Ocean Blue [Closed]

The moon seemed brighter than normal. It's pale rays pushing themselves through the first few feet of the ocean surface. From where she was swimming, it looked peaceful, calm, but on the surface, it was destructive. A raging storm hit the area, causing harsh waves, harsh wind, and harsh rain. It was not fun for anyone on the water. Melody felt a shift in the water's current as she swam along. It hit her and she stopped swimming along. She knew she wasn't allowed back at the surface of the ocean, so she swam just beneath it. Another shift and she was hit hard. A new current created by the storm above the surface of the sea was making it's way through. It caught her. She screamed as the water twirled her about, not allowing her to gain any leeway. It pushed and pulled her along, her petite body being thrown about. Finally, it pulled her to the surface right as a wave slammed down over her head. Thankfully being able to breathe under water allowed her to keep a lot more calm than a human would.

Melody was being pulled farther and father away from home. She was frightened, but she wanted to be free. Being thrashed around like a doll worried her, but returning to her oppressive Father was just as bad. She began to let the waves carry her. Larger one's threw her about, tossing her body back down into the water as she came closer and closer to shore. Another wave caught her. It grew, pulling her up above the ocean's surface. She went higher and higher until finally the wave came down in a hard crash, breaking over rocks and sending the small mermaid down into the hard surfaces she was not used to. Her body scraped along the jagged edges of land. She was pulled in and out through the crevices until finally a wave hard enough to get her far enough in broke over the rocks as well. Melody was sent streaming through the water until her body slid along a cold, wet, grainy surface. She laid there in pain, breathing heavily. Another wave came down over the shore, pushing her just a bit farther onto land.

Melody pushed herself up and began to crawl. She came to the dry grainy sands of what was called a beach, though she was unaware of the name, and fell. She did not move, too tired from her harsh journey. She looked around and saw no one. It didn't look like many humans came to this beach. She would be safe to rest. Melody laid on her side, her fin curled up to her chest. She closed her eyes and the small girl waited there till morning, falling asleep the moment she felt comfortable enough to do so.

Melody's eyes shot open and she sat up. Her movements were quick, but odd, as if she weren't normally connected with the lower half of her body. She hadn't even noticed the pink haired woman yet. Staring out at the ocean, she tilted her head to the side and blinked her curiously wide ocean colored eyes a couple times. A smile slowly crept onto her lips. She looked down to her fin and realized it was no longer a fin. Her eyes widened more, pleased with this. She looked back to the ocean, then to her fin, to the ocean, to her fin. And with a sudden burst of excitement, she threw her arms into the air and let out a cheerful squeak. "Ahh! I did it! I did it! Hehehehe." Out of the corner of her eye, she saw something pink and that it was really close to her. She turned toward it and tilted her heard. "You're a human, aren't you?" she asked and then reached out toward the woman's hair. She ran her fingers through it, smiling. "It's not with water... Wet. It's not wet." she said happily, scooting toward the woman even more, completely disrespecting the idea of personal space, but she didn't understand that stuff yet.

"These are so weird..." she looked toward her legs when she realized how difficult it was to move them. She poked both of her legs, them twitching when she felt them so differently. She stuck out her tongue and tried wiggling her toes. She ended up moving her whole foot. She tried again and succeeded. Throwing her hands in the air again, she felt a sharp pain along her back and fell. "Ow!" she winced. She tried to look back, but couldn't see anything. "It hurts. Why is it hurting?" she asked the pink haired woman. Tears began welling up in her eyes. There was a large bruise and a few small cuts through out the bruise along the left side of her back. She was bleeding, but lightly. She'd be alright, but she hadn't felt pain before. Melody reached out toward the woman, "Help me. It's hurting!"

