A Mermaid's Discoveries

A Mermaid’s Discoveries

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Indigo: I used my lilac tail to do something most mermaids and mermen only do once throughout their lives. I swam to the surface of the ocean. I’ve done that more than once, but I was still nervous. Especially, since this time would be very different.

Seriously, you wouldn’t guess what I was up to.

Can you?

I thought not.

Well, here it is: I was going to explore the human world as a human.

The only time anyone from my species went to the surface was on their fifteenth birthday. On my birthday I’d seen villagers fishing. Some of them were swimming in the ocean. A teacher had been talking to her students about marine animals. I had talked to some of the humans and learned a few things about their culture. I spent much more time exploring the human civilization than most merpeople. Then, I swam back to my parents’ castle. They were still the king and queen at the time. I’d told my boyfriend, who became my husband later, about my discoveries. He was four months younger than I. When he went to the surface on his birthday he told me everything he had learned about land animals.

We got married and were crowned king and queen a few years later. Like I said, I’d gone to see the humans and their world many times since my fifteenth birthday. I loved these trips and I was excited about seeing more this time.

But I had a mission!

I swam past a lot of fish and other sea creatures. I loved everything that lived in the ocean.

I saw a jellyfish!

My heart went cold with fear for a second and I stayed away from it.

I saw a humpback whale swim to the surface to breathe.

There were many fish of different colors. Any color in the world could be found on fish. It was one of the things that fascinated me about them.

I always studied sea creatures with my husband, Arthur. It was a hobby, but we preferred it that way, so it didn’t become a chore. We have learned a lot together. We liked to learn and we didn’t like to go to libraries to find information. When it came to sea creatures, we preferred to learn on our own, so we observed them.

I was excited, but scared. I felt unprotected because of what I was going to do.

I swam to the beach and dragged myself onto the sand. I was nervous because this was a new experience. Not just for me, but for anyone of my species. The fact that my brown hair was still wet on land where it was supposed to be dry was going to be a problem. I threw a spell on my tail. Spells were small purple balls. The spell made me a human.

I was relieved.

I took my bag with me. It was big because it had a lot of spells in it, not to mention, everything else I would need.

Someone has been freezing the ocean lately. Merpeople and animals were in danger. I had investigated and discovered that humans and a kingdom on land were also being frozen. Only, every city was freezing from the inside out. I was on the outside of a human city, so I probably wouldn’t see the ice.

I had gone to the surface many times to gather information. I did that more times than anyone of my species and I was going to try and save everyone.

I sang as I started my journey.