Originally Published in 2012
I am getting so sick of this story you guys have no idea, binge writing is not healthy haha....Alright, Song: In the Shadows by the Rasmus, (this song is so awesome!) Oh, and Picture: Quarter-pounder burger from McDonald's... you'll get the point of that later.
Chapter 20
I woke back up around five a.m. because I suddenly heard the front door burst open. I don't know what I would have preferred, being slapped awake, being thrown cold water at, or being jumped on. But, being woken up with a loud terrifying bang down stairs definitely was not the ideal way to start a morning.
It actually took me a few seconds to remember where I was and what I was doing here. But thankfully it all came back to me fast enough, which led me to my next question. What the hell is going on? I heard voices down stairs; it wasn't that hard because they weren't exactly quiet.
"You look upstairs for them" Someone said. "If she's there and does not want to give him up, kill her."
I don't really know if the "her" there're talking about is me, but I seriously was not going to sit around and find out. Quietly and rapidly I got off my bed and hurried to the half open window to open it completely, once it was, I quickly got out. I gripped my hands at the bottom of the window frame and slowly hoist myself down, my feet were touching the side of the house and it was damn cold. I heard the rushed footsteps going upstairs and tearing what's left of the house apart; I felt kinda sad about it, but I couldn't waste time on that. I looked down; I wasn't up that high, and I'm sure it wouldn't hurt that much if I just let go. It's not like I had much of a choice. Besides, I had jumped off of a bridge once to kill myself, letting go of the window to save my life shouldn't be that hard to do. With that dark humoristic thought it mind, I let go. I got lucky, I landed on the grass in the front lawn right beside the drive way; maybe this was God's way of telling me "I'm sorry for waking you up so terribly, here, let me make your fall hurt less." God has a weird sense of humour.
At first I wanted to stay down and just lie forever on the grass, but no, I had to get up and run like hell. It was cold as hell. I was pissed like hell. My stomach was hurting like hell. My feet were burning like hell. And I was confused as hell. I was just lucky that no one was outside at this time, because I was running around barefoot with only a small black nightgown, which by the way isn't long enough.
I hurried to the nearest deep water sector and jumped right in. Something really strange happened then though, as I dove in, without even touching the water, my body had already transformed into mermaid-mode. Strange, very strange.
The water wasn't much colder than the outside weather, but my body seemed to respond to it better here. My stomach was driving me nuts, but it wasn't my fault that I couldn't have gone down stairs to grab something to eat! I could have been killed for just having the munchies. I just decided to ignore my diva stomach as I struggled to swim back down; the current of the water was bizarrely strong. Well, it wasn't as bad as the day of the hurricane, but it was still powerful. As I swam down, a small voice in the back of my head kept yelling at me that it probably wasn't the best idea to go back to the castle, but I just ignored it.
Taiven
"Adara! What are you doing!?" He knew that his fiancée might be mean, but he never really thought of her as the murderous type.
She gave him a cruel smile. "Taiven dear, you're early." She said to him pressing the sharp knife harder against his father beck. "I did not expect you to come back so quickly. Not having enough fun up on the surface." Blood had started floating around in the water.
"Why are you doing this!?" He couldn't hide the sadness and the anger in his voice. "Are you really that jealous of Tara?"
Adara laughed cruelly again. "Oh please; that wanna be mermaid does not having something that I do not already have. Except maybe you; but I only want my crown Taiven dear."
"If you wish to have it so badly, take it and leave. I banish you from the kingdom, dare defy my order and I will have you killed." He snapped, not in the mood to play her silly mind games.
"I do not think you should be the one making death threats here Taiven." Adara said with a smile, putting the rock deeper into his father's neck.
He suddenly heard his sisters attempt to shout something, but the not eatable seaweed on their mouths locked out everything that they were trying to say. He decided to ignore his siblings for the moment; they were useless in the current situation.
"Where are all my guards?" He asked Adara coldly. The stupid smile on her face still hadn't fated.
"I made up some ridiculous story about Tarabelle capturing you, and refusing to let you go. Your staff is rather easy to fool, but I must admit, I never would have expected you to come down here on your own. I like being surprised." The way she said it was like ice, very unlike the Adara that he knew.
He heard his sisters scream again, this time more loudly and urgent, but it was already too late. He saw a flicker of moment in the shadows of the chamber, but before he could react something came at him. The last thing he felt was an incredible pain go through his neck, before everything went dark.
Do you know what I could use right now? I nice, big, greasy, fat quarter-pounder with extra everything from McDonalds. I seriously never felt so hungry in my life, and it won't seem to go away. I even ate some eatable weeds on my way down, and that didn't seem to help. This is so not fun. Maybe when I find Taiven I'll be able to convince him that our first date could be a McDonald's; yeah okay, I'd doubt he'd like that, but right now it wasn't about him, it was about me.
When I got to the castle, the place was buzzing with action and was full of merpeople all over. Many were swimming everywhere, some were carrying variant things in their arms, a lot were decorating, and the others were barking orders at whoever didn't have anything to do. They were decorating for a wedding, I noticed. I don't think that any words could explain my irritation and my confusion at the moment. But still, I couldn't help but think that something was off about this whole thing. For one, the merfolk that were in the castle right now were not Taiven's usual staff, and they all had dark tails and hunted expressions. Creeped me out. But one good thing came out of these merpeople, they didn't give a care about me, unlike Taiven's usual staff that watched me like a hawk at every stroke I took. So, because none of them were paying attention to me, I decided to start searching the castle for a familiar face. I searched my room first; well actually it's more like I planned to search my room first, because as soon as I swam in, something struck me from behind and I passed out.
Almost done, praise the Lord people we're getting through this! Please vote and comment that you're still alive, and yes, there will be a sequel...
- NocteLamia101
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