Adam is new to town, and he makes fast friends with Siren, after she stands up to him, when he's being bullied for his disability. He has a rare form of Osteogenesis Imperfecta - a disease that means his bones could break at any moment. Rather than shy away from him, however, Siren recognizes a kindred spirit and confides in Adam. As their relationship deepens, they realize that Adam may be the source of Siren's problems with the Hunters.
Scales: Mermaids Are Real
Crystal is Siren's best friend, but has had to keep the same secret as Siren's mother from her. When Siren finally realizes her future, Crystal is the first to step up and try to help with the transition. She gives Siren a Fem Stone necklace, that will warn her of danger. Crystal detects that Adam could be a danger to Siren early on, and tries to help Siren escape and transition into the sea. There's no friendship like Mer-friendship.
This Texas native began building a solid resume almost immediately after arriving in Hollywood at age 3. Before her first television appearance, Nikki enjoyed modeling for Disney Campaigns, GAP, American Girl, Agatha Ruiz De La Prada and Little Marc Jacobs to name a few but her but her real passion began to show through at an early age.
2013 was year of 'Mini-me's" as Nikki gets to play young Lucy Hale when she lands the role of Mini Aria, for Pretty Little Liars in "A is for ALIVE". Although she only worked on that particular episode, this role really thrust her into the spotlight as Lucy Hale herself posted a couple of instagram pictures of Nikki and herself for the PLL fans to see. This same year she also played young Mia Mitchell as "Young Callie" in the episode "Padre" for The Fosters on ABC Family which received rave reviews.
Tropes: Bloodless Carnage: Adam gets impaled with a harpoon at one point. Body Horror: The intermediate forms of Siren's tail growing are quite grotesque. There's also a shot of Adam's wrist shattering. Dragon-in-Chief: The leader of the hunters just wants to heal people. His second in command, on the other hand, seems to be in it primarily because he takes sadistic pleasure in tormenting and killing mermaids. While the head hunter decides to change sides after his son is cured, he continues to threaten them and Siren kills them. Family-Unfriendly Death: The sadistic mermaid hunter gets all the water pulled out of him by Siren until there's nothing left. He definitely deserved it, but the fact that it was the kid protagonist who killed him makes it rather shocking. Freudian Excuse: The head hunter wants to harvest mermaid blood to heal his son's disease. Once they realize this, the mermaids heal him willingly. Making a Splash: Siren has the ability to control water, as do the other mermaids in the movie. Missing Mom: Siren's birth mother is said to be dead. However, she's actually a mermaid and has stayed in the water to protect her daughter. One-Gender Race: There aren't any male mermaids in the movie. The Power of Blood: A select few mermaids are able to heal people and cure diseases with their blood. Sirens Are Mermaids: Literally, as Siren is an actual mermaid. They also have magical songs, similar to sirens. Van Helsing Hate Crimes: The hunters are seeking out mermaids to kill and harvest for their blood, despite knowing full well that mermaids are sapient beings no different from any other person. Would Hurt a Child: A given, since they're hunting Siren. To take it farther, one of them drags an unturned mermaid away and gloats to her terrified mother about how he'll have to take "twice as much blood", and later tries to kill her simply because he can.
On a superficial level, though, this film is purely ridiculous. Its bizarre attempts to make mermaids a real part of the world are fairly uninspiring, yet its imagination runs wild with a whole load of gibberish about god knows what else.
The main character of Scales is Siren (Emmy Perry), a typical eleven-going-on-twelve girl, except where she'sactually part-mermaid and is due some puberty-like transformations as her birthday nears. Turns out she'd grown up unwittingly in a secret community of mermaids, including her own best friend Crystal (Nikki Hahn). Bigger stillis Siren's learning that her mermaid birth mother is actually alive, and hoping to meet her soon.
It is billed as the country's "first professional school" for mermaids and is only one of a handful in Europe where the phenomenon of "mermaiding" is beginning to make waves after arriving from the United States and Canada.
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