When I woke up after a well-deserved and calm rest I was in some new area. It took me a minute to remember why I wasn't in my lair at the mangrove. I growled in displeasure and looked around. I was in the water again since I remember last being on the shore, but it was so clear. I could see through the water without even trying. It felt unnatural to be in such clear water. Something told me water this clear was never found in nature. I was in some kind of place but I didn't know what. I was about to try and swim a little to check out the area but I winced as I tried to move my tail. It was too painful to swim properly with, so I had no choice but to sit there and think about my predicament.
First I get kicked out of my reef and had to travel nearly the entire ocean to find a new home. I find a fresh water river and try to find a home there only to get stuck in the rainforest dragging my tail through the receding water fending off ants. I finally find a large mangrove sanctuary and claim it as my own only to find out that humans live just at the edge of the pool. And at last I get captured by the humans and end up here. I have the worst luck of all the merfolk. I gurgled sadly. I missed the salt water reef I used to stay in. it was so colorful and full of life and it was always bustling with school of fish to catch and eat. The male that had stolen it from me was way bigger and intimidating with red scales stripped with orange and a twin dorsal fin. He had a mate too so it was no wonder he won. I had to cross many tail lengths to reach the river and that was my first encounter with fresh water. It had scared me at first but I had gotten used it and even grown to like it better than salt water. The fish were just as tasty as well. I was hungry now that I thought about it. I wasn't about to let myself be fed by these humans, but it'd be nice to have something to eat. I didn't even eat while I was tied to the post. I sighed and twisted so I was looking up. I hoped this whole thing would end soon I just want to go back to my old life. I just wanted to live out my days whether I mated or not. I just…wanted to eat something! I was really hungry!