"Have you never seen your own legs before?" the woman asked and Melody immediately shook her head, treating the situation like it were nothing. "Only once, but Papa took me back before I could do anything with them." she explained innocently. Melody was really just a cute little bucket of energy at the moment, but that changed when a pain in her back confused and scared her. She knew what hurt was, but had never really felt it, especially this big. She had gotten her fin caught under a rock one time, but it was tiny pain. Why was this hurting so much? She began to cry, asking and begging the woman to help her. "C'mon, let's get you something to eat and something to wear." Melody calmed down a little because it sounded like the woman was going to help her. Tears still fell from her once dried cheeks, but her expression changed from pain to curiosity. "Wear?" she repeated the word, not sure what that was supposed to mean, "I didn't take my Human Behaviors Class, so I have no idea what that means."

"Can you walk?" Melody looked to Solas' hand confused. "Walk? Nuh'uh. I never learned. Can you teach me?" Melody replied with a shake of the head as she grabbed Solas' hand with both of hers and began looking around the entire thing, examining it. "What are you giving me this for?"

Poor Melody didn't know how stupid she must have seemed to this woman. Her naivety was cute, but very odd to someone who might not have understood she lived in the sea. This woman was one of those people. One thing Melody could understand was facial expressions and that dull one she had just got made her feel like she had done something stupid. Melody looked to her hand, wondering if that was the problem. The woman came near her and knelt down. "My dear, please do what I say here. I'll teach you to walk--but first, we need to find you clothing and food. I don't know... how it is wherever you are from, but people need clothing to not be lambasted by those around them." Melody nodded. She needed clothes. Since she wasn't actually stupid, just ignorant of the world above the sea, she was able to put two and two together. She needed something like what this woman had wrapped around her.

"So this is wear?" she tugged gently on the woman's clothing, "Putting something over your body?" It was a simple question, though one that not many would ever hear often. "Wrap your arms around my shoulders, and try to pull yourself up onto my back. If you can do that, then try and hook your legs on my hips." Melody understood shoulders and arms. She did take her Human Anatomy Class. She nodded to the woman and waited for her to turn around. Once she did, Melody wrapped her arms around her shoulders and held on tight, but not too tight as to choke her. It took her a second, but Melody was also able to get her legs wrapped around the woman as well. "This is much more convenient than a fin..." she said as she clung to the woman. "My name... is Solas, by the way." Melody's eyes brightened up. Since she didn't take her Human Behaviors Class, she was unaware of whether they had names up here. "I have a name too, it's Melody." she said happily, with a bright smile, "So where are we going to get clothes and food?"

"Ah, that confirms it..." Solas said and Melody looked to her confused. She didn't know what was confirmed, but wasn't curious enough to ask. She was more concentrated on keeping her legs wrapped around Solas. They were strange to control. Two fins instead of one is what she thought it would be like, but she was wrong. She had feet, which worked nothing like a fin. The two of them introduced themselves to the other and Solas attempted to explain exactly where they were going. "Yeah, we have cities and things like that." Melody nodded, assuming Solas had known exactly what she was this entire time. "People are probably going to give us strange looks as we walk past, but it's the only way that we can get you some proper clothing. And then I'll have to teach you to walk, and..." Melody heard the mumble, but wasn't able to make it out. She assumed it was about being stared at by people. Luckily, Melody's hair was long enough that it reached completely down her back and farther.

"For now, let's just focus on the now. Hold yourself close to my body so that your front is covered up, and try not to be too friendly. Some people... are bad. And these bad people will do bad things to young girls like you. Especially without clothes." That one confused Melody a lot. "What do clothes do to make the difference?" Melody asked, "Are they some kind of human armor?" Realizing that if clothes were indeed some sort of armor, she was quite defenseless right now. She held herself as close to Solas as possible, her bust pressing quite firmly up against her back. "But I'll protect you, okay?" Solas said and Melody felt a little better. "Thank you." she said sweetly, but her hold did not loosen at all. They did get stares and guards questioned, but Solas came up with convincing half-truths to tell them. Melody really didn't know where she was, so it's not like Solas was lying. Melody would look so shy and nervous, because she was, and just wave at the guards while hiding behind Solas' shoulder. This all worked pretty well.

