Chapter 1 - A Game of Spongeball
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A warm, pleasant evening in Atlantica was accompanied by the sounds of fish and other sea creatures teaming up for a game of spongeball.
"Ok, kick-off!" Yelled the stand-in referee, a lobster.
He threw the spongeball up in the air and Urchin whipped it with his tail.
"Over here!" yelled out Flounder, who proceeded to pass the ball over to Ariel.
"Got it!" Ariel caught the spongeball and began handling it with her fins.
While handling, a dolphin swam by and knocked it from her tail.
"Ahh!" Ariel went after the loose spongeball.
"Get it, Ariel!" Urchin encouraged his teammate.
Triton sat from his balcony and laid back, enjoying the peace.
"Such a nice day...I got all my work done and now, I get to relax."
"You deserve it, yer majesty!" Sebastian was sipping on a drink "You been kingin' real 'ard this last week."
"Certainly. The red tide's been really good this year, The sharks are off mating in warmer seas, this is what we work for!" Triton sighed a cool breath and laid back.
In the distance, 3 large black figures emerged from the blue. it was a group of Non-aggressive Orca whales, a father, mother, and child orca.
"Oh, look dere yer majesty...a family of Orcas." Sebastian pointed out the whales, who were heading for Atlantica.
"They are...I guess we should go introduce ourselves." Triton got up from his relaxing chair and headed down for the sand.
Back down in the sand, the Spongeball game was still underway. Urchin gave the ball a really, really hard boot and it went off course, right in front of the young orca.
"Oh, a spongeball." the young whale picked the ball up in his mouth.
"Here, kick it back!" Ariel told the young whale
"Yeah!" the group added in.
The young whale spit the ball out, and then smashed it really, really hard with his tail. The ball went careening towards Urchin and with it's speed, pushed urchin a few feet before stopping. Urchin had to take a breather before speaking.
"Wow...he kicked you halfway to China." Flounder commented.
"Yeah..we should totally invite him to play." Urchin caught his breath.
"Come on over." Ariel invited the whale to come on in.
"You mean, I can play with you guys?" the whale asked
"Sure. You can play defense for the other team." Said Flounder
"Cool...by the way, my name is Billy." said the whale
"I'm Ariel." Ariel introduced herself.
"Urchin." Urchin introduced himself.
While Billy was getting aquainted with his new friends, his parents were introducing themselves to King Triton and Sebastian, who had swum down to greet their new residents.
"Good evening, I'm King Triton." Triton introduced himself to the whales.
"I'm Chinook, and this is my wife, Pink."
"How do you do?" Pink introduced herself to Triton.
"We just swam here from Seattle. And whew, it's been a long trip." Chinook breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh, you're de couple dat bought dat 'ouse just outside of Atlantica. Dat place was fer sale fer a bit." Sebastian figured it out.
"Yeah, we've wanted to move here for a while. Hey, Billy, come and intro...wait, where's Billy?" Chinook turned to see Billy had disappeared from the group.
The sounds of the spongeball game could be heard all the way over. Billy kicked the ball and it went way up in the air.
"Oh, he's already making friends." Pink smiled
"I'll call him over." Chinook spoke
"Billy!" Chinook yelled out.
Back at the game, Billy was having such a fun time after his long trip, he didn't hear his father.
"BILLY! Get over here now!" Chinook yelled out
Billy heard that bit loud and clear.
"Oh, sorry...I gotta go guys...that's my dad." Billy began to swim away.
"Ok, take care Billy!" Ariel waved goodbye to the new friend.
"Yeah! Come by later! We'll take a swim together!" Urchin added
"Ok, see you guys later!" Billy swam off in the distance.
"Aren't new friends fun?" Flounder smiled.
"He sure makes a good defense for spongeball." added a fish in the background.
"Come on guys, let's finish the game!" said another fish
The group continued their game of spongeball until it was time for their dinner.
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