Me Plus You

Fill my heart with song
And let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra

The rain smashes down on the top of the water above you while the thunder cracks loudly. It had been raining for a good two days straight at this point with no sign of stopping. You figure it might be safe enough to pop your head out of the water for a little bit, the chances of any of the Hogwarts students being around in this kind of weather was unlikely.

You swim up and out of the water in a swirl supporting a huge smile on your face - it had been a while since you felt fresh air - even if it was raining.

"Scorpius?"

You freeze. No one has called you that in months, not ever since you turned into a merman. You look in the direction of the voice but you don't see anyone. You're sure you heard someone call your name. "Hello?"

A figure appears next to the side of the lake and blue eyes meet grey - you're shocked at first you haven't seen him since you were human. There in front of you is none other than Albus Severus Potter, your old roommate and best friend, soaking wet from the rain. He must have been under the invisibility cloak which is why you couldn't see him at first.

"Where have you been? You've missed so many classes," Albus said in shock. "And why are you swimming in the middle of a thunderstorm? And why didn't you tell anyone where you were going? Sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."

It was clear that he didn't know, poor sweet faithful Albus. You didn't want to have to tell him that you were never coming back to Hogwarts. That you were trapped here in the Black Lake for all of eternity.

You smile at him but don't answer any of his questions. Instead, you lift your tail, which is covered in dark green scales, out of the water and splash him.

"Was that a... tail?" He asked in disbelief, it was a shock for him to see you like this; merfolk don't usually associate with humans. Not that You were normal merfolk.

Albus reached out to touch your tail, confusion written all over his face. "How did it happen?"

"I can show you," you answer holding out a hand for him to take. Albus hauls his shirt and shoes off and takes your hand willingly. You pull him into the water, holding him around the middle as you dive deep into The Black Lake. Albus casts lumos so he can see where you were going but you can see perfectly in the water, a benefit of your species. In the far corner of the lake is a passageway, hidden from humans, which leads to a magnificent glimmering cave with waterfalls cascading down into the lake.

"It's beautiful," Albus was in awe, it wasn't every day that a human could get here easily. Not without a merperson bringing them here, and all the other merfolk you've met hate humans, they hate you. You dream of becoming human again, even though you know it's impossible. You miss my old life. You miss being normal. You miss not being so goddamn lonely all the time.

"It's even more beautiful in winter when the waterfalls turn to ice. If you drink the water in this spring you turn into a merman," you explain sitting next to Albus on the cave floor. "I learned this the hard way after falling victim to a siren who decided not to eat me... I miss you too."

"Is there any way to turn back?" Albus asked sadly and you shake your head.

"Not to my knowledge." You move over to your pile of firewood and light it, putting a fish you caught earlier on a stick over the flames. The other merpeople eat their fish raw but you still haven't acquired the taste for anything uncooked yet so you bake it in the fire you manage to set. You bake it until it's a cinnamon color, indicating that it's fully cooked. You take it off the stick and break it in half, offering some to Albus.

"I don't eat anything with eyes," Albus refused which made you laugh.

"The eyes are the best part."

"What's that?" Albus asked pointing towards your soulmate tattoo at the end of your tail. It was a picture of a black heart.

"Merpeople have soulmates decided for them by the Gods or some shit," you shrug. "Whoever has a matching tattoo is supposed to be your soulmate."

Albus processed this information and looked between you and the water for a long time. After a while, he scooped up some water and brought it to his lips. "Albus, wait!"

However, it was too late Albus' legs were already forming into a tail with fuschia scales. Once the transformation was complete he looked at you with a smile.

"Why did you do that?"

"Because I had no other choice," Albus moved so you could see his tail tattoo, a matching one to yours. You reached out and traced the outline of the black heart, "How did you know?"

"I had a birthmark in the same shape," Albus shrugged. "I just knew that I belonged down here with you. I can do that and we can still be together if I'm a merman too."

