#met someone who didn't draw the nose first and it was just a woah moment for me.

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hmm artists what feature do you draw on the face first. this is for science btw.

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A Mermaids Tale

Tom Holland AU

Words: 1.8K

⚠️Warnings⚠️ betrayal, drowning, near death experience

A/N: Sorry if this sucks I'm trying something new, I normally write in 3rd person but I decided to try and write in 1st person for a change.

(Part 1) (Part 2)

《Masterlist》

"Make her walk the plank!"

My eyes widened in terror as the crew grabbed me and tied my hands together and tied my legs together preventing me from trying to run, even though I would have nowhere to go.

"Please stop!" I begged as I begun to cry.

The crew ignored me and instead of listening to my pleas, they began to shove me onto a  plank of wood that they had laid down to push me off the side of the ship while chanting and yelling profanity towards me.

"Haven't you heard that no woman steps foot on my ship and lives to tell the tale?" The captain gave a smug look showing his yellow teeth, well the few that he had.

They pushed me with a stick to move me closer to the edge of the wood and once I was at the edge I couldn't help but stare into the dark icey blue ocean that was soon going to become my watery grave.

"Any last words?" The captain sneered.

I stared into the ocean with glassy eyes, I tore my gaze from the ocean and desperately looked around and realized there was no sign of land anywhere near so there was no chance of me even trying to swim to shore. I glanced behind me "Please," I whispered d

"Don't do this," I pleaded desperately trying to change their minds.

"No man wants a woman on his ship, it's bad luck," he sneered.

I frantically scanned the faces looking for the kind familiar one that I came to love over the years. Only for him to be staring at me with a cold blank expression.

"Sam! Sam! Tell them what you told me! Tell them that we are going to get off on the next port!" I desperately tried.

Everyone collectively turned and looked at Sam with raised eyebrows.

"Is what she said true?" The captain growled

" I have no idea what this wench is talking about, " he sneered. "I've never seen her before in my life. Until you all found her and grabbed her."

With that my heart broke in two, the Sam I knew and loved was no longer standing there in front me. 

I was looking at some stranger instead.

We met when I was younger, but I was 11 and he was 13 and we thought it was love at first. But because of my family's royal status and him being a pirate we simply weren't allowed to be together. Having to  constantly sneak around the castle grounds and having to hide from my royal guards at every turn just for us to have a few precious moments to have before he would have to go back home. That was until he decided to join a bunch of pirates at the age of 16 when his parents passed away and I would just have to look forward to his letters for 2 years until he finally came back home.

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"You know I have to leave again soon right?"

I sighed resting my head on his shoulder "I know."

"Hey what do you think about running away with me? We could both leave together on the ship that I'm working on? And we can get off at the next port that we dock at and we can just live there and start a family of our own."

I stared into his pale blue eyes before scanning over the rest of him becoming mesmerized by him. He was semi tan from working in the sun, with a slightly built frame from working on the ship, but still he had his pale complexion with barely any scars making him, his nose was crooked though from it getting broke and not set properly, but other than that he still was the most beautiful man I have ever  seen. His shaggy blond hair was now a little past his shoulders and slowly becoming matted from the lack of upkeep and he was starting to grow a beard.

"Hey did you hear me?" He asks, drawing my attention back to his eyes.

"Do you really mean it Sam?" I asked hopefully.

Seeing complete honesty and love in his eyes "Of course my love I would do anything for us to be together," he said, giving me a light peck on the lips.

"Am I even allowed on the ship with you?" I asked warily "I thought women weren't really welcomed on pirate's ship," I said my voice growing quieter a little at the end.

"We will just sneak you on the boat, we can dress you in some of my clothes and you can just blend in for a few days until we get to where we are going." 

"We don't even look the same though," I'm a complete opposite of him with my  curly dark brown hair, my chocolate color eyes and short stature. That there was no way we would be able to pull this off.

"Don't worry you won't get caught, and if you do I'll protect you from any harm. I promise I won't let them do anything to you," he declared.

"Okay I trust you," I said, giving him a passionate kiss.

