Under the Sea 2017 Entry: Nadya's crimes aginst natures greatest force will not go unpunished.

A chance meeting of polar opposites. Their only common ground? Loneliness.

Marella was trained from infancy to be a warrior. She had one goal- to join her mother in the ranks of the Sea King's Elite. A position that has, for the last five generations, been held by every female born into her family. Everything changes when her mother is killed. She leaves Marella behind with an array of unanswered questions. Questions whose answers will lead her down an entirely different path. Answers that will leave her with a choice, a choice that has the potential to change the world forever. Join Marella as she searches for answers. As she makes both friends and enemies alike. As she realizes that her life isn't as simple as she first taught.

~My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold, There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold.~ In folklore mermaids are shown as delicate beautiful creatures, but to the men who live on the sea, mermaids are truly fearsome beasts. Pirates and sailors alike feared the mermaid, for few men ever lived to tell the tale of meeting one. Marina is a young mermaid, knowing little more than how to successfully seduce and devour her victims. Capturing the hearts of men was an art, they seldom needed lure with more than the promise of a kiss. A captain sets out on a journey to slay a rare black tailed mermaid in a twisted plot of revenge, using Marina as a tool. Yet the question remains: will Marina live through the events? And why can't she shake this eerie feeling that she has around the Captain, accompanied by an unsettling longing towards Jasper, a recent addition to the Captain's crew... (I do not own the images used in this story, I am truly terrible at computer art )

~ Finalist of The Under the Sea Writing Contest with @Jos1eDemuth and @BrittanieCharmintine ~ Clarissa was like any other high school girl until her mother died one night saving her life in dangerous waters. She became more of a recluse as time went on and her paranoid father banned her from entering the ocean. One night she finally gives in to her best friend, Stacy, and follows her out on a party boat where things may just get interesting for Clarissa when a storm throws her overboard and she pops a tail. She has been given a chance to basically start over with a new life as she discovers all the ocean has to offer. In the end she is given a choice and she must decide will she choose the ocean or the shore. -------------- This is a book I'm starting to write for Wattpad's month of mermaids and I hope you all enjoy.

(Excerpt from the story) At age fifteen, all creatures of the supernatural world are considered adults. There's a difference, between the girls and the guys, though. I don't know what happens to the guys exactly, but several things happen on the eve of a girls fifteenth birthday: their one power is unlocked, they are given a single strip of paper with their soulmates name and supernatural race on it, and one week to prepare to see them. Oh sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. Hi! My names Coralia and I am a mermaid. I have been both dreading and awaiting my fifteenth birthday since my older sister was rejected by her soulmate two years ago. And I have a feeling my love life's not gonna go so well either. Well there's just one species I hope I don't get paired with, and that's the vampire. A mermaid and a vampire have never been paired before and I'll let you in on why...

Huntley Reed's life has always been normal, at least that's what she thinks. Her parents have kept one particular secret from her all of her live. That secret is about to be told and not by her parents decision. Huntley's mother is a mermaid, but her father is human. Making Huntley half-human half-mermaid, but she doesn't know about her mom. Will the secret come out on its own time or be forced? It's on a limited time schedule considering she'll shift the first time, after submerging herself when she turns 18. Isaiah Rivera is the son to King Alexander, the ruler of the Kingdom of Halimeida, one of many kingdoms under the sea. Isaiah meets Huntley and knows that Huntley is his, and that he is hers. The only thing is that Huntley does not know that. Will Isaiah's father allow him to be with a half-human and half-mermaid and more importantly, will his kingdom? *Sorry I'm so bad at summaries :P I hope you enjoy reading :)*

**ENTRY FOR Jos1eDemuth and Brittanie Charmintine's UNDER THE SEA CONTEST** A short story of a deep-sea mermaid's journey to the surface.

Sometimes the simplest things can go astray. Like a boating trip across the bay...