As Craig listens to Tessa’s pleas, the trance starts to regain strength and his initial confusion starts to be pushed to the back of his mind.
Craig takes off the rest of his clothes, much to the delight of Tessa.
“Yes… Yes! Can you hear the calling now?”, she questioned.
“I can hear it. It’s calling to me!”, Craig says he takes off the last of his clothes - a pair of socks tossed aside.
Tessa grinned. The trance had completely won him over. She finally had someone to become eternally beautiful with her.
Craig eagerly jumps into the water and leaves a big splash in the water.
Tessa dives down and swims to where the splash originated. She notices Craig’s body and embraces him.
Craig opens his eyes to notices that he could see clearly underwater. He looks to his side to see Tessa kiss his cheek. Her tail coils around his legs, preventing any escape he could have.
But Craig didn’t mind the whole situation. In fact, he liked it. Being underwater with a mermaid by his side as the moon shines upon the two - It felt like bliss.
Tessa could sense Craig’s happiness and whispered to his ear. “I’m so glad you answered the call of the water, Craig. I always knew you’d want to be eternally beautiful, just like me. Now you're going to be a handsome merman, and I'm excited.”
The muscles on Craig’s legs convulsed and pumped. Tessa could sense the skin of his legs turning into smooth skins. Before they both knew it, Craig’s lower body has become scaly and slippery.
Along with his legs, Craig’s upper body changed as well. His arms became more muscular and his build became stronger.
His mindset changed as well. Craig’s mind went from being one of a confused human trying to process a legend being real to a mythical creature content with being reborn under the water.
When Tessa let go of her embrace, she was happy with what she saw.
Craig has become a powerful merman. His skin gave off a healthy glow that beamed with youth. The muscular build of his upper body was contrasted by the slender, but still strong, blue tail that contrasted well with his human half.
The newborn merman removed the hair covering his face and stared back at Tessa.
The mercouple stared at their lovely bodies and smiled at each other. The legend had come true, they were given eternal beauty by the magical waterfall. While neither of them had expected to become merfolk, they were grateful that they had ascended from being wishful human beings to eternally attractive mythical creatures.
Craig and Tessa swam to each other and shared a long, passionate, and wonderful kiss.