Finally, they made it to some sort of room and Melody was set down on the bed. The moment her butt hit the fabric, she became fascinated. She laid back on it and rubbed her back against it, giving her breast a little innocent wiggle as she did so. "This is so soft." Melody turned over and destroyed the previously made bed by wrapping herself up in the top blanket, "Does this count as clothes? I don't think so, no one else wore this armor." Melody sniffed the blanket when she realized it smelled different. She had never smelled something like that before and it was amazing! "So... I didn't actually think your kind were real. How did you grow legs?" Melody raised on of her legs and wiggled the toes. "We're real alright. Just as real as you humans and elves are." Melody replied, rubbing her cheek against the blanket, "And I dried up. A mermaid is never fully dry, but when it happens, we turn into humans. Papa doesn't like humans, so he tried keeping me away." Melody scooted to the edge of the bed, got to her feet, and fell.

"So how do you humans do this? It's odd."

"Well, we learn when we're babies. We watch our parents and other people doing it, and when our legs are strong enough we try it. Your legs are already strong enough, you just don't have the knowledge yet... Maybe we can bring in some of your previous experiences. How did you learn to swim? Did your parents teach you, or did you just know how?"

"Papa says we all learn the moment we're born." She was watching Solas closely. Well, she was watching her legs and how she moved closely. Melody paid close attention to how each leg was used to balance the upper part. They were never perfectly together, always spread just a bit. That was where her first mistake came in. She was used to having one, not two, so when she stood, she kept her legs so close together she couldn't keep her balance. "Balance..." she mumbled and looked down to her feet. She spread them apart just enough and slowly pushed herself back up. She was able to stand and was no longer falling, at least for that moment. She was heavier while out of the water, so she wasn't able to find her center. She began falling forward, but her legs seemed to react naturally. She took a step, but kept falling. She took another step and ended up falling right into Solas. Out of reflex, she wrapped her arms around Solas to prevent herself from hitting the floor and then looked up to the woman with an innocent smile.

"I almost got it." she said with a cheerful tone. She brought one of her hands up to Solas' shoulders and used her as leverage to bring her feet back under her and stand again. "Sorry..." she said, feeling guilty for using her like that, but she was finally standing. She wasn't losing her balance either. Keeping on hand on Solas' shoulder, Melody looked down to her feet and began putting on in front of the other, walking around Solas in circles. At first she was a little awkward, looking as if she would fall over a few times, but it didn't take long for her to adjust. A couple minutes of that and Melody was able to say that she could walk like a semi-normal person. "Hehehe. I can do it!" Melody cheered and hopped a little. When she realized what she did, she looked down to her feet again and repeated the motion. "What's that called?" she said, jumping a couple more times, but a little higher than before. One thing she did learn about humans; they named practically everything. Humans were where a lot of mermaid knowledge came from.

"Better you use me for this than something breakable," That caught Melody off guard. She looked at Solas with the most curious expression ever, her blue eyes wider than had ever been before, but with this strong sense of shock behind it. "Do humans not break?" she asked in the most serious tone a cute little thing like her could muster, "I wonder if I cou-... I'm technically not human, so I doubt that I don't break." She shook the thought off and continued her practicing with her legs. Soon, she was able to actually walk around, though she was a little wobbly. She was even able to discover jumping, something that humans were obviously quite used to. When she thought about it, this was something she did as a mermaid too, but it's a little different. It usually meant you were popping out of the surface of the water and falling back in. She jumped around as high as she could for a little bit, realizing that something was a little heavier here. She looked to her chest in irritation. "These things out of water are a pain in the fin."

