Chapter 1:
Marron stared longingly at the huge castle standing by the sea.
"Oh Mimi, look at that big house!" she nudged her friend. "That's such a beautiful structure! I wish I could go inside and have a peek!"
"You don't mean that Princess! Humans built that castle and there are probably humans living in it! We are not allowed to have any humans to see us and we are certainly not allowed to go on land. Besides, why would you even want to be with the humans?" Mimi looked disgusted. "They are such ugly creatures! Instead of a beautiful fish tail, they have two long sticks that they call 'legs'."
"I don't think humans are ugly at all," Marron sighed dreamily. "I think it'll be wonderful to have legs and to be able to walk!"
"Princess! You really shouldn't say these things. The queen doesn't like it when you do and neither do I." Mimi looked pale. "You know the sea is where we belong. We are mermaids!"
"But still,"
"Stop Princess! Why are you so obsessed with the humans? Stop talking about them, it's against the rules and I don't think we should be so close to the shore. What if somebody see us? Let's go back."
"Gee Mimi, will you just shut up?" Marron snapped and glared at Mimi. "If you want to leave then you are more then welcome to!"
Mimi closed her mouth. "I'm sorry, Princess." She mumbled an apology. "But I don't want to stay here any longer. I'm leaving now and I suggest that you do the same." Mimi stared at Marron as if she was expecting Marron to come with her. When she saw that Marron had made no attempt to move, Mimi sighed. "Very well then, goodbye Princess!" She turned and started to swim away.
Marron slowly turned her head around and watched her friend disappears into the sea. I shouldn't have brought her with me, Marron thought sadly. I thought she was my friend but now I can see that she is no different from the others. She turned her thoughts back to the castle again and a small figure moving on the beach caught her eye. Hey, what's that? She squinted her eyes. Oh, it's a human!
Marron suddenly became very excited. Of all the days I've been here, I had never seen a human before! I must get a closer look! She pushed all of Mimi's warnings to the back of her head. All she cared about now was to get a closer view of the human. She quickly swam closer to the shore and hid behind a giant rock.
Now that she has a better view, she discovered that the 'human' is a male. Hmm, what do you call a male human? A woman? No, that's the name for a female human. A man? Yeah, that sounds right. She examined the Man carefully.
The Man was not very old. She figured that he's probably around 20 years old. He was wearing a white shirt and long black pants rolled up to his knees. He has his back to her so she can't see his face but his hair caught her attention. The colour of the man's hair was the palest lavender she had ever seen. It was an astounding colour.
Then he turned around and faced her. "Oh," she cried softly as her eyes widened. His face has very delicate features and that pair of icy blue eyes nearly took her breath away. No, he's not ugly, she said to herself. In fact, he is probably the most beautiful creature I had ever seen.
The whole time she was behind that rock, her gaze never left the Man; she stared at him, trying to memorize every single detail about him. She stayed like that, hiding behind the rock until he left. Then she swam back to her home, the royal palace under the sea.