March 25th 1925, thunder echoes the sky as the rain soak the ground. A police car stopped in front of Our Lady of Sorrows Orphanage, the doors opened, a police get down from the car with something held tight in his arm. He knock the door few times until it finally open, a nun appeared in her pajamas.

"Oh my god! what happened to it?," the young nun asked in horror after she saw what the police holding in his arm.

A pale tiny baby wrapped in soaked towel, with scars on both sides of its neck as the baby cried silently.

"I found her at the river, her name is Elisabeth Jeane, can you take care of her?" he asked.

The nun nod, and take the baby. She cuddle the baby in her arms as she watch the police leave. The part that's look like the beginning of her story was actually the ended of another story.


October 10th 1923.

The bedroom was completely dark, left only a dim light from a small lamp near the large bed as a young woman enjoying her sweet dream. The alarm clock goes off, she silent it in a split second as she's slowly got off from bed. It's 8th o'clock, the break fast will be ready in 30 minute.

She open her wardrobe, and pick out a silk peach dress with brown cardigan that match with her shoe. She couldn't bring all outfits from home due to the luggage's limit, but she's glad that she have brought all the shoes she love. She pick up her tote, and look around for one last time before she leave the room. The hall lead her to the breakfast lounge.

The gates pull open, it's was crowded with noise just like how she's expect. People, enjoying wines, sweets, and business talk. She walk through the crowd to find her family table.

"Janessa!" I voice called her, she quickly turned around, and found her parent joining meal with another family, "Over here, honey", her father called.

Janessa walked toward the table, and joined the seat.

"Janessa, this is Mr. Nicolas Strickland, my new co-worker" her father introduced his friend as Nicolas offered his hand.

"I'm Janessa Jeane" she replied, and they shakes hand.

Everyone starts picking their food in the middle of the table that served almost enough for whole school.

"Your father said you like shoes, I know few shop in Baltimore, Do you want to go there when we get there?" Mrs. Strickland asked.

"Of course!" she replied brightly.

She listen to her father talk to Nicolas about his old life in London, and how he got promoted to work in America. After she finished, she leave the lounge, and head toward the balcony. She move to sat on an empty couch, and pulled out a book. She whistling happily as she wrote something in her pages.


Inside the luxury suit room, Mr. & Mrs. Jeane get dressed in their casual clothes, and put their formal gowns, and luxury assesories back inside the suitcase.

"Tina and I will go for a stroll, you'll stay in the library with Nicolas, right?" Mrs. Jeane asked as she combing he hair.

"Yes" her husband replied shortly.

He put his papers in a briefcase, most of them are about science, and experiments, one of them have a big stamp said "OCCAM AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER". He close the case and put on his glasses.

"I'll be back for dinner at 8," he tell her, and grab the key, "Bye, honey." he said, and leave.


The night cames fast due to the weather, Janessa look up the sky as she stood on deck near fence before look down on her watch, it's 7:45. Mum and dad will be in the lounge soon, maybe it's time to go get change for dinner.

She was about to leave until she heard splashed noise from behind her. She turned around to look, there's no way that the shark cold be here, they won't even come near the ship, but she swear she saw something look like a very very big fish, she tried to have a clearer look, but due to the ship's height, it's very hard to see.

After long stared, she decided to give up. She turned around to leave, and suddenly, a group of children that playing around there accidently knock her out. She loose her balance, and slipped off from the fence. She grip the fence tight, and scream for help.

"OH my god!" the kids shouted in horror, "Help!" the kids scream as she did too.

She grip the fence painfully tight as she wait for the guards come, but it's too late. She body fall out from the boat just after the guards come, and when her body finally hit the water, her world turned black.


Welcome to the First chapter! Thanks for reading my first fanfic on ! I watched The Shape Of Water twice, and read tons of fanfic sequel, but I noticed that prequel fanfics are very rare. SO I decide to write one of my own! the story will be based on the movie-canon, not the book canon:)