OxO hi there XD i've got another one x3 so yeah. AU definitely.
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Moonlight shimmered against a still ship, reflected off the ocean, which was a deep midnight blue. To him it nearly matched the night sky if it didn't have stars and the moon, "Prince Ling, come away from the railing." At the voice the small boy looked up slowly, gazing at his guards, Lan Fan and Fu, lazily. "I like looking at the sea though." He objected a little as he turned his gaze back out to the sea, honestly when he looked at the water it gave him time to think. "But it's not safe." Fu objected.
Ling perked up suddenly, his gaze locked onto something odd that was glowing from the water. "Look out there! Do you see it?" he exclaimed pointing to the amethyst glow, Lan Fan quickly joined his side and stared in the direction he was pointing. "Grandfather there's a purple glow!" she gasped and the prince stuck his tongue out, "It's amethyst!" he corrected before he gasped when the glow blinked, "It's a creature! It just blinked!" he nearly shouted, "Lan Fan, Prince Ling get away from the railing!"
Lan Fan backed away obediently but Ling stayed where he was for a second more before suddenly the ship lurched making him fall over the railing. "PRINCE LING!" Fu shouted just before the small boy hit the water, after a second the prince could see around him under the water and he saw a massive creature swimming towards him. Out of nowhere another was in front of him, protecting him for a second before it turned around and grabbed him to shove him upwards. When his head broke the surface Ling began coughing, too dazed to hear the ruckus coming from the ship. "Hold onto me!" a voice hissed as the second creature broke the surface, quickly the boy wrapped his arms around the thing's neck tightly.
The first thing that came after him broke the surface, gashes down the side of its face and its beady eyes blazing in anger. It snapped at them and Ling gave a scream of fear, the one he was holding onto quickly caught the other's mouth with its hands and holding it agape. The thing's teeth were all flat and stubby like they were all molar teeth, the one he was holding onto gave a small hiss of anger and it shoved the larger one away. When something grabbed onto his foot, Ling gave another scream and suddenly something surfaced screeching in pain. Suddenly the one he was clinging to grabbed him and flipped him around, pinching his nose shut and covering his mouth with one hand before it dove underwater.
The boy squeezed his eyes shut quickly and clung to the creature's arms desperately, eventually he felt air against his face and he opened his eyes. The thing let go of his nose and uncovered his mouth to push him up onto a large rock with its bright gaze locked with the prince's own squinted. Now that it was calmer he could get a good look at it, it had dark slightly long hair, tanned skin, bright amethyst eyes and sharp teeth that were shown through his slightly parted lips. Slowly it pulled itself onto the rock next to Ling and in place of legs it had a fish's tail covered in bright scales with deep purple edges but the closer it got to the middle the lighter the color got. It was then he noticed the sharp claws the thing had and how well toned its muscles were.
And how warm it was.
Shivering slightly he scooted closer to it and after a second it wrapped its arms around him obviously knowing he was cold. The prince and the creature stayed this way for a while before suddenly it let go of him and slid back into the water. Ling frowned and followed its gaze to see an approaching extra boat from the ship he'd been on. Glancing back at the boy, the creature began swimming away up until it was hit with something, screeching in pain it gripped its side tightly. There was a fishing spear stabbed through its side and the creature was obviously smart enough to know if it moved in a wrong direction it'd bleed to death quickly.
Eyes glittering defiantly, it glared at the ones that threw a net around it while the others quickly helped the prince off the rock. "What are you doing to it?" he demanded instantly as two men pulled the creature closer using the net, "Shut it kid!" one snapped as he reached into the water to grip the creature's tail while the other grabbed its shoulders. They maneuvered it into the boat and wrapped the net around it tightly before they started heading back towards the main ship, which could be seen a bit away. Grabbing Fu's arm, Ling looked up at him with wide-open eyes, "What are they going to do with it? Tell me now!"
The guard looked down at the prince and frowned, "We'll be taking it to your father's palace." He replied eventually and Ling gasped, "No! Father will get bored with it within a few days and have it killed! We cannot give it to him! It saved me we can't condemn it to death for that!" he objected loudly as he got up and moved closer to the creature, which was slowly bleeding out with the fishing spear in its side. As the boy approached its amethyst eyes opened from the slits they'd been in. "If anything we'll care for the wound you gave it and then we'll set it free!" Ling snapped, his eyes still open and glittering in anger.
Fu grabbed the prince's arm and pulled him away from the trapped thing, "We will do no such thing! It is going to your father!" the guard growled pushing Ling back onto his seat and the fish man thing hissed in what seemed to be anger at the boy's rough treatment. "Is my son okay?" the frantic voice of the boy's mother asked the second they reached the side of the ship, Fu gripped Ling's arm tightly and made him start climbing the ladder. "Mother it saved me, please do not give it to Father!" the prince begged instantly as two ropes were thrown up and several grabbed onto said ropes and they pulled the creature up onto the deck. "It didn't save you, it attacked you and took you away!" his mother gave the creature a sickened once-over before she inspected her child worriedly.
