**Summary:**
Chantel, a wealthy and self-centered girl, receives a mermaid's curse on her 18th birthday. She must find true love to break the spell, but her journey is complicated by her parents' divorce and her own selfishness. Despite potential love interests, including a famous DJ and her lifelong friend Noa, Chantel learns that love cannot be forced. Ultimately, she embraces her mermaid identity, finding happiness in a new underwater life with Noa, who also becomes a merman out of love for her. The story concludes with the message that not all tales have happy endings, but acceptance can lead to new beginnings.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Chantel, a girl from a rich family, is cursed to become a mermaid on her 18th birthday.
2. Chantel's parents are separated and had hired a popular DJ, Ethan, to play at her birthday party.
3. Chantel meets an old woman named Nana Gurang on Mermaid Island, who warns her about the curse.
4. Chantel becomes a mermaid and must find true love's kiss to break the curse.
5. Chantel thinks DJ Ethan might be her true love, but after they kiss, the curse is not broken.
6. Noa, Chantel's friend, realizes he has feelings for Chantel and tries to tell her indirectly.
7. Chantel reveals her true form as a mermaid to her parents, who faint.
8. Chantel decides to live alone in a cave by the sea.
9. Noa finds Chantel and confesses his love for her, but she rejects him.
10. The old woman, Nana Gurang, appears and explains that the curse was passed down from a mermaid who became human.
11. Chantel decides not to let Noa take the curse and becomes a mermaid forever.
12. Noa finds a way to become a Triton and joins Chantel in her new life under the sea.
13. Chantel and Noa start a new life together, and Noa is willing to wait for Chantel to love him back.
14. Chantel's father gets married to a new woman, and Chantel is happy for him.
15. Chantel and Noa have fun in their new life at sea, and Noa finally gets out of the friend zone.