From a feeling of floating to a sudden grounding, the goddess found herself in another body.
The darkness faded, replaced by a blinding light, and she felt the sensation of solid ground beneath her.
Cuddled in a fetal position on the grassy floor, she wondered, "What happened?"
This seemed like another planet or dimension. Had she traveled through some kind of portal?
Just as the feeling of oneness with water and sadness had come and gone, another sensation arose: a wounded body needing protection. All around her was light and grass. Slowly opening her eyes, she found the brightness unfamiliar.
"Does this mean to be on the ground and feel the earth?" An ethereal-looking being approached, offering a hand with a wide smile and helping her up. Her brown, flowing hair bounced around her, and her floaty, fairy-like dress twirled. She guided the goddess's shaky body toward something familiar: trees. A forest path.
As they neared the trees, the goddess glanced around and saw her reflection in a pool of water on the ground... and the face of her guide. The face was shifting, crooked, and menacing.
She pulled her hand away and ran in the opposite direction. No voice could reach her.
"Is this how creatures live here, like hunters guiding the innocent into darkness?"
She curled up again, feeling sleepy and exhausted. She closed her eyes, and small, black beings jumped around her body, seemingly trying to slowly absorb her. She had no power to move.
From nearby, a white snake observed, slithering through the air as if it were water.
The snake shifted, growing larger, with spikes emerging from its head. It opened its mouth to scare away the small, black, fluff-like beings. The snake's body, now gigantic, coiled around the goddess.
It flew up into the air, carrying her. The wind rushed past her ears, and the freshness awakened her. She looked down and saw the sea, where mermaids were waving. But the snake had other plans and slowly descended toward the vast ocean. It dropped the goddess into the water, but the water didn't touch her. A bubble, like an egg, formed around her.
This egg slowly sank to the seabed, which was composed entirely of sand grains. All around was sand, and nothing else. No sea creatures were visible, and no plants grew there.
The snake finally spoke, saying, "Stay here and heal until you are ready. You are mine."
Then, it glided over the waves and disappeared into the sky.
The goddess observed the light filtering through the water and into the sand. It was bright, and the sunlight never ceased. There was no night.
She closed her eyes and rested, remaining so until the egg began to glow. Feeling no pain, she slept as the egg slowly ascended toward the surface. As it neared the top, it cracked, and she floated up. Upon reaching the surface, she felt the water and looked around.
A large rock stood in the middle of the sea, and on the rock was a man with a mermaid's tail, but instead of a fin, it ended in a snake's tail. The man had light white hair and a soft, gentle face. His skin was pure and soft, almost porcelain white. He smiled and offered his hand.
She was close enough to reach him and swam a short distance. With a few hand movements she was there and grabbed his hand.
The man pulled her out of the water and looked into her eyes. His body twirled, and his tail gently coiled around her. Softly and gently.
She touched the scales and the tiny hairs along their edges. "What kind of snake creature is this? What kind of softness is this?" She felt protected, a new sensation.
She slowly felt as if her body and his were one, feeling both her own body and the body of this beautiful snake-mermaid man.
The scales she touched felt like her own as she glided. He and she ascended into the air and flew. It was a dragon without wings. A dragon.
Dragon stopped and gently put her on rock in middle of ocean again.
Little bit confused she waited what will happen.
While she sat on a rock in the middle of the ocean, two mermaids swam and played. They jumped out of the water repeatedly, their laughter echoing across the waves.
They were so happy they didn't notice the huge wooden ship with its large sails heading toward them. As the ship cut through the waves, the mermaids, jumping in and out of the water, almost collided with it. At the last moment, the sirens stopped and watched the ship with curiosity.
Since the sirens were mischievous, and sometimes even bordered on evil, they decided to wreck the ship. They began using their strong bodies to ram into it.
Their strength caused the wood to crack, and screams echoed from the deck of the ship.
The sirens' laughter mingled with the sailors' screams and the crashing waves. To make matters worse, a sea storm arose, shaking the ship with powerful winds and waves.
The broken wood and the raging weather overwhelmed the ship, and the sailors began jumping overboard as the sirens observed the chaos they had created.
The goddess sat on the rock and observed the entire scene, feeling no emotional response. What kind of calamity was this? How did creatures feel this natural instinct to survive or destroy?
As she watched, she felt the dragon-man beside her begin to move, and he lifted her into the air. She felt as if her body and his were merging. She felt the scales and the tiny, furry border along his skin.
The flight took her forward and upward, and she felt the wind again as the clouds enveloped her, and everything disappeared.
She closed her eyes and rested as they traveled. When the dragon stopped in another space, the shining light was so intense that her eyes needed a moment to adjust. Plants grew everywhere, resembling a garden.
Huge, tall beings stood there, appearing blue. Their skin was a blueish-gray, and their eyes were larger than human eyes. Their bodies were smooth and hairless, and they wore no clothes.
However, they seemed to lack belly buttons or reproductive organs. Instead of ears, they had wing-like appendages on their heads. These "ear-wings" were usually close to their heads. When they felt threatened or disliked something, their ear-wings turned red.
When they accepted you or you did something good, their ear-wings turned blue.
If you angered them, their teeth became sharper, and they might attack.
While these beings lived in brown, house-like structures and used sharp tools and pots, they didn't use any coverings, blankets, clothes, or similar items.
The only adornment they used was a flowery headpiece, like a vine or climbing plant with leaves and flowers growing on it.
These creatures resembled elves, or what many call grays or aliens. They were instinct- and emotion-driven, but they lived in groups.
As the goddess observed and was observed by these beings, she received a wooden piece in her hands. She somehow knew she needed to break the wood, and she did. She snapped it in two, and from it emerged another being like the others.
She watched as the being materialized, its silhouette solidifying from a ghost-like form into an actual creature, and it gestured with its hand in a way she understood as gratitude.
Fog began to appear, and she was again lifting into the clouds.