Having mulled over everything as she slept last night the idea of becoming Doria’s full-time daughter grew stronger and stronger. And for good reason as Mari remembered everything over her human past.
To Alexia’s mother and step-father the mere idea of childhood including fun and love was a crime worse than murder. From the moment she had been able to walk and talk they had been shoving education down her...
...And when the negative effects on her mental welfare would become apparent to teachers it would get worst. Meri recalled a case when her first Elementary Teacher got involved after seeing the worrying signs and it got physical with the step-father but as he was a prosecutor with connections he framed it as the teacher reacting to him ‘learning’ he was a closet paedophile...
...Then there was a case of a friend she made in middle-school who slowly introduced her to actual yet safe fun who had caring parents. Even inviting Alexia along to a mermaiding performance. And when her parents found out the step-father had the parents arrested on trumped-up made-up child abuse while sending the friend off to some abusive boarding school they called fitting for ‘curing’ abused children.
Even her biological father had fallen to the mother and step-father’s insanity about joy in one’s life. Alexia’s father had been chief editor of a publishing company solely focusing children’s stories. Then her step-father had the entire company charged for selling ‘porn’ on mass to minors and somehow succeeded to convicting them...
...At this point really the choice was clear to Meri.
“I want to be Meri forever” Meri announced to Doria “And I want to be officially adopted by you”. “I’m so glad you agree” Doria happily accepted as she and Meri hugged before firmly asking “But I must state before we start I need to be clear on your human age and statue”. “22 and college student...without a happy childhood” Meri assured “Is that alright?”. “It all depends on you my dear” Doria kindly assured “Now we best go and get the process started”. “OK” Meri agreed: