Washed (A One Direction fanfiction)(Original)

Chapter 1- Dock

   Hannah's POV

The cool water refreshed my hot sticky body. I closed my eyes for a moment of peace. I wanted to get rid of all the excitement of the day from homework to drama, I always swam to get rid of my problems. Ever since seventh grade, I have had a terrible secret, I was a mermaid. My “parents” told me they adopted me when I was one because when they were cruising when all of a sudden they saw me in a raft floating by. They said,

“We knew something terrible must’ve happened for someone to leave such a beautiful girl in the ocean so we took care of you until someone claimed you.” Sadly for me, I still have never met my real parents. I try every summer by going on an adventure but I can’t ever find them.

I kept swimming in my favorite dock in Stucodoklia. It was near Main Street and nobody comes here because it is busy. The water is murky and seaweed sprouts everywhere. The water is peaceful and I can think. Especially after what the bully at school, John did to me today.

It all started when I went to school this morning. I have only one friend here and her name is Lulu Fulcon, ever since the incident though not even she really liked me. I guess you could say I am a loner. I walked into the school and tried to keep my head down, but as soon as I got to my locker, the bullying started. John and his friends were being jerks again. So were his petty little girlfriends who were on the cheerleading squad. They called me names as I walked with my head down when I tried to get to class. They kept telling me the normal things that I needed to kill myself and that I was a mistake being born. I just ignored them like always. I have dealt with this since I was in third grade. Now that I am seventeen this has still not stopped. They followed me a little farther until I walked upstairs for my first class. I ran into Lulu and she didn’t even acknowledge me. It was like I was invisible. She walked to her classes with her new best friends Kate and Lola. They were all snobs and helped John bully me. I guess she wasn’t ever very smart, so I guess she fit along with that crowd. I watched them go into first hour math with their tight uniforms on. I walked back downstairs and jogged into my favorite class, Drama. I loved acting because I could escape people in this world from being mean to me. I was all alone all day. I guess you could say my classes went well, getting called on during class and getting the answer right, getting tripped down the hallways. The only class I looked forward to was lunch. I ate by myself since everyone hated me. I went to my drama teacher Ms. Perygalnd, and ate lunch in her room. She had a new script that I was dying to try out. She said she might even put it in the school play we do at the end of the year. I asked her if she would help me find out what the character was feeling and we decided that the main character Ashley was feeling depressed. All her friends were ignoring her and no one even spoke to her. I guess you could call it ironic that she chose this play, since it was basically the summary of my life. There was a huge difference between the play and my life though, in the end Ashley realizes that she died and she’s a ghost. I wish I could be a ghost. I mean it wouldn’t be very different than now, but at least I wouldn’t be bullied anymore. All of a sudden the bell rang and I threw my lunch away and thanked Ms. Perygalnd. The rest of my day was better. I was partnered with a nice jock who was best friends with James. He was always nice to me, even after James moved. When I was partnered with him I told myself that James hurt me over a year ago and that I needed to get over it, but how could I forget someone who hurt me so much?? Well we finished our project and we presented it. The teacher loved it and we got an A. The bell rang, meaning school was over. I walked out to my car and drove to the dock. I took off my clothes to reveal my swimsuit. Now I am here thinking about how terrible my life is. I swam a while longer until a car horn started going off and my thoughts were interrupted. I floated gently to the top slipping on my magic bracelet. It was a shell bracelet that I had gotten for my fourteenth from my real mom. She sent it in a clam with a pearl and a note with instructions. (The bracelet stops me from turning into a mermaid when I am in the water so it is very useful.) When I reached the dock near “Randy’s souvenir and knick knack store”, I dried myself and put on my tank top and jean shorts. John and his friends drove by in his truck and I put my head down. Luckily they didn’t notice. I threw my bag over my shoulder and I walked over to the store. I heard yelling but little did I know what I had gotten myself into.

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So first chapter. I have no idea where i am going to take this story, but i'm sure i'll figure it out along the way

-HANNAH THE MERLEPRECORN