The sea was a master of defiance and wrath. Calm and alluring in with soft waves and the scent of freedom in one tempting moment. Yet in the next a ferocious storm could rip apart the strongest ship and litter its violent waves with the remains. It was volatile and warming. It was home. And home was a bitch. A brutal, backstabbing bitch.
A pain groan escaped her trembling lips as Emma dragged herself across the beach. Pain surged through every fiber of her body as she moved. Every muscle that twitched, every breath she took, only increased the horrible pain coursing through her body. Emma opened her eyes. Her sight was blurred by the sun, the sand, and the coming waves. She could make out the tree line at the far edge of the beach. If she reached them, she could survive. But she barely had the strength to drag her bloodied body out of the water.
Emma reached out with her left hand. It hit the sand, but her muscles wouldn't respond further. She turned her head to find the sharks teeth had done more damage than she initially realized. The puncture marks of its teeth decorated her shimmering body. From tail to torso, the shark had tried its damndest to kill her. It was only by a miracle that Emma managed to escape and flee into the shallows. Her heart still thundered in her chest. She'd come so close to dying in the ocean just moments ago. Now she only had to concern herself with surviving the surface.
A wave of dizziness washed over her mind, threatening to cast her off into darkness. Emma groaned again and closed her eyes tightly. She dug her fingers into the sand, trying to find something to hold onto. Emma dragged herself further from the water. She could feel the transformation already taking place with every wave of pain. Her blue scales were sinking back into her body. Her tale was slow splitting in two, separating completely. She grit her teeth as her scales shifted into skin. She tried to stop the transformation, but her body was already weakened by the attack. Her tale completely split into human legs, her fin shifted to feet. She groaned as the transformation ended. She shifted her leg, testing their strength. Her response came in the debilitating piercing pain shooting through her leg. Emma cried out in utter agony. In time of need, the transformation would aid in survival, but now, her transformation only ensured her fate. She had no hope of reaching the tree line now, not with her body is its current shape.
Tears blurred her already weakened vision. She didn't want to die like this. A trapped creature of the sea left to die on the shores of man. Emma tried to drag herself further, but her leg arm wouldn't follow her commands. Her right hand lay over the worst of her injuries. She couldn't afford to remove it. So this was now her fate. To survive the hunting of her people only to die upon the shore of man. Killed by a bloody oversized guppy no less. Exhausted, defeated, and dying, she allowed herself the tears. Emma lowered her forehead onto the back of her hand, crying. The warmth of her tears rolled down her cheeks, spilling onto the sand around her face. Every sob jerked her body, causing more pain to course through her body, causing more sobs to escape her trembling lips. There was to miracle in sight for her. No hope, no matter how hard she fought against it. Just death and darkness. She could already see it encircling her, in the corner of her eyes.
No! No! it wasn't darkness. Well, it was. It was a black mass, but it wasn't engulfing her. It was...covering her. Emma could feels its weight over her body. When it had arrived, she didn't know. But it was over her battered body. She lifted her head. Her vision was still blurred, and fading fast. Emma could make out the sun overhead. In front of the sun was a dark figure. Cloaked in black and hidden by the suns light. The figure reached out, gently brushing her hair from her face.
A deep, soothing voice broke through the sound of the waves, lulling her into the darkness. "Don't give up yet, love."
okay so this if my first OUAT fanfic. not sure if i'll continue. it'll depend on the reviews.
sorry for the grammar and spelling errors.