man shimmering water darkening sky left me in tears. though wat u said at the beginning, no thoughts were ruined. it just leaves me in awe at your skills as a writer. no smilie can show how cool i think you are... :lol: just keep up the good work( im tired of the regular things i read). i would gladly pay to buy your books.
so tell me if u plan on publishing your next story... hmmmm i need a corny saying from some wise dude in some movie :thinking: *thrashes through shelves* oh well nothing seems to fit :lol:

Even after reading it for a second time it is still as compelling as the first. You are truly a genious.

wow thats long. just getting started but i like it so far. ill read more later.

Great story, Beavis! I would have liked it if Gregory had bitten Amy after they had sex and she had joined him and Isthia in the ocean.

Your writing is fantastic! Lovely imagery. It was an enjoyable read.

I had originally thought of that, before I posted I made a mental note to add Gregory about to bite her, hesitate, then just lick her fingers instead.

I goofed and it slipped my mind! :pinch:

But thank you for the feedback everyone :D

Good story

BEST STORY I HAVE EVER READ[SIZE=14][SIZE=1][SIZE=7]

That is the best story I've read and am looking for more.
I have to say I wish transformations like that could really happen.
Like Shadowtalons I wish Aimee could have been transformed.

Beavis69, this was an absolutely brilliant story, and it was also nice and long. I know you warned us about the length of this story and suggested that we not try to read it in one sitting but that's just what I did. I spent from about 5 PM to almost 11 reading this beautifuly romantic story and I would have been done with it sooner but I got a few phone calls which unfortunately interrupted me. But here again, this is one of those stories that once I started it I found it so compelling that I simply couldn't put it down. I LOVED IT! The idea of having sex with dolphins has always been appealing to me because of their tremendous intelligence, and because dolphins are among the very few mamils that have sex to actually strengthen the bond between each other, rather than just for procreation. The thing that truly touched me in this story is that Isthia's love for Gregory was absolutely unshakable and that was so heart warming and beautiful. She cared so much and so deeply for him that she was even willing to make the ultimate sacrifice and leave her pod if it meant that she could still be with him. Again we have a story here about transformation which reminds me of Skeevix's great story From A Curse To A Gift. And just like Skeevix, you make the impossible actually seem believable! You also make being a dolphin seem like it might be a pretty good life to live except for avoiding sharks. From the details in your story it is obvious that you know a lot of factual information about how dolphins operate. I must give this a definite ten. I have saved this story so that I can re-read it when I want to because it's definitely worth a second read and probably even a third. Also there's an underlying message here about how Gregory at first didn't like being around water at all, but once he became so much in love with Isthia,
it was the only place he wanted to be. It's also interesting that he became as disgusted with humans frivilous ways as many of the dolphins.

I receive Penelope Smith newsletters from her Animal Talk website and the Japanese slaughtering of hundreds of dolphins has always greatly concerned me as it has many animal rights activists. All and all, I must say this is a tremendous story on so many levels. Great work, what a masterpiece!
This is definitely one of the best written stories that I've come across on this forum.

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Heh, well now I'm speechless! And blushing fiercely :D

How you describe your reading experience was a lot like how I felt reading "Wet Goddess", though that ended up taking about two or three days to read. I was working on this story around the time I read that, and since I really owe a lot of the romantism in this story to "Wet Goddess".
Thank you very much for the comment. It's comments like these that I really appreciate (though I appreciate EVERY comment, even a single "Thanks" can change my day from bad to great ^_^).

It's funny you should mention Isthia's love for Gregory, because that was one of the hardest parts I had to overcome while writing this story, and in the end I felt I left a lot out. When I envisioned her, it seemed more like a motherly relationship than a mate-relationship. Sometimes I changed her dialouge because she actually sounded like she was getting tired of having Gregory around.

And as for dolphins in general, I did a lot of studying on dolphin violence while I wrote this story. So far the only untrue account I put in the story was when Deryl's mom died, which could be based off of true accounts, I can't tell for sure. But the other stories in there about how humans mistreated dolphins were all true, sadly.
I also had the problem of Gregory being an outsider. Normally a dolphin pod won't accept an outside dolphin into their pod, despite how social they are. If a spotted dolphin strays into bottlenose areas, the bottlenose pod will attack the spotted dolphin. But luckily, he had Isthia to help him out (not to mention his acting skill! ^_^) and I tried to keep him away from any of the other pod members so he wouldn't be endangered.

Hehe, well, turns out the Gregory everyone (and himself) knew was lost at sea, leaving a changed Gregory behind :) Transformation fantasies don't have to be just physical ;)

Thank you very much for the comments, everyone!

great read! i read the whole thing in about 2 hours(i know, im a fast reader :P ). please make more stories!

This was the most amazing story i have ever read on this site. Keep writing more, because you have great talent.

2 hours? It took me longer to proofread :blink: (Which I didn't do too well :blush:)
Thank you for the comment Loco_dude, and I have another story in the works, but if you want, you could read my others

Thank you, Colter, even though now I see this story as a mess of mistakes, I appreciate your comment ^_^

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