The Mermaid Girl by Xequina

Author:Xequina
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Children -- Fiction
Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing
Published: 2016-10-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 38

An Argument about Mermaids

“What was everyone’s favorite scene?” Reggie asked.

“I liked Blackbeard’s magic sword and magic ship,” Elmo said.

“My favorite scene was when Blackbeard turned into a skeleton,” Zander said. “What was yours?”

“The sword fight scene,” Reggie said.

“The sword fight scenes are always your favorite,” Zander said.

“So?” Reggie said.

“So it’s boring.”

“No it isn’t. Just because you can’t fight.”

“Oh yeah? I’ll show you.”

Zander bent over and pulled a plastic sword out from under the couch. Reggie reached behind the couch pillows and pulled out her cutlass. They started sword-fighting and shouting and jumping on the furniture.

Elmo looked at me. “We always do this.”

“Hey kids, go outside if you’re going to rough-house!” Reggie’s mother yelled. Finally Reggie and Zander settled down.

“Hey, Camile didn’t say what her favorite scene was,” Elmo said.

“Let me guess,” Zander said. “The mermaids.”

I nodded.

“Not me,” Elmo said. “They were scary.”

“Yeah, though it was pretty cool when that first mermaid is all nice and singing, and then all of a sudden grows fangs and starts hissing,” Zander said.

“Do you think they were real?” Reggie asked me.

“No,” Zander said before I could answer. “You can’t just grow fangs, you either have them or you don’t.”

“Not the fangs, doofus. The mermaids.”

“They looked real,” Elmo replied. “Their tails looked just like goldfish tails.”

“Probably because they were goldfish tails,” Zander said. “They were probably photoshopped.”

“They didn’t look fake or photoshopped at all,” Reggie said. “Usually you can tell.”

“They couldn’t have been real because there’s no such thing as mermaids,” Zander said. “What about that one they caught? Her tail faded away and she had legs. It was just special effects.”

“That was her, but what about the other ones?” Reggie asked. “We could see their tails from all angles.”

“If they’re real, how come no one’s ever found one?”

“How do you know?” Reggie said. “Maybe someone has found one, but no one believed them. Or maybe they didn’t tell anyone.” She looked at me, and I nodded.

“Or they killed the people who saw them,” Elmo said.

“Why would they do that?” Reggie asked.

“Maybe no one ever saw a mermaid because they don’t want to be seen. So one day, someone sees one and of course, is going to tell everyone about it. The mermaids would have to kill him.”

That would explain why no one had ever seen a mermaid, but I couldn’t imagine my sweet and gentle Mermary killing anyone. But what about grown up mermaids and mermen trying to defend themselves? Elmo went back to the kitchen to fix another concoction. Zander and Reggie kept arguing about mermaids.

“Lots of people have seen mermaids,” Reggie said. “I know pirates have. It’s been documented.”

I knew that meant it had been written down in historical books.

“Yeah, and pirates are known to be very honest people,” Zander said. Reggie laughed, and then Zander did too.

“This whole world is mostly ocean,” Reggie said. “Mermaids could be living someplace that hasn’t been explored yet.”

“There could be mermaids in outer space,” Elmo said, coming back into the room with his drink. We all looked at him.

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