"It did not! If it wasn't for it then I would've been eaten or I would've drowned!" he objected pulling back away from her to run over to the still netted sea creature, as he got closer he saw its pupils go from cat like slits to more round. "Put it in a tub in the spare cabin." The captain ordered and several of the sailors had to hold the creature as one pulled the net off. Lan Fan ran over and began pulling Ling away and as soon as the prince was a bit away the sea creature began thrashing, flipping the man on its tail off as it ripped its arms free. "We need some help over here!" one sailor shouted and more ran over to help, eventually the creature gave a scream of pure agony and the boy ran over again. "Let it down!" he shouted and the sailors dropped the creature, it landed heavily on its right shoulder and he saw why it had screamed, the fishing spear had been pulled from its side and now it obviously didn't want to move.
Two men took this to their advantage and ran forward, one hitting Ling out of the way, almost instantly the creature's viciousness started up again. With a snarl it hit one man in the face with its tail and the spikes cut through the flesh easily. The other was able to quickly grab the creature's wrists, with some effort he was able to forcibly roll it over and tie its wrists behind its back. Snarling and writhing, it struggled as it was lifted and carried towards the spare cabin; the prince ran after them and watched as the creature was thrown into a tub of seawater. The men left almost instantly and the boy went over to the creature, which looked angry, pained and tired but also faintly scared, "Are you okay?"
Slowly the creature's pupils dilated again and slowly it shook its head as it shifted slightly, in all honesty the tub was a little small for it considering the thing was over seven foot long. "I'm sorry." Ling said softly and the creature's eyes slowly began drooping, "I'll leave you to sleep." He mumbled as he left the room, closing the door behind him.
Well he'd certainly gotten himself into a mess. First off he defied his father by going near a ship with humans on it. Secondly he'd saved the little boy, third he attacked two of his siblings and fourth, he'd been caught. Sinking a little further into the water he blew air out of his mouth making a soft bubbling noise. If he ever got out of here he'd have hell to pay for not following the rules like he should've.
Well he did follow one. He hadn't spoken that much to the humans, only one to the kid but that was it and sure he'd used the only words he knew but that's way beside the point. Closing his eyes he sighed a bit and sunk under the water completely before going to sleep.
Around noon Ling decided to check up on the sea creature again, poking his head through the door he was greeted by the sight of glowing amethyst eyes staring right at him. "Are you hungry? I have some fish." He asked softly as he walked in being careful not to spill the bucket of fish he had. A small trilling noise came from the tub and the creature sat up slightly, the prince walked further into the room and set the bucket down before taking out a fish. Gingerly he held it out to the creature and it shifted again, sitting up more before it leaned closer to his hand and sunk its teeth into the fish obviously being careful as to not hurt him. Amazed, he watched as the creature bit the fish in half with its powerful jaws and then used its tongue to maneuver the rest of the fish into its mouth.
This continued until the sea creature was full, Ling stood and put the last of the fish into the water not wanting to throw them out in case the creature got hungry while he was busy. "I've got to go now. I'll be back in a while." He said and he could've sworn he saw it look sad for a second before it sunk back into its position from when he first came in. The prince headed out and bumped into Lan Fan as he turned around from closing the door behind him. "Why were you in there? Did it hurt you, you have blood on you!" the trainee guard quickly grabbed the boy's hands to look them over, "It's not my blood. It's fish blood, he deserves to eat too so I fed him." He stated now knowing from looking at the creature for so long that it was definitely a male.
Lan Fan's eyes went wide, "Please stay away from it-." "Him." "…Him…Young Lord. It's-." "He's." "Dangerous." She nearly begged and the prince sighed, annoyance in his gaze, he was pretty sure that the sea creature wouldn't hurt him. "I'm perfectly safe around him. If he wanted to hurt me then he wouldn't have stopped thrashing whenever I went near him earlier." He stated as he headed off to go wash off his hands before he went to his mother's cabin for his lessons. Two hours later he made his way back into the spare cabin and he was greeted by a soft crooning noise. To his surprise the creature was on the side of the tub closest to the door resting his chin on the edge. "Were you waiting for me?"
The sea creature seemed to purr as he nodded slightly, Ling walked over and noticed the rest of the fish were gone from the tub. "Can you understand me completely?" he asked and the creature nodded as the prince sat down, "Then can you talk?" snorting softly the creature shrugged while nodding a little, "Hold onto me." He said in a deep voice and the boy's eyes widened, "So that was you who said that…is that all you can say?" he asked and the sea creature just stared at him for a second before he nodded once, seeming to be embarrassed.
"You can understand me but you can only say 'hold onto me'?"
He nodded again and Ling thought for a second before he straightened up, "Would you like to learn how to speak?" the sea creature's eyes nearly bugged out of his head and he sat up quickly from his slouched over position. "Would you?" the prince asked again and the creature nodded quickly, his amethyst eyes glowing eagerly. "Okay," he laughed as the sea creature began to purr and coo happily. "Let's get started, alright?" Ling made a mental note to try and figure out what the sea creature was, also figure out what he could call him.
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