I quickly exited my room and walked up to Grimms just in time to see a crack of lightning across the sky before all hell broke loose. Men were screaming orders, and the boat was rocking back and forth. The last thing I remember was getting Max off of the ship. Then… nothing.
Until now. It was dark. Which was all right, my eyes were closed. But I could hear singing. It was beautiful singing. I opened my eyes to see a beautiful girl leaning over me. Singing so clearly. Her blue eyes shone when she noticed I was awake and her melodies ended. "You're alright?" she asked. I pushed myself up on my elbows and opened my mouth to tell her yes. But was interrupted by a vice calling my name. The redhead, started, turned and disappeared from view, then I head a splash. But would she really dive in to the ocean just to hide? Looking out across the waves I saw sleek fins slide into the water, but… no. It couldn't be.
The first one to get to me was max, followed by Grimms and a few men from the palace. Walking back home they told me what had happened, to the ship, to me, but all I could think about was that girl. "It's a miracle you survived, Eric." Grimms was saying.
"Yes, Grimms, about that. I think I was saved."
"Saved?" he repeated. I stopped walking and looked out to the ocean, nodding. "Alright sir. I'm sure you'll feel better after we get you all cleaned up." he steered me towards the palace again. Soon enough I had bathed and dressed and headed off to the library to find something about mermaids. Were they even real? A mermaid. It would explain how I had been gone from everyone's sight and ended up on the sand, safe as can be. Climbing up a ladder I pulled down a large red book with the silhouette of a mermaid on the cover..
Hours later, I decided, that yes. Mermaids were real. It made perfect sense to me, but I had no idea how to see that girl again. I read they had a passion for music, and I remembered the song she had sung. I could play it on my flute, out by the ocean and see if she would come to me. That could work. As I walked out to the beach something I had read churned in my mind. Mermaids. Mermen. They had legs. They could easily will their fins into legs, but fins were so much easier and essential for survival in the sea that it was rarely done. Possibly even forgotten about, who knew if the merfolk even had knowledge of what they could do?
I took a seat on a large boulder sticking out of the sand at the waters edge and began to play, scanning the surface of the water. After about forty minutes of playing I began to lose all hope when a head broke through the surface of the waves. It was her; I knew it as soon as the setting sun glinted off her soft red hair. I stopped playing and strode into the water, and stood immersed in the water from chest down, she floated in front of me, just out of reach of my arms. "Hello." I said carefully.
She smiled widely and replied, with a soft greeting. "You saved me?" I asked, wading forward a bit. She nodded. "My name is Eric. Tell me yours?" she swam up to me and pressed her body against mine, her lips by my ears.
"Ariel." She said it quietly, her breath sending shivers down my back. She pushed off of me and floated away again, saying, "I have to go home, back to the palace. If my father knew where I was…" she trailed off shaking her head.
"Palace?" I said, "So you're a princess?"
"One of seven" a small smile played across her lips. Lips that I yearned to touch with my own, suddenly.
"How far is it? Your place." I asked looking across the sea, as if somehow it would magically appear.
"About a hundred and sixty miles off of the drop." She said then flung her hands over her mouth. "Please don't tell anyone. If humans found out where we lived that would be… Just horrible."
"I wont. I just want to be able to find you."
"How would you—" she began to ask then broke off hearing something I couldn't. "I have to go. I'm sorry." She swam up to me, pressed her lips against my cheek then dove under the water, curled around my legs, then darted off into the darkness of the deep sea.
I entered the palace through the servant's entrance, walking briskly past a group of ladies sitting at a table. "Amina." I said stopping in front of them, "I need help with my cloths."
The petite blonde stood up, "what happened to you sir? You're all…" she gestured at my body, I grabbed her hand pulling her away saying, "Wet. I went for a dip in the ocean."
"Right now? Its dark out, why would you want to do that?" she asked jogging to keep up with me.
"Long story" I said pulling her into my bathing chambers then pressed her against the wall. Her eyebrows rose as she realized what the hunger in my eyes was craving.. She gasped as I pulled off my shirt and pulled up the hem of hers to reveal, her round breasts, and then moaned as I began to rub them. We sunk to the floor, a heap of kissing, and rubbing bodies, all I could think is how badly I wanted her hair to be red, her eyes to be blue. I wanted Ariel, and the fact that I couldn't have her, killed me, and made me roughly push into Amina, sliding her body in an up and down rhythm on the marble floor. She grasped at my body as I rubbed her clit, and she came, softly rubbing my balls. I followed soon and collapsed on top of her.
She kissed my neck, and I slid out of her, pulling my cloths all the way of and settling into the bathtub, which she filled with heated water, still naked for my eyes. She dressed soon. Slowly. Said, "Thanks for the ride. Maybe we'll do it again sometime?" winked and walked out.
I try to make it a point not to have flings with the girls working for me, but in Amina's case, she was so beautiful, and thinking about Ariel had my body itching for feminine hands. I dunked my head under the water, thinking of a way to see Ariel again.