Oh, I noticed it was your birthday, Kay? Happy birthday!
Pearl, who was approximately thirty feet beneath the water of a gorgeous blue ocean, had slept in her little purple shell. Sunlight popped through the waves and onto her face, with heat waves bursting like firecrackers through the night. The sound of a deep sea monster had awakened her. What was that? The sound came closer and closer that Pearl had closed her shell, but loosely enough for her to squint through. It was a Wailord, just a Wailord. Pearl knew what exactly to do, as a smile lit up her face. She took a deep dive onto the Wailord when a fountain of water had pitched Pearl onto the sandy shores of a beach. Of course, Pearl was flung many times before and she hadn?t feared to do it the first time. But something caught her mind, something so beautiful. There it was, the marvelous pile of rocks. Not the ordinary rocks you?d see everyday. They were quite the minerals she would want to keep but she had only room for one. The one she had chosen was of magnificently bright colors. The stone was indigo around the edges and bright pink in the centers. She held it with her tongue and tried to juggle with it. The stone felt very special to Pearl and it seemed as if it would change her life forever with fame under the sea. But suddenly, she hurled it too high in the air. Up, up, up! And down it went. It had bonked her on the head and she felt a bit dizzy. When she gained control of her mind, she saw a spiral portal facing her. What mysteries would lie in there? There was only one way to find out. So she held the stone back on her tongue and entered the portal...