An original story, written by our student Sashrika Prasad.

Sashrika is 13 years old, a young writer from Gurugram. The beautiful colors, flowers, and sunsets encourage her to write about deep emotions and feelings. We are proud to have her as a student of the Little Writers Program, an Creative Writing Program under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Sashrika for this exemplary true self-expression.

Mako Island: The Secret That Lies Within.

Swimming in the blue crystal clear water of Mako Island were creatures unknown to the world. There was a deep dark secret that lay within Mako Island. What was it? Don’t worry because the creatures weren’t anything scary, but they were none other than elegant and beautiful mermaids. Mermaids are aquatic creatures with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Some are born as one and some are turned when the Full moon’s light rests upon a beautiful place unknown to many called “The Moon Pool” located in a volcano on Mako Island. When a human is turned into a mermaid the process is far more magical and wonderful than it sounds.

I will be narrating the story of 3 beautiful girls who were gifted with a magical wonderous gift. Cleo, Rikki, and Emma were nice and mature girls. One day they went Jet skiing and ended up on a Magnificent Island called “Mako Island”. It was deserted and wasn’t popular but was still amazingly intact. People stopped visiting the island because many sharks had surrounded it. Time passed and the girls were trying to figure a way out when without any warning they tumbled down a hole. Little did they know, what they were about to experience was a twist in history and a secret to many. They walked further in and ended up in a cave. The cave was natural and unique, the feeling of magic floated around. The girls hopped in to find a way out underwater. When they entered the magical Moon Pool, the full moon came in contact with the opening of the volcano in which the Moon Pool rested. The Moon’s light quietly spilled over the Moon Pool and the water sparkled as if a spell was cast upon it. The three girls were surprised and enjoying the moment with pleasure. When the moon moved out, they swam under the cave and ended up in the ocean, when the water police arrived at their rescue.

“What were the sparkles for? What happened to them?” They were unaware of the beautiful creatures they had turned into, called mermaids. When Cleo hopped in the bathtub, Emma dived into the swimming pool and Rikki set foot in the seawater sparkles rose and the legs turned into golden and orange fishtails. It was hard for them to live life as mermaids being teenagers, but an amazing gift like this wouldn’t be missed by anyone. The surprise that came along was extraordinary powers related to water. Emma could freeze water; Cleo could mold and shape water and Rikki could boil water.

Cleo found out about her powers when she was standing next to a running water fountain she started fiddling with her hands and could mold and shape water. When Cleo showed her powers to the girls she made the water rise and forgot to put it back in the glass. Emma put her hands straight in front of her face because of reflex, by which she discovered her power of freezing water. Rikki was in the juice bar and with her hands on the table she started curling them by which the cold drink boiled up. She had discovered her power like that. The girls started spending more time in the sea or on mako island and mostly in the moon pool

They were surprised by their new powers, but they couldn’t let anyone know because if they did, the next thing they will be in a lab as a sample, getting tested by many scientists. They made it a Promise to keep this to themselves. There were many challenges they had to go through and lie to keep their secret safe. Whenever they got wet even by a drop of water, they would change into mermaids so they had to be careful.

With great power there was a great responsibility, they had to learn how to control their powers, especially after they were gifted with more advanced powers in the moon pool on a full moon. Cleo could control wind and the air, Rikki could start and put out fires at her own will and she could control lightning. Emma could freeze anything without water and create a storm. They had to learn to control their powers and use the basic form of them.

Slowly they learned to control it and could use the basic form of their powers.

“Their little secret they had, got them closer and left a happy twist in their lives. Anyone out there would be dying for a gift like this but, do me a favor and keep this a secret for the sake of magic, please. So, Ssshhhhh!!!!” Sashrika

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