The Myth of the Sea Witch

By Saxifrage

Before the years of the Great War, the Ocean was even. No perilous waves tainted its surface, only swellings of that of a deep, clear pool, and the violent storms now feared, were but mere drizzles only for the delight of the Sea Witch. Unlike her name suggests, the Sea Witch was a beautiful hybrid of the sea, half mermaid, half human; the men of the Land often swooned over her almond skin, long black waves of hair, and piercing blue eyes. The Sea Witch had the ability to become the like of both of her heritage, though she preferred the guarded waters of her home, where she ruled a peaceful reign.

The regions of the Land, however, were not peaceful at all. In fact, human rebellions were breaking out all over their countries, spilling the blood of victims on the hands of innocent, ignorant, followers, who in their own way, were also victims. The leaders of the rebellions were lashing out with hatred, destroying the treaties that were carefully sewn together by the Lords of the Lands without reason.

The Sea Witch was urged to take up a side and join forces, providing an advantage to the one she chooses to be her ally. The Sea Witch had great powers that could control the water elements, as well as the sea creatures. But the Sea Witch didn’t want to join in on the war, being a natural and peaceful being.

Unfortunately, over the next few years, the rebellions got worse and more frequent; it wasn’t long until blood was spilled in the Sea Witch’s waters. The Sea Witch became blind with anger, and unknowingly slaughtered the murderers in a wild rage. After she reverted back to her peaceful conscious and realized her faults, she became overcome with grief and fury.

Even worse, as her horrendous wailings grew, so did the rebellions, until they all interlinked and formed a War. More blood was spilled, and the oceans turned red; the Sea Witch was once again urged to take a side, or she too would become an enemy. Once again, the Sea Witch refused, and her anger boiled the water around her. True to their word, men of both sides lashed into the ocean to slaughter the creatures.

The Sea Witch couldn’t take it any long—she fought back. The oceans lapped against the sea in defiance of the Sea Witch’s unnatural behavior, turning salty, brackish. The waters grew aggressive and brutal when men entered the once cool grey waters. When ships set sail to the sea, furious storms blew up suddenly, crashing the vessel against rocks and sending the sailors to a watery grave where their carcasses were fed upon by the Sea Witch’s creatures.

The Sea Witch called assistance from the monsters that ruled her waters too. The Sea Serpent was a friendly beast more than four times longer than a captain’s craft, but with the persuasion of the Sea Witch, it began to govern the sea shores, snatching up men and virgin women who wandered too close. Even the marine creatures didn’t escape from her wrath. In fear of the Sea Witch’s fury, mermaids and mermen dashed out of sight of anything potentially dangerous, and sharks lost their intelligence which caused sharks to make mistakes about who their prey was. The dolphins, orcas, and other whales became more vicious than before, knowing to eat other mammals instead of just fish and krill.

It wasn’t long until everything above and under the sea was tainted by the Sea Witch, including herself. The beautiful image of the Sea Witch was destroyed by her hate: her almond skin turned a sickly green, mimicking the color of half decayed men underwater; her dark curls of hair became black eels, slithering their way around her head in an impression of Medusa; her once bright blue eyes, filled with love and peace, darkened to an oily black, seeming to suck up light—black holes.

After many years of fighting and controversy, the Great War died down, until it was only a flicker of the past. The only proof that it had really happened were the scars still worn by the earth and ocean. Eventually, the Great War was forgotten completely, and creatures once existent became myths; the only one to remember is the Sea Witch. The Sea Witch now sleeps in the depth of the sea, though her angry dreams still cause the ocean to pulsate bitterly, and sometimes storms lash out against the world; she will dream on forever—never forgetting what the world has done to her.

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