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“Co Enrique to the catwalk over the open ocean It was the sa the plastic cup at her friends’ urging It was also where the giant wave had snatched her

I ht I’m sorry

She’d learned her lesson More than learned it Littering in the ocean rong If only she’d done the right thing and hadn’t bent to peer pressure, then none of this would be happening She just hoped she still had tiht

The waves sloshed up onto the catwalk, spritzing theue and breathed it into her lungs She held the trident in her hand and peered into the dark ocean, filled with angry whitecaps The hipped up,the sea churn faster Shelly could feel the power of the trident flowing through her body She remembered what it had done to the shark

“Hurry, dive in!” Enrique said, standing next to her on the catwalk Rain and wind pelted his face and body “Swim to her lair Take her the trident That’s the only way to stop this”

Shelly wanted tobut soerous,” she said “I can’t give her the trident”

Fear flashed in his eyes “What do you mean? You don’t have a choice!”

“Did you see what it did to the shark?” she replied while the hipped at her “If we give the trident to Ursula, then she could use it to do bad thingsterrible things to everyone”

Enrique glanced out over Triton Bay—the only place they’d ever called hoaze He looked grim “You’

re rightbut if you don’t do it, then there’s no way to reverse the curse You’ll turn into a fish for good”

Fear tore through Shelly The thought of turning into a fish forever, of leaving her family and friends, terrified her and ave the trident to the sea witch, then the witch would have the power to hurt everybody she loved—her uel; Mr Aquino; Attina and Alana Even Kendall and Judy Weisberg

She couldn’t let that happen She’din the ocean, by letting other people make decisions for her—but now she could

This was her chance to ht

Shelly stepped down from the catwalk and backed away from the water, trident in hand

“I can’t give it to her!” she yelled over the wind and rain “I have to do the right thing and protect Triton Bay, like my parents I was selfish before I can’t ain”