Caylender's AN: This is something Captain and I have been working on since January. Yes, we are super cool people, and I swear we have lives. But we kind of forgot about his until yesterday, and we decided since we already have more than 40 single spaced pages on Google Docs already written, we should finish and post this.
I know, someone recently posted a Mermaid AU; it's completely coincidental. Make sure to check out Goddess of the Deep by xXxRen3gadeQueeN23xXx in addition to this puppy. It looks compelling and well-written.
Part of Your World
Prologue
"Daddy, I don't want them to come over," complained the young girl as she began to break into a coughing fit once again which felt like the millionth time that day. "I want you to stay with me."
The little girl seemed to have come down with a nasty virus. It was going around her school and all the children were falling ill. Today was already the second day she had been home sick from school and tomorrow wasn't looking good for the little girl either.
Her father sighed as he straightened his tie and walked over to his daughter's bed handing her a cup of water and frowned. "You know your mama and I have had plans for this night for months. Plus, you love your uncles. What's come over you?"
The girl huffed in annoyance and rolled her eyes at her father. Her father raised an eyebrow unsure of where his daughter had learned such an awful tactic... probably from his brothers. He did want to stay with his daughter and not wear this monkey suit out in public. It was his night off, but his wife had been planning this date night for months, and if he backed out now, he was a dead man.
"But Daddy, they are so weird. One always talks about his hatred of clothes, and the other always wants me to practice my cartwheels. He has this idea in his head I'm going to be like you, but you all know I want to be a ballerina," explained the girl. "And they never want to do any girly things! Like tonight, all I want is a bedtime story, and I bet they don't even know any!"
The father patted his daughter's knee, "You'd be surprised about the stories your uncles know, darling. I'm sure you'll have a good time with them."
"Fine," groaned the girl. "But if they pinch my cheeks…"
The father shook his head at his daughter's antics. She was certainly something else when she was sick. He did feel for the little girl, but before he could get any further into the conversation with her, did his brothers burst through the door to his daughter's room.
The two tumbled through the doorway into the little girl's room.
"I swear, you forget how to walk sometimes," grumbled one of her uncles as he untangled his legs from the others. The other propped himself on his elbows shrugging innocently at his little brother and looking up at his niece from where he lay on the carpet, "Hi babygirl!"
"Brothers," greeted her father with a raised eyebrow at the two of them. "I left all the emergency numbers on the table downstairs and you both have my cellphone number. The poor girl isn't feeling well so take it easy on her. We'll be back around midnight if not later, probably."
"Okay Uce," one of them smirked grabbing her father's hand pushing him out of the bedroom, "We've got this! Now you and your lady go out on the town, have some fun, be crazy!"
"But not too crazy!" the younger one cautioned as he went to sit where her father had been sitting on the bed with her. "We'll see you when you get home."
Her father ran a hand through his hair and with one last glance gave in to letting his brothers look after his baby girl. Hopefully, they would go easy on her tonight he thought as he joined his wife at the bottom of the staircase walking out the door for their date night.
"They're gone," said her older uncle, smirking as he watched the lights from the car pull out of the driveway and head down the street. "So what do you want to do, kid? Paint the town red? Eat a ton of candy? Have your other uncle here teach you a bunch of wrestling moves?"
The girl sighed and rolled her eyes. "What I would like for you to do is tell me a story…"
"A story?" questioned her uncles in unison.
"Yes, a bedtime story," the girl said as she once again broke into a hard, wet cough as the younger uncle handed the little girl her glass of water. "A fairy tale."
The brothers exchanged a look the young girl didn't recognize before smiling at each other as if they knew a secret she didn't.
"We can do that quite easily, babygirl," the older uncle said with a smile as he sat on the opposite side of the girl as her younger uncle was sitting on.
"You can?" questioned the skeptical girl in confusion.
"We most certainly can, sweetheart," the young one said quickly perking up. "Have you ever heard the story of The Little Mermaid?"
The girl looked at her uncle's confused, "Yep, it's my favorite fairytale. I know it by heart!"
"Well darling, you haven't heard this version of the story," the older explained. "Our heroes aren't mermaids, but actually mermen who are brothers; there's a cruel sea witch who knows magic, an evil king, and a very heroic, yet independent princess. There's lots of action, adventure, and even a little romance."
The girl looked up at her uncle's intrigued by what they were saying.
"Looks like we got somebody's interest," smirked one of her uncles.
"Hook, line, and sinker," stated the other. "So where should we start?"
The other man snapped his fingers and smirked at the little girl once again, "Once upon a time, there was a secret underwater kingdom. Unfortunately this underwater kingdom wasn't a utopia as you might like to imagine it. It was ruled with an iron (abet slightly rusted since its underwater) fist of the Great King of Kings, King Triple H…"
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Once upon a time, there was a secret underwater kingdom. Unfortunately this underwater kingdom wasn't a utopia as you might like to imagine it. It was ruled with an iron (abet slightly rusted since it's underwater) fist of the Great King of Kings, King Triple H.
Everyone that inhabited the kingdom was under his control and lacked a basic level of free will. He achieved this level of control with the help of magic.
Every so often, an inhabitant would find the fancy to rebel and attempt to jump ship. This happened fairly recently with a Pacific Beardfish by the name of Daniel Bryan; however, with the assistance of some underhanded tactics, the threat was readily eliminated.
However, there were still rumors that floated around the kingdom. Some would swear that if you approached Stephanie and asked for the Sea Witch's assistance, she would grant you the ability to walk on the surface world, freely. Another rumor that surfaced after Edge and Christian had disappeared was that the two had gone to her and in exchange for something valuable, they had their freedom…
That was the bottom of the problem though. Nothing was free. No one knew what was to be sacrificed, so not many were willing to gamble.
But really, our story begins in this kingdom with one particular merman, Dean Ambrose and his brothers…
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Caylender's AN:Ironically, Captain and I have been working on this thing for about 7 months on and off. It stems from Captain complaining that her work only had sporks, which naturally lead us to speculate her work was afraid to give the employees real forks in case someone would stab someone- Jon Moxley style. This of course leads to a conversation about Dean holding a fork like Ariel in the Little Mermaid, singing Part of Your World with Roman and Seth as Flounder and Sebastian in the background. Then I wrote the beginning story part, the "once upon a time" segment as a method to try to deter Captain away from the idea. However, she ended up loving what I wrote, and I had so much fun writing it. I mean, can you say bad puns? I know I can make a ton of them! And then we decided to collaborate and write this puppy. So yeah...What you've all probably never wanted to read: Mermaid Shield. You're welcome. ;D
Another Caylender's AN because holy crud she is very chatty today: So A) if you liked the beginning, B) if you're intrigued by what you've read, C) if you just realized the world needs more Shield AUs, D) you're reading this while you wait for the Pokemon Stop to refresh, E) if you absolutely hate it, F) if you like eating fish tacos whenever you get the chance, you should most definitely tell us in a review! Tell me and Captain what you think!
