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them because he thought to give them to me,” she said as she stared at their iridescent glow.
“I know that he was honoring you with such a gift, but it was still foolish. You remember how I told you that King Titan and his people were peaceful?”
“Yeah . ”
“Well that was true, until something happened later that forever changed the mer family. I told you how my father gave me a boat when your mother and I got married. It had been my gran dfathers and she was named the She ri Lynn . She was a sixty foot schooner and she sailed like a dream. We t raveled at least once a year to the South Pacific. There the water is warm and the islands are beautiful.
King Titan and his people worship God, only they call Him Arius; even the Mer need air to breathe. They don’t do it with crazy rituals, but with the way they live. They treat the entire pod as if they’re one family. They genuinely love and care for each other. They value all life, even human life. They would even risk their secret to save a drowning human and have m any times. Most that they save vow to never tell that they’ ve seen a mer. Occasionally, there might be one that tells, the mer know and they leave that area for a time. I guess eventually no one believes their story. They even only kill what they eat.
There is a place that only the mer can go in the South Pacific; it’s near the Challenger Deep which is the deepest part of the ocean. There they know where the black pearls are. They only harvest the oysters every ten years; that causes the pearls to grow to the size you have. Your mother wanted to gather some for a crown for you, because the mer usually give their princess daughters a crown when they turn the age of twelve. You had just turned three and she knew this was her chance to get them. Your grandparents went along and helped gather the pearls.
It was in the middle of the night and you and I were sleeping on the Sheri Lynn . A thick fog had rolled in and made it impossible to see. The mer have what you might call soldiers; that patrols the waters and keeps guard over the pod. There was a mer named Prince Tarrock and he was the head of the guard. He was also Prince Titus’ older brother and my closest friend. We were like brothers. The second in charge of the guard was named Darious. He is one of the dark ones...”
“What’s a dark one?” Lana asked.
“They’ re the mer that long ago mixed with the Native Americans that first lived on our island. They ha ve long black hair, dark eyes and a dark blue tail. They have always been considered to be equal to the others, only their line comes from King Titan’s sister and not from the royal line.
You might say that we were quite a threesome. Prince Tarrock and Darious kept guard under the surface and I usually kept guard on top. That night, everything went terribly wrong. I know I told you that your mother drowned. You might say that it was my way of keeping you away from the mer.”
“But why Dad, what happened?” Lana asked more interested than ever.
“Because of what happened that night. All I can think of was that your mother was so anxious to get back that she and her parents went ahead of the others. The guard hadn’t realized it until it was too late.
There w as a large Tuna Clipper named, t he Misty Blue . She had a crew of tw enty. She must have run silent because I never heard her. She had let down her net. Your mother and her parents didn’t see it until it was too late. The men quickly hauled up the net, and from what I was told by others, the Captain took one look at the pearls on your mother and grandmother’s heads and called for a harpoon. Some of the men on the Misty Blue must have seen past the pearls and saw the wonder of the mermaids. They tried to stop their Captain, but it was too late. He ran your mother, grandmother and
“I know that he was honoring you with such a gift, but it was still foolish. You remember how I told you that King Titan and his people were peaceful?”
“Yeah . ”
“Well that was true, until something happened later that forever changed the mer family. I told you how my father gave me a boat when your mother and I got married. It had been my gran dfathers and she was named the She ri Lynn . She was a sixty foot schooner and she sailed like a dream. We t raveled at least once a year to the South Pacific. There the water is warm and the islands are beautiful.
King Titan and his people worship God, only they call Him Arius; even the Mer need air to breathe. They don’t do it with crazy rituals, but with the way they live. They treat the entire pod as if they’re one family. They genuinely love and care for each other. They value all life, even human life. They would even risk their secret to save a drowning human and have m any times. Most that they save vow to never tell that they’ ve seen a mer. Occasionally, there might be one that tells, the mer know and they leave that area for a time. I guess eventually no one believes their story. They even only kill what they eat.
There is a place that only the mer can go in the South Pacific; it’s near the Challenger Deep which is the deepest part of the ocean. There they know where the black pearls are. They only harvest the oysters every ten years; that causes the pearls to grow to the size you have. Your mother wanted to gather some for a crown for you, because the mer usually give their princess daughters a crown when they turn the age of twelve. You had just turned three and she knew this was her chance to get them. Your grandparents went along and helped gather the pearls.
It was in the middle of the night and you and I were sleeping on the Sheri Lynn . A thick fog had rolled in and made it impossible to see. The mer have what you might call soldiers; that patrols the waters and keeps guard over the pod. There was a mer named Prince Tarrock and he was the head of the guard. He was also Prince Titus’ older brother and my closest friend. We were like brothers. The second in charge of the guard was named Darious. He is one of the dark ones...”
“What’s a dark one?” Lana asked.
“They’ re the mer that long ago mixed with the Native Americans that first lived on our island. They ha ve long black hair, dark eyes and a dark blue tail. They have always been considered to be equal to the others, only their line comes from King Titan’s sister and not from the royal line.
You might say that we were quite a threesome. Prince Tarrock and Darious kept guard under the surface and I usually kept guard on top. That night, everything went terribly wrong. I know I told you that your mother drowned. You might say that it was my way of keeping you away from the mer.”
“But why Dad, what happened?” Lana asked more interested than ever.
“Because of what happened that night. All I can think of was that your mother was so anxious to get back that she and her parents went ahead of the others. The guard hadn’t realized it until it was too late.
There w as a large Tuna Clipper named, t he Misty Blue . She had a crew of tw enty. She must have run silent because I never heard her. She had let down her net. Your mother and her parents didn’t see it until it was too late. The men quickly hauled up the net, and from what I was told by others, the Captain took one look at the pearls on your mother and grandmother’s heads and called for a harpoon. Some of the men on the Misty Blue must have seen past the pearls and saw the wonder of the mermaids. They tried to stop their Captain, but it was too late. He ran your mother, grandmother and
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