A Love Deeper Than The Ocean

Melissa sighed as she watched the waves roll across the ocean's surface from the railing of the ship, her long blonde hair gently waving in the breeze. She had gotten a bunk thanks to a friend who was a crew member. Anything to get away from the mess that her old life had become.

Melissa's family, while not exactly well-to-do, was fairly prosperous before her father died when she was ten years old. Her mother had steadfastly refused to remarry, being too attached to her husband's memory. Consequently, the family had seen their financial situation go from secure to dire. Her older sisters had taken jobs as scullery maids while her brother had become apprenticed to a blacksmith. Melissa herself became a barmaid at age 15. While her siblings seemed content to scrape up just enough money to survive, Melissa had plans for something greater. She spent five years saving up money for a one-way trip out of her tiny town.

There was one thing Melissa hated leaving behind though. When she was twelve years old, she met a boy who turned her world upside down. His name was Wilfred, and he was little over a year older than her. She was drawn to his sweet, somewhat dorky manner and he was drawn to her free spirit. As they both grew older, the feelings between them deepened, but neither of them could gather up the courage to say those three little words. Then, about a year ago, he told her that his parents had betrothed him to the daughter of a rich merchant. Wilfred's family wanted their son to be well-off, something Melissa couldn't provide. It was a bitter blow to both of them. The girl Wilfred had been promised to was certainly physically attractive, but she was very spoiled and consequently nearly impossible to please.

Melissa's thoughts were interrupted as the ship suddenly shuddered. A large white tentacle suddenly burst through the deck. Before long, five more tentacles had wrapped themselves around the ship's hull. Chaos took over as sailors and passengers scrambled to find a way out. Melissa raced off the find the nearest lifeboat, only to be cut off as the bow was torn away, leaving a giant drop in front of her. She swallowed hard and waited until the deck was low enough to the water, then jumped.

For a moment, it seemed like all Melissa had to do now was swim to the nearest lifeboat. As she began to paddle, though, she felt a giant pulling sensation from below. The sinking ship was sucking her and anyone else still in the water down, into the maw of whatever terrible creature those tentacles belonged to. Melissa stifled a scream as the waters closed over her head. As she tried to orient herself underwater, she spotted a shape moving towards her. 'Is that a mermaid?' Melissa thought. While Melissa had been taught to always fear monsters, she knew that mermaids were relatively docile. 'Maybe she will help me get out of this mess.' Then she spotted the glowing yellow eyes, and she knew that this was not an ordinary mermaid, but a mershark.

'I am not becoming some shark bitch's dinner!' Melissa thought defiantly. With a burst of adrenaline, she raced towards the surface. After what seemed like an eternity, she finally burst from the water and latched on to a piece of driftwood. Just as she was about the celebrate, however, she felt something sharp dig into her left thigh.

Melissa gasped at the sensation. Surprisingly, there was no pain even though she could feel the sensation of teeth piercing her flesh. She reached beneath the water with her left hand to push off whatever had latched on to her thigh and touched what felt like a head of oily hair. It seemed like the mershark wasn't about to let her meal go that easily. Melissa struggled to push the creature off, but she could feel her strength ebb and the water around her was turning red. Her other hand slipped from the driftwood as her consciousness began to fade...
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Melissa groaned as her eyes fluttered open. She put a hand up to her head-then immediately drew it away when she saw that the skin had apparently turned blue."What the hell?" she blurted out. A bunch of bubbles escaped from her mouth, and Melissa realized she was underwater, yet she could apparently see and hear as clearly as on land. She looked down and saw that her breasts seemed to a good bit bigger than normal, though that wasn't nearly as interesting as the fact that her skin was now light blue.

Melissa sat up in the bed that she was laying in and looked down at her body. Her forearms and legs were covered in medium blue scales while the skin on her torso and the exposed portions of her limbs was a lighter shade of blue. Also, her feet had apparently withered away and been replaced with what looked like piscine tailfins. She touched the top of her head and felt two horns protruding from her hair. Moving her hands down the sides of her head, she felt four smaller horns-two on each side-and her ears, which had elongated into a shape reminiscent of elven ears. Last but not least, a finned tail had grown from just above her buttocks.

