The Mermaid - A Kids Book

The Mermaid

The Mermaid
I flick my tail, an arc of water drops flying into the air.
I was sitting on a large rock in a small lake, smack bang in the middle of the wilderness. I dove under the water, surfacing after a minute or so. I pull myself back onto the rock. It's good. Convenient. Right in the sunlight. I look around the plain in which my small lake is situated. The wilderness was a flat expanse of earth, with sparse trees here and there, dotting the dirt like freckles. All of this happened last week. And one last thing, if you hadn't already picked it up, I'm a mermaid. The names Ocean. Purple tail and long blonde hair. Pretty typical mermaid. Quite fast, though.

I look up at the sound of commotion and gasp. A battle is raging, just a few metres away!!! And because of this great tail, I can't go and stop it! I recognise the blue clad soldiers as my own side, and the shocking crimson as.... THE ENEMY! I watch as a soldier- on my team- is slashed across the stomach. He falls, and I turn away, as he is sure to be dead. But as I do, I see something peculiar. He clambers up again, and carries on.
What? What's going on?
I squint, and notice. The weapons are made of.... Balloons?! This makes no sense! Why are proper armies fighting, with balloons, in the wilderness, and for what reason?
I need some answers! But how, when I need water to survive. It's hardly like I can walk in this tail, as well.

That's when I remember it. The potion I brewed yesterday. I made a large stock. Essence of Pondweed, it's called. A rather nasty shade of green. I dive down. I hid it somewhere around here. My hands fumble across the slimy stones at the bottom of the pond. My hands suddenly nudge glass. I grab the bottle, swim up, and surface. I pull the cork off and gulp. I pray it works.
It does!
It changes my tail into clothes, and I run out of the pond. I get to the fighting. Grabbing a sword, I pop it and get everyone's attention. "Why are you fighting?" I yell. They all look sheepish. "Not sure, actually." Says one of them. "Then why not stop?" I ask. They agree and all drop their weapons. I run back to the lake and jump in, the first touch of water transforming me back into a mermaid. I curl back up onto my rock, in the sunlight, once again.

The end.