Caleb's point of view.

I turned around and saw a huge log hurling towards Seria. I gasped. "GO ON LAND!!!" i screamed as I started swimming rapidly towards Seria, but it was too late, the log whacked Seria in her head, and Seria was...once again...sinking. I swam after her and grabbed her wrist, pulling her to the shallow end again.

I threw Seria on shore and tried to wiggle my way onto the shore as well. Seria coughed...and coughed...and coughed. Then she opened her eyes. "Seria!" I smiled. Seria coughed once more and sat up.

"What's going on? How long was i out?" Seria said groggily. Seria rubbed the side of her head. "You were hit with a log, you were out maybe 3 minutes..." I chuckled. "Okay, well bye!" Seria stood on her feet and took a step, but I grabbed her ankle. a sudden zapping feeling crawled up my arm. "You can't leave. Not without me, anyways..." I smirked.

"What do you mean?" Seria pulled her ankle free and sat down in front of me. "Well, now that you're dead...we are attached. I died, too." I looked at the ground. "How'd you die?" Seria laid her head in the palms of her hands.

"I...I was killed..." I sighed. "Really?" Seria rested one of her hands on my shoulder. "y...yeah. I was killed by a maniac last year, and since i was murdered...i don't GET a guardian, but instead i AM a guardian." I looked at Seria's hand on my shoulder, then at Seria. She was smiling. I couldn't help but smile back. "You are my first...Person i mean! You know...to protect and...stuff..." I could feel myself blushing.

"Don't worry. If you end up alone because you're different, i'll stay with you!" Seria pulled her hand back. "Now what do we do to make this thing go away for a while?" Seria poked my tail.

"I don't know. i heard of people using black magic, but black magic on a beach isn't a good idea." I chuckled. "Wait...beach!?" Seria jumped to her feet and grabbed my hand. "COME ON!!!" Seria shouted as she pulled me back into the water.

"What was that about?" I said as bubbles glubbed to the surface from my mouth. "Beach...HELLO~ beaches equals lots~ and lots~ of people!" Seria stood in the shallow end of the water.

"Okay and~?"  I said. "Your tail can't be discovered. Duh~." Seria play punched me in my arm. "Okay i get it now." I smiled. "But i can always find another mermaid or merman with black magic skills to turn me whole human instead of half!" I said. Seria held her fist up to her mouth. "But how would that work? i can't swim, but we can't part..." I grabbed her arm and the zapping feeling came back.

"Hang on," I smiled as Seria gripped my wrist with both hands. "Tight." I said as i began to swim away from the beach, and into the depths of the ocean.

Seria and i gasped for air as we broke the surface of the water with our heads. Seria struggled to stay above water. "You...CAN swim...can't you?" I questioned as Seria bobbed in the water like a buoy. "No..." Seria managed to say. "Well, you do know how to fly, don't you?" I smiled. "Fl...fly?" Seria repeated.

"Yeah...like this..." I floated about 3 feet out of the water, but then...it started happening, again.No...no...no. I'm loosing consciousness. I fell back into the water, instantly gaining consciousness again.

I gasped for air. "You okay?" Seria grabbed my hand. The zapping feeling was still there. "Yeah..." I coughed out.

"Seria?" I inhaled deeply. "Y...yes?" Seria stuttered. "You aren't struggling anymore..." I looked down at Seria's feet, they were calm. "Really? Wow!" Seria gasped. Seria looked at me with joy glowing across her face like it was the sun, and her smile nearly blinded me.

I noticed Seria was still holding my hand. I held her hand back. I stared at our hands intertwined, then...Seria sighed, making me look at her. "Are you going to tell me what this means?" Seria pointed to our hands. I blushed. "I...I don't know what this means..." I slightly shook my hand. "Then why does it feel like there are a thousand needles piercing my skin all at once?" 

She feels it, too. I yanked my hand back. "I...I felt it, too. It's death's way of showing us that we can't touch anyone without feeling pain. Only because we are both dead, we aren't going to feel what we would if we were to make contact with a human." I explained.

Seria poked my arm a few times, each poke followed with a zapping feeling. "I feel it..." Seria said quietly, staring at her hand. "This feeling...it's...it's like...I've felt it before." Seria looked up from her hand and at me. She was slightly blushing.

"What do...you mean?" I stuttered. "I...I...I don't know, this feeling," Seria slid her hand down my arm, the zapping feeling was still there. "It's familiar to me..." Seria took her hand back and held it.

"Familiar?" I questioned. "I don't really know how to explain it, but...it's like I remember it." Seria stared at her hand.

I remembered it, too. Is it possible that we touched before and don't remember what happened? "Do you know what happened?" I wanted to make her talk...but i don't know what would happen...what if...our bodies explode because we touch?

Seria's breathing was shaky. "I don't. Sorry." All of a sudden, a shiver went up my spine. No...Not again... I began to loose consciousness. i had enough conscious to speak for a split second. "Get...m...me to...shore..." I said ghastly.

The last thing i heard was the sweat voice of Seria saying, "Hold on! Don't...leave me..." And Seria grasped my hand. Then...my vision went black.