Michelle's Tale Part I
"Gill....Gill look out!" Michelle shouted.
"What?" but Gill was too late. A huge net was surging through the water, and Gill was suddenly inside it.
"GILL! GILL!" she screamed for her life, trying to save him.
"MICHELLE!" Gill had tried to scream. He remembered thrashing about, trying to break free.
Michelle reached out of her fin, and tried to pull his free. But Gill's fin slipped, and the net pulled to the surface.
"Wait for me! I'll get back!" she heard Gill's voice.
"DON'T TAKEHIM AWAY!" Michelle cried helplessly as she swam towards the net. "Please!"
Michelle gave up. Gill was gone.
*
The cave was dark, just as she remembered. It was a cave Gill and herself had found, when they were younger. Michelle swam inside and tried to cry herself to death. But that did nothing. She looked towards the light in the back. The light that Michelle had never been brave enough to go see what it was. She was sure Gill was brave enough, he just wanted to see her do it. Michelle gathered her fear and swam toward it.
The light's source was a crystal. It was so pretty that it was almost impossible to look away from. It drew her closer, and closer, and closer. Then suddenly the tip of her nose hit the crystal, and then there was nothing but spinning and then everything went black.
*
Michelle's eyes snapped open. She recognized it was air that she was breathing, and not water. She sat up, and looked around her.
"My fins! My stripes! MY TAIL!" she screamed in horror. She was a human now.
She quickly got up and tried to walk on her new feet. It wasn't easy, but she finally figured it out.
"All right, where am I?" she said to herself, looking desperately around her. She was on a beach, and there was a sign nearby. All she needed to read was New York City, and she knew where she was. She sat down by the sign, and pouted.
"Now I'll never see Gill again. I'll never be able to see anyone ever again!"
She sat hunched for a long time, until she realized she better make the best of it. She went to a nearby restaurant, and nearly gagged when she saw a fish section on the menu. Instead she ordered something called a cheeseburger.
"This is actually pretty good!" she said to herself, then taking a bite of the french fries.
She was eating outside, and she could no longer understand what the seagulls were saying.
Finally she took a stroll around the city, and was fascinated by everything. All the lights, and the big square boxes she learned were TV billboards, and all the buildings.
"I think I'll learn to like it here." she said.
She had no home, or money, so she did what other people seemed to do. She held a can and the other people would give her small coins or a paper that was called a dollar bill. She learned to read then she bought a dictionary. After that she saw some people singing songs, and so decided to that while she held out her hat and got much more money. She gave some of her money to the other homeless people, then was on her way.
She didn't buy a house. She bought a boat instead, that she could live in. It wasn't the best, but at least she wasn't seasick.
She didn't have a job either. She just kept doing things she say people do on the billboards, like singing, or acting, and people would give her money. She even learned to play guitar.
But she never forgot her life as a fish. She never forgot her love, gill, either. She cried all most every night. Even though she loved the human world and the ocean world, she wished everything would go back to normal.
She prayed every night that gill wasn't on one of those fish menus in one of those restaurants.
*
She had been a human for almost a year now. She often found pools to swim in, but it wasn't the same. She couldn't find a place where they'd let her swim in the ocean.
One day, after Michelle bought a shirt that said, "HELP KEE OUR OCEANS CLEAN," she heard distant yells off near the beach, and she ran towards it. Just when she got there she saw a boy about her age leap out of the water, then crash back in. Then he didn't move.
"Oh my goodness!" Michelle said, then she swam out into the ocean to fetch him.
He looked a lot like her. Same hair color, same skin color, and eye color. Other humans might think they were twins.
He was unconscious for a while, and she laid him down on the beach, waiting anxiously for him to wake up.
When his eyes popped open, he yelled, and staggered up, but fell again. He had scars on his face and on one of his arms.
"Oh I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!" Michelle said apologetically
. "No.... You didn't scare me.....I just don't.........Where am I?" the boys asked. He was breathing hard.
"New York City." answered Michelle, reaching out her hand to help him up.
"New York City? How......how did I get here from Sydney?"
Michelle shook her head. "I don't know. You flew out of the water screaming, then you were just laying there. I came out to save you." she helped him up again, but the boy wobbled and fell back down.
"Is something wrong with you're legs?" she asked. She remembered that was what she was like when she first turned into a human.
The boy was looking Michelle up and down.
"I'm Michelle." she said, helping him up again, though this time she supported him.
"Michelle?" the name must have startled him. "I.....I'm Gill." the boy said.
"Gill!" she looked just as surprised as he looked. "That's a.....er........nice name."
There was a small silence as this "gill" leaned on Michelle for support. He tried to get off of her, but his legs were still wobbily.
"So...... do you think you're all right?" asked Michelle. Gill nodded.
"I'm fine. Just a little spooked."
