Tides Of Respected Love ✅

{Chapter 1.|First Contact}

Chapter 1:
First Contact

~7 Years Ago~

I didn't know how complicated life truly actually could be until I had finally become of age. That day was the start of tangles with trials of tribulations for me and I couldn't accept it. No part of me wanted to accept because my life was being planned without my say as if I was nothing.

Therefore to me, there was only one option to avoid it all; run.

Elegant soft drifts of sweet fresh winds carry the tangy rich flavors of the rippling tides. Light above illuminating the sky began to die out from the sun reaching beneath the land of Deathdome. That's when being above the surface was wonderful, since every night the sky would break out in an endless mass of stars, staring down with their magical beauty.

Being there among the surface made things easier for me to think.

Scuffed, clearing of one's deep throat didn't surprise me when it formed from behind. "Young Highness, A lady should never be out this late at eighteen, much less the surface. How dare you create a fright among the merfolk of Melatonin, Princess Koreefth!" Scratches rough from my father's head general, Yuntie Tilko.

Ignoring; my hand lifts from the water. Staring down, my glowing full body birthmark tattoo of fluent lines branch up, spiraling around every curve of an inch on my ivory skin. Until I began to witness growth develop as dazzling sun symbol form, followed by lovely spirals dancing, ending with tiny white diamonds surfacing within the middle of each them. Finally, the combination mark of the three against my forehead I knew would come then.

The spiral wrapping around began to burn upon my forehead. Until digging formed within the spiral circles, spreading out its sun's rays. Ending with a diamond the length of my forehead, about two inches wide, pushed through the middle.

Melody cries of my agony burst out within the black open vast ocean land.

Fast exhales of General Yuntie rush to the surface. "Young Highness, you mustn't allow free your siren songs among the surf-"

"Just stop, please..." I ordered him, witnessing my personal emblem, truly bouncing back on my forehead, through the reflection of my glowing soft white eyes and long pale hair to match. "I've become of age, General Yuntie. My emblem has been embroidered. Father will marry me off now to that horrible, cruel, sexist, sea king in the northern pacific region I'm paired with." Sniffles out as I dread this wedding.

Inhaling, General Yuntie was careful with his words. "Your Highness," Referring to as since I had finally become of age. "You must not speak ill of his royal majesty, the man is respected despite his behavior as a-"

"Why!" Blasts out of me smacking along the water, letting my frustration free. "I'm not frightened of that man, General Yuntie." Looking down at my massive snow white mermaid tail, with long flowy fins gracefully shifting around, as I flick it to fan out my fins. "My life is over. I have nothing left to fear in this timeline." Replying boldly, lifting my eyes back toward the stars above. "The surface is the only place I can cry out on and even now you attempt to stop me!" Crying to myself, allowing my golden tears to harden and drop into the sea.

Rustling of water from General Yuntie said he had swam closer, resting his hand on my shoulder. "You can't flee, Your Highness, if that's what you are attempting." General Yuntie stepped in to stop me from leaving.

Although, I refused to go back down under the sea, shaking my head, pulling my shoulder away. "So what if I am." Just blurts without a care because as a young eighteen year old girl, my life was being taken from me.