Chapter 1
Ron Weasley wasn’t very lucky in life. He was the youngest male in his family, only to be overshadowed by his younger sister. He wasn’t very good at quidditch a sport that he absolutely loved but had no real skills in. He was tall and awkward. He had no luck with the ladies. He was sad and alone. He finished school and ended up working in his older brother’s joke shop. He really didn’t see his life going anywhere. That is until one day, he was flying around on his broom, pretending that he was playing quidditch, when he crashed into a tree. He fell onto the ground, his broom broken. He also felt something fall onto him. He doesn’t know what it is, it feels like a blanket, but it’s too small for that. It shimmers in the sunlight, like diamonds almost. It gives off a brownish tan color before disappearing completely. He touches it and it appears in his hands, no longer disappearing. He realizes what it is and gets up.
Hermione had walked through the shops looking at everything. She didn’t get much time on the surface world. But she loved books, and it was rather hard to read underwater. She was admiring some clothes in the store when she suddenly felt it. She felt empty. She rushed out of the store and ran.
Hermione reaches the tree where she hid her most precious item. She looks around and tries to climb the tree when she sees him.
“Hi” Ron said
“Hello” Hermione replied
“You’re her aren’t you?”
“I’m what?”
“You hid it in the tree, I crashed into the tree and it fell on me”
“You have it?! Give it back! Give it back!” Hermione yelled as she grabbed onto his shirt
“Please, stop yelling”
“No! Give it back!”
“I know what you are. You’re from the sea aren’t you? You’re a selkie”
“What do you want?”
“I haven’t had much luck in life”
“I’m not a genie, I don’t grant wishes”
“I’m lonely, I live with my parents still, I work for my brothers. I’m sad and nobody pays me any mind”
“Well I’m sorry for that”
“But you, you could change that”
“Give it back!”
“NO!”
Hermione gasped and then started hitting him.
“I’ll give it back to you, I just want you to stay with me for a while. Be my friend, spend time with me”
Hermione continues to hit him. She is trapped on land, she cannot return to the ocean without her skin, and he knows this.
Months pass and Hermione finds herself living in a flat above the joke shop where Ron works. She spends her days doting on him, taking care of him. His family is happy that he has found someone. She hates it. She looks out the window at the ocean. She longs to return home.
One day while Ron is at work, she slips out. She will say she went out to get more groceries, since Ron never pays attention to their food supply. She walks to the water and sighs. She hears the waves calling to her. She steps closer to the water and touches it. It feels like home, yet it feels cold. It no longer welcomes her. She cries as she is trapped.
There is a splash and Hermione looks up.
“Where the hell have you been?” Draco asks from the surface of the water
“Draco!” Hermione cries out as she runs into the water
She runs towards him, her legs sinking into the sand. Draco swims towards her, and gathers her into his arms. She holds onto him tightly.
“When you did not return, I became worried. I looked for you, but could not find you” Draco said
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, for all of it. It’s my fault. I was careless”
“What happened?”
“A man, he stole my skin. I cannot return without it”
“And he has trapped you here this entire time?”
“Yes, he says he will return it”
“Humans are liars. They destroy everything they touch.But do not worry, I am here now”
“I missed you”
“I will get your skin back, you will return with me, and this human, I will kill him, slowly”