Trying to keep up with the updates because I'm in Singapore on a school excursion  . I am on the plane there writing this and am super tired so please forgive me if there are mistakes.
ChoclateyClaire 🍫

Miara's POV 

I hadn't realized how deep we were until we had to swim to The Winds. Then again, that could just be it feeling like a long swim because of the horrible circumstances it was under. Jocasta had been crying the whole way, leaning on my shoulder for support.

I'd only been up here once, on a school excursion,  and I had forgotten how beautiful but bleak it was. There was nothing but beautiful electric blue skies and ethereal winds. On this  occasion I knew  it would be different, as Alchitâe would take Sabas's soul into her realm. We hadn't seen that on our school trip for obvious reasons. We reached the surface, keeping our tails in the water for oxygen,  and Eleckra began to speak.

" We come to celebrate the life of Sabas. I didn't know him very well but he saved us all. He took my sacrificial dagger instead and plunged it into his own heart. He is the reason we succeded in banishing Tempeste from Aquata. Do not sing our praises, we have sacrificed nothing compared to him. Instead, sing the praises of the courageous young merman who laid down his life for us. Would anyone epse like to say something, before I release his soul from his mortal body?" She asked solemnly, the emotion on her face was as clear as day.

Jocasta swum forwards, towards Sabas's body.  "I would. Sabas and I had been together for a year and a half, and we had a massive fight. It was for the stupidest of reasons, I can't even remember what it was about now, but it was horrible. A couple of days after I started having dreams. Dreams about a fresh start, in a different kind of town. Where things were done differently. And I convinced Sabas to join me and turn over a new leaf. If he were here today I would want him to know how much I wanted that fresh start. I love you Sabas. " With that she pressed her lips against his and golden strands of light emerged ,without the help of Eleckra's dagger , and we watched Sabas's soul be embraced by the winds.

It was a truly beautiful sight to behold. The beams of warm light a stark contrast against the bleak night and misted winds. We got to witness his soul's first steps into the after life, as he was greeted by Alchitâe into her realm. She took him into her arms and the image faded into mist.

We waited until his body had fully dissolved until we left.
With teary eyes and heavy hearts we departed from the surface. The mood was that kind of sweet sad that haunts you but at the same time comforts you. It stayed with us for a long time.