Leah was next to change after that. Not only was she not expected to turn, but she was not expected to even have that gene in her. As the first and only female to be a mermaid in the reservation history, she was dating the group's leader. The only thing that might have added to her change was the fact that her and Seth's father had recently died of an unexplained heart attack. At least the heart attack cause was known to some in the reservation.
Leah was crying her eyes out at the beach one day after her father's death. She was upset and had told everyone she wanted to be alone for a while. Leah didn't like to show many others how vulnerable she could be. There were very few people in her life that knew how vulnerable she actually was.
When Leah was at the beach she was walking close to the water when Sam showed up at the beach too. He saw her walking to the water. Sam walked over to Leah just as she fell down. Sam started running because he couldn't see her after she fell. By the time Sam got to her, she had grown a tail in place of her legs.
Sam was wide eyed at his girlfriend. Leah turned to look at her legs and freaked out. Then she saw Sam staring at her. She stop speaking and started to cry as she started to hyper-ventilate. Sam quickly went to her side and started to comfort her. Sam explained everything and even showed that the same thing happened to him. He even went as far as showing her how it worked.
Leah stared wide eyed at his tail. She had so many questions for him. She went through her whole list. Sam started to answer her questions. He told her that she was the first girls to turn and join the "school". He also told her that each member has a specific color tail. They looked to see what color her tail was. It was pink. It bummed Leah out and her tail turned to a blueish grey color. Then she was shocked at the sudden color change. Her tail changed to a greenish yellow color.
Sam watched as Leah's tail changed colors. This amazed him. They talked about this for a while before deciding to go talk to the elders about the new developments that happened today. Sam and Leah were happy to know this secret about each other. Leah felt at peace knowing nothing was going to change between her and Sam.