'I've become a nereid!' thought Melissa. She had heard the stories of the water nymphs who dragged unsuspecting ocean travelers to their doom, but she'd never thought she'd see one in the flesh, let alone become one.

Gingerly, Melissa poked at her left breast with her finger, and was surprised at how much pleasure it brought her. She quickly began rubbing her breast furiously with her left hand while her right hand went to her crotch, rubbing the lips of her vagina. 'If only I had a man to bring me even more pleasure with his thick cock' Melissa thought. The fact that she was having such thoughts in the first place surprised her.

"Enjoying yourself?" asked a woman's voice. Melissa immediately stopped pleasuring herself and saw a mershark standing-OK, floating-in the doorway. "My name's Irina" she said.  She had long-flowing red hair and mischievous yellow eyes. Melissa recognized those eyes right away. "You're the mershark that attacked me back there" she said flatly. Irina shrugged. "How do you think you ended up in that form?" Melissa raised an eyebrow. "What does that mean?" she asked.

Irina floated over to Melissa and sat on the bed beside her. "I'm sure you've been told that mersharks are remorseless predators who dine on human flesh. In the ancient past, that was certainly true. But that changed when Lilith claimed the throne of the Demon Lord and Poseidon, the god of the sea, sided with her." Irina then pointed at her own teeth. "See my teeth? Ever since Lilith took over, mershark teeth have been imbued with her energy. As a result, being bitten by a mershark won't hurt your physical body, but it will cause you to bleed mana." Irina grinned wolfishly. "When used against men, it merely stuns them until their internal mana production recovers. But when used against women, it causes their mana production to shut down. Without mana, demonic energy rushes in to fill the void, and the woman turns into a monster. In our case, being attacked by a mershark will cause a woman to turn into an ocean-dwelling monster. Nereid, mermaid, and mershark seem to be the most common outcomes, but I've heard of women changing into monsters as exotic as kraken and tritonia after being bitten"

Melissa took a moment to absorb what she just heard. "Is that how nereids are made?" she asked. Irina shook her head. "Poseidon's energy is present throughout the ocean" she replied. "If a human woman drowns, the energy will invade her body, and she'll come back as a nereid." Irina grinned "Though they also reproduce the old-fashioned way: by sex with their husbands." Melissa blushed. "H-husbands?" she stammered. Irina nodded. "When Lilith took over as Demon Lord, she replaced the murderous nature of the monsters of old with the lustful nature of her own race-the succubi." Irina put her hand on Melissa's shoulder. "Just admit it" she said "You've been feeling those instincts ever since you woke up."

Melissa gulped. While it had at first been masked by the shock of her transformation, there was no denying the feelings of lust that were now welling up within her. And they were now focused on one person. Wilfred she thought. But how to get to him now?

Irina got up off the bed. "I've gotta go" she said. "My husband will be home before long, and I've gotta make dinner." She took Melissa by the hand and led her to the door. "If you've got any more questions, there's a sea bishop who lives next door. Maybe she can help you adjust to being a monster."

"Yeah, thanks" replied Melissa as she swam out of the house into the ocean.
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'This looks like the place thought Melissa as she stepped off the carriage.' Disguising herself as her old self had been relatively easy-though there was no denying that her "human" form had a certain voluptuousness that she didn't posses before her transformation, so she wore a somewhat loose-fitting beige dress in the hopes of appearing more normal.

Melissa knocked on the door. Wilfred answered, looking somewhat surprised. "Melissa?" he asked. "In the flesh" Melissa replied. "I was told your ship never made it to its destination" Wilfred said. Melissa chuckled and rubbed the back of her head. "There must have been a mix-up" she replied. "Anyway, I know you're engaged to someone else, but I was wondering if you'd like to talk a walk on that beach we used to visit together. You know, for old time's sake."

Wilfred looked around before looking at Melissa. "I guess it wouldn't hurt" he replied. "I'm getting married to Patricia tomorrow, so I might as well take one last walk as a a free man." The two of them laughed.
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The trip to the beach was uneventful. Melissa smiled as she stepped onto the sand. "So, tell me about life with Patricia." she said.

