It was a beautiful day on the Mediterranean Sea, the sun was just beginning to shine over the horizon, lighting the crystal blue waters in an enchanting glow through the thick fog of the morning. This was the very scene that had captured the hearts of many sailors' time and time again. Multi colored birds were starting their graceful assent into the sky, ready to start a new day, just as an enormous ship emerged from the mist, crashing through the waves. The boat was clearly made for royalty, not just for the enormous size, but also for the intricate carvings and craftsmanship of the large vessel. Undoubtedly belonging to someone of high status, but at the moment all that was heard from the craft was the merriment of the sailors as they sung their love for the sea.

"I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue

And it's hey to the starboard, heave ho

Look out, lad, a mermaid be waitin' for you

In mysterious fathoms below."

They all sang as they worked along the deck, some mopping, others working the sails, and look outs. All of a sudden there was a large amount of laughter as two young men came bounding out of the captains quarters and onto the deck, huge grins on their faces.

Now it was obvious to anyone that these two boys were related. Both were extremely handsome, but in different ways. One was clearly the older brother, seeing as he was taller than the other boy, his narrowed crimson eyes showed intelligence beyond his years, but still held the eagerness of a boy half his age. While his brother was shorter, with soft, rounded eyes, that were the color of amethysts. Both boys had the same spiky hair tinted black, and outlined in red with blonde bangs framing their faces, although the younger boy's was not quite as unruly as his brothers.

Upon their foreheads were identical crowns, each with the eye of Horus in the middle, symbolizing royalty. Their clothes were tunics made of the finest fabrics in the land. The taller of the two men was wearing a blue cape, while the smaller was garbed in a red one, with heavy jewelry adorning their tanned bodies. Identical grins stretched over the boys faces as they gazed out into the beautiful waters before them.

"Isn't this awesome Atem? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face, what a perfect day to be at sea!" The smaller boy cried in glee as he looked up to his older brother, who grinned in response.

"It most certainly is Yugi." He said, his voice deep and rich in tone as he smiled at his look-alike. The boys were both broken out of their reverie when they heard a horrible retching coming from nearby. Turning quickly the two royals saw their advisor Shimon, leaning over the edge of the ship, puking his guts out.

"Oh yes . . . spectacular." Shimon replied sarcastically before heaving harshly once more. Yugi quickly walked over to Shimon and began to rub his back, trying to comfort the older man as a brawny sailor came up to the trio a huge smirk on his face.

"A fine strong wind and a following sea. King Triton must be in a friendly-type mood."

"King Triton?" Atem questioned, looking utterly confused as he stared at the man.

"Who's that?" Yugi followed, looking just as perplexed as his brother. While the sailor just looked at the boys in shock for a short minute before answering.

"Why, ruler of the merpeople, lads. Thought every good sailor knew about him." Shimon who had just recovered from his bout of sickness, hobbled over to the men, an annoyed look on his face.

" Merpeople! Hah! Yugi, Atem pay no attention to this man's nonsense." He cried toward the very put-off sailor.

"But it isn't nonsense, I'm telling you the truth, merpeople are real!" The sailor huffed, before going back to work, while Yugi and Atem looked at each other in wonder at this new bit of information. Shimon, seeing the looks on the prince's faces sighed in despair before another bought of nausea hit him, as he ran over the edge of the boat, causing the two young men to chuckle.

"Such foolishness." Shimon huffed as he emptied his stomach once more, but little did he know that he was the foolish one here, for merpeople were real, and they lived right in the majestic waters below.

"Heave. ho. Heave, ho. In mysterious fathoms below."

Yay new Disney story, I was really excited to start this one, because of the twist I am putting on it, so I hope it goes well :) A new chapter should be out later today, so please review!! :)