I've just been so wrapped up in ideas like this, lately. But yes, mermaids. Has anyone seen or read any Pandora Hearts mermaid anything yet? Because I sure haven't!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Pandora Hearts.
Prologue
Elliot had always loved the genre of fantasy.
Fantasy enticed him, lured him in with mystic ideas before tying him to it with intense plots. He had always loved the feel of entering a new world, a dimension with its own separate laws of physics and history, every time he picked up a book. He could easily lose himself in hours between the pages of the life of another, to forget about being Elliot, to forget about exploration and gold, and to instead live through the triumphs of another. He was able to see inside the head of a character, to reason with their own sides of the story. Favorite authors had made him cry the tears of a character, to laugh at the happiness of another, to groan in embarrassment for certain ones, and even throw tantrums when his theories were proven wrong.
But there was a difference between fantasy and normal books. When it was fantasy, it was a completely new world. Elliot could never think "oh, so that's how it works" with logical reasoning, as the rules of one world rarely applied to another. He envied the characters living in such a world, wishing for himself that he could have a similar lifestyle. Real life was too difficult with too little profit, and the rare times it was interesting were relatively similar experiences that never changed.
For months now, Elliot had seen nothing but sea all day, every day, seven days a week, four weeks a month, and five months altogether. Ever stretching green tainted blue as far as the eye could see, grey with black clouds when it rained greeted the explorer whenever he stepped on the deck, having grown sick of the sights years ago. But work was work, and nothing could be prevented when your entire family counted on it. Elliot had never wanted to become an explorer, a sailor of the seven seas; he had wanted to do something more with his life. Discovering new land and hunting for gold and other goods was never anything he had considered his entire life, yet, here he was.
The amount of books he carried was limited, only able to take so many with him. Elliot had finished them all the first week they had set sail, now reading them for the seventy third time already. He knew them now word for word, but continued reading them no matter how many times he had before. The adventures never got old, and characters only became even more realistic each time he settled down with a book. They were all he had, the only things keeping him from jumping overboard.
"Land!" His crew mate Oz had suddenly yelled, catching the entire ship's attention. Large, heavy footsteps pounded back and forth as the men scrambled to the top deck, whooping and screaming in joy."We've found land!" Yet Elliot stayed beneath them, ignoring the sounds and cheering over his head and doing his best to lose himself once again in the tales of Edgar, the Holy Knight. He scowled subconsciously, growling a few swears as Oz ran down to greet him, pulling him up rickety stairs without a second thought.
"Look, Elliot!" His voice was soft and shaking, a wide grin spread across his face to compliment his large eyes. Elliot blinked his eyes blindly a few times to adjust to the sudden change in lighting, yet followed Oz's finger towards the blue expanse before them. Surely enough, far in the distance, was a blurry mass of grey and green.
Elliot had known for years what that sight now meant; work. He and the rest of the crew would dock at the shores, then explore the land in search for gold, exotic vegetation, and maybe even a tribe they could capture and sell off as slaves. Then, he could return home, back home with his beloved family until he was sent off to the area once again.
Oz didn't seem to care. He was overjoyed to see land, relished in the job he had, and could want nothing more than to bring home pride to his own family."Do you see it, Elliot?" He whispered, hand gripping the side of the deck tightly. Elliot's eyes widened as well, finally comprehending the dire situation they had entered.
"Land!"
Yessiree, I am going through with a mermaid plot. I was only given two votes on the poll, and mermaids tend to sound a bit more original compared to vampires, no? This will most likely end up being another long multi-chapter fic, and being rather interested in the idea, I'll update it a bit more…easily than I will Star Gazing, which I promise to have up by tonight.
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