(Ok, sorry for the delay! There was a lack of communication and I forgot
stuff, Anywho we finished this chapter so read and review, savvy?)
New Beginnings: Chapter 4
Celina had a difficult time dragging the girl's body to her cabin. When she finally arrived, she put her on top of the now messy bed. The sheets were messed up and the pillows were lying on the floor scattered about. Celina began to toss the pillows randomly upon the bed. She started to smile recalling Jack without clothes. She looked up and the woman was starring back at her curiously. She didn't look scared at all.
Surprised, Celina jumped back and dropped a pillow. "What's your name?" Celina said recomposing herself.
The woman shook her head, and pointed to her neck.
"Are you a mute?" Celina asked.
She shook her head again.
"Ok..." Celina was confused. She remembered she was still in disguise, and removed her hat, and let her short dark hair fall to her shoulders. She then removed her loose coat and exposed a low cut man's shirt that showed the top of her breasts.
"You are a woman?" The stranger asked relieved. Her voice was melodic and addicting, and her words came from her lips like music as she spoke.
Surprised yet again Celina replied, "Yes, but I thought you couldn't talk."
"I cannot talk to men. I have a curse and men who hear my voice become lured to their doom." She replied plainly as if it made all the sense in the world.
"Uh...if ye say so!" Celina scratched her head. "We'd best be getting you some dry clothes then, miss."
"No. If I stay dry I will stay like this." She touched her legs.
Celina was growing more confused by the second.
"Look," the girl said. She took a bucket of water by the door, and poured it onto her legs. Celina watched in awe as they turned into fins that were a shade of aqua green and glittered metallically. "Understand?"
"You're a...a...a..." Celina stuttered.
"A siren, yes."
"By Jones's locker! I didn't think such things existed." She exclaimed.
"Well, few people know of us. The gods cursed us because of our beauty and our melodious voices, so that whenever we speak or sing, it lures men to an eternal rest. Also called death."
"So you can never talk to men? That must be horrible." Celina took a seat next to her.
"Unless, of course, I can get a man to fall in love with me without using my voice, but what good will that do. I have no need for men."
Celina raised her eyebrows. "I can think of several needs..."
The woman laughed. The water had dried up, and her fins turned back into legs.
"So what's your name and where did you come from?"
"My name is Sirenity, and I've been out of the water for too long. You see I came across this boat that was on fire, and I tried to save some of these men, and ended up passing out. I must have been drifting on that wood for a couple of days, because I can't turn back into my fish form for more than 15 minutes. So I stayed on the plank and it brought me here."
"So if you go into the water, you can only stay siren for 15 minutes?"
"Yes, unless I do the who love thing, and what's the use. I hear men aren't interested in love anymore. I suppose I will make the most of being human then. I'd better get used to it."
"Well, you can stay with us then. Just don't talk to anyone, because they're all men, but really nice."
"I suppose." Sirenity smiled and wobbled to the door and opened it. Behind it was Will with a worried look on his face.
New Beginnings: Chapter 4
Celina had a difficult time dragging the girl's body to her cabin. When she finally arrived, she put her on top of the now messy bed. The sheets were messed up and the pillows were lying on the floor scattered about. Celina began to toss the pillows randomly upon the bed. She started to smile recalling Jack without clothes. She looked up and the woman was starring back at her curiously. She didn't look scared at all.
Surprised, Celina jumped back and dropped a pillow. "What's your name?" Celina said recomposing herself.
The woman shook her head, and pointed to her neck.
"Are you a mute?" Celina asked.
She shook her head again.
"Ok..." Celina was confused. She remembered she was still in disguise, and removed her hat, and let her short dark hair fall to her shoulders. She then removed her loose coat and exposed a low cut man's shirt that showed the top of her breasts.
"You are a woman?" The stranger asked relieved. Her voice was melodic and addicting, and her words came from her lips like music as she spoke.
Surprised yet again Celina replied, "Yes, but I thought you couldn't talk."
"I cannot talk to men. I have a curse and men who hear my voice become lured to their doom." She replied plainly as if it made all the sense in the world.
"Uh...if ye say so!" Celina scratched her head. "We'd best be getting you some dry clothes then, miss."
"No. If I stay dry I will stay like this." She touched her legs.
Celina was growing more confused by the second.
"Look," the girl said. She took a bucket of water by the door, and poured it onto her legs. Celina watched in awe as they turned into fins that were a shade of aqua green and glittered metallically. "Understand?"
"You're a...a...a..." Celina stuttered.
"A siren, yes."
"By Jones's locker! I didn't think such things existed." She exclaimed.
"Well, few people know of us. The gods cursed us because of our beauty and our melodious voices, so that whenever we speak or sing, it lures men to an eternal rest. Also called death."
"So you can never talk to men? That must be horrible." Celina took a seat next to her.
"Unless, of course, I can get a man to fall in love with me without using my voice, but what good will that do. I have no need for men."
Celina raised her eyebrows. "I can think of several needs..."
The woman laughed. The water had dried up, and her fins turned back into legs.
"So what's your name and where did you come from?"
"My name is Sirenity, and I've been out of the water for too long. You see I came across this boat that was on fire, and I tried to save some of these men, and ended up passing out. I must have been drifting on that wood for a couple of days, because I can't turn back into my fish form for more than 15 minutes. So I stayed on the plank and it brought me here."
"So if you go into the water, you can only stay siren for 15 minutes?"
"Yes, unless I do the who love thing, and what's the use. I hear men aren't interested in love anymore. I suppose I will make the most of being human then. I'd better get used to it."
"Well, you can stay with us then. Just don't talk to anyone, because they're all men, but really nice."
"I suppose." Sirenity smiled and wobbled to the door and opened it. Behind it was Will with a worried look on his face.