The coarse texture of the sand with a bit of graininess in it was the first thing the woman felt upon walking bare feet in the land. Her long bright golden-like straight hair glimmers under the hot sun.
Finally, after all their failed attempts, she is now free to walk in the land where humans reside.
Looking down at her legs, down to the pair of feet she has acquired after agreeing to the great elder's demand, the princess of the dying ocean successfully infiltrated the enemy's territory.
Her mouth remained sealed as she scans her surrounding, various trees can be seen and some luxurious ships are approaching the port nearby her, maybe, she could ask them questions later.
The ocean breeze swept beside her with a gentle warm feeling as the soles of her feet began to slightly burn. However, she remained her straight composure despite the unusual foreboding that crept into her system, she is after all, in a peculiar situation.
Her new body parts created a tingling feeling inside her.
'What now?' A part of her questioned, she tries to recall what the first step of her mission is and remembers there is nothing as no one ever thought that becoming a human is possible.
Her first procedure was to become those creatures with two straight bones that are used for walking or 'legs' as what the men call it. Since she became the first-ever mermaid to set foot on the steady ground, she's unsure of the following steps.
However, one thing is clear in her mind, she must find the person who is responsible for polluting her home.
The seagulls glide towards the air, as the ships began to start blasting loud honks. On the third blast, it completely reached the port. Unlike what the merman's told her, this ship is gigantic and made of metal, as far as she knows, it should've been built from wood and not from these advanced materials.
'Humanity has indeed reached its peak' a thought popped out in her mind.
While mankind continuously innovates and invents new things that will help them in their daily life, it was her home who suffers. The death rates of the sea creatures went high and even the corals which were the sleeping den of their fellow friend fishes has been destroyed and impaired by those vicious hearted creatures.
Her fists unconsciously formed a ball. Her dying father has forbidden her to go in the upper part of the Earth but as the eldest daughter of the King, she couldn't stay put while seeing how her friends and family die one by one each day. It feels like waiting for a tree to wither and die when you can water it.
Ah, yes, trees, she's at least still familiar with how they looked like. They were taught various things when they were younger, about how the world is and that another kind of life forms similar to them exist if you swim for 500,000 feet, you can reach the shore or 'the other world' as they would call it.
The woman's body was slightly toned due to what she does every day, swimming. Her overly pale skin proved that she hadn't got the chance to stay under the mighty sun's rays. Good thing she has alluring lips, it gave color to her pale complexion.
A passerby won't notice a single defect on the newly transformed mermaid, she's very human-like, aside from the fact that when it comes to aesthetics and definition of beautiful, she's ten-tiers higher than the average human.
Her figure will make any man bow down to their knees, some may even kowtow just to get a glimpse of her sea-like turquoise eyes.
Using her peripheral view, the senses she has heightened.
She must move her feet to ask those people who are descending from the ship, she's kind of near, but still, the people cannot see her because they are heading to the opposite way where she is.
'Move, you stupid human flesh!' she cursed inwardly and shifted her energy towards her lower body. That lasted for a few minutes but her own body failed her, she can't move an inch. Seeing that the people are lessening with each minute that passes by, the mermaid princess can only heave a long sigh, was her father right? Going into the surface will only cause her trouble and death, she will not gain anything nor accomplish her task.
Anxiety crept into her system, she suddenly felt her stomach churned upside down. Sweat started dripping from the side of her face while coldness began grumbling inside. It was chaotic, what she's experiencing right now. The once benevolent, and intelligent firstborn princess felt helpless in an unknown environment, she can't even move forward literally, she's stuck.
Bearing the curses didn't help her much nor does patiently waiting there for someone to notice her presence.
'Take the risk' a part of her murmured and she knows it's right.
Inhaling deeply and exhaling, she mustered her remaining strength and tried to change the weather, yes, she's calling the water from the clouds. It was a quick science, precipitation.
She forced the waters to go up and fill in the clouds and in just a snap, the supposed to be sunny day turned into a gloomy Monday morning.
The beautiful maiden felt her vision went blurry, she wants to fall down but her feet is stopping her from doing so, it's just there, standing and unmoving.
Her turquoise eyes averted its gaze for one last time, blinking slowly while the raindrops landed on her pale white skin.
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" she heard an ear-splitting scream coming from what's supposed to be a girl.
A few seconds passed by.
"There's a woman out there, go help her!" the woman continued shouting at her bodyguards after she got back to her senses.
A problem occurred, when she squinted her eyes to see the woman clearly, she caught sight of the nakedness of the woman.
"W-wait! Stop!" it was that voice again, from that lady, "She has no clothes on, go back here you pervert!"
A sudden halt.
