clara still didnt look at the dragon. she wouldnt give him the necklace.

"i belive"pulls ou a statue of a mermaid "that this was your mothers"

clara swam to the side of the bowl and looked at the statue. it was her mothers. it was gold with jewels just like she remembered. she looked at her necklace and didnt fdo any thing. then she figured out what the dragon was doing. shesplashed him in the face with water and turned back around.

"hmmm"rachs with my tail and pulls out a ring"this is ur family crest no?

clara grew tired of this "if you would be so kind i would like to go home akira" she said

i have one last item to show you"reachs with tail and pulls out a glowing blue orb"this is what your people need to finish theyre life long project no?"

clara looked at the orb. it was the thing they needed to finish the experiment. clara looked at akira "why do you want it so badly." sje asked.

"if i find rare one of a kind pieces i keep them the necklaces each ahave a unique stretgh i want to collect each of them your necklace is the final piece of the collection and il give anything to have it even this orb"

clara splashed water on him again. "im not giving you the necklace no matter what" she said.

hmph suit yourself"grabs your bowl and pus you back into the water"butyour people will exile you for giving up on finishing thre project"

clara looked at the dragon "they wont exile me" she said swimming away. se arrived at the under water kingdom. she went to the palace. "father the dragon akira has the orb we need to finish the project i saw it in his gave. we must get it." her father looked at the princess. "very well. you and your brother and the guards can go retrieve it we must get that orb." he said sending them out.

stands at the entrance of the cave and stosp her brotehr"your sister refused to give me her simple necklace for the orb i wanted to ive it to her butshe wouldnt give me the necklace"

a splash of water hits the dragons mouth. clara swam up to her brother "dont listen to the foolish dragon brother he is lieing" she said sending a huge wake at the dragon.

sends falmes at the wave beating it back"dragons never tell lies its the one flaw about us"

her brother looked at his sister and said "you gave up the one chance to finish the project over a stupid necklace" he said and swam away towards the city. clara grew sad and looked at the dragon" she splashed him again and swam away.

" i will give u one last chance give me the necklace and il give u the orb"

clara was sad bt mermaids couldnt cry. she looked at the necklace.something inside her said no but she wanted to help the city. she knew by now her father knew. she took off the necklace and handed it to the dragon.

llooks at the mermaid"one sec u cna keep the necklace"goes inside and picsk up teh otehr neckalces and the orb"you can have these.......i may be a strict dragon but i have a good heart"gives them to you"take care"

the mermaid smiled and said "thank you akira" she said and swam off to the palace when she entered they all looked at her. "clara is it true" her father said sounding dissapointed. "yes father it was true" clara said. she took out the orb and said. "he may be strict but akira knew we needed it" she said handing the orb to her father. her father smiled and threw the orb up into the ceiling and it dissolved. the whole city shook with energy. the castle became brighter. everything was now the way it was before the great battle.

" i always have had a soft spot for mermadis....ever sense her mother saved my life"

clara swam back to the dragons cave and poked her head out of the water. the dragon was drinking. "she madea small stream of water in the air and made it go over akiras head and let it fall she giggled.

chuckles"your laugh sounds just like your mothers....its awlays heart warming"

" i just wanted to thank you. the place has never looked better. my father told me to bring you this" she said laying a pile of gold by the dragon. "its a little thanks from all of us" she said.

uses tail and puts in a pot and hadns back to the mermaid"tell them i thaank them but they will need it more then i do and if they want to buy some fien sculptures off me il be willing to sell"

clara smiled. "are you sure." she said then thought about something. she got a few gold pieces "how much for that one" she said poiting to her mothers statue.