To Love a Mermaid

Ae Ri's POV

I woke up in the morning and took in my surroundings. I was in my bed with maids in my room.

I turned to the other side of the room and let the tears roll down my cheek. Today is just going to be like every other day.

I will take my bath, dress up for school, get into one of my flashy cars and then go to school.

My parents died the same day leaving me alone in this cruel world. They travelled to Paris and were coming back home in their private jet when it exploded.

I didn't even see their bodies because everything was burnt to ashes. I've always sworn and I'm still going to swear right now. Even if it's the last thing I do on earth, I'm going to avenge my parents death because I know they were murdered. That's a promise and I'm going to keep it.

I got up from bed after saying a quick prayer.

"Good morning Young Miss" the maids greeted bowing their heads

"Morning" I responded casually

They've gotten used to my cold attitudes ever since my parents died. Before my parents died, I was a sweet little girl.

I played with all the maids and I smiled at everyone all the time but all that changed the moment they died.

I became someone that made people quiver just at the mention of my name. I'm just 16 but I've achieved a lot of things and I plan to continue that way until I'm ready to take my revenge on my parents killers.

I don't know who killed them yet but I will start investigating once I'm ready.

I went into the bathroom to see my bath prepared already so I just took off my clothes and got into the bath tub.

I relaxed for about 5 minutes before washing my body. I came out of the bathroom and applied lotion on my skin.

I collected the clothes I will be wearing to school and dismissed them.

When my parents were alive, I don't allow anyone pick my clothes for me not to talk of dress up for me but I realize I have to be strict and instill fear in my enemies so they will know I'm not an easy catch.

I've been training ever since my parents died and I can boldly say I haven't met anyone that is a match for me when it comes to swordsmanship or archery.

I took a light breakfast of beacon and eggs after which I gulped down my tea before getting into my pink Lamborghini and headed to school.

Immediately I got to school, all the students cleared the way and I walked freely to class. I'm in highschool but still, most of the students are extremely scared of me.

It's just some of the boys and few of the girls that tend to act stubborn but they still know better not to cross paths with me.

When I was still that sweet me, I didn't have any friend too because to me, friends are betrayers. Not like anyone has ever betrayed me, I've just had that mindset ever since I was young.

School closed for the day and as usual, I went home. I ate lunch, took my bath and read my books before taking a short nap. When I woke up, I went to sharpen my swordsmanship and archery skills a little.

"Young miss, lunch is ready" a maid came to me just when I finished training

"I'm not hungry" I said coldly and walked away to my room

When I got to my room, I took off my clothes and got into the bath tub. I sat there for close to thirty minutes before deciding to head back to my room.

I can't be wasting time like this if I really want to avenge my parents death.

I wore a new set of clothes and went to my study to do my home work. When I was done, I took out my maths textbook and solved some questions.

My final year exam is around the corner and I can't afford to joke with it. Although I'm the best student in my school, I still study hard everyday because I don't want anyone else to take my first position.

Ye Jun's POV

School closed for the day and I picked my bag ready to go home as usual but I stopped when I noticed Ae Ri.

Immediately the students noticed her, they cleared the way for her and she passed freely.

She wasn't always like this as I heard from the other student. They said it was the death of her parents that made her this way but it doesn't make sense right?

If you were so humble before, will the death of your parents make you really rude and proud?

Geez! I don't know why I don't like her one bit. Maybe it's because she's proud and rude or something else.

Whatever! I should learn to mind my business. I came to school to learn, not to get angry at a girl that doesn't even know I exist.

I got on my bicycle and went home.

"I'm home!" I announced as I parked my bicycle outside

"Welcome home son, how was school?" Mom asked immediately I got in

"It was fine Mom! I didn't know you meant it when you said you'll be home early today" I teased

"Of course I meant it! I want to spend time with you and your sister"

"Oppa (brother)" I heard my little sister's voice behind me

"Little Ye Mi, how are you doing?"

"I'm not little, stop calling me little. I'm ten years old" she said counting her little fingers

"Of course, you're not little. Don't mind oppa! Big Ye Mi"

"Yeah, I love that instead!" she said nodding her head

Sometimes, I just think we're the happiest family in the world.

"Ye Jun! Ye Mi! Get dressed, were going out" Mom announced making Ye Mi jump up happily

She has always loved going out especially with Mom. I can imagine the trouble she's going to cause wherever we're going already.

