FAIRYTALE LOVE: THE LITTLE MERMAID ; baekji

CHAPTER I

Sitting on a rock by the edge of the sea, with the beautiful moonlight shining on her beautiful tail and her melodious voice filling up the air, Eunji enjoyed the night. She always looked at the lights coming from the small huts by the beach.

"Eunji!" She heard someone call her name, she turned her head and saw Xiumin, her older cousin.

"What are you doing here?"

"What am I doing here? I should ask that to you! But before anything else we had to get back, your father is getting angry with your disappearance!"

"Omo I forgot"

She gets back to the water and swam back to their palace with Xiumin.

From the hallways of the palace Eunji and Xiumin can already hear the raging of her father.

"Oppa, what should I do?"

"I don't know... just face him. Don't worry I'll be right behind you"

Eunji bit her lip and nodded before entering the room where her father was in. Eunji's father was not just any merman; he was the King of their palace. The king that everyone was scared of, no one wanted to disobey his orders; the punishment given by him was something one would not like to experience.

"A-Appa" Eunji finally mustered up her courage

"Princess" The king spoke without a hint of softness in his voice, making Eunji more nervous.

"Why did you show up just now?" Her father looked directly at her eyes

"I-I was practicing using my power, I'm sorry" She lied. She had to. She can't say that she swam up to the shore. It was a thing that a mermaid should never do because a mermaid should never be seen by a human.

"I'm sorry uncle, I'm busy teaching her and didn't notice your calling" Xiumin tried to defend Eunji. Aside from being her cousin Xiumin also acts as a teacher for Eunji when it comes to her power since they have the same power of Frost.

"Anyways, the reason that I called you is because I want you to prepare yourself for tomorrow"

"Why is that appa?"

"We're going to the East Sea Palace to settle your marriage with their prince"

"What?"

"I already said it clearly. You should understand"

"But appa..."

"No buts Eunji, now go to sleep and have a rest. Tomorrow we'll meet your future husband Prince Chen"

"Appa. Why should I marry their prince?"

"As a princess you should know your duty to our palace. You'll be the next in the throne, the queen, and a queen needs her king. You also know that the east sea palace is one of the greatest and it'll be goo if you'll marry one of their princes"

The east sea palace has two prince; Suho, the older prince and Chen, the younger one. Suho is the one who will be the next king of the east sea palace. This is what Eunji knows, she doesn't really have interest with them, and she hasn't even met them personally.

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She walked out of the room after nodding her head to her father. With a heavy heart, she headed to her room and sat down on her bed. She's really upset. Why can't her father give her freedom? And now he even wants to have her marry someone she doesn't know. It was always like this, since she was a child. She is the princess and is expected to act like one. She was always controlled by her father, all her actions were watched.