The Crazy Girl

Chapter 3

~June 17, 2014~

I swam over to Alina. I know! I still can't believe that I'm a mermaid! Well I actually don't know what I am. My skin changed to match a deer's earlier and now this, it was too much for my eight year old brain to process and yet I felt comfortable with it all. I'm pretty sure that mer-people can only change from human to mer-form. If that...

I guess there is only one way to find out. "Hey Alina!" I smiled at her.

"Oh shit, Adi. You scared me half to death."

We both started laughing. "So I have a question for you and it's probably going... No it is going to sound crazy."

"Ok so tell me anyway. I promise not to laugh." She stuck her pinky out but I just stared at it. "What? It's not gonna bite you. Wait don't tell me you've never made a pinky promise before."

I blushed hard. "I never had anyone to teach me..." I whispered as a frown formed upon my face.

"What do you mean? Surely your parents..."

At the mention of my parents, the image of them covered in blood filled my mind. I heard Ali gasp but all I saw was blood stained walls, as I covered my mouth and tried to keep from gagging.

"Oh Adi. I'm so sorry. I didn't realize... Come on let's go to my room. We need to get you away from the crowd... Don't worry we'll get you taken care of. I promise."

I nodded and trusted Ali to take me some place safe as I closed my eyes to try and lose the image forever ingrained in my mind.

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The next time I opened my eyes, I found myself laying on a sea shell bed a soft light in the distance. I slowly sat up and swam over to the mirror I saw hanging. I had yet to see myself in mer-form and was curious as to how I looked.

"Mmm... Of all the colors, it just had to be red," I groaned as my stomach tightened in pain.

"You aren't going to get sick on me again are you?" A soft voice met my ears as I jumped.

I knew that voice. I'd recognize it anywhere. "Mom?"

"Your beautiful just as I always told you."

"Mom?" If tears could pour down my face underwater I'm sure they be spilling over by now. "Mom I don't understand. What happened? Why did it have to be you and dad? You left me all alone... I have no one now..."

"You know what happened, Adi. You have to face the pain so you can get over this. Get over us. We can't do anything for you now, but look around you. You have more than you know."

"Baby girl." A gentle man's voice floated through the air.

"Daddy?"

"Please don't cry for us. We don't hurt anymore. Can't hurt anymore."

"I hurt though. Daddy I miss you. I want you to hold me again like you used to when I cried as a child. Mommy I want you to play dress up with me again. I want to live in our house again. I don't think I can live without you."

"Baby we know you hurt and don't want you to hurt anymore." My father said.

"Adi, do you still have that necklace your father and I gave you?" My mother asked.

"Yes," I reached up to my neck only to find it wasn't there. "Wait... Where is it? I had it earlier I swear." I looked back up at my parents only to see that my parents were now replaced with something even scarier. "What did you do with my parents?"

"Sssshat doesss not massser," the creatures hissed through their teeth. Their tongues flicked the water as they made their way toward me.

As I looked for a place to hide I suddenly realized I wasn't in the water anymore. That wasn't possible though unless... Oh that would make sense. "I'm not scared of you. This is just a dream. I'll wake up if I pinch myself." I pinched my arm hard but nothing happened. So that means... my parents were never here to begin with... I almost cried again but I couldn't let myself lose it in front of these monsters.

I backed up and hit a wall. Great. Just my luck. "What do you want from me?"

"Yousssss of coursssse." They hissed in unison.

"Why? I'm nothing special." I said looking for a way around them.

"There'ssss no wheressss to goesss," they hiss at me before jumping for me.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!" I scream as their teeth ripped into my neck. The last thing I remember was someone yelling my name, before I blacked out.

~June 2, 2020~

"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!" I sat up in bed sweating heavily. "Ugh. Are you serious? Why this again? I thought they had this fixed." I sighed. "Guess it's time to call them again."

I got out of bed and reached for my phone. I gasped in shock as I saw blood covering my hand. I took a couple deep breathes before turning towards my bed. I started shaking.

"No," I shook my head, "NO. NONONONONONO NOOOOOO. WHY WONT YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?! What did I ever do to you..." I whispered, tears pouring down my face. I pulled my head into my hands as I sank to the floor. "It's not real. It's not real. It's not real." I kept repeating to myself as I rocked back and forth on the ground.

*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

My head shot up.

*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

I tried to stand up but was froze to the spot. "Oh shit... Not this again."

I kept trying to get up as I heard keys rattling around outside. I fought as hard as I could to get up.

Why does this always happen to me?

As I heard the key twisting in the lock my body was suddenly up and half way across the room. I was running towards the balcony. I climbed up on the rail. I didn't dare look down.

I knew I was going to die if I jumped but maybe that was the way things were supposed to be. If I got caught here I would definitely wish I was dead by the time they were done with me.

I jumped just as the door was opened. I heard a scream in the distance as the ground slowly rushed up at me. For some reason I didn't feel panic. I felt a sense of calm I had never experienced before. I didn't even care that I might die now. This was better than anything I had experienced before. Trust me I had experienced a lot in the few short years since...

Tears welled up in my eyes. A bird was beside me from out of no where. It was a strange little bird but one of the most beautiful I had ever seen.

The ground was even closer now, but I didn't close my eyes.

If this is where I die. I want this bird to be the last thing I see. They would have loved you little bird. Yes they would've.