(I watched a documentary about the ocean and thought what it would be like to live there as a mermaid. I think it would be terrifying, but what if you get adopted by the valar of sea. )
Warnings, tragic background, scary environments, Ulmo being the best dad.
-You used to be a human, but after you agreed to be a guinea pig to a strange object your mother found, your legs became a tail of a fish, and you gained an ability to breathe underwater.
-You have been living in a water tank ever since.
-You begged your mother to turn you back because you missed being able to walk on land. She always said she was busy or was working on it, but it's been so long that you started to feel like she was not going to do it.
-You have lived in the tank for so long that your only friend was the seagull who often visited the window.
-You named him Scuttle.
-One day, your mother brought a strange man to the place you were hidden.
-You didn't know who he was, but you were filled with dread when you saw him.
-That was the day you knew your mother was up to no good and bailed out of there.
-Since you didn't have legs, you had to crawl across the floor.
-Scuttle guided you to a strange hatch, which led to what seemed to be an underground tunnel with flowing water.
-The smell was horrible, but you took your chances than staying with your mother.
-So you dived in and allowed the current to guide you.
-The smelly water led you to a river, and from there, Scuttle guided you to the sea.
-It was scary.
-You always thought the sea was beautiful from the land, but now it was terrifyingly haunting how silent and massive it was.
-Especially when you were alone.
-You wandered around the sea for a while, avoiding any predators and people on boats.
-Scuttle took you to a beautiful place with all kinds of fish and colorful reefs.
-The water also tasted sweet, so you decided to make this your temporal home.
-You found yourself a cave to sleep in and fed on shrimps and tiny fishes you could find.
-It was peaceful for a while. Scuttle kept you company, and you found yourself a safe place.
-But it didn't fix the fact of how lonely you felt.
-Your mother was a horrible person, and you regretted that you didn't choose to live with your father.
-You would most likely never be accepted by your kind ever again. Not with a tail of a fish.
-You were all alone.
-Your only sort of comfort was humming songs your dad used to sing to you.
-You never thought; your humming would capture the attention of the most unlikely creature of the sea. Ulmo
-Ulmo started hearing sorrowful tones in the ocean. At first, he thought his maiars were having some troubles, but that was not the case.
-So he looked for the source of the sorrowful music, and one peculiar seagull led him to a shallow coral reef.
-What he found shocked him.
-A human child with a tail of a sea creature, living underwater, far away from the land humans are supposed to live.
-Your sorrowful humming was enough to tell him what happened to you.
-You were robbed of your humanity and abandoned by the one who was supposed to cherish and protect you.
-And all that at such a young age. You were a child even to the eyes of your kin.
-Feeling sorrow for you, Ulmo made himself known to you.
-At first, you were frightened by the deity but soon felt comfort when you spoke with him.
-Even though; he already knew what happened to you, he listened to your story and offered his comfort.
-He started visiting you daily, trying to heal you from your trauma and teach you about the ocean.
-You slowly started to heal and bring out your inner child, playing with the dolphins and friendly sharks.
-It made Ulmo happy and introduced you to hidden sea fruits he obviously didn't create just for you and seaweed you could eat. You didn't have to eat fish anymore.
-He knew the ocean might be too scary for you, so he summoned some whales to swim close to the shores.
-He brought you there to meet them, and you were having the time of your life.
-You played with the baby whale and listened to them sing.
-It was wonderful, and your fear of the ocean slowly vanished.
-You once accidentally called Ulmo a dad, which shocked him, but he was surprisingly happy about it.
-He started teaching you the music of the ocean. You developed a great singing voice, and you were able to hear the tones of the sea.
-Ulmo took care of you, made sure you ate well, and you could live like a happy child.
-So he accepted you were technically his kid now.
-Ulmo's absence became noticeable to his maiars, so Uinen and Osse went to look for him and found him caring for a human child who had a tail of a fish.
-Shocked and confused, they approached their lord and you.
-Osse was a bit suspicious of how you came to be, but Uinen was quick to get enamored with you.
-Uinen brought you something new to wear since your old human shirt was getting mossy and old, and braid your hair into a proper style.
-She dressed you in a comfortable piece of clothing which also decorated your tail.
-You were startled and a bit shy, but you soon got close with Uinen.
-She was like an adoring older sister.
-Osse didn't know how to approach you at first, but since you were curious about him. You followed him a lot.
-It was not he was trying to avoid you. He didn't just know how to act around humans, especially children.
-He started his first conversation with you by asking; what was your favorite sea creature.
-Your first answer was whales, but surprisingly your second favorite fish was the great white shark.
-This got him excited because the great white were his favorites too.
-So he brought you to ride sharks with him, and it was fun.
-When Uinen and Osse heard your story from Ulmo. They were like, protective instincts activated.
-They were going to protect this little human half fish no matter what.
-Osse became your reckless but fun older brother figure.
-You do a bunch of reckless things when you're with him, and you two always end up getting scolded by Ulmo and Uinen.
-Worth it, though.
-Osse also started teaching you how to screw with surface dwellers, which is a lot of fun.
-He was a bad influence on you.
-Uinen taught you many things about the deep ocean. You found the depts scary, so Uinen accompanied you when she sometimes took you there for a visit.
-Singing and doing each other's hair became a common thing between you two.
-Ulmo was happy you got along with his maiars since they were technically his kids too.
-Maybe when you get older, he could introduce you to some of the elves, but that was a story for another time.
-You were happy with your new life. Taking your chance in the sea was the best decision ever. You were never returning to the land.