"Alright, we need to get you some clothing now... but it's going to be hard; I don't know your sizes, and I can't just take you to buy clothing naked." Melody tilted her head. She was able to put two and two together. Humans came in different shapes and sizes, so they probably needed different sizes for clothing. She was on the smaller side, so a small would likely do. She didn't need or want anything to fancy either; she had to be able to blend in with everyone. Solas began touching her, which Melody didn't mind. The moment Solas touched her side though, she twitched and giggled. "I might be able to do it. Also, I need to make sure. How exactly do you turn back into a mermaid? You have to get wet? I might buy you dresses or skirts, just in case." Melody just nodded. She didn't know what a dress or a skirt was, but that would work, as long as she had the correct armor. Melody randomly gave Solas a tight hug, "Thank you for helping me. I'm glad to know Papa was wrong about humans. At least some of you are nice. So where do I get the armo-.. clothes?" Melody put on a smile and began moving around again to practice walking.

"Alright then." Melody replied to having to stay here, but what was she going to do? She didn't know what was technically edible in this world. For all she understood, these people ate the green stuff that grew on the ground like she often saw animals doing. Grass is the name of that stuff, if she remembered correctly. Melody waved as Solas left the room and then looked around. What do do? What to do? She sat on the bed, wiggling her toes. They felt funny to her. She then began walking around and learning to keep her balance as well. "Having legs is so weird..." she said as she kicked on of her legs out and wiggled it a bit. She looked down to her chest again, narrowing her eyes. She wasn't used to her breasts actually having much weight to them. She wasn't used to her body having much weight, but the breasts bothered the most because of when she wanted to jump. She felt like they were pulling on her body and didn't like it. "I need to find clothing so that doesn't happen." she mumbled and walked over to a closet. 

Melody saw a lot of fabric, and began pulling on them. Many of them fell toward her, causing her to jump back in a quick 'eep'. She tilted her head and it began. By the time Solas returned, Melody was stuck under a mountain of blankets. She was trying her best to get out of them, but was like a dog trying to find his way out of a paper bag. She began rolling along the floor, but ended up wrapping herself in blankets that she couldn't see laying there. "Come out, Melody, I have clothing for you." Melody whined a little as she began ripping the blankets from her body. "I'm stuuuck." she gave the dullest expression that she could muster, irritated at her current situation. It was like getting stuck in the sea weed while the current kept pulling you in and out. How frustrating. Once she finally got out of it though, she gave a sweet smile toward Solas and then looked toward the stuff that was brought in. "So I'm going to have clothing too now, huh?" Melody went and grabbed at a few things, wondering what some of them were for.

Melody was stuck in the clothing long enough that she didn't notice Solas undressing until she was done. Melody looked at the pink haired women, tilting her head to the side as she examined this other humans body. Once Solas returned with her own clothing, Melody found herself reaching out toward Solas, placing both of her hands on the woman's sides and patting her, as if to mimic what Solas did when figuring out Melody's size. "So what size are you?" she asked, but wasn't really answered. "So when you're ready, I'll show you how to put clothes on." Melody looked at the piece of clothing she was showing her and watched Solas demonstrate. "Underwear... So you put it under what you wear?" Melody blinked and then nodded, "Simple enough. Makes sense." Melody copied what Solas did and smiled, turning herself to the side to see how it looked on her backside. "I have a human ass now too." Melody said, referring to it by what she heard other's refer to it as before, deciding to shake her butt a little bit, but in an innocent manner.

"This is a dress. It goes over your body, like so." Solas demonstrated again and Melody copied her just like before. She blinked a couple of times and smiled once she had her 'armor' on and looked to Solas. "How does it look? Do you think I will blend in with everyone?" Melody spun around a couple of times, looking down at her own dress with a smile on her face. It was then that Melody's stomach growled at her. "I need something to eat." Melody said as she put her hands over her stomach. Mermaids ate just like humans did. The only thing she was nervous about was what humans ate. She had heard so many stories about humans taking fish from the sea and making something called chips with them or sandwiches. That is one thing that she could never do. "I can never eat a fish." Melody gave Solas a warning look. She wasn't judgmental. She understood that ever culture had it's own ways of eating, so she wasn't going to try and insult. She just hoped there were other things up here besides fish to eat.

