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I smiled meekly and followed Miruko to meet Icarus. I wasn't sure what I was about to witness, but I did hope that it would involve only yelling and Eugina would be fine.

Well, I wasn't too flattered if she was 'fine', but if in fact she died, I may have pushed it a bit too far.

"What do you think he'll do to me?" I asked Miruko quietly.

He looked at me with those dark beady eyes and replied, "Don't you worry Calypsa; I told you he wouldn't harm you."

I sighed, "You're way too mysterious Miruko; it's about time you answered straightforward to me."

"Then what would you like me to say?"

My eyes grew wide as if I had loads of questions to ask, but before I could say anything Miruko interrupted. "Don't start again Calypsa."

"Start what?" I asked innocently.

"You're constant questions and rambling, I already told you I can't say a word."

He can't say a word… I thought. What a coincidence, is this secret so important that it would ultimately destroy Icarus's plans? Indeed, there's no question about that. But what was his plan? He killed my father, and my mother warned me about him too.

And then it all made sense.

"He's going to kill me isn't he? Just like my father…"

Miruko's expression turned to surprise, "No! He wouldn't hurt you Calyspa, have you forgotten?"

I shook my head, "No, I remember what you said of course. But that doesn't mean you're right, besides—"

"Besides is out of the question. Icarus wants to talk to you is all, there's nothing more to it Calypsa."

"Oh really? So it's not a big deal is it? So tell me this, why should I follow his orders in the first place? Why should I follow the orders of someone who killed my father?"

"Calypsa I—"

"You what? Can't say anything? Typical, I might as well just leave this place."

"No, you can't."

"Or else?"

He paused but didn't answer. I smirked at him, "Exactly, I shouldn't even be here."

With that I turned around and left, but before I could get any farther Miruko grabbed my arm. "What are you going to do by yourself Calypsa? You can't become human again, you're stuck like this forever, whether you like it or not. And you don't know what's out there in the open sea, you could get hurt and no one can help you."

"Maybe I'll just wait for Mina."

"And then what? She's human Calypsa, you're not. You can't stay with her forever; you live in a completely different world now."

"Well if mermaids exist then so does Ursula!"

"Who?"

I tried moving my arm away, but Miruko had a firm grip. "Let go! Let me go! Now!" I yelled.

Miruko released his grip with an appalled expression written across his face.

"I'm not trying to hurt you Calypsa," he said.

I noticed tears build up in my eyes, "No, of course wouldn't. You'd want Icarus to do it for you. All you've ever wanted was for me to be dead!" I snapped.

"That's not true!"

"Of course it's true! If you even cared about me for one second you'd tell me everything! I'm tired of all these secrets Miruko, I'm sick of it! All I ever wanted was to be with my sister, that's all!"

Miruko appeared distressed all of a sudden. His eyes looked deep into mine as if he tried to understand why I was losing so much control. He moved closer to try and comfort me, but I backed away.

He sighed, "What would you do if I told you everything Calypsa?"

I was a bit shocked that he was taking this into consideration. "I'd finally know what Icarus is up to."

"But what would you do about it?"

"I don't know, it depends what it is."

"So you have no plan."

"I didn't say that."

"Yes you did. You seem to believe that he's trying to kill you, and yet you won't seem to do anything about it but run away and find Mina. What difference would it make if I told you or not?"

I took his words into consideration and realized he had a point.

"But maybe I'll know why he killed my father." I answered.

Miruko broke a small smile, "You don't know?"

I paused before I answered, "Well, not really."

His eyes grew deeper into mine as he moved closer to me, but this time I didn't back away.

"He wanted your father's throne so he could become King of the Sea, and the only way was to kill him." He answered slowly.

I looked down as I felt tears grow in the corner of my eyes. It was all greed, all Icarus worried about was power.

But it still made no sense…

I looked back at Miruko with an obvious question written on my face, "My father was a human Miruko, he abandoned his throne to be with my mother. Why would Icarus still want to kill him? And me?"

Miruko hesitated; he didn't want to answer this question. "I don't know if I should say…"

"Please tell me Miruko, please. I'm begging you now, please!"

He closed his eyes to take my words into consideration, but soon he began to nod his head no.

I grew angry once more, this was as close as I got to know the truth, and Miruko was backing down again. "Just tell me that, and I won't bother you again, I promise!"

He looked back at me and replied, "But that question answers everything."

I clenched my jaw in frustration, and this time I was angry at Miruko for good.

"I knew you were just like the rest of them."

"Calyspa please…"

"No, you never cared about me; you're a liar and a traitor! You can't do anything for yourself! You want me dead, that's all!"

I tried to swim away but Miruko caught my arm again. I tried loosening his grip but he was too strong.

"Calypsa, please don't do this!" He insisted.

"Let go!" I yelled as I tried to release his grip from me. Miruko tried to calm me but I couldn't hear any of his words, I was too angry. Soon an outer glow began to form around me as my anger began to rise.

"Please stop Calypsa!"

"Let me go!" I insisted. I wasn't going to give up, so I continued to try and run from him. Soon enough his grip started to loosen and my arm broke free.

"I hate you!" I cried as I hit Miruko across the face with a loud thud. He grimaced in pain and I quickly sped away from him.

Yet he soon came after me at an alarming speed. I kept looking back hoping he wouldn't catch up, yet each second he grew closer.

I swam past room by room, some mer people looked at us with puzzlement, but before they could react we were gone within a second. I knocked over an object along the way and pain shot through my tail. Soon I began to slow down since my body began to grow weary.

But I couldn't give up; I continued to swim as fast as possible through to water until I came across a current moving in my direction. Finally, luck was at my side.

After the current began to slow, I saw an opening inside the castle and I quickly swam to it. I glanced behind me to see if Miruko was there, but he was gone. I smiled knowing I lost him, yet once I looked ahead he was there. He dove straight at me and it was too late to react.

Once again he held me, with both arms this time in a hugging position. I squirmed trying to break free yet it seemed impossible now.

"Please don't hate me, Calypsa, please…" He murmured to me softly.

I continued to squirm but I grew tired and eventually stopped.

"Why are you doing this to me? Why can't you let me go?" I asked wearily.

"I can't bear to see you go alone."

"Why?"

He paused and once again looked at me straight into the eyes, but there was something I couldn't seem to understand from his expression. His eyes grew serious and he held me tighter.

"Because I love you."

My eyes grew wide with surprise as he said those words. But before I could react, his warm lips touched mine as he drew a kiss.

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