Zerda is questing!
Episode 1/25:
While Zerda is strolling along the sandy shore, collecting beach glass and other treasures tossed up on the shore by the constant churning waves, she spies a strange glitter glinting off the waves ahead in the surf.

Zerda is questing!
Episode 2/25:
Zerda, mesmerized by the glittery glow growing closer as she strolls up to it, and is slightly startled when out of "nowhere" a little bikini-clad lobster claws her shorts and asks where she's going. After Zerda regains some composure, she responds with a nod in the direction of the shimmering in the distance, which is now being guarded by a creature of the deep!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 3/25:
The little lobster, happy to meet someone new on her beach, introduces herself to Zerda. "I'm Ella, and my friends tell me that I am a good luck lobster!"
Zerda isn't really paying attention, as she is wondering more and more about that shimmering object, and really can't be bothered with Ella. Or whatever that thing is in her claw. Seriously, what is that?

Zerda is questing!
Episode 4/25:
Wait, don't go in there! yells Ella to Zerda. However, despite her best efforts to keep her paws on the beach, Zerda is wading out into the surf, and reaching out a paw to touch the bobbing orb.
Look out! yells Ella, as not only is Zerda about to touch the orb, but appears to be under the spell of the mysterious Smuckers fish, guarding it—or would that be inviting unsuspecting pets to it?
And with a both Ella and Zerda disappear!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 5/25:
OH BOY! whimpers Zerda, as after the blinding light she feels strange and—well, weightless. Confuddled, Zerda watches as tiny speech bubbles float toward the surface, instead of hearing her words. Ella, who's good both on land and in the sea, is swimming about frantically, trying to get Zerda to hold still while she tells her something, but Zerda, starting to panic, and flailing around in the deep, realizes that she's not in Kansas anymore, that's fur sure!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 6/25:
Flitting about the cave, Ella comes up with a plan (see, her good luck is kicking in already), and in the old sea cave, finds a looking glass, from a shipwreck that sank in time untold. Scuttling closer to Zerda, who is now in full panic mode, she holds up the mirror.

Zerda is questing!
Episode 7/25:
What! What are you doing? What is that hideous beast? I need to escape! Help me! Help me! cries Zerda after getting a glimpse of the reflection in the mirror Ella is holding. Ella, shushing Zerda and trying to get her to calm down, grabs one of her tentacles and smacks her repeatedly until she stops!
Still in shock from all that has happened, Zerda takes a deep breath—or would that be a gulp?—and tries to listen more closely to Ella.

Zerda is questing!
Episode 8/25:
Ella, chatting away at 100 miles an hour, fills Zerda's ears—wait, does she still have ears?
ANYHOW, Ella tells of the tale of the Smuckers fish, and how it lures unsuspecting beachcombers into the waters by touching the shimmering orb, and turning it into octopuses and other sea creatures, keeping the ocean filled with sea life. Beachcombers must find the orb again within 25 hours (or slides!) or be stuck in the ocean

Cue the ominous music!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 9/25:
As Ella is telling Zerda all about the magic, she realizes they have been floating and swimming along with no direction and no idea where they are. Trying to find a familiar seamark, Ella realizes quite quickly that they are drifting closer and closer to the Deep Depths of the Ocean, where only brave swimmers venture!
Zerda, still trying to adjust to being an entirely new animal, with eight squishy legs, is mesmerized by the blinking lights, and wonders if they're fireflies in the ocean?

Zerda is questing!
Episode 10/25:
With a squelch and a scream of bubbles, Zerda squirts a little jetstream of ink (who knew she could?) when a sudden brightness surrounds her and Ella! Flailing all eight arms in every direction, Zerda is trying to swim away, with Ella clawing her way to pinch one tentacle to help escape these sea demons without first becoming their next meal!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 11/25:
They swim and claw their way into the sandbars, where the ocean is not only taking in light, but there are wrecks and places to hide, and to seek out treasures and the mysterious orb! Because that last little escapade clicked an hour off the clock; only 11 hours to go!
Zerda, waving tentacles in a sort of octopus sign language, wonders if they can get any useful information from this manatee about the orb?

