The Rising Tail of a Journey

Prologue *Swim*

*So, there are a few time skips. We have an order to write this story, me, then Glow, and then Turtle. We can't write in each other's POV, but we can write in the other characters. ENJOY!! (The cover was found via Google Chrome, and edited via the Wattpad Covers app by me.)*

~Nine Years Old|Swim's POV~

I held their hands as we ran from the burning village. our village was set on fire, and we were the only ones to make it out. Glow looked in amazement as the fire spread throughout the village. Turtle and I looked on in horror as our home burned.

~Ten Years Old|Swim's POV~

We were the only ones to make it out of that fire. Why did Glow leave? She left us just a few weeks after the fire. Turtle and I live in the ruins of our old village.

~Eleven Years Old|Swim's POV~

We found a new village. There's been no sign of Glow since the fire. Turtle and I stay hidden. We don't know what would happen. We met a nice librarian there, her name is Emmalyn. She was really nice to us, and we live in a secret room that is under her house. She brings us food and water when she can.

~Twelve Years Old|Swim's POV~

There's been a lot of trouble recently. The lord has been receiving death threats if he remains a lord. I asked Emmalyn about it, and she said that being named lord isn't safe these days. She told me the history about the king, and was thrilled that I payed full attention.

"It's the least I could do Emmalyn, and besides, I'm interested in this!" I say.

"KYAAA!! Thank you so much for listening to me Swim!! Can I talk about the history of Irene?" Emmalyn asks me. I laugh and tell her yes.

~Thirteen Years Old|Swim's POV~

I try desperately to not scream. My hair turned blue. I was staring in a mirror in awe. Why did this happen to me? I go to my room and grab a beanie. Emmalyn has basically become our mom. She's so nice, and she made sure we had our own little bedrooms down in her basement. I grab a beanie that I had made, and I covered my hair. I go upstairs, and Emmalyn pushes me down to the basement again.

"Stay quiet, go grab Turtle and go to your room." Emmalyn whispers to me. I go to Turtle's room.

"Shhh, come with me." I whisper to her. I bring Turtle to my room. I let her grab her favorite stuffed turtle, then we went to my room. Emmalyn revealed a secret room in my closet. We go inside. I found out about powers and a mermaids tail a few days ago that I have. The part that weirded me out the most, was the fact that my hair turned the same color as my tail. I found out that ten seconds after touching most types water. It won't happen when I drink water, cry, drool, or anything like that. I've been careful since I discovered that a few days ago, but there's no way of knowing what can happen to me. But there's no time to worry about that now, war has begun.

~Time Skip of Eight Weeks|Swim's POV~

The old lord, umm, he disappeared. Along with his w-wife. Umm, no one knows what has happened. We only know about the battle that went on. A new girl, Aphmau, moved herself into Emmalyn's house, and she has not been happy. Emmalyn hasn't been able to come down and see us during the days that much. I'm not a big fan of her. Emmalyn usually tells me about all the history of Irene, and since Aphmau moved in, Emmalyn hasn't been able to come downstairs and teach me about the history about Irene. Aphmau went out to Metelli a little while ago, so Emmalyn let Turtle and I pass through her house. We're always able to go in and out of her house, the villagers here love us, but Emmalyn didn't want Aphmau to know, since we haven't known her that long. It starts raining so I run up the mountain. I find a house, and the door is open. I end up landing in there and transforming. I see a dog, and he starts barking. Thorgi. I instantly go invisible.

"What's wrong Thorgi?" Aphmau asks. Thorgi stands up and comes to sniff me. "There's nothing there Thorgi. Come on, let's go downstairs." Aphmau says to her puppy. Thorgi follows her downstairs. I come out of invisibility, and dry off. I look at her house. It's, small. It's, predictable. Thorgi comes running back upstairs, and tackles me. He starts licking me, but no harm done. Aphmau comes running upstairs to figure out what was going on. She sees Thorgi on me, licking me, and she laughs. "Who are you?" She asks, kindly.

"Umm, my name's Swim. I'm sorry to intrude, the rain started getting rough out there, and I went into the nearest building." I say.

"Where do you live?" She asks.

"With Emmalyn and my sister. My sister and I were two of the last three survivors of the Lions Head village demise. We've lived with Emmalyn for about, two years now." I tell her.

"How did I not-?" She starts.

"Emmalyn knew about us being survivors, and has been trying to protect us." I say.

~Fourteen Years Old|Swim's POV~

It's starting. A war. How can all of the journey, lead to this?! I had been able to stop the fire, fairly quickly. I drag Turtle to come with me. It's time to face what's next.

*Well, that's my prologue. Glow, write soon. Turtle, write soon after she's published her part. Check out our main accounts, SwimmingFunMCer GlowCraft13 and TurtleLoverCraft for our own stories of this. I think I have an idea for a new book, so definitely check out my main account for that soon. Go check out my account for The Phoenix Drop Tail, Glow's account for Glow's Journey, and Turtle's account for Irene's Rise. The title, The Rising Tail of a Journey takes inspiration from each of our titles. Those stories are in no way related. BU BYE!!*