Mer!Prince!USxPrincess!Reader 4th of July Merman

AUTHORS NOTE: ANY TIME IT IS FROM ALFRED’S PERSPECTIVE IT WILL BE TOLD BY THE NARRATOR!




“WOW!!!!” I said in awe as I watched the Fourth of July fireworks sitting with my feet dangling over the edge on the little boat dock attached to my family’s seaside manor. I was a princess and this place meant everything to me. Every year I sat on that dock and watched the fireworks and every year I would be spellbound by the display. Like always I did this alone. It wasn’t like I didn’t have any friends. It was just every time this year rolled around I just wanted to be alone. It was a special magical time for me and I just wanted to be left to my own devices. This was my favorite holiday and I wanted to do it my own special way. As the show ended, I couldn’t help but remember the legend around the bay here that always intrigued me. In the town there is a legend that Merfolk lived in the bay. It had always been and still was my absolute favorite story.

Sadly, the fireworks ended and I had to head back inside.

Damn.

I hated that the fireworks had to end. I wished that they could go on forever. But I just could not leave without one last look at the bay. As I cast my gaze over the mist covered bay, I couldn’t help but secretly wish that the Merpeople were real and that I could meet one. While I was off in that the lala land full of rainbows and unicorns that I called my imagination, I failed to realize there was a glowing pair of sky blue eyes were watching me from the water. And they were headed right for me.

The owner of those pair of eyes was the sandy blond haired Prince of the Merpeople and all the seas they resided in. His name was Alfred and for as long as he could remember he would sneak out on his birthday and watched the bright light show above the bay. And every year he would see you, sitting out on the dock watching them with him. It didn’t take him long for him to realize that you live there and that you were alone, quiet, and single. He had been curious about you; the type of curiosity one would naturally have about new neighbors that move in next door. But over time that curiosity had grown to affection to a small crush and now it was to the point of where he couldn’t get you out of his head. Everything about you drove him wild. Everything about you, to him, was perfect. Your (h/c) hair was shinier than silk, your (e/c) eyes shown brighter than the stars in heaven above, and your smile, oh that smile. It made his heart soar when he saw you smile.

He couldn’t hold himself any longer. He HAD to touch you, just once.

As you where somewhere off in space with Captain Kirk and Spock on the USS Enterprise, he slowly swam toward you, keeping to the shadows so you wouldn’t see him. Soon he was right next to you and slowly reached out with his webbed hand and touched your foot.

I was abruptly brought back down to planet Earth when I felt something touch my foot. There was nothing like alligators or poisonous snakes in these waters so I wasn’t overly worried, but I wanted to see if it was a mermaid and if it would happen again so I made it look like I didn’t notice anything and waited. After a short time I was rewarded with another touch. This time whatever it was continued to feel around my foot in its….HANDS!?!?!!? My heart leapt. It WAS a mermaid. There was nothing else it could be! As it continued to grope my foot I couldn’t help but pray. Pray, for whomever this was to tell me who they are so we could meet.

Alfred felt the smooth warm flesh of your foot. He couldn’t take this any longer he HAD to meet you. He couldn’t stand not meeting her one more second more. So, ever so gently, he grabbed your ankle and gently tugged on your leg.

I felt a tugging at my leg. What was this person trying to do? I decided to be bold and said “Hang on a minute, please. Let me get in to the boat over here so I can see you face to face. Is that alright with you?” If I was going to meet this thing I was going to go to do it where I could see them. There was a pause followed by a male’s voice saying, “That’s alright with me, dude.” I quickly got up and climbed down the ladder, and entered the row boat. I turned on the lantern resting on the tool box in the boat. Setting it on low as to not hurt my eyes I peered into the darkness.

Alfred watched as you climbed into the boat. All of his wildest of dreams where finally about to become true at long last: he was finally going to meet you! He swam over to the boat and swallowed his nervousness. It was now or never. He took a deep breath and said
“It’s finally nice to meet you, miss.”

