ALLY"S P.O.V.
Another day and just another lecture I have to receive. It's always the same damn thing over and over again. Why can't my father understand? Humans seem so beautiful and unique. I have collected so many amazing treasures made by them ever since I was little, and never have I found anything which could justify all those horrible accusations my father has spoken of. For years he has forbid me from heading up to the surface as if I'm still some child who can't take care of herself. For once, can he not just look at the world through my eyes and understand where I am coming from? If he did, maybe he could understand me better as well.
My name is Allyson Dawson and I am a mermaid. I would be lying if I said I never felt gifted to grow up under the sea; however, spending life this way has gotten old. The constant swimming can only get me so far. My father King Despeuro rules this sea with a firm and noble heart. I truly love my father, but his inability to understand me is sometimes hard to endure. I have been told that his hatred for them is a result of the incident which caused my mother's death. Nobody has ever entrusted me with the full story. The only thing my dad said I need to know about it was the fact that it was a result of humans.
My best friends Tallaryish (Trish for short) and Cassidy both share the same interests as me. We have all taken up a fascination with those unique people all living on land. Trish is not of royal blood but she surely acts like she is. Regardless of that though, she still has an amazing personality and we love her. Her parents were killed when she was a child. Apparently they lost their lives in the same event that took my mother from me. As a result she has grown up here in the palace with me. Cassidy is of noble blood. Her father is my dad's right hand general and due to his constant absence for long periods of time, she has been staying here with us in the palace as well since we were all eight.