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{𝙵𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛}

It was the day. The day she turned fifteen . The day she finally had the freedom to swim up and look at those strangely fascinating creatures.
She was extremely excited, proud and nervous. "It was going to be a big day" she thought. Her mind and heart was full of to the brink.

She took extra time combing her hair and adorning them with alluring shells of vibrant colors. After she was done dressing up, she swum to the surface and was stunned by the beautiful sight of steadily moving waves. They looked lively and full of enthusiasm.

She looked up at the beautiful sun. She was stunned by its beauty. She didn't find any "flying fishes" though. The sky was clear. She decided to swim upto the shore.

Sitting on a rock by the shore, she opened her book absent-mindedly
and read......

𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙳𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜.
𝚃𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 .𝙾𝚌𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝.
𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚝 lo𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 ,𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎, 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚝𝚌. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙳𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎......
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She was awestruck. She had read this book numerous times and this stanza was her favorite one.

A strange flapping sound distracted her. She looked up to find a folk of "flying fishes". She was dumbstruck for a while and then her eyes lit up and she started laughing with joy. She had finally seen these amazing creatures her sisters talked about.

The birds flew away , she was again left alone. She looked over at the shore and found humans!! She held her breath as she slowly inspected them. They had the same upper body like mermaids but instead of a fins and fishtail as a lower body, they had "two stick" type of things. Those sticks looked weird to her and she loved weird things.

They seemed busy. They were talking hurriedly and were anxiously discussing about stuff.

Her eyes fell on a young man. He had black hair the color of coal,navy blue eyes , the mesmerizing color of deep ocean which seemed to hold numerous mysterious secrets . He seemed to be in his late teens.

She noticed how beautiful and full his lips were. They looked soft and inviting.

Feeling someone's eyes on him. He looked towards his left in confusion.

The moment their eyes locked.
Aven lost her breath.

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{Word count - 420}

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