Title: exchange the deep for the sky
Fandom: Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disclaimer: not my characters; just for fun.
Warnings: spoilers for the movie, duh
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
She tries to scream, but her voice is gone, traded away for the legs now forming in place of her tail. She's never felt such pain, so deep inside; her body is shifting, organs rearranging, and only once the pain is gone does she realize she can't breathe anymore. She has to reach the surface, but she can't swim in this changed body—nothing feels right.
As Sebastian and Flounder help her upwards, she wishes she had her voice, so she could beg the sea witch to change her back.
But then she's looking at the sky and she inhales, and it's so different… so fascinating. The water is cold on her new skin and she's so tired, but maybe—she stares at the sky as Flounder and Sebastian tow her to shore. It's never been so beautiful. She shivers and her ta—legs ache. She breathes.