CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

   'That's cool, I want to see how fast you can run. Could you give me a ride?' 'Hop on, your wish is my command.' he bent down for me to climb on and I let out a laugh while I did. I have probably laughed more in his presence than I did throughout my years in life. After I was seated, he said to me, 'Hold on tight, it's going to be a wild ride.' I held a fist full of his hair and then he moved, I let out a squeal in excitement and leaned closer to him. He moved so fast and the scenery was practically a blur because of his speed, the wind was gushing through my ear and because of the force I expected the dust particles in the air to cut but surprisingly it didn't. Rather the wind left a pleasant sensation on my cheek and my hair as it passed by.

                  I wanted to spread out my hands and scream I am the king of the forest or something like that because of how I felt, it was exhilarating. suddenly, he came to a stop and I realized we were back where we started from. He bent down for me to come down then went behind the rock to change back. 'That was amazing, can we do it again.' 'Whenever you want to, we can but right now I think it's your turn.'

            'That's true, turn around please.' he smiled and turned his back to me. I quickly took of my clothes and got into the water. 'You can turn back now.' he turned around and saw scales on my body with my hair covering my chest, he took in a deep breath and shook his head before saying, 'You look breath taking. I kind of expected it but I was still stunned.' I giggled and said to him, 'It's not over yet, take my hand.' he took my hands and I pulled him into the river, he was wearing just his shorts so it was easy.

           As soon as we were completely under water I let go of his hands and let the change take control. He stared at me as the scales climbed up my body and my legs glued together to form my tail. We swam up and he pulled me into his arms, I looked into his eyes to see what he was thinking, all I could see was wonder and love and there was no revulsion. I let out a breath I had no idea I was holding. He laid his head on my shoulder and let out a groan, 'You look gorgeous, I can tell I am in so much trouble.' he took in a deep breath as if he wanted to breathe me in. 'Can you swim?' I asked him, 'Yeah, I am a pretty good swimmer.' 'Let's go.'

             I took his hands again and dived into the water, he let me guide him and we enjoyed the view of the ocean and all its beauty, there was a rock in the water, it looked like a mini-island. we sat there and just enjoyed the sun with my tail still in the water. suddenly I started feeling anxious like somebody was watching me, the ocean that normally made me feel peaceful seemed frightening. I tried not to let it show but he still noticed something was wrong with me.

            'What is it?' he asked and tensed up getting ready to attack any threat that may appear. 'We have to go.' I took his hands and dived into the water swimming for shore, the feeling of fear increased in the water and did not stop until we got to land. 'Is there anything wrong?' he asked me, 'No I don't think so. turn around so I can change.' he walked towards the rock reluctantly I grabbed a towel to dry off before wearing my clothes. You can come out now.' he walked toward me and pulled me into his arms, 'I don't know what's wrong but I want you to know that I am here for you. Whenever you are ready you can tell me anything and I will listen.' I snuggled into his arms and nodded in consent.

  That night I had the same weird dream again but this time I could see the face of the person carrying me, she looked just like me only more matured and she had this weird aura around her. I woke up with her voice ringing in my head again and realized I was sweating and shivering. Looking at the bedside clock I saw that it was already six o'clock, I decided to go outside for a walk to clear my head. As I was strolling down the road, I could feel that someone was watching me but I could not see the person, I started walking very fast and glanced around me trying to see who was following me but I found no one. 

     I increased my pace and by this time I was practically running and looking behind me like someone was chasing me but there was nobody there. I had no idea where I was heading to but i just knew I had to get away, Suddenly I felt somebody grab onto me from the front while I was looking behind me and I let out a scream before throwing the person like a pillow with all my strength. The person flipped over so that they wont fall or hit any of the trees behind them before stopping their fall by squatting with their hand touching the floor and knee close to the ground. The movement looked pretty badass like what we usually see in movies although I don't know why that thought occurred to me in this serious moment. they raised  their head and I let out a breath in relief when I saw who it was, 'Jessica! You scared me, what are you doing here.'

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