The first day on the ship went well. Sam and I worked under the deck almost all day without anyone getting suspicious. But when ever we would hear someone coming he would make me hide until it was all clear, because we didn't want to take any chances. When it was time for us to go to bed he had me sleep on the floor behind some barrels in the corner so no one would be able to see me even if they walked by.

The second day was slightly different, from the first when I woke up Sam was nowhere to be seen so I stayed hidden afraid to move from my spot. 

I couldn't tell how much time has past since I woke up, since there are no windows or any real light to tell what time of day it was. And no one has been down here since I've woken up and I was beginning to have to go to the bathroom so I glanced around and waited a few more minutes and I quickly made my way to the 'designated bathroom bucket' and began to do my business. But just when I thought luck was on my side someone walked in on me in the middle of me going to the bathroom thus how I got caught.

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I felt betrayed staring at him because he broke his promise to me, when he told me that he would never let anything happen to me, and now he's acting like he's never seen me before in his life.

"I hope you all rot in hell you cowards," I venomously said making sure to make direct eye contact with Sam when I said cowards.

The man gave a dark chuckle "I'm already there sweetheart." 

Without any warning they pushed me backwards and I slipped  off the board making eye contact with Sam for the last time. 

Soon I was met with the  salty water that welcomed me with cold stinging unforgivable arms.

The water surrounded me. 

The more I struggled to get out of my restraints the more disorientated I got. 

Up, down, left, right, nothing made any sense anymore I pushed with my bounded arms and legs but it was pointless as I sunk lower and lower. 

My lungs burned for more air and even though I knew it was impossible I still opened my mouth to scream for help. But instead of my voice, cold water quickly filled my lungs taking the rest of the fight I had left in me. 

My vision soon began to get blurry with black spots and it was harder for me to focus, I had nothing left in me to fight anymore. 

When I thought all hope was lost, air slowly filled my lungs.

I was coughing and gasping for the air my lungs were deprived of for what felt like an eternity but was probably only a few minutes.

Once I finished getting my breathe back to normal I started to scan my surroundings. I quickly realized I was on the bottom of the ocean instead of on shore like I originally thought. Confused, I tried to stand on my feet only to topple over and being even more confused I glanced down and realized a golden fish tail had replaced my legs.

"Oh my god," I gasped, reaching out to try and touch the tail only to see that  my forearms were still tied together, but now they were also littered in scales the same color as the ones ones on the tail.

"Woah I've never seen the god of the sea grant someone who was drowning a tail before."

I turn my head side to side trying to  search for the voice that had just spoken, "Hello? Is someone there?"

A man poked his head from behind a reef that was near by and for a moment I thought he was normal human, he was extremely handsome with his chocolate curly brown hair sticking slightly up and his brown eyes shining with curiosity but it was until he moved from behind it the reef that I noticed attached to his torso instead of legs like I was expecting he had a tail too, except his tail was a dark midnight blue color a stark contrast to my golden tail.

"Stay back!" I said in a panic pushing myself to the best of my ability farther away from him but only being able to accomplish moving a mere inch and clouds of sand to form around me.

He stopped moving towards me and was  staring at me cautiously from a short distance away with slightly wide eyes, as if afraid I was going to do anything drastic if he came any closer.

"Hey," he calmly spoke "It's okay I'm not going to hurt you. My name is Tom, can you tell me your name?"

"Serenity," I said curtly.

"Okay Serenity I'm going to come closer to untie you, that's all I would like to do is that okay with you?"

I nod my head slowly, not really understanding what was going on anymore.

But as soon as Tom started to approach me I went on high alert and began to  micro-manage his every move, making sure he won't trick and deceive me just like Sam had done. As he slowly began to untie and free me from the bindings that were still around my hands, he kept glancing at my tail making me even more nervous.

"Woah your tail is so cool! I've never seen a gold one before, I wonder why yours is gold, and not blue, green, or orange. Do you have any ideas?" he pondered.

I chose to stay quiet instead of answering him, I just stared up looking toward the surface and wondering what my life was going to be like from here.