Frillia
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 117757
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Nymphs' magic was a funny thing - sometimes, under the right conditions, a female individual strongly affected by it, who died in the proper habitat, might find her spirit reborn as a nymph of the same kind. Three guesses what happened to the spirit of the toad that had once been Fred. The nymphs sensed the coming of a new one of their own, and for some days chattered excitedly about the event. Finally, a new nymph emerged from the bed of the pond: beautiful as they all were, with skin a grayish-brown, like the skin of a toad, and long hair reaching the small of her back. Her eyes were brown like the fresh mud of the river when the sun hit it just right, and, like those of her sisters, her fingers and toes were slightly webbed. She looked around serenely, collecting herself as her sisters brushed the mud from her. She was completely naked, but she had perhaps never felt more safe or secure. Vague tingles of an old life tickled the back of her mind, but for now she paid these thoughts no heed. She was a nymph, in a lovely pond... oh, what a beautiful, eternal life lay ahead of her! Her sisters asked what they should call her, and she thought for a long moment, and said at last, "Frillia." As was typical with such cases, though she was not certain where it had come from, the name felt very right. They spent the day cavorting, and Frillia already knew the pond intimately, from her previous life. When she questioned this knowledge, the nymphs waved it away, unconcerned, and she supposed it was true that it did not matter. But in moments of quiet, she began to recall what she had been... a human... then a toad... and now a nymph. And she was overjoyed to be a nymph in these waters, she truly was, and was glad to have spent so much time as a toad as well, so she could personally and deeply understand what the small creatures went through every day. But the part that had come before... That was what bothered her. She could not even say why; it had been so long ago, it would probably be harder to go back. She tried to put it aside, and was mostly successful. Time quickly began to blur together. She would blink, and the seasons would change. Life was simple, and good. Until one day, a visitor came to the pond...
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