Disclaimer: I don't own Goosebumps; it is the sole property of Scholastic Books and its writer, RL Stine. Original Characters are of my own creation. This story is based off a slice of life and sea adventures, as well as based off my Mer May artwork on deviantart. Also, be wary as this story is rated M for undersea perils, nudity, and future lemons.

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Far below the oceans, deep and shore, lies an underwater mountain range with canyons deep enough to hide the Hymalayas, deeper than any man or machine has ever explored. Possibly deep enough to almost rival the Marianna's Trench.

Among the Caribbean and other ocean colonies, lies a number of islands uncharted by man. So many that are rarely explored or touched by man's civilization. Rumored to be lush and beautiful, as well as mysterious as what lies on them.

Throughout the centuries, countless vessels have vanished into the Atlantic and uncharted waters and near these islands without a trace.

Their disappearance has remained a mystery.

Until now…

Somewhere under the sea and beyond your imagination is an adventure in fantasy.

Atlantic Ocean

2016

In the sea that bordered the West and East from each other, a terrible storm brewed in the center of it. A hurricane of such destructive power, nearly tearing the very ocean it was centered in completely. The waves were crashing, the winds were battering the waters, and the skies were an unfriendly darkness around it. In truth, it happened when two separate storms somehow combined unexplainably…and had created what some had called…the Perfect Storm.

But even though this storm was of perfect design and in the middle of nowhere, there were some who were suffering it. In the epicenter of the storm, a large cruise ship was halfway damaged and on fire. Somehow, the ship had been caught in the storm's violent and destructive fury; the damage taken upon it was too gruesome to even describe. The ship had holes and craters in the side and back of it, looking as if it was almost possible that cannons had done the damage. The fires were the result of whatever had hit the fireworks; before long the ship was celebrating a party of sorts, but the fireworks had also made a huge powder keg of explosives for the storm to set off.

Most of the passengers didn't get off when the ship was violently destroyed as it was halfway sinking. Some drowned, got caught in the still-going on explosions, or jumped ship beforehand taking their chances in the sea. A few were still boarding the lifeboats that still hadn't left the ship. One fellow in particular was a young boy.

The boy was only ten years old, physically fit, with messy pumpkin orange hair and blue eyes. He was dressed in blue jeans, a white and orange-trimmed T-shirt, and gray and orange sneakers. He was frantically looking around for something as one of the crewmen helped him get on to the lifeboat, "Come on, Wen. We've gotta get out of here."

The boy named Wen, looked concerned as he got on to the lifeboat, "But what about my parents?"

The man reassured the boy as he patted him on the head, "Don't worry, I'm sure we'll find them before…", but then suddenly, a huge explosion shook the ship. It almost felt like something was shot at the hull of the ship, causing it to tip violently. The sudden shockwave of the explosion caused the sailor to fall flat on his butt, while he watched in horror at what happened next. The lifeboat that he had put the boy Wen into, broke from the support ropes, and fell to the changing and harsh sea floor, sweeping Wen into its murky waters.

The sailor clung to the side of the boat as he shouted, "KIIIIID!" He looked all over to see if he saw anyone of assistance to help him. However, something out in the ocean caught his attention; it was only a shadow in the water far away, but it was something he or anyone would never forget. A giant, dark, and menacing sea ship that looked like it had a mouth at its front, and a black flag torn with no remnants of any sailing military; a demonic skull with two swords sticking through it like a Jolly Roger.

In the Sea

In the blackest abyss, Wen tried frantically to reach the surface of the water. Its massive waves and currents were swirling and pulling him in deeper, preventing him from reaching the surface. Even though at his school he was a pretty good swimmer at his age, he had never tried to swim in a storm like this before. Instead of going upward, where he was trying to swim to, he was being pulled down without even having a fighting chance. Finally, without any more strength, and the feeling of his lungs figuratively on fire, he let all the air out of his lungs. The lack of air and the aching of his muscles had caused him to pass out, and sink towards the black abyss that was the bottom of the sea. It seemed hopeless for the boy as he was claimed by the sea.

Fortunately, a strange human-sized creature had swum in and noticed the boy. In a small linger of choice was made, until it swam straight at him in inhuman speed. As it got closer to the boy, it reached out to him with slender arms and hands, and grabbed on to him. And with all its might, it swam up to the surface to help the boy.

Later On

Morning

The Perfect Storm had finally died down unexpectedly when morning struck; the odd thing was that the storm had lasted only one night and disappeared the next day as dawn nearly came. It was almost dawn as the calming roar of waves hit the side of a sandy beach. The beach was located near a location not far from a rocky cove; a place that was perfect for privacy or from the general public. The oceans beating against the rocky sides to where Wen lay unconscious. The boy looked like a complete wreck after the event that had transpired from last night. If the boy had stayed out there in the violent any more, he wouldn't have survived. Now he was just on the sandy beach ground, sleeping off the exhaustion from last night.

Although he would have stayed asleep to recover his lost strength, if not for the soft hands that gently caressed his head and hair. And then there was her voice. It sounded like a girl of ten years his age, with the most beautiful voice you've ever heard,

You don't look like a scary monster. So why does everyone think humans are evil?

The boy stirred a little, as the voice became clearer and focused, instead of sounding like a distant echo.

Who are you?

