Chapter 2

"***OH MY GOD, AM I A FISH***?"

*Finally coming to term with the fact that I was now a fish in the stream, I remembered that I didn't know how to move my body so as to be able to swim like a fish. As if this new form wanted to mock me, I started sinking down to the bottom. Desperately struggling to move my fins like how I had seen then other fishes do, I prayed to be human again.

Trying to swim up that hard was taking up all my energy and I couldn't move anymore so I gave up, closing my eyes and letting my fishy form sink to bottom of the stream. I continued to wishing to be human again as I fell unconscious*.

"...***ey, hey wake up***"

*I slowly opened my eyes and strained to looked around*.

"***Thank goodness, your alive***." *I looked towards the person speaking as I sat up*,

"***Your still so young, no matter how stressful or complicated your life is you shouldn't try to kill yourself***." *she scolded me with a stern voice.

She had gone into the water to save me and her hair and clothes were as wet as mine*. "***If you feel like your having problems then talk to someone about it instead of keeping to yourself***." *she continued* ,"***You look like the kind of person who doesn't have much friends***."

*I got a little upset when she said that but I couldn't deny it. I really didn't have much friends because I always kept to myself.

As I tried to stand she helped pull me up. I still felt a bit dizzy so I was wobbly. She went on to put my arm over her shoulder so I was leaning on her for support*.

"***Thank you***..." *I said in a low voice.

Standing next to her, I realized I was a bit taller than her but she looked like she was around my age*.

"***I'm Ryoko, what's your name***?" *she said looking curiously at me with her big bright eyes*.

"***My name is Karin***." *I replied*. "***Karin, it's easy to remember***." *she smiled at me*, "***Don't attempt suicide again okay***."

*I wasn't sure how to tell her that I wasn't trying to commit suicide and that not long ago I was actually a real fish. Not like anyone would believe that anyway, I simply smiled back at her and said*, "***Sure***..."

*After telling her my address she walked me home while telling me the story of how she saw me floating away and then heroically saved me. Of course she did make it extra dramatic but it was trilling, I was glad she saw me when I had changed back into my human form. God knows how dramatic the story would have been if I had transformed in front of her. We became close friends from that day.

My mom was surprised to see me being helped home with my school uniform all wet*.

"***What happened to you***?" *she said in a worried tone as she rushed to meet and hug me*.

"***That's exactly what I'd like to know too, mom***." *she gave me a confused look.

After making sure I was safe at home, Ryoko said goodbye promising to come check up on me the next day, which she did as well as every other day through out my highschool years.

With Ryoko gone I turned to my mother and explained everything that happened. She looked very excited when she heard that I shape shifted for the first time. However she also got worried. In a normal situation I'd need to put in a lot of mana,which is what magic energy is called, as well as visualizing the form I wished to take. In my case I didn't even know anything about mana or even the fact that I could magically change form into any animal. My mom tried to explain everything to me and told me that all the fairytale stories she had been telling me as kid, were all real. This revelation was shocking but I had no reason to not believe it when I had already turned into a fish earlier.

From that day on, my life was different. Not only had I learned about my magical abilities, I had also gotten a cool friend which meant I wasn't a loner anymore. My mom started training me to use my abilities and it was very easy for her to guide me since it was exactly the same as hers.

Ryoko and I hung out a lot. She was into pop music and her dream was to become an idol. She had both the looks and the talent for it so I encouraged her to follow her dreams. We'd go to different concerts together and when I turned seventeen I found an idol group I loved too*.

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