Legs Spell

Bipedalism Spell
Magical Informations
Required Instruments:	Full Moon Crystals
Reversal:	Nemopedalism Spell
Use
Utilizer(s):	Moon Pool Merpeople
Victim(s):	Merpeople
Effect(s):	To become bipedal

The Legs Spell was a spell that temporarily allowed a merperson to become bipedal, and could be cast with any suitable source of moonlight, such as the Full Moon.

This spell can be cast only in Full Moon nights, however, with moonstones, such as Moon Rings, it can be cast even in daytime. Under this spell, a merperson willcg have legs while dry and as soon an only drop of water hits them, the counter-spell known as Limited Transformation breaks it and they will revert back to their tailed true selves. Ice and snow are also known to break the Legs Spell just like water or Moon Water regularly does.

The Legs Spell is strictly forbidden by all Mermaid Councils in all the pods across the seas. By casting this spell, it can result in a mermaid's permanent banishment if she goes against the rules and someone reports her to the council's elders. There is an only exception regarding this; all mermen hatchlings soon fall under this spell casted by their mermaid mothers just before they give them up to human foster families on land.

While under the Legs Spell, a merperson is still able to use their powers (including Invisibility or Invisibility Detection).

This spell's purpose is very likely to protect mermaids and mermen from humans and their messy world, as they could have more chances of escaping them off by running on dry land if they tries to kidnap them, or is a natural reaction of the concentrated moonlight that causes their tail to disappear temporarily when all water is removed, but this well-known concealing enchantment isn't strong enough to keep water (and hence Moon Water) from returning them back their real selves.

When natural merpeople first grow legs, they'll be totally naked (without any piece of clothing), their hair will be down but will keep its natural length and or color said merperson had when they were in their natural habitat (the sea) and barefooted. While trying to adapt to their life on land, he or she might have trouble and some even will be curious about human devices (such as telephones).Out of the three, Nixie enjoyed her legs the most, was excited to meet up with the surface world, and mastered walking as an apparently regular girl faster than Lyla and Sirena did. She even warns them before leaving the shore: "Once water hits us, we get our tails back. We'll only have legs as long we're dry."

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Trivia

• Whatever clothes merpeople wear while using this spell disappear and return when the Limited Transformation happens.
• When Emma Gilbert used her enhanced power to heal and help Rebel's recovery, the snowfall didn't changed her into mer form, as supposed to, and she remained as an apparently ordinary teenager.
• The Tailless Spell was apparently a stronger variation of this spell, however, unlike the latter, the Tailless Spell prevented a merperson from returning to their true merperson self once wet, and prevented the use of their powers while in human form.