I awoke in a wooden room with a little girl. I look down and see legs.....how unusual, for it wasn't always so.

My name is Orianna Marie. I seem to have forgotten most of my past, but this I do remember.

I once had long green hair that flowed past my waist and a beautiful white tail that shimmered with scales the color of pearls. My mother was a healer and I was in training to follow her. She spent hours teaching me to recognize all the healing plants and corals. How to treat various ailments of all the life in our Sea.

Father always told me to stay away from the ships in the graveyard. He said that the sailors there were angry and would hurt me if I got too close to them. I always tried to do as I was told, for I am a well behaved and quiet child.

I was looking for some coral to heal a starfish with a wound and found myself swimming near the graveyard. I heard a boy crying from the deck of one of the ships. I couldn't help myself, I had to see if I could help him. When I got close to him, I asked him what was wrong. He turned to me and held out his hand. I took it in mine and felt a sharp pain in my palm. The next thing I remember is waking up in the wooden room.

Will I ever get home?