When you found her washed up on the beach amongst the sand and pebbles, you couldn't believe your eyes. She lay on her stomach, unconscious, swaying as the water drifted upshore, a shiny turquoise tail fitted to the lower half of her torso.

Blood dyed the salt water by her fins, where a gash lay in her scales, showing a sickening brown in her tail.

Although you hadn't gotten over the fact mermaids were real, you took her home to care for her. And she was just beginning to stir...