Tales of beautiful mermaids falling for handsome human men are often told and usually end in the duo living happily ever after.
But…
What if mermaids weren't all they expected to be?
What if one mermaid had been raised to despise humans due to her mother having an unfortunate encounter with a male human?
And what would happen if that selfish mermaid just so happened to meet a human guy who could easily cope with her personality?
Well… what would happen is this story…
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Two figures are seen talking on a beach; one however… is in the water whilst the other stands a few feet away on the sandy beach.
A handsome looking boy of around twenty stares down at the girl figure in the water, all that is visible of her over the waves is her shoulders and face. Around her, long sandy locks the same colour as the sand upon which the man stands, blow about her giving her the appearance of an angel.
The girl appears to be around seventeen and is indeed gorgeous, her skin is a creamy colour and her eyes are the colour of the sea.
This scene could very easily be mistaken for a romantic one what with the sun setting over the horizon of the ocean and giving the perfect setting.
But…
This is not a picture where the air is filled with romance.
This scene…
"I hate you!"
…is filled with a hate and thoughts of revenge.
The girl's eyes were wet with tears which were streaking down her face and falling into the ocean.
The boy sighed, "Look I've told you before, I can't come into the ocean to live with you! But you could come live with me!"
The girl shook her head ferociously, her hair being thrown about like a tornado, "I've told you, I can't!" she screamed in a high pitched voice that could break glass, "I can't just abandon the sea."
"Then you can come back here a few times a week, what's wrong with that?" the boy asked with a desperate look.
The girl glanced up at him with sadness before her eyebrows furrowed and she glared at him with such intensity, that if looks could kill he would already be a corpse, "It's always your way isn't it!?" she screamed, "Always! Whenever I want to do something I have to ask you first, you didn't even let me out of your house! I had to practically beg you to let me come back to the sea!"
By the end the girl was practically screaming in rage, her voice was so high-pitched that the boy was covering his ears in order to stop the terrible noise from reaching his ears.
"You hear me; from this day forth you'll never be allowed to come near this ocean without having thoughts of me drowning you! Never will you, your children, or you children's children be able to swim peacefully in the sea without thinking of me coming to drag you to a watery grave!" her voice was now calmer, however it was only that way so that the boy could hear her hateful words clearly, as she spoke with her voice like ice the boy's face was filled with fear and dread.
"Please… don't do this." He begged taking a step forward so that his right food touched the water moving forward and back on the beach.
"Don't. You. Dare!" she yelled darting forward and making a grab for him with her right hand, the boy gasped and quickly jumped back just missing the long claws that were on the girl's fingers.
As the girl lay on her stomach on the shore, behind her a glittery green tail swayed side to side.
Yes, this girl was a mermaid.
However unlike mermaids heard of in stories, her appearance was quite different.
The scales on her tail continued all the way along her back and stopped at her neck, however they continued along the back of her arms before stopping on the top of her hands where two inch claws emitted from her fingers.
Her eyes were different too; instead of having pupils she had two black slits like cat eyes. Although this didn't diminish the beauty of her eyes, whilst she was glaring ferociously at the human they seemed terrifying.
To top off her alien appearance, as her hair fell forward it displayed two elf-like ears that had green scales on the tips of them that matched her tail. To cover her chest the girl merely had a peice of white cloth that tied around her neck and back.
Yes, she was indeed different.
Smiling in an evil manner she gazed at the human who was sat in the sand staring back at the mermaid with a scared expression. Goosebumps were on his flesh and he was shaking, but whether from the sight of the mermaid or merely the cold whether he did not know.
As the mermaid showed her impossible pure white teeth the boy's eyes were drawn to the canines within them. Although they were nothing like fangs, they were sharper and slightly longer than human's.
"May you and your blood be shadowed by misfortune for eternity." She hissed before rolling back into the water, dipping under the water she propelled under the waves using her tail and sending sprays of water showering the boy.
The boy sat there on the damp sand for a few minutes, watching the waves however after nothing else happened he shakily stood up.
Brushing himself down he glanced outwards to see once more, "Good-bye… Coral."
With that he walked off along the beach leaving a trail of footprints behind him.
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Basically just the prologue introducing the story, you'll meet the main characters in the next chapters. ^^
P.S. – Rating may change due to mature content.