"What?"
"Just- Don't tell anyone I told you... And don't mention anything about it to Levi either. He hasn't mentioned anything about her and has basically avoided Nora until now..."
"Of course! But what do you mean raised him? Like he's her son?"
"I don't know, Atlas..."
"Hey guys." Levi popped up from behind Atlas causing him to yelp.
"Gods, Levi... How did you learn to be that sneaky?" Atlas fully turned to look at him.
"Probably the woman who raised me I guess..." he looked down deep in thought.
Atlas secretly turned to the princess and mouthed a quick 'sorry'.
"And who would that be?"
"Mara." Leviathan shrugged.
"What?"
"The siren. You know...Mara."
Atlas' eyebrows furrowed. "She raised you?"
"I mean she's my mom. I think..."
"You think?" Nora appeared next to her girlfriend.
"I mean. I remember her treating me like her kid so, yeah?"
"Man you must have blacked out hard..." Nora's gaze shifted into worry.
"You mean when I randomly woke up in the middle of the ocean having no recollection of how I got there except for you escaping your cage? Yeah, I guess so..."
"She hurt you..."
Leviathan's face morphed into a mix of emotions ranging from: anger, surprise, horror.
"No... She loved me. She- she cared. I swear! She called me 'her little tadpole'... She read me books! She-"
Kaitlyn's hands gently grasped his hands in an attempt to stop him from subconsciously pulling his hair.
"Levi... I don't want to be blunt, but how do you think you got these scars?" her hands shifted to the scars on his arms and shoulders.
"No- she wouldn't have... She loved me..."
"Are you aware of sirens changing merpeoples' memories?"
"Yes, she told me all about- No. No no no no..."
Atlas turned Leviathan's body towards him and offered a hug which the other crashed into.
That night, all Leviathan did was cry to Atlas - all of the bad memories flooding back to him.
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Mer AU! The Cursed Family
General FictionIt's literally the title. If you haven't read my previous story,'The Cursed Family', go read it. This is an au, after all! You need to know the original before you go into an au. Or do your own thing. This has kind of turned into its own story anywa...
