"Now the dancing sunbeams play
On the green and glassy sea,
Come, I will lead the way
Where the pearly treasures be."
That voice is back. The same voice that brought me down here in the first place. Down? Oh, that's right, I swam out and swam under the surface and drowned myself because I was listening to that voice. I remember passing out and everything turning dark.
Now that I'm down here, where is down here? I don't even remember opening my eyes or waking up either.
"Come with me, and we will go
Where the rocks and coral grow.
Follow, follow, follow me."
There goes that voice again. It keeps coming and going in and out like when music shifts in and out of one earbud to the other. I'm just confused, I lift my upper body up ready to start walking, but I couldn't. I was so confused until I looked down at my "legs" to find I didn't have any legs. I had a midnight blue tail instead.
"Come, behold the treasures lie
Far below the rolling waves,
Riches hidden from the human eye,
Dimly shine in ocean's caves.
Ebbing tides bear no delay,
Stormy winds are far away."
A midnight blue tail... where my legs should be... I have to stay completely calm. But I have a tail. Why do I have a tail?
"Come with me, and we will go
Where the rocks of coral grow.
Follow, follow, follow me."
The voice seems like the voice is behind me. I'm still confused about what was going on. Wait how am I breathing? How the hell am I even alive right now? So many things are running through my mind. Tingles shot down my back as I feel something touch my back and the area around me darken further. My eyes have finally adjusted to see what the actual area looks like.
I would describe the cave as an underwater heaven. The ceiling and parts of the wall have blue dimly lit crystalized stones stretching along the cave. The walls were black stone with a few sharp and pointed edges poking out. I got a mystical gloomy vibe from this place, it's cool looking nonetheless. I'm so mesmerized by my surroundings that I forgot about the presence behind me, until I felt cold again and hands touching my back and shoulders.
"You're awake. How lovely."
I turn around, but nobody was behind me, I whip back around to face forward, but once again nothing. I just wanna know where that beautiful voice is coming from.
"Up here." Came a sing-along voice and I looked up in surprise.
A beautiful young-looking woman was in my line of sight. She has long wavy platinum blonde hair, stunning gray eyes, and downward-turned lips covered in a dark magenta lipstick. She was wearing a dark red off the shoulder top which offset her pale skin and made her rosy cheeks pop. She also has a tail, but it's longer than my tail and her tail was light blue with a couple of white highlights on a few of her scales. She's so beautiful, but the hell is she? What am I?
"You must be confused about what's going on." I'm snapped out of my thoughts when she spoke. I nod in agreement.
"Well I don't want to give away everything at once, but I'll tell you the basics."
I could only nod silently in agreement and waited for this beautiful woman to explain. "My name is Aqua, I died from a boating incident many years ago. I haven't aged since I've been living under here. But, to get to the point and not give a sob story, we're mermaids hence the tails. This is a second chance at life, a life without the burden of your past, an actual chance of freedom."I nodded to show I understand what she was saying.
"So where are we?"
"An underwater cave in the midnight zone, so like between 3300- 131300 ft below the surface." My jaw dropped at the information given to me, but nodded nonetheless.
"I know I didn't swim that far down. What happened? It didn't even feel like I was in control, I'm sorry I'm just really confused."
"That's understandable, you don't need all the answers right now. Everything will make sense in due time, but right now follow me." The tail was actually really easy to maneuver, I wasn't expecting that.
We swim out and Primrose was looking around, curious about where Aqua was taking her. After what seemed to be forever, Primrose finally saw that there were shining lights of different colors, shapes, and sizes.
As the girls swam closer to the lights it turned into an elaborate-looking city. It looks like a gothic medieval cathedral but underwater and crystal-like. There were so many different lights and colors and it looked incredible. Upon further inspection, Primrose could spot guards all around the castle
The aquatic city was so beautifully lit up. The way the lights reflect upon the crystal-like castle was magical. So many creatures and species. It was a fantastic sight to behold.
There's a jellyfish-person thing, it has the upper body of a human and the decor of a jellyfish, mushroom dome-shaped head, and tentacles. There was a school of mini guppy mermaids. They swam all around me, from my tail to my hair! It was so amazing to see, a whole other world that people on land won't get to experience. I hadn't realized I had stopped swimming till Aqua grabbed my hand and tugged me forward. So many trinkets and treasures appeared the further we go in. I was in complete and utter awe as Aqua dragged me the rest of the way.
"How come you don't live in the city with the rest of the citizens?"
"I'm kinda like a guide for people. I bring newcomers to the ruler. Show them around. There are several other people who do this around the kingdom's perimeter." I nodded at Aqua's words then she stopped, "I didn't like people in my life before, the queen gave me a job where I didn't have to interact with other people." We were in front of a door then Aqua pushed it open and it seemed my amazement would never end.