The Mermaid Tale "If I Could Stand"
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If I could breathe air I would walk to shore.
If I could live out these waters I'd live life.
If I could dream I'd dream of the sun and the moon.
If I could be human I'd give up everything.
If I could stand I'd run to you.
The law. The number one deceptive and vindictive reality of a mermaid is to kill their human lover. Anastasia the ocean's most beautiful and irresistible mermaid has had anything she has ever wanted.
The mermaid community believed that killing their human lover showed a sign of strength and extreme power, but to Anastasia it was plain cruel and she refused to accept any partake in the barbaric games.
This angered her father who cursed her and mercilessly kept her soul in a sea shell for two years and then abandoned her.
Two years later, she wakes up alone in the dark cursed sea. As months pass on she loses her hope and develops the crave to become human.
Not only, does she dream of having two legs but falls in love with a beautiful Italian boy who attends the prestigious private school not far from where she lived.
Through the eyes of Anastasia we see a true fantasy form. Not just a regular fantasy you read but the fantasy that has developed in her own mind of how true life is.
She has a wish. Wish granted.
Blood, and tears are spilled. Hearts are broken. New love forms. Secrets are unleashed. As the human world for her unfolds she begins to see the differences of both worlds.
The hardest part is surviving it and letting go of what started it all in the first place.
A true fantasy.
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