One Tail Short { Prologue } Read Count : 78

Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Romance
     This isn't just a normal tale of a mermaid and human falling in love. It's about a female mermaid named Neptune and a male named Damian. Little do they know, one is slowly killed the other.

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      Neptune raced her reflection with her long wavy blue hair flowing gracefully and her smooth light gray tail swishing. Her awfully unreal looking golden eyes sparkled innocently. She was on her way to what her parents told her was a 'beach'. Neptune had never been there before and all her swimming and how to be a mermaid classes weren't going to be continued until next year. So, she simply decided to go to this 'beach'. Her parents had never warned her and said " Don't go there " so she thought it was fine. Finally, after swimming for what seemed like hours, Neptune arrived at this 'beach'. She peeked her head out of the water. This 'beach' surprised her. It wasn't what she had expected. There was so much shiny and sparkly sand everywhere. So many humans and long stick things with hats. So many wooden box looking things and so many tall land plants. A human had spotted her. She spotted them too and figured they were a male because it was a rule that all female mermaids grew their hair long. The human walked over to her and joined her in the water. " Hi, I'm Damian-- " The boy suddenly got cut off. " Neptune!! Neptune!!! " Someone called, but Neptune couldn't tell where it was coming from. Suddenly, she was being shaken furious...

     … " Neptune! Thank goodness you're awake. " The same voice said. Neptune opened her eyes to look at the voice. " Gashina! " Neptune called and immediately went to hug her, but was overwhelmed with pain and sunk to the bottom of the ocean floor. Gashina smiled sadly. " Oh, Neptune... " She said with so much sympathy. Neptune shrugged her off and ignored the pain. Neptune put on a smile and swam back up to Gashina's level. " You wouldn't believe the dream I had.. " She began talking as if nothing happened. Gashina didn't really listen. She was too focused on Neptune's body and tail. Neptune had many cuts, rashes and bruises all over her body. Going from her neck to arms to her waist. Her tail had many plastic round things strangling it and was very torn up.  Gashina snapped back to her focus and cut Neptune off. " Father needed to speak with you privately. That's why I woke you up. Come. " Gashina grabbed Neptune's arm and started to help her swim to their largest underwater shipwreck. Neptune frowned a little as too she really wanted to talk about that human she met in her dream. She shrugged the frown off and put on a smile. As they swam, she distracted herself from the pain and played with Gashina's long and straight blonde hair. Gashina had big green eyes, many freckles, and a green tail. She was Neptune's step sister and much older than Neptune. They both finally arrived the largest shipwreck which was also where their father lived. Gashina lead her in and then immediately left and even without a 'See you later'. Their father looked at Neptune. " Ah! My child! " He got up and cupped her face. Neptune smiled glad he hadn't hugged her and caused her pain. " I haven't had time to see you in a while and it's shame that the one time that I can see you is that it's for bad news. " He sighed. Neptune kept her smile. " What is it father? You know that I won't mind it and it won't be that bad. " He swam back to where he was. " I hate that you're so happy and optimistic all the time. " He sighed. " With everything that has happened to you, " The father motioned to her whole body. " You're still so innocent, happy and optimistic. " Neptune looked away, not saying anything. " Anyways, our medical mermaid took a few tests on you last week? You remember, correct? " He asked. Neptune nodded. " Yes, of course! " She smiled and moved slightly, causing her pain. Neptune sank a little. The father grabbed her arm and helped her swim to a seat. " Our medical mermaid said that.... " He began tearing up. " You're dying. "

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  • Apr 10, 2020

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