The Myth Of Elodea || El Mito De Elodea [ENG-ESP]

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"Where do you think you are going, Lotus? I forbid you to leave underwater and swim to the shore with Kelp. Lotus! Get back here!"

Lotus swam, as fast as her fins would take her, straight into her room and banged the door shut in anger. A rush of bubbles followed the bang. She sat gently on her bed and burst into tears. The last words of her mother, the Queen, echoed in her ears. "I forbid you…." Whenever the Queen used those words, no one dared disobey her. It was the law in Atlantia.

Lotus sobbed her heart out. Kelp was her best friend. They had been friends right from birth —his mother, Adora, was the Queen's best friend. Lotus and Kelp told each other everything and went everywhere together. As they grew older, it seemed their friendship caused the Queen and Adora to drift apart.

The Queen wanted Lotus to give more attention to her royal and political lessons and participate in charitable activities so that when she retired from the throne, Lotus could become queen.

The influence of Kelp held Lotus back. Kelp was a carefree merman who enjoyed roaming the undersea, taking Lotus on adventures to all the oceans in the universe. Lotus would return back with stories of how they explored places, met other sea creatures.

Sometimes, they got trapped in some kraken's web and the only thing that saved them was the knowledge that Lotus was the Queen of Atlantia's daughter. In reverence to her mother and to avoid an undersea war, the kraken would let them go.

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As children, Lotus and Kelp would harass Lotus's uncle, Madi, to tell them stories of his magical adventures around the universe. The Queen always disapproved. "Madi, stop filling their ears with those lies!" She would say and Madi would reply, "Your majesty, you know they are not lies. Allow them to enjoy their youth and explore."

"Uncle, how do you know these stories?" Lotus would ask.

"Oh, my great, great, great grandfather told them to me. He said once that there is magic everywhere and when we find it, our hearts will never stop beating." He pointed at Lotus. "I see curiosity in your eyes, my golden mermaid. Know where your heart truly belongs."

Lotus had smiled that day but those words weighed heavily in her heart. She had always felt odd among her people. Only Kelp made her feel free and now, the Queen had forbidden her from swimming ashore to discover the human world.

This happened when it came to the Queen's knowledge that Kelp had discovered elodea, a rare underwater flower that empowers the mermaids and mermen to strip off their skin and become human for a number of years.

Many years ago, the Queen's ancestors had destroyed all the flowers but hidden only one in a secret place because one of the royal children had sipped the elodea juice and stripped off her skin for the human she fell in love with. This made the Queen at the time to birth another mermaid child and extend her tenure on the throne.

One of the Queen's most trusted guard found out that Kelp had gotten a petal of the elodea from the undersea black market. He reported it to the Queen because Kelp had invited Lotus to join him so they could "explore the human world together".

The Queen was mortified and exiled Kelp and his mother out of Atlantia to the Pacific Ocean. That was the end of the friendship between the Queen and her best friend, Adora. Lotus became sad. She had always fantasized of visiting the human world because of the stories her uncle told her about them. "Humans are fragile beings. Their life span is but an inch of ours but their minds are powerful."

When it was night time, all mermaids and mermen were asleep, Lotus swam to the royal gardens. Underneath a big rock in the center of the garden, Kelp had hidden a petal of elodea for her to find.

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She held it in her palm, tears falling from her eyes. "Mama, I will miss you but I know where my heart truly belongs and it's not here. The outer world calls to me and I have to heed the call," she whispered quietly before squeezing the juice into her mouth.

In a blink of an eye, millions of magical stars surrounded her as her body changed shape. Her beautiful, soft golden scales disappeared to reveal smooth, olive skin and in place of her long tail were two long legs. Lotus could not believe her eyes. The myth of elodea was true —she was now a human being.

Lotus laughed, her heart full and happy. She smoothly rose from the underwater and swam with all her strength to the shore. As her head popped out of the water, she sighted her friend, Kelp, sitting on a rock. He had turned human too. Her best friend had been waiting for her!

