The Mermaid Traps!
Written By Mermaid Eden
“Hey Kallista! Feeling better?” I popped up from the end of the caarixa’s bed head, my golden-orange tail flapping gracefully behind me.
“Much better, thanks.” She replied. “Come on let’s go and explore.”
I loved exploring and so did Kallista, maybe as much as me. I suddenly saw a sunset shell, one of the rarest Atlantic shells.
“Wow, look at that shell!” I gasped in awe.
“Here, let me get it.” Kallista offered, swimming up to it. She touched it, and immediately a net fell from nowhere and pinned her to the sand, then her eyes closed shortly after.
“Kallista!” I yelled, but seconds later I got pinned to the ground too as another net caught me. I tried to struggle out of the net, but then I saw that the ropes had black moss on it, it was like some sort of sleeping plant that only affected mermaids.
That was the last thing I saw before I fell asleep.
“Psst… Eden!”
I heard a quiet voice in my ear, I moaned slightly before I sat up. It was Kallista. I saw that we were in a very dark underwater cave, it was just bright enough to see Kallista. I instantly felt bad energy in the cave.
“Where are we?” I whispered.
“I’m not sure…” The caarixa replied. I could see it the distance that there were magic coral bars on the cave entrance.
“We’re trapped!” I whispered, swimming up to the entrance with Kallista.
She tried one of her songspells, but nothing happened, the mermaid turned to me in confusion.
“Why isn’t it working? I have my wand!” Kallista wondered.
I tried to use my storytelling powers.
“There once were bars that needed breaking!” I called, but I got worried when I didn’t even glow.
“What’s wrong with us?” My friend whispered in shock.
“I’m not sure. But I don’t feel… so good.” I gasped, feeling suddenly weak. I guess I was being affected by the dark energy in the cave. I fell back, but Kallista caught me.
“Whoa! Are you okay?” She asked, fanning water in my face as she helped me sit down.
“We have to get… out of… here.” My voice got quieter with every word, then I felt incredibly tired and my head slumped onto my shoulder. Kallista helped me to lie down.
“What do you think is happening?” Kallista asked me.
“Not… sure.” I replied quietly, “Maybe it… was the… sunset shell…”
“Of course!” The caarixa clicked her fingers in realisation, “But who do you think trapped us?”
That, I couldn’t answer.
I shrugged,
“I don’t know but… we have to get out… of here. The bad energy in here is… draining both of us… of our magic.” I coughed. I then tried, and failed, to sit up.
“Are you too weak to swim?” Kallista asked me.
“Why?” I questioned. Managing to sit up this time.
“We are going to find a way out of here!” She announced. Seconds later we were swimming across the opposite side of the cave, it seemed to go on forever.
Suddenly I heard Kallista coughing and then I saw her sinking to the seabed.
“Are you okay?” I asked, catching the mermaid before she hit the ground, the dark power was starting to affect her too.
“I think I know what this is.” She replied, the caarixa’s voice sounded really unclear.
“It’s… a… mermaid trap.” She whispered.
“I thought those were… just a myth!” I replied. I had never seen one before, I had heard about divers making them but I had never believed it.
“I thought so too… Stripe always talked about them though.”
Suddenly, I heard a voice at the end of the cave, and so did Kallista.
“Kallista!” One voice called.
“Eden, are you in there?” Another one called.
I gasped, I recognised the voice immediately, it was my Angelfish finfriend Bow. Kallista also looked surprised, for the other voice was Stripe, her zebrafish finfriend.
“Bow?” I called out weakly, I barely had any strength left and I doubted that she could hear me. I turned my head to Kallista, “Do you think… you can… shout any louder than me?” I asked.
The caarixa nodded and called out, her voice was quiet too but at least it was audible.
“Stripe! Bow! We’re… in… here!” Kallista then started coughing a bit.
“We’ll get you out of there don’t worry!” Bow yelled out to us. I smiled at my friend, but I didn’t know how she could get us out because one: She was too small, two: I was too exhausted to even go to the entrance, so how would I get out? And three: I didn’t want either of them to get hurt.
