I thought about it real hard, the male organs of my species grew more prominent on my body while the female parts disappeared altogether.

I sighed in relief, now that my gender identity was clear I wandered around looking at my newly found community. We had meals made from kelp and bits of fish. Life was good.

The training for the young ones were going well, they could send out bolts of energy, most were able to successfully fire a bolt and a few even went as far as making the next tier advancement which I found out.

Using our magic circuits we would be able to formulate them outside of ourselves, then pour mana from our mana organ. we could create circuit circles. These circuit circles could be used to provide light in our low-light environment. IT also created a gate to prevent predators to enter our homes.

We practiced and taught through verbal teachings we understood each other's words, we told stories of each leader, Green Shiny's power was regeneration, to a degree she could regenerate any limb. Purple was poison body, anything it touches can corrode from poison at his will. Death Aura's ability was shrouded in mystery, it is only known that a black cloud of mist would appear while he fought as it dissipates only he was left. Whilst my power was magic control, I could control magic at will.

A red alert sign appeared and a roar escaped from the hole in the wall. I rushed over to find a few of the "indecent" young lads that I had sent in trying to rush into our community, they were bloodied and missing a limb or two and seemed quite frantic.

"Release the circuit circle quick, I want a word with them" The magic disciples quickly swam forward trying their best to dispell the circles, when the circle went down they swarmed to rush in, they only swam a step or two when the maw of a beast came through the hole and gobbled out all but two even taking the two magic disciples that dispelled the circle.

I focused, feeling the mana coursing through my circuits and out of my organ I created a restraint barrier, the maw was held in place and from the water currents I could feel the beast struggle but to no avail could it escape.

"You two come with me, the rest of you make sure it doesn't escape" I ordered and the two trembling lads followed after me.

After settling down in my residence I turned to them.

"What happened, what awaits us on the other side?" I asked and they both trembled and started sobbing.

"Beasts with multiple string stuff on their skin, we know not what it is called" they told me. hard bone structures that could bite us in half, long flippers that can cut us." "They are fast and big but they are no good in small spaces, what followed us was only a young" they explained.

"So a being from this dark side" I thought, I looked at what was shown, an en-longed mouth, soft string stuff was on it, a hard object on the tip of the mouth. no eyes were revealed. it seemed to be making a pity noise, whimpering i think our people call it? Yes it was whimpering.

"What should we do with it?" they asked me, the two trembling.

"We can do many things, kill it, study it, tame it, I have to make a decision. " I said to them, and I went to go think about it.