It was the day after the wedding. I sat beside the window in Eric's well, now my room. I couldn't stop thinking. Everything has moved so fast. I met this man a week ago. How am I married? I was sitting there. I take a step back in my mind, and I really understand the circumstances I'm in. I've dedicated my life to this world, and now everything will change, and I didn't even give it a month of thought. My emotions got the best of me. I do love Eric. I really do, and I feel it in my heart. But. I don't know where to go.
I love being here, and I've dreamed about it my whole life, but the ocean has everyone I know. I can't just leave them. I have to figure something out. I have to mix the two. An hour later. I'm finally over sitting at this window. I have a game plan. I will unite my Kingdom with Erics and connect them not only as allies but also. I want a world where the two can live in harmony, and people from my world can see the beauty of this One, and the people from this one can see the beauty of the sea. This will be my mission, and until I succeed, there's nothing else I will work on.
On day one, I tried to convince Eric of my idea. I go to him and tell him how I feel, and he completely understands. He doesn't see the craziness of us getting married in a week, but we both know we love each other. That's all I. Care about? But he was taken aback when I explained what I wanted to do with these kingdoms. He doesn't really have much to say. What I want to do is enormous, and I'm not realizing it. Connecting me to kingdoms. It's never been done before. It hasn't. Humans have never known about mermaids until I came into Eric's life. But if I'm the first Mermaid to get married to a man from the land. Then, I'll also be the first memory to connect our kingdoms. As Eric finally calmed down, I explained to him that this is so important to me because I want to be able to live with both of my lives. I don't want to give up one that's not. What I expected to have to do: I won't give everything up just for him. I had a life before. And so he understands he doesn't want to lose me, and I never said I would leave, but it's very nice of him to know how I feel. So he says that if I can. Imagine a way to do this that won't harm anyone or cause. If there is too much of an issue around this island, I can go through with it, but the plans must be examined. Assistance. And so I thought this was a fair trade and agreed. I go back to the room. And. I just sit there, looking around. I'm happy that I don't have to argue with him. But I also know he doesn't really understand what I'm saying. He is here with his life and got the girl, but I had to lose everything important to me. So. I feel alone in that way. And then I understood. Nothing in this place makes me feel at home. Not even this room. I'm in another person's room, and another person's home and nothing has been done to make me feel like I belong. So I started changing everything. I need to focus on my plan and get all the staff to help me make this place feel like I belong. After working hard for three hours, I am restless. I have turned this room into the most magical place in this castle. And I hope Eric likes it.
Day 2. I wake up, my feet hurting and my hands sore from all the changes I've made. Eric is right beside me. I see a note on my desk. It says. From Eric. I love what you've done. I wanna celebrate where you've come from, and I'm sorry you didn't feel like I was. I'll try to be better from now on. I love you. When I read this, I couldn't believe how amazing he was. I was a little scared he might be mad at all my changes, but he loved me. He doesn't mind it. And so. I woke up with the biggest smile. But today, I wasn't going to get off track. I had to make my plan to connect. The two kingdoms. I go to the office. And I started walking around thinking, what could I do? What could I change? It's hard. I don't know this world, so I'm unsure how it works. Entirely. So I already don't have the best. Jumping off point. But as I keep thinking and imagining. I got it. We need to build Underwater buildings. That will come up, too. The Kingdom. They can. Be so close to that. The people of the sea. Can interact daily with the people of the ocean. This would cause relationships to grow and for them to help each other for years. I think this is the best idea I've had yet. I go to Eric, and I tell him. He doesn't mind because this would have to be my dad's doing since the buildings would be underground. Eric just has to have everyone be respectful to the people to see, which I think they will be because everyone loved me, my dad, and at our wedding, so it'll work out. I just have to go to talk to my dad. This is the first time I will return to the water after my wedding. It's kind of scary to think about. I haven't been there in so long. I lived there my whole life and have been gone for a month. It was such a quick change every time I Think about it. It hits me. The craziness of what I did, the insanity. How could someone do this? But I don't mind these thoughts. Right now, I'm on a mission. I need to go down. So I below my. Shell to call my dad, and he comes. I ask him, please turn me back into murmured for the day. I need to talk to everybody, and he agrees, of course. He has missed me so much, and I hug him. I'm back in my tail, and I've never felt better. It's just me; the more thoughts I have like this, the more I am. I'm worried about the choices I've made. I feel I didn't see the perfection I had in my home. I took it for granted. And now? I'm suffering the consequences. As I'm down there with everybody, I. Remember the beauty that my people have in them and how. Amazing it is to be. Part of the ocean. I go to my dad and tell him I plan on finally, after being distracted by everything else, and he thinks about it. He doesn't answer at first because he has been against the humans for so long. I am the reason he has opened up and been OK. I'm his daughter; he loves me and doesn't want me to be sad. So he opened his heart to the possibility that humans are not all bad, and I found a man who can help that image. Of course so. He agrees. But he's just worried about the people. You know, some people from other islands don't know about this marriage. You don't know about them or people; they might try to kill them. And so I talked to him about the logistics of what has to happen, and he said they need security around there. Some people, someone to explain to someone to protect these mermaids and mermen from attacks that might come, and I totally understand this. I never even thought of that. My people are in such huge danger when they come up and try to be connected. How could I not understand that I was seeing this from such a selfish view where I wanted to feel at home, but I had to make sure everyone else could feel at home as well. And so I think my dad and I spent the night in the ocean because I felt so comfortable the next morning. I feel tingles. It's my feet. They're coming back. I swam to the surface as fast as possible, got to the sand, and was out. My feet are back, and I'm in my dress-soaked. But that never bothered me, of course. I return to the castle, get in bed with Eric, and ponder it. Why am I trying to connect these people when there could be such? There are bad endings to it. How could I forget the danger my people could be put in or the danger that the hunting of my people could put the Kingdom in? I need to rethink what I've been wanting to do and understand that what I want isn't what's best for everybody