Well, This is certainly not my first fic, but my first fic at FFN.

Anyway, this fic is about Mermaid Melody, which doesn't belong to me, set in the Mermaid Melody universe. The only thing I own in this is the plot and the various OCs that weren't made by you lovely readers.

"3…2…1…Happy Birthday Princess!"

The entire kingdom cheered as the clock in the middle of the palace struck 3:45 pm, the exact moment when their beloved Princess was born all those years ago. The Princess in question got up from her large seat and glided over in front of her kingdom. Wiping away the tears of happiness from her eyes, she looked over them and took a deep breath.

"Thank you everyone! As you know, today is my 13th birthday, my coming of age day. Ever since our last Princess went missing, we have been waiting for this day for years! As a birthday present to you all, I would like to announce that today is a new day in this kingdom of the South Atlantic! A new day where I will rule over this kingdom with a peaceful reign, and we'll never have a repeat of the incident 13 yeas ago!" The Princess said, finishing her speech as her clenched hand rose into the air.

As the clapping and cheering from the kingdom of aqua-tailed Mer-people died down, the waiters brought out various seafood dishes and placed them on the many tables around the giant hall they were in. The Princess took her seat again and smiled, wiping even more tears from her eyes. She started at the thousands of Mermaids in front of her.

"Today will be a new day" she whispered, looking at the large painting of the previous princess.

"I'll do you proud, Hanon-sama" Suzumi, Mermaid Princess of the Atlantic Ocean and Aqua Mermaids, whispered happily.

13 years prior the Aqua Princess's 13th birthday, another Princess ruled over the South Atlantic. Hanon Houshou was the girl's name. Only 17 years old, she ruled over the kingdom without any hazard. Hanon had to build the kingdom from scratch from an incident four years prior, and kept her peaceful rule lasting for four years.

However, one day Hanon disappeared, along with every other Princess of the seven seas, excluding the Orange Princess. All Hanon left was an envelop saying 'Give this to my succeeder' and her, empty, seashell locket. Her and all the other Princesses Pearls where delivered to their respective kingdoms a few weeks later by a pink dolphin.

Nothing more of the Princesses were heard of again.

Eventually, new Princesses were born for the six oceans devoid of rulers. They grew up, all having envelops containing from the previous Princess of their kingdom, explaining the details of their disappearance and making them swear to never reveal the letter to anyone else.

13 years have past.

A few hours later, when the party had died down and everyone was too tired to do anything else but go home, Suzumi was left alone in her room.

The 13 year old swam over to her large mirror and dressing table and sighed. She removed the clips from her bun made out of her hundreds of braids. She rubbed her head, happy to be free from the stinging sensation of at least 30 clips digging in her scalp. She decided to work on the braids later, seeing as there was too many of them for her to handle, and began unbuttoning her long ball gown. She opened a drawer for a seashell bra, but couldn't find any. However, a light blue singlet she got for her 12th birthday was in the drawer and she slipped that on instead. It stretched a far bit over her chest, considering her large breast size for her age, but it would have to do until more seashell bras could be made.

Suzumi opened the door to the small underwater garden the kingdom had, and waited for the mail to be delivered. In the meantime, she took off her shell locket and looked inside. Her pearl was a little dull in colour, for it not being cleaned in a while, but Suzumi could perfectly see her reflection. She looked a lot like the previous princess, Hanon, but her eyes and hair were much darker than the previous Princess's. Her hair was also slightly straighter and much shorter, only reaching midway down her back. Her eyes were smaller too, a lot like the previous North Atlantic Princess's. Her tail was the same Aqua colour, if only a shade darker.

Suzumi closed the locket and tied to around her neck before smashing it into the ground. She hated her looks. Despite what people told her of her being so similar to Hanon, she wanted to be almost exactly like her. Hanon was her role model, her idol. She was honoured to have such a great Princess rule before her, and write her a letter. Even though every other Princess had one, she still held hers in higher regard.

While lost in her self-pitying thoughts, a pink dolphin swam towards her and dropped a single letter on her head. Being used to this strange quirk of the dolphin, she picked it off her head and opened it.

"Dear Suzumi…" She read, her eyes widening at every word.

Cliffhanger. Oh noes.

EDIT:

Ayup. I have all the characters I need. No more entries, please.