The 2 fishes spent the afternoon in the sea, swimming around underwater, and leaping out the water like a pair of dolphins.
Eventually, the 2 of them stopped for a rest.
Then, they turned themselves back into humans.
Ezekial shut his eyes, swam quickly in a circle, and there was a flash of light, and, within seconds, Johnny and he were back to normal (and thankfully clothed) humans.
“You know,” Johnny said, “I’Ve kinda been wondering, how are you able to turn me and yourself into fish?”
“Well,” Ezekial said, “that be a dark deadly secret. Ye promise not to tell anyone?”
“My lips are sealed.” Johnny said.
“Ye see,” Ezekial said, “a while ago, long before you or me were even born, our father, he struck down a nasty sea witch, who threatened to sink the boat he took on it's final voyage.”
“You mean the S.S. Mudskipper?” Johnny asked his brother. Ezekial nodded.
“but,”, he said, “in her final moments, she struck him with her deadliest curse - the curse to give people the power to turn others, and himself, into fish."
"Wow." Johnny said.
"Yup." Ezekial said. "Dad, at first, found it all bizarre, until one day, he actually started turning into a fish. At first he had no control, but he soon learnt to control his transforming curse."
"and," he added, "it passed on to me and you."
Johnny's jaw dropped. he had the power to transform into a fish all along, and he hardly knew it.
"Yep." Ezekial said. "You gained the power to transform yourself at will, and I have the power to transform myself and others. I had just barely kept me power as a secret from you, And yer wife, of course.”
“That,” He said, “Is be why I not tell ye about me secret powers. Besides, I mostly call this a blessing, not a foul curse. Ye do know where I’m going with this, matey?”
“Yes, yes I do.” Johnny said. “Don’t worry, brother. You kept this secret, and I will keep it too. But you will have to tell my wife and son eventually.”
Ezekial nodded grimly.