FinFun Presents a Mermaid Story by Royal Mermaiden Zoey
“…Twenty-nine…Thirty! Ready or not, here he comes!” I called out.
Quickly I ducked back into my hiding spot. Cooper, my little turtle finfriend, was seeking for all us hiders. We were in the middle of a pretty intense game of hide-and-seek, my finfriends and I. In all, there were about twelve of us for Cooper to find. There are lots of clown fish playing, along with dolphins, some jellyfish, and a couple other types of fish. I love playing games with all types of finfriends!
My royal Mermaiden power is to control animals. They listen to me and have to do as I say, but I usually don’t make them do much unless they’re fighting. I hate watching animals fight, so I use my powers to calm them down and remind them to be kind to one another! The best way to do that is through games, in my opinion.
Speaking of games, I watched Cooper slowly making his way through the reef’s best hiding places. He sure is a good seeker! I crouched a little lower in my own hiding spot. I was situated in a long patch of seaweed at the bottom of the shallow part of our reefs. The seaweed was long enough to hide me and hidden enough not to be obvious! I was determined to win this game.
As I waited for Cooper to find me, I heard laughing a little ways off. Making sure that no one could see me, I pulled some of the grass out of the way and peered out into the ocean beyond the coral reef. Just then, a group of young mermen passed by my hiding spot. They were laughing and goofing around. I recognized them from around the kingdom. There was one merman in particular that I like to watch. He’s my latest splash. That’s what young merfolk call others our age that we think are cute. I never told anyone but Cooper about my splash, but I figure humans and merfolk need to learn to trust each other, so I’ll start off trusting you with my little secret.
The first time I saw him was while I was playing a different game of hide-and-seek. We were near my coral castle and it was just Cooper and me. I’d picked a really good hiding place and Cooper was having a tough time finding me. I’m not super patient, so after a while I was about to go find him. All of a sudden, I saw a little conch shell whiz past my hiding place in the kelp gardens. Then, there he was, chasing after it. He was so finsome! He was fast, too. Probably almost as fast as me! I wanted to duck out of my hiding place and say hello but suddenly, I got nervous and I couldn’t think of a single thing to say! That was so unlike me! Usually, I have a smart response for anything anyone throws my way. But that day in the gardens, I found myself tongue-tied. By the time I could finally get my thoughts together, he had disappeared as fast as he had come. I still wished I had said something, even now. Then maybe I could be out there playing games and laughing with him, too.
I watched curiously as he laughed with his mermates, joking and throwing conch shells around. I wished that I could join in! But what would I say? And, I reminded myself, the other mermaids and mermen are usually a little intimidated by me because I’m the princess. I sighed and really wished that could change. I love my power but it is a little lonely being me sometimes.
Just then, I felt something hit the back of my head. “Ouch!” I yelled, reaching back to find the culprit. The little shape was twisting through my light brown hair and I had to wrestle with it to get it out. Finally, I yanked the mischievous offender out of my hair and brought him to eye level. Cooper clucked his delight and studied his reflection in my light brown eyes. I chuckled and sat up in the grass, still holding him out in my hands. Above us, I saw all our other finfriends gathered, which meant I was the winner of our hide-and-seek game!
Suddenly, I heard some commotion coming from behind us, back in the direction of my splash and his mermates. As I turned to see what it was, I quickly tried to think of what I would say to him. But when I saw them, they weren’t looking at us at all. They had their backs to us and were staring down two enormous tiger sharks.
The long, hungry fish were making slow circles around the boys, making it impossible for them to swim away without getting caught. Sharks are usually not very interested in us merfolk, and I was surprised at their behavior! Sometimes they will attack if they’re starved or sick, but we’re the faster swimmers. I knew I had to do something… fast.
Quicker than one of those kangaroos on land—which I hear are pretty fast—I dove up and over the circle of mermen and headed right for the sharks. That got their attention alright. They stopped their prowling and glared up at me. I quickly looked right into their eyes and said in a commanding voice, “Behave yourselves, Mates! What’s gotten into you?! Swim away now, and don’t come back!”
The sullen sharks knew they had to obey me, but they didn’t have to be happy about it! I put my hands on my hips and watched them go. They left slowly, and I could see the tension in the mermen’s shoulders leave with them. Soon, they were just dark shadows disappearing into the ocean.
