“How about we finish the BBQ at my house.” Said Beverly however as soon as Whitney had disappeared back into the water, they realized that the cove which they had set off from only a few hours ago was gone. The only land in sight were a few low islands which hadn’t been there before.
“Shit…didn’t she say we where now in her world?” inquired Tosh
“Ya…” said Damon as he looked around at the empty stretches of the sea.
Over the next couple of hours, they attempted everything they could think of to find a way back home. Cell phones had no reception, all radio calls went unanswered and GPS wasn’t working at all. They had sailed in the direction they had come, nothing was the same. The water looked different, they spotted a few more small islands but none of them was the same as they had seen before. They saw a lot of mermaids and merman of different types and some sea monsters as well. A giant turtle the size of a blue whale had surfaced only a few hundred yards off from their ship. Finally as it was getting dark they dropped anchor off a small island.
“I just checked the fuel, we have maybe a day more worth of fuel.” Said Tosh “And our food is only slightly better we where not thinking we would be out for long.”
“I think we should try to go on to one of those islands tomorrow.” Offered Beverly
“I agree, it is a risk but we need to see if we can find something to help us.” Said Samantha “Besides if the boat is just sitting it isn’t using gas right?”
“Not really, we have a small solar system for the refrigerator and the like.” Confirmed Tosh
“Alright tomorrow we search an island.” Confirmed Jule as darkness began to quickly fall, it was rather beautiful sunset.
It was in the middle of the night, when he decided to do it. Leaving the cramp cabin area behind he walked onto the deck. The sea was calm with only small gentle waves lapping against the side of the ship.
He took out the small crystal that Whitney had given each of them and held it up in the moonlight, the crystal caught the moonlight and went into the sea.
It didn’t take long.
A couple of minutes later, Whitney surfaced at the end of the ship and looked up at him for a moment. Then with a wave of her hand the water came up in a column raising itself to the same level as the boat.
“Good evening my child.” Said Whitney
“Sorry for calling you so late.” Apologized Damon
“I come whenever one of my children need me.” Explained Whitney “You wish to come to the sea, but don’t want the others to pressure you to refuse the sea.”
“Possibly.” Said Damon as he looked around to make sure, that no one aside from the two of them where around. “I have a question to ask before I say yes or no.”
“Of course.” Said Whitney in a very motherly tone. “Feel free to ask me anything?”
“You said you used your tentacles as tools to transform people…can you shape someone into what they want?” inquired Damon with hope in his voice.
“Yes, and no.” answered Whitney “I can and will mold you into a creature of the sea, but it is the creature you are in your heart and soul as well. You become clay in my hands and tentacles and I can guild the process and change it a bit but not fully.”
“I don’t understand.” Said Damon
“Mermaids and merman come in many different forms.” explain Whitney as she raised her hand and the water took form into the image of a classic merperson from a movie, then it changed to a more shark like merperson, then an eel like merperson, a lionfish mermaid and so on. “I can guild the change, but if in your soul you need an eel like tail I can’t give you a shark like tail. As one of my children told me after they where transformed I can’t fit a square peg in a round hole. I can modify tail color, hair color and the like, that is easy.”
“I don’t care about any of that.” said Damon in frustration.
“Tell me child, I can’t answer your question unless I know the question.” said Whitney
“I just broke up with my girlfriend, because she found out not only am I bi sexual but I am trans…I know deep down I while I was born a boy, my soul is a girl.” Whispered Damon lowering his head, attempting to hide. Then he felt one of Whitney’s technical on his shoulder and a sense of care washed over him. He hadn’t noticed that the bare breasted mermaid had gotten so close and was pressing her forehead against his.
“My dear child, making you into a daughter of the sea will be easy if your soul is that of a women.” Reassured Whitney “I would welcome you just as much as a daughter of the sea as I would as a son of the sea.”
“It will be?” said Damon looking up into her eyes.
“Of course, do you want to become a Daughter of the sea now?” inquired Whitney as the water around her began to glow, "Step into the sea, and you will be reborn."
“Damon!?” yelled a voice as Damon turned to see his friends near the cabin of the boat looking at him.
What will Damon choice.