The three men, who were her bodyguards were left with no choice but to scratch their heads in dismay. They didn't even see the girl whom they are going to rescue, their boss surely changes her mind easily.
"She's the one who told us to get that woman though" one of them complained in a whisper-like tone but it didn't escape from their boss' good hearing.
"Who's the one complaining?!" she snickered jokingly.
Going back to business, that girl needs urgent help. A storm must be brewing, that's why it was so hot earlier and now it's starting to rain. Weather changes fast these days, might be the effect of global warming.
She averted her gaze to the other direction only to see a golden-haired girl.
"Ma'am, but who will help her?" said the other who caught a glimpse of the beauty. He's excited to see closer the enchanting woman. Thinking about touching her body caused his body to become heated.
"Call my brother..." the young lady sighs defeatedly. She can't let her bodyguards carry a naked woman, but she can't carry that woman too! Duh, her limited edition dress will be ruined, might as well let her aloof brother handle this.
Heaving a long sigh, Xiulan Qiong can't help but scratch his head upon the request of his older sister."Why should I be the one who will carry that stranger?" he questioned, quite annoyed.The reason why they have bodyguards is for them to do the tedious stuff! And besides, he's busy finalizing some arrangements on the auction that will be happening on their island two weeks from now.The Qiong family needs to sell some of their antiques and valuable properties due to the fact that their business is slowly falling and may need to acquaint potential investors in the said gathering. Selling to gain capital and meeting big shots in the said event will be like hitting two birds with one stone for the clan of Qiong's.They belong to the top ten wealthiest families in the whole Guijing city, however, Xiulan is not satisfied with their fast-falling ranking, selling some of their unused wealth to turn it in
The tepid water has been the cause of the awakening of the dazzling lady. Being unconscious for two hours while sleeping in the wide bathtub rendered the owners of the mansion to feel anxious.The girl is burning with a fever the whole day!They laid her first on one of the beds in a guest room, but oddly enough, instead of the temperature going down, it has risen more up to 42 degrees Celsius!The maids of the Qiong family started to panic, their hearts have been restless ever since their young master brought home an unfamiliar person and with no clothes on for a fact!What will they do if preposterous rumors about their young master will start circling around again?The madam of Qiong family will be disheartened and the mood on the mansion will turn sour upon arriving back home at Guijing City."Which family do you think this madam belongs?" The youngest maid, Keela, questioned.What great luck this girl possesses, to think that she
"Kyaaaah! You are finally awake!" the newly entered woman squealed like a five-year-old child. Wearing a long silk bathrobe, and with her hair slightly messed up, the maids guessed that she has been woken up from her deep slumber.It's too late for a Sunday evening to still be up, yet the earliest for a Monday morning.Yan Qiong scrutinized the features of the young maiden, and each second she does so, the air thickens and it becomes more awkward."Woah, you're really beautiful, are you a foreigner perhaps?" the eldest daughter of the Qiong's questioned eagerly, her dark pupils light up in amazement. However, Andromeda kept her mouth sealed.'Foreigner?'Is that some kind of fish? A coral? Seaweed?Ah! She doesn't know."Look at your hair, it's gold! If it's not attached to your body, I would've mistaken it as pure and real gold!" Yan Qiong once more exclaimed in awe. Her hands found its way to the girl's silky long hair,
"Here is the salade aveyronaise you ordered, Madam," the head chef said, serving a delectable dish. It is a classic French salad that Yan Qiong assumed to be the easiest and fastest dish that can be made at this time of the day.Wearing a bathrobe similar to Yan Qiong, the head chef, even though he already has a wife and three kids, can't help but be mesmerized at 'Nixie', the name of the woman according to their master."You're dismissed," the young miss said.Usually, she would hate staying up late, or destroying her sleeping schedule, but this is far more important than her usual routines.The dining room of the villa is a splendid sight to behold, with a white big Strauss-crystal chandelier above their heads and a glass table where the four columns are created using oak-tree. It is wide enough for eight people to seat.This scene portrays those of in the medieval era, only that, it is made of modern materials. It's not even a mansion yet the in
