Training

Training

The three go up, to a quiet shore, with no human around. The young prince sits on a rock, while the queen and the merman sit on the sand.

"Now," said the queen while opening the little cyan glass container, "drink one drop of this portion, and then you'll see a magic." ordered the queen. "Ok." said the merman before drinking the portion.

The merman 's cyan scales started to turn to his skin colour, and his vision blurred. The end of his tail started to divide in two and he felt a bit weird at his ears. The queen closed her eyes, turning the other way, and the same was done by the prince. And no longer, was Shakes a merman. He got surprised, looking at his lower body. It was of a man's!

"The clothes are kept there, wear it." said the queen before pointing to the clothes kept over a rock behind him.

He splashed some ocean water in his eyes, by which his vision returned to normal. He took the clothes and wore it.

"Done." said the merman. The queen turned and complimented, "You look nice in it." "Cool." added the young prince. "Thanks." "Now, time for your training." said the queen, wearing the clothes and then drinking the portion. "This way, you won't turn into your human form naked."

The queen stood up, taking support of a rock beside her.

"Now, try to stand up just like me." she demanded. "O- okay, I will try." said the merman, trying to get up with the support of the rock behind him.

And then, he fell.

"Ouch, it hurts." he complained. "It's ok, it happens in the first few tries." she comforted.

The merman, who was now a man, tried again and again. After a few tries, he was standing with the support.

"I did it!" the teen exclaimed with happiness. "Good, now try to walk. Or just take a step." said the queen.

The teen's legs were wobbly, but he still tried, and then he was able to walk. Then he tried to walk totally normal, like his human lover, Skarra used to in front of him. The teen succeed. Then the queen asked him to run, and showed him how to by running on her own. He tried, but his foot twisted a bit and he fell. He didn't got a sprain, and got up, trying to do it again. The little prince clapped, trying to encourage Shakes, to which Shakes was thankful. After a few minutes, he started to run, rather fast.

"Wow, you run very fast." complimented the amazed queen. "Thanks, Skarra ran like that too." "Who's Skarra?" asked the queen. "My lover..." answered the teen, with down shoulders and a frown. "So now, let's continue." said the queen, before jumping in the ocean and after a while, bringing a big box of perfumes or scents with her. "You will go to the castle, saying that you are from a far away kingdom, and sell him these scents. He will surely buy the ones inside the red bottles, they are his favourite. Now hold this." ordered the queen before handing the box to the teen. "I thought these are going to be very heavy." said the confused teen. "They are heavy, you are just a bit stronger." said the queen, pouting.

She really wanted to be strong like him.

"Sooo, should I go now?" he asked. "You should go now, I will be with you, and you will go with me, little brother" said the queen.

The prince drank one drop of the portion and hid behind the rock he was sitting on. Then he wore his lower clothes and got out, and got complimented by the two. Then they go, to the kingdom, to fulfill their actual mission.