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Author's Note: This is my Mermando and Mabel fiction so if you don't want Mabel to be shipped leave now and forever hold your peace. Hope you enjoy.
Enjoy Fellow Gravity Fallers!
Deep and under the warm summer sea a family of merpeople rushed around the kingdom. A woman with wavy brown hair. She wore a red seashell bra with a beautiful green tail. "Mermando! Your fiancee is looking for you!"
She swam around till she found her son's room. She knocked on pearly white door. "Mijo, your fiancee is wondering where you are? Come out."
"No, mother, I simply cannot see her," answered a deep masculine voice filled with sadness.
"Why? I thought you were happy," questioned the mother.
"I was," answered Mermando through the door.
"Was? What happened?" asked his mother with concern. No reply. "May I least come in?"
The door creaked open a little she smiled slightly. She swam over to a underwater bed with Mermando under the seaweed covers. "Mijo, what's the matter?"
"Nothing, mother, just going through some things," answered Mermando while he avoided looking at his mother.
"Can you tell me what?"
Under the covers Mermando held a green bottle tightly. He had this bottle since he told his love that he was getting married. He then answered. "No. I don't wish to."
His mother looked at the lump in the blanket with sadness and guilt. "Alright mijo, but if you ever want to tell me what's wrong just come."
No reply.
His mother swam off sadly not knowing the sadness that Mermando felt. When he heard his mother swim off and close his door. He sighed sadly as he whispered, "Oh Mabel Pines, I wish I could see you one last time before I get….married."
Though unbeknownst to him his mother heard him through the door. She covered her mouth in shock as she saw a nearby dolphin. She then said in dolphin speak, "Excuse me, could please find me Mabel Pines."
The dolphin nodded happily as he swam away to find the girl.
~A Year Later~
Mermando's mother apologized to the Queen of the Manatees for who knows how much times for delaying the wedding. Suddenly her husband came over as he asked, "Mi amor, why are you delaying the wedding."
"Oh! I'm just waiting on some news," half-lied the wife as she still waited for news on that Mabel Pines. As if on queue a dolphin came made noise asking for the Queen. She smiled as she swam fast to the dolphin.
"Have you found any information on the Lady Pines?" asked the Queen to the dolphin who nodded who had told what he found out.
"She's human?" asked the Queen with worry in her voice. "Oh no. Not again. Not this story again."
She sighed sadly as she knew what she needed to do but her husband was not going to be happy. She swam to an underground library. She looked for a purple coral covered book. She opened the book as it read, "The Story of Human and Merprincess."
"I don't believe it. My precious mijo fell in love with a human," whispered the Queen as she held the book tightly.
"So, now you know."
Queen turned around and saw her elder son as she said, "Mermando?! When did you get here?"
"Father requested me to find you," answered Mermando with a distant look.
"I'm sorry mijo, but you fell in love with a human?" asked his mother with a concern look.
"Yes, I'm sorry."
"Don't be. You're not the first one to fall in love with a human," answered the Queen as she sat near a chair made from coral.
"Really? What happened to the first one?" asked Mermando as he sat near his mother.
"Well it happened long ago. A merprincess used to love watching the humans dance the night away from his castle. One terrible storm happened when a human fell off from his ship, she of course saved him. In that moment it was love at first sight. As years passed she fell more in love with the human. Then one day her sisters helped her make a special magic bracelet to give her legs and breath on land. She ran to the castle though when she met the human he didn't recognize her, so she got to know him but sadly things didn't work out. He was getting married to another woman, that he loved deeply. Heartbroken she threw the bracelet out to the ocean and jumped back to sea, living life alone trying to help others," recited the Queen as she knew the story by heart. She looked at Mermando with a sad look. "I'm sorry mijo, but your love is the worst kind for us merpeople."
"I understand," said Mermando sadly.
His mother couldn't handle seeing her little prince so sad so she added, "Sigh, Mermando I want you to be happy. So, I'm going to tell you where to find this mermaid."
"Really!" said Mermando in shock.
"Si," answered his mother with hesitanctance. "I want to see if you can be the first to break this pattern."
"Gracias mother! Gracias!" thanked Mermando as he hugged her tightly before swimming away.
"Mermando! I need to give you a map where to find her," said his mother as she watched him swim away.
Later at night the Queen swam to Mermando's room as she gave him a map and hug as she watched him swim away. "Good luck, mijo."
With that farewell she watched her little boy swim away.
Mermando held the map tightly as he yelled, "I'm coming back Mabel!"
As he swam through the mighty ocean trying to find the woman with his burning love inside him fueling his tail to swim faster. When he swam through the coral he saw little cave. He looked down at the map and saw this was the place. He breathed deeply in as he went inside, "Excuse me? I'm looking for a mermaid?"
Suddenly seaweed grabbed him as a voice asked, "Who dares come into the realm of Maria the Merciful?"
Mermando looked up to see a beautiful woman. She long brown hair with a crescent moon. She had a lime green wrap around her chest and a matching tail. "Uh it is I, Mermando."
"Mermando? Aren't you the merman that's getting married to the Queen of Manatees?" asked Maria as she swam around him.
"Sadly yes," answered Mermando. She noticed the look and controlled the seaweed to let go of him.
"You seem troubled, young one. What's wrong? Marital problems?" asked Maria with a curious look.
"No. I'm in love with someone else," answered Mermando as he looked away.
"Oh no. Are you in love with a siren? Maybe a selkie?" asked Maria worried as she swam to a coral shelf with a various of potions.
"Uh no actually. It's a human," corrected Mermando which caused her to pause.
"A human," she replied with a sharp tone. "Are you telling the truth?"
"Yes."
Maria turned to him as she said, "Are you truly in love with her?"
"Yes, I love her with all my heart," answered Mermando with honest eyes.
"Alright, I'll help you but I need something in return," said Maria as she swam to her cauldron.
"What do you need?" asked Mermando a little nervous.
"Just something to hold the magic, like a cuff or bracelet. Just something that you would wear on land," answered Maria as she looked over through her shelves for the ingredients.
Mermando then touched his seashell locket. He touched it gently as he asked, "Would this work?"
She looked at it and nodded as she grabbed it gently. She then placed three ingredients inside as she said, "Let's start the process!"
"With the scales of a lover! To find love to recover!" chanted Maria as she plucked off some scales from Mermando's tail.
"With the mystical sea water! The heart can avoid the slaughter!" Mermando's eyes widen as she poured a slightly glowing water to the cauldron as the cauldron let out a cyan color.
"Now with the sands from the Sea Gods! With their love so they beat the odds!" Mermando watched Maria as she tossed some sands into the water changing the light to cadet blue.
"Tadpole legs to help him! With that he shall have different limb!" finished Maria as she dropped a pair of tadpole legs causing the brew to change to a yellow green color. She then dipped the locket into the brew before it changed to a chocolate color before she pulled it out as it had a slight glow around it. "Here you go. Put it on only when you're about to reach land and never take it off til you're going back on sea. Understand?"
Mermando nodded numbly as he grabbed the locket and placed inside his satchel. "Gracias Maria."
"Don't mention it. Now go find your love!" yelled Maria as she summoned the water to literally push him out of her cave.
"I'll work my back to you Mabel!" yelled Mermando with burning love inside him. "Yes! I'm working my way back to you Mabel!"
Soon with a burst of energy he swam away all the way to where she last saw her….Gravity Falls, Oregon.
A.N: Hope you guys like little fic and yes the title is play on words with the song "I'll Work My Way Back to You Babe" by The Four Seasons. See ya guys later!