Wilfred shrugged. "It's nice" he said "at least until she gets angry. Then she turns into a whirlwind of rage. And she gets angry very easily. Last night I decided to surprise her with an old family recipe for beef casserole. Instead of being grateful, she accused me of not appreciating her cooking enough, even though her cooking is fine."

Melissa rolled her eyes. "Now that certainly sounds like someone worth spending the rest of your life with" she said. 'If everything goes right that bitch is gonna be all alone at the altar tomorrow' she thought.

The two walked side by side until they reached the peer. The evening sun spread its rays across the water, creating a peaceful orange glow. Melissa waited until Wilfred's guard was down. She took a deep breath, then tackled Wilfred into the water.

Wilfred was caught completely by surprise. Melissa had always been a bit of a prankster, so he assumed this was simply her way of suggesting they go for a swim. What he saw when he gathered his bearings, however, took him by surprise.

"Melissa!" he said. "You've become-"

"-a nereid" Melissa completed his sentence. Her long golden locks fanned out behind her, framing her curvaceous figure. Wilfred couldn't help but stare in disbelief before he felt the need to come up for air. Before he could resurface, Melissa grabbed him by the shoulders and gave him a deep kiss. As their lips entwined, Wilfred felt fresh oxygen enter his lungs.

"As long as you are entwined with me, there will be no need to come up for air" said Melissa "Now, let's do what we came here for." She gently removed his shirt before lowering her face to his crotch and unzipping his pants, exposing his penis. "Oh my, you're already getting hard?" she asked. With a single swift motion, she took his penis into her mouth.

Wilfred couldn't help but shudder as Melissa began bobbing her head back and forth, running her lips and tongue over the length of his cock. Melissa for her part was enjoying herself thoroughly, the feeling of his cock in her mouth sending waves of pleasure throughout her body.

After what seemed like an eternity, Wilfred's penis finally erupted in a spray of cum. Melissa's eyes went wide as the sticky white fluid coated the inside of her mouth. She pulled away and swallowed the load in one deft gulp.

"Now" said Melissa as she maneuvered herself so that her vagina was positioned directly in front of his crotch "I'll make you mine forever." With that, she grabbed his shoulders, wrapped her legs around his waist and pushed his penis into her waiting pussy. Immediately, Wilfred began thrusting his hips back and forth.

Wilfred couldn't help but moan as her vaginal walls caressed his erect member. He may have had sex with Patricia a few times in the past, but it simply couldn't compare to what he was experiencing now. He grabbed Melissa's breasts and began massaging them in time with their pelvic motions.

"Don't you see?" cried out Melissa as the waves of ecstasy coursed through her body "This is how we were meant to be!" Wilfred could do nothing but grunt in agreement as his thrusts became more and more vigorous. After several minutes, Wilfred felt a second load of cum erupt from his member. Melissa's body seemed to contract on his cock as it ejaculated, as if it was doing its best to wring as much cum as possible from him.

Having completed their lewd dance, the couple finally went up to the surface. Melissa buried her face in Wilfred's chest, tracing hearts on his skin. "That was wonderful" panted Wilfred. "But how exactly do you plan to live with me? You obviously can't live on land anymore." Melissa smiled. "There is a way" she said. "There are priests that serve Poseidon, called sea bishops. They conduct rituals that allow water-dwelling monsters and their husbands to live together under the sea."

"Husbands?" Wilfred raised an eyebrow. "I thought monsters killed and ate humans."

Melissa smiled slyly. "That's what the Order wants you to believe." She said. "You have much to learn about what monsters really are." She took his hand and pulled him under.
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Melissa watched as Antonia played tag with a young mermaid and kraken. Her daughter was turning six in two days, and Melissa had another child due in six weeks. Wilfred had taken up work as a glassblower. She loved to greet him when he got home and take him to the bedroom for long sessions of intimate lovemaking. She still maintained a friendship with Irina, the mershark who had monsterized her.

'Who'd have thought a shark attack could turn out to be a good thing?' thought Melissa.