Do you hear it, Andromeda?The bombs that kept exploding and your friend's and family's voice wailing deeply in sorrow.With every explosion that happens, their tails got ripped off, their soul would start vanishing into thin air as they uttered the word, "Escape, Andromeda"The moments you shared together, those laughs, each meal you had together can no longer happen again because of the selfishness of other people.Why must we suffer?Why should my people be drowned in agony?That day, the sea looks palely blue, it should've stayed that way, but with a sound that resembled a thunderstrike, the blue seawater turned bloody red.The screams echoed loudly and clearly...Revenge...yes, the sole reason why she's here, in the land.Do you remember, Andromeda?How you take care of that one angelfish you loved, you gave her a name, Sammy...and she was pregnant, ready to give birth to a thousand more of her kin...she was
A lone figure clad in an azure silk gown stood at the balcony of the Qiong's villa. The entire room was filled with gloomy atmosphere, it was dark with only the sounds of dripping rain resonating throughout.It was just an awful dream.'I guess it was just wishful thinking on my part that we, humans and mermen, can co-exist peacefully, then sooner, I'd reveal myself to their world. I had high-hopes yet in a snap, it dissolved into bubbles.'As the cold wind stroked her body, she shivered instinctively but didn't move.Is this how feeble a human body is?With a little bit of coldness, one shudders their arms while in coldness.Their people thrive more.Her mind once more wandered to the thoughts she's forbidden to speak of.'Love can be deadly when given to the wrong people'This is the biggest lesson she acquired after what happened fifteen years ago and its aftermath to her Kingdom.It's been three days since she
"There are six main bedrooms in our villa, sister Yan occupies the largest one on the third floor, beside her is the office she works in. She is lazy, so she doesn't get anything done anyway unless it piques her interest, she won't get up and get the job done" Xiulan narrated while sighing, he forgot that their villa is composed of many rooms. Now, he needs to spend half of his day touring Nixie.Well, he took the day-off so it should be fine…if only his eldest sister, Yan Qiong would help him, life for him would be easier.After all, if his sister wills to reach the top five of the inner elite circles, she can do it in a snap.Nixie nodded slightly, and this took Xiulan's attention from his stress regarding his sister. The fact that Nixie didn't even bother listening to his juicy gossips and rants about his older sister proved that she's not a spy nor an agent.This gained Xiulan's trust.His eyes once more pinned down against the beauty.
It was already middle in the midnight when little footsteps can be vaguely heard all around the basement of the Qiong's.A little figure with a bright flashlight on her hand looked around curiously on the bare walls, she needed to go downstairs in order to travel down the basement. Unlike other rooms, this one isn't polished nor glistening with extravagance.It was dirty and full of webs, with brick walls that resemble ancient towers.It was a relief that Keela Chen, the maid, taught her how to use the flashlight, or else, there's no possible way that she can walk through the dim room.'A door?' she asked herself quizzically.She was toured by Xiulan Qiong earlier in the villa, however, a certain door caught her interest, when she inquired Xiulan about this, he said she was not allowed to go there.Curiosity indeed kills a cat.She ventured the rooms of all the family members, there was no room that she hasn't seen, but why is that sp
Andromeda’s Point of View I was rendered speechless, a question that hits the sore spot of my soul. Claire’s right, I came here for revenge, I told myself multiple times that I would break things off with Azrael, yet, I waited up to this moment, where we married in a haste, A whirlwind marriage, that’s what we had, yet I am aware that in this lifetime that would be the only marriage I would have. I smiled bitterly, all this time, I thought Claire was the one who was not in the right mind, shouting nonsense words, but she is correct, I didn’t come here to be married, to be happy. I have told Xiulan Qiong before, for a person like me, happiness is not an option, unlike for other people. Was it right to leave Azrael? My heart broke at the thought of his saddened face. I admit I was selfish, I knew all this time that this beautiful dream that we shared would come to an end, yet I waited and delayed it until we came to this point.
