because comet80 is a slave driver and i was completely inspired by miserylovedme

Author: isawayorkiepoo
Series Title: save me from this watery grave
Installment Title: fall overboard for you
Pairing: Ryan Evans/Troy Bolton, (minor Ryan Evans/Kelsi Neilson and Troy Bolton/Gabriella Montez)
Genre: Crack. Complete, shameless crack. And some romance.
Rating: PG
Summary: Ryan, a mermaid prince flees his home in search of happiness.
Warnings: Fairy-tale plots and mermaids. (mermen?) UN-BETAED
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Disney owns High School Musical and The Little Mermaid (where inspiration is drawn from) as well as miserylovedme owns her With The Moon In His Arms series (bandom/Fall Out Boy) that gave me a ton of inspiration.
Authors Note: if it sucks, please don't hunt me down with torches and pitchforks. I'll just have to write shameless smut to make up for the shameless crack. Also, lasquez is not a word. It sounded cool and my medicine was making me drowsy so I stuck with it.

Ryan swam away from the voices he heard. "Proud to announce"... "son Ryan, new Prince of Lasquez"... "Kelsi, your new Princess."

He didn't want it. Any of it. He had been recognized since his birth. Future Prince. Young Majesty. Sir Ryan and Lord Evans. How many eight year old fledglings were regarded as Majesty? Not many and he was so tired of it.

His sister basked in the recognition. She loved watching the girls turn green with envy at her new coral hair clip or her new fin-ring. ("Real pearls." she'd say, and swim away haughtily)

He never understood why she enjoyed it. What was so fun about never having a spare moment to yourself. There was only so much space in the ocean after all and sooner or later all the good hiding reefs are taken.

Ryan could see the light up ahead. The water was getting colder as he neared the surface and the warm sun was shining. He wished daily that he could just lay out in the sun and play with the kids he saw swimming in the lakes. What a rush it would be to be a normal human child for a day.

Ryan stilled as he saw a boat floating along the surface. It was green and had some illegible letters, blurred from the crashing water surrounding him. Cautiously he swam a bit closer to the boat and peaked his head above the surface.

The boat was small, just big enough for a small boating expedition. It was nothing like those yachts that would come around during the Summer. Ryan could make out the wheel at the bow of the boat and a closed off room with GPS tracking equipment and radars. There was a man sitting at the side of the boat, facing the opposite direction. Red highlights shown off his light brown hair and tan skin glowed in the sunlight.

Moving slowly, Ryan dipped back under and swam around to the other side as to get a look at the boys face. Looking up over the water, Ryan had a clear view. And what a view.

The boy was gorgeous. Bright blue eyes looked out over the water, sparkling with contentment. A serene smile played across his lips, bright white teeth peaking through. He had chiseled cheekbones and side-swept bangs that made him look like a model. Gorgeous.

Ryan gasped a bit at the sight and ducked down immediately as the boy turned his head to look at where the noise came from.

Ryan sunk down a bit, trying to stay still against the currents as the boy leaned over the side, trying to look at what made the sound. He must have seen something as he reached out into the water.

Acting on impulse, Ryan splashed water up into the boys boat and his face. The boy stumbled back, falling out of the boat and into the cold ocean water.

Ryan's eyes widened. Of all the stupid things for him to do, he caused an innocent human boy to fall into his peoples waters. Stupid, stupid, stupid!

Ryan swam under the boat to where the boy had fallen but he was nowhere in sight. Any victim of an overboard would be kicking their way to the surface by now. Frantically, Ryan looked left and right, searching for the boy. Swimming a bit lower, his tail brushed something. Ryan looked down and saw the boy, eyes closed, mouth open, sinking lower.

Ryan swam down, reaching out to grab the boy and moved his way to the surface. Please don't let him be dead, Ryan pleaded to whatever higher power would listen.

He got the boy above the water, but there was no land nearby. He could probably get them onto the boat, but that would be to dangerous for him. What if he got stuck?

Ryan cursed his heroic side and swam towards the boat. He pushed the boy into the boat and pulled himself up and into it.

With a hand on the boys chest, he pumped it a few times and sealed his lips over the boys, breathing air into his lungs.

After a few moments, the boy coughed, water spewing up out of his lungs and Ryan breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't need 'drowning an innocent human' on his list of screw-ups.

But there was one big screw-up in bright red letters on the list now. 'Pulling myself out of the water' was definitely at the top.

The boy opened his eyes slowly, as if waking from a deep sleep. His eyes widened upon seeing a blond boy hanging over him.

"Wha-wha-what's going on?" The boy stuttered. Ryan stared helplessly at him.

The boy looked down Ryan's body and literally jumped back a foot upon seeing the bright-blue fin taking up the lower portion of his body.

"What? What is this?"

Ryan continued to stare at him silently.

The boy stood up, backing up until his back hit the cabin of the boat. Ryan watched him from his position on the ground.

"What are you?"

Ryan looked out to the sea and then back to the boy who was now running his hands through his hair, tousling it in a way to make him look even more like a model. This was one of the times Ryan was glad that mermaids didn't have the same bodily reactions as humans.

Ryan lifted a hand, pointed it at him and then at the water.

"You... water... what?" The boy asked.

Ryan pushed himself up as much as he could and continued to point back and forth between himself and the ocean.

"You... need to go back in the water?" He asked slowly.

Ryan nodded quickly. His gills were dry and he felt as if he would suffocate if he didn't get in the water soon.

Hesitantly, the boy stepped forward and kneeled down next to Ryan. "Do you need help?"

Ryan nodded again, glancing desperately out to sea.

The boy sighed and put his arms out, and picked Ryan up. It was awkward at best, the fin, while not slimy or slippery, was dry and scratched irritatingly at his upper arm. Kneeling down on the edge of the boat, the boy let go of him, throwing him back into the water.

Ryan was relieved as his gills soaked up the water. He peaked his head out above the water and watched the boy stand up.

"Thanks." The boy said, watching him swim away. Ryan nodded his response and dove backwards, swimming back towards his kingdom.

He would have hell to pay for this. He just knew it.