Chapter 1
This story has been inspired by a roleplay I did with my friend a while ago. The story will be similar to the roleplay I did. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Finding Nemo/Dory.
It has been two months since Dory found her parents. Her parents has been comfortable living in the reef with their daughter and friends. They often go out on swims around the reef. They were grateful that they finally had space. They could finally swim freely and not around in circles. The couple had to admit that they were pretty scared when they had to search for Dory. They were bred in captivity, so they wasn't really comfortable going out into the ocean. Therefore, they were so happy to see their daughter again after so many years of laying shells, trying to get their baby girl home.
The sun rose into the sky, it's bright rays shining into the blue, clear water. Dory was sleeping in her brain coral, snoring loudly. She was dreaming about her childhood. The blue tang giggled softly in her sleep. "Mommy, Daddy..." she said, smiling lightly. Her smile vanished when the sun's rays shone in her eyes. Her magenta eyes shot open. Her head bumped at the top of her brain coral. "Oww." She rubbed her head. She stretched her body before swimming out to meet Marlin and Nemo. While she swam, she realized that Nemo had school today. She saw Marlin and Nemo just swimming out of their anemone. With a smile, she swam over to them.
"Morning, Marlin, Nemo!" she greeted, waving her fin at them.
They turned to face Dory. "Morning, Dory!" Nemo said, smiling.
Marlin grinned at his friend. "Morning."
"So, Nemo, are you ready for school?" Dory asked, excited to be taking him to school.
Marlin and Nemo exchanged glances. "Uh, Dory, today's Sunday," Marlin said.
Dory suddenly remembered. "Oh, right, sorry. I forgot." She looked down at the sand before smiling at the little clown fish and his father. "Well, I better go see what my parents are doing. Bye guys!" She swam away towards her parents' coral home.
"Bye, Dory!" Nemo said, while Marlin waved his fin to her.
Dory hummed the "Just Keep Swimming" song as she swam. She smiled as she entered her parents' home. When she reached their coral cave, she noticed that they were not there. She searched around their home. "Mom? Dad?" She kept searching, until she saw her parents near the sea grass, enjoying the sun's warmth on their scales. "Morning, Mom! Morning, Dad!" she exclaimed.
Jenny and Charlie smiled when they saw their daughter. "Morning, honey," her mother said warmly.
"Morning, Kelpcake!" Charlie exclaimed, using the nickname he created for her.
"What are you doing?" Dory asked.
"We are just enjoying the warmth," Jenny said. "The warmth is quite nice. We never had the sun's warmth in the institute."
Dory nodded, understanding. "That's good. Do you enjoy the ocean?"
Charlie nodded. "Yes, we love the ocean. The ocean is such a beautiful place to live in."
"It sure is," Jenny agreed, looking at the ocean.
"I'm glad you like the ocean, I like it too," Dory said.
Dory suddenly changed the subject. "Can we eat breakfast?"
"Sure, I'll prepare breakfast," Jenny said. They all swam to the coral home.
Destiny woke up with a huge yawn. She rubbed her eyes. She got up to see Bailey. When she arrived to the rock cave, where Bailey slept, she noticed that he was sleeping. She let in a big breath. She called loudly, "Goooood mooorning, Baaaailey!"
Bailey woke up with a scream. "Huh? What?" He saw Destiny standing there, laughing.
"I got you good, Bailey!" she said, still laughing.
He glared at Destiny. "That wasn't funny! You scared me half to death!"
Destiny stopped laughing. "Aww, come on, Bailey. I was only playing around."
Bailey sighed. He realized that. The beluga whale chuckled. "Yeah, right. I'm sorry. Just don't do that again, okay?"
She chuckled. "Okay." She grabbed Bailey's fin. "Come on, let's eat breakfast."
Dory quickly ate her breakfast. She chewed on her kelp.
Charlie giggled. "Why are you eating fast, Kelpcake?"
Dory gulped down the kelp she was chewing on. "I want to play with Nemo."
Jenny chuckled. "I understand, sweetie, but can you please eat a little slower?"
"Okay, Mom," she replied. She ate the rest of her breakfast, chewing on her kelp a little slower. "I'm done! Can I play with Nemo now?"
"Sure, honey," Jenny said.
"Have fun!" Charlie exclaimed.
Dory quickly swam near the anemone. She saw the little clown fish. He was bored. He mindlessly drew circles in the sand with his fin. Nemo perked up when he saw Dory swimming towards him.
