So I probably should not have tried to post this, but I am in Mermaid Melody mode and want to write this so bad. I hope you all like it! And join me in the fun of When the Ocs take over, which my new OCs will be soon joining.
She was flying, flying farther and farther away from her home. Farther away from the secluded lake in the middle of a forest.
"Run Princess!" a woman with navy hair down to her shoulders called out to her as she flew by. The woman was battling with the flames that were destroying the forest. "Get away from here Princess Mizume!"
Mizume was torn. She wanted to stay and help her people fight the destruction that was coming to their land, but she also knew that her safety was their highest priority. She continued to fly threw the forest and away from the crumbling castle that sat in the middle of the untouched lake that was the home of the water fairies. She flew until she was on the edge of the nearest human town, where she knew she was safe from any magical harm.
She closed her eyes and felt herself grow from her two feet tall self to her human sized self. Her cropped blue hair grew to be shoulder length and her sky blue eyes darkened to be a normal shade of blue. Her thin, but beautiful wings disappeared and her short blue and white dress turned into white shorts and a blue top. She decided to keep the blue flats that were common in the water fairy community.
After she finished transforming herself, she walked into the town. The town was full of bustling people going from store to store. Eventually, she came to a small park. As she walked through the park, she saw a small crying girl. Mizume walked up to the girl and kneeled down beside her.
"Are you okay?" she asked gently. The little girl looked up at her with greyish-brown eyes.
"I lost my onii-chan," the little girl cried.
"I'm sure he's searching for you," Mizume said sweetly. "How about we wait for him on that bench?"
The small girl nodded and Mizume led her to the bench that sat by a fountain.
"I'm Mizume. What's your name?" Mizume asked, smiling down at the small girl that sat next to her.
"Mi-Mikaru," the little girl said as she sniffed back some tears.
"Well, Mikaru, how about I help make you happy while we wait for your brother?" Mizume suggested to the small girl.
"How will you do that?" Mikaru asked her, her tears stopping.
"I'm going to sing you a song my mother always sang me when I was sad. It's called the Serenade of Flowers and Butterflies," Mizume told her before she took a deep breath and began to sing.
Tsukiyo ni saita hana no kaori wa kaguwashiku
Murasakiiro no yoake ni hikaru mitsu no aji
Kono yo no subete o watashi ni kuretara
Yogoto no utage wa tanoshiki yume no en
Odori odore! Koyoi wa.. hana ni you ageha no mai
Kagen no tsuki o tategoto ni shite kanadeyou
Sen no suzu oto fue no neiro o togi sumasu
Watashi ni kashizuku kawaii shimobe yo
Kirameku shishuu no hagoromo sazukeyou
Hi ra ri Fu wa ri odoreba tsumasaki koboreru hanabira
Yuubi naru SERENAADE subete o wasurete odore!
Isso ikinone o tomete ageyou ka..
Zutto utsukushii sugata no mama
Watashi ni kashizuku kawaii shimobe yo
Kirameku shishuu no hagoromo sazukeyouKin to gin no hane mau
Hitoyo no yume no utakata yo
Odori odore! Koyoi wa.. hana ni you ageha no mai
By the time Mizume finished, Mikaru was smiling at her with a broad smile.
"Wah! That was so pretty Mizume-chan!" Mikaru said as she stood up on the bench.
"Mikaru!" a male voice called out as a man ran towards them. Both girls turned towards the man. He had deep silver hair and eyes.
"Onii-chan!" Mikaru called out and jumped down from the bench so she could run to her brother. The two embraced happily.
"Onii-chan, you have to meet Mizume-chan!" Mikaru said eagerly, turning in her brother's arms towards the bench. The small girl's face fell when she saw that the bench was empty.
"Who is Mizume-chan?" the man chuckled as he began to carry his little sister home.
"She's a nice lady who sang to me while we waited for you," Mikaru said happily. "She sang to me a song called the Serenade of Flowers and Butterflies and it made me want to dance!"
"It did?" Rihito asked, smiling slightly at his sister's expression.
"It was like Lucia-chan's songs!" the girl said. "It made me really happy!"
"Really?" Rihito asked. 'It couldn't be another mermaid, could it?'
"Hey Onii-chan, were you listening?" Mikaru said, her cheeks puffing up in a pout.
"I'm sorry Mikaru," Rihito quickly apologized. "I was just thinking it was about time we went to visit Lucia again."
"Really Onii-chan?" Mikaru said excitedly. Rihito nodded. He carried Mikaru all the way to the Pearl Piari.
"Hello!" he called out as he entered the building.
