Disclaimer: I don't own Mermaid Melody.
A/N: Another one of my OC fanfics. Yay!
Chapter 1: Sono Shitashiku nai Uta
It was another typical day at school. Lucia, Hanon, and Rina were talking at the back of the room.
"I heard that there's going to be a Spring Festival tomorrow night!" Lucia said excitedly.
"No doubt you'll try to ask Kaito to that festival," Rina said.
Lucia blushed. "I m-might."
"You better ask him now!" Hanon whispered.
"Why now?!" Lucia asked.
"Here's here already!" Hanon said pointing behind her. "Go and ask him!"
Hanon pushed Lucia to Kaito. Lucia bumped into Kaito and turned into a bright shade of red.
"Oh, hi Lucia," Kaito said. "What's up?"
"Oh, I……..I………" Lucia stammered.
But before she could get the words out, the bell rang signaling first period. Everybody rushed back to their seats as their teacher came in. With him was a girl – a new student. The girl had bright red eyes and bright red shoulder-length hair. She wore the usual female uniform. She was wearing a necklace but the pendant was hidden into the confines of her school blouse.
"Ohayo Gozaimasu, class!" the teacher greeted.
"Ohayo, Sensei!" the class greeted back.
"Okay class I'm sure you noticed that we have a new student joining us today," the teacher said gesturing to the red-haired girl.
She looks sad, Lucia thought.
"Class, this is Chichiri Erika," the teacher said.
"O-Ohayo Gozaimasu," Erika said quietly. She looked up at them shyly.
"Chichiri-chan, you can sit in that chair behind Nanami-chan," the teacher said pointing to the empty chair behind Lucia.
Erika walked over to the chair and plopped down on it. Lucia smiled at her, saying she wanted to be her friend. Erika gave her weak smile and started to listen to the lesson.
That night in Lucia's house, Rina was sleeping over. Hanon was in the bathroom, finishing her bath. Lucia was working on something on her desk.
"What's that?" Hanon asked as she stepped out of the bathroom.
"It's something for Erika-san," Lucia said. "There, I'm finished!"
She held up her handiwork for Hanon to see. It was red ring, like what Lucia gave to Hanon and Rina.
"Are you sure she'll like it?" Hanon asked. "Jewelry might not be what she likes."
"She was wearing a necklace at school," Lucia pointed out. "I'll give her this ring tomorrow at school."
Just then, they heard a voice singing outside. It was a voice none of them could recognize. The voice was slow but beautiful; sweet and serene. But the surprising part of it was the song itself.
Nanairo no
Kaze ni fukarete
Tooi, misaki wo mezashiteta……………
"That's –"Lucia started to say.
"Legend of Mermaid!" Hanon finished.
Yoake mae
Kikoeta MERODII
Sore wa, totemo natsukashii uta………
Rina burst into the room as if to find out if what she was hearing was true.
"Do you hear it?!" she asked.
Higashi no, sora e to
Habataku toritachi
Saa, takarajima ni
Nukeru, chikamichi………
"We hear it! We heart it!" Lucia and Hanon chorused.
"Another princess! Let's go!" Rina said as they sprinted down the stairs to find the source of the voice.
"To the beach!" Hanon shouted.
Nanatsu no umi no rakuen
Arashi no yori no ato ni wa
Ai wo tsutaerutame
Inochi ga, mata umareru………
"Who could it be?" Lucia wondered.
As they neared the beach, the voice began to grow sweeter. But Lucia could sense sadness and pain in the voice that was singing.
Nanatsu no umi no MERODIA
Daremo ga itsuka wa koko wo
Tabidatsu hi ga kitemo
Watashi wa………wasurenai
When the voice reached the last word, Lucia, Hanon and Rina reached the beach. The owner of the voice seemed to have heard them and had gone. But Lucia glimpsed something not far away from them. In the moonlight, it looked like a bright red tailfin.
Next day, in school…………
"It was another princess, I'm sure of it!" Lucia said.
"Yeah, who else would know the song?" Hanon agreed.
"Ohayo!" said a voice behind them.
"Oh, Erika-san!" Lucia said. "I see you're more cheerful now."
"Yes, I just had to let something off my chest," Erika said.
"Here, I made this for you," Lucia said as she handed the red ring to Erika.
"Oh, Arigato!" Erika said as she put on the ring. "It's beautiful!"
"Well, there's this festival tonight……." Hanon said.
"Yes, and so?" Erika asked.
"We were thinking of maybe you'd like to come with us?" Rina said.
"Oh, it's a very nice offer but I can't come," Erika said. "I've got other things to do tonight."
Just then, the bell rang. While their teacher was discussing the lesson, Lucia thought she heard Erika humming Legend of Mermaid. But when she listened closer, the humming stopped.
"Must be my imagination," Lucia said to herself.
To be continued……………