A teenager tries to recall the events leading to the disappearance of his brother's girlfriend years before.

[completed; editing] Tala, a young woman born into an isolated tribe in the Phillippines, yearns to break free from the strict rules of her "mermaid" life. After struggling to complete the rituals and traditions she was raised to believe, she meets a Spanish sailor. Their love affair is quickly uncovered and she finds herself in the outside world where her emotions and newfound knowledge will challenge her to make a hard decision - stay or leave the tribe. MERMAID SAVAGE is a fictional mermaid origin story that includes the history of early Spanish explorers in the Philippines.

They say the world used to turn. They say that night would follow day in an endless dance. They say that dawn rose, dusk fell, and we worshiped both sun and stars. That was a long time ago. The dance has died. The world has fallen still. We float through the heavens, one half always in light, one half always in shadow. Like the moth of our forests, one wing white and the other black, we are torn. My people are the fortunate. We live in daylight, blessed in the warmth of the sun. Yet across the line, the others lurk in eternal night, afraid... and alone in the dark. I was born in the light. I was sent into darkness. This is my story.