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⚔️ She died once… and this time, she refuses to follow the same fate.
Quinn gives up power, love, and her destined future to enter the deadly Abyss. But the deeper she goes, the darker the secrets become. Will she uncover the truth before it's too late? 🌊🔥
✨ Watch now and discover her epic rise!
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⚔️ She died once… and this time, she refuses to follow the same fate.
Quinn gives up power, love, and her destined future to enter the deadly Abyss. But the deeper she goes, the darker the secrets become. Will she uncover the truth before it's too late? 🌊🔥
✨ Watch now and discover her epic rise!
#shortflix #drama #shortsdrama #shortfilm #series #shortfilms #shortdrama #ShortSeries
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00:01Please, let me see Grandfather one last time.
00:04You're the one who killed Sienna.
00:06But he had gone mad.
00:07You're going to the grave with her!
00:09Sienna is my sister! I would never kill her!
00:11I tried to explain, but Hunter wouldn't listen.
00:14I could only struggle desperately toward the shore.
00:17Yet Hunter dragged me back in the end.
00:21And tortured me to death.
00:25When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day of the pearl draw.
00:30Those who drew a red pearl would become the first female commander of the Royal Title Guard.
00:35Those who drew a white pearl would be sent to the Abyss Trench to serve as low-ranking scouts.
00:42In my previous life, I drew red and married Hunter Sloan, the son of the Merman King.
00:48What followed was ten years of betrayal.
00:51Every night while I slept, they tangled together in the guest chamber next to mine.
00:56Between my sister and me, whose body do you prefer?
01:01Is that even a question?
01:03Come here, baby.
01:06Later, my sister was ambushed during a mission.
01:09Abyssal demons tore her scales apart.
01:11Hunter blamed me for choosing the red pearl, claiming it led to her death.
01:15He falsified a wartime report and sold me out.
01:17The abyssal demons captured me and ripped my tail back.
01:23Then he used his family's power to frame my grandfather for treason.
01:27My grandfather died in chains.
01:29Now, staring at the two shells holding the pearls, I already knew my answer, lowering my head.
01:35Tail curled beneath me.
01:36In the most respectful posture, I said,
01:39I choose the abyss.
01:40Let Sienna be the commander.
01:42My grandfather stared at me in shock.
01:44Giving up the command means giving up your marriage to Hunter.
01:47Are you sure?
01:48Before I could answer, the door was slammed open.
01:51Hunter slipped in without warning.
01:53He pulled Sienna straight into his arms.
01:55Sienna, thank the gods you're alive.
01:58Hunter Sloan's voice was hoarse.
02:00He looked at her like she was a priceless relic he had nearly lost.
02:03In front of my grandfather, Hunter dropped low, tail coiled tightly beneath him.
02:08His forehead touching the ground three times.
02:11Lord Calloway, the one I truly want to marry is Sienna.
02:15I know I'm already engaged to Quinn, but I don't love her.
02:19Please, let me form a true bond with Sienna.
02:23That was when it hit me.
02:24Hunter had been reborn too.
02:26Even hearing it from his own mouth, my chest still burned as if scorched by salt water.
02:30I hid my shock and reached out to help him up.
02:33He slapped my hand away, his voice thick with disgust.
02:36Don't touch me.
02:38I've only ever loved Sienna.
02:39Don't get the wrong idea.
02:41My grandfather cut in.
02:42Quinn is going to the Abyss.
02:44You two can set a date for the ceremony.
02:47Hunter froze for a moment, then broke into a wide smile, pulling Sienna closer.
02:52I can finally bond with you!
02:54The tenderness in his eyes was so full it was almost overflowing.
02:57I watched silently.
02:59That warmth had once been mine fine.
03:01It didn't matter.
03:02I already had a better plan they'd see soon enough.
03:05Once the hall fell quiet, I escorted my grandfather back to his room.
03:09Grandfather, if I meet someone suitable on the front edges, I'll marry there.
03:14He was silent for a long time.
03:16Just stay safe.
