Summary: When Dory is poisoned by the sea anemone, Marlin goes to see the Medicine Wizard. The wizard tells Marlin that he will need seven special ingredients to make the right medicine for Dory. Marlin is also told by the wizard where to find each ingredient and that he will only have a week. So Marlin goes on a long adventure in search for the seven ingredients for Dory before it's too late to save her.
A/N: This is my first "Finding Nemo" fanfic, and probably my last. I hope to keep writing them, though. All depends on weather I can come up with good enough plots, since it took a while to come up with this one.
I saw "Finding Nemo" on it's opening day and fell in love with it. I'm downloading it on Kazaa and I'm seeing again here soon. It's my all-time favorite movie, and it's the best movie I've ever seen in my life. And I say that about all the movies I like, but this time I really mean it. When the movie was over, I was smiling and couldn't stop smiling for the rest of the night. It was so good.
Anyway, I really hope you people like it and that you review it. I noticed that stories don't get many reviews over at this section, but I hope I get at least 10. I really put effort into this.
Oh, and one more thing. I'm not sure about what happened with Marlin and Dory at the end of the movie. My guess is that they were just really good friends (since this is a Marlin/Dory fic), but I don't know. If I am wrong, please tell me.
Disclaimer: I don't own "Finding Nemo." It belongs to the people who wrote it. This story is just mine.
"Saving Dory"By: I-luv-mark
{though I don't luv mark anymore :P}
It was a beautiful day in the coral reef. Everyone was outside, visiting with their friends and spending time with their families. Marlin floated outside his anemone home, looking out at the view. His son, Nemo was out somewhere with his friends. So, Marlin was all by himself for the day--or so he thought.
"Hey! What are you doing?"
Marlin nearly jumped out of his skin when his best friend, Dory, swam in front of him from out of nowhere. He sighed, calming himself down. "Oh, nothing, Dory," he said. "Just looking around at everyone." She swam beside him so that she could look out at everything.
"Yeah, it seems like everyone's out today." There was a silence and then Dory remembered what she had come for. She had almost forgotten, but her being with Marlin triggered her memory, as it always did.
"So what were you planning on doing today?" she asked, now looking at him. He shrugged. "Nothing, really. Nemo's off with his friends, and I thought I would just relax. I mean, with the past couple of days," he said.
"Well, not anymore, 'cause I'm bored out of my mind and I'm not about to sit in my house all day. What do you say we go visit Bruce and them?" she suggested, but Marlin shook his head.
"I'm still kind of… uneasy around them ever since what happened last time I was over there," he told her, sounding a bit embarrassed. She just nodded. "That's ok. I don't blame you. But you gotta admit, it was my blood that made him chase us, and I'm just fine around him. No matter, though, we can always think of something else."
Marlin chuckled. "Why don't we just take a swim? For exercise, and for something to do?" he suggested. "Sure," Dory agreed. So they left the anemone and went off into the rest of the neighborhood. They past by the park and while there, they swam past a balloon stand. Dory wanted to stop and get one, but Marlin stopped her from doing so. Then they went past the drop off. During the time, they didn't really get into any of the subjects that were brought up. And when they were starting to head back, Marlin thought of something.
Dory was now his best friend, and for sure his most loyal. He thought that now would be a good time to tell her the reason for his past cautiousness, and why he had made a vow to never let anything happen to Nemo.
"Dory, I want to show you something," he said. She looked at him and said, "Okay." Marlin lead her to the bottom of a tall hill and swam up it. She followed until he got to the top, which was where he stopped. In front of him was the anemone house where he had lived for such a short time.
"Dory, this is where I used to live. Before Nemo was born," he told her. Dory looked at the anemone and then back to him with an expression saying she didn't understand. He continued.
"I wanted to tell you the reason for me being so…" he wasn't sure how to put it. "Uptight?" Dory offered. "Yes, exactly. It took me a lot of work to get this place because of its view. Alot of other clown fishes had their eye on it, too. But, despite that, I only lived here for a couple of days – maybe a week," he explained.
"Why?" Dory asked.
"Well… it was only a couple of days after Coral had the eggs –," he stopped when he saw the confused look on Dory's face. Then he remembered that he had never told her about Coral. "Coral, she's… well, was my wife," he told her, then continued. "Anyway, one day, we were fooling around inside the house. I was chasing her around, you know, just having fun." Marlin felt his lip start to tremble slightly at the memory, but he bit down on it to stop it.
"Well, she swam out here and when I got out to follow her, I looked around and all the neighbors were gone. Then I looked over and saw her standing perfectly still, not moving at all. I was about to ask her what was wrong but then I looked beyond her and saw what she was looking at.
"It was a… it was a barracuda, and it was no more than five feet away from us. It seemed to be looking down, and I followed its gaze to see what. I realized that it was looking at the small hole where the eggs were," he said and he swam down into the hole, which was only a small distance away from the anemone.
He looked up at Dory, who obviously was paying very close attention. He continued again. "Well, I saw that Coral was looking down at the eggs and I knew she was going to try to save them. I tried to tell her to come into the house, but…" he felt his one eyes start to water, but he blinked to push back the tear. Dory must have noticed, because she swam next to him and gave him a reassuring smile. He smiled back and started once again.
"It all happened so fast. All I remember was Coral diving down to this hole and then the barracuda going after her. Then everything went black, and it was already dark outside before I regained consciousness. And by that time… it was too late. I looked for her and the eggs, but when I didn't… I, I knew they were gone.
"But just when I thought everything was over, I saw one egg sitting on a stone. I thought it was a miracle that just one egg would survive a barracuda attack. It had a crack on one side from being tossed around – which is the reason for Nemo's bad fin."
He stopped and felt Dory's eyes on him, but pretended that he couldn't. "And I named him Nemo, because right before the attack, Coral had told me that she wanted to name one of them Nemo."
Marlin ended his story with a single tear going down his cheek. It was the first time he had actually thought about what had happened that day. Sure, he would have flashbacks occasionally, but they were never in detail like what he just gone through now.
He looked over to Dory, who hadn't said a thing since he began the story. She had listened to him and stayed attentive. But now she seemed to have a concerned look on her face.
"Wow. I never figured there was a whole story behind your behavior. I just thought that you were just one of those people who were over-cautious. Shows how much I know, doesn't it?" she said. Marlin laughed a little.
"Yeah, I guess so," he said. She smiled, happy that she had gotten him to cheer up a bit. Marlin looked outside and saw that it was starting to get dark. They hadn't been out for more than an hour, but they had left at a later time.
"Guess we better start heading back home," he said, starting out of the hole. Dory nodded and followed him out into the open water. When she got out she looked at Marlin, who seemed frozen. She swam in front of him and waved her fin in his face.
"Hello? Is anyone in there?" she called, but he didn't move. Then she noticed that he was looking at something behind her.
"Dory, go into the anemone," he whispered. When she didn't move, he added harshly, "Now!"
She looked behind herself and saw a barracuda staring at both of them.
A/N: Bum bum bum! How's that for a cliffhanger? Well, please please please let me know what you think! I really put effort into this! I should have the next chapter up soon. And if I'm wrong about what happened with them two at the end of the movie, please let me know! It means the world to me!