maybe,' he thought, 'i don't have to be a full fish. I can be part of a fish.'
"Maybe I can be part fish for a hour or so, to see if i like it." he said to himself.
but then, he thought again, and Ultimately, decided on the perfect transformation - a merman.
After all, He couldn't get any more part fish than becoming a merman, could he?
"Yes." he said to himself.
so, without a second thought, He then pulled off his boots and removed his black socks, rolled up the legs of his jeans and put his bare feet into a shallow patch of water at his dock on the beach near his house.
he lowered himself in. the water came up above his knees. he walked up the shallow patch and back to his boat.
then, he stood on the shore, staring longingly at the sea.
then, the tingling began to start. it meant his merman transformation was about to initiate!
Johnny suddenly had an urge to take off his clothing; so he did. He took off his sweater, and cap, then unbuckled his jeans, and pulled them down, boxers and all, and stood, stark naked on the beach.
Then, his legs seemed to give out, and he collapsed to the soft sand.
then, the change began.
he saw that his legs now joined halfway down his thighs, hiding his genitals. then, he felt his genitals recede behind a flap of skin, as if they never existed.
The feet became webbed, and then, the smallest, outward toes became the longest, stretching the membrane between them and the other toes further. While he watched, individual toes faded away, leaving only the webbing surrounded on the outer parts by flesh.
Trying to move, he noticed the joints of his knees were no longer definite and bent in any direction he chose. The separation between his legs continued to close like a zipper and merge into a single column.
Hundreds of goose bumps bulged on the skin of his legs, flattened, and pressed together, forming rough ridges. The scales mostly retained the old skin color, though they were tinted slightly blue. His hair, and beard changed colour, from chestnut brown to seaweedy green, and doubled in length, soon flowing over broad shoulders which seemed much broader than usual.
Once it was all over, he saw his modified legs all at once. For the first time it shocked him to discover that they were a fish's tail.
After a quick inspection he found that the upper portion of his body was unchanged, albeit more muscular than usual. Intuitively this led him to look at his midsection to discover exactly where man met fish. The transition was surprisingly difficult to find, it was gradiated between several inches. In fact, Johnny couldn't view and recognize both sides at the same time, it was too much of a blur. What were scales on one side slowly became the goose bumps he saw earlier, then a few freckles on human skin.
His tail flopped flat, and he found it difficult to lay it straight on the little strip of sand, for his tail was nearly six feet long. In every motion, its heavy mass was revealed. Only in water could he move usefully.
he saw his bare chest as it blended into the tail. He seemed like a single unit, there was no longer any distinction in his eyes. The tail was a part of his torso and his torso was a part of his tail.
He felt the hot sun beating down on his tail, and it was extremely uncomfortable. Instinct told him where he belonged now, and he slid into the sea.
Johnny Fishernon was now a MERMAN!