It had been a beautiful day. He had been enjoying a very nice swim, racing with some dolphins who had chased a ship for a time before growing bored of the easy pace. One moment he’d been darting between them, flickering around them, then the next–
The next his fins were gone, tail traded for legs, and the water was freezing. His eyes burned, and his chest felt strange, like a hammer was pounding inside and a fire in his lungs. Realization dawned swiftly and he flailed, kicking and twisting to find the surface and get to it.
His damned swan had made him mortal. Surfacing, he tried to gasp a breath only to be knocked back under with a wave in the confused, choppy sea, and fury made him kick harder to the surface. He was not about to drown.
He’d forgiven Cousin Ossë for taking advantage of him during his magic-addled state; it had all been harmless fun for those involved, which was as much as one could hope for when it came to Swan wishes. He’d been grateful nothing worse had happened– but that was no reason to forget the matter.
Turnabout was fair play after all, and with the Terror missing from the sea, there was no one forbidding him from using a particular, experimental shape he’d kept in storage since a particular incident involving a cliff face and his spine.
He took a great deal of pleasure in the sight of his Cousin with his cheeks puffed out absurdly, frog-kicking his way clumsily towards the surface.
A few pulses of his tail brought him face-to-face with the mortal Maia, his long teeth bared in a grin that said simply revenge is sweet.
He swam lazily around his Cousin for a few deliciously prolonged seconds, laughing a deep rolling laugh that carried through the water. “You do look silly, Cousin,” he clicked using the strange aquatic syllables of the sea-maiar. “I never thought I’d see you on the receiving end of your pet’s mischief. I have to say, it’s immensely satisfying.” Sauron wasted no more time, but slipped an arm around Ossë’s waist and brought them both to the surface with a few sinuous motions.
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