The area around the coral reef was calm. Brightly colored fish swam calmly, moving their tails back and forth in rhythmic patterns. They all seemed to swim mindlessly, acting as if there was not a care in the world. The reef itself was brightly colored as well. It displayed many exotic looking plants and shells that shined bright when even the slightest bit of sunshine hit it.
All was calm until a big orange and yellow blur shot past the reef, causing a disturbance among the area and caused the fish to scatter every which-way. For a moment, everything was a blur of mixed colors, making the whole scene seem like an abstract painting.
When it all died down, a girl with a small frame swam out of the chaos of fish. Her golden hair at went down to the tip of her shoulders looked like sunshine itself when the rays of light hit it, and her big, sparkling blue eyes looked like they belonged to a porcelain doll. In age, she looked to be sixteen. The girl looked to be a normal human. That is, until you got down to the lower half of her body. Instead of legs, like a normal human would have, a long, fish like tail with bright orange scales. Her chest had been covered with an orange sea shell bra that matched perfectly with her tail. Yes, this girl was a mermaid.
As she swam, her face displayed curiosity and liveliness; her smile seemed to make the area a little brighter. Hanging off her shoulder was a yellow fabric bag that seemed to be full.
After a few moments of straight swimming, her course suddenly changed and she shot down into what looked like a never ending trench. For a moment, darkness enveloped small figure and nothing could be seen. Most people would have turned back, but she knew something that humans did not. After a few minutes of swimming, a small light could be seen halfway down the trench. As she swam further down the light grew and grew until multiple lights could be seen. On closer inspection, a great city took shape at the very bottom. Marble building, almost castle looking, were scattered across the sandy floor. A strange glow seemed to emit from the city, giving off the impression that it had an almost unreal power to it.
The blonde smiled at the familiar city and she picked up speed. She swam through the stone arch that acted as an entrance to the city and weaved through the building. Some of the building had different colors on them, and the one that the girl came to a stop was dyed a red color. The smile on the mermaids face grew as she pushed open a piece of driftwood that she had carved to make a door.
"I'm home! The girl greeted her voice light and cheerful.
"Welcome back Rin!" Two voices replied back, making Rin swim deeper into the house. The building may have looked small on the outside, but on the inside, it shown to be very large. Numerous halls lead to different rooms, all having a specific theme to them. One of them being a place to store interesting things that humans dropped and never bothered to get back.
That was not Rins destination, however. She swam down a different hallway into a room with a large rock in the middle, surrounded by other smaller rocks. A sense of warmth spread though her when she saw two other mermaids sitting there, waiting for her.
"Hi Meiko, hi Miki!" Rin said as she swam to the rock and sat by them.
"Did you find anything today?" Ask the red haired mermaid. Her hot pink tail moved back and forth as her matching pink eyes widened in excitement.
"If you're asking if I found any cherry's, then the answer is no." Rin said in amusement. Miki's face sunk into a pout as she crossed her arms over her pink sea shell covered chest and grunted. Rin giggled in response.
"What's in the bag?" The burnet asked, pointing to said object. Rin smiled and took the bag from her shoulder and placed it on the table.
"Dinner." She announced as she poured the contents of the bag onto the flat rock. Different edible plants spilled over the table and everyone seemed to grin. The Red tailed mermaid was the first one to talk one and start to eat.
"Thanks Rin" Meiko mumbled though bits, earning a laugh from Miki.
Rin nodded and took one of the plants herself. "Be sure to save some for Rinto." She warned after her first bit. "He needs to eat too."
"Yeah, yeah." Miki mumbled, picking out the one thing that looked the most appetizing to her.
These girls may seem that they are sisters, but in face they were just friends. All of their parents had died in an unfortunate fishing net accident, leaving them only each other. The only two people that were related were Rin and Rinto.
"So Rin," Meiko started, glancing over at her fishtailed friend "did you happen to see any… humans when you went up?" She gave a nervous glance to Rin, then to Miki who also looked very curious all of the sudden.
"Why…?" Rin questioned, raising an eyebrow suspiciously. Both of her friends giggled in unison.
