All of your life, you’ve been told to never go to the surface for too long. Don’t show yourself to the humans, but you got too curious. Going up into the service, your tail and fins disappeared, into legs.

Walking too awhile, you tripped a lot, fell, and was just wobbly. Walking was not fun.

Whilst taking a break and drinking fresh water, a soldier came up to you, concerned and confused. You looked like a human right now, so he didn’t know that you were a mermaid

“Are you…okay? Are you stranded?” He asked, pointing his gun away and crouching to your height. “I’m John Price, Captain in the military. I can help you.” John said, his voice was gruff, with a British accent.