*In the Mermaid world*

"Your Majesty, don't you think it's time we let the princess know about her powers? As the princess of this great kingdom, her parents were murdered but she hasn't even done a thing about it" a distant member of the Royal family said

"I agree with you! The princess has to know about her powers so she can deal with the fools that killed her parents" another person said

"You're not saying anything my queen" the first person said after a moment of silence

"If the princess returns, is she going to take over the throne?" the queen finally said for the first time

"Of course my queen! That's the right thing to do" someone answered

"Really? What about my daughter then? I've been the one ruling this kingdom ever since the king and queen died so you can't just give the throne to someone that knows nothing about this kingdom" the queen thundered

"But that was the agreement we made. The only reason why we made you queen was because you agreed to abdicate the throne immediately the princess arrives" one of the people present said

"Well, agreement can change. The princess can't take over the kingdom because she doesn't even know a thing.

How do you expect her to rule the kingdom when she has no idea how it's done? Fortunately for you, you have my daughter, Mi Cha here for you. She has learnt the duties and obligation of a ruler for over a year now and she's pretty good at it.

You saw it yourselves when she led our men to war with the neighboring kingdom three months ago. That's exactly the kind of queen we need" the queen concluded

"This isn't right Your Majesty and we won't take it" the people said and stormed off

"You haven't seen anything yet, I'm just starting with you. I ruled the kingdom for close to two years and you want to give it to someone that is going to be joining us for the first time? Why don't you try harder" the queen said withing her, a victorious smirk dancing around the corner of her lips

TBC.............

©️ Tricia

Ae Ri's POV

I woke up panting heavily with beads of sweat on my forehead. I haven't had any nightmare ever since the death of my parents so why did I have one now.

I don't even understand the dream I had, it would have been much better if I understood.

I lay back on my bed but I couldn't close my eyes because of how scared I was. I clutched the sheets tightly with my eyes wide open till it was 6am.

I quickly got down from my bed and switched on the lights. I prepared my bath myself without waiting for the maids and in no time, I was seated in the bath tub.

After bathing, I left the bathroom and went to my room to dress for school. It was when I was dressing that the maids just came in.

"Good morning young miss" they greeted bowing their heads

"Morning" I answered not sparing them a glance

"Gosh!! She's just too rude, do we look like her mate?" I heard in my head

I turned back to look at the maids and I saw their heads were still bowed

That voice sounded like that of the head maid but she wouldn't dare say a thing like that to my face, what's going on?

I took my eyes back to my lotion and continue applying it on my body.

"Just the lotion she's using is enough to feed thirty children throughout a week" I heard again

I looked back at the maids but it didn't look like anyone of them said anything so I decided to face them to see if they're playing a prank on me.

"Why is she staring at us like that? Does she wants to kill us the same way she killed her parents?" I heard in my head again

"Leave the room" I said slowly trying to be as calm as possible

"Y... Young...."

"Now!!!!!" I screamed

They scurried out and closed the door behind them.

What's wrong with me? All the things I heard just now, where did they come from? Can I now read minds?

No, no that's not it! I've been thinking too much lately. That's why I had a nightmare and that's why this is happening. I have to stop thinking now.

I wore my uniform and picked up my back heading downstairs.

I sat in the dining room and was about eating the bread and tea when I heard something.

"She definitely doesn't know that this would be her last meal. Just a sip of the tea and she's gone" I heard the head maid's voice in my head

Are they planning to kill me through poison? I stood up abruptly and just left the house.

Different thoughts clouded my mind as I was seated in the car going to school. How come I can hear what is going on through people's mind?

That's not supposed to be possible right? But if it's not possible, what's the meaning of those things I've been hearing since I woke up?

I guess I'll find out when I get to school. I will see if I'm able to read the mind of the students before concluding in anything.

Few minutes later, we arrived at my school and I got down from the car and walked to class.

As usual, everyone cleared the way for me and I just walked to class but not before hearing the thought of one of the students.

"She's just too full of herself. I'm sure she killed her parents so she can have all their wealth to herself. Witch!!"

I stopped and stared at the girl. When she noticed me staring at her, she became scared and quickly bowed her head.

It means I heard right and yes, I can read minds. I think I'm done for!!

So everyone of them think I killed my parents, but why? Why will I kill the people I love so much when I'm not insane?

