The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid (from the perspective of the prince - tutorial exercise)

I’m celebrating my birthday on my ship. Everyone was having fun but it’s nothing special for me anymore as I have been celebrating it every year since the day I born, I’m used to it. I went out to catch some fresh air and flee myself with the wind and waves. Then, I saw something shiny far under the sea, I thought it was the reflection of my ship’s lighting. I did not bother at first but it coming closer and closer. When I look closer with tip toe, I fell into the sea.

Next day, I woke up in a temple. A girl from the temple came and greet me. I try to recall back what had happened. My ship sank due to a great storm, but before that…“Oh yeah! I saw a mermaid!” “I can’t believe I saw a mermaid!” Then, I hesitated. “This must not be true” “But then again I saw it with my own eyes!” I try to recall carefully. “Yes, the mermaid was real and … she is so beautiful.” I can never forget the ever first moment that I look at her, her beauty had engraved in my mind. “She saved me from drowning?”

A week after, my father, the king forced me to marry the girl from the temple, which he believed was the girl thar saved me on my birthday that day and also the main reason is that she is from the royals. I tried to refuse and did a lot of rebellious actions to go against my father as I could not forget the mermaid, the stunning girl I saw swimming under the sea. My eager and desire to meet her again were just beyond my control. “I think I’m deeply falling in love with her, a girl that I do not know who she is.” However, I cannot do anything but be obedient my parents. I’m the prince but I have no freedom, a freedom to marry the girl I loved. I’m disappointed and mad at myself. I walked by the seashore in the middle of the night, wishing she would appear in front of me again from the bottom my heart. “Please let me see you again.” I wished with a grieved heart.

The day has arrived. All the royals are dancing gracefully on my wedding. Suddenly, a good-looking girl appeared from nowhere, dancing stunningly in between, she dances like no one else. She charms the whole court with her dancing. Everyone give out their places prominently and attracted to this charming beautiful girl as well. I walked towards her and befriend her but she cannot communicate except her eyes and gestures. 

“What a beautiful blue watery eyes she got!” “But why I felt pain through her eyes?” “It inadvertently makes my heartache too.”

“Wait a minute! You look familiar. Did I meet you somewhere before?” She is not answering me. “Oh my goodness! Is her!!” “How can I take such a long time to recognize her?” “Nice to meet you, my mermaid.” I greeted her from my heart. I smiled at her, she smiled back at me. A brilliant smile that cannot be described into any framework of language.

“Now, let’s welcome our prince and princess!” my father announced to everyone proudly. Her eyes already filled with sadness and tears. “Oh baby, don’t cry. I love you more than anyone else.” “I knew it was you that day, you saved my life.” Now, I believed even more that we were deeply in love with each other. However, our inevitable fates separated us apart. The fate of us crashes my heart and crumble down. “Although I’m marrying another woman but please remember my heart forever with you. I know my love will be remembered so please don’t cry, give me chilling laughter instead of hot tears.”

Next day morning will be my wedding ceremony but I cannot put myself to sleep so I decided to wake up at the midnight, look up to the sky. The moonbeam reminds me your shining smile. Then I walked to the seashore again and I saw a batch of mermaids swim to me, they were your sisters. They told me that you have drank a potion that offered from The Sea Witch to rid yourself of your tail and grow legs but it will cause you in horrendous pain when you walk or dance. My tears start to fall down slowly on my cheeks. I cannot imagine how pain are you in when you dancing in front of me. You even had given out your voice to The Sea Witch. “How much sacrifices and risks you have taken up for me?”  They even told me you will only gain a human soul if I marry you. Otherwise, you will die and not live the normal mermaid lifespan of 300 years. I cannot stand it anymore. I kneel down and cry out loud like a baby. “I love you but I can’t marry you, what should I do?” I am so mad and angry at myself of being such a coward to against my father and sacrifice. My heart breaks.

I knew she could become a mermaid again if she uses the magical knife to kill me and let my blood touches her legs. I think this is the only thing I can do for her which is to let her murder me. I went back to my castle and go back to my bed without fear. “Even if I take a brutal action, I can manage if it was for you so please don’t hesitate when you come to me, I will give myself to you, and I will protect you!” I cried myself into sleep.

Next day, the early sunlight came down and brightened up my room. A blinding force that reminds me of her comes down. She did not kill me instead throws herself into the sea and dissolves into sea foam. She becomes a spirit daughter of the air who will gain an immortal soul after 300 years, a spirit that lives in the sky.