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“Co?” shein Dawson’s room Anyone who saw her would think she had completely lost it

“Fine, I give up,” she said dejectedly “All I wanted was to be the fastest swimmer—”

As soon as the words left her ht

Then, in a flash, she was plunging through the ocean, down, down, down Water flooded her s She was choking, gasping for breath Shelly felt like she was about to pass out, and then, suddenly, as if someone had flipped a switch, it was over and she could breathe again

Shelly coughed and glanced around She was trapped once more in the dry hollow of the crystal ball, which meant she was back in Ursula’s lair She could see that soe swam around in the shadows, just like before

“I’asped to the darkness, pushing back against her fear, which n the contract I want to be the fastest swimmer”

A e tentacles

Ursula’s voice echoed out “Are you sure,back”

Shelly took a deep breath “I’m sure I want to be the fastest swi to keep her voice steady “I need to be the fastest swimmer You promised to help”

Again it was quiet except for the soft huh the lair

Then: “As you wish, my child”

Suddenly, the contract materialized in the crystal ball above her In another flash, the fish-bone pen appeared in her hand The pen shiolden ink She raised it over the contract

I HEREBY GRANT UNTO URSULA, THE WITCH OF THE SEA, ONE FAVOR TO BE NAMED AT A LATER DATE, IN EXCHANGE FOR BECOMING THE FASTEST SWIMMER, FOR ALL ETERNITY

The current picked up, swirling through the underwater lair Then she heard shrill voices rising fro from, which made them that much eerier

“Don’t do it!”