Don't worry, I always told myself
Even if no one is on your side,
he will
But what happens if he is
no longer there?
I never thought about that so now am I truly alone?
If only I...

Miracine Seaton

         He did not suspect a thing.  My brother.  I was going off with Melody, Seivon, and Ashton.  Maybe this will get Seivon to finally realize who I am?  But even if he did not maybe I could just try to get him to like this humanic self of mine. 
       Although that would be hard when he might have something for my mermaid self, but then again he could just not at all and I am just imagining things.  Ughhhh things are so complicated.   This is making me go mad.  Does he like me?  I think he does.... I mean he kissed me before, but he kissed Malseania too.

         I was looking over the upstairs window porch thing laying there where I was waiting for the signal that Melody is supposed to give me.  To another I would look like a dead body, but she is taking forever. 
        Soon enough Mivozene will come up here and wonder what I am doing and decide he really wants to spend all day with me along with the rest of the break.

         Then I heard it.  The signal, the text, the whistle, the noise.  Where I am it is located on the back.  This window and below it was a place that nobody would see.  A place to just throw myself in and that is what I did.  I was floating, I was falling deep down into an abyss filled with dark marine and silver salt.  When I came up water spilled from my lungs, but it was just like breathing oxygen to any humanic. 
         I gripped the edge of the land and pushed myself out.  This way Mivozene or Azurine would not hear me leave.  When I felt my fins split, I ran off as fast as those legs would take me.

         "Miracine!" Melody smiled when I arrived.  She hugged me as I met with them.

         "Hi..."I smiled shyly as I put my hands behind me.  I saw Seivon glance at me with a look of something I rarely seen him give.  It was like desire, infatuation, or maybe endearment.  It was almost admiration.  What did that look mean and what was it?  I could only hope it was realization, but something was telling me it was more than that.

           "Miracine look what brings you here!  Isn't it great we are all here happy, celebrating, and ready to travel!" Ashton exclaimed in his usual weird voice.  I noticed he said all even though Kaisa is not here.  That is kinda odd.

          "Umm...Shall we go now?" I asked nervously, "I mean I think we should quickly...before anything else happens.  You know?  And it might leave and you know how the-"

       "What is worrying you Mira?" Seivon finally said something.

        "N-nothing.  Just some matters no one, but me needs to worry about."
         Why is it harder to lie now than ever?  'You cannot hide the truth to one you deeply care for.'  Those words echo in the back of my mind.  It must be true.

        We headed inside to the plane.  We were walking inside when we got to our destinated seats. They were two different rows.  Two by the window and behind it was two others.  As soon as we got the I went to one of the closest window seats and sat there. 
       Seivon looked like her was debating with himself where to sit, but before he could figure out, Melody, to my dismay sat next to me.  I was hoping Seivon was going to, but it is still fine.

         "Too bad Kaisa couldn't join us." Ashton finally spoke up.  Yeah, I am not complaining.  She would probably just tell Mivozene everything because she been secretly working with him and telling him information about whatever I do. 
          There is no other explanation for why they sometimes are together.  And even if she denies it, I know she is lying.  I mean who else would it be?  Ashton?  Ha, that is a joke and Mivozene seems to dislike him greatly.

          "Yeah it is such a shame..." I muttered dripping with coats of sarcasm.

         "You know, I am actually excited.  I cannot wait.  I mean snow?  Christmas?" Melody grinned over at me, "I haven't seen snow in like four years."  I guess she seems happy.  I wonder why they are doing this now?

        I leaned back, "So where are we going exactly?"

         "You'll see.  But don't worry it is not America." I mentally sighed in relief.  "And when we arrive you will know."  Ah surprises, one of a kind thing.

       In front of me was a screen with many options and buttons on it.  I could not figure out what it was.  It had weird options on it:

español
français
deutsche
english
日本
語中文
pоссия

       I must of had a confused expression on my face when Melody reached over and clicked the "english" button.  "It is your language!  You really need to figure out what common sense things mean." She whispered yelled.
      Oh language, but my language is not the humanic language of english.  It is Merphanian.

       After she clicked on it other buttons popped up.  Buttons of different things.  One looked like headphones , another looked like a dvd, one looked like some short movie, and the last two looked like some writing thing and food.

  🎧            💿            🎬           📝      🍽️

Music     Movies     shorts    Fun    Food

        I clicked the "Fun" section and it took me to other options.  I did not know what much of it meant, but I was just clicking everywhere.  And whenever I clicked it made this awful clicking beep noise.  I did not stop until I realize it was asking me a series of questions:

Where are you from?

🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇩🇪 Germany
🇪🇸Spain
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇵🇪 Peru
🇺🇸 United States
🇫🇷 France
🇮🇹 Italy
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇯🇵  Japan
🇨🇳 China
🇷🇺 Russia
🇬🇷 Greece
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

        It showed several flags up and instantly I pressed the first one.  I recognized it too many times to count with all the kiwi fruit and kiwi birds.  Living for the few months I have tried to learn basic things about it.  I used to live in a human country called Australia.

What do you prefer art, sports, reading, or movies?

      Well apparently swimming is a sport I would have to do sports, but in no way would I do anything other than that.

       Choose one land, sky, ocean, or mountains?

     Okay what kind of questions are these?  Regardless I choose ocean.

     Choose one single, dating, married, widowed, or divorced?

What the? 
    Who in the tunafish even asks that to someone?  That is just personal and why go out of your way to just say you are one when you should not make it a big deal.  I quickly exited it by pressing a red 'X'.  Stupid questions.  I kept clicking random buttons again not paying attention.

      "Okay which one of you is doing that?  I know it is not Seivon and you are being insane."  Insane really?

     "Huh?  Oh sorry..." I looked away a bit embarrassed, "This thing just does not make sense." I turned around and saw Ashton actually annoyed....for once.  Keywords being for once.

      "If you're so bored why don't you watch something?" Melody mentions to me, but that was not the case at all.

       "A film?  Why?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows.  "I'm just a bit anxious, okay."

      "Your brother just needs to loosen up a bit, you'll see." Melody tells me calmly as she look out the window towards me.

     "Wow...." I suddenly turn my head and gaped at the window.  Everything was so small.  Down to earth, down below no land was seen.  And the sea it was just vast and blue.
      "The sea is so vast and is distances away.  So far away...and out of a different world, huh?" I sighed as I pressed my hand on the window.  The outside kept my gaze and I could feel them watching me.  I leaned on the window and stayed silent thinking of thoughts to myself.

        However, I heard part of words and phrases that Melody and Seivon we're telling each other.

        "Do you think...."

        "Shhh... I don't know!"

        "Then why don't you-"

           "Melody shush."

          "But I think-"

          "I am heading to see if I can get food and away from you."

          "Oh come on!" Mel lifted up, "Wait Seivon!"

        "He's actually left!" I heard Ash remarked, "Wow Melody did you do him good and you want to discuss it?"

        "What?!  No!" She smacked Ashton.

         "Mhmm yeah, if that what you believe." He laid back into his seat with a bag of popcorn, nonetheless. "Well at least I can finally say I am taking a trip by gorgeous women."

