It seems every planet has its own legends of merfolk. Our own is one of the few that actually has them. I stepped off the shuttle into the tropical belt of Sigada. I would be heading into the mountains where I would seek to help rectify his horrible situation later. My first goals involved meeting with local lords and ladies as well as exploring the seas. I wore my native skirt and looked around the spaceport. There was a fuss down near the water, which was going to be my first stop. I was told testing the waters was simple, if the tail appeared, the water was okay to breathe.
I got to the edge of the dock only to find a group of sixteen girls staring down at the blue ocean. They were actually shaking. Sixteen inner tubes bobbed on the surface below. I was confused, could they not swim? They were also unclothed. I pulled off my skirt and prepared to dive in when one of the girls stopped me, "Don't go in there, you could drown!"
I stared at her, she clearly didn't know me, "I can swim." I simply showed her my point by jumping in. My tail promptly appeared and I breathed a sigh of relief. I looked up at the girl as I surfaced. The girl who greeted me took a deep breath and followed me. As I suspected, no tail appeared, and she swam, or thrashed, toward the inner tubes. I helped her over as she threaded her arms through the middle. One by one, the other girls joined us, except one.
"We're being sacrificed to the ocean," one of the girls muttered. "Well, we go out and spend the day out there. We'll be towed back at sunset."
"What happens out there?" I asked, curiously.
"We don't know, some come back pregnant."
That got my attention, I volunteered to take the last girl's place. I threaded my own arms through another tube just before a boat came to pull us slowly to our destination. We stayed in a secluded location near an island in a beautiful lagoon with a tempting waterfall nearby. I slip through the center and cool off in the water, the sun was very hot. The girls giggled nervously as the day wore on. I was about to swim off and explore until I noticed one girl shudder and pass out. Soon, she and her tube moved off. One by one, all the girls all performed this action until I was left alone. I was about to slip back below the surface and found out what was going on when something caressed my right flipper and I passed out.
I awoke underwater, in a hammock anchored to two walls in a crystal room. A merman hovered over me. I smiled, he smiled back, "You're one of us." His words were clear. I smiled and sat up.
"I come from another planet where we live on the land and in the sea. I'm a mostly land dweller."
His smile was intoxicating as he caressed my cheek, he pressed my back into the hammock and joined me. I snuggled next to him, noticing his more pronounced tail, it joined at the ankles, a dorsal ridge, more pronounced webbing between his fingers and his gold eyes and green hair. He rolled over on top of me and ran his fingers through my hair. "Don't tell them about us, they'll try to kill us."
I was frankly shocked, but I nodded my agreement. He put his hands to the back of my head, gathering my long hair in them, and roughly pulled me to him for a kiss. I wasn't entirely sure what would happen, with no outward signs of genitalia. His upper body pressed close to me. He reached up and caressed my breasts. His touch was electric and I gasped. He lifted himself up a bit and ran another hand down my belly. He searched for something that I couldn't understand. He found it, a slit near where my legs would have started if I had been on land. He gently inserted a finger and swirled it around. He explored and found my clit rather quickly. I lay back and let him figure things out. He reached in further and found what would be my womanhood. He nodded and pressed back against me.