A/N: I've always wanted to see a gender-bent Beauty and the Beast so I decided to write one.

Lana would never forget the first time she saw him. She was hanging out near the shore when she saw a wizard, whose name she would later find out was Ian, fighting a dragon. She hadn't seen someone use magic in years. She wanted to go and talk to him, but she couldn't since she was a mermaid and forever bound to the ocean.

That day was two months ago. He had visited the beach a few times with his friends. Lana's friend, Harmony, would always get her when Ian arrived. They would hide near the rocks and watch him. Harmony would always encourage her to go and talk to him, but Lana was always too scared to even say hi.

The longer Ian spent at the beach, the more Lana fell in love with him. She decided one day they would be together. She was convinced he was her soulmate and they were made for each other. She would have him at any cost.

It was a Friday after school. Ian was grabbing his things from his locker when his friends approached him. "Are you going to Jessalyn's beach party tonight?" Sadalia asked.

"I am," Ian said. Parties weren't Ian's thing, but ever since he made friends with Sadalia and the others, he started to step out of his shell more. "Can I get a ride with one of you?"

"You can get a ride with me," Athlea offered. "We live in the same neighborhood so I'll stop by your house. Just be ready by eight."

"What should I wear?" Ian asked.

"I recommend a t-shirt and some swim trunks," Gurge said. "That's what I always wear to these kinds of parties."

"Ok, I'll see you guys at eight," Ian said. The friends then parted ways and Ian went to the parking lot. He saw that Barley was already waiting for him so he went over to the van and climbed in.

That night, Athlea and Ian arrived at the beach. The beach was already crowded with a bunch of their classmates, but they managed to find their group. "Hey guys," Athlea said.

"Hello," Sadalia said. They then sit down in a circle and start talking. After about ten minutes, Parthenope stood up.

"I'm bored, do you guys want to go into the ocean?" Parthenope asked.

"Sure," Ian said. The rest of the group agreed and they took off their cover-ups, leaving them in swimsuits. Ian decided to keep on his shirt. The gang had seen him shirtless before, but he was still embarrassed to be shirtless in front of everyone else.

They then run into the ocean. Once the water was about to their chest, they stopped walking and settled into the water. They started to splash each other. "I heard next weekend we're going to be seeing twenty-foot waves," Gurge said.

"Do you think there is going to be another hurricane?" Athlea said.

"I hope not," Gurge said. "We've already missed too much school this year since, you know, the school turned into a dragon. If we want a summer break, we can't miss anymore school."

Sadalia then saw a large wave that would cause a wipeout was approaching them. She altered the others and they started ruining towards the shore. Once they were almost out of the water, Ian tripped over something and he couldn't get up in time. The wave hit him and Ian was dragged underwater. He tried to swim back to the surface, but he couldn't. He saw a young woman around his age swim over to him before he blacked out.