Days passed as Sedna waited for Shay to return. Each more painful than the last. If this is what waiting for a loved one to return felt like, she wanted no part of that. It wasn't a second later that Sedna realized that Shay was a loved one. She had been a friend and more of a family to Sedna than anyone at the tank had ever been.
The moonlight slipped through the bars above her tank. One more week until the full moon. One more week till she can attempt to sneak out and see all the places Shay told her about. One more week until she could visit the dolphins as they jump through the crashing waves behind boats. She would come back before the sun set. She only wished for one day of freedom. She would return if it meant they would trust her enough to let her out once in a while.
"Senda!" a tiny voice called out.
"Shay! I've been so worried about you!" Senda raced towards the small tube in the wall
"Senda you will never guess what happened!" Shay exclaimed as she came through the opening. "I think I found your mum!"
Her mum? She had a mum?
"Who is it! Shay tell me everything!" Sedna laid upon the floor of her tank and stirred up at Shay.
"Her name is Celia. She lives on the outskirts of the main city. She runs a clam farm. Its beautiful! The sun shines through the water and sparkles over the tops of the rows and each clam seems to be smiling at the sun as if they are saying thank you." Shay sighed as she staired up at the moon. "I wish you were there with me Sedna"
A soft sob came from below.
"Senda?" Shay worried as she floated down resting upon Sedna's arm "Senda whats wrong?"
Sedna looked up at shay with tears flowing from her eyes. The tears shimmering in the moonlight scared Shay.
"I have a mum." Sedna gasped. "I have a MUM!" Sedna swam up and around the tank a few times before settling on top of the water. "I wonder what she's like. Did she look like her photo? Well obviously not exactly like the photo I'm sure she's aged a bit. But did she look like me? Does she look like she could be my mum? What did she say? Did you speak to her? I wonder if she would let me spend some time on her farm."
"Sedna! Too many questions! Slow down girl!" Shay laughed. "She looked like an older version of the photo. I was going to talk to her but she was leading a group of people through her farm. She looked sad though. Like she was missing someone."
"Shay." Sedna whispered as she slipped under the water "on Friday, I want to visit the sea. I want to swim straight for hours and not hit a wall. I want to see all those places you told me about"
"Sedna, I don't know..." Shay started
"Shay, all I want is to see the ocean, my mother. Spend a day hanging out with you." she begged.
"Sedna. Let me finish." Shay said, locking eyes with her. "I don't know if a week is enough time to plan."
Crying Sedna rushed over to Shay and gave her the biggest hug you could give a small shrimp.
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Return to the Sea
Teen Fictiona mermaid stuck in a lab trying to get home. her mother was plucked from the sea days before she is to give birth. due to stress from being captured and the birth of her baby, the mother dies but a locket is left in the baby's possession as she pas...
