Mmmmk, time for the next chapter!
Finding A Way: CHAPTER 4
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Shadow was still getting over the fact that this was actually happening to him-him turning into a merhog-he would never imagine it. But now, he could swim, and he could go out and find if he had a purpose. There was nothing holding him back now, well, almost nothing. In a split second, he dived into the water and sped off as if he were running.
"Hey wait! You can't..", but before Kayli could finish, he spun around at the water's horizon almost five times only a few yards away.
Dizzy and treading in the water, he turned in Kayli's direction with his arms folded.
"That was a really bad idea", he mumbled, then called over to her, "Hey, do you mind showing me how to do this?!"
She rolled her eyes with a smile and caught up with him, "You aren't running anymore, so you can't move like your running.."
"But shouldn't I be able to do this with some kind of instinct?"
"With you, no."
"Well, then I guess you will have to teach me"
"Ha, I guess so", she actually had no idea how to be a teacher, but it was worth a try.
"Go underwater and watch me." She decided that to be the first step. So Shadow did what she told. He watched her swim around him with grace a few times, but lost train of his thought when he suddenly noticed that he was breathing-under water. She told him to come back to the surface for his next step.
"Alright, now, you have to remember not to move your body from side to side as you would be when you're running. You have to keep in one motion, and you don't have to use your arms.."
Shadow nodded, he was paying enough attention to notice that Kayli seemed to know a lot about running, but he dismissed this and continued to listen to his teacher.
"..Okay, since you understand now, why don't you give it a try?"
"Um, okay, here goes." He dived under water, keeping his eyes closed so he could concentrate on what he was supposed to do. He moved his tail up and down, not caring where he was going. When he was sure he got the basics down, he resurfaced.
"That was good, Shadow, you got it! I can teach you some tricks later......"
He smirked, "Maybe", he wasn't interested in learning anything else, and it wasn't like he was going to need these new fins for more than a few days anyway.
The sun was going down now; the day seemed to end short. He was tired, he had been frozen for so long, but he felt like he hadn't really slept in years.
"So where do you live? I will need a place to stay."
"Follow me", she said and led him underwater. He was going to sleep underwater? Seemed impossible, but after the things that have happened to him in the past few hours, he would believe anything.
Before he knew it, he was in a small coral cave-like place. All over the walls lay bottles of who knows what, it had rooms and odd furniture made out of rocks and seaweed. It looked somewhat like a normal house, but much move primitive. It was still unlike anything he had ever seen.
"You can sleep in here." she pointed to what looked like a couch.
"Oh great" he said sarcastically, "I get to sleep on a rock."
She sighed, "Its better then nothing..now, I am going to bed too, make yourself at home, and don't touch any of those potions." She pointed to all the little bottles on the walls. "Goodnight.."
Shadow just nodded. He would've done some more exploring, but he had to try and get comfortable on his 'bed'.
Tomorrow, he would start his was back to Station Square.
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To be continued..
Hope you all liked this chapter (its not my favorite, but I think its OK), R&R please and see you next chapter!
Finding A Way: CHAPTER 4
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Shadow was still getting over the fact that this was actually happening to him-him turning into a merhog-he would never imagine it. But now, he could swim, and he could go out and find if he had a purpose. There was nothing holding him back now, well, almost nothing. In a split second, he dived into the water and sped off as if he were running.
"Hey wait! You can't..", but before Kayli could finish, he spun around at the water's horizon almost five times only a few yards away.
Dizzy and treading in the water, he turned in Kayli's direction with his arms folded.
"That was a really bad idea", he mumbled, then called over to her, "Hey, do you mind showing me how to do this?!"
She rolled her eyes with a smile and caught up with him, "You aren't running anymore, so you can't move like your running.."
"But shouldn't I be able to do this with some kind of instinct?"
"With you, no."
"Well, then I guess you will have to teach me"
"Ha, I guess so", she actually had no idea how to be a teacher, but it was worth a try.
"Go underwater and watch me." She decided that to be the first step. So Shadow did what she told. He watched her swim around him with grace a few times, but lost train of his thought when he suddenly noticed that he was breathing-under water. She told him to come back to the surface for his next step.
"Alright, now, you have to remember not to move your body from side to side as you would be when you're running. You have to keep in one motion, and you don't have to use your arms.."
Shadow nodded, he was paying enough attention to notice that Kayli seemed to know a lot about running, but he dismissed this and continued to listen to his teacher.
"..Okay, since you understand now, why don't you give it a try?"
"Um, okay, here goes." He dived under water, keeping his eyes closed so he could concentrate on what he was supposed to do. He moved his tail up and down, not caring where he was going. When he was sure he got the basics down, he resurfaced.
"That was good, Shadow, you got it! I can teach you some tricks later......"
He smirked, "Maybe", he wasn't interested in learning anything else, and it wasn't like he was going to need these new fins for more than a few days anyway.
The sun was going down now; the day seemed to end short. He was tired, he had been frozen for so long, but he felt like he hadn't really slept in years.
"So where do you live? I will need a place to stay."
"Follow me", she said and led him underwater. He was going to sleep underwater? Seemed impossible, but after the things that have happened to him in the past few hours, he would believe anything.
Before he knew it, he was in a small coral cave-like place. All over the walls lay bottles of who knows what, it had rooms and odd furniture made out of rocks and seaweed. It looked somewhat like a normal house, but much move primitive. It was still unlike anything he had ever seen.
"You can sleep in here." she pointed to what looked like a couch.
"Oh great" he said sarcastically, "I get to sleep on a rock."
She sighed, "Its better then nothing..now, I am going to bed too, make yourself at home, and don't touch any of those potions." She pointed to all the little bottles on the walls. "Goodnight.."
Shadow just nodded. He would've done some more exploring, but he had to try and get comfortable on his 'bed'.
Tomorrow, he would start his was back to Station Square.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
To be continued..
Hope you all liked this chapter (its not my favorite, but I think its OK), R&R please and see you next chapter!