Chapter 5- Cora
"Please Daddy? I really want to go." I begged for the thousandth time. I was trying to convince my Dad to let me go to human school. I had inherited my Aunt Rayna's attraction and fascination with human things and longed to live on land and learn more about them but my Dad wouldn't let me. For some reason he was really against humans and venturing onto land. I had a feeling it might have something to do with my mother and twin brother but couldn't be sure. My Dad almost never talked about, I didn't even know their names. All I knew was that my Dad had left them due to some issues that he wouldn't explain in any detail. I honestly thought that they might be dead, killed by humans, since I had never run into them no matter what parts of the ocean I explored.
"No Cora."
I huffed. "But Daddy-"
"No buts Cora. How many times do I have to tell you no? You've been asking non stop the past few years and every time my answer is the same."
"Just this one year? Just so I can learn about them and see the neat human thingys? And I would still spend most of my time in the water, I wouldn't become one of them and stay with them. The ocean is my home. I just want to explore. Please?"
My Dad sighed. "I'll think about it…"
I smiled, knowing that that was about the equivalent of him saying yes, and swam off, heading to my room in the palace for the night with high spirits.
In the morning, the first thing Dad said to me was, "You can go to human school in California. It starts in a week. I'll get everything set up for you to go. I know some people that live there that you can stay with."
I squealed in delight and hugged him. "Oh thank you Daddy!"
He gave a small sigh. "Come on, I'll come with you to land to talk to my old friends and take you shopping. I would come with you but I need to look after the kingdom and I trust that you'll be alright."
I nodded eagerly and started swimming towards the beach in California, Dad following.