She bobbed up "Hey, that wasn't nice! What the..." she said, noticing the difference in how her legs felt. She then saw the tail extending from her hips. "My legs! I have tail! I didn't even notice! What did you do to me?"
"Well, indirectly, I turned you into a mermaid. Really, though, the bikini you're wearing turned you into a mermaid. It just needed to get soaked to do it. If you recall, mermaids turn into maidens out of the water," I refreshed her memory.
"You're kidding! If I get out of here, I'll return to normal?" she asked, unconvinced.
"That's what I understand. You're a mermaid as long as you wear the bikini, all of it. Somehow your tail has to turn back into legs and the other half of that bikini. I'm not sure if you have to be submerged or not, though," I replied.
"Well, this is cool. I thought mermaids dove deep under water and could remain there, too."
"I believe so. You're a mermaid, now. I assume you can breath water and everything," I said.
She gave me an uneasy look. "I'm not sure if I can make myself do that," she stated. "That's a big step."
"You have a tail, is water breathing a big step?"
"I have to convince myself to breath in a gulp of water. That isn't very easy," she tried talking herself out of the idea.
"Well, while you convince yourself you are a mermaid, I'm going to get ready to dive." With that, I picked up the shortie and went to the bath house I created for Amanda a few minutes ago.
Inside I found Amanda's bathing suit hung over a towel rack. I held it up and felt the sleek material. It was very smooth. Although I wondered what would happen if I put it on, I refrained from that. I didn't need to be 16. Besides, I was tempted when I enchanted it to make the wearer a 16 year old Amanda. So, I made a wish that it did so.
I put the suit back on the rack. I'd give it a try sometime later. I removed all my clothing and wiggled myself into the shortie. It was a tight fit, but any proper wet suit would be. I zipped up suit somewhat and stepped out.
Amanda wasn't anywhere to be seen. Perhaps she had worked up the confidence to dive under water. I picked up the scuba gear and inflated the BCD a little. A wished a pair of fins and a mask to appear since I had forgotten them. I managed to get them on my feet. The mask I perched over my eyes and nose. I reached for the BCD, shuffled to the edge of the pool, and lifted the BCD and tank of air into place. I tightened the straps a little and made sure the regulators were in the right place.
I still wasn't sure where Amanda was but the pool looked clear when I dove in with a classic front step into the pool. The splash announced my arrival in the water. I made sure I had my orientation, adjusted the air in the BCD and breathed out. Slowly I sank into the water.
I saw Amanda, floating above the bottom of the pool. She was upside down. She didn't move much. I grew more concerned as I approached her and she didn't move. When I was 10 feet away and still didn't see her moving, I pushed myself harder to get to her. I even readied my spare regulator for her to breath.
I floated under Amanda and she smiled. Her chest moved in and out slowly and I concluded she was breathing water without a problem. She appeared to talk but all I heard was high pitched clicks. I had no idea what she was saying. She then came down on me and pinned me on the ground. She was incredibly strong and I could not work my way free. She kept me at bay, holding my arms out. She repeatedly kissed my mask. She kept smiling. I thought she had lost her mind.
Amanda let go of my right arm. With her left hand, she kept trying to knock my regulator loose. I panicked when she did knock it out of my mouth. I wished myself back to the edge of the pool. My watery world was replaced by air and I coughed a little getting the water out of my mouth. I began to wonder if Amanda had lost her mind or she was too much a mermaid.
Amanda surfaced at the opposite side of the pool. She looked around and quickly swam to me. Staying in the water, she asked, "Hey, why did you do that?"
"You were trying to remove my respirator. I panicked when it came out of my mouth. Are you crazy?" I concluded.
With that, the smile slipped from her face. "NO! I wanted to kiss you," she replied angrily. She then dove underwater and disappeared from view.
'She wanted to kiss me?' I recalled her words. Then I remembered her thinking about kissing a man and turning them into a merman. I had really upset her.
I checked my gear and reentered the water. I looked throughout the pool. I saw her in a corner of the pool. She saw me and curled up in the corner. When I approached, she quickly swam off away from me. I couldn't touch her as she had a more natural, adapted body for the water. I again tried to catch her. She stuck her tongue out at me and swam away.
I got desperate and made a wish.