03:17He finally said.
03:18That's all I ask.
03:19I looked at his bent back, and before I could stop it, my eyes began to sting.
03:24In my last life, he'd kept me close after the wedding so he could look after me.
03:29This time, I was the one who was going to protect him.
03:33I quickly completed my registration with the National Guard.
03:37On my way home, I stopped by the coral market to buy my grandfather's favorite sweets and began planning what
03:43came next.
03:44A war was about to erupt in the abyssal trench, with heavy casualties.
03:48I had to use my memories from my past life to change the outcome, and the key to that was
03:53finding the fat shark working in the seaweed kitchen, Jess Sheridan.
03:57Just as I was wondering how to locate him, I ran into Hunter and Sienna at the open market.
04:02When Sienna fawned over the newest Tide Mirror, he didn't complain once.
04:07In my previous life, I had begged him for weeks to come pick out a wedding dress with me.
04:12Every time, he brushed me off, saying he was busy serving the guard.
04:16In the end, I bought everything myself and carried it home alone.
04:20Yet here he was, leisurely strolling through the market with Sienna.
04:24Hunter, nobles shouldn't show off.
04:27But I love these veils so much.
04:29What should I do?
04:30Hunter's expression was gentle, without the slightest resistance.
04:34Sienna, if you like them, I'll buy them all.
04:37I gave a bitter smile everything I had done for him before, completely worthless.
04:42I turned to leave, but Sienna spotted me.
04:45She pulled Hunter along, a smug smile on her face.
04:49Quinn, what are you doing here?
04:51Grandfather already picked the wedding date.
04:53You're my sister.
04:54You have to come.
04:56I avoided looking at their clasped hands and kept my tone steady.
04:59I still need to prepare for deployment.
05:01I think if you don't come, I'll burn your mother's memorial conqueror.
05:06My vision went dark.
05:07Sienna and I shared the same father, but not the same mother.
05:10After my mother died, that conch was the only thing I had left of her.
05:14Sienna knew that.
05:15That's why threatening it always worked.
05:18I nodded.
05:19Just as I was about to leave, she called out again.
05:21Her gaze flicked to the pearl pendant at my neck.
05:25Hunter doesn't quite have enough for the moon prism.
05:28Why not use your little pendant as collateral?
05:31My face went cold, my voice hoarse.
05:33If you can't afford it, don't buy it.
05:35This pendant is old.
05:37It's worthless.
05:38Hunter spoke up.
05:39Sienna, we can use a shell harp instead.
05:44Same effect.
05:45So Hunter wasn't completely without feeling toward me.
05:48He knew exactly what that pendant meant to me.
05:51Quinn, are you upset because Hunter and I are close?
05:55But Sienna's eyes welled with tears.
05:57I just wanted a gift from you to bless our bond.
06:00Her voice trembling.
06:01You can't even give me that?
06:03She turned away, shoulders trembling.
06:05A heartbreaking sight, Hunter couldn't stand to see her upset.
06:08His expression turned cold instantly.
06:10Ordered me.
06:11Give it to her.
06:12I refused instinctively.
06:14Hunter lashed out with his tail, striking my ribs.
06:17I crashed into the coral.
06:19He ripped the pendant from my neck and shoved it into Sienna's hands.
06:23A cold smile curled at her lips.
06:26She opened it, took out my mother's photograph,
06:29and crushed it into powder right in front of me.
06:32I lunged forward, but it was too late.
06:35My mother's image flickered in the current, then scattered into nothing.
06:39Something inside me snapped.
06:40I slapped Sienna hard.
06:42She clutched her cheek, feigning shock, then began spinning lies.
06:47Quinn, why would you give me a memorial photo as a wedding gift?
06:50I know you love Hunter, but you can't use something like that to sabotage us.
06:55A crowd gathered, as whispers, pointing fingers.
06:58She's after her own sister's fiancé?
07:01Disgusting.
07:02What kind of mermaid curses her sister's engagement day?
07:04I heard none of it.
