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.))
