Chapter 1:
It all started when i was fourteen. I won't forget this dream so easily and, although it wasn't more wonderful then my "Makaio" dreams, it was very important to discover who i was and to accept my destiny.
I was (apparently) diving into a dark sea abyss. I felt fear growing inside me, but also a very disturbing peace that i couldn't understand. Was my wish until so far to die? I had a lovely family, a small group of great friends, high notes… why on earth would i want to die? In that moment, i understood. Him! I knew that he would never love me like i do. Why would he love me? He was a genius (just like his father), kind, supportive, a hell of a soccer player, everything that make the girls at my school follow him everywhere. Why the Hell would he love ME?
It was in the middle of those thoughts that an intense light appeared. My arms started to protect my eyes of that shine, but then the light started to gain a woman's shape. She was very beuatiful. She had long, blonde hair; a pair of aqua blue eyes and a golden scepter on her right hand. To cover her, she had a long white dress:
- Who are you? – i asked her
- I'm Aqua Regina, the Ocean Goddess, and you are the prince of The Silver Kingdom.
After she introduced herself, a very powerful glow started to invade my body. It was so warm and heart melting. Like a passionate hug. And then, the glow disappeared. I looked down and saw a very strange thing. Instead of my two legs, i saw fins. Silver fins!
- What this is supposed to mean? – i asked her again - Please, answer me! What do you want?
- Ask your father. He will help you. – told me the goddess, as she started to fade way, like she was dying.
- PLEASE! DON'T GO! – i yelled.
I woke up sweating a lot. I was alone in my room and my father was sleeping next door. After that dream, i couldn't go back to sleep because i was thinking about it's meaning.
In the next morning (Sunday morning, to be exact), i went to the kitchen to eat breakfast with my father: orange juice, toasted bread with butter and three cookies. I didn't know why, but there was a very tense atmosphere between me and dad. Until he spoken his first words of the day:
- Do you want to talk about it? – he asked
- About what? – i awnsered, knowing that he noticed i had a really bad night.
- Your dream! Better yet, your vision!
I almost choked on my buttered toast:
- What do mean by "vision"?! Do you know what's going on?!
My father's eyes never left mine, like he was afraid of telling truth about this dream. Anyway, the goddess told me to asked him what should i do:
- I think it's time to you to know about your origins, Anthony!
My father started to tell me that, in the first place, i wasn't a normal human, but a merman. I couldn't believed it, but he didn't let me awsner to that surprise. Then, he told me that i was the heir to the throne of The Silver Sea Kingdom, a secret place that even the merfolk didn't knew about it's existence because it was Aqua Regina's vital source. Unfortunately, the mystery mask that enveloped the kingdom was not enough to protect it. When i was born, a dark force destroyed the kingdom and killed every single living being who lived there. Including my biological parents. Only me and my "father" survived and he took me to the surface in order to protect me against future attacks. To end this sequence of revelations, he gave me a clam-shaped white neckless with an silver chain. According with my father, it contained magical mermaid powers. In other words, i could use my voice and my singing skills to fight my enemies.
I was overwhelmed with all this information. I refused the gift and i left the kitchen as fast as i could. While i was leaving the house to the shore (my favorite place to walk and think) he told me:
- Remember! With a great power, comes a great responsability!
I didn't want to ear nothing more and i closed the door with a big "slam".