▐ Pirate Finnick Odair x Mermaid Annie Cresta
𓏺 summary : For years Mermaids and Humans have had their differences. Nobody knew how this hatred started, yet nobody cared to ask. In the day, Everyones human. Everyone walks freely and lives normally, However at night..Many disappear. Every full moon regardless of where you are, if you are a mermaid you turn— which instantly makes humans act. People thought this would last forever..until a couple of pirates stepped in.
|၊ Notes : Fighting, Manipulation, Harm to Mermaids, Unexpected love, Memory loss, Annie doesn’t remember how she became a human, Snow tortured Annie and messes with her memory every time she turns into a human, Water doesn’t transform the mermaids, There are many ocs, Obsession, The districts aren’t separated but they are still called “1..2..3”(will be mentioned in one of the chapters.)
There was a cold breeze that pushed through the air.
Annie could feel it closer than usual today— a lot closer. The girl slowly began to open her eyes only to see she wasn’t surrounded by deep blue and colorful corals anymore. She was on land. Immediate panic shot through Annie’s body causing her to stand up.
She moved her hands all over her body and looked down to see feet. Not a tail. Feet. Realization finally hit, causing the girl to let out a loud scream. This scream caused her two friends to awaken immediately, however..they seemed rather used to this. Marianne let out an annoyed groan as she stood up walking over to Annie and shaking her.
“Annie! You can’t keep acting like this every time we turn!” Marianne spoke with clear irritation in her voice.
“W-..What!? How can you be so calm?” The words let Annie’s mouth all at once. If her friends weren’t so used to this then they wouldn’t understand a thing. From behind the two girls, Lucian slowly rose up and rubbed her head, also reacting to the sand a little. Must’ve hit something.
“Ann..We talked about this yesterday remember..?” She spoke softly as she made her way over. The girl was a little shorter than Annie but still met her right in the eyes. She looked at Annie before making a different expression. “Every 3 days after a full moon we gain legs, ringing any bells?”
“We’ll turn back into mermaids once the full moon rises?” She had a little more firmness in her voice, pushing even harder. Yet there was still no reaction. This made Marianne scoff and Lucian look down at the ground.
“Let’s..Let’s just go find Cashmere.” Lucian gave a gentle smile towards Annie then started walking. The name Cashmere was something Annie didn’t forget, One of her best friends yet still an enemy..frenemy?
The three girls walked for a while. Two of them completely used to walking and one of them wobbling a little. Annie. They walked from the beach to a large village. The people here knew the girls— just not their secrets. Almost nobody knew when someone was a mermaid. Many suspected that mermaids refuse to touch land in fear of getting cooked or harmed. Truth was they just hide among the humans and sneak away before the full moon popped out.
It wasn’t a surprise to see Annie wobbling, just like usual everyone gave a concerned look but knew it’d be gone in just a few hours. In all honesty Annie had figured out how to walk again when they were the beach; her reason for wobbling now was because of how scared she was…but she can’t show it. Not out here.
The girls continued to walk until they reached a medium sized house with small “do not disturb” signs on the door. That sign was for everyone expect those three..mostly everyone.
Lucian walked up to the door and knocked three gentle times..then a fourth after waiting a couple of seconds. That was her code to the person who lived inside. They waited a couple of seconds before the door opened and a somewhat muscular man held his head out to look around.
“Just you three right?” He spoke quietly as if someone was ease dropping. Lucian nodded which caused the guy to move and let the girls in.
The Inside smelled like a warm vanilla, leaving a cozy feeling inside. Once the front door shut, everyone was left in an amber lighting. Soon after the girls arrived, a tall beautiful woman with blond hair stepped out of a room. A small smile formed on her lips as she rushed over.
“I’m glad to see you guys alright,” Her voice sounded sincere but you couldn’t ALWAYS trust cashmere..she’s had her moments. She turned to look at Annie who seemed like she could break any moment. “Is she doing it again?”
