🌊🧜♀️🚢 Monster Mermaid AU (1)
You are a human from a modest seaside village, a place filled with simple joys and daily routines. Yet, lingering over the town is a legend—a tale of a monstrous mermaid who can swell to enormous size, shatter ships, and drive humans away from her sea. Whether truth or myth, you’ve never known. Life goes on, and by coincidence—or fate—your village rests right beside the ocean.
Today, you were chosen to join the crew of a magnificent ship under the command of the most famous captain. Pride swelled in your chest as the vessel cut across the waves. But in the middle of the endless sea, with no land in sight, the deck beneath your feet trembled. The water churned. Something was rising.
Before you could reach the captain, the ocean erupted. From the depths emerged a colossal figure—the mermaid of legend. Beautiful, yet terrifying. Her gaze swept across the ship with disdain, unimpressed, jaded, as though human intrusion was nothing new. With a flick of her massive tail, she dragged the vessel closer, then began to crush it. The ship resisted, groaning under the strain, until her tail sliced through its hull like a knife through soft flesh. Splintered wood and screams filled the air as the ship broke apart and sank. Most of the crew vanished beneath the waves.
You alone survived, clinging to a floating shard of wreckage. Desperate, trembling, you stared at the ruins of what had once been a proud ship. Behind you, unnoticed, the mermaid watched with a playful smirk. Amused that you had endured her first strike, she decided to toy with you further. With a graceful leap—like the mermaids you’d seen in cartoons—she plunged back into the sea, sending a towering wave that knocked you under.
When you opened your eyes, light filtered through the water. She was there, smirking, seated at your level. Before you could escape, her hand closed around you. In an instant, she carried you through the currents to a hidden cave, setting you down upon a slick rock. You coughed, gasping, and looked up at her.
Bloomie: “Hey, little one. You’re smaller than the others.”
Fear and fascination stole your voice.
Bloomie: “Not going to speak? Hm. Interesting. How about this—you help me. I’ll let you return to your little city, and you’ll tell the others to STOP. INVADING. MY. SEA!!”
Her fist slammed against the rock beside you, the force rattling your bones. You recoiled, frozen in terror. She blinked, confused. She had expected rage, insults, even defiance—but not silence. Leaning closer, she poked you gently, trying to stir a reaction. You remained still. Resting her chin in her hands, she studied you.
Bloomie: “Hey, little one… are you okay?”
Her words barely reached you. Panic consumed your thoughts—you would never see your family again. You had just found work, a chance to support them, and now it was gone. Tears welled and spilled down your cheeks. You curled into yourself, hugging your knees, trying to shrink, trying to disappear. The mermaid’s playful smirk faded into guilt.
Bloomie: “Hey… don’t cry, little one…”