guestsurprise and I have come up with another spin off a classic fairy tale, 'The Little Mermaid.' Enjoy and no flames!

Everyone always hears about how mermaids are the queens of the sea, but what happens when a merman decides to take things into his own hands. You've heard the story of the little mermaid, but things go a bit different when we see things through the eyes and soul of a merman.

This is a story about Bay, a young girl who learns that there is more to her and her heritage than meets the eye.

"I don't wanna be here," Bay thought, now walking into the new school that her foster parents had for her. She didn't want to meet any new people because she longed for her previous home.

Flashback…

"Maybe you can join the volleyball team or cheerleading squad," her foster mom grinned.

"No thanks," Bay replied in frustration.

"But Bay, you can't mope all day long."

"I don't wanna be here! I wanna go back home to New York."

"Well, we aren't going back Bay. This is our new home."

And with that, her mother walked out and left her alone. Bay didn't want to have anything to do with the new students or her new home. But she had no choice.

Flashback ended…

Bay walked inside and sat down in her new desk. Being a 16 year old in a new high school was bad enough, but especially when the students did nothing but stare at her!

"What are they looking at?" she thought. In reality, she thought there was nothing special about her. She was about an average height for a young girl and she had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. She had light skin, but she had a cute face. She was considered average, nothing particularly special. At least, nothing she could see.

"Class, let's welcome Bay from New York City!" The teacher smiled. All the students casually waved or said hello under their breath. Definitely not the best welcome that's for sure. Bay casually said hello in return, just hoping to be out of the spotlight. As uncomfortable as it was, she was happy when class finally began to start.

"Well, now I need to…hmmm," She hitched, now scratching her legs. She had been having this annoying itch on her legs for a few days now and it was definitely annoying her more often. Shrugging it off, she continued with class.

One hour later…

Bay stood up and grabbed her books. Now that she had a small break, she decided to look around the school. She noticed that her school wasn't far from a nearby lake that led into the ocean. She loved the beauty of the open water, but she was deathly afraid of it. She almost drowned as a young girl so she avoided deep water at all costs. As she began walking through the school, she noticed the school had a large pool area. Curious, she walked into it and began to look around.

"Wonder if they have a swim team here," she thought outloud.

"They do." A voice responded. She jumped a bit at the new voice and saw two guys behind her. One was taller than the other and had a blindfold over his eyes and had white hair (interesting color for hair huh) The other was shorter with blondish hair and green eyes.

"Were you considering joining the girls' swim team?" the blonde- haired boy asked.

"Oh no! I don't think so; I can't even swim," Bay chuckled. The blonde haired guy laughed, but the white haired one behind him remained stoic and silent. He didn't even crack a smile.

"I'm Cove, and this is Dune," Cove smiled, now extending his hand for a hand shake.

"I'm Bay," she grinned sweetly as she shook his hand. But Dune only bowed slightly in response. Bay cocked an eyebrow in confusion, but decided to shrug it off. Soon, they heard the bell ring.

"Catch ya later Bay," Cove smiled, now running off and Dune followed closely behind him. Bay looked at them as they walked away and then hurried away. She had to hurry before her own class began!

Four hours later…

Class was finally over and Bay was able to go home. She was happy to finally be in her own bed after the long's day events. But what she couldn't escape was the constant itching that she felt in her legs. She looked down and saw that she had a small rash.

"Probably from that new lotion I used," Bay said to no one in particular. She then began to change her clothes and get into bed, hoping that next day would be better.

But the next day and the day after was the same. She went to school and no one talked to her and she talked to no one. With each passing minute, she felt like she didn't belong there. As she walked down the hallway, a group of girls began giggling. Curious, she turned and looked at them, but they quickly looked away. She was just walking past them when they began giggling and laughing. Feeling upset, Bay turned and made eye contact with the head girl.

"What's so funny?" Bay said, trying to remain pleasant.

"You have some toilet paper on your shoe," A girl snickered. Bay looked down and saw she had a long trail of toilet paper. She bent down to pick it up when she turned and saw others chuckling at her, especially the head of the baseball team. Feeling her face turn red, she quickly walked fast to her classroom and to her seat.

But that was only the beginning. At lunchtime, Bay walked to the lunch room and got her tray. The minute she picked it up, someone bumped into her by accident! Her entire tray of spaghetti and meatballs fell all over her green shirt. And the red juice stained her skirt! Some laughed and some tried to help, but Bay had it! She ran from the lunchroom and out the back door towards the woods. Tears streamed down her cheeks and she didn't even look where she was going! As Bay was running, she was being followed by someone. Someone who had been watching the entire incident. She ran through the woods and towards her house. She was almost there when she tripped and fell! She screamed as she twisted her ankle and cried out in pain. Now trying to hold back her tears, she decided not to try and get up and just let the pain overtake her. Her tears began falling down her face and she began crying even harder as it began to rain.

"I give up!" She sobbed out. But she stopped as she heard footsteps approaching. She turned and screamed as a figure in dark navy approached her. The person's face was covered with a hood and no part of their face was visible. They had on a dark navy jumpsuit and the person was very tall and intimidating. She tried to scramble to her feet and grab a large stick that was near to her, but the figure was on her in a flash.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" She screamed, now trying to get loose, but the figure covered her mouth and planted their lips on hers. She tried to bite the person's lips, but they maneuvered where she couldn't bite them. Once they were done, they got up and ran at lightning speed into the forest! Bay angrily sat up and wiped her mouth!

"YOU JERK! YOU FILTHY JERK!" She screamed. But then she noticed something! She was standing up with no pain! The pain in her ankle was gone! But…..how? She wasn't sure, but one thing's for sure…she was gonna run to the house!

Once inside, she tried to explain what happened to her foster parents, but they didn't believe her. They shrugged it off and went to prepare dinner, leaving Bay frustrated and confused.

"No one gets me or even cares," She said angrily, now running to her room. But while she was in her room, she glanced out at the lake that led to the ocean. But after a few moments, she blinked and rubbed her eyes. Funny thing…it almost looked like someone was watching her from the water. But that was impossible….right?

guestsurprise: What do you all think so far? I hope you all like the beginning of this story. NewbienovelistRD gave me some great ideas for this story too!

newbienovelistRD: Happy to help, Amiga! We can discuss more about the story in another story!