The sun began to rise over the sea’s horizon on the cool summer night. The waves slowly rose and fell as the moon completed its journey over the water and disappeared. Over by the shore, the water lapped against the rocks. On the top rested a mermaid named Coralie. She was fair skinned with blue eyes, her hair blonde and pinned up in a braid, and her tail a brilliant blue with accenting yellow stripes. She Laid back, hands behind her head as she bathed in the early morning sun. She knew that she would have to be back soon enough though, royal law decreed that all mermaids could not be seen by humans.
Coralie sighed and rolled over onto her stomach and rested her head in her hands. She looked out at the coast and the human town nearby. She wondered what life was like for them, and what it was like to have two legs instead of fins and a tail. She sat and watched them bustle about in their daily lives, going here and there both on foot and in their big wheeled contraptions. She sighed and began to ideally sing softly.
As she sang, a small Jeep pulled up to the beach. Out of the Jeep stepped out a short woman with fair skin, short brown hair, and green eyes. She was dressed in a Bikini and a cover up. She grabbed a small gym bag and made her way down to the water. She stopped inside a changing tent, coming out quickly dressed only in her bikini. Coralie took notice of her and stopped singing. She licked her lips a little as her stomach growled. It had been a while since she had partaken in humans and she figured no one would miss this one. She repositioned herself on the rock to look as sexy and inviting as possible and began to sing louder, putting her full voice into it to enchant the poor woman.
Meanwhile the woman on the shore began to stretch and warm up, moving and contorting her body into various positions. Before long she clapped her hands and rubbed them before making her way into the water, wadding out carefully. Once she was far enough out to start floating she began to swim. Stroke after stroke she fought against the waves to get out farther to open water. It was clear she was an experienced swimmer, knowing when and where to paddle, stroke, and even dive under the waves. Coralie watched her as she sang, waiting for her to get closer. Soon she saw her opportunity as the woman began to swim laps.
As the woman got closer, Coralie began to sing louder, each note of her song becoming more and more inviting to the human listening. Coralie then began to put on a bit of a performance, holding her arms out as she hit certain notes and showing off her body in inviting ways. The woman swimming slowly got closer and closer to her, making Coralie smile in anticipation. She waited, her heart pounding as the human came so close. All it would take was just a touch on the rock and She would have her meal. But as she got closer, Coralie noticed something about the woman, something familiar. Being so close now, her face and eyes looked like an old friend, one that she thought had disappeared long ago. As the woman touched the rock, Coralie stopped singing, finally putting a name to the face that was now in front of her.
“Areana,” She asked looking down at the woman. As Coralie stopped the woman, shook her head, clearing the influence of the siren song from earlier. She then looked at where she was before looking up at the voice that had just spoken to her.
“Coralie? Is that you,” She said, moving some hair out of her eyes.
“It is you,” Coralie said excitedly as she reached out and hugged her friend. “It’s been so long! I thought you had disappeared!”
“Oh, sorry about that, I should have told you that I was leaving,” Areana said looking away. “Things were getting a little…dangerous around the city.”
“Dangerous? What do you mean,” Coralie asked, tilting her head.
“Well, surely you would have noticed the increase in sea monsters in your time as a protector. They seem to be increasing in numbers by the day, and they seem to be getting more aggressive too,” Areana said.
“Huh, now that you mention it, things have been getting harder to get done. The sea monsters are fighting back more and our weapons are getting less effective on them, not to mention that there seems to be less food going around,” Coralie said, storking her chin in thought.
“Exactly, so I went to the sea witch and had her make me a potion to make me human. And I have to say, it was the best decision I made. The humans have a lot of fun things to do and life is a lot easier,” Areana said.
“Is that so? Oh, well, I guess things aren’t better where it’s wetter like the crabs sing about. So you said you took a potion to change,” Coralie asked. Areana nodded, making Coralie look out at the water. She then looked back at her friend, a look of calm determination on her face. “You wouldn’t happen to have more of it would you?”