07:05I collapsed to the ground, scooping up the drifting dust with trembling hands.
07:10Hunter stood over me, looking down.
07:12Don't think I'll pity you, Quinn.
07:14You know what I'm capable of.
07:16I didn't answer slowly.
07:17I lifted myself into the water and addressed the crowd.
07:20I, Quinn Calavan, swear here and now, I have no feelings for Hunter Solon.
07:25I'm going to the Abyssal.
07:26From this day forward, we go our separate ways.
07:30I went to a healer to have my wounds treated.
07:33By the time I returned home, Sienna was already in the dining hall.
07:37Grandfather wasn't there.
07:39He had gone to the Sloan estate to handle the marriage arrangements.
07:42Sienna looked up at me as if nothing had happened.
07:45She looked happy, as though the scene she had staged at the market an hour ago didn't exist at all.
07:50I walked straight back to my room.
07:52The pearl cabinet stood open.
07:54A sense of dread hit me instantly.
07:56The conch was gone.
07:57I lost control, I rushed out, grabbed Sienna by the collar, and slammed her to the ground.
08:03My vision went black.
08:04I punched her once, twice again, I screamed.
08:07My hand clamped around her throat.
08:09I wanted her dead.
08:09Where is my memory, Conant?
08:11Burned it.
08:12Blood traced a thin line from the corner of Sienna's mouth.
08:15Threw it into the seaweed furnace.
08:16But her eyes gleamed with triumph.
08:18Your mother was such a kind woman.
08:21Even when she was dying, she still lit fires to keep me warm.
08:26Rage flooded me.
08:27Why?
08:28I've already given you everything!
08:30It felt like my blood was burning.
08:32What more do you want?
08:34Sienna shoved me off and gasped for air.
08:37What I want?
08:37Do you want to know what I went through in my last life?
08:40You deserve to suffer what I did.
08:42One hundred times over!
08:44So she had been reborn, too.
08:45I spat out blood and glared at her.
08:47Last time, grandfather didn't cheat.
08:49You died because of your own stupidity.
08:52Still talking tough, huh?
08:53Sienna forced out a twisted sound.
08:56Before I could react, she yanked me closer and struck me hard across the face.
09:02Before I could pull back, a kick slammed into my spine.
09:05I crashed onto the reef.
09:07A heavy stool came down on my head.
09:09Blood ran down my face.
09:10Hunter's eyes were bloodshot as he loomed over me, cursing.
09:13I couldn't hear a word.
09:15He pulled Sienna into his arms, his hands trembling as he checked her injuries.
09:20Then he slammed a shell bowl onto the table, pressed a jagged edge against my throat.
09:24The dizziness faded.
09:25At last, I could hear him.
09:27Quinn, don't fool yourself into thinking I still love you.
09:31Touch Sienna again and I wouldn't mind killing you again.
09:34I lay on the floor, watching them cling to each other.
09:37Nausea churned in my stomach.
09:39I crawled toward the furnace.
09:40The seaweed flames had already gone cold.
09:43Hunter dragged Sienna over and stomped hard on my already broken hand.
09:46Did I say you could leave?
09:49Apologize to Sienna.
09:50Now.
09:51The pain was unbearable.
09:53I lifted my head, looking at Hunter's twisted face.
09:56I muttered.
09:57The bandage on my head was soaked through.
09:59My conch.
10:00He didn't hear me.
10:01He just kept demanding that I apologize.
10:03I gave up, I collapsed.
10:05Darkness swallowed everything.
10:07Eventually, Hunter lost interest.
10:09He left me in the ashes and swam away with Sienna.
10:12When I woke, Grandfather still hadn't returned.
10:15I did everything I could to bandage myself, then dragged my battered body into the current,
10:20rushing toward the abyssal trench.
10:22Time was running out.
10:24I had to find Jess Sheridan.
10:25The current carried me to the trench outpost, and then I blacked out again.
10:29When I came around an ugly overweight shark man was sitting beside me.
10:34My heart pounded as I called his name.
