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“Oh no, I believe you,” he said, pointing to her gills “Anyway, that’s too crazy to make up Plus, like I said, I’ve heard of the sea witch I just didn’t realize the stories were real”

“Wait, that’s it!” Shelly said excitedly “Maybe the old stories can help us”

“Right, there’s an old randfather used to talk about it Soot lost in storms”

“Anything else?” she said

Maybe he knew about a way to help Shelly that didn’t involve the trident at all

He shook his head “It was a long tio I’m sorry I don’t remember very much”

“Right,” she said, feeling crushed “Thanks anyway”

“But I have an idea,” he said, perking up “There’s a special library at the private college with a lot of history about Triton Bay Old books, original documents My brother told me about it Maybe we can do some research”

“That’s so nerdy,” she said, nudging him “And so awesome at the same time”

“Totally is,” he said with a thumbs-up

She bit her lip “Maybe we can find out more about the sea witch—she said her name was Ursula—and why she wants that trident so badly I don’t trust her Not one bit”

He nodded “And maybe we can find a way to stop this fish transfor to you I reat human—”

Suddenly, the hipped up A bolt of lightning struck the sea It flashed with bright eht Shelly waited for the deep ru But instead, cackling rose frorew louder

“Did you hear that?” Enrique said, casting his gaze out to the ocean “What was that?”

Shelly sed hard against the sick feeling in her sto to us”