“I don’t,” Areana said. Coralie hung her head in defeat in response, but then Areana lifted her head with a finger. “But I think I know of a way to give some of that to you. She said the potion would take some time to take effect, and that some of it may stick on me.”
“What does that mean,” Coralie asked.
“What it means is this,” Areana said cupping Coralie’s chin. She then leaned in and planted a long gentle kiss on Coralie’s lips. Coralie blushed as it was so sudden, but soon relaxed and leaned into the kiss. She had once had a thing for her fellow mermaid friend, but never had the courage to make a move. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the kiss, letting herself suck on Areana’s lips. They had a sweet taste which tingled against her tongue. She blushed more and hummed softly as she relaxed more and reached out to caress Areana’s face. The pair then broke the kiss as they looked into each other’s eyes.
“Oh wow. That was...that was something else,” Coralie said blushing.
“Just wait, it’s about to get a lot better,” Areana said, smiling and leaning back in the water.
“What do you mean,” Coralie asked, confused as to what she meant. She then blushed as she felt a cramp in her tail. She looked down at it and ran her hand down her scales slowly. As she pulled her hand back, some of her scales came with it. She looked down at them in surprise, picking one off and looking over it. She then moved her hands back down to her tail and ran her hands down her tail again. As she did, handfuls of scales began to come off with them, falling off her hands and dropping into the water below. She blushed as her beautiful blue scales bobbed on the water’s surface and bounce against the rocks. She then looked back at the patches she had rubbed to see fresh patches of raw pink skin. She then yelped as her tail cramped again. She grabbed it with both hands and held it in pain.
“What is going on,” She asked, her face contorting into a look of pain and confusion.
“Yeah it’s going to hurt a little bit. Just grit your teeth and bear through the pain. Your biology is quickly changing,” Areana said, She then came over and held her friend's hand, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Coralie nodded as she began to breathe heavily as another wave of cramps rolled over her. She looked down at the end of her tail and watched as the fin began to slowly recede back into the trunk. She winced and flapped it a few times before it was left as a blunt point, looking more like a snake tail than a fish now. Each flap also made more of her scales fall off, filling the surrounding air with shimmering flakes of blue and yellow and making more raw pink skin appear. She grunted and groaned as more cramping and pain came from her tail.
“Oh gosh, This really hurts,” Coralie said, gritting her teeth and grabbing her friend's hand tightly.
“Just hang in there, you’re strong, you’ll get through this,” Areana said rubbing her back.
Coralie panted and grunted in pain as her body continued to change. She felt a cramping and a pressure in her hips as they shifted, the sounds of gentle grinding and crackling filling the air. She then felt as something began to push out from her hips. She looked down and watched as two nubs began to slowly push out from either side. More popping, crackling, and grinding was heard as her new legs began to form. She then watched as her tail began to shrink back in on itself, the cramping feeling getting worse as pounds of muscle, skin, and bone pulled in and slowly redistributed itself.
Before long, Coralie had the equivalent of little baby legs, but with no feet. They were next to come as the blunt ends of the stumps began to flatten, lengthening and widening out into the beginnings of feet. Coralie grunted in pain as the bone and muscle formed. Before long, She watched as the skin at the end began to push out into five smaller stumps. She looked at them curiously, and wiggled them experimentally, unsure of what they were.
“Those are called toes. They’ll help you walk easier,” Areana said giggling as she saw Coralie’s confusion. Coralie looked over at her and tried to ask more, but was soon interrupted by more cramps. The changes slowly continued. Her tail was now half its original size, both in length and in girth. Coralie continued to groan as she reached down and rubbed her ever shrinking tail and her new growing appendages. They felt so strange and alien to her. She blushed as she carefully flexed and moved them around.
“This is so weird,” She said, smiling a little.