Suddenly, I heard the coral bars cracking. I looked up, how were they doing that? Then when I squinted to look at the entrance, I saw many other sea creatures helping to break through. Seconds later, a blast of underwater sunlight hit me hard. It was open.
My friend and I still had a problem though, how would we get out of here? Luckily, our finfriends had thought of that too. A long seaweed rope had been thrown into the cave.
“Grab on to it!” Stripe yelled to us. Kallista grabbed onto the rope, and so did I.
I seconds, the rope was being pulled out, along with us, but when we got outside, exhaustion finally overcame us. Suddenly, everything turned fuzzy, and then turned black.
I was waking up, and I heard Bow whispering,
“Eden looks really warm.” I also heard Stripe next to me saying,
“Kallista still looks hot…”
“You don’t know what that sounds like!” I heard Kallista reply.
My eyes fluttered open, I was back at my palace (I’m an honorary mermaiden by the way). I was in my comfortable bed, and Kallista was in one next to me.
“What happened?” I asked, rubbing my forehead.
“You and Kallista passed out, it’s the next day. I wouldn’t be surprised. Barely anyone could last too long in a mermaid trap.” Stripe explained.
“Do you feel better?” Bow asked.
“A bit. But I feel weak.” I replied. Holding my head.
“Me too,” the caarixa replied, “Do our powers work?” At the question I turned to Stripe.
“Don’t use them yet!” Stripe ordered, “You’re still recovering.”
“Yeah, you guys got a fever from being around that dark water!” Bow clarified.
I felt my forehead, I then knew what she was talking about.
“How long do we have to stay like this?” I asked.
“You guys just need to take it easy!” Bow explained.
Kallista and I both groaned. Another day of boredom.
“But we have something for you!” Bow grinned. She knocked over a seaweed basket, and out fell a new golden coral wand for Kallista, and a new pearl and shell tiara for me.
We each petted our fin friends as a thank you, and looked at the tag on the gifts. They read, ‘Finfriends are forever.’
Afterwards I swam home.
All for now guys!
“Much better, thanks.” She replied. “Come on let’s go and explore.”
I loved exploring and so did Kallista, maybe as much as me. I suddenly saw a sunset shell, one of the rarest Atlantic shells.
“Wow, look at that shell!” I gasped in awe.
“Here, let me get it.” Kallista offered, swimming up to it. She touched it, and immediately a net fell from nowhere and pinned her to the sand, then her eyes closed shortly after.
“Kallista!” I yelled, but seconds later I got pinned to the ground too as another net caught me. I tried to struggle out of the net, but then I saw that the ropes had black moss on it, it was like some sort of sleeping plant that only affected mermaids.
That was the last thing I saw before I fell asleep.
“Psst… Eden!”
I heard a quiet voice in my ear, I moaned slightly before I sat up. It was Kallista. I saw that we were in a very dark underwater cave, it was just bright enough to see Kallista. I instantly felt bad energy in the cave.
“Where are we?” I whispered.
“I’m not sure…” The caarixa replied. I could see it the distance that there were magic coral bars on the cave entrance.
“We’re trapped!” I whispered, swimming up to the entrance with Kallista.
She tried one of her songspells, but nothing happened, the mermaid turned to me in confusion.
“Why isn’t it working? I have my wand!” Kallista wondered.
I tried to use my storytelling powers.
“There once were bars that needed breaking!” I called, but I got worried when I didn’t even glow.
“What’s wrong with us?” My friend whispered in shock.
“I’m not sure. But I don’t feel… so good.” I gasped, feeling suddenly weak. I guess I was being affected by the dark energy in the cave. I fell back, but Kallista caught me.
“Whoa! Are you okay?” She asked, fanning water in my face as she helped me sit down.
“We have to get… out of… here.” My voice got quieter with every word, then I felt incredibly tired and my head slumped onto my shoulder. Kallista helped me to lie down.
“What do you think is happening?” Kallista asked me.
