Moonlight On The Sea's
Where's Ma?

On the bed made of stone, a mermaid that had been lying down for over a year began to move her finger.

Slowly his eyes opened. His eyes are still twitching. Staring at the ceiling of the cave, there was a salty taste in his tongue.

His sight began to improve and he tried to look around him, and realized he was in the water.

The taste of sea salt water that he had not felt for a long time.

He touched his neck and felt the gills that were kembis, the breathing apparatus he had not used for a long time. It probably appeared since he was in the water.

He still feels right in the water. Now he returns to his birthplace after decades on the mainland.

He suddenly panicked when after recalling something. He moved quickly and tried to sit down and swim, but “Aargh!” he fell down, his tail seemed to be unmoving.

He looked down, the tail of an ash-colored fish that was quite long but shrunk at the bottom.

So shriveled that it moved freely like a rope in water, the tail was already deformed.

He grabbed her hair. The hair was very long and braided.

Now he realized, he had been asleep for a long time until his hair was now that long.

Hearing the sound of a shout, Buni a witch who had been treating him immediately swam quickly.

He saw the mermaid had fallen under his bed trying to move by dragging the body with his hands.

Buni then helped him lift his body and sat on the rock where he slept.

“No! I have to go.” His words speak human language. This is not the time to be quiet. He should get out of the water immediately.

“You can't go anywhere with this kind of situation.” Sahut Buni speaks kulum while staring at his tail.

Mermaid and Merman generally understand human language. Only their tongues would not be able to pronounce it unless they had been the maturation ceremony.

Generally, those who decide to stay at sea will not be given a maturation ceremony because they do not need legs and do not need to speak human language.

“My daughter! I have to find my daughter.” He said with trembling hands holding the arms of the lilies and his eyes glazed over.

“Where's your daughter?” Ask Buni.

“On mainland.”

“Your son is human?”

“Iya.” Mermaid's righteously.

Buni sighed.

“You will not be allowed. Running from here will be difficult. Because you can't swim anymore.” Buni.

“Tak what. Crawl even I can!” His shouting.

“Both of your legs are broken. I saved you with great difficulty. At least even if you can't swim or walk. You're alive.” Buny explained.

The mermaid let go of her cries hearing the old witch's statement. His heart ached, but he thought of his daughter's feelings that must have been more painful because he didn't know where his mother was now.

“I want to meet my daughter and my husband. Tolooongggg.” The woman begged to cry.

“Please...please..” He did not stop pleading until he folded his hand.

“I'll ask for an opinion Appa.” Buni. Because whatever happens there must all be with the approval of Appa as a leader.

“I. Please... please take me to her.” The mermaid quickly moved her body to meet Appa immediately.

“Good.”

Buni carried the mermaid slowly. The mermaid was still difficult to carry her body. The pressure in the water made her body heavier. It felt heavy as if it was drowning. Ah this is how it feels if the mermaid tail is deformed.

The mermaid was crying more and more as she beat her tail. His actions made Buni stop moving.

It felt like life was so useless, moving just a little he was already very difficult, how to meet his daughter on the mainland there.

Even though the sea water was his homeland, the fact that he could not even swim freely made him cry as he could.

She kept thinking how her daughter and husband had left her.

Hit the tail while shouting loudly. The mermaids and mermaids who were there finally saw him and approached him.

They helped him move,

“We want to go home Appa.” Tell them Bunny.

They helped her in droves while smiling and rubbing her head.

“We feel your pain.” They said sympathize.

Deformed tail is a nightmare for all creatures that exist in the sea.

They arrived at Appa's house, there was Uma who helped the sick mermaid in.

“Appa. Help me.. please.. my daughter and husband. they must be confused looking for me where.” The woman sat down below pleading desperately while folding and rubbing her hand rub.

“They are on the mainland.”

“Man?”

“Iya. I married a human and had a human child.” Legally.

“It will be difficult. Moreover, you have difficulty moving. We can help you just get to the beach. But what about yourself on the beach with this?” Askthem.

