dragons and mermen (bokuaka)

Ocean ruins

I was swimming around, to see if I could find out why I am what I am now. If I was human once, I need to know. What happened that made me a mermaid? And why did bokuto-san become a dragon. Sure he was killed in a fire, but how does that relate to how he is now? I head is spinning with questions, and I shake my head to clear my thoughts, and swim on. 

In the distance, I see an old structure. it looks abandoned of life, other than fish and coral, along with seaweed. It's color is a sandy greyish yellow, like sand that hasn't been use in ages, and became faded. My gut is telling me that there's something important in there, but I can't place my finger o  what it could be. 

I swim over anyways, hesitant, and ready to dash out in a moment if I see something bad. The entrance is filled with coral that grew in odd ways, and if it weren't for my slim body, I wouldn't be able to fit inside. I look around to see tons of fish swimming around, the sun beaming down through something I believe humans call glass in the roof. Brightly colored coral homes the fish, and adds life into the temple. But that's not what I'm staring at. 

There seems to be pictures on the wall. I swim closer to get a look at it, and stare in awe. I'm not sure what I'm looking at for a minute, until I really look. When I see it, I gasp. 

It's the story of how our people originated. The pictures show how humans laid our bodies to rest in the depths of the sea. Posidon found our lost souls, trapped in the ocean and took pity on us. He locked away the old memories, and gave us new bodies. One's adapted to the depths we were washed in. 

I look around more and see more of the pictures. Ones of dragons, and how they began. How we lived in harmony with sirens, our family. How the four races lived in peace. I... I didn't know how to react. 

Before I could even try to, my head hurt, and I felt as if I was taken back through time. I was at the edge of a cliff, crying. It was barely dawn. Or was it sunset? It's hard to tell. As the sun rose more and more, my crying got softer and softer, until I stood up. I didn't have control of my body, as it turned around, back to the sea. A fawn was scampering around in the trees, and I leaned back.

I wanted to scream. What was I doing?! A fall like this would...

A fall like this would kill me.

"So that's why..." I said to myself, as my back hit the water from a high fall, shattering my spine on impact, but not killing me yet. I watched air bubbles leave my mouth as my vision faded to black, and I opened my eyes.

I was in the same spot. 

It all makes sense now. Why we feel such a connection to each other. Why I'm a merman. Why he's a dragon. Why we no longer remember each other. I smiled to myself, as I swam away. 

I need to tell bokuto san. 

On my way back, I see a human skeleton with a broken back by some cliffs. The same one I got the ring from. The skeleton was mine at a time, and the ring was from our wedding. But that's a time long ago now. The matching one is probably lost, burned down to liquid. 

Or is it?

I smile at the thought. Maybe I can manage to find the set.