Acid. Ondine hated acid. She nervously hid the fear in her eyes and vanished into the shadows.

"Hey!" the boy yelped. "Where'd you go?"

Ondine slipped through the shadows stelathily as a girl passed by. She reeked of human. Ondine didn't understand why others couldn't smell as well as Aqans. Suddenly she saw that the girl had diamond earrings.

Clearly made of Aqan diamonds.

Ondine snarled and stepped out of the shadows. The girl looked shocked and stepped back as Ondine's eyes narrowed to slits.

"Where did you get those earrings and who are you?" said Ondine.

"I'm Zendra," the girl said.