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Ana stared off into the distance. Her two best friends were arguing about what happened and what to do about it. Until a few seconds ago, she was too, until she turned to the side and could have sworn she saw just a little wisp of smoke, she turned to tell her friends that there were clearly people nearby, but since the smoke was gone, they would probably dismiss her sighting as wishful thinking. then she decided the next best thing to do. Ana soundlessly started walking towards it, They were best friends, had been forever, and she knew that even if they didn't want to, they would follow her. This was partially because she was notorious for getting in bad situations in the woods. They always said she was lost but as she put it

" I was not lost! i knew exactly where i was, exactly where i was going, and exactly how to get there. i just didn't know how to get away from where i was" ( this usually occurred when she was in a swamp and her shoe was stuck or she took a "shortcut" through the woods only to find a thick wall of thorns between her and anyway out. But to really understand the full story here, you need to go back a few hours to that morning.

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Ana awoke with a groan. her stupid friends had insisted they use this glorious Saturday to explore Kina island. A few years ago they had spent a night stranded on Kina. There they had found a moon pool and had miraculously been transformed into mermaids. That had been a lot for three ten year-olds to handle, but now, seven years later, they basically had gotten the hang of it. But the other night, they were sitting in the moon pool just laughing and playing with the water using their powers (they each could heat it, cool it and move it) when Katherine announced

" You know guys, we've never actually gone out just to explore the island. Like, the whole island. I mean... we know thew route from the above ground entrance to the moon pool to the beach, but we don't know the entire island. I bet there are parts of it we've never even been on." and after that she and Abby had made this whole plan to go hiking that Saturday. Ana was okay with it too, until they announced that they should arrive at dawn.

Ana rolled out of bed and pulled on some shorts and a tank top, she went down stairs and made herself an egg before leaving a note on the table, pulling on her new sneakers and walking outside, not that she needed her shoes for long because it was like a quarter mile walk to the docks and she jumped in, heading to the beach at Kina to meet the girls. When she got there Abby was bouncing with excitement and Katherine was rubbing her eyes tiredly. A tired and grouchy Ana then preceded to move some water from the ocean to splash Katherine directly in the face and turn her before drying herself off in 5 seconds flat.

Normally she would take it slower but right then she knew she would need to run. The result was that it stung, a lot. She stood up just in time to hear Katherine fall down. Kat, as Ana called her when she wanted to annoy her, quickly dried herself and started chasing Ana around the beach while abby tried to yell for them to stop.

"I thought it would wake you up Kat! After all this whole thing was kinda your idea! Be a shame if you were too tired to enjoy it! "

Katherine stopped and rested her hands on her knees, mutering under her breath

"I'm gonna kill her, I'm actually gonna do it this time"

Ana laughed and walked up to Abby.

"Alright team leader, which way first?" she asked. Abby closed her eyes and stuck her finger out before spinning in a circle and then opening her eyes.

"we will go in that direction! Follow me men!" she said in her best "team leader voice" As they walked, Abby ever the chatter box said

"Ahh this brings back memories doesn't it? Walking through the woods. Remember when we were just three ten year-olds. Wondering if we were going to end up like the people on those TV shows. Katherine complaining about how she was missing mac and cheese night"

" Hey! I happen to like food." Katherine defended. She suddenly started to think, then a gleeful expression spread across her face.

"Ana? You didn't know where you were did you? You were lost!"

"Alright so i didn't know where i was"

"Did you know how to get home?"

"No"

"Did you know where we were going?"

"OK fine i was lost! But the time i ruined my purple shoes in the swamp i was definitely not lost."

Abby smiled

"Whatever an- AHHHHH!"

Abby suddenly tumbled down a hole. Ana, who was walking right behind her fell down after her. Katherine laughed and called down

"Can you climb back up?" Abby yelled back

" Yeah we could just walk right back up. Come down! It's exactly like the moon pool!" Abby explored a little longer."Holy crap its even got a pool. Its literally JUST like the moon pool!" Suddenly, the noon sun came over the pool and it shined with reflected light. It looked so very inviting and Katherine was the first to squeal and jump in. Which resulted in her immediate disappearance. Ana screeched and jumped in after her, concerned for her friends safety. Abby jumped in after her, and they all ended up on the forest floor.

"You had to jump into the freaky shining pool of light!" Abby grumbled to Katherine.

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