Mermaid for a Day

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I laid there for about an hour grieving over my brother's death from the demonically possessed officer burning him to a crisp corpse. I saw the carcass a few feet away from me as Damien carried me in his arms and tried to comfort me. My father trailed behind us to see what had happened only to his concerning face into a display of anger, sadness, and grief. He stood their next to us with legs instead of his dark azure tail showing his expression of war waging feelings on his contorted face.

It seemed that there was a lot to this whole situation than I really knew and I knew Armana would be known about the whole thing. She knew I couldn't change back into my legs once did the spell and failed to return to land. That meant I would have eventually died if I went through the torture of living without my tail fin. In addition to that, I couldn't regain my legs after all of that which meant they would give continue giving my tail back to me just to chop it off and fail forever trying to give me my legs.

Also, my family is apparently the descendants of Poseidon, hence us being royal, but I was told I was an heir to Hades, as well, and I bet Armana knew how. It seemed dad knew too, but he wasn't too keen on telling me just yet. If only Armana could freeze time again and tell me everything, then maybe my life and my mind would feel saner.

I looked at my father as I was wrapped in Damien's muscular arms. Then Damien landed his lips on mine like an arrow hitting the bull's eye on its target, and in front of my father none the less. If there could have been a worse time to do it he picked it. Gazing at me his red aura started to saturate my sorrowful soul. I felt calm and all the world went away in the beacon of his scarlet searchlight guiding me out of my depressive state like a lighthouse pointing the way to ships passing in the middle of the black night on the water.

I was being lift up in awe. My heart had been beating like beautiful butterfly's wings swinging in the breeze. I was happy until my father's bore through the back of my skull as if this was something that was completely wrong to do, especially in front of him, her father and Damien's king. I was turned to face my dad as I rested in Damien's arms. My father, the king, looked like he was about to light us on fire with the mere thought of his rage.

My dad was never temperamental before, but he seemed like he was angry about something else entirely. He stepped in front of my face to look into my eyes with their blue beauty. Then he took a short glance to Damien's emerald eyes that shined in the light of the sun. My father took his out from its resting position on its side to raise it high as if to hit me. I closed my eyes scared if was going to die after all this. Was I going to die by my father's once loving hand?

"Liliana, you are hereby blessed to be safe on your journey to fulfill to prophesy of your life. Let no demon deceive you to believe anything that is contradictory to your virtues. You are now given the power of Poseidon for it is your birthright and now be wary for you are also given in turn the cursed blessing of Hades to be destined to die by his hand as a sacrifice in the body or to die by his hand as a servant in the soul. Choose wisely for your existence depends on it. Know now and forever you are always loved and equally hated. Go now and fulfill your destiny." My father said as I felt tears coming to rest on the top of my head where he placed his right hand on me. I opened my eyes and realized that my father disappeared into the ocean without another word. Damien stood their speechless holding me until he got the hint to get me into the sea.

I was starting to dry out and age like Armana, but in a different way. My tail started to become fragile and weary under my own weight. I was hard trying stay in Damien's arms without slipping out like a slime covered electric eel. He seemed like he was getting shocked too from holding me. I must have had those electricity powers my brother and father had. It felt weird. Sort of like a pulse of static electricity running through me and felt so good to get it out. Almost like stretching your back after laying in recliner all day.

Then I felt myself fall right into the sea. Finally, I was back in the sea where I was supposed to be and from a distance I could see Damien convulsing in the water like he had been electrocuted by something or someone. Oh, my Lord! I was finally back in the sea after shocking my boyfriend to near death. The shaking stopped a few minutes later and then he swam to me. He had a look on his face that matched what probably was happening to him for the past half an hour. The face said he was shocked. I floated there in the water looking straight back at him. I was once again a mermaid in the sea, and I could control electricity and Lord knew what else. Well, this great, and what did dad mean by me dying by the hand of Hades, and how was I his heir?

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