Rapunzel squeaked, not expecting the person to recover so soon, before slamming her hands over her mouth as she realized how stupid that was. Pulling her folds of hair with her, the mermaid dragged herself off of the beach as quickly as her fin and exhausted muscles would allow, trying to make it the few feet left toward the water.

Her long purple tail flapped helplessly as she pulled with her arms, daring a glance back at Darcy and turning red when she realized she was sitting up and looking for her. "Nobody!" she said, daring to hope she'd think this was some bizarre sea-washed dream leftover from the accident.