A/N: A one-shot fill, not sure if it went all the way as you wanted, but I couldn't get the image out of my head. Hope you enjoy?
"Don't go down to the water," her father had said, when he built the wall to keep out the sea. "There are dangerous creatures there. The Nixie are foul beings."It could not keep out the sharp salt tang on the air, the crying of the gulls, the lapping of the water against the base of the wall. Ariel walked close to it, when she could escape the guards her father set on her, resting her hands on the cold stone and listening to the steady thrub of the sea beyond, like the heartbeat of some mighty creature
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"Don't go down to the water," her father had said, when he built the wall to keep out the sea. "There are dangerous creatures there. The Nixie are foul beings."It could not keep out the sharp salt tang on the air, the crying of the gulls, the lapping of the water against the base of the wall. Ariel walked close to it, when she could escape the guards her father set on her, resting her hands on the cold stone and listening to the steady thrub of the sea beyond, like the heartbeat of some mighty creature ( ... )
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