“She’s the Mermaiden,” I heard someone whisper. I turned around and as all three mermen immediately gasped and bowed from the waist. I tried not to groan. I know they have to bow to me because of my title, but sometimes it just feels so awkward.
After a few minutes of their rapid apologies for not recognizing me sooner and oh so many thank yous, I cut them off by raising my hand, just like my mermom had taught me.
“I accept your gratitude, loyal subjects,” I said in my most regal voice. I didn’t know what else to say! Secretly, I wished with all my heart they would just ask me to play their game with them. I glanced wistfully at the conch shell in one of the mermen’s hands.
“Please, Your Highness, what can we do to repay you for saving our lives?” my splash asked, looking at me with those big, dreamy sea green eyes. That was a good enough invitation for me! I grabbed the conch shell from the other boy’s hands and held it up.
“Let me play?” I realized how unprincess-like it sounded, but the shock in all three mermen’s eyes made me laugh instead of fix the sentence as my mermom would have done. Then my splash and his friends started laughing too, and without another word, we began to play.
Nov 1, 2018 at 2:28 am
Well, Zoey is a great friend.She even took me to the EAC. It’s so cool！I’m so lucky to have you Zoey
May 30, 2018 at 9:48 am
Is it just me or is that tail so pretttttyyyyyyy
May 3, 2018 at 12:06 pm
Zoey is definitely my fav!!!
Apr 29, 2018 at 6:18 pm
I have she tail!
Mar 13, 2018 at 6:10 pm
I love these stories! I’ve been reading them non stop! I even have a tail that is like obsidian’s! i hope summer will come soon so i can use my tail for the first time! i hope you and cooper swim freely forever! and im sure it’s ok to be unprincess like every now and then. but thats not for me to say. thats for you to say.
Mar 13, 2018 at 5:15 pm
I find it a little weird how im a 14 yr old boy that likes reading these stories. but im sure there are weirder things I could be doing. I even have a mermaid tail that is like Obsidians! cant wait till summer to try it out. I mostly got this tail to entertain the little ones and one day, I might just be a professional merman!
Jan 13, 2018 at 5:20 pm
I can’t wait to see how it does in the water
Jan 3, 2018 at 11:31 am
hey Zoey,I have a mermaid tail just like you
Feb 19, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Leila is my first name
Dec 26, 2017 at 10:45 am
Sometimes…a lot of the time, I really wish I could be a mermaid! And breath under water! How cool would that be?!
Jan 26, 2019 at 7:14 pm
I would love to have a merman as a boyfriend.It would be fintastic.
Jun 6, 2020 at 9:39 am
Yuck good for you but yucky for me, me never will get one human or merguy
Dec 13, 2017 at 12:28 pm
hey but i got the card from mercouncil that i am mermaid
Sep 12, 2017 at 10:38 am
I love that I am the mearmaid zoey
Aug 4, 2017 at 3:50 pm
My tail is the blue one like Zoey.I really like it and my little finfriend is turtle Copper.
I really love to swim.When i use tails i feel like real mermaid
Jun 26, 2017 at 2:02 pm
Super cool!!!!!!
Jun 13, 2017 at 7:15 pm
I looooooooooooooooooooooooooove the tail so much!!!!!! it is so beautiful!
Jul 13, 2017 at 10:34 pm
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May 30, 2017 at 5:11 pm
I love you so much! I have your tail and I will say, it is beautiful!
May 25, 2017 at 4:11 pm
zoe very pritty my sisters name is zoe!
May 25, 2017 at 4:09 pm
i just love mermaids!
May 25, 2017 at 4:08 pm
i love mermaids i love just love finfun.com website its very nice that you guys desided to do this stuff again thank you so much
May 24, 2017 at 5:41 pm
Zoey is so beautiful
Apr 23, 2017 at 8:43 am
I love her
Feb 21, 2017 at 12:34 pm
I have Zoey’s tail!!!
Feb 20, 2017 at 5:11 am
I have Zoe’s fin fun tail and love animals just like her were like twins
I got it of santa
Feb 17, 2017 at 9:17 pm
I have zoeys tail
Apr 11, 2018 at 11:02 pm
your lucky:(
Feb 10, 2017 at 8:11 pm
That turtle is sooo animated?
Jan 29, 2017 at 5:36 pm
Zoe seems a lot like me XD