Destined Kills

Vinnie

After arriving at home from the school bus, I flopped on to my soft bed. I hugged my favorite teddy to my chest, and suddenly, I felt my leg itching. I pulled up my pant leg and saw red splotches over my skin. I applied some medicine, but after finishing my homework, my leg started to become dry where it had itched before. I went to mom's room, and told her about it.

"Sweetheart, are you sure it's becoming dry?" My mom asked nervously.

"Yes," I pulled up my pant leg, and saw the dry part of my leg becoming a dark black/blue color. I totally freaked out, while my mom tried to calm me down. Also, for some reason, my mom was sweating and looked super nervous. She told me to take a bath in her room, I did as told, and waited for the bathtub to fill. I stepped in gingerly, and sat down, soon the pain in my leg started to fade. Starting to sing Taylor Swift's "Love Story", I found out that my voice now sounded like an angel. My singing voice was absolutely terrifying before, and now.....

"MOM!" I screamed.

"Yes, sweetheart?" My mom asked, sounding more nervous than ever.

"Listen to me sing!" I yelled. After a while, both of my legs started to itch, and it turned into a throbbing pain.  I gasped with pain, and I looked at my legs, there were hard fish-like scales growing on them.

"AHHH!!!" I screamed loudly.

My mom rushed in, she took one look at my legs and started to sob.

"Mom, what's wrong?" I asked and she told me her story.

I was a selfish girl, and I was descended from Sirens, the mythical creatures. Yes, they do exist, so do mermaids, dragons, centaurs, fairies, and so on. I lured men with my beautiful voice, and tortured them for entertainment. But, one day, I saw your dad, he was just another of my helpless victims, but something about him made me know that he was special. I started asking him questions about how the world above the sea was, he answered everything I asked, in fear of being killed. Soon, he became my friend, and I was overjoyed! But, us, Sirens, had a very important moral that we live by: Never let your prisoners escape, TORTURE THEM!!! One day, I started to cry a little, because I had been hiding your dad all along, and no one knew about him. Thinking of escaping this place, I couldn't help but think how stupid I am, leaving my family and friends for one human! But, I ran away with your dad, and soon friendship turned into a deep, powerful love. Now, I can still become a Siren when in the water, and I never thought that my daughter would be like me......