Helanie:
As soon as he set me down in the living room, the door opened and my mother and Lord McQuoid rushed in. I hadn't known they were coming too after hearing I'd been abducted, but it made sense.
The moment my mother stepped inside, I held out the pearl.
"This is from Kesha's tail," I said, and she nodded.
"When a young mermaid dies, she leaves a pearl behind. Her tail doesn't need to be cut off for it to appear. But very old or very young ones don't leave a pearl. So you're lucky. Otherwise, finding one now would have been nearly impossible." My mom explained and I nodded, smiling back at her.
"Is it safe, though?" Jenny asked.
"The world will be a little twisted. It'll be harder to bring Emmet back, but I'm sure he'll recognize you once you go in to fetch him. Other than that, it's fine," my mother answered.