" What the actual fuck!" Oma shouted drawing the attention of everyone inside the classroom.
" Oma, you never mentioned you have a beautiful sister" One of the male students said curiously, the other male students made a weird funny expression when he had said that
"Sister?" She said in disbelief as she stared at Erica who was just sitting on the chair with her hand placed on the desk " We are distant sisters and none of you are that close to me to know" Oma lied
" Well, I believe that because she looks nothing like you" another teased causing the others to burst out in laughter.
Oma gave Erica a cold stare before approaching her, she was interrupted by the sudden presence of the class teacher as everyone stood up to greet. Before the teacher could question Erica, she walked out of the class leaving the teacher wondering who she was.
" You never mentioned having a distant sister to me" Lilian said to Oma from the back seat.
" S... she is just one of the adults from the orphanage who was close to me back then, it has been long I saw her; I still can't believe she would find me" Oma lied in other not to make things more complicated.
She would seem crazy if she starts explaining how she met with Erica, she is already going crazy over it.
"Okay... " Lilian answered and continued opening her textbook.
When the morning class was over. Oma didn't hesitate to leave the class room first in search for somewhere to hide that moment before the second class starts, which was going to be attended in the science lab. Lilian stood in awe not understanding why Oma was acting weird.
Oma sat on top of the toilet seat when she had entered the toilet. she had placed her phone on Airplane mode so that none of her class mates would contact her to tell her that someone was looking for her...
" You are probably wasting your time hiding from me "
Oma looked up and saw Erica looking down at her from the top of the toilet door. she shouted in shock at the sight of her
"Come on out" Erica told her. Oma quickly opened the door, she stood there looking at her for nearly five minutes
" How the hell did you find me? Did you put a tracker on me or what?" She curiously asked
" Almost everyone at the party goes to your school, so it wasn't that difficult to follow them here" she responded
" Why didn't I think of that?" Oma questioned herself as she cursed herself for been the biggest idiot that moment.
" And also... I can smell your scent from the crowd, I saw you leave with your boyfriend last night; I just wanted to show you that you can't run away from me till I permit it" she added giving her goosebumps all over her body
" You are really abnormal; you are driving me crazy " Oma scoffed in disbelief
" Now I have gotten your attention, tell me about the sea foods here" she said to her.
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(Riveria)"Princess, do you think Erica would survive outside the human world?" Amanda, the princess personal maid asked
"Don't underestimate Erica, she is stronger and smarter than you think; it wouldn't be hard for her to mingle with them" Princess Adunni answered
" The human world is tougher than what we know about them; their language was hard to learn talk more of associating with them" Amanda said
" Are you worried about her now? She doesn't even associate with anyone except the queen " Princess Adunni said
" Forgive me princess, I am just afraid that if the queen sister Vashi finds out that Riveria's strongest warrior is absence; she would come out of her hiding place to hunt the sirens again" Amanda said softly
" Are you also doubting that I can be of any help in this kingdom? " The princess furiously asked looking at her
" Not at all my princess, I am just worried that there won't be enough hand to fight if war broke out; it's been 8years of peace now" she answered
" You should be worried about my mother the queen, she is more dangerous than you think" princess Adunni said looking closely at her.
(The undersea forbidden dungeon)
" Move it" The queen ordered.
The two merman's who were with her quickly rolled out the giant stone out of the way
" Wait here" the queen ordered and they bowed to her in respect. She went into the dungeon after she had made sure the guards were standing guard outside of it.
"What brought you here again Ona? are you already bored of ruling your sirens" Questioned a weak voice inside the dungeon.
" Sister, am glad you recognized me as the queen " the queen said facing the old mermaid that was caged in shark bones.
The mermaid spits on the water in disgust
" I bet the sirens thinks I am hiding; whereas you tied me up here " her sister said
" You are already half dead, according to my sea witch, you have two months to live; then you will be dead and forgotten sister" the queen said smiling devilishly
" You wouldn't have been able to trap me if you hadn't used my daughter as a bait to lure me in" her sister said angrily
" Speaking of your daughter Erica who is our little secret, I sent her on a mission to the human world " the queen said with a smirk
" You snake!!" Her sister shouted as she dangled the cage to free herself but to no avail "What have you done?" She angrily asked
" She is a very loyal mermaid and would die for me, I still don't like the fact that she came from inside of you; she have your dirty blood so I sent her out to the human world, she won't last you know" the queen said still laughing.
