And in the black sea kingdom, a feisty witch with her daughter ruled. The witch’s daughter wanted to take my place – she really liked my husband. Her mother agreed and made it so that I turned into her daughter and could conjure, and her daughter could no longer conjure, as soon as her heart became cold as ice, but outwardly she was my copy. And now the evil has melted like a mist, I have become myself again. And her mother had already died and all her strength had gone with her.
– I’m reluctantly changed fate with her daughter. I hope we spend the last night with you here and tomorrow I can return to the palace.
InВ the morning they could not stand it and fell asleep, and when they opened their eyes, they simply gasped. Mother-of-pearl shone inВ front ofВ them, from black the lotus turned into soft pink. The diamond glowed, spreading its bright rays toВ the sides. And the former witch herself completely turned into aВ mermaid queen and became even more beautiful.
They again hurried to the fence, but it was gone – it dissipated during the night. And they, holding hands, swam freely towards the mermaid kingdom.
And inВ the meantime, when dawn came, the king, half awake, slightly rubbed his eyes and just wanted toВ hug his queen, as his hand fell on some rough, bumpy hairy surface. He recoiled inВ horror and opened his eyes wide. He jumped up and opened the shutters. Light burst into the room. He was horrified toВ see aВ disgusting monster next toВ him. It lay on the bed and snorted, snored and whistled inВ its sleep. The ugly monster turned on its side and looked for the king with its hand toВ hug.
The king jumped out ofВ the bedroom and called out toВ the guards. They rushed in, bulging their eyes and drawing their crossbows.
– There’s something terrible… in my bed! The king pointed with his hand. – Grab and tie!
The witch leaned back and shouted:
– Are you out of your mind? Leave me! How dare you do this to me, to your queen?!
But no one listened toВ her. The guards silently did their work, grunting with effort as they tried toВ tie herВ up.
– Yes, leave me, in the end! – she yelled.
Meanwhile, Silena and her real mother arrived at the palace.
The king inВ the nightgown stood inВ bewilderment, and his eyes climbed onto his forehead.
And before he even had time toВ say aВ word, he ended up inВ the affectionate strong arms ofВ his happy daughter and wife. He also embraced them, exclaiming:
– What’s going on here? I demand an explanation!
They vied with each other toВ tell him what happened and who the former queen really was. Terrified at the thought ofВ who he had lived with all these years, the king was covered inВ perspiration. And he decided toВ imprison the witch back inВ her castle.
Bound, she was taken there on an electric ramp under escort and locked up. InВ front ofВ their eyes, still sparkling with pink mother-of-pearl, the castle began toВ blacken, and the lotus immediately turned icy black.
Everyone rushed to the exit, so that, God forbid, they would not remain in an enchanted gloomy world. And, fleeing from there, for a long time they heard the piercing howl and curses that the real witch’s daughter sent them in pursuit. But no matter how frantically she screamed, she could not change anything. So she remained to live in captivity in her black cursed castle. She did not know how to conjure, like her mother, and only sent curses every day on the head of the king and all his subjects. But all these curses did not fly out of the borders of her kingdom, shattering into smithereens on the black mist.
The witch even had a nightmare, from which she turned green. She seems to be sleeping in her old bed. Morning came and her image disappeared, and the nasty appearance of the impostor returned, and the water king woke up and instead of his wife saw a terrible, ugly old woman lying next to him. Quietly he got up and forced the executioner to cut off the impostor’s head. And when the evil witch was gone, instead of a black castle, there was a beautiful palace, and in the maritime state, everything lit up from various precious stones, which stabbed in the eyes.
The witch jumped up inВ fear for her life, rubbing her sore eyes, but all around she saw only aВ black haze that did not disappear and no green outlandish plants with unprecedented flowers twined around the garden near her lonely palace.
And colorful fish were full ofВ pebbles and flowers inВ another, neighboring kingdom, where everyone was preparing for aВ magnificent feast. Mermaids, vegetation and all living creatures were transformed into fabulous beauty.
Silena’s father, the water king of the sea, met his beloved wife after so many years of separation and spent all day with her, listening again and again to the story of the treachery of the witch and her mother.
The Little Mermaid fully returned toВ school, but did not forget toВ do magic, although she did not become harmful and evil from this. Having forgiven her peers, close girlfriends, she also taught small transformations into aВ jellyfish or aВ goldfish, the little mermaid herself could turn into anyone and even take on an invisible appearance, so she often began toВ appear among people floating inВ theВ sea.
The royal family was reunited and lived so happily that it is impossible toВ describe with aВ pen, or toВ tell inВ aВ fairy tale. There are not enough words, because inВ this fairy tale love conquered evil.
Silena, having finally found her beloved mother, was immensely happy. So is the king and queen, and all the courtiers. Everyone cheered up, as the real queen treated everyone with kindness and attention.
And again they feasted all over the kingdom for several days and nights.
They carried out a general cleaning, throwing out all the dresses, outfits and jewelry that the impostor wore. In the kingdom, the light even became more transparent – everyone was so overwhelmed with happiness.
