Chapter 28: Second Thoughts and Broken Hearts

When Mephiles and Sonic arrived back at home, Mephiles looked at her.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

Sonic nodded. She swam around for a bit before looking at her husband. "What are we going to do now?"

Mephiles shrugged. "I suppose we could hang out here for a while."

Sonic smiled and nodded. She thought about Shadow and looked at Mephiles. "Is Shadow really going to be all right?"

Mephiles thought about it. "He'll be fine," the sea dragon told her. "Why do you ask?"

"I was just wondering. I don't want him to be upset over me."

"I see...are you sure you don't love him?"

Sonic nodded. "I don't love him, but I do care about people." Sonic sighed. "That's why I don't want him to be upset over me. It would be a waste of his time."

Mephiles sighed. "Do you think I should have told you about the deal we made and that he was alive? Or was it best for you not to know?"

"I don't know how different things would have been," she said. "But I would've had to find out eventually."

The sea dragon nodded and swam over to her, giving his wife/slave a hug. Sonic cuddled into his arms, wrapping her own around him.

"I love you," Mephiles told her, giving her a kiss. "When you died...I was afraid that I would lose you forever."

"I was afraid I was going to leave you too."

Mephiles smiled. The two went into their room and began to have sex. Sonic held onto him as they did. The two lovers moaned as they continued. Sonic moved up her husband's body, kissing his bare chest. Mephiles looked down at her, a smile coming to his face. His hands went to her sides, stroking down to her hips. The mermaid smiled also and rolled over, switching positions. Once they were done, Sonic and Mephiles looked at each other happily. Sonic gave Mephiles another kiss, cuddling next to him.

"I love you," she said. "Tell me...what's going to happen to Shadow?"

"I'm sure he'll cheer up and find someone else." Mephiles stroked her face. "It might take him a while."

Sonic nodded and kissed him again. Then she got out of bed, looking at the manacles on her arms. "Is there anything you want me to do, Master?"

Mephiles shook his head. "Do whatever you want."

"Mephic and I are still your slaves, right?" Mephiles nodded ad waved Sonic away. The mermaid smiled and swam out of the room into her son's. "Mephic," she said. "We have some work to do."

Her son looked up, closing the book he was reading. "What does father want us to do now?"

"Nothing." Sonic sat on the edge of the bed. "I just don't know what else to do with myself."

Mephic thought about it. "I am just wondering...have I inherited your shapeshifting powers? You can shapeshift, so...is it possible I can as well?"

"I don't see why you wouldn't be able to." The sea dragon/merhog hybrid nodded. Sonic gave him a smile. "Why don't we give it a try?"

Mephic smiled and they went out of the cave. Sonic's son looked at her. "So...what should I become?" He asked.

"Is there anything you've ever wanted to be?"

Mephic smiled. "A blue whale."

Sonic's eyes widened. "A blue whale?"

"Is that bad?" Mephic asked.

"No, I'm just a little surprised."

The sea/dragon hybrid sighed and closed his eyes, trying to transform. A few minutes later, he opened them.

"How do you transform?" He asked.

"You have to focus on both the energy and image of what you want to become. Once you have that done, you need to channel that energy to change your body's form."

"Alright. I'll give it a try."

He closed his eyes and concentrated. In a few minutes, he started to transform. His tail didn't have to change other than growing larger. The body connected to it changed, becoming slicker and matching the tail. The slight curve of his waist flattened out. As the changes moved up his body, each scale became skin. Mephic looked down at himself in fascination. Discomfort filled his mouth as his sharp teeth were replaced with hundreds of baleen plates. The snout of his face forced itself up, making the top of his head flat. The lower side curved out, becoming a lighter shade of the blue-grey color that was taking place of what he had. On top, a blowhole ripped itself open as each of his features morphed with his head to become plain. Both eyes moved to the sides of his head. Now that his body couldn't bend the way he wanted, Mephic had no choice but to judge what was going on by the feelings he was having. The only other change he felt on the outside was both of his arms locking themselves in a position pointing down and back before changing. At the shoulder, they widened. From there, the change kept them about the same size, getting more slender on their way to the tips. There, they rounded out. Sonic whistled before gasping as the blue whale began growing. By the time it stopped, it was ninety-eight feet long. Sonic stared with wide eyes.