"Dory!" He swam up to her. "I'm so glad you're here! I'm so bored!"
Dory had a smile on her freckled face. "I'm glad that you said that. I want to play with you."
"What should we play?" Nemo asked.
"Hmm..." Dory placed a fin on her chin. She thought for a minute, until she thought of a game they could play. "Let's play tag!"
"Okay!" Nemo exclaimed before shouting, "Dad! I'm gonna play with Dory!"
Marlin swam over to them. "Okay, but don't go too far. That goes for you too, Dory." He looked at the blue tang.
"We won't." Nemo and Dory swam off to play.
"So, who's it?" Nemo inquired.
"I'll be it!" Dory said, excited to play.
Nemo chuckled before swimming away from Dory. "Come back here!" Dory shouted, chasing the clown fish around.
"You can't get me!" he said playfully, swimming through the kelp.
"Oh, yes I will!" She chased Nemo quickly, laughing.
Nemo swam so fast, that he couldn't see Dory anymore. He hid, so Dory couldn't see him.
Dory stopped. She suddenly forgot what she was doing. She swam out into the open. "Nemo?" She frantically looked around when she couldn't see the young clown fish. She searched for him.
Nemo waited in his hiding spot for a while. "Where is she? She should of found me by now." He got out of his hiding spot. "Dory!" Nemo shouted, searching for his friend.
It has been minutes since he searched for her. He decided to swim back to the reef. He saw his dad, who was talking to Jenny and Charlie. "Dad!" he called.
The trio stopped talking when they saw Nemo. "Nemo? What is it, son?" Marlin asked.
"Dory's missing! We were playing tag, but she suddenly just vanished," he explained.
"What?!" Jenny said.
"I told her not to go too far," Marlin grumbled. "Nemo, get Bailey to help us find her."
"Okay, Dad." He swam off to Bailey's home.
Jenny's eyes watered. She hugged Charlie. "Oh, Charlie, what's gonna happen to her?"
Charlie stroked her dorsal fin. "Honey, she'll be fine."
Marlin sighed. "Don't worry. We'll find her as soon as possible."
Charlie smiled. "Thank you, Marlin. We'll help find her."
"Bailey!" Nemo shouted.
Bailey quickly turned to face Nemo. "Hey, Nemo! What's up?"
"Bailey, Dory's missing! Can you use your echolocation?" he asked.
His eyes widened. He then nodded. "Sure. Let me get Destiny and Hank first." He swam off.
"Thanks." Nemo looked up at the sea. "Dory, please be alright."
Dory was starting to worry. "Where is everyone?" She swam in circles, panting. She then calmed down. "Okay, Dory. Don't panic. You just need to go in the reef. That's where everyone is," she said to herself. The positive fish swam back to the reef. She stopped when she saw some familiar faces. She squinted to get a better look.
Hank pointed a tentacle at Dory. "There she is!"
Dory finally recognized them. "Guys!" she shouted, swimming over to them. Jenny and Charlie swam quickly to their daughter; they embraced her.
"Mom! Dad!" Dory closed her eyes and smiled.
"Thank goodness your okay," Jenny said, smiling fondly at her daughter.
"Yeah, we thought you got hurt or something," Charlie added.
"No, I'm fine. I just got lost."
Marlin angrily swam up to Dory. "Dory, I told you to stay near the reef! We've been searching everywhere for you!" he shouted, narrowing his scarlet eyes at her.
Dory's smile turned into a frown. "I'm sorry, Marlin, I just forgot." Dory lowered her eyes.
Marlin couldn't control his anger, so he yelled, "I thought you were dead! You really had me worried! I'm really disappointed in you, Dory. If you didn't forget, then you would just stay near the reef and didn't wander off!"
Dory gasped at what Marlin said. Tears formed in her eyes. She quickly swam off into the reef, crying. Her parents followed her.
Marlin quickly regretted for what he said to her. Hank swam up to Marlin. "Marlin, can't you control your anger for once? You just made her cry!"
"Hank, I shouldn't have said that. I'm sorry." Marlin frowned, staring at him with a apologetic look in his eyes.
"Don't say sorry to me, say sorry to her! She doesn't deserve to be yelled at," he said before adding, "Come on guys, let's go home."
Destiny and Bailey followed Hank to the reef before casting a glare at Marlin.
Marlin sighed. He swam back to the reef, thinking about what he have done.
