Chapter 24:Meeting New Friends

It had been a few days since we found out we were going to have a baby. I am at work now. "Hey Cliff. After work, Rin and I have something to tell you and the others. I told her we could do it after I was off of work." "Ok sounds good. Oh Kai. Elektra can use your help over on Kaia's ship." "OK thanks cliff." So I went on and hopped on the ship. "Ok What do you need help with?" Then they told me when what they wanted and I helped. I helped for a bit then I heard a timer. "Oh sounds like I have to hit the water. Hey Kaia. Can the boys join me for ten minutes?" "Yeah go ahead." "Ok cool. Come on brothers." So we dove in, and I got to see their dragon forms. "Woah cool forms anyone." Then my head hurt again. "Argh! My head again. Hmm!" "hang on Kai. You should be ok to go on the surface now." Said Fury. He helped me back onto Kaia's ship.

"Mom! Something is wrong with Kai! His head again!" "Hey Kai. Can you hear me?!" I nodded yes. "Can you talk at all?" I nodded no. "Shit! Its already that bad. Let me call Leo. I want to know what his take in this is." Kaia used the phone and said, "Hey Leo. Its Kaia. Kai is having a headache again. I thought he was getting better but apparently not. What do you want me to do about his headache?" "What if it has anything to do with his Changing?" "I guess if that is the case I will have to. I hate doing it but we may have no choice. Thanks Leo." Then they hung up. "OK Kai. First, we have to find out if this headache is from changing or if it's from your memory finally returning. Kai did you have flashbacks when you had your headaches?" I shook my head yes. "OK well I don't need to give you the medicine then. Fury take Kai to his old room on the ship. He will be fine in an hour or so. I will let dad know." "Ok mom."

I woke up feeling better and work was about over. "Hmm." I opened my eyes and saw fury and Dylan. "Hey guys. What happened?" I said hoarsely. "You had a headache. Mom said it was from remembering more of your kind. Maybe thinking more like us." "Hmm. I'm still a little tired, but I can get up. I have to meet Rin at home. We have something important to tell everyone." "OK then. We will see you later. You need help getting home?" Then I saw Sea come by. "I'll make sure he gets home ok. You 3 help your mom ok? You too Elektra." "OK Sea." Said Elektra.

"Thanks Sea. Sorry about all this. Ever since I started changing, I have been having a lot of headaches" "Its fine Kai. Don't worry about it. Like I said, I'm your brother. I have been as long as you have lived with Rins family." "Haha. Yeah." So he made sure I got home ok.

Once I got home, I met Rin at mom and dad's house "Hey Rin. Where's Elias and dad?" "Oh they will be here soon." Said Rin. "Ok good." "What happened to you anyway Kai? You look like you just saw a ghost." "Oh I just had a headache. I'm fine." "Ok well don't push yourself." "I'll try not too." Then dad and Elias showed up.

"Hey dad and Elias." I said. "Do you want to tell them or should I Rin?" "Ok we all need to sit down for this." Said Rin. So we all sat down and I said, "OK Rin on 3. 1….2….3…." "We are going to have a baby!" We said in unison. Then I saw mom and Elias have a shocked face. "Dad? Are you ok?" I said. "Yeah I'm fine. I'm shocked as well." "How far along are you?" Said mom. "Well we just found out, so about 2 or 3 weeks." "We still have to tell Kaia Cliff and my brothers. I'm sure Pisces will know too. I told them I would talk to them after I got Rin. I'm sure they told him to come too. Ok Rin. Ready?" "Yes lets go." "We will be back Elias." "OK sis. Be careful."

So we walked to the ship ok. "Hey Kaia, Cliff, Pisces, brothers, Captain, Elektra, and everyone else here. We have some important news. You look tired Rin. Go sit down I will tell them." "I think that would be best." Said Rin. "We are going to have a baby!" Then there was silence for a moment. Then everyone cheered. "All right Kai! Good going man!" Said Dylan. "Ok, Ok break it up Dylan. Kai might still not be feeling good." Said Fury. "Oh I'm fine. Thanks, guys, for supporting us. We are going to wait for the baby to be born before we get married." "Oh good idea." Said Sea.

