The Pirate's Hook and the Princess's Song

Chapter 1

            Once upon a time, deep underneath the ocean blue, far beyond where any mortal human had ever dared to explore, lived a mermaid princess who dreamed of life on land. Her father, the king of the seas, disapproved of her hobby, and time and time again forbade her from going up to the surface.

           

            The final straw came when the princess confessed her love for a human she had rescued. Enraged, the king destroyed her beloved collection of human artifacts that she had collected for years, among them was a statue of the princess. Devastated, the princess sought out the king’s banished sister, the notorious sea witch.

           

            The sea witch made a deal with the princess- in exchange for legs, the princess would give up her voice for three days, and during those three days, she had to make the prince fall in love with her. But what the princess didn’t know was that the sea witch had evil intensions to restore herself to being the rightful ruler of the oceans.

           

            The princes found the princess on the beaches nearby his castle, and assumed that she was the survivor of a devastating shipwreck. Over the next two days, they grow close, and almost foil the sea witch’s plans for revenge against the princess’ father. She transforms herself into a beautiful maiden and gives herself the princess’ voice to hypnotize the prince with.

           

            The sea witch’s plan almost worked, if not for the princess disrupting the wedding between herself and the prince. A fight broke out, which ended when the princess smashed the sea witch’s seashell necklace that held her voice prisoner. Realizing that the princess was the one who saved his life, the prince rushed to kiss her just as the sun set.

           

            The princess transformed back into a mermaid and the sea witch kidnaped her, dragging her back underwater. The king furiously confronted the sea witch and demanded his daughter’s release, however the sea witch makes a deal- his crown for the princess.

           

            The sea witch stepped forward as the new queen, however before she could kill the king, the prince intervened with a harpoon. Enraged, the sea witch uses her dark magic to gain full control of the entire ocean, creating a storm and bringing sunken ships to the surface. The prince climbs onto a ship that he recognized as the one that his parents died on, and he impales the sea witch.

           

            Realizing that his daughter truly loves the prince, the king willingly changes her from a mermaid into a human and blesses their wedding.

           

            Less than a year later, a little girl was born to the prince and princess, now King and Queen, and was given the name Melody.

           

            And that’s where my story begins.