Change of A Lifetime

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Blair and Sasha went down stairs to give me some time to think. By this time I had stopped my blubbering and went down to the kitchen.

I came off the last step and looked up. Blair, Sasha, Mom, Dad, and Joseph were sitting at the table.

“Crystal, honey, we need to talk.” My Dad said, from the head of the table.

“I know Dad.” I said simply.

He looked fairly surprised. My Mom looked at him as if to say well, that was unexpected.

I took a deep breath a started to talk. All of the secrets that I had been keeping are now going to be told. I now know I have to tell EVERYTHING.

“Do you want me to start from the beginning?” I was about to say, but actually my Dad said it.

Unfazed, I nodded and sat down in the seat next to Sasha and Blair.

“Well, I first should tell you my real name. I am Poseidon.” He said proudly.

My spine straightened, my eyed were wide. As I looked down the row of seats; Blair was slack-jawed, and rambling, Sasha’s eyes were wide but then turned into a... very creepy but excited smile, her usual face showing that she needed to tell me something, and Joseph (I like to call him Joey) had his elbows on the table with his head in his hands. And my Mom was sitting there just enjoying our realization.

“Crys, do you know what that means?” Sasha asked me, obviously trying to hide her excitement.

“What Sash?” I asked, like I was talking to a kindergartener.

“WE. ARE. COUSINS!!!!!!!!!!” She screamed.

“OMG, really?!”I asked.

“Yeah! I’m Neptune’s niece, Triton’s daughter! And your Neptune’s niece too!” She said.

“But... wow, Dad you’re a god!” I said excitedly, turning to look at him.

Instead of happy, like I thought he was going to be, his face was sad.

I realized my face fell too. “What’s the matter Dad?” I asked, my voice quieter.

“Honey, have you been having visions?” he asked, with regret laced in his voice.

“Yeah actually.” I said in surprise.

“Well, those visions are part of the transition of you becoming a mermaid. They could also mean other things but that’s unlikely.” He said obviously trying to get out of something.

“Some other things are that you develop some powers over the water. Also, you get a mark in the shape of a triton on your foot.” He said. “Oh, and is it white?” He added quickly.

I looked down at my bare feet, and saw my tattoo. “And, Crys, I have to tell you that some people in this town, are not who you think they are.” He said.

No...This isn’t happening...

“Crys, I know you ride the bus every morning with Gladys, but... I’m not allowing you to see her anymore.” I heard him say.

I looked up, “Why?” I said, but I already knew the answer.

“Well, she isn’t exactly a good person. She completely betrayed our ruler, Neptune. And she was cast out of Atlantis, and was forced to live her life as a human... and had her tail stripped.” He said with a grimace.

I don’t like where this is going...  I heard Murphy say.

“What is ‘having your tail stripped’ mean?” I said.

“Well, you...”

“I think we’ve had a good talk for today, let’s go eat some pizza!” My Mom tried.

“Wait, hold on Mom, I’ve only had, what, three visions and one out of the three was actually good. The first one was of a title wave that Sasha was controlling, and her hair was turning green, then the second one was a panorama of a reef, then... the second one was... well,” I turned to look at Blair “you... drowning, and something pulling you under.” I said.

The lights in the room suddenly got darker, the air cold and crisp in a displeasing way. It was so cold that all of us could see our breath in the air. I looked around the room, and my eyes landed on my Dad.

He looked like he had aged about 10 years in about a minute. He had dark circles under his eyes, and his hair looked grey.

“What was pulling him under Crystal?” He said quietly.

“It was this thing, it had red hair, long, black, wrinkly hands, and green cat eyes.” I said.

He sighed, and rubbed his face with his hands. The air got even colder, but my Dad seemed to get younger again, but much angrier.

“That... thing... that pulled Blair under is called Gwendolyn. She is a psychotic creature with evil means to everything. And she unfortunately.... is trying to kill you.”