10:36Jess Sheridan.
10:37The shark flinched.
10:38Its dark eyes fixed on me warily.
10:41Who are you?
10:41How do you know my name?
10:43Catching my breath, I told him about the coming war, describing it as visions from a dream.
10:48In my last life, I had learned from Sienna that he was the son of the sea god.
10:53An accident had drained him of his power and sealed him inside the body of a shark man.
10:58To keep him safe, the sea god had arranged for him to blend in among the frontline kitchen crew,
11:04while a solution was sought.
11:06Nobody here knew his true identity.
11:08Behind his back, they called him Fatfin, or just the Pudgy One.
11:12Right now, the most important thing was to earn his trust,
11:15and get him to take me to the true god of the sea.
11:18Will you marry me?
11:19The moment the words left my mouth, Jess narrowed his eyes.
11:22The next second, he turned to call for the guards, panicking.
11:25I grabbed him, and fell off the bed.
11:28My wound split open, but I didn't care.
11:30My name is Quinn Calloway.
11:32My mother was an ocean witch.
11:34I know a way to restore your true form.
11:37Jess studied me with suspicion, and put me through question after question,
11:40until he was satisfied I wasn't an enemy agent.
11:43I'll need to think about it.
11:45A few days later, Sienna and Hunter's wedding took place.
11:48Hunter sat in the room, distracted, constantly asking who had arrived.
11:52After the guests had left, he went to find Grandfather.
11:55Trying to keep himself composed.
11:57Lord Calloway, where is Quinn?
11:59Today is her sister's engagement ceremony.
12:01Why didn't she come?
12:02Grandfather looked around the empty hall and sighed.
12:06You expect her to sit here and watch the man she loves being intimate with her own sister?
12:11Hunter's heart dropped.
12:13He suddenly remembered that night.
12:15The argument, the way I had crawled toward the furnace.
12:18Before he could ask anything else, a messenger fish rushed in, waving a scroll wrapped in the current.
12:24Lord Calloway!
12:26Official orders from the Abyss Command!
12:28Quinn is married!
12:30Hunter could hardly believe it.
12:32He snatched the scroll.
12:33Who is married?
12:39The little courier fish grinned, innocent as ever.
12:42Why Big Sister Quinns?
12:44There's a command seal on it and everything!
12:47Brother Hunter, what are the odds?
12:50Both your weddings on the very same day!
12:52Hunter felt his heart skip.
12:54He turned the scroll over and over, read that name again and again, then collapsed onto the coral floor.
13:00The girl who had once sworn she would never love anyone but him, had turned around and bound herself to
13:06someone else.
13:07He remembered that night.
13:08Me on the floor, covered in blood, dragging myself toward the seaweed furnace with a sickly look on my face.
13:15And in a flash the image overlapped with one from his last life.
13:18Me on the ground, my torn tail trailing behind me, prostrating in front of him and begging.
13:24She has someone she loves now.
13:25Hunter sat there muttering to himself, dazed.
13:28How can she marry someone else?
13:31Hunter cut his own finger and sent the blood out.
13:34A forbidden tracking spell.
13:36But the ocean didn't answer.
13:38He'd forgotten that I was the daughter of an ocean witch.
13:41The forbidden tracking spell was one I'd taught him in our last life.
13:45And I had long since erased my own traces.
13:48And then, while Hunter sat there in despair, he saw Sienna.
13:51Sienna was drunk, her eyes glassy.
13:53She pulled him up off the floor with a soft voice.
13:56What's wrong?
13:57What are you doing sitting down there?
14:00Hunter stared at her, dazed.
14:02Then something cool flickered his eyes.
14:04The next second, his hand cracked across her face.
14:07Quinn's mother's memory conch.
14:09Where is it?
14:10It can find Quinn!
14:13Sienna sobered up instantly.
14:15She held her cheek, staring at Hunter in disbelief.
14:18What?
14:19Hunter?
14:20I've never even seen that thing!
14:22Hunter knocked her hand away and slapped her again.
