I have become enamored with a group of mermaids that live near Queensland in Australia. They are known as Mako Mermaids The have been sight in a place called Netflix.
And I kinda figured that since another place named Storybrooke already had at least two sea creatures (at least in MY universe), I thought it would be a great idea to bring them together.
This is a short intro to the story. The usual SQ ships will be sailing, plus this will be in the At The End Of The Day universe. All 9 mermaids, 2 mermen, and 2 land people will be represented. And there might be sex involved.
Mako Mermaids is property of Jonathan Schiff Prods., Network Ten (AUS), and Netflix (USA). Other than that, the usual disclaimers. My writing is not as good as it used to be. Please leave COMMENTS, but try to be kind.
The young woman could feel morning sun as she awakened. What she was laying on felt like wood. She's like to know how she got to where she was. It was different than the place where she came from. There was an ocean, but it looked colder. It wasn't the Gold Coast.
It wasn't Brisbane.
It wasn't home.
The boat that was in front of her was not a boat that was found in the Gold Coast. It was a ship. A mighty ship. One that would wind up at a Disney resort had they built one in Brisbane. It indeed looked like something that would be navigated by a pirate of old.
The woman looked around. There was a town much much smaller than Brisbane , in fact it looked much smaller. A fishing town maybe.
She used her hands to brush off the dry sand. Dry sand. She looked down and examined. Legs. still there. Wearing the same dress she wore before. Checked her wrists. Bracelets...check. Ornate silver ring with a glimmering turquoise stone. Still there.
The woman was weary. She tried to get up but she could not. Suddenly she heard animated conversation from the pier. It didn't sound like anything angry. More like conversations that some of the men had about the Brisbane Lions' sorry rankings as of late.
There was a blond woman wearing a badge, a woman with darker hair wearing what could be describes as a business suit, A tall blonde women wearing a stole that seemed too hot for the weather, a redheaded young woman wearing denim, and a darker woman in leather. It was the woman in leather who saw the younger woman, pointer out, then all four quickly raced from the pier.
When they gathered around the young blonde woman, there were muffled questions about where she came from, how did she get to where she was now. There were questions she'd like to know tge answers to as well: the last thing she remembered was swimming into that violent vortex then passing out. Where the girl come from? That would be on a need to know basis, and right now they didn't need to know.
"Sirena? Is that your name...? The younger blonde was about to deny, but she realized that was the name clearly stated on her necklace. "My name is Emma Swan-Mills. I'm the Sheriff." Then she introduced her companions: "This is the Mayor of our town...and my wife...Regina Swan-Mills...these are my friends Cru...Ursula...and the redhead on the end is Ariel..." The smile she gave was small and tried to hide the fear she had. She was a trusting soul in Brisbane, but this was not Brisbane...
"Welcome to Storybrooke, Ms...Sirena, is it?" The dark-haired woman exuded power and confidence. She was also quite beautiful, as much as her blonde wife, the sheriff. The haughty blonde named Cru and the equally haughty dark woman Ursula just stood there quietly and watched. But it was the woman with the flaming red hair that noticed something startlingly familiar about the woman. Specifically the ring Sirena was wearing. The redhead knew something about this woman, she just needed to confirm it.
While everyone else was crowded around an increasingly apprehensive Sirena, the redhead knelt down and asked a gently pointed question...
"Where's your pod?"
Sirena acted as if she did not know. The others looked at the Sheriff for guidance. Emma simply shook her head. "I kinda know when someone's bullshitting me. My number one superpower." Then Emma turned to Ariel, "What's a pod, anyway?" Ariel replied that she's explain later. Then she looked at the blonde still laying in the sand. Cru was holding a bottle of what seemed to be water. Ariel asked for the bottle and Cru reluctantly gave it to her.
The ginger then too a brief whiff. "This is actual water?" "Surprised?" Then Cru turned to Ursula "It seems a certain fiance wants to put me on the wagon.." Ursula responded with a quick kiss on the lips, while Emma, Regina, and Ariel responded with a quick roll of the eyes. Ariel then opened the bottle, looked at Sirena with caring eyes. "It's alright," said the redhead. "You're safe. I'll prove it to you..."
The ginger then poured just a few drops of water on her hand. Then she started to count...
"Ten." She handed the bottle back to Cru.
"Nine" Regina: "Here we go again.."
"Eight" Emma: I knew I should have brought towels..."
"Don't worry. Seven." Sirena started to figure out what was happening...
"Six" ...she just wanted to see if her suspicions were correct.
"Five." Then it started, What seemed to be a mass of bubbles were forming up Ariel's body...
"Four" Cru: "Say one thing for her..she's almost as good of a showoff as I am..."
"Three" The bubbles had covered Ariel's entire body.
The redhead never made it to "two." The bubbles subsided. The denim had disappeared. In it place was wet hair, a glittering halter top.
And a tail.
A mermaid's tail.
Then Ariel held up a finger that bore a ring exactly like the one the younger blonde wore. "See, I have a moon ring too. Now let me dry off and get my legs back, then we can find out where your pod is and we can get you home."
TBC
Just so you know...I'm going to try to fit in as many OUAT and MM characters as possible...don't let the four I chose mislead you. I could only place four. There will be a couple of villains that you have met. Jealousy, revenge, and the usual world domination will fuel this.
Again, I've never written MM before. So encouragement would be very nice...