Eels

I am the little mermaid. Ursula, the sea witch, has just transformed me to a human, and her eel lackeys, Flotsam and Jetsam, guide me to the surface before I drown. When I break the water, Prince Eric’s ship floats before me, and I clamber up the anchor rope until I am lying spent on the deck.

On board the ship is like backstage at a Vegas show. It is an open floor plan all in white - white walls, white ceiling and white floor, with white bunks, white chests of drawers and white dressers with bulbous lighting framing their mirrors. All the drawers and dressers are open and overflowing with ultra-feminine clothing in pink and silver, purple and gold.

Prince Eric and I peer into the murky depths of the water where we can still see Flotsam and Jetsam swimming menacingly beneath the surface. I know then that if I tried to return to the ocean they will kill me, and so I stay on-board out of fear.

However, the two evil eels decide that they will not wait until the sun sets on the third day, but that they will kill me now. They too clamor up the anchor rope until they are writhing on the deck where we stand. Everyone scatters. Flotsam and Jetsam terrorize the crew, crawling, undulating, wriggling with surprising speed, chasing everyone, chasing me.

I run up the white ladder to the top of a white bunk, but they scurry and scuttle right up behind me. The rest of the crew is still running around frantic, panicked, and do not dare to help. I am alone and I cannot hide. I leap down from the bed and run to the place of the deck on which I came aboard. I plunge into and beneath the murky waves. They plunge after me in glee, pleased to know that their task to end my existence will soon be fulfilled.

I die.