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Chapter 1

Rachel looked down at her green, scalyred hair, and for a second, she couldn’t help but wonder why she looked like aher hand as she swas, which were no longer legs, but a green, scaly tail as well, and the water flowing through his beautiful azed into her eyes The ater re down on her through the crystal blue water as she gazed back into Benji’s eyes

He leaned in and kissed her, passionately, as if it were their first kiss She felt tingley through her tail and hands and she could feel the little hairs on her ar slipped into her hands It was cold and es

She looked down to see Benji had handed her a shiny, gold key

She looked at him, confused

“What’s this?”

“It’s the Gold Key, let’s use it,” Benji said

“Where? How?” Rachel asked, looking around the sea floor as if a treasure chest would ically appear

“C’mon, Rach, you’ve done this before, don’t you remember?”

“Um, I think you’re mistaken, I’ve never seen this key before in my life!” Rachel assured him

“This key is to the Golden Chest You remember, the one that came out of the old ship”

Rachel stopped and thought for a moment and then a smile came across her face Suddenly, she re for for ages The key held the answers to what lie inside the ancient Golden Chest

“Let’s go!” Rachel said in excite up towards the rays of the sun “We don’t havefaster

“I knoe have to move quickly!”

The ta other schools of fish, swi around them As they reached the top of the water, Rachel leaned in and kissed Benji one more time

“I love you,” Benji said, in between kisses

“I love you,“Promise you’ll never leave me?”

“I promise!” Benji said

“Say it again,” Rachel begged

“I proo find that treasure,” Benji said with excitement

“OK!” Rachel said

As they eed from the water, their s and feet They no longer had their tails and now they could breath oxygen As if this were completely norether towards the Golden Chest

The sun quickly went behind the clouds and the sky grew dark—darker than Rachel had ever seen before It was alht orange streak where the sun had gone behind the clouds that cast an ominous shadow over the land Rachel became scared and slunk into Benji’s arms

“Don’t worry, Rachel We will be OK, we just have to get to the chest,” Benji assured her