#&bella

“look, it’s complicated. but i, uh, can’t talk about it,” bella swore, standing firm in her decision. she had fought for many years to keep the secret of her being a mermaid, even from her own parents. sure there were a few that knew, but two of them were mermaids. “can we please just drop it?” 

it had only been a couple hours ago when bella returned from her latest deep sea swim. as always it felt amazing to be one with the water. however, when she'd come across a metallic object, that turned out to be a ring, she knew she had to return to tell her friends. well she had to tell cleo since rikki was likely busy in another part of the ocean. so she'd sent a message asking cleo to meet her in the moon pool as soon as possible. while she waited for her friend to arrive she found herself facing towards the rest of the cave studying the ring. she had truly never seen anything like it, but it also felt magical as well. last time she felt like this was when she'd made her blue crystal necklace.

she’d been staring off into space, but the sounds of a nearby commotion had caught her attention. luckily for her she’d snapped back just in time to see water about to splash her. she tried to sneakily use her powers to turn it into gel. once that happened she just stepped aside to avoid the gel and then continue on her path. 

bella had been softly humming along to the song she’d been reading from her notebook when she’d been distracted by someone bumping into her table. her pen fell onto the floor and began to roll even further away. “oh god,” she glanced at the person who bumped into her table before she got up from her seat. 

“i can’t believe this place exists,” she admitted, a bit awestruck. this would be the third moon pool she’s come across and she felt lucky there was even one in this city. she rested her chin against her hands as her eyes began to look all around her. she really wanted to take it all in. 

this was just her luck to be out for a small walk through the streets when tripped and her hand hit a puddle. “crap,” she whispered under her breath as she quickly stood up. her eyes darted all around her before spotting a nearby dumpster. bella did her best to run as quickly as she could. however, just as she made it past the dumpster her tail appeared and she fell down.