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Lightening strikes in the distance as the merman tried to prop himself up on his arms, breathing heavily as  blood dripped out from the corner of his mouth and the large  wound across his chest. A young girl about 16 or 17 ran toward him from the large manner tears streaming down her face the wind whipping both her Brown hair and the skirt of her dress behind her but before she could reach him a large man grabbed her from behind and held her there “No let go of me!” she screamed. The merman looked into the rough  face of the girl’s father.
      “Why, why are you doing this?” the merman asked.
      “Because I refuse to let my only daughter wed a demon like you!” the father replied  kicking the merman in the side. The merman flinched as the older man’s foot  made contact. The girl’s father made a motion with his hand suddenly the merman was surrounded by five large men carrying large spears in their hands, effectively blocking him from the view of the girl but she could still see the men raise their spears and bring them down with a some what muffled yet sickening thud.

        “No!” the girl screamed and broke free of the man trying to restrain her. She ran to the merman’s side tears in her eyes.                                                                   “ My love  please don’t cry”he said lightly touching her cheek as her tears spilled down her face. The girl could see every word was laboured.
      “How can I not cry when you are dying in front of my eyes yet I know there is nothing I can do?” she asked sobbing  slightly.
         “ but there is one thing you can do for me” he said
         “ What is it?” she cried
         “Please put me back in the water. I shall be healed upon returning” he told her.
        “ Of corse” she replied. Immediately she started  pushing  him back into the water but her father roughly pushed her out of the way then delivered the final blow right in the merman’s heart. He coughed  sending flecks of blood everywhere. Agin the girl ran to him but she was to late he was already dead. His once flowing blond hair was now stained and matted with his blood, his eyes once two blue dazzling sapphires, now lifeless and hallow gazing back at her.
         “Bury him in the church graveyard” the girl’s father barked out. The girl looked up with angry tearful eyes.

         “ You will not you will send him back into the water so that his own kind can bury him!” she screamed at her father, tears streaming down her face.
         “He will be buried in the church graveyard to purify his body as his soul is already on its way to the devil.” He said turning his gaze to her “and you will be obedient and go back to the house and prepare for your betrothal ceremony!” he raised his voice one the last word.
         “ No!” she cried and quickly got up and ran to the cliff’s edge then jumped to the jagged rocks below “please god... let me die and painless  quick death.”

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Lightening strikes in the distance as the merman tried to prop himself up on his arms, breathing heavily as  blood dripped out from the corner of his mouth and the large  wound across his chest. A young girl about 16 or 17 ran toward him from the large manner tears streaming down her face the wind whipping both her Brown hair and the skirt of her dress behind her but before she could reach him a large man grabbed her from behind and held her there “No let go of me!” she screamed. The merman looked into the rough  face of the girl’s father.
      “Why, why are you doing this?” the merman asked.
      “Because I refuse to let my only daughter wed a demon like you!” the father replied  kicking the merman in the side. The merman flinched as the older man’s foot  made contact. The girl’s father made a motion with his hand suddenly the merman was surrounded by five large men carrying large spears in their hands, effectively blocking him from the view of the girl but she could still see the men raise their spears and bring them down with a some what muffled yet sickening thud.

        “No!” the girl screamed and broke free of the man trying to restrain her. She ran to the merman’s side tears in her eyes.                                                                   “ My love  please don’t cry”he said lightly touching her cheek as her tears spilled down her face. The girl could see every word was laboured.
      “How can I not cry when you are dying in front of my eyes yet I know there is nothing I can do?” she asked sobbing  slightly.
         “ but there is one thing you can do for me” he said
         “ What is it?” she cried
         “Please put me back in the water. I shall be healed upon returning” he told her.
        “ Of corse” she replied. Immediately she started  pushing  him back into the water but her father roughly pushed her out of the way then delivered the final blow right in the merman’s heart. He coughed  sending flecks of blood everywhere. Agin the girl ran to him but she was to late he was already dead. His once flowing blond hair was now stained and matted with his blood, his eyes once two blue dazzling sapphires, now lifeless and hallow gazing back at her.
         “Bury him in the church graveyard” the girl’s father barked out. The girl looked up with angry tearful eyes.

         “ You will not you will send him back into the water so that his own kind can bury him!” she screamed at her father, tears streaming down her face.
         “He will be buried in the church graveyard to purify his body as his soul is already on its way to the devil.” He said turning his gaze to her “and you will be obedient and go back to the house and prepare for your betrothal ceremony!” he raised his voice one the last word.
         “ No!” she cried and quickly got up and ran to the cliff’s edge then jumped to the jagged rocks below “please god... let me die and painless  quick death.”