I took my eyes away from the girl and walked to my class. When I got in, I met the new transfer student and it's like I felt a connection with him.

I stared at him for a while before sitting down.

"Why did she come early today? Gosh!! Her arrogant behaviour disgusts me a lot" he said and I don't know why, but I felt a sting in my heart

"I just wish she leaves this school and never returns" he said in his mind again

"Can you please just stop it? Your thoughts are too loud" I said trying as much as possible not to show my emotions when I couldn't take it anymore

He raised his head and stared at me wide eyed

"Are you talking to me?" he asked pointing at himself but I just nodded my head

"You read minds?" he asked but I kept quiet and just brought out one of my books to read

Ye Jun's POV

I stared at the girl seated not too far from me. Is she human? Nah, I doubt that!

How will she be able to read someone else's mind if she's not supernatural? I stared at her quietly for a while before leaving the class.

I went to the library and pondered over what I just encountered few minutes ago.

"If she's not human, then what is she?" I asked myself a question which I had no answer to over and over again

After signing in frustration for a while, I stood up and began searching for books about supernatural in the library. Why didn't I think of it earlier?

I searched and searched until I finally found one. It looked old and rough probably because no one is interested in it.

I took it and went back to where I sat before opening the books.

The first one I came across was vampires.

They're known to be blood sucking creatures and I know that too but I never believed they exist.

I searched for their characteristics and it wasn't long before I found the one that said they read minds.

If this is true, does that mean Ae Ri is a vampire? If she's one, it means she sucks blood?

I gasped in shock and covered my mouth with my palm as realization dawned on me. I can't just concluded yet, let me check other supernatural.

I opened to the next page and found werewolves. I got interested in werewolves at a time and searched for everything about them but I don't think I saw anything that has to do with mind reading. Checking it once more won't hurt.

I read the characteristics from the beginning to the end but I didn't see anyone that said they could read thoughts.

The only thing I saw was that they could read the thoughts of their pack members whenever they're in their wolf form.

I opened to the next page and saw mermaids. I've never liked mermaids from the start and I don't know why.

I wanted to open another page but I decided to check the mermaid out first. I checked the characteristics but I didn't see anything about reading of minds so I moved on to the next one. I shouldn't have wasted my time.

I checked the last one there and found witches. Witches have always been known to be very powerful and I also knew that before.

If Ae Ri is a witch, then we're done for. But she doesn't look like a witch to me.

"Can you recognize a witch?" my subconscious mocked

I can't recognize a witch but her behaviour is supposed to be different if she's a witch.

So it means she's either a vampire or a witch but none of them suits her. She's really gentle and quiet. Although, she's rude and arrogant but I still don't think she can be a vampire or witch.

Ahh!!! I'm going crazy! I think I'm going to change school because I can't be in the same class with a strange person that can kill me within few seconds.

I'm really scared now.

"Mom, I don't want to be in this school anymore" I said within me as I left the library

TBC............

©️ Tricia

Ae Ri's POV

Immediately I got home after school, I went straight to my room and locked myself up.

Since when did I start reading people's mind? Although, it makes me know what is going through the mind of people around me and it saved me from poison today but still, a normal human being can't just suddenly start reading minds. It just doesn't makes sense to me.

I sat on the floor just behind the door as I broke down in tears.

"Mom, dad! I wish you were here. I miss you and I feel really lonely. No one in this world cares about me, can you please come back" I said to myself as more tears ran down my cheeks then I noticed something

As my tears dropped, they turned into pearls. I gasped in shock as I stared at the pearls on the floor. What the hell is happening to me?

It's not enough that I can read minds, my tears now turn to pearls? I think I'm cursed!

I stared at my room as fear engulfed me. Is someone playing a prank on me? What if a ghost is in this same room with me?

I shuddered at the thought and more tears streamed out of my eyes. I hugged myself tightly until I heard a sound in my room.

I searched everywhere but I didn't see who or what made the sound so I opened the door and ran out of the gates.

I ran to nowhere in particular. The guards tried running after me but they couldn't catch up with my pace.

It was not until after about three minutes that I realized my tears were turning to pearls on the road. I quickly wiped my face and find a quiet and hidden place to sit.

I didn't notice someone was behind me until I heard a voice.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" the voice asked

It was the voice of a male and somehow sounded familiar. I slowly turned back to look at the person and discovered it was the new student in my class.