14:24I'm asking you where the memory conch is.
14:26Where did you hide it?
14:27Sienna was speechless.
14:29She covered her face.
14:30Tears poured down.
14:32Why would I ever touch anything of Quinn's?
14:34She said this place wasn't her home anymore.
14:37She must have taken it with her.
14:38Hunter's vision blacked out.
14:40He pressed a hand to his chest.
14:42She...
14:43She isn't coming back.
14:45Suddenly he staggered to his feet, didn't even go back to the bridal chamber, swam straight
14:50to the Sloan estate, grabbed a travel pack, and tore off for the Tideway station.
14:55Sienna chased after him in a daze and threw herself in his path.
14:58Hunter, where are you going?
15:00This is our wedding day.
15:02Hunter wouldn't even spare her a glance.
15:04Move.
15:05I want to see with my own eyes who Quinn married.
15:07A flash of resentment crossed Sienna's eyes.
15:10She clamped onto his tail fin and refused to let go.
15:13You're still thinking about her?
15:15You regret marrying me?
15:16Hunter shook her off impatiently.
15:18I don't have time for this.
15:19Move!
15:20When force didn't work, Sienna changed her face in a heartbeat and started packing his
15:25bag for him.
15:26Fine.
15:27I'll go with you.
15:28I was wanting to see Quinn myself anyway.
15:30At that, Hunter's face softened.
15:33He let her come along, but they'd barely reached the entrance to the Tideway station
15:37when a squad in silverscale armor stopped them.
15:40At the head of the squad was Hunter's father, General Sloan himself.
15:44The general's quiet authority made Sienna shrink her tail back, and even Hunter didn't
15:48dare open his mouth.
15:50Go home.
15:50I won't say it twice.
15:52Hunter didn't dare defy his father.
15:54He and Sienna had to slink back home, frustrated.
15:57Soon after, the front in the abyssal trench grew so unstable that they couldn't have
16:02gone even if they'd tried.
16:04Meanwhile, Jace and I were spending busy but fulfilling days down in the abyss.
16:08In the beginning, marrying Jace really had been a partnership and nothing more.
16:13It was the fastest way I could think of to earn the Sea God's trust.
16:17That war in my last life had killed half of our kind down here.
16:21I had to save them.
16:22Marriage of convenience or not, Jace still gave me a grand ceremony.
16:26After we wed, I told the Sea God every detail I remembered about the coming war.
16:31He was skeptical at first, but I correctly predicted several events in a row, and eventually
16:36he chose to believe me.
16:37In the end, we won decisively.
16:40After that battle, I was made battalion commander of the Northwest Forces.
16:43The Sea God set up a coral cottage just for the two of us, so Jace and I could look
16:48after
16:48each other.
16:48I took the risk of going down into a deep sea volcano to find a fairy herb that blooms
16:54only once every hundred years, and I poured power into it using my witch's soul pearl.
16:59Day after day of treatment, his shark seal broke, and his Sea God's power slowly returned.
17:05I had never seen a more perfect male mermin in my life.
17:08That kind of sea witchcraft tears at the body especially hard, and I took the backlash from
17:13treating Jace.
17:14I needed a full month of recovery to come back to myself.
17:18Through all of it, Jace stayed by my side, day after day.
17:21Jace was careful and gentle.
17:23The sea greens chowder he made tasted like nothing else.
17:26I only learned later that he had been secretly feeding me a sacred elixir.
17:31One meant only for the Sea God.
17:33Under his care, I grew stronger, and my battlefield record kept getting better.
17:37When we first married, people at the front called us the beggar and the fat pig.
17:42But no one laughed at us anymore.
17:44Now they all said we were meant for each other.
17:47The nickname for Jace had gone from fat shark to big bro.
17:50I was still not entirely thrilled with that one, but Jace just laughed.
17:54Don't worry about them.
17:55In my eyes, you're a goddess.
17:57Quiet days like that went on for half a year, until I happened to see Hunter and Sienna outside
18:02the outpost.
