Water Spirits

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Fantasy

Water Spirits

Kagdie was special, she was very very special. She was one of the last water spirits- or Lavencses as they called themselves. But she was special. She was the only one in the whole tribe to have green hair. She was also the only one who had normal skin like those humans.


Recently, a disaster has struck, more and more of those jellyfish-but-not-jellyfish things had been flowing out of those long hollow snakes. It killed their livestock and suffocated their pet turtles, so far, Kagdie had already lost five little turtles. She hated the fake jellyfish, it caused havoc whenever it went, sometimes, her father even said that he spotted them forming into a big jelly fish monster! It was all very scary for little Kagdie. 


“Wake up, my little droplet!” Her mother, a sea nymph sang. Her mother had long purple and blue hair braided with seaweed for ribbons, her tail flapped and glistened in the water, she wasn’t like other ones who wore only the top piece, she wore a top - at least that was what the humans called it- 


Kagdie woke up with a yawn. She was now only ten which was very young for a sea spirit, they could live up to five thousand years old! Kagdie’s tail turned into human legs with a pop, she looked down at them and giggled. ‘Oh change them back my little duckling.” Her mother said smiling. She scooped up Kagdie and glided out of their large sea shell house. The ocean was sparkling clear and clean today, it was a very good day. (at least they thought so)


Her father was in a very good mood until noon. That was when disaster struck.


The siren on top of the seaweed braided watch tower wailed loudly, it flashed purple and green all over, it signaled that the Fake-jellyfish was coming! Toddlers cried loudly and the spirit-men started sharpening their weapons and standing in lines, mothers scooped up their babies and started paddling away quickly. Kagdie not knowing what was happening went swimming all around looking for her tall mother when suddenly a blur of blue and green and purple scooped her up. It was her mother! 


Kagdie held on tight and closed her golden eyes tightly as her mother held her chubby little form tight. (Don’t ask me why) Soon, Kagdie fell asleep against her mother. 


Kagdie opened her eyes again. Fake jellyfish were swarming everywhere and some brown and green gunk were floating out of those big metal snakes! Kagdie’s mother swam faster and faster, but she could swim no more, she was utterly exhausted. They neared the shore and Kagdie’s mother threw Kagdie at the sandy beach as hard as she could before getting entangled in the fake jellyfish, she was swept away in a sea of brown gunk till Kagdie could see no more of her mother. 


“POP!” Young Kagdie, not understanding what happened giggled and stared at her tail which had turned into human feet.


“MR STARK!!” A young male voice jolted Kagdie out of her thoughts and she stood up, waddling happily towards the voice. There, she saw one of those humans standing there in a red and blue suit, it had those sharp eyes that Kagdie liked. Kagdie waddled closer and closer. “MR STARK!!” The young man yelled again backing away quickly from Kagdie. A man in a red and yellow suit flew down from the sky. “What?! Whats happening?! Are you being attacked-”


He took notice of Kagdie and sighed at the young man in annoyance, “Come on, kid, its just a baby!! I don’t see her mother anywhere and its getting dark, we’ll keep her in the meantime.”


"Mr. Stark, you can't bring a random kid that legs somehow can turn to a tail home! You can't just adopt a kid like that!"


The man called Mr. Stark carried Kagdie away as she shot a water blast at him.


“What the-” Mr. Stark took off his yellow and red helmet with glowing eyes and stared at Kagdie in surprise. It was a normal face! It looked quite like her father's too, except with brown eyes and black hair and beard instead of green eyes and purple hair and beard.


The ‘Kid’ looked nervously. “We are keeping her!” Mr. Stark declared hoisting Kagdie higher onto his shoulders. ‘Well, until we find her mother anyways.” He added glancing at ‘Kid’s’ shocked and worried face.


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