Zerda is questing!
Episode 12/25:
Ella pops up to the ocean surface, sees a sailing ship steaming toward them, and wonders if Zerda would like to hop on and try exploring another area of the ocean; they would be travelling faster! Ella knows she's lucky, so she's confident that Zerda will find the orb and change back!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 13/25:
Zerda is actually starting to enjoy this strange trip; it's almost as fun as the '60's! "Toot! Toot! cries Zerda, pretending to be a river boat captain, while Ella just can't stop laughing at the sight. Feeling that they are being watched, after a few minutes Ella pinches Zerda to remind her that they need to find the orb!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 14/25:
Zerda is hanging out in the crow's nest, hoping to see glittering on the ocean waves, wondering if the Smuckers fish is trying to find another unsuspecting beachcomber. Meanwhile, Ella is doing her best impression from her favorite hooman flick, Titanic!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 15/25:
While the dolphins are racing the sloop, Ella clicks off a bunch of squeals, asking them if they have any "inside knowledge" of where they might find the Smuckers fish or the orb. She jumps into the water, all pincers in, and rides the pod leader to the ocean floor, where she is given a clue by Tritan himself!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 16/25:
Ella digs deep in her handy-dandy lobster pocket and pulls out an old magical weather vane that never points to true North, but will take you to the X on the map. Zerda waves goodbye quickly to the pod of dolphins before they sink into the water on the new leg (or in Zerda's case, legs) of the adventure.

Zerda is questing!
Episode 17/25:
Well, now! Look here! Welcome to Jay and Puddles'! Gather round and have a round! exclaims a strange seafaring Jay.
Ella, always up for shaking her money-maker and gathering up drinks, hops up to the bar and grabs one of those tasty drinks. Poor Zerda, still new to tentacles, is having a hard time finding her mouth, but manages to grasp one in all eight tentacles, so she had to get lucky with at least one; the odds are ever in her favor of that, right?

Zerda is questing!
Episode 18/25:
Jay is a wealth of information, as all bartenders tend to be, tending bar time and time again, hearing tales and woe, and outlandish stories of shimmering orbs and Smuckers fish. So being the all around good Mermaid he is, he points the two in the direction of the little "mer-folk" room, where the resident karaoke king hangs out, to see if he would share some direction on finding what they were looking for. Zerda takes a big gulp of sea water upon seeing it is a Great White, but Ella laughs when instead of eating them, he starts belting out that old '70s tune Once Bitten.........

Zerda is questing!
Episode 19/25:
Great White swims silently away after telling the duo that they need to see the Fox Princess Mermaid, who most likely knows where to find the Smuckers fish and the shimmering orb. Ella, in her excitement at meeting a real, live princess, accidentally kicks the FPM's bucket (thankfully it only has one hole!) and there is a sudden bobbing of bubbles, er, orbs! The FPM is not impressed and Zerda apologizes again and again, gathering up the escaped bubbles and putting them back into the bucket.

Zerda is questing!
Episode 20/25:
Ella, still shaking from excitement at having met the real Fox Princess Mermaid, can barely contain herself when she and Zerda are bequeathed another map (seriously, how many could there be?) and float smack dab into the school of Dory Fish. Asking for help with the new map, Zerda is getting pretty concerned about still looking for the magic spell to put her back on the beach, as there are now only five more hours to get this right or remain like this

Cue the ominous music

Zerda is questing!
Episode 21/25:
Ella is incredibly frustrated asking the constellation of starfish for directions. Each arm points to a new direction..
Deciding to go bravely into the wilds, as time is clicking down, the team scampers off into the blue yonder, hoping that Ella's luck isn't wearing off!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 22/25:
Ella and Zerda, making sure no coral or kelp is left unturned, find themselves in the freezing waters of the North Pole. The graceful lilac dolphins guarding the famous North Pole are clicking and squeaking directions to Ella, who's scribbling them frantically in her handy-dandy notebook!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 23/25:
Ella and Zerda find a very old tome, and cracking open the ancient pages, are magically transported back to Zerda's bedroom, with Ella and a cute hologram of Zerda's former self! Having returned to herself, Zerda is almost deflated with the normal, and wonders if perhaps staying under the sea with Ella isn't a little more fun than this humdrum life.
Ella is excited, as the old book contains many adventures, and one need only break open the pages to get lost inside!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 24/25:
Ella reads aloud, sharing the end of the adventure, telling Zerda all about the sneaky dolphins, and how they lured Zerda on the chase of the Smuckers fish by using an inflatable as a decoy, because if has to be good, it's got to be a Smuckers jelly fish! Zerda listens with delight as the story continues to unfold, and with one last spark of Ella magic, what should appear in the aquarium but a snazzy new coral reef! A great new habitat for Ella and any friends she wants to invite over to PARTY!

Zerda is questing!
Episode 25/25:
After finishing off the last of the story, and with Zerda feeling like herself again, she suggests to Ella that she should join her for a lovely ice cream cone! Feeling generous, Ella not only pays for ice cream treats, but gives Zerda a nice chunk of GOLD! Because every pet knows that the best way to end a treasure story is with—well, real gold! So tuck it away or go adopt a new pet, because this is where the story ends.
Please return home and choose a new pet for a new, grand adventure!
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