Sea of Secrets

Chapter 5: Are You An Angel? Well, You're A Fish. A Fish Angel?

You know, I've always been indecisive about dreams. I mean, they're fantastic, sweeping you off to a land of imagination, getting to explore ideas and adventures you'll never even come close to experiencing in real life. But that's also why they suck so much. Because they're only fantasy. And eventually you'll wake up, and you'll never get that experience again.

That's why I'm indecisive about dreams.

And that's how I'm feeling as I wake up, thinking about that wonderful dream I just had.

I mean, mermen? Becoming a mermaid?! It's obviously nonsense. But it was such great nonsense. Not to mention that gorgeous view at the end.

Actually, it feels a bit colder, now that I think about it. Not like that warm cozy bed of before. I mean, I'm still comfortable, just feels like a breeze is going over me.

"Y/n?" Ah, I must've overslept. At least I know I didn't dream up the first part. Logan will take me home today. Home, that should be nice.

"I'm up, I'm up," I groaned softly, sitting up while keeping my eyes closed. Still no blanket. I must've kicked it off in my sleep.

"Good, cause we need to hurry before Logan and I go to work," Patton replied with a chuckle. Leaving already? Well, I guess they do need to go to work. But I thought the boat was broken?

At last I open my eyes, and there's nothing like a bit of shock to wake you up in the morning. We're on that same little tower as in my dream, surrounded by gorgeous water that is now a lighter blue, shining thanks to the bright sun in the sky. I'm cold because the breeze has picked up, throwing my hair around slightly as I see nothing but sea and sky.

"It wasn't a dream?" I mumbled to myself, staying in my seat as I continue to look around at the scenery before me.

Suddenly Logan appeared standing beside me, his hair a slight mess but otherwise looking the same as yesterday. "I honestly do not blame you for assuming last night's events were all a figment of your imagination, but I can assure you it wasn't," he told simply. "Now, we really ought to hurry if Patton and I want to eat before heading to work."

"R-Right! Sorry," I agreed quickly, hopping up and walking over to the little hatch. Patton opened it before simply jumping in, a fabulous baby blue light shining back up through the hole. So it really was real. I'm actually staying with mermen.

Logan jumped in as well, and I waited till he glowed that same dark blue to hop in myself, being blinded by lavender before admiring myself and the others with a smile.

"This is still so cool," I said mostly to myself, doing a small flip before we started swimming down.

"Glad you're still a fan!" Patton commented as he spun, spiraling downwards. I chuckled, trying to imitate him and failing miserably, but that didn't take the smile off my face.

The tower itself was now a lot lighter since the sun was shining up above. You could actually see the purple walls surrounding us, and while it made the space feel slightly smaller, it wasn't any less magical to see the staircase sitting down below, not being flooded by the water we swam in.

It was a lot more quiet then the night before, and soon we reached the bottom, flipping upright and dropping out, stumbling for a few seconds before switching to human form. Honestly, the swim woke me up a smidge, but we were all still rather quiet.

At least until breakfast.

Should've known Patton is always a chatter box.

Currently Logan and I were sitting at the bar, watching him do his cooking magic and talk at the same time. Oh Patton is definitely a morning person. It was obvious with how bright he was smiling and how easily he kept his eyes open, moving from the eggs to the bacon to the bagels. (And no, they weren't chicken eggs. I honestly have no idea what eggs they were, which I should thanks to my job. Eh, too tired to care.)