Chapter 29: Chapter 29
Later_That_Day
"What's going on with you Kapella?". Cindy asked as they walked out of the gate.
"I'm fine Cindy, you need to stop worrying".
"No you're not, you just suddenly have the I don't care attitude and why are you mad at Nancy?".
"Stop calling her name".
"I will not until you tell me".
"Fine, she lied, Lovely is never a good person, he's a playboy!". She roared.
"Then why are you angry?, What is your business with that or did he ask you out? Oh you have a crush on him, is that enough reason, maybe Nancy didn't know much about him".
"I told you already that I don't think it's a crush anymore I think i.... ". She said and paused remembering that Cindy was fast asleep at the time she once said it.
" Forget it ".
" Not again, Kapella ".
" I just hate Nancy for lying and I still hate her right now, I hate her, I hate Lovely, I hate Diaz and if you don't stop speaking right now, I'm gonna hate you". She said and gasped as she realized what she said.
Cindy scoffed and flagged a Taxi.
"No! No! Cindy, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it". She said and she broke from her grip.
She got into the vehicle and it rode off.
"Oh my God what's happening to you? Why is my thinking heightened? ". She exclaimed.
Kapella arrived home and head straight for her room without responding to Steve usual Drama.
She pushed open the door and there was Mrs. Elijah holding a frame while sitting on her bed
" Mom? ".
" I saw it on the news that your school was flooded". She began and Kapella moved to her and dropped her bag.
"Mom?".
"Don't lie Kapella, I can help if I know what is it?".
"Forgive me Mom".
"You know you're my daughter, forgiveness is a free ticket". Mrs. Elijah said and she held her hand.
"Something terrible happened, Mom".
"Oh my God!, Where's your bracelet?".
"I lost it to the flood, I'm sorry, Mom".
"No don't tell me".
"It was happening Mom,I was transforming to a Mermaid but I cut it short by getting out of the water and cleaning myself up, I don't know how it happened, how an entire water could leave the pool and burst out,it isn't a coincidence that I was there ".
" The water came for you ".
She looked down.
" What do you mean Mom? ".
" I might have skipped the transformation part because I was scared, it means fully accepting your Mermaid side and it's gonna change you, your thinking, you won't think like a human again ".
"I underwent half of the transformation mom and my life is taking a drastic turn, my thinking is changing, I'm changing, I can't do it, I'm gonna find my bracelet and am gonna make sure I never get to turn". She cried.
"It isn't that easy Ella, the water came for you and it's gonna keep coming until you undergo your transformation".
"No mom, it's painful, I've never felt such pain in my life".
"It's just the first, you've underwent half already, it won't be that painful, your bones are now flexible, next transformation will not be painful but you have to ensure it's complete first".
"No Mom, I can't do it, it's gonna change me". She cried.
"Listen, you've provoked the waters long enough, if you don't do it it's gonna come again and it might not be pool water this time around, it might be a river, sea or even an entire ocean". She said and Kapella gasped.
"Your mom took time to explain every single thing for me with her dying breath and so I know everything you're going through, I've failed you once by not telling you before, let me fix it, please daughter, you'll learn to adapt to the Mermaid thinking, imagine an entire ocean coming for you, It'll destroy lives and property and still get you so why not avoid that disaster ".
" Who's that? ". Kapella asked as she laid her head on Mrs. Elijah's shoulder staring at the picture frame she held.
" Your mother at high school ". She said.
Kapella jolt from her shoulder as she took the picture from her and stared at it with keen interest.
" She... She.......". She stammered and tears filled her ears.
"She looks like you, that's right". Mrs. Elijah said as Kapella caressed the face of the girl with her finger.
"We were best of friends from childhood till college but even with all the weird happenings around her I never knew she was a Mermaid, she never told me till we parted".
"Just like Cindy and I". Kapella whispered.
"I don't want to lose her". She added.
"It's your choice but you must be sure she'll stick to you after it, don't make same mistake your mother and I made but maybe the biggest mistake was fighting over same guy that ended the friendship". She said and Kapella raised her head up.
