Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Never Ending Story: Part 3 -- A Challenge

He was astonished to see hundreds of men and women talking, pointing and gesturing at something standing alone in the middle of pier. A continuous spray of water doused whatever was there. What was it? Why the need for water? He was too far from the pier to clearly see what was occurring. To move closer would put him in endanger. But he must move closer.  He pushed his fear away and drifted closer.
He could the feel the pull the song had on him.  He could almost decipher the lyrics, and the raw emotion pulled at his heart and his spirit. What was causing this? He had never experienced this feeling. It was as if his spirituality was being reopened, tested and challenged.  He felt he was being asked to do something, but, what?

As he got closer, he could vaguely make out some creature standing, no, tied to a post.  Its colors were deep indigo blue, with shades of teal, soft reds and pinks. The colors faded when water drained from its body, however, their bright hues instantly returned where the seawater splashed. Long hair cascaded down over soft shoulders.  Oh my, it is not possible, he thought; it was the long storied and never seen creature – a mermaid!!


A-a-aughh, he felt a sharp pain in one of his tentacles. The diver had returned, and he was being pulled down to the channel bottom by the embedded spear!

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