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"I'm still not sure if this a good idea." Feliciana said poking her head through.

"Feli you're fine." Ludwig said leaning againt the wall.

Feliciana walked out of the room. "But last time we were here I wasn't treated the best because of you know, being a mermaid."

"I don't think you should hide your scales though what of your family saw you?"

"I'm seeing them tomorrow night actually." Feliciana argues.

"Why not tonight?" Ludwig asked a bit confused.

"It's not a good time." Feliciana paused for a moment. "It's a somber time for mermaid when we mourn the members of the tribe we lost."

"Are you alright?"

"I'm just worried. I just have no idea what's happens to them in all this time."

Ludwig wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "It's okay Feli what you're going through is understandable."

Feli hugged him tightly, which he returned. Things couldn't be happier.


"Come on Karla." Gilbert said to his daughter. "Come to Daddy."

"Gil she's only eleven months old." Lizzie said with a laugh. "She's not behind."

"Well started walking at ten months."

"Are you sure or are you saying that?"

"I'm serious Mutti always told I went off running" Gilbert said with a few gestures.

"Well Karla will walk when she's ready and she's not ready yet."

"But I want you to see it." Gilbert said as Karla reached up for him. Immediately he picked his daughter up.

Lizzie knelt down next to him and kissed him on the cheek. "Gil I don't care if I see first steps or not. Once she walks I know she'll do it again."

"It's sad you've missed so many first already." Karla squirmed out of his arms and started to crawling away a bit. "Her first laugh, first time crawling, even her first time grabbing a toy."

"I still saw them afterwards. Even if they weren't the first time it was still special to me."

"It's just these things only happen once and your her mother you deserve more than anyone to witness these moments."

"It doesn't matter to me. If they're her first or not they're still special to me."

Gilbert smiled and kissed his mate on the lips. the two smiled at each other before they heard the laughter of the daughter.

"Lizzie do you think she's?" Gilbert started to ask taking notice of his daughter.

"Trying to walk! Come one sweetie you can do it."

Karla looked at her parents for a few minutes before slowly moving her leg in front of her. At the same speed she brought her other leg next to it. Quickly she got the hang of it and made her way to her mother before sitting down.

"That was amazing!" Gilbert cheered.

"Oh sweetie Mommy's so proud of you." Lizzie hugged her daughter and sat Karla on her lap.

"I can' believe you did that!" The baby started laughing and clapping her hands at her father's excitement. "See even she's excited."

"She'll be running around before we know it." Elizabeta said still hugging her.

"I don't doubt it one bit."


"I'm still not sure this is a good idea." Feliciana said as she Vlad walked through the streets of Ru Lake.

"I think you'll be fine." Vlad responded. "Why did you wear that weird thing any way?"

"You mean the scarf, headband and gloves. I wear them because the first time we came here, some townsfolk didn't like the fact that I was a mermaid and since I can't make my scales go away I hid them."

"Well maybe this time it will be different." Vlad suggested.

"I don't think so. I have no idea why Ludwig convinced me not to wear them."

"Don't you trust him?" Vlad said choosing not to

"Of I do!" Feliciana said defensively turning towards him.

"I'm just saying you should trust him on this."

Feliciana looked down at her exposed scales across her arms and legs. She looked around and as excepted didn't see any mermaids around. The Memory of the Dead seemed to be going on just fine. Was this the reason Ludwig thought it would be okay to go out with out het disguise, because he somehow knew there would be no mermaids around so she would be able to walk around with out worry. Still wouldn't her being a mermaid and being out and about without any other mermaids bring up more questions?

"Oh great we're already here." Feliciana whispered under her breath taking notice of the Ru Lake shopping center.

"Well time for another days work." Vlad said as he started to enter, Feliciana hesitated a bit. "Are you coming?"

"Just a moment." Feliciana took a deep breath before walking forward. "Time to get this over with."

Walking over Vlad got in with ease. Feliciana stood a few a feet away. Quietly she pulled out her identification before taking a second deep breath and walking over. Straightening up she walked toward the guard and handed the card to him.

"If you don't mind mam I would like to see your right arm." The guard said completely ignoring the identification.

"Of course." Feliciana stretched her arm put and the guard shone a white light over it. Soon the light turned green.

"Okay so it's real." The guard said with a smile. "Nice to see someone who isn't a forger for once. Have a day mam."

"Thank you." Feliciana responded surrised as she walked in. "Have a nice day yourself."

Still bewildered Feliciana found a vacant spot and set up there. At the beginning no one appaorched her small stand and she found that many were staring at her.

"Wow I'm surprised you got in." An imp said with a sly smile. Feliciana chose not to respond to it.

"Hello I'm talking to you." The imp snapped it's fingers at her face.

"Are you going to buy something?" Feliciana asked trying to keep her cool.

The imp laughed. "Like I'm going to buy something and support you. You probably don't even have an idea what a coin is because your species is a bunch of idiots."

"Hey leave her alone!" A voice yelled. Feliciana turned to see a rusalki near by.

