It was a warm night of summer when the crew of the known Karaboudjan was sat on the deck, sharing some meat, vodka and incredible stories.

There was a tall, sturdy man wearing a captain´s hat and languidly smoking a cigar as one of his friends narrated a short tale.

"So my fellows, a friend of mine told me that story years ago. I would call it "The legend of the sea witch"

"Sea witch? Here we go again Jerry..."-The captain said giving a deep drag on his cigarette as he closed his eyes and sighed.

"No, I swear it´s a good one this time captain"

"Go on then"

"Memphis, one of my best friends travelled once by Hawaiian waters, just like us. He said that when the night arrived, strange echoes could be heard"

"Echoes? What's so strange about echoes in the sea? That´s normal"- Said one of the sailors.

"The question my friend is not what exactly was making those noises. For days he tried to find who or what was doing those peaceful echoes. It was just like a song"

"A song?"

"Can I go on with my story, dammit?"

"Sure. I´m sorry fellow"

"He searched day after day, never finding from where all the noise was coming from. Until a special night. The crew decided to land next to an island and all the sailors went to sleep. As usual they needed someone to guard the ship."

As long as the story went through, Jerry was getting the attention of all his fellows who seemed to be very interested about the mystery.

"And what happened?"

"Here it goes the tricky part. My friend Memphis was chosen to do the guard on that night. He was very brave indeed but nothing prepared him for something like that. When the night was already too dark he heard a strange noise in the ship; some steps"

"It was a demon?"- One of the sailors asked nervously.

"Maybe. He described it as the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. He said that it looked like a boy first, but no ordinary boy. He had red hair in the color of the sunrise and mesmerizing green eyes."

All the crew had their mouths hanging open, trying to imagine the curious creature that was being described with such details.

"The creature was bare from head to toes, exhibiting its perfect and delicate body. It was just like a regular boy, if it wasn´t for two pointy teeth on his dental. It was an exotic beauty indeed"

"And what exactly was that thing?"

"The sea witch or water nymph as some used to call. Some believed it´s was a divinity and some believed it´s was witch. Some said that it could change the tail for two human legs when it wanted. I guess it seemed very interested on sailors"

"S-Sailors?"- A blond sailor stuttered.

"Yah. The creature was very interested in my friend. He doesn´t remember much, but he told me that the creature grabbed him to the island, ridded his cock for a while and bit his neck, disappearing in the sea minutes later and never coming back."

"Are you saying that this siren, water nymph was after some cock? That´s all?"

"Yah. I think it wanted sex after all. I´m sure it was after some men´s seed, captain"

"Men´s seed? Why it would search for human´s seed?"

"I´m not a siren captain. I´m just telling a story"

"What a curious story Jerry. If you wanted to make your crew feel horny you succeeded."

"No! It was not my intention captain. I told that story because we´re in Hawaii too"

"All right fellows. Time to take a nap. As soon as the sun rises I want everybody working, right?"

"Yes captain!"

"Good night fellows"

Haddock, the captain of the ship was the one who guarded it during the night. He tiredly opened his whisky taking a little sip and supported his elbows on the bar. It was going to be a long night, but fortunately he was used to pass some nights without sleeping.

As the breeze caught his black rebel hair, he could hear a strange noise coming from the water. Shaking his head he tried to recompose himself.

"What are you doing to me lomond´s?"- He whispered to the little bottle.

He refused to be afraid of a little fisherman´s fairy tale. There was no such a thing as mermaids or magical creatures. Haddock traveled around the world for years and never saw one of these.

"Come on Archibald. Are you a man or what? There´s no siren or sea witch. Calm down"- he thought to himself, drinking a little more.

When he was about to relax, he felt his body tensing up to another sound coming from the water.

It was a beautiful sound of angelical giggles which started to get louder with time. Haddock considered punching himself on the face to see if he would wake up, but it was not a dream.

Something was graciously appearing in the water. It seemed like an amount of red hair.

Haddock´s heart pounded really fast when he saw the head coming from underwater, showing a boy of delicate features and innocent eyes who seemed to ask for shelter.

The captain never saw something like that. Just when he thought it couldn´t get even helpless, the creature approached shy, staring to the man on the ship.

"Hey little one. – The captain tried to sound peaceful. – How can I help you?"

Shy, the lovely creature blushes and hides inside the water once more. Maybe it was afraid of the human.

"Hey little one come here. Don´t be afraid. I´m not going cause you any harm"

Fearful yet hopeful, the creature showed itself once more, with hands over the chest.

It eyes were gleaming in desire when he saw the muscular sailor staring at him with curiosity.

The little one never saw such a handsome sailor before. He could keep admiring the human forever.

"Don´t be afraid little one. Are you lost?"

The creature nodded in disagreement. It knew exactly where it was and in its mind, the human was the lost one.

"I guess you don´t speak my language… Do you have brothers or sisters? Are you searching for someone?"

Once again the creature giggled sweetly but now it nodded positively, pointing to his own heart.

"Oh… Searching for your beloved one, right? You´re too young for falling in love don´t you thing little siren?"

Now the creature simply smiled staring at the moon pensively. In a matter of time it jumped out of the water, seating promiscuously on the ship´s border.

His little cold fingers traced a line down the captain´s chest and when the human realized the ginger creature took his hat off.

"Hey! That´s my hat!"

The creature smiled hussy as it was saying 'not anymore' and with a final stare it disappeared in the middle of cold water, leaving a confused yet glimpsed captain.

"What a curious little nymph…"

Haddock was bewitched and he couldn´t help it. He was touched by the witch of the sea and it didn´t matter how or when, but he knew deep inside that nothing was going to be the same.

To be continued…

By Vicky

Ha! Here I am with another story! I hope you guys like it *-* You gotta love mermaids...