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The Creature By The Sea

The voice was soothing and the song was oddly enthralling, he couldn't even start to describe the beauty he felt in the harmony, he had to go the sourc—

No! Enough! He told himself, snapping himself out of the trance. He was almost submerged in water when he looked and then he realized the figure on the rock.

A siren.

"Hey... hey! You there!" He swam closer to the rock, holding onto it for support. The figure looked behind itself, its dark eyes staring back at his dark brown one— Wait, dark eyes?

"It's you again..?" The siren's eyes were wide.

"I thought I told you not to come back," the prince growled, startling the siren.

"I didn't come back,"

"Well, why are you here?!"

"Because you meant not to come back to the docks, did you not?"

"I—" the prince was speechless, "No! I meant that you will never come back in my sight!"

"You did not say that,"

"Well, as the heir of the throne, I demand you leave, you...you slimy abomination!"

"Heir of the throne? You're actual royalty?" It chuckled.

"What happened to the obedient creature who swam away when I told it to?!" The prince quickly changed the subject, he could not stand his authority being insulted.

"I did that for my safety, it's not pleasant to be killed and used as 'room decoration',"

The prince reached back for his gun, but alas, it was not there.

"Fuck," the prince muttered under his breath. Suddenly, he felt himself being lifted up from the waters and placed onto some slimy—

Wait, he was being carried?

"Hey, put me down! Now!" The prince commanded, although he showed no attempt to get off its shoulders.

It took them a short while to get back to the docks. The prince got off his ride and looked down at the siren, only now realizing its flat, bare chest, which was admittedly well-built for a siren and he honestly wanted to run his hands over i—stop it!

"My thanks for sparing my life from the last encounter," it smiled, it fucking smiled. And with that, it was gone.

The prince was speechless for the second time this night, his heart pounding harder than he knew was possible.

—time skip—

Once an accident, twice a coincidence, thrice a pattern. And he did not want to keep that up.

He stopped going to the seaside ever since, instead roaming around the village in a dark cloak. Everytime he passed the seaside, he turned the other way and walked.

But yet he could not shake off that feeling.

It was horrifying to look at, with its sharp razor teeth and sickly pale flesh. There was nothing likable about that monster, that abomination, but he still found himself thinking back to his encounters, its dark, empty eyes that somehow hit him somewhere deep into his soul, its soft, smooth, deceitful voice that could, no, had brought down thousands of men and God, that smile—

No, no, no! Monsters are monsters, no matter the looks! He couldn't be falling in love with a siren, impossible! It was almost hilarious! He sneered at the thought, shook it off and moved on with his day.

And even though he swore not to return to the seaside, here he was, his shoes planted into the sand.

He sighed and stood on the docks, though he knew damn well this is what got him into this mess. He had his revolver with him.

And he was going to kill it.

He took a deep breath and yelled, "Hello?!"

No response.

He considered trying again but before he could, the water rippled and splashed, showing the same creature he had been meeting.

And third time's a pattern. But this would be the last time.

Without hesitation, he pointed the revolver to its head, finger on the trigger. The siren was taken aback by the sudden action.

"...I see you're doing what you were supposed to do a few weeks ago."

"You're damn right."

The siren stayed nonetheless, looking up at him with content instead of fear.

"Aren't you scared? I'm threatening you with a revolver and I'll turn your head into a trophy, aren't you going to run away?" he asked.

"I don't plan to,"

"And why?"

"Because I'm dying by your hands,"

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(1222 words)

GOD i hate this honestly like wtf this is so rushed sob