I smiled when I saw him. I couldn’t believe he was real. Lord, was he a handsome devil! He had what appeared to be a stubborn cowlick sticking out and upon his head was a crown of gold with pearls all around it with a single large ruby in the center. His face looked like was carved by archangels and is hands where webbed kind of like a ducks and he had sapphire blue fin shaped gills on either side of his neck which went along with his sapphire blue tail.

I gathered my courage and said, “It’s nice to meet you, too, sir. My name is Princess (Full Name) of Genesis ((A/N: Genesis is one of the books of the bible, so I stole it from there.)). And you are kind sir?”

“Prince Alfred of Atlantis: Prince to all the Seas.”

My eyes widened. So he wasn’t just a pretty face! He was a PRINCE! Not just any prince: a MERPRINCE to ALL THE SEAS. DAMN SON! He placed a hand on my cheek. Wowza!

“Sorry but I’ve just never been this close to a human before.”

“I’ve never been this close to a merman before so we’re kind of in the same boat here.”

We both laughed. We had such nice time talking that the time seemed to fly as we told each other about each other’s family and lives. Soon I heard my hand maiden beckon me to come in and I had to leave. But before I left I promised to see him again tomorrow night after sunset. To this he agreed and with that we both parted ways.

*Time skip*

Alfred hummed as he stood in front of the mirror. After seeing (y/n) he was in such a lovely mood. He had only told Matthew, his twin younger brother, and Peter, the servant boy. They both had sworn to secrecy not to tell anyone; not even the Queen. Because if Queen Arthur found out about this he would definitely flip his limey lid! Alfred shivered at that thought. King Francis would support him but if Arthur-

“ALFRED!!!!!! YOU BLOODY GIT! WHERE ARE YOU? AND WHAT’S THIS I HEAR THAT YOU’VE FALLEN FOR A HUMAN!!!!!!!!!”

Alfred stiffened. How da hell did Artie find out? Well no matter; time to face the music anyway. He swam to the door and opened it to find Francis, Matthew, and Arthur standing there. Arthur swam in dragging Francis (who had a navy blue tail) and Matthew (who had a deep red tail with the tail fin shaped like a maple left) in with him. Arthurs emerald green eyes bore into him as he swam toward him with his dark green tail.

“What’s this I hear? You’ve fallen for a human!” Arthur said glaring at Alfred. Alfred braced himself for the lecture and rejection he knew was coming. “WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME!?!?!?!?!?!”

HUH!?!? Ok that definitely wasn’t the Earth shattering lecture he was expecting. But then again Artie WAS unpredictable as hell.

Artie, meanwhile, was leading Alfred to the bed and made him sit down before he himself did.

“Tell us about her! What’s she like?”

Alfred then realized that he was now surrounded by Francis, Matt, and Arthur, who were all listening intently. With a captivated audience he told them about his Princess (y/n). When he finished Francis congratulated him, Arthur was ecstatic, and Matthew was all smiles. Arthur then turned to Alfred and asked “Is there any chance we could meet her?”

Alfred stiffened. He would love to have them meet her. But there was one set back.

“Sure thing but you’re forgetting one thing: Michelle, the sea witch.”

Everyone paled at that name. Michelle was a mean witch who had her eye on Alfred for a long time, and she didn’t like competition. If she found out about (y/n), (y/n) would definitely be in danger.

“Then we’ll just have to bring her down here for a while and make sure Michelle doesn’t see her.” Arthur said causing everyone to turn and look at him. Had the Queen finally lost it!?! Arthur pulled out a small green vial filled with a white liquid. “If she could drink this, for one day she’ll be able to breathe underwater. All we have to do is keep Michelle away from (y/n) and Alfred!”

Alfred hugged Artie. “Thank you Artie! I have to go tell her! See Ya!”

And with that Alfred swam off to tell (y/n) about the plan.

*Time Skip*

My jaw dropped.

Last night, Alfred announced that he wanted me to meet his family for the day tomorrow! I obviously said yes. Who wouldn’t? My servants would all have the day off tomorrow, and since I was loved by all, nothing bad would happen to me. So this morning I got on my favorite pair of jean shorts and favorite (f/c) top with matching converse. After sneaking out of the manor after leaving a note saying I was going to the bay for a day of swimming (Since I did that often, no one would really come and look for me.) I headed down to the dock and waited for my prince to come.

