It seems this isn't the last chapter :)
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Coin continues growing and growing while looking down at me and Peeta.
The heavy rain, loud lightning and gigantic waves create a perfect background for her. She isn't a feared sea criature. She is a feared goddess.
She laughs. Her voice echoes through the dark sky. "So pitiful."
Like a downfall of a cliff, one of her tentacles crashes into the water, creating a massive wave. The wave falls against me and Peeta and we break apart. I shout his name but it's swallowed by the water. Underwater, I can see almost every sunken ship moving from its place and being dragged toward a water tornado Coin made.
I swim against the waves and emerge. Wave upon wave block my vision and I can't discover Peeta's whereabouts. I turn just in time when one of the sunken ship emerges and moves past me. I hold tightly to one rock near by. I look around and then see a shadow moving and being swallowed by the water. Peeta.
When I'm ready to dive and go save him, Coin turns my way and with the trident, destroys the rock. The strong wind pushes me into the tornado and I fall with a thud into the sea's sandy ground. I look up and it feels like I'm inside an abyss. The walls move all around me, making me a bit dizzy and at the top, Coin is looking down at me.
"You will kneel before me as your daddy did." She smiles evilly.
"I will never kneel before a monster who already lost." I shout.
"No." She warns. "This is just my beginning."
She points the trident at me but I dodge the blow. She screams furiously and sends another blow at me. The entire blow doesn't hit me but some sparks falls on one of my tail's fin, burning it. I shout in agony. The fin is completely burned and I see some blood trailing down from the raw flesh where the fin was attached to the tail.
"I guess you will kneel after all." She laughs menacingly.
She points the trident again at me. I wait for the next blow, holding my tail cautiously but I only hear a loud scream. I look up and see one of the sunken ships trepassing Coin's stomach. She lets go of the trident and in one swift movement, the tornardo breaks and the entire sea water falls on top of me. I'm pushed and pulled by the water because I can't swim. My tail in numb and I can't move my arms against the force of the water so I crash into a rock, losing consciousness.
"Katniss."
I think I know that voice.
"Katniss."
My head hurts like hell. I just want people to leave me alone. I only want one person.
I open my eyes quickly, sitting up.
"Peeta." I look around but all I see are Annie and Madge. I'm in my bedroom in the palace.
"Katniss." Annie hugs me. "We thought we had lost you."
"Where's Peeta?" I ask them.
"Who?"
Of course, they don't know who he is. I try to get up but a pain so strong shoots through my tail, I have to bite my lip from screaming.
"You need to lie down." Madge says gently, pushing me down. "Your left fin is destroyed and Father is trying to treat it but it won't grow."
"I don't care. I need to see Peeta." I say a bit too loud.
Someone coughs. Madge and Annie turn and I see my dad by the bedroom entrance.
"Girls, could you please give me a moment with Katniss?" Dad requests.
They nod. Annie hugs me one last time and Madge gives my hand a reassuring squeeze, before leaving. I sit slowly when my dad comes near my bed. We look at each other before he releases a deep breath.
"I don't know what to say." He looks at my tail. I also look and see the end of it covered with algae. "For three days we searched and not a clue from you. And then I find you with that witch."
He looks at me again. His eyes, despite his calm face, have written all the fear and despair he felt. "You love him."
I stare at him. "Yes." I whisper.
He sighs. "Why?"
"He is different. He also makes me feel different. In a good way." I say. "I love him, dad and I'll never stop."
He leaves my bed side and start swimming back and forth. I hope he doesn't forbide me from seeing Peeta ever again. It would feel like when my mother died. Something would be taken from me - another part of me - and I would be left wandering through the palace's halls and the sea, without a purpose.
"I just want you to be happy." My father's voice breaks my thoughts. "Even if it's beside a human."
"What?" I don't understand.
"I'm letting you become part of their world." He clarifies.
I don't believe it. Did my father finally realise the truth about humans? I smile genuinely. My father is a person who doesn't show his emotions a lot - I take after him on that - but, right now, he gives me a small smile.
"Can I go now?" I ask him.
"Katniss, your tail is not fully healed. You can't swim to the surface." He says.
"Dad, I need to know if he's alright." I plead. "After what happened, I couldn't find him. I just want to see if he's safe."
"Please, dad." He gives me a stern look. "If you want me to be happy, you would do that for me."
He keeps looking at me and then sighs. "...Alright"
We reach the surface, when the sun is already rising.
My dad had to carry me since my tail is still healing but I know I won't be using it for long. It feels like when I was learning to walk on legs. Peeta had to carry me. He felt so warm and comfortable.
"Are you sure, sir?" Haymitch asks my dad.
Haymitch wasn't very found of the idea but, I know, deep down he will always want what's best for me. The same as my father.
My dad nods at Haymitch and we swim closer to the sand. I see a rock and tell my dad to put me there. Maybe this way, Peeta will see me. When I'm positioned on the rock, I start looking around at the beach, trying to find Peeta but it's empty. Maybe he thinks I forgot about him and he gave up.
"There."
I look where Haymitch pointed and see a body lying down on the sand.
I turn quickly and look at my father. Everything I'm feeling and want, I transmite in one look. Also, I hope he understands that I'm not saying goodbye. I will always want him to be a part of my life as well as my sisters. He nods at me, reassuringly and with a soft movement from the trident, I feel the change in my body again.
The transformation is over.
I look down at my legs. They feel like my old ones. I stretch them and wince when I try to move my left foot. It seems the injure in my fin has pass to my human foot. I dip my feet on the water and then let go of the rock. I fall into the water but quickly swim up. I try not to move my left feet. I turn and look one last time at my dad and Haymitch. They both nod at me. I look away and swim to the sand. When I can feel it beneath my feet, I walk the rest to the beach. The light blue dress my dad put on me clings to my body and I have to take small steps until I reach the dry sand.
I spot Peeta a few feet away from me. When I'm near him, I see his body moving. He places a hand in his forehead and mumbles something. I can feel the smile on my face.
"Peeta." I call his name.
He turns his head and his eyes widen when he sees me. He gets up quickly. He wobbles a bit but he doesn't give much importance to it and runs to me. I don't have time say anything when he swepts me off my feet and holds me to him by the waist. I smile and put my arms around his neck, hugging him too.
"I thought you had..." He whispers against my neck.
"I would never leave you." I reassure him.
He pulls away, still holding me. "I love hearing your voice."
I search his eyes, trying to find something that sounds wrong with his words. I know he wanted to find the girl from the beach - me - but he never said if he loved her. "Are you happy?"
He narrows his eyes. "Of course, I'm happy. Why would you think otherwise?"
I take a deep breath. "Because I don't belong in your world, because I'm a mermaid, because..."
"Katniss," He rests his forehead against mine and gazes deeply into my eyes. "I don't care what you are. What matters to me is you. Who you are inside."
We look at each other, not knowing what words to say. I thought he would feel repulsion of me. Once he found out what I was, maybe he had stopped loving me. I don't know what I would do. I was already in too deep with him.
"Alright." I whisper.
Sorry it took too long to write this chapter and I'm sorry they don't kiss *evil laugh* But don't worry, next chapter they will kiss and there will be a cute scene between two other characters. Don't forget to review :)