You Don't Want the Crown

The Story of the Sea Witch - 1

"You will never be a queen."
"I don't care," I fold my arms, sobbing a little, "I don't want the heart of any old King."
"You will never achieve immortality. You must then always feed off the souls of sailors to survive, is that what you want? Never to be free?" My mother hisses, rising up before me in a cloud of black ink.
"I don't care! I'm never going to seduce some human icky man to steal his heart."
"Not just any man. A king. The rightful king must give you his heart, in return for yours, and then and only then will you have the full power of the sea."
"I don't care! I'm going to fall in love with whoever I want, someone nice."
"You'll change your mind."
"No, I won't! I'm going to become a pirate. And I'll collect souls all my life!"
"One day you will become desperate enough for power. It is easy. You just have to seduce him, and once he kisses you you'll have his heart forever. The only catch is, he'll always have yours. But it doesn't matter. You won't have a need for it since you'll never love another."
"Well I'm going to fall in love with whomever I like!" I stick my tongue out at her, "And I'm going to be a pirate king! I don't need any man!"