What I hadn’t expected was that he would BRING his family with him to the surface. Alfred handed me the vial and said, “Drink this and jump in.” I uncorked the bottle and sniffed it. I wrinkled my nose. Well it didn’t smell like roses, but hey beggars can’t be choosers. Well bottoms up. I held my nose and drank it. Without hesitation I jumped in. When I opened my eyes I saw Alfred right in front of me smiling. Until now I hadn’t seen him in broad day light and he looked even more spectacular than in the dim light of the boats lamp.  He held out his hand to me and I took it without a second thought. Then his family and I swam off to the palace with Arthur grilling me the entire time.

Goodness!

If I had known I was going to be interrogated on the way there I would have come prepared.

“So, Miss (y/n), do you have any-” Arthur never got to finish that thought because he was interrupted by an overly perky voice shout, “Alfred~! You who! Alfred~! Where are you~?”

Alfred muttered a curse under his breath and let go of me hand. Turning quickly to Matt he said, “Hide her! NOW!”

Matt quickly took my hand and swam into a nearby bed of sea weed, out of sight, but not out of view of what was taking place. I saw in the distance what appeared to be a squid swim toward Alfred and his parents, but as it got closer I soon realized that it certainly was anything, BUT a squid. It was a woman, with the lower half of a squid and the upper half of a woman. She had tanned skin and dark brown hair tied up with red ribbons.

What would you call this?

Sqer-maid?

Squ-woman?

Squid-lady?

Aqua-gal?

While I was trying to figure out what on Earth to call this creature, it came charging full speed at Alfred and glommed onto him. I could tell from a distance he wasn’t exactly to happy to see her, and thank fully I wasn’t out of ear shot.

“Alfred! I missed you!” she squealed making me wince. Ok, just from that I learned something about her: One, she seemed to be Alfred’s equivalent of a Justin Bieber fan girl; Two, her voice could probably break glass within a twenty mile radius; And three, Alfred, Francis, and Arthur didn’t like this chick at all, though to be fair they put on a great show on not letting that little tidbit of info show on their faces.

“Hi Michelle.” He said with a groan as he tried to peel her tentacles off of him, but unfortunately for him she had no intentions of letting him go and she held fast.

Michelle. Wasn’t that the name of the sea witch Alfred said to be careful of?

She pulled away and looked him over. She pouted.

“Where have you been? I’ve been waiting for you to visit me. Why haven’t you come?” She said drawing circles on his chest with her red dragon lady like nails.

“Um…I…uh…” Alfred sputtered trying to find the words, looking desperately at his parents for help.

“Helping us out with official royal business, love.” Arthur finished for the prince.

“Oui, Mon Chéri~! Alfred, as prince, has to learn how to rule, no? So, he has been assisting us~.” Francis added putting a hand on his son’s shoulder.

Michelle stared long and hard at the trio. As the pause became unbearable I held my breath. Would this crazy sheik by their story?

“Oh, Ok! Well I have to go! I have the cauldron on at home! Ba-Bye~!” She said as she swam away waving good bye. As soon as she was out of sight and ear shot Alfred gave a sigh of relief and gave us the all clear. When I reached him, the two of us embraced.

“That was close.” Arthur said relieved.

“Too close.” Alfred agreed pulling away from me.

“I’m surprised she bought that story.” I added. Could she really be that gullible?

“She usually doesn’t,” Matt said quietly.

Francis nodded.

“I’m surprised that she didn’t press further.”

“Let’s quickly get (y/n) to the palace and fast!” Alfred said and all of us nodded. And with that we all made a bee line for the palace.

*Time Skip*

Alfred and I had a wonderful time. I met the servants, knights, dukes, duchesses, it was fantastic! We parted ways at the dock and I walked along the shore to the manor. All of the sudden I felt something wrap around my ankle. I gulped. It was like in those cheesy low budget horror films where the monster reaches out its tentacles and pulls them to their deaths.  I was suddenly flipped upside down and brought face to face, with Michelle. And she looked pissed.

