Broken Hearts: A Miraculous Tail

Broken Hearts

I have barely gotten any sleep since mom’s disappearance almost two years ago. I never really experienced absolute sadness before, with lots of money I got everything I wanted. I spent most of my time with my mother because of my father being away with his fashion line.  I did try my best to enjoy those times when I was little but after a while, I started getting bored of them because a small kid just needs some friends his age. I feel guilty now for not wanting to spent more time with her.

I was just about to head out school when father came downstairs with his phone. He had it on speakerphone so that we both could hear it. It had appeared to be the police calling about mother. I began to listen closely. They said that they had found mother but the tone that they said of in was not so merry. Father seemed to notice that too because he picked up the phone and turned off speak phone walked out of the room. Many questions swarm through my head.

All my questions were going to get their answers as father walked back into the dining room. He looked sad which made me a little worried but much more confused. Walking over to him, I asked, "How come everyone is so sad if they had found mom?"
He looked away "She's not coming home." I looked at him not knowing what he meant by that until he said the heartbreaking words. "She's dead." Those two words hit me hard. I did not know what to think. Tears started filling my eyes. How can this be true!? I ran to my bedroom, flopped down on my bed, and started to cry.

I cried until there was no more tears left to cry knowing that it would not help anything though but who would not cry at a time like this. Father had not even come up to comfort me but in his defense, I just left him down there alone. I know that was horrible but what I was about to do was much worse. It was hard on him already with mother gone but I decided it would be best if I left. I packed my bag with clothes, money, and other things that would be able to get me through most of the week. Climbing out the window I really did not think of how this was going to hurt him what I thought is that he would never even notice my absences.

Hours pass by and unfortunately, it starts to rain. I look around knowing I had nowhere to call home. I wouldn't turn back and head to the realization that mother wasn't ever walking through the front door again even though I hadn't seen her in almost a year and a half. I just keep walking through the downpour of rain.

Soon I manage to get to the place were to ocean begins. I breathe in the salty air and watch as the moonlight shines into the water. My cruel mind pictures how mother would just describe this scenery as beautifully as she would paint it. That was the thought that brought tears back to my eyes. I quickly wiped the tears from my eyes as a short, older man walks over to me.

The man had noticed my few tears and decided to ask me "What’s with all the bitter emotions?"

I wiped my eyes and looked down. Shifting my weight from foot to foot with this uncomfortably question. "It's just that my mother she... she was found... My mother is no longer with us." I began to cry again.
The man looked at me and said, "Put all these unhappy emotions a side and do something." I stopped my tears and just glared at the old man.
"My mother is--!" Luckily, before I could finish that horrible sentence he interrupts me.
"Young man, if you want your mother back just make a wish on the sea maiden's young heart. Surely you know of this..."
My sadness turns to other awful emotions quickly as he hands me a knife and fishing supplies. "You think my mother's passing is a joke? You really just want me to wish upon a heart of a mythical creature for her life back!?"
This man just looks at me with a serious stare. "If you think I'm lying then fine just know this is the only way to get you mother back.”
I look down and the stuff and look back up to ask him had to find this creature but he somehow disappeared or something. I head to the edge of the water with the supplies. Looking in at the ocean to see if I could find this sea-maiden, I soon think this over realizing this is just a bunch of nonsense or so I think it is. I stand up straight and I was just about to go back to the area I meet the man when I look in the distance and she a pair of bluebell eyes looking at me. I blink a few time to make sure I’m not seeing things but with my luck the eyes had vanished. "I must be seeing--" I gasp when I soon notice a young woman looking at me. She had black hair that had a blueish coloring to it in the moonlight, lovely and curious blue bell eyes, and wore a red and black dotted top. The beauty that one women could possess astonished me.

This young woman seemed interested in me or so I thought. When I stepped forward to see why she was in water this late and to get a better view of such perfection she dove right in the water. However, when see did her tail that looked of pure ruby but moved with such grace had come above the water. For a few seconds I was lost in my thoughts of this wonderful maiden but I soon snapped out of the trance and reached for my gear. Well collecting the items, I managed to get soaked somehow. I looked up to the mermaid now giggling. I almost glared at her but the sound of that laugh sounded so much of a tinkering of a bell just made me want her more. What was wrong with me? I had just seen this make belief creature and now my heart skips a beat just looking at her.

The mermaid swims as close as possible and I find myself stepping into the waters. "Hello sir, I'm Marinette. Who might you be?" Her voice was the nicest sounding voice ever. I could just imagine her singing.

A few sounds pass by and Marinette looks at me confused. I soon notice that I was supposed to answer her question. "Oh I'm sorry, Marinette. My name’s Adrien.”

She smiles and says “Hello, Adrien.” I begin to smile when I have her magnificent voice say my name. “What brings you here this late at night” She looks at me with great curiosity.

I look away full of disgrace of what I really came for. While thoughts of sorrow went through my mind, she looked over and saw that I had a knife sitting right next to me. I could tell by the sound of the water that she moved back, putting a small gap between us. "You are here for the wish that was set upon my heart weren't you," she asked with the saddest tone ever. It hurt to hear her sound like that because of me. She probably has been lonely out here in the sea. Too full of shame I sit quietly not looking up until I heard sobbing. "People only ever want my heart! Nobody comes down here to befriend me. I know you wouldn't want to be my friend." She splashes me but this time it was not playful. "Just put me out of my misery. I'm sure your wish would be much better than my life." She closes her eyes most likely expecting me to slash her with the cold blade but instead I pull her in for a kiss. Upset she pushes me away demanding that I finish what I came for.

I pick up my knife knowing this is what she wanted. Full of utter sadness, I quickly cut open her chest and grab the heart. It still beating in my hands. I began to cry at the sight of it. "I wish for Marinette back." I wait for my wish to come true but it never does. I try again several time but when all of my hope was lost, I threw the heart into the water. Crying heavily, I sit there with her body in my arms. "I know we just meet but it seems that you have stolen my heart and I ruined all my chances with yours." I placed her body into the water and walk away. Not only did I not get mother back but also I had killed my soulmate. I was a murderer and I have to live with that all my life. Hands stained with the blood of my one true love. I shed my last tear as a purple butterfly flies into my silver ring. This delicate creature inflicted my soul with great and evil power. A new life for me had just begun.