Kelp turned to meet her eyes and grinned happily. She emerged out of the water just as Kelp spread out a large blanket and covered her in it. They embraced each other for a long moment.

"You made it," Kelp said, looking astonished.

Lotus nodded. "Yes, I did. This human world feels magical."

"You know there is no going back now?"

Lotus nodded again. "This is where my heart truly belongs."

The two friends held hands and walked away from the seashore into the world.

The end.

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"¿A dónde crees que vas, Loto? Te prohíbo salir del agua y nadar hasta la orilla con Kelp. ¡Loto! ¡Vuelve aquí!"

Loto nadó, tan rápido como sus aletas le permitieron, directamente a su habitación y cerró la puerta de un golpe con rabia. Una ráfaga de burbujas siguió al golpe. Se sentó suavemente en su cama y rompió a llorar. Las últimas palabras de su madre, la Reina, resonaron en sus oídos. "Te lo prohíbo...." Cada vez que la Reina utilizaba esas palabras, nadie se atrevía a desobedecerla. Era la ley en Atlantia.

Lotus sollozó con el corazón. Kelp era su mejor amiga. Habían sido amigos desde su nacimiento -su madre, Adora, era la mejor amiga de la Reina. Lotus y Kelp se lo contaban todo e iban juntos a todas partes. A medida que crecían, parecía que su amistad hacía que la Reina y Adora se distanciaran.

La Reina quería que Lotus prestara más atención a sus lecciones reales y políticas y participara en actividades benéficas para que, cuando se retirara del trono, Lotus pudiera convertirse en reina.

La influencia de Kelp frenó a Loto. Kelp era un sireno despreocupado que disfrutaba vagando por el mar, llevando a Lotus en aventuras a todos los océanos del universo. Lotus regresaba con historias de cómo exploraban lugares, conocían a otras criaturas marinas.

A veces, quedaban atrapados en la telaraña de algún kraken y lo único que los salvaba era saber que Lotus era la hija de la Reina de Atlantia. En reverencia a su madre y para evitar una guerra submarina, el kraken los dejaba ir.

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De niños, Lotus y Kelp acosaban al tío de Lotus, Madi, para que les contara historias de sus aventuras mágicas por el universo. La Reina siempre lo desaprobaba. "¡Madi, deja de llenar sus oídos con esas mentiras!" Ella decía y Madi respondía: "Su majestad, usted sabe que no son mentiras. Permítales disfrutar de su juventud y explorar".

"Tío, ¿cómo sabes esas historias?" preguntaba Loto.

"Oh, mi tatarabuelo me las contó. Una vez dijo que hay magia en todas partes y que cuando la encontremos, nuestros corazones nunca dejarán de latir". Señaló a Loto. "Veo curiosidad en tus ojos, mi sirena dorada. Conoce a dónde pertenece realmente tu corazón".

Loto había sonreído ese día, pero esas palabras pesaban mucho en su corazón. Siempre se había sentido extraña entre su gente. Sólo Kelp la hacía sentir libre y ahora, la Reina le había prohibido nadar hasta la orilla para descubrir el mundo humano.

Esto sucedió cuando llegó a conocimiento de la Reina que Kelp había descubierto la elodea, una rara flor submarina que permite a las sirenas y a los sirenos despojarse de su piel y convertirse en humanos durante varios años.

Hace muchos años, los antepasados de la Reina habían destruido todas las flores, pero sólo habían escondido una en un lugar secreto porque uno de los hijos de la realeza había bebido el jugo de elodea y se había despojado de su piel por el humano del que se había enamorado. Esto hizo que la Reina de entonces diera a luz a otra niña sirena y prolongara su permanencia en el trono.

Uno de los guardias de mayor confianza de la Reina descubrió que Kelp había conseguido un pétalo de la elodea en el mercado negro submarino. Se lo comunicó a la Reina porque Kelp había invitado a Lotus a unirse a él para que pudieran "explorar juntos el mundo humano".

