Tut tut! you naughty little girl! Why do you keep people waiting so much? [wallops pate] XD
So anyways, I hope you like this chapter... there's only two more after this [grins at prospect of awesome Conbow fangirling] No... no, Melissa! I will
NOT allow you to go off on a tangent. :P :P :P
And of course, I might do an epilogue if it's very necessary.
Now is about the Ingo time that Sapphire is going ashore to see her Mum in Australia...
DISCLAIMER: Sapphire: "How big is Ingo anyways?" Faro: "Ingo is as it is. You must talk to Saldowr." 8)... anyways, it's to big for me to own.

Rainbow's POV~

Well... you are not of Moryow... in particular. But there is one with Mer blood strong enough inside you...

Who?

I... I do not know... but it frightens me.

What could he have meant by "Mer?" It seems as if the Mer (whatever... whoever they are) are those who are in Moryow, all the seas of the world. Thinking of the Little Mermaid statue at Copenhagen, I have a fleeting impression that the Mer might be mermaids, but the existence of sirens and stuff doesn't really have scientific evidence behind it or anything, so it isn't likely... then again, there isn't any scientific evidence of animals talking and adders being the guardians of Norvys. But it still seems rather unlikely, though I can't really summon to mind any sea creature that might have a double identity.

It does seem, though, that whomever the Mer are, their blood can be mixed with humans'. This idea seems a bit like mythology, where there were regular people who had the blood of gods and satyrs and things mixed up inside them... even animals. So by what that adder was saying, I know someone who's part Mer, part human. Tearing a grass stem out of the dirt, I chomp down on it, wondering who it could possibly be. Perhaps... perhaps it might be Sapphire... I mean, she has such a strong connection to the sea... my mind wanders back that one night so long ago, before the flood came. The day that the dolphin was beached, and I fled in fright of the rising tide.

But you love the sea, don't you, Sapphire? You love it more than you love the land.

I bring back the rest of the adder's words: A love for Moryow might grow too strong inside of you, through love for this person. That doesn't really sound right, though. I mean, Sapphy is my dearest friend, and I love her as I would a sister, but that particular choice of words sounds like something... else... Oh, I don't know.

It does occur to me, however, that Conor might also have this ambiguous Mer blood, if Sapphire does. I mean, they're brother and sister. As I think about Conor, I feel my face get unusually warm, though he is probably far, far away by now...

I also wonder if it's the ocean Sapphire and Conor have gone to; not merely the seashore, but under the waves, in an aquamarine world devoid of Air.I can't help wondering if they'll never return.

I promise you that... Leaning back, I close my eyes and take a deep breath.

Conor promised. Everything's going to be just fine.
_

Later that day, I find myself chopping up some onions for tomato sauce. Mum's already boiling the spaghetti for supper. Looking over at her as she puts rosemary into the meatball stuff, I see that she looks slightly distant, and decide that now would be a good time to slip outside for a few minutes before dinner. Absentmindedly, I dump the onions into the sauce, along with some garlic and green pepper, and clean my hands off on the dishcloth.

At that instant, Mum looks me. I preoccupy myself with getting very interested in the boiling spaghetti. Mum, being what she is, does not get distracted. "Rainbow?" she asks.

"Hmm?" I turn to face her.

"Have you seen that nice girl - er, what's her name? Amethyst?"

"You mean Sapphire? Sapphire Trewhella?"

"Yes! Sapphire," Mum nods enthusiastically.

"Um, no, actually she and her brother went to... to visit family in Plymouth so... no, I haven't seen her. Why'd you ask?" I tell my mother, mentally kicking myself for using the same lie that Sapphy and Conor told me.

"Oh. I was just wondering about them. Sapphire is such an interesting girl... What's her brother's name again?"

"Conor."

"Mm... I see," Mum turns back to the meatballs with a tiny bemused smile on her face. I realize that my own has gone red at the mere mention of Conor's name. I blink at the ceiling for a breif instant before awkwardly shuffling over to the sink to wash my hands. Mum looks at me sideways for a minute, then turns to face me once again, more serious this time.

"I want you to tell me, though. I think that you've been acting - well, strange lately... and... Oh, I don't know, Rainbow. I'm just... worried, I suppose," Mum heaves a sigh and looks down. I begin to feel slightly nauseated, what with the hunger-inducing smell of the tomato sauce and being indoors... I shake away my weakness.

"It's okay, Mum. I'm fine. Really..."

"If you say so... but you know, you can tell me anything, alright?"

"Of course, Mum."

And then she reaches out for a hug that I gladly give her, squeezing us both together. I don't want to go away from you, Mum. I would miss you too much... I heave a sigh of my own as a peculiar wave of sadness washes over me. If only she knew how much I can't tell her. And if I did, she might not even believe me.

Well, I guess that's it for now. Sorry it was so short, but since I've not updated in so long I kind of have to rethink the story, and keep you guys busy at the same time hahaha. And of course I would like some feedback on Rainbow's Mer theories... TRANSLATOR: That means "please review!"
~xoxo whoshallJudgeAngels