Chapter 5
The two females halted and stared up at the lumbering sea creature. Its wet maw opened to smile at them, thinned yellow eyes looking over the princess and mermaid evenly.
"New faces I see?" the marine horse bellowed, water rippling against its slick green tail as it patted back an forth against the shore.
Luna and Ilios had seen every creature in the vast land they called their home, as the castle looks over the entirety of it. But not once had they hear one speak.
"What- startled? Don't be foolish, just because I'm not a mortal doesn't mean I'm illiterate." The stranger spoke down at them, amusement playing his toothy grin.
Luna was the first to speak, less frightened by the scaly creature. After all- they were alike.
"Of course your not illiterate. I'm Luna, and that's my sister Ilios. We were b-"
"Banned from the castle. I know." the creature cut in, his brows peaking over his piercing yellow eyes. "My name is Mare Equo and I know all. You two are welcome to stay here."
Ilios and Luna glanced at each other, the uncertainty easily palpable.
"Well you see, Mare Equo, my sister Ilios here can't live in the water. She is a human. Can't you see?"
At this the mighty water beast paused, thoughtfully. He glanced back at the castle, and the foreboding women in the clouds, and back down at the sisters on shore. "That won't last very long. That's all I will say."
"But what do you m-"
"That's all I will say."
Ilios and Luna glanced at each other, shrugged their slender shoulders in unison. "So be it. We shall rest here?"
"Your welcome to." he rumbled, lowering himself back into the water. The black rose about his thick neck and he drifted across the lake to the other side.
Luna looked down at her black and pastel tail, which was now leathery and course from being withdrawn from water for such a long time. She stared at the pitch shade, before glancing back at Ilios and slipping into the lake.
It was surprisingly warm, and she delved into the warmth quietly. She moved fluidly and then glanced back at Ilios, "It's nice here."
PICTURE OF LUNA IN MERMAID FORM
❅ Morgan ❅
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Limit Of Fortune
RandomÍlios, daughter of King Poten saw the love of her life get turned into Tribrus a three headed dog. Her world crumbled because she loved him. Soon her sister is getting banished because of the tail she grows when she gets wet. Ílios won't let her si...
