Mermaid beach was known as an idyllic place to spend a day or days along the seaside. It was made up a long stretch of perfectly sand covered beach going on for a mile plus with its boarder marked by two natural outcrops of rocks going out into the sea for a couple hundred of feet. On the northern most outcrop an old lighthouse dating back almost a hundred years stood with a small coral reef around it making it a place where snorkel and scuba divers visit often. While on the other outcrop an a fort turned museum dating back to the age of the pirates who once roamed the high seas a sunken wooden ship dating back to the time of the fort sits in shallow water only a couple of hundred yards off the fort and is also a popular place for snorkelers and scuba divers as well.
While some did come to visit the lighthouse or the fort, most people came to the beach to spend time in the water or relaxing on the sand under the sun. On an average day the beach is at least half full of tourists and locals enjoying themselves and during the summer it is full to the brim. Some of the locals have found small more private beaches among the rocky areas of the two points but most people stay along the main stretch of beach. When not enjoying the waters, the strip of land behind the beach is full of hotels, shops, and restaurants ready to serve both visitors and locals alike.
It was well known for being a major tourist destination and millions of visitors have been there over the past couple of years. Going to near the top of places to must visit for many tourism blogs, websites and books which brought even more people to the beach.
That was what Mermaid Beach was known for, not anymore. Now it is known as the site of the 1st major outbreak of the mermaid virus. While there had been some videos online of people claiming to become mermaids or mermen in the weeks before the outbreak at Mermaid Beach no one took it with much credit. A marketing ploy for an upcoming movie or show or some internet trend was what most people considered.
Then Mermaid Beach happened, and no one could hide from the truth, a virus was out there, a virus that transformed men and women into mermaids and merman, mostly mermaids and they had to deal with it. That however was in the near future for today that hasn’t happened, but we are only a few hours away from the outbreak on Mermaid Beach.