Wen finally had the strength to wake up as he slowly got up from lying down on the sandy beach. He stretched a little, and rubbed his eyes a little to chase away the sleepiness from his eyes. As he did, the sun's rays finally broke free, lighting up the area slightly with the rays beaming down. As his eyes came to focus, his hearing came as well as he still heard her speak,

I wonder what it's like: being human.

Walking on dry lands, feeling the sun on your skin.

It was then when Wen heard the voice, he realized he wasn't dreaming it up at all. He groggily got up, trying to shake off the exhaustion from his sore legs, as he looked around to find out where the voice was coming from. For a while he had thought he had imagined it, until he heard the voice coming from near him. It was there that he had spotted where the voice was coming from.

There, sitting next to him and watching over him, Wen couldn't believe his eyes. Sitting next to him and caring for him, was a girl of ten years like he was, with the sun's rays raining down on her. The very scene made her look like an angel that had flown down from Heaven after the storm. She was slim with clear dark skin, with flowing bright red hair that almost covered her left eye and went down to her mid-back, when his vision cleared up… he saw that she was completely naked and had dazzling ruby red eyes. Despite her lack of dress, to Wen, this girl seemed like an angel that fell from Heaven to save him.

However, she blinked as she saw that he was starting to come to. And then her calm face was turned to one of shock as she saw the boy standing up, wide awake…and looking at her.

Wen was a little surprised as well; the awkwardness of the moment as the two seemingly looked at each other in surprise. In truth, he may have been ten years old and didn't like girls at the time, but this girl had made him change all that completely. At this moment, his brain was wracked with anything he could say to this girl, until he finally blurted out, "Uh, hi…my name's Wen, and I just…"

But the girl was too terrified about him as she jumped to the water. Wen saw that and ran over to the rock, shouted, "No, wait! Please I just…wanted…", he then stopped in his tracks as his jaw was left open to what he now just saw.

When he saw the girl jump into the air to the water, he saw that the lower half of her body, to where her legs and feet should have been, was a red and pink tail with fins at the end and connected to her hips. It was then that Wen had realized what she was; his grandfather, Thaddeus, had told him stories of the mythical creatures before he died. Wen had always thought they were something in books, but now, he had seen one with his own two eyes.

Still in awe at what he just saw, he whispered the name of the creatures he had learned from his Grandfather, "A mermaid…"

"WEN? WEN FLSYH!"

Wen turned around to see the sailor and a search team. They had made it back to shore safe and sound; and with a search team, they were looking for survivors. It had been pure luck that they found the boy alive and well on the beach. They ran over to him, as Wen smiled at seeing them alright.

The sailor from before ran up to Wen, and hugged him tightly; completely relieved that he was alive. He joked, "You really enjoy scaring peole like that." He sighed as he smiled, "I'm just glad that you were able to get to shore in one piece all by yourself."

It was then that Wen remembered as he broke the hold the guy had on him. He then looked at the sea, and pointed to it as he turned his sights back to his uncle, "But that's just it, sir. I didn't get here by myself." His uncle looked at him in confusion, as Wen explained, "There was a girl; she rescued me and brought me here to shore."

The sailors looked to one another, as the first one asked, "A girl? In the middle of the ocean?"

Eric turned to face his uncle as he stated, "Yeah, I know it seems weird, but I saw her." He then stammered a little, trying to find a way to say what he was about to say next, not sound like he was crazy, "She was…she was a…um, a…a mermaid." The sailors looked at the boy with a dumbfound look, and Wen mentally scolded himself at that, 'Nice job, Wendell Flysh. Now you sound crazy.'

The sailor walked over to the boy and patted him on the shoulder, "Ah, kid, I think you may have drank some seawater." He then led the boy away from the beach as he told him, "It happens all the time: someone gets caught in a storm, they swallow a little seawater, and then later on, they start hallucinating."

Wen sighed at that as he muttered, "I suppose you're right." But then he looked back at the ocean, "But she seemed so real." It was then that while they walked away, Wen flinched as he felt he stepped in something, "Ow."

The sailor asked, "You okay, kid?"

Wen nodded, "I'm okay, but…" but then he stopped as he saw what his bare feet stepped in. He knelt down as he gently picked it up, as he blinked, "What the…?"

He took the item from the sand, and held it in his hands, as he got a better look at it. It was a necklace, with a golden yellow shell as the main jewel with a sapphire gemstone insignia on it. The insignia was that of a trident shape on it, pointing upward. Wen then wondered as he walked back to civilization guided by the sailors to meet up with the survivors, as Wen was oblivious about whether or not his parents were alive. He was more wondering about what had happened before the sailors showed up: was the girl a dream…or real?

As the adult humans and boy human left the area, they didn't know they were being watched by someone. On a rock not too far from the beach shore, the red-haired and tailed mermaid watched the humans disappeared from sight. She didn't know why, but seeing the boy she had rescued seemed to make her heart ache. She hadn't talked to or known the boy for long, but she could tell that he was a nice person. He had even spoken to her and didn't try to harm her.

As she watched the boy disappear, she looked at the land as she then smiled as she remembered the boy's face. And then a huge wave crashed right behind her, creating a spectacular background, as she smiled, "I hope one day… I can be part of your world. Wen Flysh."

And thus on this day, the boy and the mermaid's destinies became intertwined with one another's, along with others. As the pendant the boy had would change their worlds… for eternity.

Mer May Cuties

Next Chapter: Two Worlds Meet pt.1; Meet Wen