Third Point of View“It’s finally over,” Andromeda’s hands were tightly clasped onto Azrael’s, the feeling of touching another life form was surreal, it created small sparks of joy every second.“Yeah,” Azrael replied, his mind was elsewhere, particularly on the woman they saw earlier named Vanessa Fergus. He seemed to be not bothered by it, but what if he really had a daughter?Loud, callous, and cold, that’s how he lived his life before he had been in a car accident. His past self didn’t bother in creating journals about how his day or his life went, rarely did he see any notes regarding how he was, most of them were about business ideas.However, searching his name on websites as he was recovering from being in a tragic accident, he saw a piece of his life he came to hate. Azrael Thorne Execroz was a man who spends his free time with different women. It was no wonder that Vane
“Sir, we have found a pile of documents about illegal transactions hidden, and a woman imprisoned together with a baby,” one of the bodyguards said, his face stoic and serious. “I see, can you get the woman and bring her to the nearest hospital immediately? Ask others to arrest the Qiongs as well, everyone involved in those transactions, I highly doubt there was a single family member of them who is untainted,” Azrael’s words were immediately followed by his men. What he did wasn’t trespassing as it was Yan Qiong herself who let him in. ‘It was much easier to solve it with Azrael’s help,’ Andromeda thought, but in all honesty, the man has a big role in this case, he was the man Vanessa Fergus has requested to get, it was just that Azrael denied knowing her existence, and thus, Andromeda was forced to ask him a favor instead in which he followed. “This can’t be happening, why?! Why did you ruin everything?” Yan Qiong hysterically said, pointing her trembling f
Andromeda’s Point of View My cream-colored sandals touched the ground of Sue Island. We landed atop a building owned by none other than the man beside me. Curiosity started to kick into my system, just how much land does this person have? The one we landed was said to be under construction still and isn’t out on for the public to come yet, however, it can be used by employees and designers as it is on the last phase of building, just some minor finishing touches and it would be good to go, the grand opening ceremony will be held a month from now according to Azrael. “I can’t believe I am back here,” I muttered under deep breaths, it is exhilarating to be back home! To Sutra Kingdom! From atop, I can see the glittering light blue, clear waters, it was quite hot as it was around two in the afternoon when we landed. He’s right, taking the helicopter was the fastest, it took us days to arrive at Guijing City from Sue Island, but it took merely five hours
Andromeda’s Point of View“I can handle myself, you don’t need to do all of those things” I chuckled, lightly patting Azrael’s hands. My tail vanished after two weeks of resting. I have heard no news from anyone as this man beside me insisted that I shouldn’t read any of the news or messages until I am fully recuperated.He was right though, besides, I don’t want to be a burden to him. In all those fourteen days with me resting on his mansion, he was the one to do all the chores and cooking as there was no maid around. I saw him working late at night beside the pool, trying to accompany and watch me sleep despite him being tired.“I am afraid you’ll fall again with my watch,” he spoke mildly, his face was blank as if recalling memories that were too painful for him to handle. My heart sank, a strong man like him being soft and fragile was not a picture I wanted to see. He had been through life and death
“What really happened?” I asked curiosity took over me, I do not know the exact details of how I ended up being so wounded, my life force was down to seventy percent, which meant that the accident that occurred was big, a normal human would either be left dead or if not, in comatose.“A huge debris fell down on you and based on the sent CCTV records to me, it wasn’t supposed to hit you that hard if you hadn’t stopped and turned your back once more, it was an unprecedented act, and even the ones behind the incident didn’t see that the small amount of time you took to turn back, will increase the impact so much,” he explains thoroughly.We are inside another pool area, one in which it was covered with a glass roof, this one is a bit smaller than the first one yet it was still colossal, it can be compared to those swimming pools a resort offers.The sound of the rain falling, like chimes in a windy day, made m
Andromeda’s point of viewI am in an abyss of endless darkness, curled into a void, with nothing but words of contempt whispering in both of my ears.“Hate...the humans. They are all evil! They deserve to go down and perish!”A menacing voice kept repeating these facts that I am aware of.“Revenge, do it for the people of Sutra Kingdom,” it chanted some more.‘I know! I know that already, leave me alone.’“Princess, if you understand it fully, then why are you letting yourself fall in the traps of that human man? You are not there to spend time with him, remember your role in this world, your anger, and your purpose for ascending into the land. Have you forgotten again? Did you get carried away with the small happiness you felt?”In this dark vast space, where I was looking at myself from afar like a spectator, I see a disheveled lonely woman, sitting in a vulnerable position with
“A goddess! No, a fairy,”“Hey, stop ogling at her, I’ll go file a divorce,” a woman slapping her husband’s face was heard.“Look at the wom--the dress, that is the dream!”“Who is she? I have never seen her?”The audience was in a clamor upon seeing the newly entered woman, it didn’t matter that the dress she was wearing was this fashion show’s main event. Businessmen who were there to pass time, suddenly got their interest piqued.Indeed, the woman slowly walking on the glass stage was breath-taking. Her long golden hair which was usually straight was curled into big locks, with a refreshing make-up laid on her face to highlight her stunning features.She possessed an aura of being wild and at the same time, innocent, she was both ice and hotness, an epitome of a beauty that can launch thousands of ships. The embodiment of a goddess.Her petite yet slightly curv
“I had the worst ride yesterday,” Claire eyes rolled in annoyance, “A pervert old man took advantage of me being polite enough to ride with him, if he doesn’t have a good car, I wouldn’t even look at his disgusting face,” she continued, putting lipstick on her pouty lips.Andromeda waited for her friend to finish doing her make-up and morning routine, they decided to go together at Axia Company, as that would be the agreed meeting up place for all the models in today’s runway show.“You should have filed a case against him,” the mermaid princess replied, disbelief was written all over her face, she cannot believe that even Claire fell as a victim of those kinds of humans with no decency! She knows far too well what scum men are, after all, she had a memory of the actor, Frederick Lenard being not only rude but an arrogant man himself.“I don’t remember his name, nor I want to spend m