Malevolent Mermaid

"A side you cannot hide"

Ianthe P. O. V.
I had been riding this entire roller coaster of emotions for so long, i was feeling dizzy and lightheaded, as if every heartbeat i took was a punishment towards me for being alive and i ached in pain. My chest felt heavy, very heavy i could not take another one just yet, it was heavy from everything i had kept inside this entire time, i never revealed who i was really inside to anyone before, and for the first time i was willing to open my heart to someone, someone i do not even know fully who she is, but i was so full that i could not take it inside anymore, i needed a relief, and it was about time i let my tears fall into someone's shoulders and that heaviness was lifted away.
It is hard for me to say anything right now, but i will finally let my lips part and let sounds come out.
"Pearl, i trust you so much, and i really want you to listen to me and try to understand me, i never told any of this to anyone" i begged her as i had a huge rock forming in my throat.
"Always, Ianthe, always" Pearl tried to assure me that she would be there for me, even though i did not have positive thoughts of this not even for a second.
"See, i have known Decimis since i was very very young, we were both part of the 'Cortezs' Mermaid/Triton Royalty' but we were not royalty whatsoever, it was just the name of the civilization. Cortez was on lead, hence the name, he had a lot of power, and we were all under the name of him, we were not servants of some sort, Cortez was the best Triton the waters of the 'Arcanum Ocean' could ever splash its tail, he was the head.
There was the rule, of whenever we hit a certain decade of being around he would grant us certain power according to what we looked like and our traits we had.
I was the good looking one, but talentless, and not strong enough, but i could learn very fast and at that very time i did not know it.
But i so eagerly wanted Cortez power and authority, i was just so obsessed with the view of everyone respecting him and giving him all that he wanted, and it sucked to know i was the least valuable out of all of them. That is why Cortez named me Ianthe, the Ocean Nymph, and that was it. Nobody around ever had respect for me or trusted me for anything, but they all adored my looks and were easily captivated by my eyes. Me being eager for authority i was not going to accept staying this way, i wanted what Cortez had. I was wandering around the ocean to find something, an idea, anything, when i ran over a cave. A very small one, it had a rock as a door. I tried to move the rock but it was impossible. After so much force i managed to move it, when I entered inside i came across a very large room, had dozens of books in it, but this one particular one captured my attention. It was called 'The Secrecy of Power' i was captivated of course, i started moving the pages outrageously, and every word i read i could remember. That is when i discovered i could learn fast. I was checking all the superpowers and of course mine was the least valuable, beauty. I found this one power it was called "The Power of Control" and it should have been granted upon the King of Waves, and it certainly should have been a Triton, a boy, a girl should have not been granted that. Which i think was the reason i wanted to have that the most, i should have not been there at first case let alone grant myself a power I certainly did not deserve or was supposed to be granted.
I memorized every word i should have said and all the movements i needed, i ripped the page and took it with me. I was practicing all the time till i took control of it.
And my first mission was to destroy Cortez and whoever the King of Waves was.
After using my undeserving power for bad, i managed to destroy Cortez and his whole so called Royalty at a very young age. But i never found who the King of Waves was. I never stopped so i did find him, i wanted to crush his spirit and never make it happen that he becomes a takeover of this power, but boy when i saw him... he was the most beautiful creature ever. And i was not fully honest with him that i was the one who took over his power and created all of that chaos, in fact, i never told him who i was, his name was Fluctus at that time, which meant Waves.
We grew a very strong bond with one another, but i fed him up to my lies and made him feel awful about how bad Cortez had treated me and how he ran away without keeping his promises. So yes, i covered up Cortez case as if he ran away, and not that I destroyed him. Fluctus or Decimis or D believed everything i said.
Until one day Cortez decided to come back, and reveal my true identity, i was no longer Ianthe the Ocean Nymph, i was Ianthe Imperium Anahita, which meant the Ocean Nymph, Goddess of waters and Control. Cortez came back betrayed and painted a very bad picture of me, who i really was but i was so eager i did not accept anything he said. Poor Fluctus or Decimis believed me again and chose to run away with me. Over the years i fed him to my lies and acted like i cared about his lost power, which was now mine. At some point i started feeling guilty because I actually started feeling things towards him, i was going to tell him the truth, till he found it out by himself.
He was so ferocious towards me and he had all the reasons to be. And when the evil Old Lues Triton figured this, he was going to kill Fluctus at that time, because he was the only powerless creature. Meanwhile i had three powers of my own. I felt so guilty and if i had one chance to save Decimis now i would have used it. I talked to the Lues Triton and he told me the only way he could survive was if i gave him back his powers, which were mine now. I accepted it with tears in my eyes, it was the quickest decision i had ever made, i knew i wanted Decimis a lot more than i wanted power, so i agreed to give up.
Before the death of Decimis, they took my Control power, but along with that, they took my Goddess of the Waters title too, but i never agreed to this, and not being enough he took my Decimis too. He killed him right in front of my eyes after taking my power and because i was powerless i could not help him. I know i was an awful person and I deserved all of what happened to me but i never deserved to have the love of my life taken away from me.
Then eventually i figured this was Decimis malicious plan to take revenge on me for taking what was rightfully his, and then he disappeared.
This is me, this is the Ianthe i am, hungry for power and authority, full of ego. Judge me how you want now. But i know i am not the only bad guy of this story, Decimis did me so very wrong too!
But yes, this is a side of me i can never hide!"