“Not… sure.” I replied quietly, “Maybe it… was the… sunset shell…”
“Of course!” The caarixa clicked her fingers in realisation, “But who do you think trapped us?”
That, I couldn’t answer.
I shrugged,
“I don’t know but… we have to get out… of here. The bad energy in here is… draining both of us… of our magic.” I coughed. I then tried, and failed, to sit up.
“Are you too weak to swim?” Kallista asked me.
“Why?” I questioned. Managing to sit up this time.
“We are going to find a way out of here!” She announced. Seconds later we were swimming across the opposite side of the cave, it seemed to go on forever.
Suddenly I heard Kallista coughing and then I saw her sinking to the seabed.
“Are you okay?” I asked, catching the mermaid before she hit the ground, the dark power was starting to affect her too.
“I think I know what this is.” She replied, the caarixa’s voice sounded really unclear.
“It’s… a… mermaid trap.” She whispered.
“I thought those were… just a myth!” I replied. I had never seen one before, I had heard about divers making them but I had never believed it.
“I thought so too… Stripe always talked about them though.”
Suddenly, I heard a voice at the end of the cave, and so did Kallista.
“Kallista!” One voice called.
“Eden, are you in there?” Another one called.
I gasped, I recognised the voice immediately, it was my Angelfish finfriend Bow. Kallista also looked surprised, for the other voice was Stripe, her zebrafish finfriend.
“Bow?” I called out weakly, I barely had any strength left and I doubted that she could hear me. I turned my head to Kallista, “Do you think… you can… shout any louder than me?” I asked.
The caarixa nodded and called out, her voice was quiet too but at least it was audible.
“Stripe! Bow! We’re… in… here!” Kallista then started coughing a bit.
“We’ll get you out of there don’t worry!” Bow yelled out to us. I smiled at my friend, but I didn’t know how she could get us out because one: She was too small, two: I was too exhausted to even go to the entrance, so how would I get out? And three: I didn’t want either of them to get hurt.
Suddenly, I heard the coral bars cracking. I looked up, how were they doing that? Then when I squinted to look at the entrance, I saw many other sea creatures helping to break through. Seconds later, a blast of underwater sunlight hit me hard. It was open.
My friend and I still had a problem though, how would we get out of here? Luckily, our finfriends had thought of that too. A long seaweed rope had been thrown into the cave.
“Grab on to it!” Stripe yelled to us. Kallista grabbed onto the rope, and so did I.
I seconds, the rope was being pulled out, along with us, but when we got outside, exhaustion finally overcame us. Suddenly, everything turned fuzzy, and then turned black.
I was waking up, and I heard Bow whispering,
“Eden looks really warm.” I also heard Stripe next to me saying,
“Kallista still looks hot…”
“You don’t know what that sounds like!” I heard Kallista reply.
My eyes fluttered open, I was back at my palace (I’m an honorary mermaiden by the way). I was in my comfortable bed, and Kallista was in one next to me.
“What happened?” I asked, rubbing my forehead.
“You and Kallista passed out, it’s the next day. I wouldn’t be surprised. Barely anyone could last too long in a mermaid trap.” Stripe explained.
“Do you feel better?” Bow asked.
“A bit. But I feel weak.” I replied. Holding my head.
“Me too,” the caarixa replied, “Do our powers work?” At the question I turned to Stripe.
“Don’t use them yet!” Stripe ordered, “You’re still recovering.”
“Yeah, you guys got a fever from being around that dark water!” Bow clarified.
I felt my forehead, I then knew what she was talking about.
“How long do we have to stay like this?” I asked.
“You guys just need to take it easy!” Bow explained.
Kallista and I both groaned. Another day of boredom.
“But we have something for you!” Bow grinned. She knocked over a seaweed basket, and out fell a new golden coral wand for Kallista, and a new pearl and shell tiara for me.
We each petted our fin friends as a thank you, and looked at the tag on the gifts. They read, ‘Finfriends are forever.’
Afterwards I swam home.
All for now guys!