Jolly sailor bold [One-shot]

Jolly sailor bold

The first thing he felt, was pain. His muscles were stiff, as if he hadn't moved in days. The second thing he noticed, was how thirsty he felt. His throat felt dry and thick from the lack of water and he groaned from the raspy feeling.

"Good...you're awake..." Hans blinked to see a brown haired woman hovering above him. The fact that she was so close to him, made him uncomfortable and suspicous. why was she looking like she was the first man she ever saw? "I thought you wouldn't make it. That shipwreck was quite harsh..."

Shipwreck? Hans frowned as he tried to remember again. That was right...the storm... they hadn't expected such a violent weather during the summer...But then again, that witch-queen was maybe responsible for it, to make certain that he would be dead for sure... Hans carefully sat up, immediately regretting the decision as his stomach hurt.

"Careful!" spoke the woman as she held Hans stable against the rocks. "I tried to patch it up as best as I could. I didn't want to take fully the wood splinters out, since I don't know human anatomy..."

Human anatomy? Hans looked incredulously to the woman. "What do you mean hum-" The prince's breath stocked as he took in the woman that had apparently rescued him. Wait, no, scratch "woman". Hans looked amazed and fearful to the mythical creature in front of him. Siren. Mermaid. Nokken. Sea creatures who ate the flesh of men, and sank ships with their voices...

The prince scrambled away, desperately searching for any kind of weapon as he kept his eyes on the creature. "Stay away from me!"

The siren looked worried...but it could be a trick... "I'm not going to hurt you" spoke the creature as she tried to move towards him. Since she was on dry land, it was difficult to reach him.

"Yeah, right, like I would trust you" growled Hans as he held up a wooden plank threatenly before him. His body trembled from his wounds, but he held stand.

"I saved your life" spoke the creature sharply. "If I didn't get to know humans by my sister, I would think you humans are quite ungrateful."

"sister?" said Hans worried. Oh no, there were more of them?! "Just with how many are you?"

"We are with seven." said the siren unaware for the panic she caused by the prince. "Well, more like six now, since Ariel became human..."

"You ATE her?" yelled Hans shocked, not fully following the conversation. The stress and the fear made his mind fuzzy...or was it the increasing blood loss?

"Ate her?" the creature began to laugh, and Hans noticed how beautiful it sounded. It was like tingling bells... "Why would I ate my sister?" she made a repulsed face.

"So...you don't eat people?" asked Hans to be certain.

The mermaid blinked. "No, we don't" spoke the creature seriously so the prince would believe her. "I don't know where you got those stories from, but no. we eat sea-weed."

"Oh..." mumbled Hans as his head became as red as his hair. He felt so stupid! "I'm sorry. I just thought..." The prince suddenly felt his dizziness increase, and he fell down.

The mermaid quickly hopped towards the prince to look to his wound. If she would pull it out...he would die from the blood loss. But if she didn't, it would infect for sure... "That wound doesn't look good..."

"Really?" laughed Hans as sweat began to appear on his face. "Hadn't noticed yet..." Both chuckled and Hans now took the time to take the siren in. She had green eyes, like him, but a bit more darker... and her tail...Hans looked amazed to the shimmering tale in the sun. It was orange-brown-gold...no, it was yellow...uh...red...The prince's eyes closed, and he fell asleep, with his head still on the mermaid's lap.