Priyal Ghodmare

Others Children

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Priyal Ghodmare

Others Children

A Magical Kingdom

A Magical Kingdom

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"I can't believe I am going to go surfing for the first time tomorrow!", I said to my friends excitedly. "Yes, Yes. We all know. You've told us a zillion times, Olivia", said Ava. "I'm sorry. It's only that I'm just so excited!", I replied. I am going to surfing tomorrow and my parents have been telling me that it's a lot of fun. The only teensy little doubt is that I can't swim well. Actually.... I can't swim at all. But that isn't going to stop me from surfing! I was playing with my friends: Ava, Emma, Sam and Lucy. We played soccer for a while and then we all went home. I went to bed straight away as I wanted to wake up early tomorrow. But it turns out that it wasn't any use as I couldn't sleep till 12 o'clock. 


Fast Forward till Tomorrow Morning

"Olivia, Wake Up! It's time to go!", my mom called from downstairs. I jumped out of bed and got dressed. We were just about to leave when my dad asked "Have we forgotten anything?". "YES! My goodness, we've forgotten the surfboard!", I suddenly remembered. I ran inside the house and got the surfboard and a book to read in the car. It was from my favourite series. The Tales of Mermaid Land. It has stories of a magical land where mermaids live. Some people say that magic is real and some don't. Well I think its real and I want to meet some mermaids and have an adventure. Back to reality. I jumped inside the car and we were off! I started reading my book.


This was the latest book in the series and I was super excited to read it. A sea kraken was terrorizing the mermaids and sea creatures and it had also captured a mermaid. I was so engrossed in my reading that I didn't realize that we were there! "Let's go bookworm", smiled my dad, "Reading the latest book of Mermaid Land, are we?" He knew I loved reading and so did he. I was so excited I almost tripped over my surfboard. I stepped into the water as the waves lapped at my feet. I stepped on my surfboard and got ready for a wave. I almost fell into the water when I tried to balance on that wave. I managed to balance myself and braced myself for the next one. I was so busy waving at my parents that I didn't notice the humongous wave coming! The last thing I remembered was feeling salty water in my mouth, water going in my eyes and my parents shouting.


I slowly managed to open my eyes. It was then when I realised that I was underwater! And not just that, I was breathing underwater! I flapped around my arms and tried to sit upright. That's when I noticed something else. I had a tail! And not just any tail, a mermaid tail! I was sitting on a rock covered in seaweed. Next to me was a magnificent, giant castle. "Are you awake?", asked a shy, little voice. I looked around to see where it had come from and you won't believe what, or rather who, I saw. A mermaid! She had a magnificent purple tail that flapped around. Next to her was a little fish. This was just like the stories in my book. "My name's Aria. Who are you?", she asked. "I'm Olivia.


Where are we?", I enquired. "We're in Aquatolis, the land of mermaids. Here each mermaid has a special power and my power is that I can talk to any animal in existence", she answered. Oh my god, I'm about to freak out. Is this for real? This isn't a dream right? I'm pretty sure it's not. "How did I get here?", I asked suddenly. "Oh, that.", said Aria, "I brought you here. I saw you falling in the water and got you here. This is a magical place so you can breathe underwater. I did a little spell to give you your mermaid tail." I was really amazed. I asked her if I could go back. "Oh no, you can't!", she said in a frightened voice, "You have to help us! A sea kraken is terrorizing us and has captured Queen Aqua!" This all seemed a little, ok a lot, similar to my book. I racked my brains and tried to remember how the people of Mermaid Land had defeated the kraken. Then it struck me. The kraken wasn't evil, it was simply lonely. I suddenly knew what to do. "Do you know where the kraken's lair is?", I asked Aria. "Yes, I do", she said in a scared voice, "But you don't mean for us to go there, do you?" "I do", I told her, "The kraken isn't evil, it's lonely and the only reason it captured Queen Aqua was for her to keep it company"


Aria led the way to the kraken's lair. It was in a deep, dark cave. Rumbling sounds could be heard from inside. Aria hid behind me. I was starting to feel a little afraid myself. But it was too late to turn back even if we wanted to because the kraken was right in front of us! "Go on Aria", I said shoving her forward, "You said you can talk to any animal. Start a conversation with it!" Aria was stuttering so much that she barely managed to get the sounds out. Slowly the kraken calmed down and started talking to her.


Aria too, grew confident and started chatting away with it. "Aria", I hissed, "Ask it about Queen Aqua, or have you forgotten?" "Oh yes", she started talking with it again. The kraken went inside it's cave again "You were right! It was lonely. It's going to get Queen Aqua!", she whispered. The kraken came back out with a beautiful mermaid. "Queen Aqua you're here!", Aria squealed in excitement. "Yes, I am Aria. You and your friend have done a good job. Unfortunately she can't stay long", said the Queen turning to me. "Why not?", I asked out of curiosity. "Oh I'm sorry dear, I wish you could stay. But if you stay too long underwater you might get stuck underwater forever. You don't want that, do you?", said Queen Aqua. "No I don't!", I exclaimed, "Please, can you send me back" "Yes", replied Queen Aqua, "Goodbye" "Goodbye. Till next time. I wonder if my mom and dad will believe it?"


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