“Give her another few minutes. I guarantee she’ll be fine.” Marianne spoke with annoyance. It wasn’t because of Annie in general— but because of the fact they had to keep dealing with this. Annie clearly only had some type of memory mount function during or right after changing into a human. Not to mention the fact her head always looked..sore. Nobody payed any attention to it though.
Everyone sat down for a while, Not talking about the transformation. There was no point. They sat and talked about mermen instead. The only two who seemed uninterested was Annie and Cashmere’s brother gloss, the guy who opened the door earlier, and Annie because..she never showed interest in mermen. Annie seems to find more interest in human boys instead. She can remember the people she sees on land..but only as mermen. Which was..odd but she got over it fast.
Mid conversation- there was a loud ruckus coming from outside. As if in sync, everyone stood up immediately and made their way to the nearest window. Ladies, Kids, and men ran towards the docks, a little close to where the girls woke up.
“What’s that all about?” Annie spoke. Lucian, Marianne, and Cashmere shrugged.
Gloss however formed a smile on his face. He reached onto the table and grabbed something before heading to the door. “Just some friends. Come.” He opened the door and walked out. Each girl showed a look of confusion before following him out.
Each girl shared an equal amount of confusion. Cashmere and Lucina talked about small possibilities while Marianne and Annie acted like Children.
“Did they find a mermaid!?”
“No, they would have transformed before they reached land.”
“Yes but what if someone saw them!”
“How could they see? It happens in the water!”
“Okay but-” Before another word could escape Annie’s lips, She gasped at the sight of two gigantic ships.
The girls followed her reaction, meanwhile Gloss laughed. The guy pushed through the crowd to the front with his friends and sister behind him. They all stood there waiting, along with at least a 100 men and women combined.
After a moment, Four people stepped up into view leaning over the ship. Pirates.
Two of them looked like regular pirates yet still got cheers...but the other two were gorgeous. One of them was a girl, dark brown hair and cherry red lips. Guys and some girls fangirled over her.
On the other hand..This guy was the best looking out of them all. He had light brown/bronze hair and beautiful eyes that could be stared into all day. When he smiled his dimples showed, he set down his sword and blew kisses at the crowd below, making many erupt in cheers. Annie happened to be one of the people fangirling but in a whole different way..calmer.
She stood there not talking at all..just staring. Staring into the beautiful eyes of the guy. She was so lost in his gaze that she was completely oblivious to the fact he threw his pirate hat— and it landed DIRECTLY on her head. Amazing Aim.
It took a moment for her to realize until she started being shook by her friends, Annie grabbed the hat and smiled big, she clung onto that hat as if it was her prized possession.
It took about an hour for the crowd to finally calm down. After the hype stopped, everyone looked to the second ship, waiting for the pirates to come out yet nobody showed up. Maybe they were already wandering around.
When the crowd left the pirates from the first ship came down and talked with Gloss. Their conversations were a little too comfortable..as if Gloss was one of them.
As they talked, Annie couldn’t help but stare at the boy once more but still not talking. Even when Gloss introduced her she didn’t say a word, but she did look away. The boy didn’t notice Annie staring, but the brown haired girl from earlier did. She formed a small smirk and whispered into the guys ear. It took a moment but he finally caught Annie’s eye. She turned to look away but was too late.
The boy let out a small chuckle and decided to deal with it another time. The pirates kept going off about their journeys, eventually Gloss turned and said the pirates names. Thresh, Micheal, Zach, Zyla, and Finnick.
There were others that Gloss knew but they currently weren’t here. Either on enemy ships or just walking around town.
“How about you show us around, yeah?” Zyla spoke with a soft voice but still a slightly bit demanding. Things keep getting switched around and added when the pirates leave, their “tour” is just an excuse to talk to Gloss more.
The big group walked around the town, this felt like a tour for Annie as-well..only for a bit though. Soon she could guess what things were and remember peoples faces. The group was being very social yet Annie stayed in the back quiet and thinking to herself..until a voice pulled her out of her little shell.
“You going to wear it?” That voice had clear amusement that was trying to be covered but wasn’t..at all.
