Treasuring the last mermaid (Now published so sample size only)

Chapter 1

Hello my awesome readers, this is a story that I'm going to write next year but I wanted to give you a sneak peak.
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Chapter 1

I still can't believe that it happened and it was over one hundred years ago now. The day I became the last mermaid to grace the oceans waters had started off with such joy. Yet I was the only one to see the tragedy. I will always be the only one to deal with the destruction of my species.

My father had made me hide the day they came for us. He tucked me away beneath the shelf of coral in the reef. I hid in the darkest depth of the ocean that he could find for me before they invaded our world.

It still hurts me when I think about that day. Every year I hold a remembrance on the tragic date it occurred. That's the only time I allow myself to cry over my loss.

I was the youngest mermaiden in the royal family and that day my excitement over my birthing day had me swimming wildly through the water. My family had laughed and smiled while encouraging me to frolic.

That day was supposed to be my official naming day, a special day in any merperson's life. In the royal family, it meant I was of age to find a partner, and take over duties within the palace. Such an auspicious day could shape a merperson's future, and it certainly did shape mine, but in a way that no one expected.

The merboy, I can still see his panicked face and the sound of his voice begging me to forgive him. The humans, the slow lumbering humans had saw him and followed him. I told him that everything would work out and what a lie that was. Still, I would never blame him.

I know now that the humans of that time had grown desperate. Food reminded scarce and the land wouldn't produce. A lot suffered from a war torn time that merpeople could never understand.

That's when they looked towards the ocean to stave off the desperate starvation. One of the fishermen, as the humans called themselves, discovered the boy. Of course, the merboy panicked and swam straight back to his home within the palace. He cared for our many sea horses, of which we once had the finest steeds.

Fishing boats in the hundreds darkened our sun dappled palace. At first, we couldn't understand what had blocked the shine of our glorious sun, but it didn't take long to see the ugliest of truths.

With my birthing day, every merperson attended from all across the seas to celebrate with me. I carry tremendous guilt knowing that day wiped out our civilisation.