What Lies Beneath

Chapter 3: Ruled

Aquarius was mesmerized by what she saw. She never saw anything like it before, at least she felt that way since she had no memory. She stood there swishing her tail unconsciously for a few seconds, staring at the beautiful coral buildings and merpeople all around her.

"Hey, Hey Aquarius!" Marina was shaking her shoulder releasing her from the trance.

"Oh sorry, I've just never seen anything like this before, well I don't think I have at least," Aquarius told Marina.

"Oh that fine, don't worry it was probably just that coral I was telling you about, no worries," Marina suggested.

"When people get infected by the coral to they usually start off with legs then fall through the sky?" Aquarius asked half sarcastically.

"Well, I mean I wouldn't be the one to tell you that we'd have to ask Silena. She's the one whose been infected before," Marina stated.

"Oh okay," Aquarius replied, anxious to meet someone who could of possibly been through what she had. Aquarius and Marina went to the main building which was covered with bright colors of pink, blue, and purple. The walls reflected off the scales of the other merpeople rushing to get to where ever they were heading.

Aquarius always wonders about the people surrounding her, about where they are going, who they are, and even what type of person they are. She thrives on her curiosity and people are drawn to her because her ability to stay confident and strong while staring someone straight in the face of being ostracized by someone else. But she was still afraid, afraid to face her fears, but when she does she doesn't back down.

Marina was filling Aquarius with facts of a million. She was only half paying attention because of the overwhelming amount of things to look at and explore, the possibilities seemed endless.

"Hey. Hey! Aquarius, are you coming?" Marina asked Aquarius, who had stopped midway to the door of the school as something had caught her eye,

"Oh yeah, haha Im coming," Aquarius looked over at Marina, but by the time she looked back at what ever she had seen it was gone. With the swish of her tail, Aquarius caught up to Marina and she entered the school, she knew that she would be entering into the biggest adventure of her entire life.