Fins, Feet

Thou rememb'rest

Since once I sat upon a promontory

And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back,

Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath

That the rude sea grew civil at her song,

And certain stars shot madly from their spheres

To hear the sea-maid's music.

- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Chp.1 A flipping good time

The sea is my home. I've seen her beauties, and

know her truth. I know that not one book I've read has ever

described her truthfully. Not one painting has ever trulely caught

the glow of the water at sun set. But humans believe they

do.Arrogent fools.

Agh, the find out how to use fire, and suddenly they're kings

of the planet!"Idjits."I thought dully to my self. Fanning my arms

out alittle, keeping my body bobbing on the salty waves of the sea.

This even, for someone like me, is hard to do for a length of time.

My tail makes it hard to float, stubbornly sinking ever time I

bring up to surface. I sighed and gave a small push of my fin to

bring out of the water.

I shook my head, and kept my eyes closed. Letting the sun warm my

skin, forcing my muscles to relax." It is too nice a day to be

thinking about smelly humans." I murmured frowning as I pulled my

tail up again." This is a day meant for playing….and sunbathing." I

said giving a reluctant sigh as I opened my heavy eyes. Looking up

at the pure blue sky.

That seemed deeper then any waters I had ever been to, the sun

shone down brightly making the water, and my scales sparkle and

shin with its light,. I smiled softly cracking the warm mask the

sun had put my face in.Ah the sun was a nice thing it was so-

HONNNNNKKKK

"Nah!"I gasped snapping my fin on the water out of

insticent.Sending my below the water in a flash. My heart trembled

in my chest, and with anther fearfully stroke of my tail I was

safely hidden in the waters depth's. I threw a weary glance behind

my shoulder before heading deeper. Letting the cool water wash away

the heat the sun had put my skin in. It felt good. But I was

annouyed,"Fishing boats.Ha! How do the ever expect to catch

anything with all the noise the make with that god forsaken noise

they make?" I thought and drew a ragged breath as the gills on my

neck flared open.

As a merfish I'm part human and fish. So I have a set of air

breathing lungs and that can be switched to water breathing at

will. I really didn't under stand it that well. But it didn't

matter if I did or didn't. They were part of me and that's all I

really needed to know. I rolled my eyes and pressed my arms to my

side as I swam at a relaxed pace

I smiled, swimming over the reef I call home. Its hundreds of

inhabits swimming about idley.It was so colorfully. The coral a

bright torqise, with a numberless amount plants and sponges

clinging to its surface. I breathed in the fresh salty water and

hummed. Life was to sweet to be wasted on humans. I twirled my self

in the water, sending a small school of fish scattering with my

glee.

"Come to us, wayfaring sailors

Come and be satiated.

Drink sweet wine.

Eat all the fruits.

Quicken your spirit.

Come to us wayfaring sailor.

Come be enlightned.Listen and learn.

Know all the past.

Know all the future

Come to us wayfaring sailor.

Come, come,come."

I sang hugging may self tightly as I let my self sink slowly to the

white san of the ocean floor. My voice was like honey, soft and

slowing. Sweet and gentle. Ringing with such beauty through the

waters that fish instead of swimming around me. Swam to me,

relaxing at the sound of a mermaids voice. Attracted to it like a

bee to honey. I smiled smugly to my self as an angel fish drifted

across my blue-green scales. I folded my tail under my. I was such

a powerfully singer.A merfishes voice always was. It was made for

Killing though.At one time my people used all our talents to kill

men at the will of the gods.But that was a long..long time ago.Far

before I was even born.I frowned reaching out and brushed my

fingers on the tail of a passing blue fish.That was what the song

was meant for.Saloirs.It was enough to make them jump off there

boats and into the sea.to there death.

I had never used it for that. I had never even sang above the ocean

blue. Just in case. I didn't like humans, but I was no murder. My

ong red-brown hair floated around me. Curling on my face and

neck.I rubbed my hand, losing my self in thought. Besides my voice

I was very pretty as well.Or at least I thought so,I have never

seen anther mer-fish.So I can't compare.My face is soft,and heart

shaped.My eyes are large and brown.

I looked at my arm once more.I was pale as well.Not in a sickly way

though.I was mostly in the water and out of the sun so it would

be.I pushed my self off my tail,and stretched it out in front or

me.sending an irrated crab succrying away.I glanced it up and

down.It was long,

And made up most of my body length.It was large,but not in a bulky

way.But in a strength way.Since my life was my tail.It was the

color of the sea.Green but with a large tint of blue.Its scales

were as hard as rock and travled down to the dip of my tail.

My fins

were slim,made for quick bursts of speed.And dodging in and out of

coral or rock. Rather then long term swimming.the scales travled up

to my belly. Stopping at my belly-hole.The rest of me was kind of

slim.But not to much so.Everything I ate, went into enger for

swimming.And I ate a fair amount.

I wore cloths though.I enjoy them,they make me feel nice and

covered as well.I had on a very, wore brown shirt.That was held up

by two strings that went over my shoulders and to the back.It was

ragged at my stomach so you could see that.Not that any one saw

me..ever…

I felt a farmiler pang of pain bit at my heart.I shook my head,"I

have everything anyone could want!A home,food,health."I growled

shaking my head once more.A small fish had been trying to nisly in

my hair but gave up and started away.

I went on with my list as I

traced my scales with my fingers.I had a fine tail,Plently of fish

to eat.Its always warm here.A human port is just a swim away so I

can get little things there.Like bits of rope and glass to hold

things with in my den.

I had everything…."But a friend." I thought sighing as a small

blanket of grief shadowed my heart.I pulled my tail to my chest and

leaned my fore head on its cool scales.I sat there for awhile,my

eyes closed as I thought.Before decding it was time to go back to

my den and get some sleep.

I glanced around and frowned.Were…had all

the fish gone? My song should have woren off but there should still

be a few…….."Oh…no"I breathed, my eyes growing round with surprise

and fear.I felt my body gor riged with horror.How hadn't I sensed

them?How could I be so stupid!Just sitting here.This was a coral

reef and were there were reefs there were sharks.

I kept completely still,hopeing that they would ignore me.But they

didn't,I did a quick count.there was four,two above me were

defntily coral reef sharks.I could see the white point on there

doras fins.They were a pure grey,and sleek,fast,made for

hunting.Two were closer to the floor to me.

They

seemed..differnet.which made me eve more afraid."Calm down…calm

down…"I thought snapping my eyes to each of the sharks.It was clear

that the reefs were igoring me,I seemed to big to them.But the

other two were larger and cirling.Tryin to decide if I was food or

not.I could feel my pluse quicken,and adlreine spill into my veins.

My tail twitched to push off from the ground.To rocket my self

tword the surface and swim away as fast as I could.But…I couldn't I

was fast.But they were close.Close enough to see there small black

eyes scan me hungerly.I closed my eyes and swalloled.I had to

move,I could live if one bit me on the arm or so.But If my blood

was split in the water well..I had see what I group of hunger

sharks could do.

"I have to time this…when there both on my sides I'll swim up.so

theres..a less chance of me getting bitten."I thought bitting my

lip as my tail tightened in an aticaption.The reef sharks were

slowly coming down getting interested as well.I cursed my luck and

as slowly as I could put both of my hands on the ground,arching my

back.Growing tense,"NOW!"I yelled at my self and spring up with all

my tails power.Thats when the struck……..

((Look for chapter two-Coming very soon.Tommorow or so.))