“YOU WENCH! YOU ARE TRYING TO STEAL HIM AWAY FROM ME! WELL I’LL STILL HAVE HIM AND YOU’RE GOING TO HELP!!”

I was suddenly knocked out.

*Meanwhile*

“YOU’RE MAJESTY!!!”

Alfred turned to see Antonio, the royal messenger with a bright red tail and gold accents, swimming towards him. He looked frightened. He stopped in front of the prince panting.

“I…have…terrible…news!” He said between breathes. Alfred led him to a chair and sat down, beside him.

“Gracias. But our guards, Ludwig and Gil, have received a message from the witch. She wants you to go to her lair and marry her, by sunset today! If not she will kill, senorita (y/n)!”

“WHAT!?!?!” Alfred jumped up. He was furious. Michelle had finally gone too far. He went to his cabinet and pulled out his trident. He was told that this could kill sea witches when he got it. He had never had cause to use it, until now. Until now, Michelle had just been an annoyance he had to deal with. But now, she was threatening the life of the one he loved and that was unacceptable.

“I’m going to get, my beloved back. If you sense my death, Mattie can have the throne, and give the letter under my mattress to Arthur and Francis.” He said to Antonio, who only nodded. He knew what had to be done. Alfred swam out his window and headed for Michelle’s lair.

I was tied to a mast of an old sunken ship, being circled by sharks. She had given me another potion that allowed me to breathe underwater, while telling me her plan. I hoped Alfred wouldn’t come. I didn’t want him to marry this witch. I watched as she got ready. She was in an old tattered wedding dress with matching veil, probably from one of the ships. Right now she was filing her nails.

“Michelle!”

I looked to see Alfred carrying a large trident. He looked angry. He pointed it at me and a bolt of yellow light came out, which sent the sharks away and set me free. He and Michelle started going at it.

But this time I was out of earshot, but I could tell Alfred was losing the fight. Thank fully there was a full moon out tonight because it lit up the entire ocean floor giving me plenty of light. I swam the deck of the boat I was tied to. There HAD to be something I could use help. I saw a spear lying there on the deck. I picked it up and swam back to Alfred.

He was being held down by Michelle’s tentacles and the trident was pointed at his head. She was going to KILL him! I got close and threw the spear at her. It cut her arm, and caused her to loosen her grip on the trident and Alfred and turn toward to me. She looked pissed. She turned and swung her arm at me. I dodged it and we began to wrestle. Alfred had grabbed the trident and pointed at the two of us.

“(Y/N) MOVE!” I quickly swam off to the side. I heard a blood curdling scream and turned around. Michelle had been turned to stone and Alfred was swimming toward me, trident in hand and tackled me in a hug.

“Let’s get you home.”

*Time Skip*

“Princess! You are needed at the docks!”

I looked questioningly at my maid. The docks? Why there?
I shrugged. Who am I to judge? I strolled to the docks in my favorite (f/c) ball gown, wondering all the while why my father would call me to the docks. I saw my father kneeling over the side of the dock. The entire court was there with him. He straightened and stood up when he heard me approach. I curtsied. “You wished to see me father?”

“Yes. Honey I am happy to say that you are getting married.”

I stiffened. “To who?”

“See for yourself!” He said as he stepped aside and motioned to the edge of the dock.

I looked to see Alfred, Francis, Arthur, Matthew, and all their court smiling up at me, as Alfred hoisted himself up onto the dock. I smiled.
I looked at my father, who only smiled. “I’m going to assume you will accept?”

“YES!” I said as embraced Alfred.

“I do believe this calls for a celebration!” My father exclaimed. And as our parents discussed our wedding plans Alfred and I sealed our engagement with a kiss.

*Epilogue*
Alfred and I were married shortly after that. A new castle had to be built on the shore of the bay, so that we could easily come and go from both my kingdom to his. I eventually gave birth to several sons and daughters. Each one having the ability to transform from a human to mermaid. Our kingdoms haven’t been the same since that very day.