Part II coming soon!
"Gill....Gill look out!" Michelle shouted.
"What?" but Gill was too late. A huge net was surging through the water, and Gill was suddenly inside it.
"GILL! GILL!" she screamed for her life, trying to save him.
"MICHELLE!" Gill had tried to scream. He remembered thrashing about, trying to break free.
Michelle reached out of her fin, and tried to pull his free. But Gill's fin slipped, and the net pulled to the surface.
"Wait for me! I'll get back!" she heard Gill's voice.
"DON'T TAKEHIM AWAY!" Michelle cried helplessly as she swam towards the net. "Please!"
Michelle gave up. Gill was gone.
*
The cave was dark, just as she remembered. It was a cave Gill and herself had found, when they were younger. Michelle swam inside and tried to cry herself to death. But that did nothing. She looked towards the light in the back. The light that Michelle had never been brave enough to go see what it was. She was sure Gill was brave enough, he just wanted to see her do it. Michelle gathered her fear and swam toward it.
The light's source was a crystal. It was so pretty that it was almost impossible to look away from. It drew her closer, and closer, and closer. Then suddenly the tip of her nose hit the crystal, and then there was nothing but spinning and then everything went black.
*
Michelle's eyes snapped open. She recognized it was air that she was breathing, and not water. She sat up, and looked around her.
"My fins! My stripes! MY TAIL!" she screamed in horror. She was a human now.
She quickly got up and tried to walk on her new feet. It wasn't easy, but she finally figured it out.
"All right, where am I?" she said to herself, looking desperately around her. She was on a beach, and there was a sign nearby. All she needed to read was New York City, and she knew where she was. She sat down by the sign, and pouted.
"Now I'll never see Gill again. I'll never be able to see anyone ever again!"
She sat hunched for a long time, until she realized she better make the best of it. She went to a nearby restaurant, and nearly gagged when she saw a fish section on the menu. Instead she ordered something called a cheeseburger.
"This is actually pretty good!" she said to herself, then taking a bite of the french fries.
She was eating outside, and she could no longer understand what the seagulls were saying.
Finally she took a stroll around the city, and was fascinated by everything. All the lights, and the big square boxes she learned were TV billboards, and all the buildings.
"I think I'll learn to like it here." she said.
She had no home, or money, so she did what other people seemed to do. She held a can and the other people would give her small coins or a paper that was called a dollar bill. She learned to read then she bought a dictionary. After that she saw some people singing songs, and so decided to that while she held out her hat and got much more money. She gave some of her money to the other homeless people, then was on her way.
She didn't buy a house. She bought a boat instead, that she could live in. It wasn't the best, but at least she wasn't seasick.
She didn't have a job either. She just kept doing things she say people do on the billboards, like singing, or acting, and people would give her money. She even learned to play guitar.
But she never forgot her life as a fish. She never forgot her love, gill, either. She cried all most every night. Even though she loved the human world and the ocean world, she wished everything would go back to normal.
She prayed every night that gill wasn't on one of those fish menus in one of those restaurants.
*
She had been a human for almost a year now. She often found pools to swim in, but it wasn't the same. She couldn't find a place where they'd let her swim in the ocean.
One day, after Michelle bought a shirt that said, "HELP KEE OUR OCEANS CLEAN," she heard distant yells off near the beach, and she ran towards it. Just when she got there she saw a boy about her age leap out of the water, then crash back in. Then he didn't move.
"Oh my goodness!" Michelle said, then she swam out into the ocean to fetch him.
He looked a lot like her. Same hair color, same skin color, and eye color. Other humans might think they were twins.
He was unconscious for a while, and she laid him down on the beach, waiting anxiously for him to wake up.
When his eyes popped open, he yelled, and staggered up, but fell again. He had scars on his face and on one of his arms.
"Oh I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!" Michelle said apologetically
. "No.... You didn't scare me.....I just don't.........Where am I?" the boys asked. He was breathing hard.
"New York City." answered Michelle, reaching out her hand to help him up.
"New York City? How......how did I get here from Sydney?"
Michelle shook her head. "I don't know. You flew out of the water screaming, then you were just laying there. I came out to save you." she helped him up again, but the boy wobbled and fell back down.
"Is something wrong with you're legs?" she asked. She remembered that was what she was like when she first turned into a human.
The boy was looking Michelle up and down.
"I'm Michelle." she said, helping him up again, though this time she supported him.
"Michelle?" the name must have startled him. "I.....I'm Gill." the boy said.
"Gill!" she looked just as surprised as he looked. "That's a.....er........nice name."
There was a small silence as this "gill" leaned on Michelle for support. He tried to get off of her, but his legs were still wobbily.
"So...... do you think you're all right?" asked Michelle. Gill nodded.
"I'm fine. Just a little spooked."
Part II coming soon!