Author's Note: Hey, it's Teresa here. I know, not a very clever title, but I got inspired. If anyone has any good ideas for a title, I'm open to suggestions. Anyway, I'm writing this one without Julie, but hopefully it's good. And please, just because I put in OCs, don't stop you from reading it.

Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh, it's characters, the sunken city of Atlantis, Poseidon, etc.

Claimer: I do, however, own the caracters of: Jezebel, Duke's younger sister; Sibella, Seto's younger sister, Mokuba's older sister; Nicole, Serenity's best friend; and Gianna, Ryou's older sister. (Yes, I know he had a sister names Amane who died, but here he has another one named Gianna)

Couples: Puppyshipping (Seto/Joey), Puzzleshipping (Yami/Yugi), Chaseshipping (Tristan/Duke), Tendershipping (Bakura/Ryou), Bronzeshipping (Marik/Malik), Nurseshipping (Mai/Serenity), Mystshipping (Ishizu/Téa), Proofshipping (Sibella/Gianna), and Researchshipping (Jezebel/Nicole)

(You'll learn why I call my original shippings those names)

Chapter 1

(On the Airplane)

"... So, as his civilization fell to the sea, the great King Dartz called upon Poseidon, and all the inhabitants of the sinking civilization of Atlantis gained gills and long, scaly tales. Hence, the beginningof merpeople," Gianna said, fixing her yellow sunhat that she always wore, tucking all her snow-white hair inside it.

"That's just a myth, Gigi. There's no such thing as merpeople," Malik said, matter-of-factly.

"Maybe not, but that would be pretty cool," Yugi said.

"It is true! Ask Ryou! He was there when I was looking up the pictures," Gianna said, pointing to her brother in the seat next to her.

As all eyes shifted to Ryou, he began to get nervous. "Well, technically there were pictures, but most of them were of shadows in the water, or the ends of a tail that could have belonged to a dolphin or a whale."

"No! They were of merpeople, I just know it!" Gianna yelled, squeezing her brown eyes shut to keep from crying. She was known to overreact sometimes.

"Look, whether or not there are merpeople in the sea... Thank you, guys, for coming to my mom's summer house. I'm so glad I get to see Serenity again, but I don't think I'll be able to handle my mother without the support of you guys," Joey said, looking at his six friends sincerely.

"No problem, man," Tristan said, punching his friend playfully in the shoulder.

"Yeah, that's what friends are for!" Téa exclaimed.


(Getting out of the car to the summer home)

"Joey!" Serenity yelled, throwing her hands around her older brother's neck, giving him a hug.

"Hey, sis!" he squeezed her back.

"Oh, good you brought your friends! Hey, guys! Oh, I want you to meet my best friend in the whole world," she dragged her brother to the backyard, where a short readhead was feeding the fish in the pond. She looked up when she heard voices.

"Guys, this is Nicole, my best friend," Serenity said, motioning to Nicole with the hand that wasn't in her brothers.

"Hey, you guys can call me Nikki," she said, pushing a strand of dark red hair behind her ear.

"Nikki, this is Téa, Tristan, Yugi, Malik, Ryou, Gianna, and of course, my older brother Joey," Serenity introduced everyone.

"Oh, you like fish?" Gianna asked Nicole.

"Yeah, I'm really into marine biology," she answered.

"That's awesome. Did you know that this island is very close to where they predict the city of Atlantis has sank, which is now home to mermaid. You don't know the story? Well..."

The rest of the group rolled their eyes, except Serenity who giggled, while the butler dragged their luggage upstairs.


A/N: So, there's my first chapter. How do you like it so far? Please, no flames, but concrit is appreciated. Do you like my OCs so far? Next chapter will be the merpeople, because yes, they do exist.