Helanie:
I heard Jenny scream and run toward the edge of the deck. I followed her and all the other students did too. The trainers, at this point, were in their rooms, so it would take a while before they ca.
"I’ll go and tell them," Gavin said, rushing back toward where our professors’ rooms were.
At the sa ti, I began to notice sothing.
"Oh no," I uttered. The water was already pulling, but then black circles started forming around him.
"Those are sharks!" one of the girls scread.
"Oh my Goddess! one of us is going to be eaten by a shark!" Lucy yelled very dramatically. I grunted at her but couldn’t shut her down because we did not have ti to focus on so crazy one.
Even though Lamar could swim, I could tell he was struggling. That’s when I had to make a tough decision. I couldn’t let my friend die.
"Helanie, no!" I heard Norman scream as he rushed down the stairs. I shook my head, ran to the edge, and climbed over. I felt Penn grab my hand, but I pulled free and jumped straight into the water, right where Lamar was.
Monts later, I heard more splashes, that’s when I knew others had jumped in too. Norman, Emt, Kaye, and Maximus, all four of them were now in the water with . I looked around and saw Lamar. He was trying to swim, but the current was so strong it made it hard for any of us to move.
Norman, Emt, Kaye, and Maximus were stronger than the rest of us, so they managed to swim toward him. That’s when a shark swam past the rest, grazing Norman’s arm. I almost scread. Then I watched another shark co to Emt.
Sothing surged in . There were too many sharks. There was no way any of us were getting out alive. None of us could shift or use our wolf powers in the water.
And that’s when I rembered sothing Kesha had said,
"Are you powerful enough to fight a water monster?"
Sothing flipped inside . I felt my body move, almost without my knowledge or my permission. My muscles started to ache. Ti seed to stop.
At first, I thought the pain would tear apart. My legs burned, twisted, and shimred under the water. I gasped, but no sound ca out, only bubbles. It felt like the ocean was wrapping around , pulling close, like it had been waiting for all along.
And then sothing changed.
The pain lted into warmth. A strange, glowing energy filled my body. My skin tingled. My legs weren’t legs anymore. They were one, replaced with smooth, strong tail with shining scales that glowed silver and red.
I felt lighter. Freer. My hair floated around like silk, and I could hear the water singing a lody I knew
My heart wasn’t racing in fear anymore. It was steady and calm. I was no longer fighting the water. I was part of it. I looked down and saw the tail, my tail, swaying gently behind .
I wasn’t drowning.
I was transforming.
I was becoming who I truly was.
A rmaid.
And for the first ti in my life, I felt strong.There was no ti for shock. I had to act quickly.
I swam through the water, moving between my mates and Lamar, and then I stopped. As I pulled my arms apart, the water responded. Waves ford and surged outward, crashing into the sharks. They backed off.
Then I noticed sothing strange, they were listening to . I locked eyes with one of them, then moved my hands slowly, motioning for them to swim away. And they did. Almost like they were obeying .
As the sharks disappeared into the deep, I turned to look at my mates. The look in their eyes was pure shock. My scales were so bright they reflected shimring lights across their faces, almost three different colors, dancing across the water. I could feel it too, my whole body was glowing, radiating light like the ocean had lit a fire inside .
But that’s the last thing I rember before my vision blurred and I started to lose my consciousness.
And just before everything went dark, I saw all four of my mates, and Lamar swimming toward , calling out, trying to reach .
"All hail the Queen of Arthendel."
I heard the chanting over and over again, echoing around .
When I opened my eyes, I found myself sitting on a beach, surrounded by unfamiliar faces. Their features were blurred, but deep down, I knew who they were.
I tried to stand, but I couldn’t. My body felt heavy, and I could only sit.
That’s when I noticed my rmaid tail. Long, elegant, covered in glistening scales. My hair was platinum blonde but they were so long that I could not see the end of them, and even my hands shimred with light.
I looked up at the sun shining directly on , almost like it was welcoming back.
"Our Queen is back. Our Queen is finally here," one of the n said, bowing low.
"I don’t understand," I whispered, watching the crowd gather around and lower themselves to the ground.
Then, through the foggy air, a massive ship erged on the horizon, weathered sails billowing like sothing out of another ti.
"See? Our Queen is back. We will once again beco a land, a community, a people who deserve to live," one of them said.
"Helanie, are you okay? Helanie, wake up."
Suddenly, the dream began to fade? Or was it a dream?
I slowly opened my eyes to find myself soaking wet. I wasn’t in my room. I saw Norman’s bag by the wall, and that’s when I realized he had brought to his room.
My friends were nearby, checking on with worry in their eyes. The brothers stood off in the corner, pale and shaken, like they’d seen a ghost but were trying to hold it together. Lamar was quiet too, his lips pressed tightly like he was hiding sothing from .
And then it all ca back to .
Everything.
I was a fucking werewolf.
And a fucking rmaid.
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