A little way off the coast of small European island, a small Siren lay down in the sun.
The Siren had a brilliant blue tail that shone in the sun's light. His pale skin, a sign of not eating for several days, had begin to allow his ribs to show.
The siren was waiting for night, so that it may strike whatever unlucky human that dared to come across to his island.
His brunette hair waved in the wind, showing part of the Big Dipper birthmark that was part of the reason he was on his own.
The young Siren stared out the shore of a larger, populated island a couple of kilometres away from his own. Ships came in and out of the small port, especially at night, when the Siren could strike.
He could hear his hatch-mate's voice now, mocking him. "Come on Dipstick, go get 'em, oh wait, you're to weak," The voices said, laughing at him.
The Siren ran his hands through his hair, making the Big Dipper birthmark on his forehead appear once again. It was his birthmark, his name, his blessing and his curse.
The Siren, Dipper, scowled at the thought of his family and his people. Dipper had been driven out thanks to his clumsiness, and his curiosity. Not even his older sister, Mabel had done anything to help him. Now he was on his own, not even an adult (in siren terms) without his family, and a reliable food source.
When night (finally) fell, Dipper looked out at the ships passing by, to far for him to go on such an empty stomach. One ship, however, though it was a small boat, had been stupid enough to get quite close to his own island, close enough for Dipper to sink back into the water and swim towards the boat.
Once he was about four or five meters away from the boat, the young siren began to find a song to sing. Deciding on one that he wrote himself, the young male watched as the man in the boat faced towards him.
"Take my wings oh lone sailor,
Give to my hearts love,
Shallowing and drowning in the water of the deep,
Your day has come you now see me,
As the last one you see,
Your life time has come to end,
As the blue see swallow you,
By the faded moon light, you hear the sirens song
As we are all one now, none will escape,
The waves of blue the moonlight can never save you.
You will drown by the light of my song,
I am not sorry, I am the siren
Forever in dept to those whose lives I steal
Never come down to where I lye
Basking in the glory, I am the siren
Your life time has come to end,
As the blue see swallow you,
By the faded moon light, you hear the sirens song
As we are all one now, none will escape,
The waves of blue the moonlight can never save you.
Your body floats to the shore,
I watch as the ones find you,
your now crumpled state,
I find this unfair that you will not avenge,
The one who killed you, the siren
Your life time has come to end,
As the blue see swallow you,
By the faded moon light, you hear the sirens song
As we are all one now, none will escape,
The waves of blue the moonlight can never save you.
Finally, they come,
With their knives and swords,
The song is failing,
My kind come to help,
But all is lost we have lost,
The battle is one as the spears pierce our hearts,
Finally, free from this curse."
Dipper smiled as the human in the boat leaned forward. He moved closer, not stopping his melody, watching as the human leaned forward once more. He was almost in his reach-
Dipper could only watch as the human grabbed both of his arms and pulled him into he boat. The male siren tried to start singing again, only to be halted by the man slapping his hand of his mouth.
"What a fine tail ya got 'ere. Names Bill Cipher, and you might be?" The Pirate-Bill-said. Dipper just looked at him with a look of fury and rage plastered all over his face. Fortunately for Bill, (unfortunately for Dipper) the young Siren was unable to hurt Bill in almost any way.
"C'mon, Kid, what's your name? you gots to tell me…"
Dipper just remained silent. There was no reason for him to tell Bill what his name was, so he wasn't going to. That was final.
Dipper scowled at the man, who's smile only grew more possessive and sadistic. For the first time in his life, Dipper was truly afraid. He was out of the water, unable to sing and being held captive by a cruel man who looked extremely sadistic.
Plus, the giant scar that ran across his right eye did nothing to settle Dipper's fear down. If anything, it made him more afraid.
The pirate captain suddenly grabbed a piece of fabric, and rapped it around Dipper's mouth several times to make sure that he didn't try and sing, before grabbing the oars once more and rowing towards a bigger pirate ship.
"HEY BOYS! GET DOWN HERE AND SEES WHAT I GOTS US!" The Captain shouted, and Dipper could here the sounds of people scurrying around on deck before the boat was lifted up and Dipper passed out.
Bill Cipher stared at the unconscious Siren for a couple of minutes. There were reports of small ships going near that island, and never coming back. Now they knew why. There was a Siren.
Turning to his first mate, Gideon Gleeful, he smiled. "Get me the biggest tank, and all of the books on Sirens that we have. Got it? Good," Bill said as Gideon hurried of to shout out the boys, who scurried around, managing to grab their biggest tub (a bath tub) and fill it with water.
