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POV 1 (Mythical creature):
I pulled myself out of the sea as I stared off into the night. “What a day, I thought, What a day.” Everything had happened all at once. My rebirth, and the loss of many. A war had broken out, and some of our kind had not been able to bring themselves back to the living. I luckily had only lost some of my limbs during this catastrophic fight. Sure, I had died, but like come on, I have a few hundred lives left to live.
This, however, was only the beginning of my journey…
I had met someone that day, someone of great beauty. This person was a human, however, and would not be suitable for me not for the statdards of the mer. I knew that I technically wasn’t a mer, and I was everything, really, since I had been “born” from a combination of the elements crashing together. Mer was just my preferred form. I could be anything if I wished. But I couldn’t stop myself, I only just wished I could be human for once, a little scrap of time, just to be able to see who this was. “What am I thinking?” I snapped to myself. “Why would you waste your time thinking about impossibilities? This isn’t a good way to spend your time!” Waspishly, I listened, and went home, to the confines of the cove we all resided in.
I went through my day rather routinely and climbed into a space for rest as I began to tire. Underwater, there was no sense of “Day” or “Night.” It was just “rest.” When you rested, your body reset itself to prepare for the next day. However, I felt restless that night.
Is there a possibility? Thoughts lay in my mind as I tried to keep them from wandering, from scattering, from hoping, even. Maybe there was a possibility to be. I had never felt anything like this before….
POV 2 (Human):
I woke up alone in an empty house at 6 am, feeling the crushing weight of the world dawn upon me as I check my phone, and realized that I’d been fired from my job and that I now have nobody to talk to since my best friend has fucked off somewhere to Kunming, with his girlfriend. “It’s like I don’t even exist anymore.” I think as I flop onto the couch. I live in China, on the outskirts of the country. I was never able to find anyone or anything willing to bring me out of this hellhole of a place, where sandstorms ravaged the area.
I had finally gotten a chance. I chance to escape. I had been offered by a close friend of mine to head with them to England for a few days, “a small vacation to escape our troubles.” he said. Of course, I could do nothing but accept. Anyone who had the money wanted to leave. But I didn’t, so I never saw the outside world.
POV switch, (mythical creature)
The sea was vast, and the dark deep waters began to rage as a storm began, stirring up all the water bodies in the area. I saw who I had met again. I thought he looked like a dream. “This isn’t you. Please go back.” The ocean whispered to me, “You’ll ruin the ecosystem if you stay up too long.” “Fine,” I say, dropping back down into the sea, heading for rest.
But I still had hope, there was only a pull….
POV 2, Human
I had never felt as though I would be interested in astronomy, nor the study of waves. But as I slowly felt myself being drawn to the sea, I realized that I was miraculously, into astronomy. I has never expected such an outcome after staying in England, as I had previously despised the thought of the very topic. I was in denial after realizing that I had felt such a strong pull to learn more about the topic.
I went to the Library, rifling through books on the moon cycle, along with the study of the stars. I immersed myself in the knowledge, learning about many of the different astronomical cycles. The new knowledge was some of the most fascinating information I had ever come across.
Soulmates are formed when three points in a chart or between two charts form an exact equilateral triangle. So, when this aspect is found between the charts of two people, it is a strong indicator of a soulmate relationship, since grand trines bestow harmony and make it easier for two people to be on the same page. The closer the degrees are in your charts, the more likely it is that you will find love with this person. As you look for a date, ask to see their natal chart and then compare your Mars and Venus degrees.
As if on cue, a piece of parchment floated down from the ceiling. I looked up, wondering where it had come from. It was a star chart. I quickly pulled up my laptop, doing a quick test on my own. Sure, it was expensive, but I didn’t think this kind of coincidence happened out of nowhere. I matched it with my own, and I realized I had found my soulmate. I was interested, but not enough.
“I never saw him again,” she said.
“Who is she?” he asked.
They had never met,
she pined in secrecy, waiting for him
Waiting forever.
He had never seen her,
He never knew who she was,
Eternally put on stand-by.
They had never been seen
He had never seen her
But she had seen him.
She wished forever for his return.
He never did,
She went every day,
To the waterside,
Killing off her kingdom
Perishing eternally, they couldn’t take it anymore.
He never went back
He never continued wondering
He didn’t know her.
But she knew him.
In the finale,
It was the wrong place,
The wrong time.
Star-crossed lovers,
Never meant to meet.
But yet she met him
And no sparks flew,
Forbidden destination,
The wrong measure,
The wrong life.
THE END