Megan Dongs short story proposal

      EXPOSITION: The year is 2056. The summer, humid breeze sweeps through the palm trees scattering bits of dirt to the sand. The glistening ocean sways with the hungry red, orange and blue fishes, the rough hard-shelled tortoises and the prickly golden blowfishes. Rebecca Viviano, a twenty-one year old Italian with brown wavy hair and green eyes, laid her body against her little mermaid beach towel watching kids splash in the cooling water.

INCITING INCIDENT: An hour of tanning, she decided it was time to go surfing. She went to the parking lot, grabbed her burgundy customized board from her Jeep and straddled toward the 75 foot waves. White, stringy haired and nicely tanned guys, brunette, tall and experienced young women’s jumped into the water eager to ride the biggest wave they can. Rebecca placed her belongings on the sand, took off her white slouchy shirt, and exposed the Hawaiian flowered bikini.  

         RISING ACTION: As Rebecca was waiting for the perfect wave she sees a grey object eroding from the water. She decided it was nothing since all the years she’s been surfing she’d never seen anything bigger than a catfish. Each time she caught a wave she felt she gotten a little bit better, progressing and learning from her mistakes. A few hours in the sun began to exhaust her and she soon paddled toward the beach. She caught a glimpse of the same grey object from before but this time only 20 feet away. She paddles the opposite direction her heart racing a little bit faster. Up, down, up, down, the indecisive object followed her. 15 feet, 10, 8, 4.

CLIMAX: She was vigorously splashing the water, pulling the water as much as she can hoping the strange object would get frightened. She called out for help but there was no one nearby. She stopped to look behind wondering if it’s still chasing her. Nothing. She peered out into the deep blue ocean but couldn’t find a speck of grey. She turns around! This hideous long snouted creature stared her down with its brown eyes. It’s the size of an 18 wheeler and weights no more than five tons; the creature was so fat you think it wouldn’t be able to keep itself afloat. It looked very similar to a hippo… a sea hippo. This ferocious creature flew up in the air, shadowing her with its wide open mouth. The beating of her heart might’ve stopped a few times and Rebecca was blanked with fear. A split second before the sea hippo could touch her; the water beneath her began to move in a circular motion. Faster and faster it would spin and soon drag her down to the ocean floor leaving behind the sea hippo.

FALLING ACTION: Rebecca woke up to a white stoned glass room. She wasn’t in her bikini anymore but in an elegant white dress. The room smelled of freshly picked roses and to the corner of the room laid her burgundy customized board. She walked over to the window and by surprised, and was face to face with fishes, sea giraffes, and floating palm trees. Buildings covered with algae seemed to go on for miles. A palace? Like the ones in the movies? A maid came into her room asking her to dinner with the King and his family. She was welcomed with steaming food and flaming lit candles. All her questions were distracted by the beautiful room guarded by sea fairies. She took a seat across from a man who looked like the Prince; dressed in a nicely ironed tunic, with his dirty blonde hair ruffled to the side. He was beautiful. His father called him Jean Luc Bilodeau. She automatically fell for his sparkling blue eyes and his warming gestures. Dinner passed and she decided to explore the palace. The architect of the building amazed her each time she went into a different room; the details were so precise. She saw the Prince coming toward her way and began to go the opposite direction, ignoring his eye contact. He caught up with her and asked her where she was going. She ignored his question and responded with questions of her own. He said it was late and asked her to join him for breakfast the next morning and he will explain everything.

RESOLUTION: A year passed and she completely fell for Jean Luc Bilodeau. But the only thing that was aching her heart was her family and friends. The prince said if she ever goes back to them she will never be able to visit the palace again. She was stuck to decide on her friends and families or the love of her life. The prince saw how hurt and sad she was and searched for ways to solve the dilemma. He went to his father begging for advice; the King saw how much this meant to his son and responded with a gesture of his two fingers to follow him. They walked passed two wide pillars, across a bridge, up 5 levels, and into a library. They casually walked to the technology section; the king skimmed the row of books. He came across an old ragged book; placed his index finger on the top corner of the book and half pulled it out. This caused the bottom of the rack to unfold another but small red book. The king carefully took it out and opened it to the 245th page and skipped to the 3^rd paragraph 5^th word. Mermaid. He whispered it and suddenly appeared two rings. The king faced his son and told him it’s important to make the right choice. The ring allows two people to see each other no matter how far apart they are, as long as they both have the ring on. But the catch is that when the human place the ring onto their finger for the first time, they automatically transform into a mermaid; the creator of the ring had a mermaid obsession. The prince went back to Rebecca holding the two rings and told her what must be done. She accepted and magically transformed into a mermaid (describe the transformation). She went back to her friends and families and told her about her adventure and apologized for being away so long. Her mom was confused and said she’s only been gone for 5 hours. She was so relieved and hugged her mom.

Every other month she would visit Jean Luc Bilodeau and they lived happily ever after.