion that Agatha had expressed in three weeks, and it was so hateful.

Sophie jolted back in surprise. Agatha slumped back onto the rock and gazed up at the sky, emotionless, once again.

"Aggie." Sophie whispered. "Please talk to me."

Agatha hesitated. "Why did you hit the boat, Sophie?" She said without looking at her.

Sophie's eyes widened. "What--"

"I said 'why did you hit the boat?'" Agatha said, slowly balling her fist.

"I-I don't know..." Sophie said, shyly.

"How do you not know?" Agatha said.

Sophie frowned. "You're mad at my because I hit the boat! Seriously, Agatha, it didn't hurt you--"

"Yes, it did!" Agatha shouted, turning to her with pure angry in her eyes.

Sophie gasped. "Aggie, what did--"

"Forget it!" She said, turning to the water. Agatha looked back over at Sophie before she dived in. "You wouldn't understand."

Just like that, Agatha disappeared under the water.

Sophie sat frozen.

"What did I do?" She yelled. "What did I do wrong?"

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Agatha gazed at her reflection in her mirror.

Her expression was blank and so emotionless. She hadn't cried since that day 3 weeks ago. She didn't know why, but she assumed that it was that she simply didn't have the strength to cry.

She heard a knock at the door to her underwater bedroom.

"Come in." She said. She prayed that it wasn't Sophie or her father, Stefan.

Kiko opened the door. Agatha smiled, ever so slightly. Kiko was the only one that could make her do that now. Kiko was always so happy and sprightly. She had this bubble of happiness surrounding her, that made it hard for anyone to be sad in.