THIS FANFIC IS BASED OFF THE INGO SERIES.
DISCLAIMER:
I DO NOT OWN INGO OR ANY CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY. INGO IS OWNED BY HELEN DUNMORE AND HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LLC.
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND READING THE INGO SERIES BEFORE READING THIS FANFIC, OTHERWISE YOU'LL BE LOST AND CONFUSED.
Chapter 1
"Mum! I'm heading out!" I yelled behind me as I bolted downstairs, patted Sadie's back, and made way for the door. 9:22 am, on a snowy february morning on a monday.
"Sapphire! Where are you going?" Mum yelled from her bedroom.
"To the store!" I answered, before shutting the door and ran down the familiar trail to the beach. I pushed apart the bushes, and persisted to climb up the rocks behind, and soon I appeared at the cove.
It's been a few years since Conor defeated Ervys. I'm now 16 and Conor is 18. A lot has happened! Roger and Mum got married, and Sadie had pups! Four little bundles of golden happiness!
I ripped my shoes off and left them above the high tide line. Ingo's call was as strong as ever.
I let my mind put it's barrier down and I called out 'Faro!'
A smile appeared on my face as he swam up, and perched himself on top of the rocks. Coughing up a little water, he just smiled back.
"Hey Sapphire."
"Ready to go to ingo?" I smiled brightly as I waded into the turquoise water of our cove, with gentle waves lapping at my legs.
"Only if you are!" Faro pushed off the rock and dived into the water, with myself not far behind. The few brief moments passed before I fully entered Ingo. The lovely underwater world of magic and Mer.
"Come on Sapphy!" I pushed on, after hearing Faro call.
I knew exactly where I wanted us to go. Through the currents, out passed the shore for quite a while. Ten miles or so passed the lost islands. It would be extremely hard for a full-blooded human, but I can't call myself that. I'm half Mer.
Even so, that distance is quite far. Which is why I'm with my broder, Faro. The schools of fish whipped by us as I swam as fast as my legs would allow. Faro keeping equally paced with me, although his speed was effortless with his strong tail.
The nearest current was a fast yet old current that I surfed before. It's controlled water always led me to the same place. To Saldowr's Cave.
Faro was determined to conquer my fear of sharks. No, not happening, just no.
I looked down, we were relaxing on the current, so I didn't have to swim all that much. How had three hours passed in what seemed like mere minutes? My waterproof watch Rainbow had given me for my 16th birthday showed 12:30 pm, just passed noon.
I know Mum had wanted me back by one, but clearly wasn't going to happen. Instead, I just let myself enjoy the rest of the day with Faro. Yet I knew to brace for a verbal lashing when I got home.
It's not like Mum needed me there or anything. Conor was upstairs, and she had Roger there too. I still wasn't 'best-buds' with Roger, but I acknowledged his presence in our house.
By the time I snapped out my daze, Faro had grabbed my waist and hoisted me out of the current.
"Sapphire? Are you feeling alright?" Faro looked concerned. I must've been daydreaming for a bit.
"I'm fine, just daydreaming…" I felt bad, I'd come down into Ingo with Faro to spend time with him and ended up being in a daze!
Faro shrugged before grabbing my wrist and, with a powerful flick of Faro's tail, we were off. The caves were ahead, slowly the sharks came near. just trying to do their duty that they loved.
"I-I'm a friend of In-Ingo, l-let us pass." I stammered out in Mer. My hands were trembling. If sharks had eyebrows right now, one would be raised. After quiet murmuring between the sharks in Mer, they let us past.
"See? That's not as bad as you were last time. Last time you couldn't even get the 'Let us pass' part out." Faro reassured me.
"Well, now since we're here, why don't we go see Saldowr?"
"He is quite busy today. There is a friend of his visiting from the north."
"Oh." That was quite disappointing. I had planned to tell him what Granny Carne told my mom. I overheard last night, she was pregnant with another child. Afterwards, Granny Carne came to me and said that this child, like my brother, has both Mer and Earth blood. Not half-and-half though, more like three quarters Earth and a quarter Mer.
'You're going to have a half sibling?!' Faro projected into my mind. Dang, must've forgotten to leave my thought barrier up.
Faro smiled at the thought of a mini-me or mini-Conor in his head.
'It probably won't look like me or Conor. It's only my half sibling. The only chance that it has to even look like it's related to us is if it takes after my Mum.' I projected back. It's true enough, I wasn't that comfortable with Mordowrgi, let alone another half-sibling.
Before I could shoot back another bit to add on to that, I checked my watch. How?! It read 2:45 wednesday, meaning what seemed like maybe an hour, was well over two days!
'Faro, we gotta leave. Now. Two days have passed! My Mum's gonna kill me!' I yelped into his thoughts before bolting passed the sharks and onto the nearest current to the familiar cove.