Her sister burst out laughing with her too but stopped half way
" So, you are afraid that one day she would find out you took her away from me? she would be against you and fight you " her sister said as she continued laughing.
The queen smiled devilishly and draws closer to her looking straight to her eye that they can hear each others breath
" Not at all, I know that one day all this might happen but my reason for sending her out to the human world alone Is for you to die wondering what might had happened to her; you would be restless even in death, that's the punishment for killing my king" she said giving her a death stare
She laughs out loud when she saw the expression on her sister's face.
" You psycho! you killed your husband yourself! Leave my daughter out of this!" She shouted
" Oh yes... I did, he deserved it for fancying you over me; you made me do it" The queen said swimming out and laughing.
Her sister dangled the cage angrily
" You will never get away with this! The gods of the sirens won't let you go free!" She shouted at her sister.
" I am the gods, i make the rules" the queen said.
(The science lab)
" Do you see the handsome black boy over there?" Oma questioned pointing at the young boy who was sitting inside the lab class getting ready for the 2nd lesson which would be taking place at the science lab.
"Yes" Erica answered
" His name is lava, his father owns these rich kids school Bellaire and the highest commercial fish industry" Oma told her as Erica looks closely at him
Not bad" she said
" See ya, i am going in for my lesson " Oma said " why is she interested in the marine ecosystem?" She wondered.
(Riveria)
The queen headed to her chamber after her return from the dungeon, the princess bumped into her by mistake while swimming in a hurry with Amanda
" Sorry mother" she apologized bowing down to her
The queen stared coldly at her "Beware, Sirens are watching how you spend your time" she said
" Do you think i care mother? are you going to kill me like you betray the king when i am unworthy?" the princess asked her
" You should be afraid not to mess with me" The queen said turning towards her.
As soon as the class was over. Oma searched for Erica but there was no trace of her " Where has she gone to?" she wondered It's already time for her to go home and once she leaves, Erica will have to find somewhere else to sleep till next week since it's Friday. " Maybe it's for the best" she assured herself again in happiness, she quickly left after Lilian had joined her downstairs. " You must be lava?" A feminine voice said reaching out her hand to the young man standing across the table with her friends. The young man stood there looking at the beautiful damsel offering to shake his hand for no reason. He was lost in her beauty as his friends who were behind continue to make weird and funny faces at each other. " That's the name on the object" Erica said again exposing her palm for him to see what was inside of it " You dropped it" she said again getting lava back to reality. " Oh, thank you; the name was branded on it by my mother" he said smiling nervously and reaching o
(Riveria) " I wonder what this meeting is all about?" Princess Adunni asked in curiosity " Didn't your mother tell you anything about it? " Amanda asked " The queen never tells me anything, she just gives the order and expect me to do as she says" princess Adunni responded " Let's go to the gathering, the queen demands every merman and mermaids to be present there" Amanda said " I am not going; she probably doesn't want me there" princess Adunni said " You are the future leader of Riveria, the biggest and strongest kingdom among the two other kingdoms; Oceania and Marco " Amanda said " Alright fine, I should be there" she replied. It didn't take up to ten minutes before one of the queen's royal guards comes to inform princess Adunni that the queen requires her presence at the gathering. It really surprised her because the Queen never needed her opinion or presence for anything. When she had gotten to the gathering, she bowed to the queen and the Riverian bowed to her
As she had read the messages that was sent by Lilian and her boyfriend Mk, she stood there looking blankly at Erica. " Hi Oma, Let's have a sleepover instead, you said your mum is out on a business trip? it has been long we talked to each other as a friend because of the school test " came Lilian's message " Good pm sweety, you seem to be busy; we haven't talked nor seen each other for almost a week now, can we see tomorrow instead. I will be sending you the address for my birthday party " came Mk's message. Oma looked up at Erica " We have a problem" she said. " What problem?" Oma asked in curiosity Oma briefly explained the message to her hoping she cancels their plan for the sake of her boyfriend at least. " You are going to tell them that you are not available; we have a deal" Erica replied unmoved by those messages " What? Did you not hear what I said? this are important people in my life and tomorrow is special for them" she said " So? they are not worth to cancel