“Tak nothing! Help me get to the beach. That's enough. I can crawl from there.” His mouth while nodding.

“Your code can no longer turn into feet.” Buni told the harsh reality.

The Tenggg! It felt like a hard blow to the mermaid's head. It was the only way out he could think of.

“Then? How can I meet my daughter?!” Cry exploded. That extremely desperate cry was until his voice was hoarse.

The woman who used to be human knew she could not force them to appear in front of humans with such a form.

Because of some bad events in the past, mermaid and merman are very secretive of their existence from humans.

“Summmerrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!” The mermaid's scream called out her son's name very loudly and desperately.

Uma knows the pain of being a mother who worries about her child. Uma held the mermaid's hand and could feel how much it was suffering. It was like a shark's fangs stuck in his heart.

Bringing his son to the mainland has made him cry all night, especially if he cannot see his son and does not know the news of his son for more than a year. Uma could not imagine it.

“Is there nothing I can do to meet my daughter? Please do Uma.”The feeling kept begging.

“I'm sorry.” Uma Sahut.

There was no better solution than the mermaid being considered dead by her daughter. Everyone there was crying.

After the mermaid calmed down, Buni and Uma took her back to Buni's house.

Since I stopped crying. The mermaid kept silent and her gaze was blank.

“My first son just stayed on the mainland. The schedule still has to be back here next month. I'll talk to him.” Uma broke the mermaid's gloom.

Hearing that, his lifeless eyes immediately came to life and looked at Uma with hope.

“My human name is Rita! Rita Wicaksono's. Son Summer. He will find it easily, our company is quite famous.” The woman immediately gave the necessary info to search for her daughter.

“Good. But I'm sorry we won't be able to bring you and your daughter together. My son can only tell you about your daughter and husband.”

Rita looked down and thought to herself what it was like to not see her daughter again. She misses her daughter very much.

Either want to be sorry or grateful. Regretting that he was a mermaid and could not meet his daughter because he could not be human anymore, or grateful that he was a mermaid, he could still live.

“Tak what. I just want to know about my daughter. I'll do anything for you. I will serve if I can do it to find out about my daughter.” That glimmer of hope strengthened Rita.

“Strength. I'm sure your daughter is fine.” Uma shed tears.

“Thank you Uma... thank you!” He bowed many times.

*****

Mara collects her clothes and belongings because the next day she will go to the capital to undergo a test applying to be Summer's bodyguard.

“You brought all your clothes?” Ask wawan.

“Of course. I will win later anyway. So it's likely I'll go straight to work” said confidently while putting his clothes in a bag.

“Ck basic!” It is undeniable that the power of Merman is extraordinary compared to humans. Moreover Mara is a descendant of Appa.

The strength of Appa was equivalent to the strength of the ten strongest Bima.

“I'll sell again this gold.” He stared at the gold in the desk drawer. There are 3 more.

The 10kg pure gold allowed him to spend the night in a luxury hotel for as long as he wanted. Even the last one he sold was still a lot of money left over.

“Not him yesterday still there? Don't keep a lot of money in the human environment, you'll be suspected. Leave in gold first.” Wawan Advice.

Wawan is not interested in money and gold like humans. Unlike his wife who was immediately shocked and glowing eyes saw gold, Wawan felt it was not important. And generally all the ancient nations are not too obsessed with treasure.

“But my restaurant will obviously decrease its visitors.” Sesal Wawan's.

“Eyyyy. Your cooking is so good. Surely people will keep coming back.”

“Hah! Ja. My cooking is great.” He's comforting himself.

“Thank you. You treat me like your sister.” Mara suddenly melancholy.

“Ah what the hell. I know I'm good. Same thanks.” Shame words.

Summer in her room ventured to open her photo album as a child, many memories of how happy she was before losing her parents. He smiled while shedding tears. His longing for his parents every day was excruciating. He bought a photo of his mother who looked like her.

“Where is ma?” Sluggishly.

Seriate…