Once A Human Once A Child

Chapter 15: Family.

The words. Repeating in my head. I can't find a way to ignore them. Then I realize that Star is sinking and is losing oxygen I swim down and grab her around the waist and swim to the top of the sea. Panting, I swim away from Luna and try to find shelter. My tail aching from the current hitting against it, I see a deserted island and we take cover.

I look for some sticks to make a fire and noticing that Star is awake I walk over to her.

"Hello." I say casually.

"Hey." She says and adds; "What happened? Where's Luna? And where are we?"

"Calm down. I found shelter for us in a stranded little island. I'll tell you everything... but I am going to collect some fire wood, stay here. And keep an eye out incase Luna spots us." I say walking away.

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I look around for some wood and hear some bushes and I jump.

"Who's there!?" I ask.

There is laughing and I see someone I have to squint my eyes because the sun has set and the trees are blocking any extra light. Its Luna.

"How did you find us?!" I ask.

"When you have family you always find them." She says

"What are you talking about?" I ask looking to see where her ship is but it's nowhere to be seen.

"I took a dingy." She says casually.

"Oh. I didn't know your ship had a dingy..."

"It's how we get people who are in our way so we don't bring attention with the ship."

"Okay. But what are you talking about? 'family?'"

"Oh. Right. I'm your aunt." She says turning around playing with the grass.

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"YOUR MY WHAT!? YOU AND MY MOM WERE SISTERS!?" I yell.

"Don't take it harshly, it's hard to hide your tail.... And yes." She says.

"But how?" I ask.

"How do you think?" She says sarcastically.

"Oh. Right." I say stupidly.

"But... my mom was a mermaid... and your.... A fairy." I say slowly trying to process it all in my brain that the lady whose been trying to kill me is my aunt.

"So what? We didn't get along at all. And that's why I sent the iceberg to your ship when you we're five. It wasn't easy to make it either. You were supposed to die with her." She says.

"What? Fairies can control the weather patterns?" I ask

"Why the face? Surely you have gotten used to surprises by now." She says with a smirk.

There's a silence and I run. I run back to Star, we leave the island. We leave my aunt. We're leaving everything in the past.... Or so I hoped.