Today the day represented my mood. Sad, gloomy, depressed, those were all the emotions I was currently going through. Mixed that in with anger and you get a complete mess. Nuri Akiyama, my bestfriend, my sister, today she was going to be buried deep into the ground.

We had so many plans. So much we wanted to do with only so little time. I now felt a part of myself become absolutely empty. It was like I was breathing because I had to not because I wanted to. My sidekick was gone and part of me wanted to join her.

I had locked myself in my room for three days straight. I didn't have the energy to see anyone, yet that didn't stop Wesley from climbing into my window at night. He'd hold me tight in his arms and I'd sob until I couldn't anymore.

He'd bring me food forcing me to eat when I didn't have the energy. He had promised me he would find Nuri's killer. All I could do was trust he meant every word he said. Right now all I wanted these days was to be alone.

Patting the wrinkles out of my dress I made my way downstairs. My parents waited for me as my father grabbed my hand in his. We walked outside into the awaiting car on our way to the funeral. It began to snow lightly outside, creating a white sheet against the pavements.

As the car pulled closer my breath got heavier. I can't do this... I can't do this those were the thoughts running in my head on replay. When the car stopped I was the last to get out. A small crowd of people who knew Nuri all came to send there condolences. A large picture of Nuri stood beside a podium. She was smiling big wearing that yellow headband she absolutely hated. I had bought it for her as a joke since I knew she hated the color yellow.

A silver casket was placed above ground that would soon be lowered. I felt the tears start to erupt from my tear ducts. Nuri laid lifeless in a lavender dress, her ink black hair had been curled to perfection. She had light makeup making her not look as pale as she had before.

My tears became harder as I felt arms wrap around me. A familiar scent... his familiar scent, I looked up as Wesley brushed his nose against mine. He didn't seem to care that we were in front of our family and I had no energy to care. He held me the whole service and I was thankful. I watched them lower my bestfriend into the ground.

Lauren was nowhere to be found which was typical. I no longer considered her my friend after what she did. Ratting me out so that I would take the fall, she hadn't even called to ask if I was alright. The service had finished and my parents had decided to give me some much needed space.

Wesley and I decided to go for a walk. We walked silently side by side in the bitter cold, the frosty air nipped at my dried cheeks. I pulled my coat closer to my frame trying to trap in as much heat as possible. I glanced at him as if seeing him for the first time.

He must have felt my eyes on him since he suddenly stopped walking to completely face me. He stared at me with no look of pity just sadness, he lightly pressed his palm against my cheek and I leaned into his touch.

"We will figure this out piggy. I promise you I'll figure out who did this and I'll make them pay" he growled. I sniffed slightly nodding my head, I fully trusted him. I had to... I had no one us I could lean on.

Silent tears began to leak from my eyes. My chest felt empty like a deep well without any water. I so badly wanted to turn back time... if only I had spent the night at her place. Maybe then she wouldn't have been klled so easily.

"Stop those thoughts of yours piggy. I can see the wheels turning in your head, it's not your fault so don't you dare blame yourself" Wesley said with a grunt. He pulled me deeper into his arms laying my head against his chest. His heartbeat calmed me down like a soothing lullaby.

He suddenly pulled me back to look deeply into my eyes. "I almost forgot... I did a bit of research on mermaids". He pulled out a shimmering green scale that looked like it came from Nuri's tail.

I stared at the scale with a deep frown. "How did you get a piece of her scale? I grabbed it in my jand gently caressing it. The sharp end felt rough against my pale skin.

He smirked playfully before grabbing the scale back into his hand. "I have my ways, anway I looked up some research on mermaids. Although Nuri can't come back... there are other forms she can take".

"What do mean another form? How is that possible"? I knew very little about mermaids mostly because they were rarely talked about in the supernatural community. They weren't a very large population consisting of about 60 in one clan.

"When you get home plant this in some water. Nuri should be able to come back as a seahorse. I'm not sure if it's 100% true but it's worth a try" Wesley said with a shrug.

And I did just that. I had a small empty jar that I hadn't used in years. Filling it up with some warm water, I placed the scale inside. For the first few days nothing happened, it would still shimmer but nothing else.

After a week had gone by I had started to lose hope. That was until one morning I got up for school when I noticed a small green seahorse. It swam around confused, I felt my heart leap.

I picked up the jar gently. "Nuri.... Nuri... is that you..." I whispered to the jar. The seahorse stopped and stared at me and nodded, tears leaked from my eyes.

"It's really you! I miss you so much" I sobbed gently as Nuri rubbed herself against the jar as if consoling me. Tiny bubbles would rise from her mouth as if she was trying to speak to me. I needed to figure out a way to be able to communicate with her but for now this was sufficient enough.

I stood there with the jar pressed against my cheek. Nuri would always be with me no matter what.