NOTE: Now the beginning of this chapter is going to start of with a bit of science. Boring I know. But otherwise, it would be too hard to understand. (By the way, I am making this up.)
The Anatomy of the Mermaid
Mermaids and mermen are not as different from humans as we may think. From head to about two inches below their belly button they are the same as regular human beings, with the difference that their hair can be all sorts of colors, and their skin paler with a bluish greenish tinge. Then, scales begin, all the way to the tip of their tail. Mermaid scales are very delicate, and can peel off quite easily, but are rapidly replaced within a few minutes. Below the layers of scales are flesh, bone and muscle, which allow them to swim quickly and smoothly. At the end of their pointed tail are six feather like fins that are powerful and razor-like to the touch. The first scales on their abdomen peel away when they are aroused, displaying their genitals which remain covered for the most part. These scales can also be forced apart, but then this could damage them. On to the story!
A ship from Ulena had been traveling for many days, looking for treasure. When they had almost given up hope of land, they spotted the village Shelt. They quickly docked, and stepped into the small village, relieved to be on solid ground. Most of the men quickly sped off to Madame Malice's, a brothel, to seek the warmth between the whores' legs. A few went to eat, and seek shelter for the night.
One man, a fairly young sailor, had heard of this town, and the creatures that were rumored to have made their homes here. He explored the town a bit, ate, until the sky began to get dark. He exited the inn, and casually asked some villagers were the mer people lived. They pointed to the Pool, but warned him not to disturb them. He promised not to, went to purchase a net, and set off running to the Pool. He hid behind some rocks, and waited. He sat for hours, until the sky was black, thinking once in awhile he had seen the flicker of a fish tail, and then finally, he saw a pair of webbed hands come out of the water and grip the rocks, and watched as a woman's torso and a fish's tail rise out of the water. He gazed at her; she would be about seventeen in human years, with pale skin that seemed to glow, long deep red hair that contrasted against her skin, and gray eyes. He gazed hungrily as she settled herself on the rocks near him, and she began to comb her long hair with her fingers, her plump breasts, with dark nipples that matched her hair, pointed to the heavens. He waited until she lay down and closed her eyes, and then he threw the net over her. She began to scream a piercing scream, but the Pool was too far away, and no one could hear her. The sailor tied the net quickly so she couldn't escape, and hauled her away from the water, the rocks marking her skin while she writhed and twitched. He sat by her and waited for her to settle down. When she stopped moving, she looked at him with frightened eyes, her breasts heaving with her heavy breath.
"It will be more painful if you fight it", said the sailor. "Now…how do I go about this..." He gazed up and down her, and wondered how the mer people reproduced. He took the net off of her when he saw that she was too tired to fight any longer, and lay her down, spreading her arms out. He began to caress her lips and neck, down to her delicate breasts. After a little while of this, he noticed she began to enjoy it somewhat, and saw her scales on her abdomen began to stir.
"Ah, so that is the secret."
He laughed, and quickly undressed. He pried the scales away, most peeling away while the mermaid cried out in pain. He uncovered her parts, and quickly forced himself into her, her tail hitting him in the back. He abused her painfully, while the poor mermaid screamed and hissed. But she could do nothing. As the sailor used her over and over again, she slowly stopped yelling, and sank into oblivion. The sailor had squeezed and pushed her breasts so hard that angry looking bruises began to cover them. Cuts marked her body from his fingernails and teeth, while her now uncovered patch of flesh was surrounded in a thick silver substance, mermaid blood. The sailor had failed to notice that the mermaid's cries had not been for nothing, ten mermaids, her sisters, rose out of the water and crept over to him. They grabbed him, and with one cry, he sank into the ocean to a fate worse than death. The poor mermaid was beyond rescuing, her sisters noted, and they had to leave her there.
The mermaid crawled using her hands to the village square, her body scratched and damaged beyond recognition, until finally she lay down, her breath went ragged and unsteady, her vision cloudy, until soon her eyes closed.
The next morning, the villagers crowded around, not believing what they saw. One of their mermaids, dead! They followed the path of her blood to the Pool, their angry eyes took in the sailor's clothes, the finger marks in her bruised body, and the blood that surrounded her. The unthinkable had happened, for it was a terribly gruesome and horrible thing to capture and use a mermaid, forever a curse would lay in the place of death. The villagers grew furious, and went to find the other sailors who wore matching outfits to the one that had been left there. They found them buried between whores or asleep in the inns, and cursed them, sending them back to their ships. They mournfully made a watery grave for the mermaid. And that was the beginning of the undoing.
Thanks to all my fabulous reviewers, I love getting your thoughts, keep letting me know what I could do better, or what you like. Thanks!
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