'Princess, how are you? Let me heal you,' he says, 'I'm good', I reply almost immediately, 'one of the reasons I was sent here with you is to heal you when you get hurt, you're preventing me from fulfilling my responsibility, please, I'm just trying to be of assistance, I know you will never ask for my help, at least let me offer it,' he speaks further, my body is telling me to accept while my head stays ever prideful and stubborn, I didn't realise I had kept him waiting arguing in my head, a sudden warmth spread throughout body, the pain disappearing with the warmth enveloping my body, I look at him questioningly, he shrugs, 'you were taking too long to reply, it seemed you wanted me to decide for you so I did, May I take a seat? He stood awaiting my answer, 'my answer doesn't matter, you do what you want anyways' I answer.
I was expecting him to just sit but he stood, still waiting for an answer from me, my brows knit together at his show of consideration, I clearly looked confused at his actions, he must've sensed it too, because he asked his question again, 'yes, I choke out, what are you trying to do? I was starting to get pissed, I hate people messing with my head, and lately that's all this merman has been doing, there's no such thing as a good mermaid, we all know that, so why is he trying to put up a front, I just hate it so much.'
'Princess, I'm not asking for your trust, neither am I asking you to forgive my people for all we've done, you have to know that not all of us wanted this, at least not me, my people want revenge for what your race did to us, I do too, but I strongly believe this wasn't the way to go about it, you had nothing to do with it, and so did thousands of your people, I promise you I don't wish this for you, I gain nothing from your situation, I cannot help you because its impossible to defy my father, this is the least I could do to soften the sins of my people, I don't expect you to believe me but I'm going to say it at least, please just let me do what I can, that's all I'm asking for,' he stares into my eyes.
'A speech isn't going to change the way I feel about you, save yourself the trouble, finish what you're here for and just let me be, its the only thing I want from you,' I inform him, deep down I know there could be a truth in his statements, but I don't want to accept it, I hate mermaids, thats quite obvious, but I don't hate a baby mermaid nor a kid mermaid, I'm not a monster, I know they have nothing to do with this, so if I am to seek revenge, I'll make sure it only affects those involved, I don't know what's truly behind his heart, but its going to take more than words to sway me, anyone can make a couple statements to win the hearts of people.'
'Very well princess, I don't have a problem with that, although I must inform you, we have a scouting of this region tomorrow, you're expected to be there too, I want you to make an appearance, it might bring a slight relief to your people seeing their princess alive, it'll benefit them if you come, I'll leave you for now,' he gets up to exit my room. A scouting of this region, I'd be able to see the structure and make better escape plans and he is right, I know I would be happy to see my people, they'd be slightly happy to see one of their own too, I should go tomorrow, I'm going to watch him closely too, I need to figure out what exactly he wants to achieve.
I didn't know when I slept off, I woke up feeling energised, I'm a bit excited because I get to see some of my people tomorrow, I leave my room, coming across those weird paintings from before, I stare at it, wondering if what happened was real or not, my mark tingles as I look at it but nothing more, maybe I was day dreaming it, I decide to go outside to stretch my gallions, morphing from my tail, I take a slow stroll in the courtyard, gallions are one of the modifications we were blessed with that mermaids weren't, I take a seat allowing myself to sink in thoughts again, I've been doing that a lot lately, I still haven't been able to come up with a plan and I don't even know how long I'd be here for, something catches the corner of my eye, it was coming from a room on Leo's floor, could that be his room? I wonder to myself.
I quietly swim to the top, making sure I was out of sight before peeking in, I couldn't really see, but I was able to make out his silhouette, he was holding a stone of some sort, it glowed bright enough for me to have seen it from where I was, it was weird, it was like he was doing some sort of ritual with it, rays of blue light shoot from the stone and towards him, it looked like his body was absorbing them when he suddenly let out a scream, the rays shoot out from him and back into the rock, he sinks to the ground, clutching his body as he grunts in pain, he pants deeply trying to catch his breath, he sinks his fingers into the floor as he lets out another scream, it sounded like he was frustrated, he grabbed the rock throwing it across the room. I thought it might shatter but it stayed intact.
I quietly leave, deciding to retreat to my room before someone sees me, my mind wanders to what I saw, I need to know what that was and what he was trying to do, whatever that rock contains must be something he shouldn't have, could it be some sort of power? I have to find a way to his room while he's not around, I'm curious about it, and if it's really valuable, I'd love to get to it first. First it was those paintings now this, all these strange occurrences are messing with my head, I just wish someone would just pop out and explain everything to me, I've read stories about magic lily fairies that resided in lily pads, they're not real but I wish they were, they granted wishes to people worthy of them and in general they were good creatures that looked out for all races of the sea.
My thoughts wander to Zaria, I wonder where she is right now, I left her behind at Benera, I'm so scared that someone might've came across her, if that's the case, she's definitely not alive, I really wish that's not the case, I wouldn't forgive myself if that happened, even though leaving her was the best decision I probably made, I wish I'd see her just one more time. I promised myself that I'd keep her safe, I promised her I'd come back for her, but I never did, she's probably forsaken me now, maybe she thinks I betrayed her, I'll come back for her one day, for sure, I don't know when but I will.