#10
Warnings: OFC/HP, Original Female Character/ Harry Potter, selkie/siren, enchanted Harry.
Harry stared out at the sea at the edge of Shell Cottage. They had just buried Dobby, the loyal house elf, who always watched out for him. He allowed himself to cry, as no one could see him, sometimes he wished that he could leave the Wizarding World forever, permanently.
"Harry," His name came out in one soft feminine breath. He glanced around, expecting to see Fleur or maybe Hermione, but neither were to be seen. Finally he glanced back in the direction of the sea only to be stunned by what he saw. A beautiful woman stood before him, dark black waves fell down to her shoulders and navy eyes looked on with a dreamy quality, the woman was clad in what seemed like a dress made from the sea itself, his breath caught in his throat.
"Harry," She spoke again, a smile forming upon her lips, so pale they were almost blue, "Harry, won't you join me?" She seemed to almost be singing as she held up two translucent pieces of fabric.
"What are those?" He asked, his voice slightly wavering, who was this girl?
"They're skins, Harry," She let out, giggling, "One for you and one for me, join me, won't you?"
Harry swallowed, her sweet voice luring him, he found himself standing up, and taking long strides towards her. The woman smiled and handed him the fabric, it was lightweight, almost like it had always belonged in his hands.
"Put it on Harry," She instructed, her own still draped over her arm.
"Who are you?" What are you? Harry asked as he slowly began to do what she instructed, he couldn't say no to the beautiful creature in front of him. The woman left a delicate hand to her mouth to smile behind.
"My name? I suppose you can call me Sirena," Her smile grew wicked as Harry wrapped the fabric all around himself. She did the same as him and grasped his hand tightly, kissing him on the cheek. The spell was broken, but Harry realized it too late as the woman dragged him into the everlasting sea.
IF YOU WERE IN ANY WAY CONFUSED;
So in this drabble I combined the myths of the Siren and the Selkie.
Selkie- seal like creatures in the water, who upon coming out of the water transform into humans, and in this case a very beautiful woman. To return to the seas they must have their skin, in common folklore a man will sometimes steal a Selkie's skin in order to force her to marry him. When they eventually retrieve their skins, they return to the water to never return.
Sirens- Sirens are bird-like women who sing and play enchanting music to sailors to shipwreck them on the shores of the island they reside.
As you can tell, I sort of flipped the traditional Selkie story around, the Selkie gave Harry a skin in order to lure him into the water with her, but she sung like a Siren, in order to get him to willingly agree.