Annie turned to see Finnick, he wasn’t too tall but definitely way taller than her. She had a moment of confusion until she realized what he meant. Annie looked down at the hat and a rosy pink shade rose up to her cheeks.
“Sorry!” She handed it back to Finnick immediately and turned away.
Finnick was a little surprised but understood quickly that she could just be nervous. He looked down at the hat for a moment before placing it onto Annie’s head like before. “Don’t be, It’s yours now Love.”
He gave a cheeky grin before going silent and continuing to walk alongside Annie. Annie pulled the hat down a little as an attempt to cover her face, she knew it was probably fully pinky now. If anyone asks she would blame it on the heat.
As everyone walked..it felt like there was eyes on them. Well there was obviously but something scary. Like someone was planning to attack.
“Anyone else getting goosebumps?” Zach turned to look where he could see everyone in the group. Facial expressions were enough to answer his question. Suddenly out of the blue a girl came sprinting from behind. Before they knew it, Annie was pushed hard into Zyla, who fell onto Lucian, leaving the three girls on the floor. Above them came screaming.
They all looked to see a girl screaming while holding onto Finnick. She seemed happy and angry at the same time— something most can’t even do.
“Finnick! You left me for long enough, stop running!” She yelled out and held onto the boy tighter. In return, Finnick patted her back but not in a loving way, more so awkward.
“Running? I said we’ve been traveling?” He looked down at the girl with pure confusion. Expect it was an act. His travels were also an escape from the girl, he helped her up one time and she started fantasizing.
“Traveling, Running, same thing! Oh finnick please never go again!” She held onto him tigher making him wince a little.
Zyla saw the clear discomfort and stepped in, pulling the girl off harshly. “I hate to ruin your romance but we need Finnick right now. You can find him later.” She said.
Zyla started to grab Finnick’s arm but The girl held onto his arm more. “Finnick..!” She gave him pleading eyes.
“Uh..Clementine..How about you walk with us? Alright?” Finnick tried to keep his usual charming composure and gently rubbed the girls back.
“Yes! Thank you!” Clementine squealed and pulled her “lover” towards the front to show off the fact she was holding onto everyone’s dream guy.
Annie watched the two walk and slowly pulled off the hat. She didn’t get rid of it— instead just hugged it tightly. It took both Lucian and Marianne to convince the girl to move once more, but her eyes never left Finnick’s back nor did a word escape her lips.
It’s been a couple of hours since the walk. Annie was now sitting on the porch of a simple cabin close to the beach. This area was called District 4. People who lived here were normally obsessed with the water or did something related to it for a living, like fishing.
From her view, she could see the soft blue water with the sunset reflecting onto it. Warm orange lightening mixed with the soft waves as it hit the shore. The salty water carried a strong scent, a scent that Annie loves and missed dearly. She tried to keep her thoughts about the people back at home..in the water. The ones who aren’t given the ability to become human.
Down there they say it’s lucky to not become human. That they’d figure you out in no time. Was it so wrong to disagree?
Before she knew it, her thoughts slowly started to shift. Finnick. That’s all she’s been thinking about all day. It was weird to admit that she’s been treated better by human men than mermen.
She didn’t have a crush on Finnick..but she wanted to know more about him. Everytime she’s on land he’s been mentioned but this is the first time she’s actually seen him.
He wasn’t even focused on Annie at first, him just existing pulled her in instantly. Just like how it did for others but in a different way. A comforting way.
His skin looked like it’s been kissed by the sea, warmed by the water and sun both at once. The curls that dropped loosely over his forehead. How could you notice so much about someone so fast.
From another cabin stood Marianne and Lucian.
“What’s gotten into her? Is she missing home!?” Lucian yelled with a worried tone but was instantly hushed by Mari.
“No what the shell? She’s probably just thinking about something..I mean a lot did happen today.”
“But she’s never like this any other time?” Lucian calmly pointed out which made Marianne think deeper.
“Mhm..Something different must’ve happened. C’mon, we can go check up on her, see how she reacts.”
They both made their way towards the girl but stopped after seeing something. Seeing someone approach first.
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