The Sea is calling...

One midnight, Thea just came home from her midnight swim when she saw her father and her sister, Karen, waiting for her. Just after Thea came in through the door, her father burst out his anger. She was supposed to be home at eleven but she forgot the time and realized it after one hour later. When she got home it was already one in the morning. Her father would surely ground her. Just as she predicted, she was grounded for two days.

The next day, she doesn’t really have anything to do, so she comes over to her neighbor’s house which belongs to her friend. She stays there for the whole day. Just before six, she come home and makes dinner for her father and sister. Her mother died when she was little.

                 

The next morning, she heard that there’s a new comer in town. Her town wasn’t really attractive and she lives in an island. So tourists come only in tourist season, but it’s only November, and tourist season is on December. But it doesn’t really matter anyway. She has seen them a few times now but not really talking to them. There’s something weird about them. They’re beautiful, flawless, and their hairs are like silks.

                 

One day, when Thea walks near the beach, she feels like there’s someone following her. But when she looks behind her back, there’s no one. Suddenly, everything becomes dark, and she feels that she is dragged by someone. When he or she stops dragging her, she is thrown to a corner and her blindfold is opened. When she has collected herself she sees the figure, it was Lenn, Kyle, and Roxy. After that, she was asked to drink something and after she drinks it, everything went dark and she fainted.

               

When she wakes up the next day, she is already in the beach, worn out. There were scars all over her body. She didn’t remember anything except drinking something. Her friend next door from her house, Alex and Thea’s sister, Karen came running towards her. They quickly carry her and bring her home then lay her on her bed. After they interrogate her, they left without any answer. Then she took a bath and saw that her scars are already healed. She got shocked but not screaming.

                

 The next day, she went over to Lenn, Kyle and Roxy and asked them what they did to her. Then they reveal to her what are they, and they’re actually sirens. Thea got shocked and Lenn said that she can’t go back to human or else she’ll die. If she wants to live, she has to go with them, but she won’t be back to her family and friends. So she made a decision and go with them.
-Audrey Flabian