You must have heard about magical beasts, witches, gods and sirens.
When the world was once shaped by ancient gods, enchanted beasts and mystical beings. When humans still live in their earliest form, still believing in witches, magic, and fairies, ruled by kings and emperors and still growing.
When some of them had the opportunities to encounter divine beings and gods. And learned and thrived with them.
But not this one, not this time.
This tale begans three centuries ago, when humans, gods and other mystical and enchanted beings coexist in harmony, understanding and trust, free from prejudice.
Except One!
The Sirens!
The Sirens, were the only mystical creatures hated by gods and humans, and they returned that hate equally.
The Sirens were renowned for their striking beauty, their alluring voice and prowess of both the sky and sea.
Which the gods shunned them for: for their formidable powers.
The Sirens were able to morph out wings to command the winds, and transform their lower bodies into tails to control the waters.
Their voices alone could either kill or save a god, giving them the potential to claim divinity themselves one day.
But the Sirens were cast away from their homes in the sky, before they could even think about opposing the gods
And found refuge in the sea.
The Sirens cursed the god for their betrayal, vowing never to have anything to do with them and cutting their ties with them completely.
But their descent on the sea didn't bring peace to the humans.
It brought pain.
It disrupts their lives, as the Sirens kill their husbands, sons, and siblings of the human. For dominance over the sea.
For decades, bloodshed reigned between the sirens and men, until an amicable peace was achieved through negotiation between them.
And peace reigned once again.
But something happened.
In the Mavenixa: the city of the Mer-people.
Something that goes against the laws of the Sirens.
The queen of Mavenixa and a god, fell in love and birthed a child — an abomination to the Sirens. A mix breed. A stain to both the sky and the sea.
Hunted, the queen vanished from Mavenixa, fleeing into the human world, leaving her people and duty in Mavenixa — to care for her child.
But the happy life she created in Auxe, a town far away from the coast guarded by towering walls.
Didn't last long.
In the dead of the night, thunder roared, the earth was damp as heavy rain fell.
The howling of wolves, the chirping of crickets, and the hooting of owls could be heard.
In a house far into a forest, within the darkness, was a room lit only by the flickering fire in the chimney.
The soft whimpering of a woman's struggling voice filled the air. Her hands and feet were bound to the cold floor by a glacial spiral coil of enchanted water.
"Search everywhere!" Luxen commanded four male guards, her voice high-pitched and sharp. "That abomination must be killed. It cannot be left to live, no matter what. If not, it will bring calamity to the Mer-people!" Luxen paced frantically around the once warm, square room, her fury palpable. "Where is that monstrosity, Lixenda?" she barked at the woman on the floor. "Where did you hide that abomination?! Speak!" Luxen lunged forward, grabbing Lixenda's face roughly and squeezing it hard.
"Luxen, you'll never find her! Leave my child alone!" Lixenda declared, her eyes narrowing into slits, each stare at Luxen a poisonous dart.
"Child! Did she say child?" Luxen turned briefly to two male figures standing at the entrance, then threw her arms wide, a scornful expression on her face, as she crouched to Lixenda's level. "You lay with a god... created a half-breed monstrosity, staining our bloodline. And you dare call it a child?"
Luxen slapped her across the face, "Where is the gem, Lixenda?" Luxen said in a calm voice.
Lixenda scoffed with a scorn look on her face, "You think I'd tell you where my child's gem are? So you could snuff her life source out completely? For eternity? Never!" Lixenda barked, as her body moved forward. "Would rather die."
Luxen let out a loud icy mockery laugh, then sudden stopped. The initial smile vanishing replaced by a blank look. "You don't have to worry about you dying. I am here for that. And when I'm done... I'll find that child kill it and crush the gem.
"Why are you doing this? S-she won't be a threat to you. I promise! I-I-I can —" Lixenda stammered, desperation thick in her voice.
"Can do what?" Luxen sneered. "Your promise means nothing, Lixenda." Luxen turned her back to Lixenda, walking towards the heavy wooden table. "I'll see to it personally that she's removed before she brings destruction to Mavenixa — to the entire Mer-people."
"No! You can't do that! I won't allow it!" Lixenda shrieked, her voice trembling with a nascent power. Her eyes turned bloodshot red as red crystal ice blazed from within them, while corrosive silver tears ran down her cheeks, sizzling and burning the floor as smoke trails from below her where they fell.
A guttural grunt ripped from her throat. As her body convulsed, accompanied by the crushing sounds of bones cracking and shifting beneath her skin, as a nascent wing erupted from her back. Luxen's glacial water coil, meant to restrain her, now only amplified her agony, digging deeper as Lixenda's body defied it, stretching and morphing. Her fingers cracked as they lengthened from their original size, as scales burst out on her skin, and her fingers webbing together.
Luxen placed her hands over her stomach, her hysterical laugh cutting through the air. "What are you doing, bringing out your powers? Do you think you could fight me in your state? And that you're still the queen? Not anymore, not after you chose a god and left for the human world over us, over the Mer-people? Ta-da, news flash: I'm the queen now!"
With a flick of her wrist, Lixenda's body lifted off the floor, suspended mid-air.
Luxen's arm morphed into a sharp water-glass spear, which she then drove into Lixenda's chest. "When you get to the realms of water, wait for your daughter. She's coming to join you soon." Luxen leaned in close, whispering into Lixenda's ear, "Or why don't you call on your lover, Zos, to come save you? Since he's the king of the gods and the one you spread you legs for."
Luxen pulled her arm out, and Lixenda's body hit the floor with a sickening thud. Her brow furrowed, a painful, twisted grimace contorting her face as she coughed out blood.