That Mer AU
Feb. 8th, 2012 08:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
namedfortheskyThe AU takes place in a world that's basically similar to Pirates of the Caribbean. Including magic and such.
Handy link for information about this AU and some of the workings, basically.
Once upon a time, there was a mermaid. She fell in love with a sailor, and he loved her back. They were happy together, and she even became pregnant with his child. However, they couldn't be. Their child was born, and surprise--it was twins. The girl, who greatly resembled a human, was left with her father, while her brother, with the tail of a tiger shark, was taken by their mother. So the girl, Sora, grew up with her tradesman father and his crew on his ship, sailing the seas, enchanted by the waves.
She was always an unnaturally good swimmer, and although the presence of a girl sometimes put some of the others on edge, she was useful and pulled her weight. She could dive deeper, swim faster, and hold her breath longer than any of the others on board, and so she could retrieve shellfish from deeper for them to eat on occasion. She grew up on tales of a man and a mermaid, enchanted by the tale and enjoying it. But things wouldn't always remain happy...
One night, when the rest of the crew was asleep and it was just Sora and her father awake, something happened. A storm was brewing, one that would surely endanger the ship. But before she could wake anyone, a young man climbed the side of the ship and offered his help. He knew of some rocks and how to navigate them to keep the ship safe. As they climbed to the helm, they found that, unfortunately, Sora's father had passed of a heart attack. There was no time to mourn, though, and so she waited while the boy steered the ship to safety. Once there, she said she wished to repay him, but didn't know how, and that there likely wasn't much she had.
"You'll do."
He grabbed her and dove over the side. Once in the water, she was trapped. He could overtake her, and barred her way to the ship. He made an offer: she could become a merperson, like him, or he would kill her and devour her. She took the former, not realizing what this meant. When she awoke, she was a mermaid--and found she couldn't step foot on land at all for the next ten years lest she change into driftwood.
Handy link for information about this AU and some of the workings, basically.
Once upon a time, there was a mermaid. She fell in love with a sailor, and he loved her back. They were happy together, and she even became pregnant with his child. However, they couldn't be. Their child was born, and surprise--it was twins. The girl, who greatly resembled a human, was left with her father, while her brother, with the tail of a tiger shark, was taken by their mother. So the girl, Sora, grew up with her tradesman father and his crew on his ship, sailing the seas, enchanted by the waves.
She was always an unnaturally good swimmer, and although the presence of a girl sometimes put some of the others on edge, she was useful and pulled her weight. She could dive deeper, swim faster, and hold her breath longer than any of the others on board, and so she could retrieve shellfish from deeper for them to eat on occasion. She grew up on tales of a man and a mermaid, enchanted by the tale and enjoying it. But things wouldn't always remain happy...
One night, when the rest of the crew was asleep and it was just Sora and her father awake, something happened. A storm was brewing, one that would surely endanger the ship. But before she could wake anyone, a young man climbed the side of the ship and offered his help. He knew of some rocks and how to navigate them to keep the ship safe. As they climbed to the helm, they found that, unfortunately, Sora's father had passed of a heart attack. There was no time to mourn, though, and so she waited while the boy steered the ship to safety. Once there, she said she wished to repay him, but didn't know how, and that there likely wasn't much she had.
"You'll do."
He grabbed her and dove over the side. Once in the water, she was trapped. He could overtake her, and barred her way to the ship. He made an offer: she could become a merperson, like him, or he would kill her and devour her. She took the former, not realizing what this meant. When she awoke, she was a mermaid--and found she couldn't step foot on land at all for the next ten years lest she change into driftwood.