"Just forget it, it's the past already".
"I'll do it". Kapella said and Mrs. Elijah turned to her.
"I won't try to run away from my fears anymore, I'll face it, I'll undergo the transformation". She added and Mrs. Elijah nodded.
"Put something light and meet me at the pool". She said and left.
Kapella took off her shirt and her phone buzzed.
She took the call from the unknown caller.
"Hello".
"Your voice sound sweeter over the phone".
"Francis? How did you?".
"Got it from Cindy's phone".
"You know what, I'm disconnecting the call right away". She said.
"And you don't see your bracelet again?".
She paused and scoffed.
"What do you mean?".
"I found it in the flood and I wondered if you still want it".
"I need that bracelet Francis and you're gonna give it to me".
"Not that fast, I need something first and I'll return it?".
"What do you need, money?".
"I've always seen you with the bracelet and realized it's so precious to you".
"What do you need, I'll do anything".
"Anything?".
"Come to my house". He said.
"You pervert!". She cursed.
"Will you come?".
"The bracelet". She said.
"It's safe with me and it can be yours again, just show up".
"Cindy".
"She left for our aunt place, she won't be back until nightfall".
"Don't tell her anything about this".
"The secret is safe Kapella, I won't tell her".
"Fine I'll come then".
"I'll be waiting".
She disconnect the call and chuckle,
Kapella removed her hair barrette letting the long hair dropped down.
"Fool....you think you can control a Mermaid". She said and flung her phone on the bed.
She undressed and put on a T shirt only before walking out of the of the room
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Everyone could be seen busy around, some checking out the ruins of the wretched ship while some other dig around just in case they found something.
Lovely could be seen looking around with his UV spec on.
He suddenly stopped at a point that looked rough.
He took off his UV and dug out the soil with his hand spade.
He paused as his spade hits something hard.
He dropped it and dugged off soil with his hand instead.
He paused as he saw a skull, it was sudden that it almost jumped in fear.
That was when he saw something shiny in the soil he dug out.
He took it and gasped.
"Diamond".
His eyes met with Roxy who shook her head with a pleading face.
He quickly dropped it but it was late as Dahlia wrapped her hand around him from behind.
"Found anything yet". She asked.
"No, he said as he slowly covered the skull with the soil.
" What are you covering? ". She asked.
He expected nothing less, Dahlia was one hell of a smart being.
" It's nothing ". He said but she held his hand and dug it out with her other.
She gasped seeing the skull and some shiny stones around it.
"Diamond.... Mom, Come see what Candy found!". She announced.
He looked down as Roxy bit her lower lip in anger.
Mrs. Arrowood moved there with her husband and was shocked as Dahlia raised a diamond out.
"Good job son". Mr. Arrowood said.
"I'm not your son!". Lovely fired.
"It's a skull ". Mrs. Arrowood said and turned to the men digging around.
"Get your asses over here". She roared.
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"You're naked". Mrs. Elijah said as Kapella walked into the pool room.
"What's the essence of putting on a short when they're gonna tear off, A shirt only will do ".
"Are you ready?". Mrs. Elijah asked.
"Yeah!". She replied pushing her long hair off her shoulder.
She dived into the water and it splashed off.
Bubbles released from her mouth as she raised her head to see Mrs. Elijah from underneath the water.
She felt her legs glue together but it was no longer painful like the previous time.
Her bones rearranged into themselves like rope and her foot bend to the horizontal and flatten out to a caudal fin like that of a fish.
Scales appeared on her merged legs which was now the tail of a fish, it extends up covering her naked chest.
The scales changed colour continuously as it illuminated the water.
She swam to the surface of the water and burst her head out shaking it.
"You did it".
Kapella submerged into the water and swam around as her tail flapped slowly.
She burst out of the water again and gasped.
"It feels so good". She said laughing.
Mrs. Elijah squat cleaning her face with her hand.
"Thank you Mom". She whispered.
"Now that you've accepted your Mermaid side, you need to be ready for things to come".