It is said that when out of water one is left without breath... Surrounded by murky waters... was her chosen destiny now with no familiar waters to be surrounded by she is lost with no where to go and no one to go to. Meet the the mermaid Gabriella. A fish out of water... A phrase used so well to describe her an outcast from an ancestry of gentry and now a professional street rat. Say hello to Merinda. Meet Xander a boy in the profession of crookery and thievery. With parents in jail and siblings to take care of the perfect description would be ' a fish in a sea full of 'sharks' Will Ella get a new home... a new family? Will Mer ever meet the expectations set out for someone of her ancestry? And will Xander ever get rich??? Join Ella and Mer, the two different side of the coin, ones a Tomboy to the extent of growing balls and the other... Well let's just say she is girlish to no extent. With Xander added to the mix magic is bound to happen.