"Anya?" Feli thought to herself before the rusalki got closer and she releases it wasn't.

"I don't get you're helping her when her kind."

"I don't care." The rusalki said angrily. "And if you don't leave now I'll report you."

The imp mumbled to itself bit marched away with it's arms crossed.

The rusalki turned to Feliciana. "I know a rusalki helping a mermaid it's weird but I couldn't just let him harass you like that."

"Uh thank you." She responded as the rusalki walked over. "I don't see why it would be weird. Water supernatural should stick together."

"Well I don't know if you but mermaid took over our lake a few years ago and they still aren't acusstomed to surface life. My name is Rada by the way."

"It's nice to meet Rada, my name is Feliciana."

"Feliciana, that's a pretty name."

"Thanks." Feliciana smiled. "I heard about the mermaids, if they're living in your lake where do you live?"

"In the forest nearby. Our leader Zoya wants to take action soon and I'm nervous about it."

"What does she want to do?" Feliciana asked nervously.

"Soya isn't sure but she lost most of her old tribe to mermaids so she had a big distain for them. I wouldn't be surprised if she wants to go full force on them."

"Is it wrong I'm worried for the mermaids who live there?" Feli's thought immediatey went to her family.

"Not at all like you said water supernatural stick together and you don't have to worry many of us don't want to fight them either we're working on convincing her not to harm them."

"Guess I won't have to warn them the next time I see them." Feliciana thought to herself as Rads placed some money on her table.

"Take it, I don't really have a need for drawing but I wanted t o support you."

"Thank so much." Feliciana said as she took it.

"Well I got to go. Maybe I'll see you around."

"I hope the same thing too."


The next night Feliciana sat at her bed staring at the opened box on her lap. Slowly she rummaged through the contents and pulled out the crystal she was given the last time she was here. Holding it up to the light she noticed at the colors that decorated the room. Closing the box, she grasped the crystal tightly before returning the box to its spot.

"I thought you would have left by now." Feliciana turned to see Ludwig in the doorway.

"Like I would leave without telling you." She teased him with a smile.

"You told me yesterday that you were planning on visiting them. I just thoughtbthat would have left by now."

"Well, just needed to make sure I had this." She started to walk towards the doorway before stopping. "Do you want to come with me?"

"It's alright Feli, this is your time with your family. I don't want to interrupt it." Ludwig moved out of the doorway so Feli could walk through.

"Okay then." She hugged her mate tightly. "Dont worry I won't be gone to long."

"Be safe out there okay." Ludwig said before kissing

"Dont worry I always am."

Feliciana ran across the vast woods of Ru Lake. No matter how many times she been here it always seemed she took a completely different path to the lake. After some time she heard the familiar movement of water. She was there. Carefully she look to see if there was any sign that the festival was still going on, she found none. Avoiding the water as much as she could she gently placed the crystal in the water. For the longest time it was silent.

"Feli?" Someone said quietly in the lake. "What are you doing here?"

"Lovino!" Feli cheered quietly placing the crystal in the ground. "It's so good to see you."

"What are you doing here?" He repeated getting closer to her.

"I am in the area and thought that I would come and see you guys." She looked around a bit. "Where's everyone else."

"They're still underwater." Lovino stared for a minute. "What is that?"

"What do you mean?" Feliciana asked confused.

"That thing on your arm." Lovino pointed to her mark.

"Oh well there's something I wanted to tell you guys when everyone got here. But this mark means I have a mate!" Feliciana smiled widely after telling him.

"You have kids?"

"Uh no it works differently up here on the surface."

"Is her a merman?"

"Uh no he's not." Feliciana told him nervously.

"So let me get this straight, you chose to stay up here and find some random person outside of merpeople for what? A fancy perminant painting on your arm."

"It's not that Lovi. I havr amazing friends here. They accept me for who I am. For once I don't feel defined by bringing death where ever I go. And mate he loves me, he doesn't care about my species, my scale color, only about who I am as person isn't that what you want?"

"Aren't you worried about your family?" Lovino asked ignoring everything she just said.

"Of course I do everyday."

"Then you would come down and see us personally." Lovino grabbed the crystal. "Instead of using some stupid gem to see us."

"Lovino it's not the simple." Feliciana tried to reason with him. "I can't go in the water. It burns my scales and they guards try to hunt me down."

"If you truly wanted to be with us then who would have found a way. Instead you chose to remain on land away from us." Lovino threw the crystal into the water.

"No!" Feli jumped up reached for it. "You don't understand. They gave me that I so I could talk to them. I miss them so much."

"If you care about them so much then why don't you think about them and not yourself."

"I do think about them. All the time." Feliciana started to angry. "Don't you think I would be with them right now if I could."

"It's us or them Feli. You can be with your weird little surface or the family you have left!"

"What do you have left?" Feliciana asked softly and scared.

Lovino didn't say anything for a bit and held back some tears. "It's Grandpa Rome. He's dead."