"It takes guts to be as gentle and kind as you are," you whisper, tears welling up in your eyes. You lean towards him, tilting your head so you could kiss him passionately.

Albus laughed. "Anything with forever and you in it sounds great to me."

You look at him with a huge smile. For the first time since you turned into a merman, you felt happy and ready to take on anything the future held with Albus by your side.

Hey, honey, you could be my drug
You could be my new prescription
Too much could be an overdose
All this trash talk make me itchin'
Oh my my
Everybody talks, everybody talks
Everybody talks, too much
Everybody talks - Neon trees

Word Count: 1053

Assignment 12; Gardening Task 9; Write about a secret passageway in Hogwarts. {Passage in the Black Lake going to a secret cave}

Eagle Day; Lorcan Scamander; (restriction) not more than two characters in a story (bonus); (emotion) lonely

World Cup Challenge; Albus/Scorpius

Days of The Week; June 8 2018 - World Ocean Day: Write a story that takes place in, on, or under the water

Birthstones; Ruby - (dialogue) "It takes guts to be as gentle and kind as you are."

Summer Prompts; (dialogue) "Sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."

Color Prompts; Cinnamon

Flower Prompts; Peony - (sexuality) Bisexual

Fire Prompts; (object) Firewood

Shay's Music Challenge; RENT - - write about a slash couple

Gryffindor Prompts; Passionate

Star Chart; September 7 2018 - (AU) Merman [Bonus]

Character Appreciation; (Word) Faithful

Disney Challenge; True Love - Write about someone finding love unexpectedly.

Creature Feature; Makara: (creature) mermaid, Dementor: (AU) soulmate

Book Club; Dante: (word) tattoo, (word) heart, (colour) black

Showtime; Charlie's Soliloquy - (object) Shoes

Amber's Attic; Pinocchio: Write about someone who wants to be normal.

Count Your Buttons; "Everybody Talks" by Neon Trees, Soulmate!AU, scales, "It's because we have no other choice."

Lyric Alley; That we still could be

Ami's Audio Admirations; A Fish? — Write a fic using the prompts: (setting) The Black Lake, (dialogue) "I don't eat anything with eyes.", (colour) dark green

Sophie's Shelf; Olivia Caliban: Write about someone who enjoys giving things to people. {Albus gave his life up to be with Scorpius}

Em's Emporium; Scorpius Malfoy: Write a fanon pairing.

Lo's Lowdown; Pavel Checkov - (dialogue) "I can do that!"

Hot Air Balloon; (Creature) Merperson

Gobstones; White Stone - Future, (weather) thunderstorm, (Action) Kissing, (Action) Baking

Homes Mystery Challenge; Lumos

Water Faerie; Ice, Rain, Swirl, Tears, Water, Wet, Lake, Cascade, Waterfall, Splash

Film Festival; "Anything with forever and you in it sounds great to me."

FBAWTFT; Queenie Goldstein; (word) Fuschia, (song) Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra, (AU) soulmate

TV Addicts; The Good Place: (AU) Soulmates, (plot point) Something is the opposite of what it's supposed to be (hello, mermaids!), (plot point) Character trying to be better (Albus turning into a merman for Scorpius - being better guy then he was when he was a human)

Yearly 356: Restriction - no more than two people in the story

Yearly Insane House: 339. (Spell) Lumos

Yearly Resolutions; Write an AU that you've never written before (Soulmate!AU and Merperson!AU), Write a cliche plot (All soulmate AUs are cliche af), Write about one of the hidden tunnels or places - (not the Room of Requirement or tunnel to Hogsmeade), Write a soulmate AU

Favorite Character Boot Camp; Scorpius Malfoy; Grey

Character Diversity Boot Camp; Scorpius Malfoy; Bake

Non-Human Boot Camp; Love

Character Trait Boot Camp; ambitious

OTP Boot Camp; Wait

Pairing Diversity Boot Camp; Albus/Scorpius; Rain

Slash/femslash Boot Camp; Love

Are you Brave Enough to Do it; (AU) Soulmate!