"Hello," a voice came from around the corner. A brunette girl came from around the corner and smiled. "Hello Rihito-san, Mikaru-chan."
"Lucia-chan!" Mikaru called as Rihito put her down. As soon as she was on her feet, Mikaru ran forward to hug Lucia.
"Lucia," Rihito said, bringing the young girl's attention to him. "Is everyone here?"
"Yes, they are all in the dining room," Lucia said, leading the way into the spacious room. As the three of them entered, Rihito could see that Hanon, Rina, Kaito, Seira, Taki, and Nikora sitting around a table.
"Rihito-san, why are you here?" Kaito asked when he spotted the older man.
"Mikaru, why don't you go play with Hippo in the back yard?" Rihito suggested once her spotted the blue penguin at the door. Mikaru nodded and quickly followed the penguin outside. Rihito made sure she left before he turned back to the others in the room. "Is there another mermaid princess?"
"What?" Hanon, Rina, and Lucia asked, all of them standing from their seats.
"Why do you ask, Rihito-san?" Nikora asked him quickly.
"Mikaru met a girl in the park that she said sang like Lucia," Rihito explained.
"That isn't possible," Hanon said.
"There are only seven mermaid princesses," Rina said.
"Girls, we need to hear the full story," Nikora said to quiet the girls. "Did you see the girl?"
"No, I didn't," Rihito sighed, sitting in a chair that Seira brought for him. "All I know is that she helped cheer Mikaru up when we were separated at the park."
"The park?" Taki questioned. Everyone turned towards the old woman. "Do you know the song that Mikaru was sung?"
"Mikaru said it was called the Serenade of Flowers and Butterflies," Rihito told her. "Why? Do you know something about her?"
"Flowers and Butterflies? I never thought one would come out of their forests," Taki murmured. She looked up at everyone with a slight smile on her face. "I think we have a fairy to go search for."
"A fairy?" Lucia, Hanon, and Seira all cried in shock.
"Taki-san, fairies are only legends, even to mermaids," Nikora said with a soft laugh.
"Ah, then explain why there is someone who sings like a mermaid, but couldn't possibly be a mermaid," Taki countered.
"Rihito-san did say he didn't see who it was that was singing to Mikaru-chan," Kaito said.
"Everyone!" Hippo cried as he burst back into the room. "Come quick!"
"Hippo what's wrong?" Lucia asked as everyone followed Hippo back outside and down the steps. They reached the edge of the ocean to see Momo crying to them.
"Momo-chan told me that there is someone starting fires out in the ocean," Hippo explained quickly. The four mermaid princesses looked at each other and nodded. The four girls dove into the ocean to follow Momo to the fire. To their surprise, Momo led them down towards the ocean's floor. At the bottom, they found a man wearing all red. His hair was flowing in the water as if it was a flame and his pants and muscle shirt were tight on his body.
"Is someone here to interrupt my fun?" the man turned as they approached.
"Please stop what you are doing to the ocean," Lucia requested of the man. The man seemed to think about it for a moment.
"I won't stop until I get my hands on the Princesses' rings," the man stated with a wink. "If you can bring them to me, then I'll stop."
"We don't know what you are talking about," Hanon told him unhappily.
"Then I guess you will just have to succumb to my flames of passion," the man said sending flames towards the mermaid princesses. The flames circled around the four mermaids and began to shrink. "Ah, I believe a song is in order to allow the flames to truly dance."
Ai no honoo ga odotte iru
Watashi-tachi no tame no kō o kakunin shimasu
Kore ni sotte odoru honoo'
MERODī
Honoo no jōnetsu
Yakedo ga takakute,
Wairudo o seichō shite seikyū o umu
Sore ga chūshin de moeru made
The flames grew wild at the man's voice and began to enclose the mermaid princess' in a bubble of flames.
Watashi ni kudasai.
Anata no jōnetsu ga TRUE no baai
Watashi-tachi wa hikitsugu
Sekai wa anata ga shitte ita
Honoo no jōnetsu
Yakedo ga takakute,
Wairudo o seichō shite seikyū o umu
Sore ga chūshin de moeru made
Ima de nemuru osoroshii
No jōnetsu nenshō
Kanzen muen
Honoo' merodi
Honoo no jōnetsu
Yakedo ga takakute,
Wairudo o seichō shite seikyū o umu
Sore ga chūshin de moeru made!
The music began to affect the mermaid princesses as it reached past the flames and met their ears. The four girls started to wither as the man continued his song.
Node, neru
Netsu no jōnetsu de
Koko de zōo
Amai ni naru koto ga dekimasu
Slowly, the four mermaid princesses began to fall unconscious to the man's song. Suddenly there was a bright light and the flames were washed away from the mermaids.
