Aeriella and the mermaids

Mermaids are not really my theme, I would have never thought about it if not for a friend of mine - Georgia Alice. Thank you for the idea, your help with the writing and the expert advice. ;-)

I hope that other mermaid lovers will enjoy my approach to the theme and not bash me too hard on my lack of “professional knowledge”. :-)

Please, leave comments and suggestions.

Everybody knows that the elves live in the woods, right? Many of them indeed do, maybe even a majority, but definitely not all of them. There are city dwellers as well or domesticated elves as their wooden brethren call them. Aeriella was such a domesticated elf; she lived in a court, not in a city, but she preferred a feather bed, stone walls and a roof over her head instead of a forest canopy. But she was also a sorceress and as such conducted a lot of research and travelled in search of knowledge and ingredients. Her excursions sometimes took her to remote places of different landscapes and climates; such was the case this time.

Aeriella and her four drow companions had spent the last two weeks travelling towards the seaside; the road was uneventful and they fought the boredom with sex. The elf was bound to board a ship, while the drow would await her on land. The sorceress was accustomed to all kinds of travel and was not afraid of the sea either, but the dark elves were creatures of the underground, they would only be a nuisance on the board. The sailors would serve as a sufficient protection.

Aeriella undertook the entire expedition for a specific reason, she wanted to meet mermaids. There were reports of those creatures being spotted not far from the coast of a nearby island. These were not the evil sirens who lured sailors to their doom, but friendly mermaids with whom a contact could be established.

Human sailors believed that a woman on board brought bad luck. The sorceress was aware of that superstition, that was why she had hired an elven ship; sea elves had superstitions of their own, but that was not one of them. The captain’s name was Saelethil, he was tall and lean as the surface elves went, he had a dark complexion darkened further by a strong tan, long black hair and large dark eyes; it was not extremely uncommon that Aeriella shared his cabin. The ship, Amaranthae, was a unique one, designed for special missions like transporting important passengers or cargo; it was fast and armed relatively well for its small size. No-one expected to fight on this particular mission, but at sea one had to be ready the entire time.