Fractured fairytale

She looked out miserably at the grey, misty sea hanging under the cliffs. Everything had gone; she had no parents, no family nothing at all. There was no happiness, no excitement in fact nothing at all; All Pearl felt inside was misery. Her parents had committed suicide from too much fish eating; she didn't have any siblings either. She staggered back to her house, well hardly a house more of a rambled shack of sticks, twigs, ferns anything that could instalate her from the cold bitter winds of early autumn. She daintily crawled inside her hut, finding a spot, then slowly falling into a deep sleep. She woke up with a start breathing in the fresh sea air. Her jet black hair glistened in the cold sharp winds. As her pearly pink dress swept across her bare legs, although the cold winds had put her off a swim, she rose to the occasion and quickly slipped on her swimsuit as she gingerly felt the blue sea. She dove in smoothly the silky water concealing her in its warmth as a strange tingling sensation suddenly causing her to spin rapidly. She looked down anxiously soon discovering her legs had vanished and in their place a beautiful gleaming white tail fading into a bright pink, she gasped in shock to find she could breathe! Suddenly a dark shape loomed overhead, a deep voice boomed in pearls ear as the mysterious figure suddenly spoke “you have been cursed child” as the shadow immediately disappeared. Her parents were gone; she had lost everything and now this? Unbelievable! Pearl rose to the surface her new tail powering her up.  She looked miserably at her home, tears smarting at her eyes turning to drips rolling down her cheeks, as she drifted underwater she glanced around at her surroundings “well she thought this is my new home”. Thoughts spun around her head, as she zoomed smoothly slicing through the clear water. She came to a halt and noticed a faint glimmer of light in the dull sea curiosity taking over her. Pearl swam in closer but in her concentration she banged into another of her kind, a mermaid well actually in fact about 50 of them. They fired questions at her; she answered as best as she could um hi my names pearl and um I got cursed and I don’t know what to do! She felt a sudden relief as she got it off her chest. The other mermaids were surprised but took her under their wing fussing over her, caring for her, making her feel welcome. She almost felt like they were real sisters now. She felt a bubble of happiness surge through her as she thought well maybe; just maybe its going to be alright.