A/N: WOW a new story form moi! LOL Anyway first the business end:
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The Little Mermaid

By: Emma's Angel

Prologue

The golden sun reflected off the glassy blue of the water as a small craft glided across its surface. The small wooden boat carried two passengers; one was a gentleman in the middle of his life. Beside the gentleman sat his young son David, pole in hand. They each had brown eyes and light colored hair.

And each loved to fish. There was nothing David loved more than to be with his father catching the fish that lived near their North Carolina home. He was pretty sure he would follow his father's footsteps and become a marine biologist. The sea was a second home to young David.

Every night, before bed, David would look out the window of his room and watch the diamonds dancing beneath the moonlight as it reflected off the cornflower blue water. Soon, David would be going to high school and his days sitting lazily on the beach watching the sun set the water afire would end.

Right now, David was going to forget about the coming week and focus on one last fishing trip with Dad. David tossed his line out into the water, and turned the reel.

"That's it, son", smiled his father. "Nice and easy." David continued to follow his father's instructions and enjoyed the conversation that followed.

Suddenly, David's line was pulled taut. David pulled back and began to real in the catch, but the line thrashed violently in the water, causing the water to bubble and wave.

"Dad, help!" he called. David's father laid down his pole and reached for his son's.

"Hold on tight, son!" he replied, grabbing David's pole.

The pole continued to move in every direction, as if it had a life of its own. Then the line tugged again, causing David and his father to lunge forward. David and his father were dragged along the bottom of the boat. David's father managed to get his feet propped against the sides of the boat and used his legs to keep from going over.

The line continued to shake furiously. Then, without warning, David's father lost his grip and his son and the pole went flying.

"David!" exclaimed his father, as his son hit the water with a loud splash.

David felt the waters part as he fell. Then he could feel the coolness of the water as it swallowed him whole. Suddenly, David found it hard to breathe. The pressure of the water being forced down his throat, made it hard. Instinctively, David began to swing his arms around in an effort to swim to the surface. But instead of going up, he felt he was sinking, further and further from his father's face frantically looking in the water for his son.

David continued to struggle before looking down at his legs. That's when he saw that the fishing line was wrapped around his legs, thus making it hard for him to swim up. He tugged and tugged, but they wouldn't budge. Remembering the pocket knife he kept in his pocket, David slipped it out of his jeans.

All of a sudden, a large pocket of air erupted from David, and he could no longer concentrate on escape. Panic set in and David tried frantically to swim up. Slowly, David saw that he was not getting anywhere as blackness began to surround his vision. Soon, David's eyes closed and he could feel himself becoming weightless.

The last thing he remembered, David thought he had hit the ocean bottom.

When David awoke, he could see the sunlight streaming on his face, warming it. Blinking his eyes, David looked around. He saw that he was lying on a beach. After he coughed harshly, David tried to sit up. That's when he felt two hands push him back down. Looking to his left, David saw a pair of sea green eyes stare back at him, begging him not to move. The face he saw made him doubt his sanity.

She was beautiful, with skin the color of the beach. Her hair was probably blond, but the way the sun reflected off of it with such brilliance, he couldn't be sure. A thin, but strong looking finger lay cross her mouth, a shushing sound escaping.

"Lie still," she said. "Help is coming."

"Who are you?" David asked, coughing as more water escaped from his lungs.

"A friend," she said simply, and smiled. She was the most beautiful thing David had ever seen. Carefully, David reached up with one hand and cupped the cheek of the yellow haired goddess in front of him.

She didn't flinch at his touch, but did look worried.

"I have to go, now." And with that, the blond woman disappeared from David's sight. As he sat up, David heard two voices yelling in his direction. One belonged to his father. The other, belonged to his sister Kathy.

"Son, are you alright?" asked his father as they helped David to his feet.

"Yeah, I think so," he replied, looking around for the mysterious blond.

"We were so worried about you!" cried Kathy, placing an arm around David's waist. "If it wasn't for that phone call from your cell, we might never have found you!"
"My cell?" David did not recall having his cell phone with him when he went with his dad. But when he reached in his back pocket, sure enough, his silver Razor with a green lightening blot sticker was there.

"Huh," he said making himself cough up more water from his lungs. "I didn't realize I brought it."

"By the way, where is that woman I saw sitting beside you as we came up?" David's father inquired.

David wondered that himself, and stopped walking to search for the beautiful woman who had saved him. He scanned the beach, but he saw no signs of where she had gone. The sun continued to glare off the surface of the water, blinding him in some spots.

Then out of the corner of his eye, he saw her. She was about ten feet from the shore, perched on a rock. Why on a rock? And why was she in the water? His questions were answered when she turned and dove beneath the waves. David blinked his eyes when he saw the sun reflected aquamarine color as he saw a tail slap the waves and disappear.

"Are you okay?" asked his sister.

"I certainly hope so," David responded as he turned and walked back to the house with his father and sister in tow.

End Prologue

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