        "Seivon!   Seivon, wait!  Wait for me!" I heard Melody got up to go somewhere probably after Seivon.  I do wonder what that was about.  But before I knew it I leaned my head to the side, and the abyss of dark overtook me.

~~~

        "Mira...." I heard a distant voice.  "Miracine....Oh Miracine." I heard some call me.  What did it want?  Does it not see that I do not want to be be left alone?  I was back at home...
          I was back where everyone believed me and were on my side.  Mivozene was there, Mother, Father, and....
      Why does it not leave me alone?  I had finally opened to realized Seivon.  He was there leaning over to me.  "Are you going to wake up now?"  He simply said.

       "Oh, I am sorry." He was a bit too close especially in this form.  I didn't mind, but it caught me off guard and I was blushing.  "I did not mean to bo-"

     "You weren't bothering me.  I was just waiting and thankfully Melody went ahead with Ashton to not bother me with some uhmmm..." Then he looked at me and he, too, began blushing.
      "Well... never mind." He paused for a moment, but then he quickly smiled so genuinely and gave me every time in the world.  "Come on."

      "Alright." I spoke softly and he led the way.  As we walked there were things I could not help, but notice.  The way he would occasionally glance at me, and when he realized he been caught he would turn away immediately. 
      Then his face would should that humanic expression of red embarrassment.  He would also sneak looks at me and show expressions with secret meanings.  

      When finally we were outside, I noticed the air.   I looked up, he looked up.  He smiled again and I sighed.  "Look!" A coolness were in the air and I felt some sort of white, cold, icy marsh drop from the sky.  I felt tiny droplets fell into my hair.  They sat on the tips of my strings and I felt the cold everywhere I step. 
      "It is snow you know?  You haven't seen or heard of it before, have you?". I shook my head, smiling and admiring the site.
        Wow.  How he know I did not know of it?  So snow?  What an odd name!

         In the distance we saw them.  Ashton and Melody were talking.  They must of been quite happy to ditch me....or us?  I smiled to myself.  I started running towards them...
     Well tried.

     Someone must of thought it was funny and allow gravity to push me off the earth.  Yep, I was flat-faced in the marsh I mean snow. 
      My arms were sprawled out fingertips each inside the cold.  I felt my face feel the frozen of ice and snow.  Behind me I heard something.

     "Pffff hahaha...." Seivon, yes Seivon was laughing.  I guess I will make an exception because it is him. I turned around only realizing snow was everywhere and I was covered.
     I reached out my hand hoping he would take it, in which he does.  Instantly I felt falling into his chest.

      "Stop laughing!" I stepped back once I recomposed myself.  I crossed my arms and looked at him.  I watched him and his sapphire eyes seemed to glow in the snow.  His tanned face seemed paler with the snow. 
     His hair, his beautiful hair seemed to have snow crystals in it.  Wow...  I turned to Melody and Ashton and she seemed to be raising an eyebrow at me.  Of course she was.

      "What is with that face, Melody?" Seivon and I were now closer to Ashton and Melody. 
       She had an amused expression or like she was grinning at a secret only she knew.  Whatever she knew, I was going to find out and it will be faster than three months and still counting.

       "Oh nothing, come on guys I really want to get inside, I am freezing!" Melody was constantly rubbing her hands and arms together as if it would make herself warmer. 
       She was freezing and looked cold as ice.  There were sprinkles of ice in her hair as well.

        "Yeah, Seivon.  Where are we heading?" Ashton suddenly spoke up.

         "There a place my ... Well that I own..." He trailed off with sadness hinted at in his voice, "Since you do not want to spend anything than we can-"

         "Wait hold up!  I never said I didn't want to spend anything." Melody shot him a glare and tried to cross her arms, but was reluctant because of the cold. 
        "I said I hate how you pay for everything and that you were rich."

          "I'm not rich!" Seivon argued back.  "I guess I am just middle amount in the middle class..."

          "How about we just go there for now and go other places once we have right materials for this weather?" I at last spoke up. 
            Everyone seemed to agree with my statement and thus nodded eagerly.  When we arrived at the place, Seivon hit several digits until we were allowed to enter.

           "Sweet warm air, I didn't think I would ever miss you!" Melody sighed when we got to the inside of the place we were headed.  I casually admired the place.  It looked like I was stuck in a time. 
         Everything seemed so still with just amounts of furniture in each place.  Dust collected in the edges and shadows seemed to be cast in the corners.

       "If I had to guess this place looks like it has not been touched in about four years, no?" I turned to Seivon who nodded.  I was right.  Sometimes I feel terrible. 
        I messed up his entire life.  If only I saved his parents, he would been normal, but he is not.  I know he does not show it, but I can tell he refused to think of them and hates how they died.  He wished all three of them would of left the land and perish into the deep sea. 
       Those memories break him, and that why when he thinks of that day he only thinks of me.  He wants to forget everything else.  That is why when I heard what my brother said to him and how he reacted, I knew it had to be true.

        "It is just that we been so busy and lately everything seems more at ease." Melody spoke up.  When she said we I could not help, but feel sadden.
       Did I just come and ruin their friendship, but Melody and I were friends too, right?

      "Should we not of gone here?  I just wonder.... Your parents if I may, they probably would not want you to try to forget them or ignore everything related to them." I told Seivon gently.  I knew how much it hurt him.  He told me once when I was a mermaid.
       "I hope it does not hurt, but I think it would be better if you remember their good and cherish everything about them instead of forgetting everything you knew.  Do not be regretful it was no one fault, so just you can speak about them." Ashton looked at me in shock with his mouth open.  Melody looked over between Seivon and me. 
      Seivon closed his eyes silently as if he was trying to hide every ounce of emotion he had about the topic.  Still, I saw lightness fall from his eyes and he slowly left the room without saying anything.

      "Wait...how did you...." Ashton looked over at me quizzically.

    "Melody told me what my brother said and I just wanted to helped him.  Should I not of done that?" I turned to face both Ash and Mel.

      "He is not mad.  He'd just grieving if any.  He'd come back sometime soon.  Besides he couldn't get mad at someone like you." Melody told me and I was glad. 
      "But in the meantime, maybe we could find some clothes to change into?"
      The words she said echo in my mind:  He couldn't get mad at someone like you.  What did she mean by that?  Whatever it meant, it made me feel good.

       "I was not that cold..." I whispered ignoring my lingering question.

       "Oh, well, we will be back.  Don't worry.  And don't get lost."  Easier said than done Melody. 
        With that they both left the room to get clothes that would be warmer.  It is strange you know.  I mean Winter in December, how odd is that.

      I checked that device and saw two people been trying to contact me.  Mivozene and Kaisa, but I refused to respond.  Mivozene was angry as ever and Kaisa kept trying to get me to talk of where I was.  I closed it and felt my eyelids close.
      I was resting on the pearl-white sofa when I felt another presence in the room.  I pretended to be sleeping when that presence leaned over and caressed my cheek oh so softly.  And I knew who it was.

New Author's Note
I think I can finish this (as in 19 more chapters by the 19 of August), even if it is 7 more days.