La Reina se sintió mortificada y exilió a Kelp y a su madre fuera de Atlantia, al Océano Pacífico. Ese fue el fin de la amistad entre la Reina y su mejor amiga, Adora. Lotus se puso triste. Siempre había fantaseado con visitar el mundo humano debido a las historias que su tío le contaba sobre ellos. "Los humanos son seres frágiles. Su vida no es más que una pulgada de la nuestra, pero sus mentes son poderosas".

Cuando llegó la noche y todas las sirenas y sirenos estaban dormidos, Loto nadó hasta los jardines reales. Debajo de una gran roca en el centro del jardín, Kelp había escondido un pétalo de elodea para que ella lo encontrara.

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Lo sostuvo en su palma, con lágrimas cayendo de sus ojos. "Mamá, te echaré de menos, pero sé a dónde pertenece realmente mi corazón y no es aquí. El mundo exterior me llama y tengo que atender la llamada", susurró en voz baja antes de exprimir el zumo en su boca.

En un abrir y cerrar de ojos, millones de estrellas mágicas la rodearon mientras su cuerpo cambiaba de forma. Sus hermosas y suaves escamas doradas desaparecieron para revelar una piel lisa y aceitunada, y en lugar de su larga cola había dos largas piernas. Loto no podía creer lo que veían sus ojos. El mito de elodea era cierto: ahora era un ser humano.

Loto se rió, con el corazón lleno y feliz. Se levantó suavemente del agua y nadó con todas sus fuerzas hacia la orilla. Cuando sacó la cabeza del agua, vio a su amigo, Kelp, sentado en una roca. Él también se había convertido en humano. Su mejor amigo la estaba esperando.

Kelp se giró para mirarla a los ojos y sonrió con alegría. Salió del agua justo cuando Kelp extendió una gran manta y la cubrió con ella. Se abrazaron durante un largo rato.

"Lo has conseguido", dijo Kelp, con cara de asombro.

Loto asintió. "Sí, lo hice. Este mundo humano parece mágico".

"¿Sabes que ya no hay vuelta atrás?"

Loto asintió de nuevo. "Aquí es donde mi corazón realmente pertenece".

Los dos amigos se tomaron de la mano y se alejaron de la orilla del mar hacia el mundo.

El final.

Traducción realizada con la versión gratuita del traductor www.DeepL.com/Translator

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¿Qué más puedo decir aparte de una historia perfecta? De hecho, muchos padres sienten que sus hijos están siendo retenidos por amigos.

Qué bonito cumplido. Muchas gracias. Creo que algunos padres sienten que sus hijos están influenciados por los amigos, pero en esta historia, la reina no vio que Loto siguió su corazón. Sí, Kelp fue un catalizador pero Loto fue una sirena decidida. Nada podía detenerla. 🙂

Un texto que recrea un ambiente acuático poco inusual, similar a la "Sirenita", pero con diversos matices y giros inesperados. Muchas veces, sentimos que no somos de un lugar determinado, pues nuestro corazón lo grita desesperado, así vamos en busca de nuestra verdadera identidad. Saludos.

Hola @ramisey. Tienes razón. Nunca podemos negar los deseos de nuestro corazón. Madi había visto las aventuras en los ojos de Loto y le dio el consejo de saber a dónde pertenece realmente su corazón. Y Loto siguió su corazón.

Gracias por pasar por aquí. Me encanta tu comentario. 🙂

Hermoso relato de un nombre que hasta ahora yo lo tenía asociado solamente a un género de plantas acuáticas también conocida como yana.

Saludos @kemmyb.

Saludos, @greengalletti. Jaja, tienes razón sobre la elodea. Es una de las plantas acuáticas que tenemos y como esta historia es de ficción y también de fantasía, utilicé el nombre de la planta como para inventar la historia. ¡Ese mito no existe!

Gracias por leer mi historia. 🙂

It was so easy for her to choose the human world. Why do I feel like she made a rash decision? I hope she doesn’t regret her actions though.

Also, the Queen was too hard on Lotus. She should have expected her to do something drastic.

Nice story by the way!

Hello @kemmyb. A lovely story of a young lady finding her own way and following her heart. It didn't matter which world she chose, as long as it was her choice to make. She kept true to her inner self of being a true friend.

