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Sirenity drifted through the ocean, humming a rather alluring tune, her voice hypnotically carrying across the ocean like a distant lulliby, soothing and sensual in a way. So was the siren in her. The many jewels and bangles she wore glistened in the morning sun that shone its warm rays through the water, no doubtedly seen from the surface...if one were to look hard enough. They even made light clinks and jingles as she moves gracefully through the waves like that of the most fanciful angelfish. Eventually she drifted by a familiar coral structure and smiled as she swam up towards the highest hole and peered in. "Emeora! You there??" she whispered and looked around the makeshift bedroom.

Sirenity caught her breath after a few moments as they hid behind the coral and looked down at her friend when she finally broke down from shock and sadness. The white haired mermaid frowned and fought back her own tears, for she had a sinking feeling Emeora's mother and brother weren't the only ones that were like that. Sirenity gently hugged her best friend in a comforting manner, keeping a calm and level head as she thought to herself. "I don't know Em, but I have a feeling something very ....sinister is happening." she said as she held her friend close, allowing her to place her cheek on her chest so she could rest her chin on Em's head, huddled close together for comfort. Thoughts raced her mind and she began to form different plans on what their next move should be. "Em....I know you don't wanna hear this...but your mother and brother....I don't think they are themselves....they are in a sense....gone....and whatever has taken them....it can be transferred. Like an illness...a disease." she said and looked around. "Come to think of it....I believe it's affecting...everything." she said, recalling the day prior when she had been swimming through the dolphin's cove and had witness one dolphin viciously attack and tear off the dorsel fin of another one nearby who had just been minding its own business and passing by. Even the coral, which was once so bright and colorful was now a sickly shade of green and greys. All around them...the sea was growing dark. "Em, we can't stay. We have to leave the city." she told the shivering mermaid. "It's the only way, or we could be infected by this evil." she looked down at her with a serious look and went to say more but heard a sound nearby. She peered around the corner just as a group of mermen rounded the coral in front of theirs, the boys she recognized as a group from their school. But they too had been infected...and it was a gruesome sight. All three were missing some part of their tails, a fin, or their upper body. One even had his left cheek bitten off....a fresh wound which oozed blood out into the water, the muscles showing were a deep red and on the verge of turning a blackish color. Actually, even their skins were beginning to fade into a gross grey, dark blue veins lining their bodies and scales falling from their tails as they swam. What really caught Sirenity's attention was their eyes. That same look that was in Emeora's mother's and little brother's. A distant yet cruel look, the colors faded to a pukish yellow and glazed over like a dirty window of a sinking ship. She doubted they could see them, but she knew they could more than likely smell. Even a blind fish in a black cave can find it's prey somehow. Suddenly, the group turned and began heading towards her and Emeora. With quick yet suttle movements, Sirenity moved both her and Em further into the discolored coral, finding a small hole big enough for them both and squeezing into it, putting Emeora's back against the wall and facing her friend almost nose to nose. Serenity then place her hand over Em's mouth to muffle a scream she knew the frightened mermaid would make when she seen the group as they passed over them without even a glance. They hadn't noticed them at all and rounded the other side of the coral, vanishing out of sight.

Sirenity remained quiet for a few moments as well until Emeora spoke and looked at her friend with semi wide eyes. "We flee." she said simply to the question. "But it's not going to be easy. The city is big....and I have a feeling everyone in it won't be too pleased to see us swimming healthy." she said as she backed out of the hiding spot, pulling Emeora with her. "I say....we head east...there is a cave I came across while travelling with my mother, it's over several miles away but very secluded and there is two known entrances. I took it upon myself to make it my own personal study because it seemed abandoned." she explained as she held Emeora's hand and swam slowly and down near the sea floor. "You know when I dissapear for a day or two right? That's where I go. But before we go there, I have to stop by my bedroom and grab some important things."