Gideon ran over to the small library that they kept just in case. He quickly looked at all the titles, before pulling out the books on sirens. Quickly exiting the room, he watched as the other men filled up the tank before attempting to drag it the captain's cabin.
Bill Cipher, the captain of the Nightmare, was a fierce and formidable pirate. Ge showed mercy to no-one, and, as Gideon had quickly learned, knew that his entire crew was very expendable.
Gideon shuddered at the thought of his captain throwing him overboard as he walked back over to Bill.
"Here ya go capin,' these are all the books 'at we 'av on 'em Sirens," Gideon told the older male, who nodded in response.
"Good, go put them in my room," Bill told his first mate, who like all of the other members of the crew, complied immediately. Gideon quickly scurried away, straining under the weight of all of the books.
"Excuse me Capin,' but what are you gonna do with 'im? No offence, but I don't think that it is the best idea to put a live siren on board a boat with live humans, we are his natural prey, after all." A voice behind Bill said.
Bill turned to face Giffany his second mate and one of the best cooks that Bill knew. Unfortunately, Giffany was very snooty and bossy, often questioning their captains choices and decisions. They say it was bad luck to bring a woman aboard a ship, well now they knew why.
"Yes, I am quite sure that it will be fine, so if you are done questioning my decisions, you can help me move the Siren into the water before it dries out and potentially, dies!"
Giffany nodded, and grabbed the Siren's brilliant blue tail, whilst Bill grabbed his head.
Dipper Pines woke up to the sound of water hitting the side of a boat. His head was hurting like there was no end to it and the water that he was in, was for some reason, lacking oxygen and it was way to warm. The room that he appeared to be in was dimly lit, but Dipper could still see the simple shapes and objects in the slight dark.
In one corner, there was what appeared to be a hammock, which Dipper had (after several ships had sunk to the bottom of the ocean,) learned was where pirates generally slept. There was also a desk, small set of draws and a large mirror.
Dipper looked down to see that he was in a wooden bathtub, probably the only thing aboard the ship that could fit the Siren.
Heh, they should be glad that they didn't catch Stan or Soos, they would need a bigger boat. Dipper thought to himself. A wave of homesickness washed over Dipper. He missed his family so much, yet he knew that he would probably never see them again. After all, the decisions that the Siren council made were final.
Dipper sighed at the thought of his home town of Gravity Falls. His sister, Mabel and him selves parents had abandoned them to their Grand uncles, or 'Grunkles' as Mabel had called them. When Dipper had turned thirteen, His 'Grunkle' Ford had started to show him more and more anomalies, even going as far as to teach him some self-defensive magic.
Of course, Dipper being a cluts had gotten him forever expelled from being a part of a pod ever again. It wasn't even his damn fault.
"Oh, so you are awake? Finally~" A voice snapped Dipper from his thoughts and the young Siren looked up to face the infamous pirate.
He scowled at him and tried to flick some water at the pirate with his tail. The key word being tried, considering the fact that his tail was hanging out of the water.
The pirate stood back up from where he had been kneeling, allowing Dipper to get a better look at him.
The pirate had golden hair and a golden eye, that even in the dim light, sparkled. Over his right eye, was an eyepatch and Dipper could still see a long scar running across his face from under the eyepatch. He wore a typical pirates suit and, unlike most of the pirates that Dipper had seen before, (not a lot, his meals mostly consisted of navy men) he had both of his hands still attached to his body.
"What do you want with me? Let me go!" Dipper almost shouted, slightly in shock, but determined not to let it show. Thankfully, he couldn't detect any trace of fear or a tremble in his voice.
"Oh you know, I here that Sirens these days can get you a lot of money, so we are most definitely not letting you go. Do you know how hard it was to locate and catch you? I mean, it wasn't that hard to find you, it was really obvious if anything…" Bill said, smirking as he leaned closer to Dipper.
If Dipper had of had legs, he would have kicked himself for being so obvious. He wasn't the best hunter, and he wasn't the worst but he really should have cleaned up after himself. Fortunately for Dipper, he had a tail and couldn't very well kick himself.
"But then again, you still. Haven't. told. Me. What. Your. Name. Is." The annoyed captain told the young Siren before him, who just smirked. There was no way that Dipper was going to tell him his name. Dipper knew that the island closest to here didn't have a lot of money, and that meant that Bill was going to have to sail away to another, larger island to get a better, more suitable amount of money for him. Which also meant free food because, like any creature, Dipper needed food to survive.
From there, the blue-tailed Siren promised himself that he would not speak to the captain at all.
At least, that was until Bill pulled out a really big knife and rested it against his throat.