The process never took long. It was the great amount of energy draining that made Ariyah feel as if the process took years rather than mere minutes. Still, the young mermaid powered through as she kept her undivided attention on the transitioning human in her arms. She could hear the world around her but she could not see anything but a bright white. It wasn't until something sort of 'clicked' inside of her mind, that Ariyah suddenly let go. It was instinct telling her that she had done all that she could do. Her momentarily lifeless body floated downward onto the soft sands of the semi shallow cove, landing softly and remaining still until she regained consciousness. 

Ariyah's thick lashes fluttered with her eyelids as she began to wake up, with not much recollection of what she had done. As she began to push herself up, she could feel a heaviness come over her, as if there were thousands of pounds sitting on her. She, for the first time since being a mermaid, felt sick to her stomach. 

"Arys?" 

Ariyah peered up into the water above her only to see the merman guarding herself and the newly turned human that laid next to her. Aquawlad and Arys had left and only Link remained. The fact that he watched over them didn't scare her. What worried her was that the other two were now missing. 

With great struggle, Ariyah found the strength to push herself up more until her tail began to move and she could swim up to Link. It was a strange feeling. Like when she had been reborn into a mermaid. 

"Link? W.. Where are the others?" 

Through Ariyah's voice one could tell she was weak but she tried hard to hide it and look normal. She didn't have plans to go looking for them yet, seeing as how the reborn mermaid would need someone to show her the ways of the merpeople, although it usually tended to be second nature. 



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