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THE MERMAID AND THE SEA MONSTER

TALES OF A SEA MONSTER

"Miss, is everything ok?" I heard Madame Giry ask from the door.

"Let me go," I told the sea monster, horrified of being seen with him.

He looked at the door and his face turned into one of anger.

"I will be back, make no mistake." He walked away and disappeared into the air.

I ran to the door and opened it. I smiled at Madame Giry is reassurance.

"Dear, was there someone with you?"

I shook my head indicating no one had been with me. She tried to look over my shoulder but saw nothing since he was already gone.

"Alright, if you need anything, just let me know." She looked one more time over my shoulder and walked away.

I sighed in relief. And then I jumped when someone knocked on the door.

I opened it to see Raoul standing in front of me. And although I should've felt happy he was here I didn't. I was on edge because of what had happened and then I remembered what I had heard this morning. Who was Raul talking to? What was he looking for?

"Good morning," he greeted and I smiled. It had become a habit by now.

"It's a beautiful day outside and I thought you would want to take a walk with me."

I nodded my head yes since I didn't really have much of a choice. Besides, Raoul could be my true love so I needed to get to know him better. If that was even possible with the absence of my voice.

We went to the beautiful garden in the palace and Raoul started a conversation.

"Beautiful weather, isn't it? Wonderful day to go to the beach and take a swim."

A swim. I missed swimming, I would've thought I wouldn't since my dream had always been to have human legs and walk on land but now that I didn't have my tail and I couldn't swim I did miss it. I guess there are some things you shouldn't take for granted.

"Even though I've always been apprehensive of the ocean. You can lose so many things in it. And once they're lost they can hardly ever be recovered for the bottom is dark and mysterious. Don't you agree?"

I nodded without much of a choice yet again.

"I found you near the ocean and I can't help but wonder if you know anything about the so called sea monster."

I opened my eyes wide in horror.

"Silly of me to ask that question but I do want to know the answer to it. You see, I've heard of this sea monster, a creature of tricks and lies really. At first I didn't believe the tales but years of experience have taught me there are some things which are real even if they're unusual. So, out of curiosity, I ask again, do you know about this creature?"

I nodded my head no immediately.

"That's what I thought."

After that Raoul changed the subject but even then I didn't forget about it. How did Raoul know about the sea monster? Certainly everyone in the ocean had heard about it but Raoul wasn't from the ocean, he was a human. How did he know about this?

After a long walk I went back to my room and I couldn't stop pacing back and forth. I was scared Raoul would find out about my secret. I knew I had to tell him at some point but not when I didn't have a voice and I couldn't explain myself. This deal seemed to get more dangerous by the minute.

"Well, it is about time you got here, I was getting tired of waiting."

I spun around and saw him

"What are you doing here? Don't you understand Raoul could see you?"

"The child is not here unless he's hiding somewhere which I'm presuming he's not."

"What if he enters the room, he could do so at any minute and what would I tell him? This deal has already brought me too much trouble. Just get out of my life!"

He walked towards me rapidly and grabbed my arm.

"I gladly will when we complete our deal. Don't forget the reason why you are here is me. If it wasn't for me, none of this would be real, and your future with the child would be nonexistent."

I tried to pull away but he didn't let me. I needed to stay as far away from him as possible. That was the only way I could get him out of my life but more importantly out of my mind. He really was beautiful even though he was a monster.

"Now, about the lake." He smiled and even though I tried to stop it my knees went weak.