Freedom Never Lasts

When Dr. Washington finally returned Claire back to her 'home' Zoe was slumped in the corner of the very bottom. Zoe looked up at Claire whos arms was bandaged with lycra and her once shimmering tail now dull and missing scales. "Are you alright?" Zoe swam up to meet a floating,  dizzy Claire.
"um, I think so." As Claire came crashing back to earth Zoe steadied her until she was sure Claire wouldn't bump any part of her body.  "Claire, we need to escape." Claire nodded her head in agreement. "Right, whats the plan huston." Claire asked expactantly. "um...I thought you had one." Zoe squeaked. Now Claire was the one slumped in the corner. "Maybe if we bang our tails on the glass and you get out you can get your parents and help me." Claire offered. "No way! What about you Claire, I can't leave you." Zoe argued. "No Zoe you need to grab this freedom while you can and besides I need the tablet and you could always come back for me if it's safe enough." Claire ordered. Zoe weighed up her options and her conclusion was maybe it was best to go for help she can always come back she's sure the doctor would love her back. "Lets go!" Was Zoe's answer. Both girls thought best if they hit in synchronization and slowly but surely a hole began to form. As soon as Zoe was sure she could squirm through she squeezed through it. "uh, I'm stuck." The banging stopped and footsteps were now louder. Both girls faces became stricken with fear. "Girls?!" Dr. Washington's voice echoed throughout the building. WHAM! "Go Hurry" Claire's voice boomed. whether that was a good or bad thing no one will ever know. "Girls are you alright?!" Dr. Washington skidded round the corner in time to see Zoe evaporate into bubbles and reappear naked! "Claire!?" Zoe panicked. Claire stifled down a laugh "Uh yeah, um I forgot to mention that." Zoe looked around at the wet towels that the Doctor had been using she picked one up and wrapped it around herself, what other options did she have. Dr. Washington bolted hitting alarms and trying to lock doors before she could escape but Zoe had already flung the double doors open. Claire looked outside, the sun was setting the clouds were filled with pink and orange and specially fluffed for them, the taunting of the beautifullness was too much and she had too look away as Zoe disapperead down the street. "Got a good look?" Claire looked up at the ecstatic Doctor. "Why are you keeping us here?" Her voice was low and slow. "Your no different to all my other discoveries." Claires anger turned into confusion. "What!?"
"Everyone thought I was crazy to say fairytales exist. But with all the abnormal creatures i've caught they'll beleive me, they have to." And with that Dr. Washington held up photos. Claire peered through the glass disabled by the lack of water she managed to work out pictures of fairies, seven dwarfs and a pegasus and a few others.

Reviews

[Carolyn]

i've never ever read twilight but i will take your advice on board.

[LaineyBeetle]

I like the effect of the bubbles when she transforms however I'm not sure about the clothing part. In Twilight Stephanie Meyer has had to write around this by having Jacob carry a spare pair of clothes in his teeth or strapped to his leg when he morphs into a wolf form. It is believable that the mermaids bodies can morph but not the clothes because they are just regular clothes so what makes them suddenly have the ability to morph on and off with them? I am guessing that it was under the advice of Stephanie's publisher as an afterthought that she write Jacob that way because it simply wouldn't have been believable enough otherwise. It also added a nice "he's still essentially human and has human dilemmas too" kind of touch to it. You could have had fun with this and made Zoe really surprised when she morphs and realises she has no clothes on and Claire laughs because she knew all about it from experience and says "yeah, forgot to mention that one is a bit of a drawback of morphing" or something similar so it is a bit comical and then they have to grab a towel or a sheet or something from nearby before anyone sees them. The clothes morphing along with the girls was just too much of a stretch for me sorry :P This chapter is better than the last two though so that is good.