“Just hang on, you’re almost there,” Areana said, patting her back gently. Coralie nodded and continued to breathe deeply, the pain still there but slowly getting less. After another few minutes her tail had slowly receded back up into her body. As it did, two new muscles began to form on her backside. Her tail Bunched up into a large mound of flesh before a line formed from just under the small of her back where her tail once started and spread down between her legs. Soon two plump and firm ass cheeks had formed from the former mermaid’s tail. At the same time, her new legs slowly finished growing out. Bone, muscle and skin all spreading out and maturing into the long legs of a sexy young woman. Her thighs grow thick and plump, helping to accent her ass and waist into a sexy hourglass figure. Before long the pain and cramping in her new legs began to slowly subside. Coralie was left panting and groaning as she let out a sigh of relief.
“Oh…wow…that really hurt,” She said, reaching down and rubbing her legs. As she did, some old scales fell off her into the water.
“Yeah sorry about that. I should have given you a little warning about that,” Areana said, rubbing her friends back. The pair then sat there on the rocks for a while as Coralie slowly recovered from her ordeal.
“So now what,” She asked looking down at her friend.
“Well now we need to get you back to shore and get you some clothes,” Arena said.
“Alright then, lead the way,” Coralie said, jumping off the rock and into the water. She then began to start trying to swim through the water like she used to, arms at her side and flopping her body up and down. She didn’t get very far though as she started to sink into the water. She flailed her arms as she struggled to stay above water. Luckily her friend was there and helped her back to the rock. She sat there coughing and sputtering for a few moments.
“What’s going on? Why can’t I swim or breathe underwater anymore,” She asked.
“You’re a human now. They can’t breathe under water or swim like a fish. You have to do it like this now,” Areana said. She then spent the next 30 minutes trying to teach Coralie how to properly swim like a human, how to use her arms like paddles and to kick her feet. When Coralie tried it for herself, she looked like a young kid, flailing about, but slowly making progress.
“Ok, That’s a start. We can work on the rest later. We need to get back to the beach,” Areana said. She then reached out and began to help Coralie swim to shore. Thankfully it was still early morning, so the beach wasn’t busy yet. Areana helped Coralie out of the water. She struggled to walk with her new legs, still having her “sea legs” as it were. She wobbled as she took slow step after slow step in the cool wet sand.
“Oh wow, this is so weird,” Coralie said blushing as she walked.
“Yeah it was weird for me too. Luckily you get used to it after a while. For now, we need to get you covered in something,” Areana said, walking with her to her bag.
“Why? I’ve got my shell bra. Isn’t that enough,” Coralie asked.
“Well, humans have this weird thing about seeing women's parts. So let's just get you taken care of,” Areana said. The pair then finally reached her bag. She let go of Coralie and kneeled down to grab a towel out of her bag, tossing it to Coralie. She yelped as the towel hit her in the face, almost knocking her over.
“Wrap that around your waist while I dig around for more clothes,” Areana said, rummaging through her bag. Coralie looked at it and did what she was told. Before long, She found her extra pair of shorts and an old extra big shirt. She then stood back up and handed them to Coralie. She looked at them confused for a second before Areana told her how to put them on. ONce they were, She took off the towel and handed it to Areana. The pair then stood there as Areana dried herself with the towel. She then threw it into her bag and picked it all up.
“Alright, let’s get you back to my home. You can stay with me for a while, maybe longer if needed,” She said with a wink.
“Oh, yeah I guess. Huh, never did think this whole thing out,” Coralie said looking down.
“Not to worry hun. YOu have me, and I'll help you navigate this big crazy dry world up here,” She said, putting her hand on her friend's shoulder. She then smiled and leaned in, Planting a kiss on her friends lips lovingly. Coralie blushed but let the kiss happen. The pair held there for a while before Areana broke the kiss.
“Hehe, Sorry, I've always had a thing for you,” Areana said.
“It’s fine, I just wasn’t expecting it,” She said blushing.
“Well if you liked the kiss, I can show you a lot more once we get back to my place,” Areana said winking. Coralie blushed and nervously giggled as Areana placed her arm around her shoulder. The pair then began to walk slowly back to Areana’s Jeep, ready to have a whole new adventure.