Mermaid and prince
Time passed, Silena grew up and after school she entered the Maritime Pacific University at the research department “Human Impact on the Marine Environment”. She liked this topic very much, and the story of shipwrecks was told by a very interesting catfish with a big gray mustache, and this catfish was a witness to none of these wrecks. Therefore, she especially adored this subject. Som and his students visited one sunken ship. The little mermaid collected souvenirs for herself: a jug and figurines of ancient gods. These were Aphrodite, Apollo and others. Having sailed home, she began to look, admiring the figures.
– So beautiful. They have legs, but I only have a beautiful tail. Oh, I can turn into anyone, I can, probably, into a person – I’ll try. I’m going to the beach right now. My parents forbade me to swim there, they said that people were bad and would kill me.
And among the souvenirs she got, she pulled out aВ bronze figurine ofВ aВ young prince. And she admired the statuette:
– What a face! Ah, what a figure! We don’t have such beauties underwater! That would be such a meet actually. Can this one kill? – she sighed with a smile and put the young man on her chest of drawers in front of the mirror.
Having looked at the figurines ofВ various gods and people, she was aВ little envious that they could walk, and put the figurines aside, putting them on aВ table with decorations, and swam toВ the nearest shore.
She appeared from the side ofВ the rocks and, hiding behind them, began toВ watch the vacationers. White hot sand burned the tail. The hot sun beat down mercilessly and it was difficult for her toВ breathe without aВ habit. But she, as if spellbound, watched people. Here they walk on two legs, here they run along the beach, swim, dangling their legs, frolic.
After sitting for a few minutes, Silena plunged into the water to catch her breath, and in the water she watched from afar. Having sailed home, she decided in her free time from the coursework and from classes to practice walking on two legs. She Decided to delve into the old magical book of spells. But she feared for the consequences, because she remembered how her distant relative, the little mermaid, died, turning into foam from her unrequited love for the prince. She was bewitched by a sorceress on condition and the princess’s legs hurt very much from walking. She lost her voice, giving it to the sorceress by the legs. The poor prince at that time did not know that it was she who saved him and did not fall in love with her, but married another. Silena thought:
– But after all, I myself can turn into a girl and no one will set any conditions for me.
And so she decided, as soon as she writes aВ term paper about the creation ofВ the underwater world and explores it, she will go toВ an uninhabited shore and there she will learn toВ walk on two legs.
And at this time, On the shore, inВ aВ large but impoverished kingdom, at this time the ruler called his son and sadly askedВ him:
– My son, your time will soon come to take my throne, but, unfortunately, our treasury is completely empty. You will take the throne after me. But alas, what can I leave you, besides the territory? Our stock of wealth is running out and therefore there are two ways out of this situation. Either you marry a rich princess, or another option. Your great-grandfather sank in the blue sea and carried a lot of jewelry. If only you could get them and save us from poverty. I have a map of a sunken treasure ship. We will sail tomorrow and I will show you that place, your grandfather showed it to me, but I could not find the sunken ship – the equipment in those days was useless. I sent divers to the depth, but it is big, and they did not swim to the bottom. Their breath was intercepted, their head was split under the pressure of such a thickness of water and the body was squeezed as if in a vise. Nobody survived. Now science has come a long way. We even have a new bathyscaphe, good scuba gear, with which you can dive to great depths. Moreover, you are in good health and last year you became a diving champion. I hope you dive in and get the treasure. I bless you for good luck, – and kissed his son on the forehead.
– My father, don’t worry. I’ll go down to the bottom alone. I will do everything in my power, I promise you. Tomorrow I will start, – the prince answered confidently.
And early inВ the morning, he and his team loaded scuba gear, food and other supplies and loaded it all onto aВ large boat. The king wanted toВ go with his son on aВ ship on aВ voyage inВ search ofВ aВ sunken ship and jewelry, but the prince dissuadedВ him:
– Stay, I’ll find it on the navigators without any problems.
When they arrived at the appointed place with the latest equipment, they dropped anchor. They decided toВ first lower the bathyscaphe with professional scuba divers toВ check the bottom. The prince remained toВ wait, but more than an hour passed, and still no news came. Two hours have passed:
– What to do, what happened to them? – the prince was worried. He’ll have to check himself.
He put on flippers, scuba gear, put on a mask with a balloon and dived. But the undercurrent slightly carried him aside and the guy, no matter how he resisted, could not cope with him. And gradually the prince began to sink to the very bottom. Underwater flashlight illuminated the space around. It illuminated through the dark water column multi-colored jellyfish, small octopuses, huge tropical fish – all the beauty of the underwater world began to appear before the prince little by little. He had never seen such beauty, even though he dived more than once. Surprised:
– Something today everything looks like a fairy tale.
And then he saw aВ very huge fish with thick elongated lips, as if she was looking for someone toВ kiss. Her bulging eyes widened even more, clearly noticing the prince: is it really him IВ have toВ kiss?! But, having changed her mind, she hastened toВ sail away. The guy only managed toВ touch her tail, which slipped out ofВ his hands. And at that moment he stumbled on something, and his hand grabbed onto something round. After examining it carefully, the prince realized that this was the helm ofВ the ship.