18:03I just picked up medicine from the healer when I ran straight into the two of them, prowling
18:08around outside the outpost, our eyes locked.
18:11Hunter sprinted toward me at once.
18:13He didn't spare a thought for the Sienna right beside him.
18:17He just pulled me into his arms.
18:18Quinn!
18:19I knew you weren't married.
18:21You still care about me!
18:22Sienna's face went dark in an instant.
18:25Hunter didn't notice a thing.
18:27I stepped back quickly, putting space between us.
18:30Sorry.
18:31My husband is at home waiting.
18:33I need to go.
18:34Hunter's body locked up.
18:35He stared at me, blank.
18:37Just then a few of my comrades swam past.
18:39They spotted me and grinned, throwing me casual salutes.
18:43Commander Quinn, who are these two?
18:45Big bro wasn't feeling well today, so he wasn't in the kitchen.
18:48I am dying for that sea greens chowder of his.
18:51The moment Sienna heard big bro, she clapped a hand over her mouth like she'd seen a ghost.
18:57Sis, your husband isn't the… that fat shark from the seaweed kitchen, is you?
19:01I frowned.
19:03Watch how you speak.
19:04He is not a fat shark.
19:06Sienna scoffed, her eyes dripping with contempt.
19:09Quinn, everyone knows there's a fat shark in the seaweed kitchen, grinning like an idiot
19:13all day.
19:14Came out of nowhere, some country nobody.
19:16Sure, it stings that you didn't get to marry Hunter, but is it really worth degrading
19:21yourself like this?
19:22My expression hardened.
19:23The comrades who'd been passing by stopped walking.
19:26They didn't look pleased.
19:27And who exactly are you two?
19:29How do you even know big bro?
19:30These two are newlyweds.
19:32They're happy together.
19:33Don't you think you're going a little too far?
19:35Watching everyone take my side, Sienna ground her teeth in fury.
19:39Hunter stepped forward, his voice catching.
19:41You really did marry someone else?
19:43You're really not coming home?
19:45I looked at his wounded little face and felt nothing at all.
19:48Hunter, my parents are gone.
19:50This is my home now.
19:51You're the one who said you only ever loved Sienna.
19:54So what are you doing here?
19:55Last life and this life both.
19:57He never knew what he actually wanted.
19:59Hunter clamped down on my arm and wouldn't let go, just as we were locked in that standoff.
20:04A comrade swam up supporting Jace, who was burning with fever.
20:08When Jace saw me hemmed in like that, he tensed up at once and pushed his way over.
20:13The Jace of today had long since shed the bloated body the seal had given him.
20:17He stood tall and lean, sharp-featured with a brilliantly shimmering tail.
20:21I touched his still-hot forehead, my chest aching with worry.
20:25You're sick.
20:26And you're out wandering around?
20:28Sienna rushed up and stared at the tall, broad-shouldered, sharply-chiseled Jace.
20:33So shocked she could barely speak.
20:35Who are you?
20:36Where's the fat shark?
20:38Jace fixed her with a wary stare.
20:40And who are you?
20:41You forced your way into the outpost.
20:43You're crowding the battalion commander.
20:44I am well within my rights to treat you as a spy.
20:47Sienna seemed to crack right there, screaming in disbelief.
20:50You're the battalion commander?
20:52How are you the commander?
20:54You should have been caught by the Abyss Demons, torn apart, broken.
20:58How can you possibly be the commander?
21:01Everyone stared as Sienna came apart, her ranting growing more deranged.
21:05Their faces darkened.
21:07Hunter looked at Jace standing beside me and turned green with jealousy.
21:10Quinn.
21:11You.
21:12My husband is sick.
21:14You'll have to excuse us.
21:16Jenny, could you deal with these two for me?
21:18I'm taking Jace home.
21:19With that, I took Jace's hand and turned for home.
21:22Hunter tried to follow, but the others closed in around them with practiced ease.
21:27Armed and ready, mindful of his father, Hunter didn't dare push it.
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