« some people say mermaids don’t exist, I say they don’t want to believe them. »
A long time ago, maybe around 1820, nobody knows the right date, at times when they believed that mermaids really existed, a curse was given to the family that created this town. The Jones were the richest family of the country, they painted the most beautiful paintings ever, wrote the best books, played the most incredible songs, had the most amazing voices, the best that Mayland, the town, had was made by the Jones. The women that created Mayland was May Jones. She was the perfect captain, she loved the sea and its beings, so the town was created near the beach, the most beautiful beach of the country. one day, May, decided to travel to a forbidden area of the sea. People said it was hunted by mermaids and witches, but that’s just legends. Once May heard them, she decided she would be the one to figure out what was there. She traveled for some days with a big crew of young men, they didn’t saw land for 8 nights and 9 days. On the 9th night, a island was spotted by them. The island was small and deserted, there was only an old lady sited on a big rock by the sea, watching and hearing the strong waves. She was only wearing a black hood covering all her body, only her long grey hair was shown. She had a long stick, beautifully spiked, on her hands. The ship was going on her direction, the crew tried to turn the ship, to stop it, to avoid collide against the old lady, but they couldn’t do it. When the ship was almost touching the rock where the lady was, it stopped. Everyone stood up looking scared at each other, Captain May walking to the front, placing her hand on her sword, ready to fight, she looked brave like always. The lady got up, jumped into the prow of the ship and stood there like she was flying, always with her head covered, everyone stepped back except brave May. With a sudden movement the lady showed her face, red eyes, open mouth with a serpent tongue screaming leaving everyone deaf and making everyone fall on their knees. The whole crew fell dead, the only one alive was Captain May, she stood up weak, looked the witch in the eyes and whispered “I… I’m not scared…”. The old lady got close to her and said with an old, soft voice, calming May’s hears “you are the bravest person here, even being a woman, you don’t give up… I’ll give you a challenge Brave May… you’ll be cursed… you and your family are meant to rule this seas as beings of itself… once you have a baby girl, you’ll have until the full moon to walk by Mayland Beach’s sand and get in the sea… if you don’t… you, your husband, your daughter, every single one of your beloved will die on sunrise… that’s your curse May Jones… that’s the curse of the Jones for now on…” waving her stick up in the air, she left May Jones, the Brave, alone, on her knees, on the clean sand of Mayland Beach… scared…
