Aquaterria by Sydney Dowden (the snowy day read aloud TXT) 📕

Aquaterria


By: Sydney Dowden


Katie and Alyssa were best friends who both went to Lincoln Middle School. They both were normal preteens going through the changes between elementary and high school, until one Friday night. That night they watched TV, read magazines, talked, and ate pizza. Then Katie went to the bathroom but she couldn’t find it, so she called for Alyssa. Alyssa came thundering down the hall.
“What happened to the bathroom it’s supposed to be right here,” said Alyssa.
“How do you not know where your own bathroom is,” replied Katie in a snotty voice.
“It should be right here”, said Alyssa. Alyssa leaned against the wall and fell through. She fell into the wall and broke the door knob off of a small door hidden behind the wall. Katie stuck her fingers through where the door knob should be and her fingers got wet.
“What the heck” said Katie?
Alyssa ripped the door off and tons of water instantly pored out full force. The blow was so forceful they flew back into the wall behind them but as soon as they hit it the wall and the house was falling apart and an entire ocean surrounded them. Katie could felt the air completely leave her lungs and she felt heavier and was sinking down when she was lifted up by her arm pits to the surface. She then awoke from a temporary coma, to see a cute blonde boy with a merman tail. She looked down at her feet to see they were normal, luckily or maybe not.
“Alyssa. Alyssa where is Alyssa. Where is she is she ok, said Katie sputtering and gasping for breathe.
“She’s fine a lot better than you,” said the cute blonde boy.
“Thank god, let me see her,” said Katie.
“Jeez I’ll show you her, but you’re going to have to see this to believe it, said the blonde boy.
“What do you mean?” said Katie.
“come.” said the boy.
Katie and the mysterious blonde boy went under water. Katie was fighting it the whole 100 feet down not breathing until the boy simply said one word to convince her too:
“Breathe”.
Katie inhaled expecting to instantaneously die, but she didn’t the water she was breathing in filled her lungs with clean oxygen. Katie looked down at her feet and this time it was a mermaid tail and she was a mermaid.
“What did you do to me? I am not a mermaid so why am I one?” said Katie.
“You are not a natural mermaid I temporarily turned you in to one you will automatically go back to normal in 24 hours in those 24 hours we need help with a top secret mission ,”said the blonde.
“I will help you if you tell me who you are first,” said Katie.
“I am the Prince of Aquaterria but my name is Jayden however unlike other princes I let the people decide and I make the final decision based on what they think,” said Prince.
“Now take me too Alyssa please,” said Katie.
They swam to an underwater castle and found Alyssa sitting on rocks in front of a castle.
“Alyssa!” said Katie

“Your ok,” said Katie.
“Yeah,” said Alyssa.
“Who’s the cutie,” said Alyssa.
“The Prince of Aquaterria,” replied Katie in a hazy voice.
“Ew La La,” said Alyssa.
Katie laughed which was the sound of two friends being reunited but this was the beginning of an amazing adventure.
“What is the mission you said we were supposed to do,” said Katie.
“Your mission is to find a sunken ship with my father’s crown which will give me the power to rule the kingdom,” said Jayden.
“That sounds simple,” said Alyssa.
“Not really, not a single person knows where the ship is,” said Jayden.
“Why do you think we can do this mission?” said Katie.
“You guys have no idea where any thing is you have fresh minds,” said Jayden.
“Oh,” said Alyssa “Is that the only reason.”
“No, if Katie gets the crown when she comes back I’m going to ask her to be my queen,” said Jayden.
“Aw,” said Alyssa.
Jayden just smiled and looked embarrassed. Then Katie came back with a random map she had made.
“Lets roll,” said Katie.
“K,” said Alyssa.
Katie and Alyssa set out but just before Jayden and Katie kissed. Katie and Alyssa found a ship the next day with the crown and they set back on their journey, but for some reason when Katie gave him the crown he went mad and Katie was there and he kidnapped her and put her in a bubble.
“Why are you doing this,” said Katie
“Because I’m not Jayden he is in a different room. I am his evil twin Jayson. And by the way thank you for all the power of Aquaterria and I will take all the powers making the mermaids become humans they are used to having the abilities to swim but don’t know how cause of them having tails giving them the ability to swim instantaneously and they will drown letting me create a new world. A better world, with no evil,” said Jayson.
“You are evil you cannot create a world with no evil since you are evil and the world would have to not have you,” replied Katie smartly.
“My world will have no evil because I can change,” said Jayson.
“No you can’t and where is Alyssa,” said Katie sounding worried which is not a good thing to let this guy know.
“She is in the other room with Jayden,” said Jayson with hatred in his voice as he said his brother’s name.
“Why am I not in there with them,” said Katie.
“Cause my brother loves you he would do anything to get you back un- harmed and when I let you into the water in your human form it will drive him into madness and he will escape from the bubble to save you and at that moment I will take in the power killing him and drowning the others,” said Jayson the happiest she had ever heard.
“No Alyssa can save every one she is a true mermaid unlike me,” said Katie.
“Not if she cannot escape from the bubble,” said Jayson.
“If Jayden can so can Alyssa,” said Katie.
“You can keep your hope just because you are going to die soon,” said Jayson.
Katie didn’t say anything after that she was to scared of death and water and death by water made her scared to death. She just waited to turn back into a human she was waiting for death which scared her even more. She had lost all hope. When Katie was human again she did not feel good. She was put on a camera as a human and showed to Jayden she told him not come after her that she would be fine but after seeing her try to swim that first time he knew she would not make it.
When she was released into the water she heard an alarm go off and a cage capture her and sink her to the bottom she had no hope for life now she saw her life flash before her eyes as she slipped in to coma.
Then she could feel something grab the cage but not lift it up, it was too heavy. Then she heard screeching of metal like a chain saw against the cage.
She felt arms around her and she knew it was the Prince. She was lifted to the rocks and then the Prince went back underwater and came back with three more people and he went back for more people in no time 200 people were on the rocks and more were coming but Katie didn’t see Alyssa on the rocks and she was getting worried so she jumped in the water and for once she swam and went looking for Alyssa. But she then looked down and saw a mermaid tail she was a true mermaid! Now she knew she could find Alyssa. She started looking calling for Alyssa getting no response at all. Katie got a good idea of where she was, she was getting the crown of Aquaterria. Katie knew where she would have to go to get Alyssa and the crown, and that’s not a place she wants to go. When Katie arrived Alyssa was in her bubble with the crown and Jayson was passed out on the floor Katie rushed to Alyssa and got her out of the bubble. They then busted out of there and got to the rocks and gave the crown to Jayden and he turned everyone back to mermaids. He then turned to Katie and said:
“Please will you stay here on Aquaterria with me and rule with me,” said Jayden.
“I cannot stay here, I belong at my home and you belong here even though I like you we cannot be together because we live in different world’s possibly even dimensions,” said Katie.
“That is true but can you stay for one more week,” said Jayden.
“I guess it wouldn’t hurt but Alyssa is staying too,” said Katie
“Fine with me,” said Jayden.
Katie and Jayden went on their date while Alyssa helped the townspeople settle down. The next week was amazing and full of fun but didn’t help the fact that the new couple would soon be torn apart, as one was going to a different world. When it was time for them to leave it was a hard good bye, but it had to be done.
When they returned to their world their homes were gone, their families were too, and their records were completely erased and they couldn’t get back to Aquaterria. They had no where to go until the water randomly rose again and they were underwater but this time instead of drowning Katie was lifted up again.
And when she opened her eyes she saw Jayden.

Publication Date: 01-21-2011

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Dedication:
In honor of my sisters who never thought i could publish this book