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A criminal, a victim; The mermaid was both- the group decided to help her. Penelope healed her tail. There are always two sides to the story. The group wanted to know her side of the story-
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The mermaid on the other hand was really surprised. She wasn't really used to people helping her out- or being kind in general. Her pod always talked behind her back, the little ones were told to stay away from her. Even though she wasn't locked up in dungeons this was way worse of a punishment.
The group was really interested in her. Not out of pity, but out of curiosity.
"Say, miss.....?"
"Lilac. Lilac Eric Villin." The mermaid smiled with rather embarrassment. It has been a while since she interacted with someone who isn't her brother.
"Yea, Miss Lilac, how did you end up hurting yourself? That looks deep."
"This- uh this is nothing. I am used to it now." She calmly answered and turned on her stomach to show various cuts on her scales.
"HEY! STOP IT! GET AWAY FROM HER! DONT YOU DARE TOUCH HER!" A husky male voice was heard.
"Jack! don't worry. They aren't like everybody else. They actually helped me." Lilac replied to the guy approaching the group.
"I keep telling you not to believe people easily! Lila you gotta hear me out. People are always kind until they realize it's you. It can actually be dangerous!"
"We mean no harm" Lia speaks putting out a hand on her chest. The blonde man was taken by surprise. He bowed low.
"Nuuu.... Not here too!" Lia cries out, blushing. She doesn't like the special treatment she gets for being the princess. She doesn't like it that people make a big deal out of it. They bow, They offer food... She often tries to escape it by dressing as a hunter, or shaking her head until her hair becomes messed up. Just as she likes it and less royal.
Lila clutched her pendant to grow legs. The group stared in astonishment. Lilac shook her head.
"Sorry for not realizing it is you, my princess, and sorry for my brother's rudeness, he is Jackson Luca Villin."
The group was still wide-mouthed. Conall shook his head to look at Lila's feet. He pointed at them.
"You- you have feet! But you were a mermaid-"
Jack gave Lila a 'told you so' look.
He left a long sigh before starting to explain.
"Our mother is a mermaid and our father is a werewolf."
"We were both born cursed. We heal at a mortal speed." Lila gave a nervous smile.
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Unlike others, the group didn't push her away. Instead, they grew closer to them. They started to hang out every day near the beach.
One day the group decided to swim to a cave. The cave where the pod rested and exchanged gossips about the incidents taking place around the reef. The only time the cave was empty was when Lila was supposed to be in it. They knew she was of no danger but they would rather leave the cave than stay alone with her.
Now that she was accompanied by the group she stayed at the cave for longer than expected. The other mermaids and mermen returned to the cave hoping to find it empty- just like every other day.
They were taken aback by the sight of five werewolves hanging out with Lila in their cave. Especially, finding the princess mingling with someone like Lila. They swam off to another cave. From that day on, the cave belonged to the group for a certain amount of time in a day.
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Now they knew that Lilac was someone very far away from being a criminal. She was their friend.