Chapter One
Note: This is going to be another story of mine that takes a long time to finish because it has a very complex plot.
Disclaimer: I own everything except the basic plot/title and Elana, Randall, and Kari who are from Far Side of Evil and the names, which are based on elven words.
Kari couldn't speak. That's the best way to describe it. It wasn't a curse like most books tell it. Well, maybe it was. It was some type of magic that had been on her since she was born. Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me explain to you the circumstances of Kari's life.
There is a tradition among mere-people, the Norelin as they are originally called. Land folk were the ones that began calling them things like mermaids and mermen but, like most of the things we hear about them, it has been exasperated. As I was saying, there is a tradition were the third daughter of the Norelin, the Nimphel as she was called, was placed under a spell so she could never speak. It was related somehow to their gods and powers but by the time I learned of this it was long forgotten.
You should also know about Kari and what her people where really like. First of all, they didn't have fins. That was completely untrue, they could swim as if they could. The Norelin also couldn't breath water, they could hold their breath for a inhumanly amount of time. I, of course, have never tried to test how long they could stay underwater. They do live in the ocean. They have kingdom where there are gaps of air in hidden coves.
The Norelin usually have silver skin and blueish-green hair. There are many ranges of colors so they do not all look alike. And also they wear silvery blue-green clothes to blend into the water. Kari happened to be more of an exception to most of these. She did were the same clothes but her hair was more of a dark brown and her skin had more of a peach tint. There was a lot of whispering about strange breeding about her.
Not to say many saw her. Kari was the Nimphel so she was mostly alone except guards and her maid, Sinta. Sinta was an old woman that was all but Kari's mother to her. Sinta taught her everything and protected her from all. And Sinta was the one that helped her realize to follow her heart.