A Mermaid's Tears | Fred Weasley

Chapter 6

Fred held Marceline in his arms who was now shaking, and he was trying hard to not panic.

"So what's wrong with her?" He asked again as they made their way outside. "Does this have to do with her being half-mermaid?"

"Oh good I don't have to explain that part. Yes, it does. So basically, our dear friend Marceline here turns into a mermaid once a month, on the night of a full moon. Normally she's pretty good about keeping track of the moon, but I guess with all of today's excitement it slipped her mind. This has never happened before," Aliyah explained, walking as fast as they could.

They reached the lake and Fred was just about to throw the girl into the water so her tail could come out.

"Okay, set her down on the ground," Aliyah said, trying to stay calm, and Fred obeyed. "Okay, I'm going to take most of her clothes off now."

"Okay."

"So you might want to turn around," Aliyah said, raising her eyebrows.

"Oh, right," Fred said, hoping it was dark enough that she couldn't see him blushing.

Once he was turned around, Aliyah began taking her friends outer clothes off, but left her bra on so there wouldn't be any accidental breast flashing in front of Fred. Marceline normally brought a swim top with her, but considering this was so last minute, they didn't have time to go and get one.

Aliyah gently eased her friend into the water and the effects were immediate. Her body became relaxed and her breathing starting to slow down, and right before her eyes her legs became a dark blue tail.

A few minutes later, Marceline opened her eyes, and looked down.

"Ugh, Aliyah, why did you leave my bra on?" She whined.

"Well, we didn't have time to go and get your bathing suit top and I figured you didn't want to expose yourself in front of Fred."

At the mention of Fred, Marceline looked up and noticed the red headed boy, who hadn't said anything since he had seen the girl transform.

"Oh. Hi Fred," She said, suddenly feeling very shy and drawing back her tail.

Marceline was afraid that he would see it, and realize that she really wasn't normal. She knew that was stupid, after all, he admitted to seeing her before and he acted no differently towards her, but it was different now that he was standing so close to her and staring at her swimming around in her bra with a mermaid tail.

"Hi Marcy," He said after a moment.

Aliyah cleared her throat, breaking the awkwardness.

"Okay, Marcy, go swim and stretch your tail, you know you need to. And remember not to go out to far, we don't need the other mermaids attacking you again." She said, getting louder as Marceline stared swimming away.

"The other mermaids attacked her? How come?" Fred asked Aliyah.

"They know Marceline doesn't belong here. Her mother was from the sea, and these are from the lake at Hogwarts. Very different types of mermaids, but most all mermaids are violent, so when these don't recognize another mermaid, it's natural instinct to attack," Aliyah informed Fred. The boy looked shocked that she knew so much about mermaids. "Marceline told me all that," Aliyah told him.

"Her tail is really pretty," he said, looking at the ground. Aliyah smiled at the boy who suddenly seemed very shy.

"Yeah, but she's self-conscious about it. I'm the only one who has ever seen it before, I keep her company a lot. So she's probably feeling kind of awkward around you now, but don't take it the wrong way. After all, you just saw her in her bra and with a tail in one night," Aliyah said, trying to end it with a joke, but it only made Fred turn red in the face.