The crying mermaid also bears the name Charlotte, once a normal human but she was placed under a curse a few years ago. But like she stated, it wasn't her fault. She was cursed was because of her great, great, great, great Grandmother Princess Amelia. Many years ago, Princess Amelia was the only ruler to a small kingdom. Even if it was a small kingdom, they managed to thrive in growing their own crops for their consumption. Princess Amelia was not the greatest Princess, in fact, she thought of herself as a powerful monarch. Thus, she was able to make new rules which affected everyone.
Some day, Amelia awoke and decided to make a new rule that everyone had to abide by. The majority of the food the kingdom produces, should immediately be sent to her. And so a food tax was ordered. After a short amount of time, the kingdom turned against her and rebelled. Amelia then sent her knights to be rid of all those who rebelled. She was protected for life, she was too powerful to be stopped. Her greed resulted in her being alone.
One night, a spirit appeared in her room. Due to the spirit's magic, she was unable to speak, but to just listen. The spirit stated that unless she can change her ways before her death, a curse will be placed upon one of her descendents. A curse to turn into a creature and human again at any time. The creature will depend on their Zodiac sign. Their curse will only end when they can control their greed.
The spirit disappeared and Amelia woke up in her empty room. She passed it off as a dream but she didn't learn from her mistake. In fact, she spent the rest of her life still giving out new orders, one of which was to make her a mother. This order was successful and a child was born, ready to start the family tree. Amelia reduced her kingdom to a barren wasteland. Her precious Knights turned against her and managed to assassinate her in her sleep. Amelia's son was given to an adoptive family.
Amelia's curse was transferred from generation to generation but not one had the dreadful curse, until the modern day. Charlotte was born under the star sign Pieces which had given her a large fish tail birthmark on her stomach. Her parents thought nothing of it. They didn't know of the curse. Charlotte grew up in the city living a normal life. Charlotte had been given the majority of Amelia's genes which caused her to become greedy in her teenage life. A few days before her 18th birthday, Charlotte was always eating and had become overweight. She had no friends and even got in trouble a few times with the police for attempting to steal.
It was the dawn of Charlotte's birthday. Not really a celebrating sort of day for her because she spent her birthday alone. Her boredom caused her to eat. She was lying on the sofa eating but suddenly something went wrong. There was a glow under her blouse where her birthmark was. She looked and found the fish tail had transformed into a pair of legs. Then Charlotte was hit with a huge amount of internal pain. It didn't take long for Charlotte's legs to be morphed into a large fish tail and her hair to grow and change color. Her pants and panties were shredded in the process. Scared and now a mermaid, Charlotte could do nothing but stare at her new tail, scream and hope it went away. Her parents were absolutely frightened after finding their daughter's become a mermaid but they stuck by her to try to get her back to normal. They tried drying her already dry tail, they forced her to stand but she fell to the floor and they dragged her to have a bath but she still stayed as mermaid.It all seemed impossible but suddenly Charlotte's legs returned and the tail disappeared. Her hair, though still long, turned to her normal black color.