New story! Hoorah! Gotta love that!
Ja, ja (for some reason, lately I keep saying "ja" instead of "yes"… I blame my obsession with Denmark and my love of Germany) I know this is based off of "The Little Mermaid" and I bet that turns a lot of people off at the concept of reading this, but let me get your facts straight:
1)Walt Disney isn'th the mastermind behind this fairytale
2) –This is based off the original "The Little Mermaid" by the Danish author, Hans Christian Anderson
3) –The original version had the mermaid getting her tongue cut off, and committing suicide
Obviously, I don't plan to entirely follow the original story. In fact, several things will be changed in order to make the storyline less choppy and hard to follow. Of course, by the time I'm through with this, it probably won't look much like the original story either, but that's to be expected.
Well, that's about it for this rant. Enjoy!
.:Prologue:.
For centuries, tales of mythical sea creatures have scoured the seven seas. There were the mighty Krakens, capable of destroying entire fleets with seven tentacles tied behind their backs; hippocampi, half horse/half fish beings; and sea serpents, ruthless predators of the deep. But none of these creatures are as mystical as the mermaid-or merpeople, if you want to be politically correct. Merpeople are mythical beings of unparalleled beauty, despite the setback of having the lower body of a fish.
Fables of mermaids enchanting shipwrecked sailors have haunted the nightmares of even the most seasoned seamen… But what if I told you they were true? I kid you not. In fact, not far from here, along the coast of Denmark, a similar story unfolded ages ago. The story was that of a young merman prince, and his fascination with world of humans, and especially with a certain Danish prince he encountered.
I will tell you now that I never tell a lie. I am only a storyteller. Whether the tales I weave are fact or fiction is for you to decide…
Well, that was fun to write… trust me, it gets better… once Chapter 1 is up… and once I stop talking in second person narrative…
As confusing as this may seem, the rest of the story will be in third person tense…
Think of those old holiday specials on tv, or Disney's animated movie "Aladdin". Or even the narrator at the start of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" In those, there were always narrators that told you a brief background, then dropped you into the story…
Lame justification, I know… just sit back, relax, and enjoy my story…