So... this is my second RS fanfic, and I was inspired by some other Mermaid AU, and I did some fanart and then got some ideas and then this happened! Hope you like either way. If you want to see the fanart, go to my tumblr: :D and take a look!

I don't own anything of course.

I previously apologize or any error. Enjoy :D

There were these legends, about terrible sea creatures, that every man from the sea knew about. If they were more than mere stories, told to little children so they wouldn't endanger themselves, that´s what he didn't knew. Many fishermen also enjoyed scaring passing travelers, with the hope that the mystery would retain them a little longer in that remote land.

But one thing was certain: the sea had already taken enough lives to feed up the fertile imagination of many children, young and grown, including the one of a particular boy, who now hated those stories more than ever.

The body sliced through the water, leaving behind a trail of disturbed currents and confused fish.

She moved her fin as fast as her muscles could, feeling the powerful strikes it gave propelling her forward through the fluid environment.

She breathed steadily but with enthusiasm, the water getting in and out of her gills in a wonderful way.

She was almost there! In the middle of her exhilaration, she kept swirling and twirling in the currents, overexcited about the madness of her acts. But she couldn't help it, the rebellion of her actions making her feel more free that ever.

She absorbed her surroundings, delighted with the color of the things up here. She was tired of the same deep blue. She wanted to know how it was here, where the sun seemed to kiss everything in its reach.

The light was different. Well, maybe it was because there was more of it!

Although, it didn't seem to penetrate the water like it did in the high sea: losing its way towards the depths, the straight rays of sun diving bravery into the unknown.

Here, it had a goal, a surface to reach, to enlighten and warm up. Whatever it was an undulating seaweed meadow, a nude rock, or an exuberant coral reef, the sunlight gladly did its job, fueling life itself, instead of being doomed to disappear in the penumbra of the ocean.

Toothiana looked with awe, spreading her fingers as the sun played with the transparency of her interstitial membrane. The trembling disc winked at her, as if greeting her sudden visit. Her gills fluttered, small amounts of water going in and out her respiratory surfaces. It was her own way of laughing. She liked how it felt, the water seeming more… fluid up here. Sure it was due to the pressure.

Yes, her body was adapted to live down there, where the sun barely illuminated the seabed. So it was a long journey. Not in ways of distance, because she was surely a fast swimmer.

But it toke time for her to decompress, so she wouldn't have any kind of problems for getting up here.

She opened her mouth and tasted the liquid. It was saltier too. Her buddy Mr. Sun up there toke the water with him, leaving the salt behind.

It was how currents worked. The heat evaporated water, leaving the salt, who increased the density of the liquid, consequently making it heavier and sink to the cool depths of the ocean.

Toothiana made a spontaneous twirl, completely thrilled for witnessing this kind of phenomena instead of just learning about them at home. Overwhelmed by the excitement she gave a strong flick of tail, heading towards the bright disc, her mind not even realizing the consequences of the action.

She only realized what she was doing when her fin had nothing to push against. Her eyes widened, seeing all the droplets of water glimmering in the unrestricted sunlight.

The mermaid's heartbeat exploded, a sudden wave of panic overwhelming her the second she tried to gasp and her branchiae seemed to catch fire instead. (Not that she knew what fire was, but the pain's still there.)

Once more, gravity reclaimed its rights over her form, obligating her to return to the water. Her eyes only caught a blur of color, before the cool fluid engulfed her.

Her sensation of relief, when the familiar liquid submerged her longing gills, was only surpassed by the primary urge to define what her pink irises viewed.

It was a color she never saw and couldn't find the words in her vast language to define. It was strong and bright, but contrasting the fresh hues of blue and green, it felt… warm. Yeah, it was it. Warm like the sun kissing her skin. Well, the sun was white but still, it was the feeling she got at the strange sight.

Her sisters always said that her insatiable curiosity would be her doom. And now, a part of her knew they were right.

The rising anticipation made her heart beat wildly again, as she slowly approached a slippery rock, becoming dangerously close to the beach. With one quick look over her shoulder, her eyes examined the vast blue behind her, checking if her unforgivable behavior was being witnessed by any other living organism.

With one last reassuring breath, Toothiana extended her fingertips, the thick skin brushing slightly the green slick algae.

And with that, her cautious instinct kicked in.

Almost instantly her skin color began to change, her usual combination of blues, greens and purples morphing into the dull grey of the partially emerged rock with areas of deep green, copying the organisms that lived on it. Now, only two pink irises showed her position.

She closed them and lifted herself, her arms hoisting her up in a salience on the rock. She make sure that her other group of gills, the ones which rested just below her ribs, remained underneath the line of water.

Head breaking the surface first, her head fins felt cool breeze dance between them. She decided to open her eyes, slowly, as if testing if that action would cause any physical pain. It was with delight that concluded it didn't.

Then her eyes wondered through the area before her. At first she was amazed at the range of vision. She could see perfectly all the way until the mountain cliff that dove into the ocean, there, on the other side of the beach. There were green covered hills that extended themselves into the sand, grass waving with the wind. It was breath taking. She could even distinguish a high peek, a mountain that seemed to caress the grey belly of the mantle of clouds that navigate the skies, coming towards the sea.

Her mouth hung open, as she saw… everything. In the sea, her sight range wouldn't let her take in all the immensity of a world like this. And the sea itself, it was, oh, so beautiful, extending all the way towards the horizon. The siren couldn't be more marveled.

The sun was now covered with clouds, some rays of light immerging from open spots in the thick veil. But still, it was all so…

With such a surprise within the beauty of the upper world, Toothiana could almost forget the reason that toke her there in the first place. The warm color.

So she turned back to the land again, eyes avidly searching for the warming sight. She tried to get higher, so she could get a clear view of the beach, her arms impelling her form just above the rock.

Her gills tried to absorb all the oxygen from the water they could afford, just before closing skin against skin, as her body came almost completely out of water. Feeling the waves crash against her fin, she blinked a few droplets out of her long eyelashes.

Then her eyes caught it, the strong color, much closer than before. And what she saw afterwards, well, she thought, as her heart almost entered into cardiac arrest and she clumsily dove in the water… she imagined everything but that!

I know this is short, but i'll try to write the other chapter soon. Please review, and if you have any advice, feel free to give it!

Oh, and I imagined Tooth to be able to change her skin color, like an octopus. And she was supposed to have to long tentacles, but i'm not sure if i keep them.

And can someone please help me with the verbs for her fin movements? (Not english native speaker)