Little Mermaid: Book 2 Chapter 1

Verse 1
The Little Mermaid wept.

A single pearlescent tear fell from her eye,

and plunged mournfully downward.

She wept not for her "Prince Charming."

This tear was for her author,

Hans Christian Andersen,

the man who conceived her.

Innumerable sacrifices would be made for his revival.

The Little Mermaid wept.

Her amassing sins made her tremble.

Mermaid:

What am I to do?

Parrah:

There is only one answer.

Noya:

To meet your author, you have to kill.

Parrah:

So kill as many as you can, ok?

Mermaid:

But killing...

It's tragic.

Verse 2
In the Little Mermaid's grim tale,

she falls in love with a prince,

only to perish into seafoam.

Verse 3
The Little Mermaid

fell in love with a human prince

whose life she saved.

This was the first tragedy.

Verse 4
The love-struck mermaid forged

a deal with a witch---

her voice for legs to walk on land.

This was the second tragedy.

Verse 5
The prince mistook another

maiden as his savior,

and did not recognize the Little Mermaid.

This was the third tragedy.

Verse 6
And so the prince fell in love.

Not with the Little Mermaid,

but the maiden he mistook as his salvation.

This was the fourth tragedy.

Verse 7
Her sisters presented her with a dagger.

She was to slay the prince,

and in doing so return to mermaid form.

This was the fifth tragedy.

Verse 8
But the Little Mermaid could not

bring herself to kill the prince.

This was the sixth tragedy.

Verse 9
The Little Mermaid,

bereft of the prince's love,

perished, transforming into seafoam.

This was the seventh tragedy.

Verse 10
The Little Mermaid's story

is one replete with suffering.

It is a tale of unrequited love.

It is Andersen's masterpiece.

"It is the perfect story. And yet..."

"What does the Little Mermaid...

...desire once her author is revived?"

The mermaid sacrificed her own life.

This time, however, others would perish.

"What does she desire?"

Mermaid:

I just don't understand.

Parrah:

But you actually do, don't you?

Noya:

You really do know, don't you?

Parrah:

Little Mermaid, all you do is cry.

Noya:

But you realize now, don't you?

That is why...

"Tears fall,

glistening like morning dew.

Droplets like shooting stars,

tell of my desire."

It's a sorrowful story.

And yet a beautiful one.

Set ablaze with melancholy.

"Andersen, I beg of you...

Write me a story of even greater sorrow."

Misery, through the mermaid's demise into seafoam,

the essence of heartbreak.

Discordant Poem
The Little Mermaid.

Of all tragedies, none rival her tale

of love and sorrow.

Heartbroken, she withdrew into the sea.

Her story is one of

perfect harmony between

love and tragedy.

Why undo such perfection.

The Little Mermaid cried

tears of sheer beauty,

knowing full well that her misery

was what made them shine.