The Girl from the Water
Author's Note: All I own for this is my OC, Chloe. Also, this story starts off a day before the events of season 1 of the show.
Here's a bit about Chloe. She's a mermaid/siren who lives by herself because her parents were murdered. Traumatized, she leaves the pack she's part of. She eventually lives in the lake by the Salvatore School and meets several students there.
Chloe's Face Claim is Hailee Steinfeld and she's inspired by the merfolk from the Freeform TV show Siren. Her mermaid form is similar to those merfolk and she can sing a siren song
On the dock by the lake near the Salvatore School sat Hope Mikaelson and some of her classmates, including the Siphoner twins Lizzie and Josie Saltzman and the vampire MG. They were enjoying a free period they had, unaware of someone in the lake. Josie's shoeless foot dangled by the water and the being in the lake spotted it and swam fast to it, drawing MG's attention.
"What the hell?" He asked, getting the others to look at him.
"What's up, MG?" Josie asked.
"There's something headed this way fast." MG said.
They all looked and what looked like a girl lunged at Josie's foot, but the brunette pulled her leg up quickly.
"You okay, Josie?" Hope asked.
"Yeah. What was that, though?" Josie asked as the girl in the water jumped out of the water and onto the dock, causing the others to move away from her. In that moment, they noticed a long spiked fishtail as her lower body.
"...She's a mermaid." Lizzie said.
The others were surprised, but the mermaid soon was in excruciating pain as she began thrashing around. The end of her tail came off and human legs and feet replaced it, but when the transformation finished, the pain overtook her and she passed out.
Hope turned to the others when they realized the mermaid was naked. "MG, go back to the school and get a robe for her." She said then he sped off as Hope looked at the twins. "Find your dad and let him know what happened." She said.
They ran back to the school as MG quickly came back with a robe. Hope put it on the mermaid then picked her up in her arms and then she and MG headed back to the school.
When they arrived at the front door, they saw Lizzie, Josie, and their father and the school's headmaster, Alaric, standing there.
"Is it true?" He asked. "Is she a mermaid?"
Hope nodded.
"Bring her to my office." He said and the six of them headed there.
When they arrived, the School Guidance Counselor, Emma Tig, was inside the office.
"Emma, put a boundary spell on the door once we're out." Alaric said as Rafael laid the mermaid on the couch.
"Right." She said. When they left the office, Emma placed the requested spell in the doorway of the office. The minute after it was up, the mermaid woke up and looked around. When she spotted Hope and the others, she snarled and lunged to them, only to hit the barrier spell.
The mermaid stood up and began pounding her fists against the barrier. Josie slowly stepped to the barrier. When the mermaid stopped attacking, she looked at Josie.
"Let me in there, dad." Josie said.
"Absolutely not." Alaric said.
The mermaid looked at Josie still then placed her open hand on the barrier.
"Look." Hope said and Josie saw what the mermaid was doing. Josie took a chance and her hand glowed red as she siphoned the barrier spell.
"Josette Saltzman, what are you doing?" Alaric asked.
"Wait, Ric." Emma said. "Let's see what she does."
They waited as Josie walked to the mermaid and held up an open hand. The mermaid looked at Josie's hand then placed an open hand onto Josie's.
"Do you have a name?" Josie asked, but the mermaid only tilted her head. "A name is what people are called. For example, my name's Josette, but everyone calls me Josie."
The mermaid looked at the others and Josie picked up a glass orb and placed it in the mermaid's hand. As a result, the mermaid looked at the orb and turned it over in her hands.
"I'll ask you a question and if it's the truth, the inside will glow blue." Josie said and the mermaid looked at Josie. "Are you really a mermaid?" She asked.
The mermaid nodded her head slowly and the orb glowed blue, drawing her attention again.
"It seems she's only predatory in water, unlike what mythology states." Emma said.
The mermaid looked at Emma, who walked over to her. "Do you have a name?" She asked. The mermaid nodded again and the orb still glowed blue.
"Hey, Ric, why are Hope, MG, and Lizzie in your...?" Dorian Williams, the school's librarian and substitute teacher, started as he walked in and saw the mermaid. "Who's she?" He asked as everyone looked at him.
"She hasn't told us her name yet, but...she's a mermaid." Ric revealed.
Dorian quickly grabbed a crossbow and aimed at the mermaid.
"Dorian, don't..." Emma started, but the mermaid snarled and lunged at Dorian and tackled him. "...do that."
Hope grabbed the mermaid and held her in a full nelson headlock.
"Mermaids are predators." Dorian said.
"Evidently, that's only in water." MG said.
"More than anything, I think she's curious right now." Josie said.
Hope managed to calm the mermaid down.
"I think we should let Josie talk to her alone." Emma said.
Ric looked reluctant, but eventually agreed and everyone but Josie left the mermaid, who turned to Josie and soon sang an ethereal siren song. Josie seemed captivated by the song, but the singing stopped as Lizzie, who wanted to stay with Josie, siphoned magic from the wall near her and caused the mermaid to have an aneurysm.
Josie shook her head and turned to Lizzie. "Stop!" She said.
Lizzie eventually stopped and the mermaid turned to Lizzie, but this time, Josie stood in front of the mermaid, who backed down.
"She was protecting me." Josie explained then got back on track and placed the orb back in the mermaid's hand. "What's your name?"
"...I...am...Chloe." The mermaid said. The twins were a bit surprised when Chloe finally spoke.
"Where'd you come from, Chloe?" Josie asked.
"...Water." Chloe replied.
"Lizzie, do me a favor and find a world map or a globe." Josie asked and Lizzie brought a globe to Josie. Chloe saw a part on the globe labeled as the Atlantic Ocean and pointed it out to the twins.
"You're from the Atlantic?" Lizzie asked and Chloe nodded.
After a few minutes, the three girls walked into the hall, drawing the attention of the others.
"How'd it go?" Ric asked.
Josie looked at Chloe. "Tell them."
Chloe looked at Dorian, Ric, Emma, Hope, and MG. "My...name...Chloe." She replied.
"She told us she came from the Atlantic." Lizzie said.
Ric looked at Emma, who nodded. Ric looked at Chloe. "Would you like to stay at this school?"
"...School?" Chloe repeated.
"A school's a place where people learn things." Hope explained.
Chloe looked at Ric. "...Chloe...stay...Chloe...learn?" She asked.
Ric nodded.
Chloe took a minute. "...Chloe...stay." She said.
Ric nodded again. "Come with me and we'll get you set up in a room." He said.
Chloe nodded then the two walked off.
That's chapter one. I hope you guys like this story. Review and I'll post more chapters.