Putting on sandals was a little different than mimicking Solas with clothing. Melody was confused about the explanation until she looked at both of the bottom of her feet. She grabbed her ankles and brought both of her feet up to look at the bottom, proving to be quite flexible. Of course, after a moment or two of study, Melody was able to figure it out for this pair of sandals. She had no idea about the existence of heels, sneakers, or boots just yet. Once she got the sandals on, the feeling of weight on her feet through her off a bit. They were almost uncomfortable, but it was something she knew she would have to get used to. She stared down curiously at her feet for a while, wiggling her toes with the sandals on. "Let's go get... pizza. That'll be a good experience." That caught her attention. It was a strange word. "Pizza? Is that another type of clothing or is it the food we were wanting?" she asked. "Pizza is a big round thing of dough with toppings--and I'll be sure not to get any anchovies on there. I'll introduce you to bacon instead~" "Food. Okay." she confirmed and followed Solas out with an excited smile.

Melody had no idea how far they would have to travel to find this dough with toppings, but she followed quietly. When people passed her by, she had this tendency to stare for a moment and then just smiled bright enough to ease any awkwardness people would feel. Everyone here was so dry. She wasn't used to seeing everyone with their hair so fluffy and light. The clothing people wore was interesting as well, but what caught Melody the most were the buildings. As they passed by the shops, she often tried taking better looks, but had to keep following Solas. After a few minutes of travel, Solas lead her into a place that smelled odd. It wasn't a bad odd either, but the place carried an aroma she was not familiar with at all. She was sat down on some semi-bouncy wide thinga-ma-bob and couldn't help but use her new found butt and leg muscles to force herself to bounce a little bit. She giggled, but stopped when Solas walked off. While Solas was off, Melody's attention went to strange containers with a lot of holes at the top. One of these had a strange smell to it, so she put it right under her nose and took in a great big whiff, causing something that felt similar to sand to fly into her nose.

"Eep!" she covered her nose and mouth, feeling something odd. This strange tickling sensation that began driving her insane. She rubbed her nose for a mere second before she let out a high-pitched sneeze. It wasn't too loud, but the cute sounds caught a few people's attention. A few moments later, it happened again and she felt a little scared. Something was wrong with her. Solas returned a few moments after and put a slice of triangle shaped something on a plate in front of her. She assumed it was pizza, but that's not where her mind was at the moment. "I made sure that it had nothing from the sea on it." Melody nodded and waved a hand while the other was held over her mouth and nose. "It tickles and makes me squeak and I don't like it. Am I sick?!" Melody asked and a moment later she let out another sneeze. She curled up a bit on the booth and whined, unsure of what she should do.

Melody would now be caught rubbing her nose every now and then, trying to get the tickle sensation to stop. After a while it finally did, and the pizza arrived. Melody stared at it, poking at her slice. She blinked a few times as the strange yellowy-white stuff sunk into the rest of it. "You humans eat odd food." Melody mumbled, but knew that undersea food was probably not something they'd be used to. Melody suddenly shrugged it off and picked up her slice of 'pizza', copying the way Solas showed her and took her first bite. Her first bite was a bit bigger than she probably should have taken in. Feeling something so solid roll around her mouth was odd. After a bit, she got used to it.

"Not bad." she said as she finished a bite. She had sauce along her left cheek. "I like the red part of it the best... The water-like stuff, not the other stuff on top of it, but the stuff under the yellow slop. Cheese, if I remember the name correctly." Once the two of them were done eating, Melody stretched and suddenly tensed. A look of confusion and pain came on her face as she held her stomach. "Uh... Heavy..." she said and winced a bit, "I take it this is what it's like to not have water holding you up? You actually have to feel the weight hit you as you're eating..." Melody giggled a little at the thought, "So is there anything you want to do? A place you need to go? You're the human..."