Jellyfish

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ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚𓆉 ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚𓆉 ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚𓆉

Was it always this painful?

The girl finally did it, she had left the depths of the dark ocean to seek out her next meal. She was excited of course; it had been ages since she felt dry land. Centuries have gone by in the blink of an eye and her curious mind wondered to the changes this new world would bring. The Earth was no longer the same as before, there were bound to be new advances that the girl hasn't seen before. It was exciting to think of all the new experiences she would get to discover.

But in this moment, all she could think of was the pain.

Changing one's anatomy was excruciating. Her body was built for the dark, deep water, not the dry, sunny land. Bones and organs had to be rearranged, scales needed to be shed, appendages had to be split. Metamorphosis was no easy task; pain was the price that was always asked for when traveling between two worlds.

Her new pale hands muffled the screams that escaped her lips, a few stray tears rolled from her cheeks, soon forming into beautiful pearls.

Once the transformation was complete the pain had subsided as well, leaving the girl with a more suitable body.

Her tail was no longer there, two long, pale legs had taken its place. Her insides felt lighter, as if something within her had disappeared along with her sharp teeth and gills. It felt odd to be in this form, but at least her hair stayed the same, its long strands tickled the back of her thighs.

Walking was proven to be a challenge. Her legs wobbled, shook, and seemingly tripped over nothing. The muscles in her legs were weak, it would take at least an entire day for them to recover and adjust to the gravity of the surface. At the moment however, the girl would have to find someplace secluded to gain back her strength.

With the help of a nearby stick, the girl was able to make it across the beach towards a small, abandoned shack near the base of a hill.

With a low grunt and furrowed brows, the girl took shelter within the walls of the deteriorated shack. The ground was bare and empty, sand being the only thing to occupy the creaky floor. The girl lowered her frail body into a fetal position, focusing on the sounds of muffled waves and chirping birds. Her stomach grumbled, a low and deep sound accompanied with the ache of hunger.

That day the girl had dreamt of a beautiful buffet full of bloody delicacies.

Soon she will wake from her slumber to search for her next meal.

This time, I won't let it escape.......

ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚𓆉 ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚𓆉 ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚𓆉

A ball was thrown mercilessly against the top of bright orange hair. A scream of pain was heard throughout the small house as a small body emerged from the jumble of blue sheets, two hands gripping their aching head as they stared incredulously at the little girl at the entrance of the bedroom.

"Wake up big brother! Your stupid alarm is going off!"

"Natsu you big jerk!"

As the siblings bickered against one another, the matriarch of the house was smiling to herself downstairs, cooking breakfast for her two obnoxious kids.