Kaori floated on the waves of a deep purple sea, looking up at a star studded night sky. Although she was very content up here on the surface enjoying the ride, she decided to dive down as far as she could. Under the water, to her surprise, was a glittering city, bustling with merpeople and even some merkids her own age! She swam down into the city, her legs transforming into a beautiful shimmering purple tail.
A young mermaid waved to her eagerly and swam over. She didn't speak, but Kaori heard her in her mind, "Kaori! I'm so glad you're here! We were waiting for you to come back! Wanna play with us?" Several other mermaids swam up to them, smiling happily at Kaori.
"What are we playing? Can we play dressup?" Kaori asked, also using her mind.
"I don't see why not!" One of the other mermaids said.
"Yay!" Kaori was eager to finally play with some girls her age, and they started to swim to what she assumed to be the mermaid's house.
They swam down the street and Kaori looked around at the beautiful shops, awestruck at each painstakingly decorated window.
"Watch out!" A male voice yelled, but it was too late, a little toy torpedo, used for playing catch whizzed past the girls and bonked Kaori on the head.
"Oww!" She cried, and floated to the sea floor in pain. One of the girls swam down an shook her shoulders, trying to snap her out of it. But her dream world was drifting away...
She woke up in the nurse's building, with a nurse sitting next to her, gently rubbing her shoulders. She let out an unhappy cry; her head throbbed angrily and the florescent light. She immediately signed for her nanny, but the nurse signed back that her nanny wasn't here.
So instead, she signed, 'where is she? The girl I chased? What happened?'