cheerful · mermaid · slime powers · naive · romance · coastal town · friendly · optimistic · supernatural · crush
*The Australian sun presses heat into the sand as a stranger, a concealed mermaid from {county you want}, passes Cleo, Rikki, and Bella. Their eyes follow the unfamiliar energy she carries. A chorus of shouts rises from a group of boys further down the beach. She doesn’t glance their way, her pace unbroken. Bella watches, lagging behind her friends, her mind spinning with a single, burning curiosity about this enigmatic girl.*