Helanie:
I heard Jenny scream and run toward the edge of the deck. I followed her and all the other students did too. The trainers, at this point, were in their rooms, so it would take a while before they came.
"I’ll go and tell them," Gavin said, rushing back toward where our professors’ rooms were.
At the same time, I began to notice something.
"Oh no," I uttered. The water was already pulling, but then black circles started forming around him.
"Those are sharks!" one of the girls screamed.
"Oh my Goddess! one of us is going to be eaten by a shark!" Lucy yelled very dramatically. I grunted at her but couldn’t shut her down because we did not have time to focus on some crazy one.
Even though Lamar could swim, I could tell he was struggling. That’s when I had to make a tough decision. I couldn’t let my friend die.
"Helanie, no!" I heard Norman scream as he rushed down the stairs. I shook my head, ran to the edge, and climbed over. I felt Penn grab my hand, but I pulled free and jumped straight into the water, right where Lamar was.
Moments later, I heard more splashes, that’s when I knew others had jumped in too. Norman, Emmet, Kaye, and Maximus, all four of them were now in the water with me. I looked around and saw Lamar. He was trying to swim, but the current was so strong it made it hard for any of us to move.
Norman, Emmet, Kaye, and Maximus were stronger than the rest of us, so they managed to swim toward him. That’s when a shark swam past the rest, grazing Norman’s arm. I almost screamed. Then I watched another shark come to Emmet.
Something surged in me. There were too many sharks. There was no way any of us were getting out alive. None of us could shift or use our wolf powers in the water.
And that’s when I remembered something Kesha had said,
"Are you powerful enough to fight a water monster?"
Something flipped inside me. I felt my body move, almost without my knowledge or my permission. My muscles started to ache. Time seemed to stop.
At first, I thought the pain would tear me apart. My legs burned, twisted, and shimmered under the water. I gasped, but no sound came out, only bubbles. It felt like the ocean was wrapping around me, pulling me close, like it had been waiting for me all along.
And then something changed.
The pain melted into warmth. A strange, glowing energy filled my body. My skin tingled. My legs weren’t legs anymore. They were one, replaced with smooth, strong tail with shining scales that glowed silver and red.
I felt lighter. Freer. My hair floated around me like silk, and I could hear the water singing a melody I knew
My heart wasn’t racing in fear anymore. It was steady and calm. I was no longer fighting the water. I was part of it. I looked down and saw the tail, my tail, swaying gently behind me.
I wasn’t drowning.
I was transforming.
I was becoming who I truly was.
A mermaid.
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