Tails of A Half Blood: Birthmark

I get a Belated 14th Birthday Present

I was packing my bags to accompany my brother, well adoptive brother Zac Blakely and his bestie Cam Mitchell on their camping trip. My adoptive parents said that I should go with them, because for some reason, they said it would give us "bonding time." The idea of bringing his little sister to a boys trip-out was a little weird for Zac. But believe me; Zac didn't know the half of the meaning of the word, "weird." All my childhood, weird things seem to happen to me. Things that are connected to fish, water and the sea. My best friend, Yukimi who is a science nerd said that's it's all because of some weird genetic mutation, that seemed to translate into puberty. What was happening to me, you may ask? It's pretty much what happens when you add fish DNA to human puberty. For me, it's the worst kind, anyone could ever get. For example, instead of getting zits, I got golden scales on my legs that would itch badly whenever they weren't wet. Now I didn't really know how this "puberty" was even possible, but when things went fishy-in my case, quite literally, it kind of helped if you could blame it on something. And for me things went mondo-bizarro, a lot.

"You ready sis?" called Zac. "Yeah!" I called back. "Let's go then!" Zac called.

To me, Zac is the big-league swimmer, which he kind of was, before "The Incident" happened. Just before I went downstairs, with my backpack slung over my curly hair, I looked in the mirror to assure myself that I was going to be fine. Staring back at me, was a dark red haired 14 year old American girl with silver blue eyes. What I was wearing was my usual beach type clothes, blue shorts and a green tank top with sneakers to go with them. On that note, I went into the dining room and hugged my "parents" goodbye.

"Do I have to go?" I asked.

"You'll be fine Blair." My adoptive mother, Lauren Blakely said.

"There's nothing wrong with spending time with your brother." My adoptive father, Rob Blakely said. "What's the worst that could happen?"

A sinking feeling dropped in my gut, making me really wish that he had never said that. Because starting tonight, my life and my brothers' were going to change... forever. But I coudn't let my family worry just yet. Putting on a fake smile, I exited the house, and walked onto the jetty and hopped into the boat. After carefully making sure we had everything and going over the rules about making sure I was within their sights at all times, we took off, sailing into the Pacific Ocean, toward Mako Island. Mako Island is this deserted island near The Gold Coast which is where we live. Yep, this American girl was raised by Aussies. Zac at the time, was a 16 year old half Asian kid with black hair and the most charming smile that got himself a girlfriend. Yep, Zac had it all. Popularity, good looks, toned body, athlete, good grades and a girlfriend. He can be a tad overprotective. Sure he's a good guy, but I never felt like I belonged in his family. Cam was a blond 16 year old who could be a bit of a show off. And by a bit, I meant a lot of a show off. He and Zac had been best friends for since they were 2. I got caught up with their adventures sometimes, so Cam is a good friend of mine. After a nice conversation with them I took a nap to pass the time. Before I knew it, my mind was plunged into a memory of how my weird life began.

Flashback: Age 8

Blair is in her friend Yukimi's room, it's all sciency. Yukimi looks through a microscope to look at Blair's blood cells, and finds quite a fishy secret about her Western friend.

"Well? What did you find out Kimi?" Rosalina, another one of Blair's besties asked.

"This...doesn't seem possible." The Japanese girl replies shocked.

"What is it? What's wrong?" the 8 year old Australian-American asked.

"Based on all of our observations, your cellular make-up is actually a morph-genus blend of human and fish DNA." Kimi replied, her voice carrying traces of shock.