What's his name again? I think it's Ye Jun or Ye Jin. His eyes widened in shock when he discovered I was the one.

"W... What are you doing here?" he stuttered getting scared

"Are you going to suck my blood?" he asked again and that was when I became utterly confused

"What are you talking about?" I asked wiping my face clean

"I know you're a vampire so quit the act" he finally said boldly after mustering enough courage

"A vampire? Do vampires exist?"

"I also thought they didn't exist but you proved me wrong?"

"How did I prove you wrong? Did my nails get longer or my teeth grew longer? Did you see me drink blood?" I asked angrily

"I... I... How do you explain what happened today then? You were able to read my minds and only vampires do that?" he said and I became scared

Only vampires read minds? Does that mean I'm a vampire? No!!!

"Why are you shaking your head?" he asked snapping me out of my thoughts

"I'm not a vampire. If you don't have anything to say, can you please leave me alone?"

"Fine then, you're not a vampire. What are you then?"

"Will you just shut up already?" I screamed at him with a tear rolling down my cheek

"Just leave, please" I whispered with my eyes closed

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad" he apologised

I slowly opened my eyes and cleaned my tears. I shouldn't be crying before him, he will see me as a weak girl.

"It's okay, I'm leaving now" I said standing up

"So soon?" he asked standing too

"Yeah. I just remember I have some things to do at home, maybe some other time. Bye!" I concluded and left before he could say a word

I walked slowly until I got home. The maids and guards stared at me strangely but I cared less.

I ignored them and went to my room locking myself up again. Where am I supposed to eat now? I don't know if they'll try to poison me again.

I hugged myself and slept in my bed. Although I was really scared, I don't have a choice. I can't possibly ask a maid to come and sleep with me.

I woke up very early the next morning, took my bath and dressed for school. The maids arrived minutes later to see me fully dressed and they were shocked.

"I wonder where those pearls came from" one of the maids said in her mind

They must have seen some pearls on the floor, it probably fell when I was running yesterday.

I pushed the thoughts behind me and went to my car. The driver drove me to school and I went to class.

The first person I met was Ye Jun. How come he's in school already? It's still very early.

My stomach rumbled and I remembered I haven't eaten breakfast and I skipped dinner yesterday too.

I walked quietly to my seat and dropped my bag. I took out some money and wanted going to the cafeteria when Ye Jun spoke up.

"Are you going to act like you didn't see me?" he asked coming close to me and I gulped nervously

I don't know why but ever since I discovered strange things about me, I've been scared of almost everything.

"Good morning" he said when I wasn't responding

"Morning" I said when I was a bit calm

"Why did you ignore me?" he asked again

"I didn't ignore you. I'm hungry so I want to get something to eat" I lied staring at my feet

"Why do I have a feeling you're lying? Anyway, let's go together" he offered and I snapped my head to him

"Thanks, but I'll prefer going alone" I blurted

"We're friends right? Friends walk together and do things together" he said making me scoff

"Friends? Who told you we're friends?"

"Aren't we friends? We spoke to each other yesterday"

"That doesn't mean we're friends, we only spoke to each other. Excuse me" I said and walked away

After getting what I needed, I headed back to class. Ye Jun was still seated there but I ignored him and ate my snacks.

Ye Jun's POV

I watched Ae Ri as she munched on the snacks slowly. I've always thought of her as an arrogant girl but yesterday made me think otherwise.

She was crying as she sat in that place not knowing I was there and immediately I said a word, she quickly wiped her tears.

Seeing her looking so vulnerable made me want to hold her and assure her things will be fine but I held myself back. Who knows what she will do?

I kept staring at her as she ate the snacks. How come I'm just noticing how beautiful she is?

"Can you just get rid of those thoughts please? My ears are full" she said and I became embarrassed

I totally forgot she could read minds. Why can't she stop listening to my thoughts? I'm sure there must be a way to stop it.

"Yeah, I guess so. I just wish I knew how to stop it, there's no joy in listening to people's thoughts. It's just so annoying" she said now looking at me

"So you mean you can't control it?" I asked and she nodded her head gently

"Wow! Are you human or a supernatural being?" I asked and I could notice the discomfort on her face when I asked the question

"What's wrong?" I asked her

She stared at me like she was contemplating if and should tell me or not before taking her eyes down and then she kept quiet.

"It's fine if you don't want to talk about it" I said calmly and left the class

TBC..........

©️ Tricia