Cordelia awoke, dazed. She was on a large oak desk, and a moment of panic flooded through her.
"Please, Cordelia, remain calm. We will not harm you. I will make sure of that. Now, I know you're very confused but when your ready, come downstairs. I do apologize if you hate dresses, I asked my brother to make you a wardrobe of sea-themed clothing but all he made were dresses."
Cordelia sat up as the entity left, and peered at the clothes before her. He was right, there were only dresses. The one that stood out to her the most, glowed. Yes, it actually glowed when it was put under the shade.
For whatever reason, Cordelia decided to go for this dress. (Dress is the image at the top)
It was a completely blue dress, from light to dark blue, and was just stunning. After fiddling around with it and putting it on, Cordelia stepped out, following the directions that she somehow remembered.
She stepped into the same place she had once been tied up, where the slender figure waited for her with the others.
"Cordelia, I want you to meet everyone. This is Jeff, he is the one who took you to us. This is Mabel, also known as The Archer. This is Elli, also the Phoenix of Athena. Jane, Eyeless Jack, Masky, Hoodie..."
He went on and on to list all of them that lived in the mansion and explained about the two great wars they had. Afterward, there was an awkward silence.
However, the silence didn't last long. Shortly after, she was asked if she could sing to truly prove she was the daughter of a Siren.
Cordelia looked to the slender figure for approval, in which he nodded. She took a deep breath, before just singing like how she imagined Siren's would sing.
Immediately those who did not have their ears plugged began to step forward, reaching out for her. Slender quickly lifted her up and away from their grabbing hands, who pouted. Immediately Cordelia stopped singing, and the boys were embarrassed, returning to the crowd swiftly after a few moments to get out of the trance.
The slender entity eventually introduced itself as Slenderman, and he had ordered that Mabel and Elli show her to her new room.
The three walked together, eventually leading Cordelia to a room with a door painted like the ocean, with a black silhouette of a woman with a fishtail swimming around a pearl-like object.
"Oh wow, Helen went into more detail on your room than ours! That's very lucky." They chuckled. In the center of the spacious room, was a pool. The pool seemed to go down for almost forever and was filled with dark water.
"Woah. I guess this is to simulate living in the ocean, like an actual Siren. Lucky you!"
"But I can't possibly be able to dive that deep, right?"
"Well, Siren's have fishtails. Maybe they can hold their breath for a long period of time?"
Mabel grew excited, "I wonder if you will have a fishtail when you're in the water, like making contact with it or whenever you want to have one. Try stepping in and concentrating?"
Cordelia hesitantly stepped inside, sitting on the steps of the pool so she wouldn't sink and possibly drown if that was even possible for her.
She thought long and hard, imaging her legs turning into a fishtail. After a bit, Elli and Mabel gasped.
"What?"
Cordelia looked down, and instead of two legs, she had a fishtail. Holy shit.
Her tail almost seemed to shine like oil, giving off the delusion of seeming iridescent.
"That's cool. Since we have to get ready for stuff, we'll leave you be."
Cordelia didn't complain, instead took a deep breath and began to dive down, down, and down.
When she finally reached the bottom, which didn't take long surprisingly, she sat there. There was an odd-looking bed at the bottom, with straps. Possibly to strap herself in so she did not float up to get used to sleeping in the deep water pressure.
She wasn't able to stay down there long, to her that is, as soon she heard someone calling for her at the surface. Swimming up, she was greeted by Slenderman.
"Ah, I see you've figured out how to use a fishtail to your advantage. Very nice. Anyway, dinner is ready, so why don't you come to join us?"
Cordelia nodded, and eagerly tried to get out but remembered, she had a fishtail, so she wasn't able to get up.
"Focus, do what you did to get your fishtail, except think very hard that you have legs. Concentrate." With that, Slenderman stepped outside to give her privacy.
Cordelia did as she was told, but it didn't take half as long to get her legs back. She stood up, dried herself off, dressed into fresh clothes, which contained a long, fluffy sweater that Mabel had given her, and some fluffy pajama pants from Elli. They fit quite nicely.
Cordelia did spend some time brushing out her hair, and when she was finally satisfied, she walked down-stairs with Slenderman, who had waited patiently outside her door.
Cordelia was enjoying her stay here so far, even if she was kidnapped at first.
