I loved writing this chapter because I get to do evil things to the characters. Muahahahah.
I don't own THG characters nor The Little Mermaid world. Enjoy!
People are running and screaming, trying to escape the clutter of animals flying and jumping into the ship.
Searching for Peeta, I spot him, standing still, in front of the altar. I pass both of my legs onto the deck with some difficulty, do to my drenched dress and walk quickly to him.
"Saving your prince?" I stop suddenly and turn around. A woman with long hair is smiling evily at me. Something about her is very familiar. "Well, he won't be yours for long."
I keep staring at her when a shadow flickers in her eyes. Coin.
"I always wanted one of King Everdeen's daughter in my personal garden." She teases. "And when the opportunity of your little love for the prince come, I couldn't pass on that. I'll make your daddy fall on his tail and beg for your life."
I don't think for a second and lunge myself at her. I punch her but she's quick and grabs my arm, sending me into the wood floor. I fall on my back and it feels like the air left my lungs.
"How humans are fragile." Coin says menacingly.
I try to get up but the little air I have in my lungs isn't helping. I see Coin walking to me and she kicks my side. I scream but no one hears it.
"I guess your prince won't save you this time." She smiles.
Just then, I hear a shout and then something falls, shattering against the floor. A melodious sound echoes in the silence that follows the mess of shouting. Coin's eyes widen and she backs away from me. I feel a change inside me and then something entering my body, specially my throat. It feels warmer and softer. I get up slowly and everyone is looking at me. Coin is looking shocked, everyone is quiet, the girl looks ready to explode and Peeta...
He's looking doubtfully at me.
"Katniss?"
I stare at him, not knowing what to say.
"Hi." I smile.
His eyes widen but he smiles so big, he could start laughing. "You can talk." He walks quickly to me and lifting me off of the ground, hugging me. I chuckle and he holds me closer. He puts me down and looks in my eyes, keeping his arms around me.
"I think I always knew you were that girl." He smiles.
"What do you think you're doing?!" I hear the girl shout furiously at me. "You think you can come here and ruin my wedding?!"
I ignore her and focus on Peeta. "I tried to tell you so many times but you had other in mind."
"I was stupid. I had decided to go talk to you after but my mind went blank and I forgot everything." He confesses. "But doesn't matter now."
I smile at him. He leans down but his lips don't touch mine. Instead, I feel a strong sting in my legs. I cry out, slipping from his hold. I fall to the floor and Peeta looks in horror at me. My legs are no more. A mermaid tail has replace them. How? I look at the horizon and the sun has already set. No...
Coin starts laughing manically. Suddenly her entire body changes and she reveals her true form. Everyone gasps and cries out in shock.
"Time's up!" Coin shouts. She looks around the deck, looking for something or someone. Swiftly, one of her tentacles reaches for the girl, Glimmer, and she grabs her by the neck, raising her from the floor. I see Glimmer gasping for air, clawing at the tight hold the tentacle has around her throat. "You did a wonderful job, so here's a little gift." The tentacle squeezes Glimmer's throat tighter and I think I hear a crack when Glimmer's head falls to the side. I gasp. She killed the girl.
Coin lets the girl fall to the floor, like a rag doll and starts coming towards me. Suddenly, Peeta steps in front of me. I feel so helpless in my tail.
"You think you can face me?" Coin smirks.
"I won't let her go. Not now, not ever." Peeta warns.
"You humans are pathetic." Abruptly, Coin pushes Peeta to side and he crashes into the floor with a big impact.
"Peeta!" I shout.
Coin grabs me with two of her tentacles, holding me tightly and dives into the sea. My dress transforms into foam once we enter the sea, giving me back my bra and I can breath normally inside water again. I struggle against her hold.
"Poor little princess thought she could beat me." She says. "Think twice before you do that."
"Coin!" She stops and turns around. Dad.
"Oh, King Everdeen... What a nice surprise." She jokes.
"Let her go." He threatens. I also see Haymitch, standing next to him, staring menacingly at Coin.
"She's mine!" Coin says. "And you can't do anything about it." She snaps her fingers and the golden contract appears. My father looks furious just by looking at the paper.
"Dad, please, I didn't mean it." I say desperatedly. Just the look on his face tells me he isn't going to help me. He'll disown me for ever doing such a thing.
Coin keeps looking at him, sneakingly. "Well there's always a little trade we can do."
"What?" He asks calmly.
"You precious little daughter for the crown." My dad's eyes widen.
"You don't want to see your daughter as my favourite flower in my garden, do you?" Coin says darkly.
My dad debates this. I can see his eyes moving according his train of thought. I would give my life to save him but he would never let me do it. He sighs tiredly and raises his trident to the golden paper. With one movement, he writes his name, trading me for the crown.
"I guess I always knew you would do that." Coin laughs.
Coin snaps her fingers again, making the contract disappear but this time, my dad is surrounded by a bright light. When the light vanishes, all that's left off of him are the crown and the trident. He is a polyp. I struggle harder against her hold. She lets go of me but without sending me against a rock, making me hit my head. I try to get up, slowly and when I turn, I see Coin with the crown on her head, admiring the trident. All the fury and anger I have ever felt is bubbling inside of me. I lost my mother. I can't loose my father and let this monster rule Atlantis.
I throw myself at her and grab her hair, trying to get the crown but she flips me and sends me into the sandy ground.
"That isn't a way to treat your new queen." She warns. "I think you need to learn a lesson."
She points the trident at me, just when she cries out in pain. She turns and I see Peeta trying to swim above us, holding his breath. He threw the spear.
"Peeta, go!" I shout.
"He just doesn't give up." She growls. "Seneca, Plutarch. After him, now!"
The two eels appear out of nowhere and swim fast towards Peeta, who has managed to swim to the surface. They pull him down quickly, leaving him with little oxygen to breath. I look around, trying to find something that'll help him. I find a sharp rock, when I see Haymitch and Gale fighting the eels. They let go of Peeta and he swim towards the surface.
"Stupid fishes." Coin curses.
She raises the trident to Peeta but I pull her hair quickly and instead the trident hits the eels, making them explode. She gasps. While she's too busy mourning over the eels, I swim away from her, thanking Gale and Haymitch and emerge through the water surface. The sky looks ready to explode with heavy rain and strong wind. The clouds are black, dark purple and gray and the water around me is already forming big waves.
"Peeta!" I call. I look sideways, trying to see him.
"Katniss." I turn back around and see Peeta swimming my way.
"You have to leave, now." I say desperated.
He doesn't listen and holds me to him, when he reaches me. I put my arms around his neck and hug him tightly. "You need to leave." I repeat.
"I won't lose you again." He looks deeply into my eyes. I can see in his eyes the fright and the desperation he's feeling if he leaves me. I nod and he kisses my forehead.
Suddenly, I feel the water almost bursting beneath my tail when something big emerges from the bottom of the ocean and starts raising towards the sky. My eyes widen. Coin.
I think next chapter will be the last :( but it will be full of fluffy things. Except the first part. Don't forget to review on this awsome chapter XD in the little box down below. Thanks :)
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