Running, that's all I dream of. I don't know what I'm running from, but it's definitely someone. Hooded and dark.
30 minutes after I've awoken, I'm greeted by a warm meal in bed. One of the servants has brought me seaweed pancakes, which are way better than real pancakes. The other servants are delivering me a fish egg omelet (better than it sounds) and a glass of coral flake juice. (Also better than it sounds.)
"Mistress. The Queen wishes to see you at noon." The servants bow out of my room.
I check the time, it's eleven thirty. Well at least I've got some time. I eat quickly, then I change my tail colours until I feel satisfied. It's now dark gold that fades in to white. After that, I check the time again. It's 12 already!!! Shit I'm going to be late. I swim as fast as I can through the door and make a sharp turn to the Queen's suite. Knocking quickly, I hear a lock click and the door swings open. It's the Queen. She looks scared, I follow her into her living room, she locks the door behind me.
"I've received news that two young mermaids have entered the kingdom. When my guards asked what they where doing, they answered with "Collecting the Queen's head." All three of my guards were killed by them, but a faithful mermaid saw the incident and reported it." The Queen looks at me hopefully.
"It's probably just a harmless thr-"
"They killed three of my best guards! Sorry... Not queen-like to interrupt..."
"Well then you should get extra protection, maybe a few bodyguards, guards around the outside of the palace and on the inside..." I trail off.
"But they're probably already inside the palace'"
"Do you know what they look like? That would help a lot..."
"The young mermaid who saw them said that one had fire as hair... And the other had no eyes, just blue marbles inside the sockets. But I mean it's a 16 year old in shock's interpretation of it. Probably an exaggeration."
My heart has dropped down to my fintips, my stomach is doing flips and my head is reeling. They fit the prophecy description, not me and Mia. I need to tell my mother and Mia. I stand up quietly and leave the suite, leaving the Queen calling after me. I quickly comm Mia and my mother and we meet in my mother's suite.
"Mia and I are not the ones in the prophecy."
After that I explain everything.
Sorry for another boring, short chapter. More action is coming soon though don't worry!
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The Changeling Prophecy
FantasyMia and Vera were separated when Vera was just a newborn and Mia was 3 years old. Mia was sent to live in the ocean and Vera lived her life on land. The farther away they were from each other the better.
