User:Mikikujira

"There goes that Miki again." they murmured. Miki was a strange girl.

The kingdom never understood her. Her quiet demeanor and shy nature made it challenging for her to connect with others.

While she was a good enough girl, to other mermaids, she was an oddling. She lived in a small home just outside the significant realm of Ocurruba, one she kept tidy for her friends (the creatures surrounding her) who visited often…

To said friends: whales, orcas, sharks… She was the greatest friend most of them had. She had developed a love of entertaining others, she would host parties where every fish would gather round as she would tell them about her day's adventure, show them new games she had come up with and loved to interact with everyone. She loved her everyday life but there was just one problem that ate at her a little bit. It was just that–She had never been beyond the Sea. She had heard stories of the creatures on land and was greatly interested but often too scared to step amongst them. She wasn’t sure how her tail would fair under such circumstances.

It was no great secret that humans were rumored to be just as harsh, and if any of the mermaids who she had overheard were to be believed, even harsher than those of her kin that lived within the kingdom– She had been told by her mother long before her passing that they were the most harmful of beings and warned that she’d be taken as a simple trophy if she were found on land. She, one of those that didn’t quite fit in with other Mermaids, felt a small seed of doubt in those words however. They all often spoke poorly of each other as well so how bad could it truly be...

The sea, as beautiful and endless as it was, couldn’t satiate her curiosity.

Her friends had been raving about the surface, egging her on to look at the beauty that lay above, wanting her to tell them stories and show them things that she discovered on her adventures that came from the surface. The orcas, who had visited frequently, told her of the wonders they had seen but they too warned of what could become of her almost as often as her mother had scolded her in her younger years. She knew it was out of care but couldn’t help but feel torn about the decision.

What was one to do? There were wonders to explore and stories she could bring back for her friends, the danger was only to herself and who knew what new games and stories she could bring back to share! ...Right?

Her path set and with twin sense of fear and thrill coursing through her she left behind her home and friends, if only temporarily, to be able to experience the world beyond the waves! There must be so much wonder to explore, new experiences to share with her friends, and if she was honest... plenty of tasty new treats to try! With the ocean's magic and blessing upon her, Miki took both a literal first step and a figurative one, toward the biggest journey of her life.