The Moon’s Missing Reflection

Lena has dreamed of the drowned city for as long as she can remember—a place of coral-covered ruins, bioluminescent plants, and ghostly echoes of the past. Each night, she wanders its submerged streets beneath the moon's silver glow. But Lena knows something is wrong when the moon's reflection suddenly vanishes from the sea, both in her dreams and the waking world. A mysterious whisper leads her to the shoreline, where she steps into the waves and finds herself transported to the real drowned city—an ancient, hidden realm beneath the ocean. There, she meets Kyren, a merfolk warrior who reveals the truth: A secretive group known as the Tidelock Cult has stolen the moon's reflection, believing it will grant them the power to freeze time and shroud the world in eternal night. Without it, the tides are faltering, and the city itself is beginning to wither. Determined to restore balance, Lena embarks on a perilous journey through forgotten ruins and shadowed waters, following the cult's trail to the edge of an abyss. Beyond it lies a realm between worlds, where the stolen reflection is sealed away. With Kyren and a group of merfolk warriors by her side, Lena must navigate treacherous voids, outwit the cult, and break the spell before the tides cease forever. But the deeper she ventures, the more she realizes that some mysteries of the ocean are meant to remain untouched—and that she may be more connected to this world than she ever imagined. In a tale of dreams and reality, light and darkness, The Moon's Missing Reflection explores the fragile balance of nature, the power of the unknown, and the call of a destiny that lies beneath the waves.