Chapter Text
You stumbled onshore, the wind blew cold against your skin as you tried to stand, balancing yourself with outstretched arms.
"Young lady, where are your clothes?", A woman asked, her skin wrinkled and worn.
You looked down at your exposed body, your long hair covering your chest.
You nodded your head to the woman, you could understand the language she was speaking but you couldn't speak it.
"Can you speak?"
You shook your head in response.
"I don't", You thought.
"Come with me, let's get you some clothes", The woman took your arm and lead you to a clothing shop through the back door, "Wait here, dear", the woman walked to the front of the shop then came back a few minutes later with several articles of clothing.
"Here put these on"
You looked at the clothes in confusion, you didn't know how it all worked. For quite some time, you fiddled with the dress as the woman watched with pity.
"Let me help you with that", The woman pulled the slip over your head and slipped a corset on top of that, slipping the ribbon through the holes in the back and tightening it.
You gasped, which sounded more like a swift blowing of air.
"I can't breathe", You thought.
"How old are you? You look quite young",
You didn't know how old you were in this world, back in the sea, you were hundreds of years old.
You looked around the room for something to write on, then you found a small piece of paper and a pencil.
"You are 19?", The woman asked.
You nodded as you set the paper down, the woman continued to tie the back of your dress. When she finished, she patted your back and turned you around.
"Now you won't be freezing", she laughed.
You looked down at your dress and smiled, you hadn't seen anything like it.
You wrote "thank you" to the woman before she gave you a velvet shawl and showed you outside, as you walked down the street the woman waved you a sweet goodbye and you continued walking away, but really where were you going?
You wrote "thank you" to the woman before she gave you a velvet shawl and showed you outside, as you walked down the street the woman waved you a sweet goodbye and you continued walking away, but really where were you going?
You didn't have your powers, your tail was gone and had been gone for a few days now, you knew what you must do to get your powers back but you didn't see anyone who would be willing to help you.
You had been just walking around the town for 2 days now, your stomach ached with hunger and your skin felt dirty, a feeling that was unfamiliar to you. On the north side of the town was a dock, you walked down the dock, looking at the various colors of the ships.
"Pretty", You whispered, it was the only word you could speak.
You had tried to go back to the woman in the shop but there was nothing there, the woman and the shop were gone, which seemed peculiar, to say the least.
Your gaze was turned elsewhere when you heard a man's voice.
"What are you doing?", The man hissed, his dark hair covering his eyes.
"I was just looking", You thought, "I have only seen them from the bottom".
The man came closer to you, so close, he was practically breathing in your breath. His eyes were intense and his lips pursed as he looked at you with awe.
"What are you?", He asked, his fingers tracing your skin.
His fingers were warm on your face, making you feel a feeling you hadn't felt before.
"If I didn't know any better, I would assume you were a mermaid", He laughed.
He stared into your bright eyes, to him, you were the most ethereal yet terrifying creature he had ever seen. So beautiful, it seemed unreal.
"Pretty", you smiled.
The boy looked at you in confusion, "You can speak?".
You shook your head, "Pretty".
The boy nodded, then he smiled, "I'm San, what's your name?".
You had a name in your language but you didn't think anyone could speak your language.
You made a sharp noise with your mouth, causing the boy to grab his ears in pain.
He didn't know your language.
"You are a mermaid," He lifted a strand of hair, exposing the back of your neck, "Or perhaps a Siren", he furrowed his brows, "This doesn't make sense, Sirens are evil and attack men...you are very calm and kind"
Your father was a merman and your mother was siren, an unlikely match, you were a piece of both, you had both of the powers of good and bad.
You took the boy's hand and lead him to the edge of the dock, where you took a rock and carved a message into the wood.
"Can you help me?"
The boy whispered the message then he nodded.
"I have lost my powers and my tail, can you please use your ship", you pointed to the ship, he had earlier walked off of, "to take me to Pour toujours".
The boy's eyes widened, then he took you by the hand and led you to his ship, he was calling out for someone named "Hongjoong".
A boy with dark blue hair walked out of the room in the ship and walked towards you, placing his finger under your chin and lifting up your head.
"Another prostitute?", he asked.
You glared at him.
"I'm not a prostitute, you bull shark!", You thought.
San pulled his hand away, "No not at all, she's a mermaid".
Hongjoong moved your hair and looked at the back of your neck, "She's obviously a siren, look at her markings here", you felt his fingers trace your skin.
"I saw them, but look", he pointed to your eyes, "She has the eyes of a mermaid".
Hongjoong stared into your eyes for a long time before he spoke.
"I see, and what is your purpose of bringing her here?"
San smiled, "She needs to get Pour toujours, I think she knows the way", he laughed.
Hongjoong raised a brow, "You know where Pour toujours is? only a mermaid can open the passageway through", He looked at you in confusion, "Do you know the way?" he asked.
You nodded, of course, you knew the way, you had seen it a hundred times in your whole life. Your mother had told you that the city was known for keeping the merpeople and sirens young.
"Go fetch the boys, we're leaving soon", Hongjoong said, not looking away from you, "Tell them we have a slight change of plans".
A/n: Hello! How was chapter 1? I hope you all liked it!
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