H2O: Just Add A New Tail

Council Confrontation

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Mimmi pointed me in the direction where we last saw her pod. We didn't speed swim because her tail probably wouldn't be able to handle it at the moment. As we were swimming, I saw a painful expression on her face. I bet she needed a break. Ahead of us, there was a rock that looked big enough for her to lounge on for a few minutes. I pointed it out to her, and she nodded. I used my powers to manipulate the wind and hoisted her up on the rock. She let out a sigh of relief.

"You good?" I asked in concern.

"Yeah..." Mimmi breathed heavily. "It's just a little difficult." I nodded in understanding. For some reason, Mimmi wouldn't stop staring at me.

"What is it?"

"Could you umm..." Mimmi said nervously. "Can I see your legs?" I could tell that she didn't want to freak me out. "It's just that I know mermen don't have pods nowadays, so they usually grow up on land and I've never seen a land person up close because the mermaid council..." she trailed off.

I chuckled a bit. She reminded me of how curious I used to be when I was younger. "Yeah sure," I smiled. I could see the excitement flood into Mimmi's expression. I grabbed the edge of the rock and lifted myself up onto it. Once I was on the rock, I held my hand over my tail. Mimmi watched in amazement as my tail transformed into legs. I stood up with a smile.

"That's so cool..." Mimmi said in awe. "I wonder what it feels like." she looked up at me. "The mermaid council makes mermen out to be so evil, but you're not evil at all. You're really nice!"

"Well, thank you," I laughed. "I was told that long ago, mermen attacked mermaids in an attempt to find the world's three tridents."

"Whoa... do you have one?" Mimmi asked curiously.

"As a matter of fact, I do," I said with a nod. The look on Mimmi's face already told me what she was thinking. "Yes, you can see my trident too," I rolled eyes playfully and summoned my trident. She was instantly fascinated with it. "Hey, we should probably get a move on," I said after a while. I looked at where Mimmi's gash had been, and now it was almost completely gone. "It looks like your wound is healing up fine," I said with relief. I guess merpeople heal a little faster than humans do.

Mimmi glanced at her tail. "I guess you're right!" she smiled. That's when I heard a voice. It was another mermaid, probably around the same age as Mimmi.

"Mimmi! There you are! We've been looking all over for..." she trailed off as soon as she saw me and backed away in fear. I still had the trident in my hand. I quickly made it disappear.

"Ondina, it's okay!" Mimmi reassured. "He's a nice merman!"

"Merman?!" I heard another voice say. When I looked behind Ondina, I saw a countless number of mermaids. All of them were glaring at me. I guess this was the pod.

"Yeah! He saved me from some land people!" Mimmi said, coming to my defense.

"Mimmi, get over here now," one of the mermaids said sternly.

"But he's not-"

"Now, Mimmi!" the mermaid shouted. Mimmi gave me an apologetic look as she slipped back into the water and swam over to the pod.

"Look," I said as I put my hands up in surrender. "I don't mean any harm. I was just helping Mimmi find her way back to you guys."

"Oh, I highly doubt that," the mermaid scoffed. "All mermen are the same. They're monsters."