"Amazing," she told it.

The blue whale looked at her and seemed to nod. It swam around as Sonic watched it. Smiling, she turned into a dolphin and swam with it. Seeing a blue whale eat from close range was something that intrigued Sonic later that day. The dolphin nodded as it began to eat as well. The two underwater creatures swam through the ocean.

We should go home soon, the dolphin chirped. Sonic had no idea whether Mephic could understand her in these forms or not, but it was worth a try.

The blue whale looked at the dolphin and nodded its head. The dolphin chirped again and they started home. Once they got there, the dolphin chirped as it looked at the blue whale. The two seemed happy in these forms, more so that they had ever been. Mephiles swam outside and saw them, then smiled.

"An interesting family we make, isn't it?" The blue whale nodded, and the dolphin chirped again. Mephiles sighed an swam up to them, wondering what they wanted. "What?" The blue whale and dolphin changed back to normal and smiled. "So, where have the two of you been?"

"Just swimming around," Sonic said. "I taught Mephic how to shapeshift."

"I noticed." Mephiles smiled at his son. "Is the blue whale the only thing you've changed into so far?"

Mephic smiled and nodded. "I like that form a lot."

Mephiles nodded. "All right."

The sea serpent/merhog hybrid looked at his father. "Should I make it permanent?"

"Why?" Mephiles asked. "I don't know if I like the thought of that."

"Well...I've always wanted to be a blue whale...and I really like that form. I feel more at ease in it, plus its made me happier than I've been in my entire life."

Mephiles looked at Sonic. "What about you?"

"I think he'll be fine."

The sea dragon hesitated, looking at his son once again. He wasn't sure if it was a good idea or not. Sonic looked at Mephic as well, starting to think Mephiles was going to tell their son no. She too wanted to stay as a dolphin, and Mephiles was already a sea serpent. Mephic looked at his father, wondering what he would say. Finally, Mephiles spoke.

"I suppose you can." Mephiles sighed. He looked at Sonic. "But you're staying with me."

Sonic's eyes widened. "But I...wanted to stay with Shadow."

Mephiles growled. "Why?

"Because...well...because I...love him."

The sea dragon began to tear up. "But what about me?" He yelled. "If you and Mephic leave, I'll be all alone again like I was before I made the deal with Shadow!"

Sonic moved back in surprise at his yelling. "What else were you doing before then? You could..."

"Three hundred years ago, I was just a lone sea serpent! My parents had abandoned me and I wandered the sea for years, alone. Once I saw you, I fell in love with you and knew that you could keep me company and possibly fall in love with me, so that was what I did! I made the deal with Shadow because I didn't want to be alone anymore!"

"What would you have done if I hadn't fallen in love with you?" Sonic felt sympathy for the sea dragon.

Mephiles looked at her. "I...I don't know. Probably wander the ocean like I was doing and die. I didn't want you to leave with Shadow and fall in love with him because if you did, I would be alone again! But you do love him, I can tell."

Sonic hesitated; she did want to go back to Shadow, but after hearing what Mephiles had told her...what was she going to do? "I want to stay with you, Mephiles," she said. "I wouldn't be here right now if I didn't."

The sea dragon looked at her and shook his head. "No, you don't. I can see it in your eyes that you want to go back to Shadow. I don't blame you, though; you haven't seen him in years. Over the three centuries we've been together, I could tell that you loved Shadow as you were thinking about him."

Sonic opened her mouth to say something but stopped and hung her head. "I'm sorry." Mephiles looked at her, his eyes filled with tears. He turned away and swam back into the house, slamming the door behind him.