Fish out of water (Pirate Hetalia x Half Mermaid Reader)

Chapter Two

(The map above shows where the underwater kingdoms (In red) are located. It will be mentioned later in this chapter) 

Within seconds of jumping into the cold ocean water, my human feet transformed into a long, magnificent (F/C) Fishtail. My scales shone brightly, reflecting the sunlight which peaked through the waves. I grabbed my clothes, which now floated in the water and shoved them into my satchel. With one powerful push from my tail, I was already miles away from the shore. Hopefully, dad hasn't realized I'm gone yet, he hated it when I went on land without his permission. He hasn't had the best of experiences with humans, well aside from my mother. She was the one who showed my father that not all humans are as bad as we thought. I never got to meet my mother, I only know her from the stories my father tells me. I guess that was one of the reasons I started going onto the mainland, I prayed that if I searched hard enough I'd find her. But no matter how hard I searched... I never found her. From the stories my father has told me she sounded like a goddess. Her hair was as gold as the sun itself, her eyes were as green as the ocean if not greener. Her skin was like porcine, smooth and silk-like. He said I resembled her a lot but the way he described her... I couldn't imagine being that beautiful. He said his favorite thing about her was her voice, It was smooth and angelic like. When she sang, god when she, he said it was like the world stopped and all he could hear was her beautiful voice resonating with the waves. Usually it's the human being entranced in our songs but in this case, things were switched, he got to see what it was like to be on the receiving end of the voice, and he loved it. Every second with her was like being in heaven, she could melt all his problems away with a single smile. She was like a drug to him, and he just couldn't get enough. But all good things must come to an end... a short while after I was born my mother was letting me play in the water with some of her friend's children. There were some fishermen around, pulling in their latest haul in and preparing to sell it. Apparently... that was the first time it happened, the first time I transformed. Everyone around us froze, their eyes glued on me and their mouths wide open. My father didn't really say how my mother got me out of there, he probably didn't know himself to be honest. But my mother wasted no time in finding my father and handing me to him. She said it wasn't safe anymore... she said she needed to leave. My father said he tried to take her with him But she refused, she knew how the other mermaids would react to her and my father's relationship. He'd mentioned before how it was against the law to be seen by one let alone to produce a child with one. If they found out they'd certainly kill me and my father, without hesitation. My father said it broke his heart to leave her but he knew she was right, as he swam away he could hear the yells of some of the townsfolk. The last time he saw my mother was as the townsfolk pulled her away forcefully from the edge of the water. He went to their special spot every day for the next few months, but she never came. He still occasionally goes there, but I think it's purely for the nostalgic feel he gets when he's there. Maybe one day I'll find her, I wonder if she'd reconsider me?

As I swam deeper and deeper small schools of fish would occasionally pass me, most of them would scatter in fear while others would swim over to me and whisper words of praise. I giggled slightly as they gently pecked my cheek before swimming off to rejoin their school. After a few more moments of swimming, I eventually came across my home, the kingdom of Scytheas. In total there are seven different kingdoms; Scytheas, Littotis, Hydra, Merrai, Tena, Coanas and Tycada. Scytheas has a few similarities to the human world, it was basically the same except our homes are made of coral and old wood found from sunken ships. In an attempt to make our houses prettier merfolk often decorate them with trinkets they find laying/floating around. Mermaids like shiny and colorful things so even if they have no idea what the item is they'll take it anyway. Now that I think about it that's kind of dangerous... what if it's a bomb or something... guess they'll find out the hard way. So far the weirdest things I've seen them use are forks and spoons, I think I even saw a pair of underwear once. Thing is they don't know what these items are so when I chuckle at it they get PISSED, probably cause mermaids are really proud creatures. The palace gates eventually came into view, two guards blocking the entry. They both swam in place, their backs almost as straight as an actual wall. One held a spear in his left hand while the other held one in his right.