Thanks for sharing.

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They are reckless and should have shown the proper media what they had before taking me hostage for 5 years. I know there are many in prison that dont deserve to be there because of this. Your stay in prison will not be fun @battleaxe and friends. People are going to want you dead when they find out what you did. I hope you die a slow painful death. You sick mother fuckers.

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Its a terrorist act on American soil while say its not real or Im a mental case. Many know its real. This is an ignored detrimental to humanity domestic threat. Ask informed soldiers in the American military what their oath is and tell them about the day you asked me why. Nobody has I guess. Maybe someone told ill informed soldiers they cant protect America from military leaders in control with ill intent. How do we protect locked up soldiers from telling the truth?

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The people doing V2K with remote neural monitoring want me to believe this lady @battleaxe is an operator. She is involved deeply with her group and @fyrstikken . Her discord is Battleaxe#1003. I cant prove she is the one directly doing the V2K and RNM. Doing it requires more than one person at the least. It cant be done alone. She cant prove she is not one of the ones doing it. I was drugged in my home covertly, it ended badly. They have tried to kill me and are still trying to kill me. I bet nobody does anything at all. Ask @battleaxe to prove it. I bet she wont. They want me to believe the V2K and RNM in me is being broadcast from her location. And what the fuck is "HOMELAND SECURITY" doing about this shit? I think stumbling over their own dicks maybe? Just like they did and are doing with the Havana Syndrome.

They are reckless and should have shown the proper media what they had before taking me hostage for 5 years. I know there are many in prison that dont deserve to be there because of this. Your stay in prison will not be fun @battleaxe and friends. People are going to want you dead when they find out what you did. I hope you die a slow painful death. You sick mother fuckers.

https://peakd.com/gangstalking/@acousticpulses/electronic-terrorism-and-gaslighting--if-you-downvote-this-post-you-are-part-of-the-problem

Its a terrorist act on American soil while say its not real or Im a mental case. Many know its real. This is an ignored detrimental to humanity domestic threat. Ask informed soldiers in the American military what their oath is and tell them about the day you asked me why. Nobody has I guess. Maybe someone told ill informed soldiers they cant protect America from military leaders in control with ill intent. How do we protect locked up soldiers from telling the truth?

https://ecency.com/fyrstikken/@fairandbalanced/i-am-the-only-motherfucker-on-the-internet-pointing-to-a-direct-source-for-voice-to-skull-electronic-terrorism

I can feel the pain her mother the queen will go through because of one rebel of a child. It's totally okay if her fate was to be in the human world but I'm pretty sure that the underwater world would not remain the same again after losing another mermaid and not just a mermaid, a princess and an heir to the throne.

I guess the queen will have to birth another child and hope he or she doesn't runaway too. Maybe they should totally destroy the elodea so that they won't keep losing their loved ones. Or what do you think? Hehe.

Thanks a lot for your visit and comment. !PIZZA 🙂

Yeah! It's better the elodea is totally destroyed else she'll keep having heirs whose destinies lie in the outside world.


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Oh no! When the queen finds out her daughter is gone, she would heart broken, but who would rule the kingdom after it gone. I wish the queen hadn't caged Lotus, probably she would have explore the human, gather experiences and lessons then return to her world.

Enjoyed this story. Narrative technique was amazing! Nicely written ☺️

...probably she would have explore the human, gather experiences and lessons then return to her world.

Exactly! I guess the Queen was not as open-minded. She allowed the history of the past queen to affect her relationship with Lotus. It seems history has repeated itself again in the queen's case 😄.

I'm glad you enjoyed this story. Thanks for visiting. !PIZZA !LUV

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Oh my!
We currently have two transformed persons around us.ove conquers all and the hearts is easily won by love syndrome.
The two will learn quicker, the abilities of living like a human and as well, get human friends and neighbors because they'll not live in the forest.

Hehe, yes. Love conquers all. I'm not so sure Lotus and Kelp will enjoy living in the human world. But its adventure all the same! Thanks a lot for your visit. !PIZZA

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