Before he could make an attempt to approach Erica to know if she was actually real, he was interrupted by the presence of a younger lady " Hi handsome" " Hi..." He responded turning to stare at the brunette. When he had quickly glance backwards, Erica was gone. He signed in disappoint " Am I interrupting something?" She asked " Sorry about this but someone is kind of waiting for me outside" he said showing no interest in her " Oh, wrong timing" she said smiling nervously " So sorry, I will get back to you; that's if you are still here" he said not actually meaning it. " Sure" she said smiling. Lava left without hesitation to look for Erica. (Riveria) The important guests from Oceania and Marco had arrived at the palace of Riveria to win princess Adunni's hands in marriage. The king George of Oceania and his handsome brunette son Prince luca, King Ayata of Marco and his light skin, tall and handsome son Prince Obi. They had come with a lot of gifts, they bowed in respect o
(10 minutes earlier...) Lava rested on the car window looking lost in his own thoughts. his driver makes a U-turn to follow another road because of the hectic traffic on the other road. Lava suddenly recognized the familiar figure standing stranded on the road. He lowered down the car window to see who it was, he recognized her to be Erica who was standing there looking as if she had seen a ghost. " Stop the car!" He shouted why reaching for his umbrella underneath his chair. " But sir..." " I say stop the car!!" He shouted again scaring his driver who quickly stopped the car halfway causing other drivers to sound their horn annoyingly. He quickly ran to Erica placing the umbrella above her head to stop the rain from pouring on her. He walked behind her until he was facing the lady who looks like a stranded cat inside the rain. "L... lava" she called blankly " Come inside the car with me, I will drop you off" he said holding her hand. Erica didn't say any word as she followed
Mr. Hansel kept on looking at Erica who was seated on the chair" Which university did you graduated from?" Mr. Hansel curiously asked her" Dad, does it matter? she is good at what she does, I just called her to check on the fishes" lava defended nervously hoping his dad would let it go" I made sure everything is taken care of, so there is no point for that" Mr. Hansel said" Dad, you never can tell, just let me handle this" he told his dad" Since you are already here, we should go together to my public aquarium" Mr. Hansel said as lava staggered a bit" Dad! ... ""If you say so Mr. Hansel" Erica quickly interrupted causing lava to give her a quick stare." Okay, I will be back in a jiffy" he said getting up from the chair" You don't have to do that" Lava said between his teeth" I will be fine as long as you are there " she told him"This is a bad idea" he said quietly not knowing Erica had her own plan.(Riveria)" You are here alone without your guards your majesty" king Ayata
" Dad, you are hurting her" Lava said " I am a marine biologist" Erica said looking straight into his eye " Whatever you are thinking is wrong and you know that" Lava said. Mr. Hansel quickly released the grip after coming to his senses " Sorry, that was wrong of me; I was just pissed that the fishes were hurt" he said in remorse. Erica just smiled "Is okay" she said trying to sound human " Search for the piranhas and fish them out, be careful; they are really harmful. I will send in some other workers" Mr. Hansel said on the walkie-talkie he was using to connect with his worker. " I will go get the remaining stuffs for the safety of the fishes.... we need to clean the fish tank" lava told Erica " Sure" she said as she watches Mr. Hansel leave with lava Erica got closer to the fish tank again placing her ears on it " I am sorry for all your loss; I will do everything I can to get you back to the sea" she said. She listened for a while and her mood quickly " I think someone i
The big day has come for the Sirens to finally crown their princess according to the siren's tradition, the rite is performed to test the strength of the future ruler of the sirens, she is to gain their trust and win the siren's heart as the crown princess that would be next in line after the reign of the queen, she would be crowned princess in witness of every Siren as the next true leader of Riveria. With that title, no ruler would go against her nor take over her place illegally as the Sirens would fight for her. One of the rites would be a test of survival which she will be thrown underneath the river with a heavy stone tied to her tail and then she will strive to free herself from it with the little time giving to her, she will also be trapped and asked to escape from the trap without making use of any weapon. The second rite will be to test her skills when she faces a war in future, she will be chased by Riveria warriors in the river who are ready to give her injuries if she wa