Lyra: Child Of Land And Sea

Chapter 1 - Baby Lyra

It's seven o'clock in the morning. I'm sitting in the chair beside my beautiful baby daughter's crib. Her eyelids begins to flutter as she wakes up from her sleep. She yawns then begins to cry. I pick her up and rock her in my arms. 

"Good morning Lyra" I whisper in her ear. She stops crying and starts smiling. Lewis walks in the room with a bottle of milk for her. 

"Hey Cleo" he says a he walks over to us. 

"Hey" I say while smiling at him. He kisses my head then hands me the bottle. I start feeding Lyra. 

"How is our little girl this morning?" he aks. 

"She's great" I say. 

"Rikki called" he began. "She was asking if her, Bella and Emma can come over to visit. I told her they can come. They will be at eleven". 

"Thank's Lewis" I say. 

"Well you haven't seen them that much since Lyra was born so I thought that it would be nice for you to see them. Maybe have a night out. I can take care of Lyra if you want?" Lewis asked, looking into my eyes. 

"Are you sure?" I ask him. 

"Of course I'm sure" he begins. "She's my daughter too, I know how to look after her". 

"Alright. Thanks Lewis" I reply. It will be fun to go out with the girls. By 'go out' I mean go for a swim and hang around at Mako for a couple of hours. 

"It's okay. You deserve some time to yourself" Lewis said. I smile at him. By this time Lyra had finished the bottle of milk and needed to have a bath and I had to get the house cleaned for the girls to come over. 

"Can you bath her while I clean up?" I ask Lewis. 

"Sure" he replied as he took Lyra from my arms and kissed her head. 

Lyra is also a mermaid. Because I have the mermaid DNA it was passed onto but she will not get her tail until the first full moon after her fifth birthday but she already has her powers. She is only three months old just now so we have still got a while before her first transformation. 

Before I cleaned the new house I picked an outfit for Lyra. I picked out a pink, floral dress and a pair of white shoes for her. She has her dads color of hair, which I will gently brush when it has dried. Once I had neatly laid Lyra's outfit on me and Lewis' bed I cleaned the house. 

Once I had finished cleaning Lewis had already dresed Lyra so I got dressed.  After I was dressed I slipped on a pair of red slip-on shoes then brush my hair. There is a knock at the front door. 

"That must be the girls" I say. "I'll get it." I pick Lyra up off the bed and walk downstairs with her in my arms. When I get downstairs I hold Lyra in one arm and open the door with the other. Bella, Rikki and Emma walk in. We all it down on the sofa and I hold Lyra on my knees. 

"She's so cute" Rikki states, looking at Lyra. 

"She's got your eyes" Bella added. 

"She's beautiful" Emma said. 

"Thanks guys" I reply. Lewis comes downstairs. There is a knock at the door. "I wonder who that could be" I say. I open the door and find a familliar face on the other side. Dr. Denman. 

I was staring at Dr. Denman with a confused look on my face. 

"Why are you here?" I ask, trying not to sound rude. "What do you want?" Dr. Denman looks in the house and sees the the girls, Lyra and Lewis. 

"Can I come in?" she asks me. 

"No! You can't come in!" I snap at her. Lewis walks over. 

"You can come in" he says. I'm not happy but I let her in. 

"What do you want?" I say as I walk over to pick Lyra up. 

"So it's true" she begins. "You do have a daughter. Is she like you. Does she have powers too? Is she a mermaid?" She questions. 

"No! Of course not" I say trying to sound convincing.

"Don't lie to me Cleo. I am a marine biologist." She replys. 

"She is my daughter and I you're not going to touch her. And if you do, there's four of us and only one of you" I say. "You know that comet that was supposed to hit earth? We stopped that, me, Rikki and Bella" Rikki, Bella and Emma stand up to defend me. I hand Lyra to Lewis and tell him to take her upstairs. 

"I heard about that comet. I never knew what made it go away but then it hit me. Mermaid magic. But at that time I had no idea that you were still mermaids until that girl, Charlotte told me all about you and then I knew it was you" she said. "That's why I'm here" 

"What do you mean? There's another comet coming to earth?" Rikki asks. 

"No. But you were able to stop that. Maybe you can stop the next threat" 

"What threat?" Bella asks. She sounds concerned. 

"That child" Dr. Denman says, nodding towards Lyra.

"What about her? She's only a child" I say. 

"No, Cleo. She's not only a child. She is a child, born of both land and sea" she said. 

"She is not a threat!" I shout. "She is a baby! She is my baby and I will not let you hurt her!" By this time Lewis was back downstairs with Lyra asleep is his arms. 

"What is going on?" he asks. I start explaining what Dr. Denman was talking about before she cut me off.

"Your child will be the end of the world" she says.

"What is making you believe this?" I ask quietly, trying not to wake Lyra up. I look at Lyra, asleep in her fathers arms. So quiet. So peaceful. "Look at her! She's not a danger to anyone" I walk over to Lewis and gently pick Lyra up and cradle her in my arms.

"Cleo you don't understand" She said raising her voice, waking Lyra up and making her cry. I whisper soothing comments into Lyra's ear and she stops crying. 

"No I do understand" I say, trying to hold back tears. "You think that because my baby is mermaid, with powers that she is dangerous and what? You're asking me to give her to you so you can turn her into an experiment? Asking me to give up my baby?" Tears were running down my cheeks now. 

"Cleo you don't have to get rid of her, and we don't have to experiment on her. I understand you know someone. Someone who guided you through the steps of being a mermaid" She said. I had no idea who she was talking about.

"Mrs Chatham" Rikki says. Mrs Chatham of course, how can I forget. 

"Go to her. She knows what you need to do" Dr. Denam said. I look at her. She opens the front door. "Cleo I would never ask you to give your child up" she said before she walked out and closed the door. 

I looked at Lyra who was again sleeping in my arms. I was still crying. I lifted Lyra up a little and kissed her head and whisperd "I love you"