“I wish Damon would come back here and fall in love with me again.”, Monica said.
The genie frowned a little, “I’m sorry, but I’m afraid I can’t make a person fall in love using a wish, especially a merman who can’t move in his human home.”
Monica also frowned, “Well, what should I wish for?”
“As I said, join him. Meaning, be a mermaid with Damon.”, The genie suggested.
Monica felt a little unsure about that, “Woah. No offense, Genie. I appreciate your suggestion, but I’m not into the whole being-a-fish thing.”
“My master wished to be a merman so he can improve his life after you broke up with him. I don’t wish to be rude, but I’m curious why you broke up with him in the first place.”, The genie said.
Monica sighed and looked down at the floor. “To be honest, I don’t know. We just sort of drifted apart after we were high school sweethearts. We were in different universities and I felt like being in a long distance relationship wouldn’t work out. I thought I found the perfect man to replace Damon, but it turned out he already had a girlfriend and only saw me as a friend. That’s why I came back here to Damon’s house.”
The genie felt sympathetic, but she couldn’t help but raise her eyebrow a bit. “You thought you found a perfect man, yet you didn’t know he was already in a relationship?”
A sniff came out of Monica’s nose, “I’m sorry. I was just so stupid and tried to fill the void inside me by quickly talking to another person.”. Monica’s eyes shed tears, “I hurt my poor Damon because I was just so naive and ignorant about how he felt about the relationship. I have to get back to him”
Monica kneeled down and brought her hands together, “Please genie, please turn me into a beautiful mermaid that can live on the land and sea. Please send me to Damon’s location. I’ll do anything to get him back.”
The genie smiled and clapped her hands. "It is done."
Monica stood there for a moment when she felt something coursing through her legs and lost her balance. She fell to the floor hard.
“Ow! What’s happening?” she yelped and tried to stand back up. Monica couldn’t pull her legs apart. It was as if they were fused together. Looking down at her legs she let out a gasp.
Monica looked down at where her feet should be and all she saw was a tail.
“Is that a tail? A mermaid tail? That can’t be my feet!”, Monica cried. Her human feet were nowhere to be found as two pale red tailfins took their place. Monica could only flap her tailfins when she tried to find the feeling in her toes.
“You’re right, those aren’t your feet anymore. My magic is changing your DNA to become more aquatic. Don’t worry, though. That fall was the only pain you could feel in the transformation. Just sit back and relax.”, The Genie replied.
Monica took a deep breath as the sensations kept getting stronger. Her body took in extra air as gills opened on the sides of her torso. Still, the idea of her becoming a mythical creature kept her heart beating.
The ruby red scales continue to make their way up her legs to her hips. Monica thrashed around trying to get the scales to come off but they didn’t as they just slowly continued to form on her legs. Any semblance of her knees was quickly being lost.
“My breasts feel extremely warm and they also have a tingling sensation.”, Monica looked down and saw that she no longer have a shirt or a bra on. She instinctively used her arms to cover her breasts but as Monica covered her breasts she felt them getting larger.
“Does bigger breasts come with the mermaid tail? I’m confused as to what is going on.”, Monica questioned.
“You said you wanted to be a beautiful mermaid. So I modified your body to not only be aquatic but also bring out parts of your body that would be beautiful to the average merman, such as my master. Which means larger breasts and long hair for you.”
Monica took a sigh of relief and felt something tickle her neck. She touched her neck, which now had gills as well, and felt her hair. Her hair was now blonde and getting longer as her breasts got larger.
“Oh my…”, Monica whispered.
“I know, you’re genuinely becoming very pretty now. Even I’m impressed with how you're turning out. I’m sure you’ll get another chance with Damon in no time.”
“I hope so...", Monica said with a hopeful smile.
The scales finally make their way past Monica's hips up to her waist and they transitioned seamlessly into her skin. The scales stopped, for the most part, as there are a few that go up to her torso but that was it or so she thought.
Monica moved her arms to see how large her breasts got and saw red scales covering only her nipple area.
“I thought more of my breasts were supposed to be covered?”, Monica thought but her complaints soon went away as she looked down and saw her tail. Her new fishy lower body was covered in beautiful ruby red scales in such an amazing pattern that Monica was stunned at how wonderful she looked.
Monica looked at her beautiful new body in awe and was about to thank The Genie when her body was suddenly teleported underwater in the sea.
She flicked her tail in the water and it felt liberating.
“Why does flicking my tail feel so good?”, she thought as she looked at her new surroundings.
Monica suddenly found Damon swimming not too far from where she was. All that was stopping her from talking to her ex-boyfriend was her nerves.
The new mermaid pondered her next move.