Shallow Waters

Zaira is a young mermaid in a pod far off from the nearest human shore. Still, some ships will venture near their home and it was Zaira's job as Siren to lure them away with her song. And she did, because she hated the alternative.

Most pods don't have a Siren and so they have no choice but to destroy the ship and drown the sailors. Zaira had never personally witnessed this and she didn't plan to start when a storm hit while she lured a ship away.

You don't always get what you want.

Zaira finds herself in danger. Between the risk of humans finding out that she exists and her Matriarch having her killed for her crimes the only person she can rely on is a young fisherman named Eric.

Can she survive with the cruel laws of her pod, or will she be forced to risk shallow waters and dangerous humans?

*and that drawing of the mermaid is not mine!!!! I just kinda put words on it. I got it from an article about mermaids!*

This story is kind of what I wish The Little Mermaid actually was like... in a way. Yet still somehow an original story.