"Well…" Miki spoke up, twirling a lock of hair around her fingers with a dreamy look on her face "Meiko and I kinda… went up to the surface while you were gone a few weeks ago, and saw some humans, and two of them happen to catch our eyes."
"And We've been going up more often to see them… from a distance, that is." Meiko finished Miki's explanation with a nervous smile.
Slowly, the Rin realized what they were implying and slammed both of her hands onto the table. "Oh no. No, no, no, no, NO! N. O. You can't be falling for humans. Nu uh, no. I WONT allow it." Rin snarled, giving them both a death glare. "You know as well as I do that we're forbidden from even getting close to them!"
"Aw, come on Rin!" Meiko begged, clasping their hands together. "You haven't even seen them up close! Their just like us! Well without gills and a tail, that is."
"Right!" Miki agreed, getting up from the table. "If you just saw them, maybe you would think differently!" The red head suggested energetically, a big smile plastered on both hers and Meiko's face. "And who knows, maybe you'll fall for one yourself." Meiko added slyly, which earned a shake of the head from Rin.
"Um, how about no?" The blonde said, crossing her arms. "Rinto told me to stay away from humans, not act all buddy-buddy with them."
"Please~!" Miki begged, sticking out her bottom lip in a begging manner. "Just one visit to the surface to see the humans?" Her eyes were wide, a porcelain dolls.
Rin bit her bottom lip, knowing that in all the time she knew Miki, she could never say no to the 'Miki face' Rin grunted in frustration and tugged at her hair. "Fine… FINE! I'll go see the stupid humans! Just… stop with the face!" Rin yelled, pushing Miki's face away.
At the same time, both Miki and Meiko grabbed either of Rins arms and started to drag her out of the home and towards the surface.
'How did I end up doing this?' Rin thought to herself, as she and her best friends peaked over a pile of rocks near the beach, looking at all the humans that ran barefoot on the beach, tossing Frisbees, playing volleyball, and other things that the three sea creatures didn't understand.
Miki and Meiko's eyes scanned the area, trying to find, two certain people while Rin just looked at the humans at random, finding flaws in all of them.
"Oh, OH!" Miki quietly screamed, pushing Rin to get her attention. However, she pushed Rin too hard and she ended up falling back into the water. Rin popped back up and gave Miki a glare.
"Sorry." Miki said, and then pointed at the beach. "Look! You see those two boys there? The ones with the white and blue hair? That's them!" She squealed excitedly.
Rin's eyes followed Miki's finger until she saw the two boys that Miki described. Rin frowned and sighed, apparently not seeing what they saw. The tow humans had no appeal to Rin, yet her two friends leaned over the rocks drooling at them.
"Er… yeah." Rin said slowly, scratching the back of her head.
The two boys suddenly turned their heads towards another part of the beach, as if they had heard something. They both smiled and ran towards the direction, leaving the three mermaids sight.
"So if that's all you wanted to show me, can we go now?" Rin asked impatiently, sighing as she did. She only got a wave of the hand from Miki as a response.
"You go ahead, we'll catch up later." Meiko said, propping her elbows on the rocks and resting her head on her hands.
Rin shrugged and dived back under the water, leaving her friends to gawk at their newly found obsessions.
'Geez, out of all the creatures of the world, why did they have to choose humans?" Rin thought to herself as her tail swished, propelling her forward. She was only a few minutes into her swim before she heard a sound, what Rin could only identify as a splash.
Confusion washed over Rin. She was in the deep part of the waters, a place where the humans never went, and those who did usually drowned. Rin's eyes scanned her surrounding, trying to find the source of the noise. Within a few seconds, she saw a figure that looked dark from her point of view, sinking deeper and deeper into the salty waters.
AN: So this is my first fan fiction, so… um… yeah. I would appreciate some comments and criticism… nothing too harsh though. ANYWAY I hope you enjoyed! And I just want to see how this goes over, and if it gets at least… um… 5 likes? (Is that what they call it?) I'll continue! Thank you all! Bye~!