Sally and Arya had made it back to the lake where Sally had left her bag, boots and jacket. Sally arrived there first and Arya followed soon after. The two Mermunk girls swam over to the dock over that was at the lake, turned around, lifted themselves onto the dock and sat down on it, dipping their tails in the water so they wouldn't dry out.
"That was fun." Arya said, giggling and splashing the water with her tail.
"I won that race with ease." Sally replied, giggling and splashing the water with her tail as well.
"Yeah. You think there's anyone around?" Arya asked, looking around to see if it was clear.
Sally looked around as well. "I don't think there's anyone around. It's clear."
Arya sighed in relief and nodded. "That's good." She said, giving Sally a friendly hug. Sally blushed and giggled at that.
"So, Arya, how long have Merbians existed?" Sally asked Arya curiously, splashing the water with her tail again.
"Merbians have been around since the year 3100." Arya began to explain. "It all started near the continent of Soumerica, in an ancient civilization called Kwaquolonia. Kwaquolonia was a bustling metropolis on an island approximately 500 kilometers from the coast of Soumerica. The inhabitants of Kwaquolonia were regular Mobians, living in peace in their civilization on their island, until one day, an earthquake erupted on the island that caused the city to be gradually devoured by ocean water. The Kwaquolonians combated this problem by building homes in the island mountains, but this proved to be a useless endeavor, because the mountain homes were flooded as well as the island along with Kwaquolonia sunk into the ocean. As the island was sinking into the ocean, the Mobian inhabitants of Kwaquolonia began adapting to their new environment, as their bodies began changing, gaining gills in their neck to breathe underwater, and their legs being replaced by fishtails so they could get around easier underwater. The Kwaquolonian females also gained shell bras to cover their cleavage as part of their transformation. And thus the Mobians turned into a half Mobian half fish hybrid, and decided to call the species they had become Merbians. They moved to different waters near Northamer, where they created a new civilization known as Merbiana, and they decided to make their new civilization a monarchy, with Grover Fishgerald being chosen as their first king. In fact, I am a descendant of Grover Fishgerald, and I'm the sister of the current crown princess, Cara Fishgerald." Arya explained.
"Yay, you're a princess too!" Sally said, giggling and splashing the water with her tail excitedly.
Arya giggled, rubbing her neck for a bit. "Yeah, I am. I honestly don't see being royalty as an achievement. I just do what I think is right for the people. My sister thinks in a similar way." She told Sally.
Sally nodded, interested in the things she was told. "Are there other civilizations of Merbians around Mobius, Arya?" She asked her royal Mermunk friend.
"Many civilizations, Sally. There's the New Kwaquolonians who live in the sunken city of Kwaquolonia near Soumerica, the Sirena Pod who live in the city of Fort Fishington near Downunda, the Mãmeidian Clan who live in the city of Ikajing near Yurashia, the Celtic Maidens who live in the city of Seasneek near Eurish, and the list goes on, my little Mermunk. And besides Merbians, there's other fishy Mobian like species under the sea, including creatures such as Sharbians, which are shark like Merbians, Narbians, which are narwhal like Merbians, Sirenbians, and Octobians. Sirenbians and Octobians are the ones you need to watch out for. Not all are bad, but most of them. Sirenbians are similar to Merbians, and they can be distinguished from Merbians by the fact that Sirenbians have fangs, while Merbians do not. Sirenbians also use their beauty and beautiful singing voices to lead Mobians to their doom. Octobians are Mobians who have octopus like tentacles in place of a fishtail or legs, and they practice dark magic. They deceive Merbians and Mobians with a friendly facade and lead them to their doom with their dark magic. My sister is familiar with Octobians, though she never told me why, as she doesn't like to talk about it." Arya continued.
"I'm sure she has a good reason for it." Sally replied, stretching her arms a bit.
"Probably. Maybe I'll introduce you to my sister some other time. For now, I think you should get back to your surface home." Arya replied, getting back in the water.
"Yeah, I should. Maybe there's a way for us to keep in contact?" Sally asked Arya, getting back in the water as well.
"Yeah, I think I got something for us to keep in contact." Arya said as she reached under the water and got out a phone shaped like a seashell and handed it to Sally.
"This is a shellphone. It works just like a regular cell phone, and it has me as a contact in it." Arya explained to Sally.
"Yay, Merbian everything!" Sally giggled, holding the shellphone in her left hand. "Well, see you later, Arya." Sally said, hugging Arya.
"Yep! Bye, Sally!" Arya said, waving with a smile before she dove under the water. Sally lightly smiled and swam to her bag, boots and jacket, then crawled out of the water.
"Okay, Arya said that to get my legs back, all I have to do is dry off…Let's hope it works…" Sally said to herself as she grabbed a towel from her bag and rubbed it over her tail. Soon, her normal Mobian legs came back.
"Yay, it worked!" Sally said as she stood up and stretched her legs. She then dried off the rest of her body and put her boots and jacket back on before putting the used towel in her bag.
"I better get back to the Freedom Fighters HQ, the others are probably worried about me…" Sally said as she hurried back to the Freedom Fighters HQ.