– So I’m already on deck? thought the prince. – That’s luck. So our ship has slightly shifted along the course, or this sunken one has moved. Over time, he was swept aside by the current, and he began to examine the ship.
And at the same time, the little mermaid was there. She also decided toВ swim toВ the sunken ship, where aВ group ofВ students sailed with Catfish on an excursion.
InВ the hold ofВ aВ sunken ship, last time she discovered aВ large beautiful vase with carved flowers and wanted toВ take it away:
– I’ll put my underwater mimosas in it – they’ll look nice together – and she was already dragging a vase out of the wreckage.”
And at that very moment the prince was backing away towards her from the other side, curiously examining the ship’s hull. And, having scraped off a thick layer of mud and shells, he found ancient frescoes with half-erased inscriptions. The prince thought:
– Obviously, it says who this ship belonged to. Judging by the frescoes and documents that we own, he is of our dynasty, – and then he saw the coat of arms in confirmation of this: – So I found what I was looking for! Here are our treasures! But I need to hurry up, the oxygen is running out, – he, turning around, strained, trying to remove part of the fresco, but he didn’t have enough strength – the fresco held tight. The prince tensed even more, putting his feet on the wall, grabbed it with both hands and pulled it with all his might, so much so that he was thrown back.
Meanwhile, Silena was backing away, with an effort, afraid toВ break it, pulled her huge vase out ofВ the cabin, which looked like aВ closet. The prince fell toВ the deck under the weight ofВ the scuba gear, and at that moment the mermaid, pulling out the prey, stumbled over him and fell next toВ the vase inВ an embrace.
Seeing each other, they simultaneously cried out from the fact that they were face toВ face:
– Oh, what is it? Human! – she screams in horror.
– Oh, girl! Without a mask on the bottom?! – cried the prince in surprise.
Silena convulsively, not understanding anything, waved her tail, trying toВ get up, but the vase interfered with her. The prince, rising on his elbows, and seeing the whole picture, screamed inВ horror, realizing:
– Oh my God, I already have glitches from falling: I see a mermaid, and even with a vase!
Having hit a stone, the balloon was damaged and began to release oxygen – bubbles went. The prince began to choke, waving his arms. Fell and lost consciousness. The mermaid was frightened that the man would die, threw back the vase and quickly called the familiar stingray taxi using her underwater radio. Quickly plunging the breathless diver onto his back, giving an electric discharge, the stingray, shaking its wings, pulled with all his might along with the mermaid and the prince to the surface.
Once on the waves, she directed the stingray toВ the nearest island. The prince was still unconscious. Silena noticed that the guy was suffocating and tore off his mask. And she threw up her hands inВ surprise:
– Oh, how beautiful! As if I had already seen him before … – she slightly strained her memory and remembered: – Oh, he looks like my bronze figurine. Blimey? Well, this is what I wanted to meet! – quietly laughed: how quickly it came true.
Her admiration was interrupted byВ the stingray:
– So, we sailed. Let’s unload, I’m not helping you here. The little mermaid raised her head and saw the shore. Having dragged the prince off the slope by an aqualung, she dragged him onto the white sand of an amazingly fabulously beautiful island with palm trees full of ripe coconuts and thickets of lianas over which monkeys jumped.
Having quickly delivered the victim toВ the island and dragged him ashore, Silena stroked his hair affectionately. From this, the prince slightly opened his black eyes and inВ front ofВ him through the muddy haze he saw again the green-eyed beauty mermaid. Opening his eyes wide and shuddering, he exclaimed:
– Again I have a glitch! – groaned and again fell into unconsciousness.
The mermaid furrowed her brow.
– Oh, what strange people: have you seen mermaids or what? How tender and sensitive they are. Slightly that – at once fall without feelings. Hmm, we’re not. We are very strong. If they tried to live in our kingdom, ha-ha, everyone would have clapped in a swoon, – smiling at her thoughts, Silena turned around.
At this time, the horn ofВ an approaching yacht signaled. The mermaid started, frightened, and rushed into the water. Sliding behind aВ huge gray stone, she hid behind it and began toВ observe what was happening.
And on aВ two-story luxury yacht owned byВ an oil tycoon, aВ rich heiress and friends celebrated her coming ofВ age. The snow-white ship really dazzled with its luxury. The youth celebrated. The father gave the yacht toВ his beloved daughter toВ have fun and the youth had fun, music played, everyone drank champagne.
And then the hero ofВ the occasion, Milena, shouted:
– Today I’m a birthday girl, and I wish those coconuts out! – she held out her hand and pointed to the island.
Everyone shouted:
– Yes, yes, we also want to go to the island. Let’s continue our fun there! Swim, swim there!
The captain moored and immediately saw aВ man lying on the shore. Shouted into the hand:
– I see a man on the shore! It looks like he needs help.