I was feeling ok and enjoying everything when I heard a voice and I screamed im pain. "ARGH! That sound!" Then I saw Kaia and my brothers holding their head too. I guess its only something us Sea dragons can hear. "Kaia! What's going on?!" "Hang on! It will be better under the water! Can you turn Sea Dragon right now?" "Yeah, I can!" So, I turned and all of us dove in. "Damn! That hurt. So what is this all about Kaia?" I wondered. "It must have heard of your transformation. It might come after you." "What is it? What does it want?" "Don't worry. Its just curious it won't hurt you. If it likes you, it becomes your friend. If not, it will just run away and leave you alone. It's a Merperson." "What? Really? They exist?" "Yeah. Every time a transformation happens, one of the Merpeople would come by and befriend us." "That's actually awesome. How far do I have to go down for them to come?" "Oh you will need an air bubble maybe when we go down. We want to preserve your breathing." "OK then." So Kaia put a bubble on my face, and we swam down.

We made it to the dome, and I was able to breathe fresh air again. "Ah. So when are they going to get here?" "Oh they will be here soon. Oh and they can talk. They talk our language. So introduce yourself like you would to anyone here." "What if it's a girl? Is there a proper way I should greet her?" "No not really just greet her like you do any girl. How did you greet Elektra when you first met her?" "Oh Ok so like that. Got it. Ok I'm ready now." "Good because they can't come in here. You have to go out there without a bubble to test your breathing." So I turned into my sea dragon form, and went out.

I saw quite a few merpeople. "Uh Sorry I'm new to this but I'm Kai. I am a sea dragon as you can see. Its nice to meet you all." I said nervously. They all started laughing, then a mermaid came up to me. "Oh uh. Nice to meet you." I bowed and kissed her hand. "Its nice to meet you too. Don't worry about my brothers they are always making fun of people. Want to be my friend?" "Yeah if its ok with your brothers. Just to let everyone know I'm engaged already and have a baby on the way so no romantic relationships." "Hehe don't worry about it. I just want to be friends." "Until now I didn't think you still existed. Heck I didn't even know what I was until a few days ago. Sorry if my manners are bad. I don't know how to greet merpeople. "Hey its fine Bro." Said the older brother. "Oh I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. I'm scarlet. This Dunce of a brother is Harkin this is my middle brother Ocean and my younger brother names Slate." "Well nice to get to know you. I hope I'm not prying, but are you royalty by any chance?" I saw her look at her older brother. He nodded like it was ok to tell me. "Yes I am. Harking is the crowned Prince." "Oh sorry then." I bowed to them. "Oh its fine. Just treat us like you would anybody please." Said Ocean. "OK thanks."

So I swam around with them for a bit, then said, "Ok I'm at my limit. Um I have to go in. My limit in breathing underwater is 1 hour and 30 minutes. As long as I am close, I should be fine. Just in case I have to get air." "Ok we can swim over there a bit. Said Ocean. "Ok you guys go ahead. I got to get back and do princely stuff." Said Harkin. "Hope to see you again." "Likewise Kai." So we swam closer, and I was able to breathe ok. I was swimming for an extra hour and my breathing was normal which I thought was strange. Then Scarlet said, "Ok I think we should head back. If you ever want to contact us, here is my shell phone number." She wrote down a number with a piece of coral to write with and a skinny rock. "Thanks Scarlet. When I have the time I will definitely call you guys. Oh and maybe your brothers and I can have some boy time as well sometime. "Yeah that would be cool." Said Slate. "Ok well we will see you later Kai." Said Ocean. "Yeah see you." So I swam back to the dome.

"Hey guys I'm back. It was awesome." I looked around and something didn't feel right. Everything was a little too quiet. 'Where is everyone?' I thought. I quickly ran into grandma and grandpa's house to make sure they were ok. I saw them on the floor and ran over to them. "Gramps! Grandma! Are you two ok? Who did this to you guys?!" "We don't know. They hit us from behind. We will live. You need to get out of here and fast!" Said Gramps. "No! Not until I find out what happened. I am calling my merfriends." I dialed Scarlets shell number. "Hey Scarlet. I have an emergency I need you and your brothers help to find out what happened to my grandparents dome." "Ok thanks I am in the dome now. I will wait for you to get here, then I will go outside to meet you." Then we hung up.