The Little Mermaid
AN: I do not own Card Captor Sakura or The Little Mermaid
Chapter 3
Mrs Kaho woke me up early the one morning. She had an expression of urgency on her face. She told me to get dressed and the rest is a mixed blur as her words rang through my mind. Somehow she found out that they, my father, found out where I am and he is sending soldiers to get me back.
She sent me off to the city to work for a friend of hers who was expecting me. I went and worked as a cleaner in an inn for that time. But I saw them and I could feel them. I saw them in the streets when I went out on errands and I could feel them in the water when I touched it.
I was constantly aware of every movement around me and every person I came in contact with I regarded with suspicion. They could be any man or woman, the only thing that set them apart from the humans are their eyes. You can always see the ocean in a merperson's eyes, it is part of his or her soul.
I kept my eyes to the ground and when I went out, and when I had to face some one, I made sure that my bangs hid the ocean inside of me. I grew my fringe and cut the rest to a little below my ears. I do not need to be recognised by my hairstyle, not by them at least.
I changed my clothes as well. I went from dresses to jeans, t-shirts and track tops. Sneakers became my shoe of choice, it allows me to run. Caps helped me to hide my eyes from the world, they still do. I do not leave my living place without one.
Everything went well for a year. Then the police came, the human police. They were looking for illegal immigrants, people who do not belong in the kingdom. I had to leave. I grabbed my clothes, money and back pack, and ran once again. Straight into them.
They yelled my name and title, they ordered me to turn around, to stop running. Naturally I didn't. I was not about to give up my freedom, no matter how crude, for a cage between the palace walls. People curse and yelled at me when I bumped into them. Others merely got out of my way when they saw me coming.
I turned a corner and ran into a wall of people. I pushed through and stumbled into a clearing. A man, Li, was on a horse and I fell before him. My mind screamed "Roll!" when the horse's hooves came crashing down towards me. I rolled and jumped up. And for the first time in four years I saw Li again. I looked him straight in the eye.
The soldiers yelled my name again and I bolted down the clear street through cursing people and to safety. I somehow ended up in the palace garden. I was night, my legs ached and I felt sick. He caught me by surprise.
"It's you!" I turned to look at Li. "The girl from this morning… and from the beach. I went back everyday to see if I could find you again."
Li had the soldiers chasing me arrested and detained for the night. Father was furious and he made it known with a violent storm that night, there after the weather calmed. It rained silently for two days.
Dad was weeping.
AN: Hey! Now we had a bit of Sakura's history and how she ended up with Li. Fait and luck played a huge role in their meeting and getting together. Yes, yes. I know I twist everything. You should know this by now, if you are one of the readers who have read some of my previous stories.
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Tella