Curse of the Seas

Near Miss

As they started approaching the Antarctic Kingdom, which was somewhere between the tip of Argentina and the northern part of Antarctica, the waters started to get much cooler which made the coats they have received from the Atlantic kingdom become useful once again. The currents were also not in their favor at this time of the year so it delayed their arrival at the Antarctic kingdom by two days. Nevertheless, Amara and Rodrigo kept on swimming through the cold waters on their way to find the last piece of the coordinates.

Soon, they managed to reach a point that was about a two day swim away from the Antarctic kingdom. Amara and Rodrigo found a small cave that had decent insulation which allowed them to take off their coats before heading off to sleep. As Rodrigo was already asleep, Amara was still awake, looking out into the ocean as she normally did throughout their nighttime camps in between travelling to the different kingdoms. Amara was looking back to their daring rescue at the government facility. Even though they weren't able to see the outside, she could assume that whatever had been left behind in the world was left to fall apart. Cities were no longer the marvels that they used to be. Grass and other flora would have overtaken the land and make it look completely different. Mutated creatures such as the one they encountered might have been made in secret and may now be roaming about the land. Even if she did get her legs back, what would she have to go back to? These thoughts grew more and more in Amara's mind as she was getting more and more conflicted with embracing her life as a mermaid and going back to being a human. This whole adventure so far has made Amara realize something. Perhaps what Queen Kendall said was right. Being a mermaid is much more enjoyable than being a human. The fact that she had the entire ocean to explore as well as being able to see and experience new things she never could've before were huge bonuses with having a fishtail. The fact that she would not be able to return to a normal society on land also was something that was making her think of not becoming human again. She had already travelled so far on this journey that she would have wasted weeks of her time if she were to quit right now. She then figured that maybe she can ask for the ability to change between a human and a mermaid. That way, if she didn't enjoy being human and experiencing the changed world, she could at least return back to the seas and enjoy the new life she was granted. At this point, she felt like the change was a blessing to her rather than a curse as she was able to do so much more than what she could imagine was possible when she still had legs. She also had so much more freedom under the ocean. She would normally have to spend a lot of money just to travel to different countries and even then, she could only do so much in each of them. The fact that she had all the world's oceans to explore at no extra cost which made up a third of the earth also convinced her that her life as a mermaid would be much more exciting than becoming human again. She then went back into the cave where it was warmer and slept at the other end of the cave from where Rodrigo was sleeping. She paid him no mind, however, as she just wanted to sleep at this point. Soon her eyelids closed and she began her slumber.

She was back here somehow. She was on a bed, tied up by her wrists and tail. The room felt very familiar. It was the same room that Joseph tied her up in and almost had her way with her. She was also in the same compromising position that she found herself in back in the cult's lair. She then heard the doors open. To her relief, it was Rodrigo coming to save her. She kept having this exact same dream/nightmare every so often, as the trauma from almost getting exploited against your will would scar you for some time. This time however, things started playing differently. Rodrigo approached the ropes like he normally did but instead of setting her free, he tightened them up. They were applying more pressure to her wrists and tail. It felt very uncomfortable. Rodrigo then went to the foot of the bed and started swimming over her. She was visibly terrified at him looming over her and what he would do to her. Suddenly, an appendage emerged out of Rodrigo's tail and it started approaching her. Before this whole adventure, Amara wouldn't have any issue with dreaming about being dominated in the bedroom by someone attractive. This time however, she felt very uncomfortable about what was happening to her. She was thrashing in her restraints, trying to get free to no avail. As the appendage neared her, she kept on screaming for help. Doing anything she could to get out of this situation. Unfortunately, her source of help has now turned into her tormentor.