Drowning Above Water

This is based off of a dream I had couple of nights ago.

PART 3

"Hello there, pretty" said the man who gripped her arm tight enough to break a bone. "Now don't you worry, we aint gonna hurt you. This here's my youngest Jordon" he smiled gesturing to the small boy. "And I'm Steve."

Natalie felt a sharp pain in her lower back and cried out, she knew what was coming.. Her tail felt as if it was on fire and her vision clouded.

There was a warm moist texture that gently woke Natalie up. Another boy, much other than the last, dabbed a rag onto her forehead as her eyes fluttered open. Her throat was dry and her body weighed a thousand pounds.

“Are you feeling any better” asked the man

“Define better.” Natalie replied sarcastically.

The man chuckled, removing the rag and soaking it in a pot of water.

“I’m Jay, the guy who managed to convince Steve not to throw you back into the ocean once your tail vanished.”

Natalie paused, she didn’t know how to respond to that, “Thank you, I guess.”

“So I’ll give you the gist of how life works in this house. The youngest is Jordon he’s six, then there’s Macy she’s 8. I’m Jay the oldest, 19, our father is Steve… or as I like to refer to him as, the prison warden. How old are you?”

“204 moons old?”