What Vera wore^^^^ (girl is not Vera)
Three days have past since I met that unChanged Nymph in the woods. It's now my Changeling Ceremony. I'm wearing a white and navy dress that falls right under my knee. It's a really nice dress.
I'm waiting in the change room at the Ceremonial hall, contemplating and trying to take in the fact that almost everyone in Novaltyr will be here. Worries start streaming through my mind, what if I don't belong to a clan? What if that unChanged Nymph shows up? What if I can never see my mother again? I shake my head as my mother walks in. It's weird to see her on legs, the only time I see her is with her tail, I visit her twice a day on the beach, and she takes me for a swim. She comes and sits by me, taking my hand from my lap and wrapping it in her own hands.
She looks me in the eye.
"Whatever you are chosen to be, whatever you learn tonight, you will always be my daughter whom I love with all my heart. Nothing will change my love for you, and I hope you feel the same." She finishes, a sad look in her eyes.
"Of course!"
To my surprise, silent tears start slipping down my face.
I quickly brush them away. I see the tall Shark clan member presenter walking my way so I know it's time. But he doesn't just wave at me to come over, he sits down on my other side. I shuffle closer to my mom and notice a shocked expression on her face.
"Vera, meet your father." She says with uncertainty on the 'father'
I whip my head around to meet my father's eyes for the first time. He looks at me sadly. I don't want anything to do with him or I'll be heartbroken. He seems to understand.
My father stands up, opens the door and begins to announce me. I step up off the couch and walk out of the door. I wave shyly and jump a little to get myself going. I'm at the bowls now. I reach into the werewolf one, but it doesn't work. Then I go for the nymph. Doesn't work again. Mermaid? Nope. I'm getting frantic. I then go for the vampire and shark, but nothing happens. I look doubtfully at the Rarity bowl. What if I'm not anything! I reach my hand into the bowl and my fingers touch the cold silver comb. It lights up my and and I look at my wrist. On it is a mermaid with wings, and a diamond on her fin. A rarity. I'm a Rarity. Suddenly I'm urged to say something and I find myself mumbling and I'm on the floor. I try to stand but I have a mermaid tail! It's beautiful aquamarine and gold! Suddenly I'm saying something else and I'm up in the air, but I don't have legs. I'm a butterfly. And now I'm back to human. The audience is gasping and the Rarities are standing up clapping, and my mother and everyone else is looking at me shocked. I smile brilliantly and walk off the stage back to my mother.
YOU ARE READING
The Changeling Prophecy
FantasyMia and Vera were separated when Vera was just a newborn and Mia was 3 years old. Mia was sent to live in the ocean and Vera lived her life on land. The farther away they were from each other the better.
