An Autistic Mermaid Tail

Chapter Three: Cassidy Lovetail

It has been four years since Father passed away. I still miss him, even though I'm now 21. I had my aches and pains, to be honest. There was the middle school bullying, then there was the fact that my tastes stayed relatively the same. I honestly listen to a lot of wierd music. My tastes change with the weather. Some days I want to listen to Katy Prickly, other days I want to listen to ACMC.

But enough about my interests. Mother says that it's bad to stim, especially on video games and the land. I think that she's right, unfortunately. Anyway, today was supposed to be the day I leave my mom to find work or go to Swishell College (the local college). I personally want to be a game designer. I know exactly what you are thinking: Cassidy, video games break underwater. And that is where I have to tell you that mermaid technology is vastly different from human technology. For starters, our video game tech and entertainment tech is designed to be waterproof, so we can choose to either play MerDev games or games that came from the surface.

I was about to leave to start earning sand dollars when I hear Mother yell, "Cassidy! You have to stay with me!"

I froze, my beautiful cobalt tail swishing with irritation at the fact that Mother is doing her "Special Advocate" thing again. For Poseidon's sake, merwoman! I'm not six anymore! Mother never gave me much freedom as a child, but growing up, I always wandered about. I decided to take one last peek at my first love: the land. So I swam up to the surface of the water and peeked. I gazed sorrowfully at the beautiful sight, then I swam back down with a huff.

The next morning, I packed the few belongings I had. I slipped a photo of Father into the bag I had, along with extra shirts and bras. I gazed sadly at Henry, his snout now almost snow white. "Love you. Be good for Mom." I told Henry, stroking his sleek skin. He whistled and chattered in response. I hugged Mother, wrapping my cobalt tail around her black and white tail. I swam away, performing underwater backflips as I continued on my journey to college and eventually working as a game developer.

"Cassidy!" My childhood friend Luna Twitchfin swam up next to me. I admired her to bits, but Mother hated her for whatever reason. Luna's bright green tail gleamed as she asked, "What now, Cass?"

I shrugged, brushing a stray blue hair out of my face. Luna glanced up, then she swam away to Three Oceans Community College. I longed to tell Luna that I love her, but Mother always told me that I'd meet a nice merman. Yeah, right, I nearly had a merman force himself onto me and I am not particularly interested in the mermen who treat me like a toy. I knew that the minute he found out I had autism he'd ditch me in a heartbeat. I've heard nasty stories about that sort of thing. I felt the water move and I growled irritably, "Raina, grow up and quit shoving your Autism Speaking garbage down my throat!"

I watched as Raina, an ugly mermaid with a disgusting grey tail and greasy black hair, swim up to me. "Cassidy, you are a freak, and a loser. You are only a murderer just waiting to be set loose, you merslut." Her hideous voice taunted, her cleft lip making her voice even worse than usual. I whirled about and slapped her on the cleft lip with my tail.

"At least I'm not fugly!" I growled (What? Jensen Ackshells's character Dean Windsnap has the best lines. My personal favorite has to be where Sam Windsnap, who is played by Jared Pufferdeckfin, sings sadly, "I lost my spear."), baring my teeth at her. She grabbed my tail, which was a big mistake on her end. "Let go!"

"Get out of everyone's ass, Cass!" She taunted, her ugly Indo-Pacific face sneering. Then she pulled me up to the surface by the tail. I tried to break loose, tried to yell, something. I knew that the land was not the best place for a mermaid. Raina lifted me over her head and sneered, "Have fun getting gutted, loser." Then she shoved me onto a rock.

"Poseidon's swish! This ugly merwhore won't leave me alone." I grumbled. Raina is part of Autism Speaking, and she has been bullying me for most of my life to join. Yeah, no, because I hate autism hate groups, and Autism Speaking is just another glorified hate group. If three mermaids with autism died because of them, I'm not interested. Now that I'm beached onto a stupid rock, I might as well wait until high tide. I knew what had happened, and I hated it: Raina tried to expose everyone again. 

I grumbled, fishing out my Pufferphone, "Well, good thing I charged up my phone." I decided that it was best to settle in and watch Mermaidnatural. I love that show. It's about two male siren brothers who hunt to save the mermaid world. Man, both of their voices are sexy~! I personally love the fact that they used my own home as a set for season 2.

I grew bored after watching season 1, so I decided that it was best to get some shut eye until the tide rises again. I had no clue that I would be meeting my future lover. I let my eyelids flutter closed, hoping that someone rescues me before I end up being caught and exposed. I cried, trying to keep my tears from being heard. Raina only wants to get me in trouble with Poseidon or his kid Triton again. I might as well enjoy the warm sun on my body and enjoy the smells the land has. There is no point over crying over spilled plankon (which, by the way, tastes great, but the texture feels like swallowing an eel).