" Yeah I do but I... I just can't" I said and he just kept on giving me his hand.
"I want to show you something.... please don't say no" He pleaded and I gave in. I stepped into the water and I shapeshifted immediately. The feeling of the water in my body and being able to breathe through my gills and feel the water go in and our out of me. It felt good, I felt happy and I felt free. I took his hand and swam along with him but we didn't go far. We sat on a rock that was almost on the surface, in a way that while seated on it our tails were on the water but the other part of the body was on the surface.
"I'm breaking a witchery rule," He said and I was more than surprised. This shocked me.
"Why are you doing that and what rule are you breaking ?" I asked immediately looking at him requiring answers. I was not going to let him do that there was no way I was going to let that happen.
" I'm supposed to come out of the sea once I'm eighteen and that's just too far... That's the rule I wanna break,... don't tell me no because I'll still do it anyway... I'm seeing a lot of bad omens occurring to you and I can't let that happen... I wanna be there with you and am not listening to any advice." He said and I was quiet for a while. There must be a punishment for this and him taking the risk it meant that whatever was going to happen was something big and fatal.
" There's a punishment for breaking a rule right?" I asked him but he didn't look at me. He was looking at a place I couldn't tell where exactly.
" I won't be able to read minds anymore..... but at least ill be able to sense danger but not from far..... it's not that bad at least there are a lot of things that will still be able to do so don't worry about me... I'm doing this willingly and I also wanna know the outside world... better for my knowledge... I'm good at herbal medicine who knows I might be of help to you maybe" He said smiling.
"Wait a minute, are you insinuating that you want me to get hurt so you could practice your herbal medicine with me? That's so wicked of you" I hit him and he burst out laughing.
*I'm just joking alright?.... I feel like there are a lot of things that you don't know about yourself Oceania" He was serious while saying this and I was able to tell that this was no joke.
"Things like? " I asked looking at him.
" Have you ever asked yourself why you can sing like sirens? I know mermaids sing too but do you know that sirens have the most beautiful melodies? Have you ever wondered why you can do that when you're not like them? Did you ask yourself why your mom gave you the pendant and how it's able to protect you? Do you even have any idea of who you are? Aby idea of what you are capable of? Ever asked yourself why the other mermaids respect you so much? Because maybe some would have already bullied you? Do you know why? " Okay, this all thing was confusing me. Kai was confusing me.
"I'm confused. " That's all I managed to say.
" Well just as I expected, I want you to remove that fear that you have in you... I want you to take full control of yourself and your anger before it's too late... I want you to realize who you are.... because if I don't tell you right now then we'll all be doomed " He said looking at me and I was now getting afraid.
"What... What are you talking about? Am I cursed or something? Why are you saying all this? Why do I need to control my anger? Am I a bad person? I'm confused. Why are you telling me this? You are scaring me, Kai" I said scattering.
" You are the daughter of the Ocean, Oceania? You have no idea who you are Your mother was a goddess of the Ocean but only a few of us knew... she was capable of anything if it's witchery then she could have done better than even us, your mother was not just a mere mermaid, and your father, your father was the emperor of the seas, with both mermaid and siren blood that's why he was able to rule over both the two creatures, you couldn't k know because you were young and still there was no need to shoe his position because he believed that as long as everything was alright there was no need of keeping the position....that necklace, your mother made it herself, only her could make something with such power and she knew that one day you would need to use it....you are not just a mermaid but you are the daughter of the ocean because your parents were the rulers here" I was even more confused but it started making sense.
"What did you mean when you said that we will all be doomed if I don't learn how to control my anger? " This was the thing that scared me the most.
"You don't know what you are capable of... you have read legends of the lost city of Atlantis, right? I found a novel in the library I'm sure you came across it.
"Yes I have.... says the city disappeared into the water..." I answered him.
"Your mother drowned the city... she was angry when her sisters were killed by the vampires and she wasn't able to protect them.... she was angry that she drowned the whole island in the sea because that's where most vampires dwelt... She caused the most chaotic sea waves that even some of the sea creatures like fish, crabs, and others were swept away to the beaches in the dry lands.... a lot of sea life creatures died, it took a week for the seas to be normal again...so I guess you now understand... I'm worried about you and worried about any other creature here... and also there are good humans too... just as in Atlantis there were those who suffered for a crime they did not commit... Let alone the fact that your mother lived with the guilt of these all her years after she realized what she had done, and vowed never to use any magick again, and that is why she didn't protect herself when she was being killed because she would have done far worse than the vampires did, they had come for revenge too and your father didn't want her to die alone"