"Who the hell-?" the man roared as his song was interrupted. He turned towards the light to see a woman with a blue mini-dress on. She had cropped blue hair and sky blue eyes. She had on thin stilettos and wore gloves that only went a few inches up her arms.
"Aqua Drop Voice!" the woman called as a mike appeared in her hands. The woman glowed a soft blue as she brought the mike up to her mouth.
Mizu wa, moshi kore ga yumedatta, to yonde iru
Bakku-jin nigeru motarasu
Ai to jinsei kara. . .
Kono merodī
The woman sang as the ocean swirled around her.
Seikatsu uzu no mizu to yure
Watashi ni oshiete iru yō
Chien shinaide kudasai
Kono aijō no pasu kara
The woman's voice slowly begins to wake the mermaid princesses. As they open their eyes, they see the man cringing as the woman continues to sing.
Mizu wa, moshi kore ga yumedatta, to yonde iru
Bakku-jin nigeru motarasu
Ai to jinsei kara. . .
Kono merodī
Sutorīmu ni mizu ni shitagatte kudasai
Tochi e no bōken
Anata no sōzō no
Anata wa hontō no ai
Mizu wa, moshi kore ga yumedatta, to yonde iru
Bakku-jin nigeru motarasu
Ai to jinsei kara. . .
Kono merodī
Modotte mizu no haji ni kite
Sorera to issho ni oyogu
Hito seiyaku o totta
Sunde irushi, tōsha no uta wotsūjite daisuki!
"I will be back for that ring!" the man cried out as he disappeared in a burst of flames. The mermaid princesses stared at the blue woman in shock. Was Rihito right? Was there another mermaid princess that they didn't know about?
Before they could question the woman, she turned on her heel and swam away faster than any of the four mermaids knew was possible.
The four mermaid princesses swam back to the surface and founr Kaito still waiting at the shore for them.
"What happened?" he asked as the four turned back into humans and walked up to him.
"There's a new enemy," Rina nearly growled at the thought of their peace being interrupted.
"He was able to start fires under the water," Lucia told him as she took his hand.
"His song was scary," Seira whimpered. "It was about fire and hatred."
The four princesses and Kaito walked back into the Pearl Piari to find Rihito and Mikaru gone, but both Nagisa and Masahiro were waiting in for them. The four quickly told Nikora, Kaito, Nagisa, Masahiro, and Taki of what happened in the ocean.
"What was surprising is that he didn't want us," Hanon said as the other princesses nodded their agreement. They were all sitting in the dining room by that time.
"What did he want?" Nikora asked.
"Something about some rings," Lucia said, her face scrunching up as she tried to remember what their enemy had said.
"The Princesses' rings," Rina said softly.
"The rings of legend," Taki sighed sadly. Everyone looked at her.
"What do you mean Taki-san?" Nikora asked.
"There is a legend about the six Fairy Princesses," Taki began.
"Like the legend of the seven Mermaid Princesses," Nagisa said. Hanon glared at her boyfriend as soon as he finished his outburst.
"They only slightly resemble each other," Taki said. "The legend of the six Fairy Princesses is an old legend that hasn't been told in many years."
"Please tell us Taki-san," Lucia and Seira said eagerly.
"It is said that fairies used to crowd the Earth, helping people of all races," Taki began. "They were generous beings. All of them loved to help in whatever way they could. Until one day when humans turned on them. Humans destroyed their homes and forests until there was nothing left of their world but rubble. You see, humans were jealous of the fairies, of their ability to fly and their ability to control the elements."
"What do you mean control the elements?" Masahiro asked, clutching onto Rina's hand as if Taki's words would affect the girl next to him.
"It is said that there are six types of fairies, one for each element," Taki told them. "Water, Fire, Earth, Air, Light, and Dark. And the fairies could control whichever element they belonged to. Now, after the humans destroyed their homes, the six Fairy Princesses, the six strongest fairies, sealed away lands for them to live. No other creature can go near their lands. It is said that the six Fairy Princesses kept the peace of their lands and protected their realms just like our Mermaid Princesses do with the oceans."
"That doesn't explain the rings," Hanon said, getting slightly bored at the long legend.
"I'm getting there," Taki snapped back at Hanon. She then took a calming breath and continued. "The six Fairy Princesses used up all of their power to seal the lands away from the humans. So they each created a stone to pass on to the next Fairy Princess that would help them have the power to keep peace within their lands."
"Like our pearls," Lucia said, excited that mermaids and fairies were not too different.
"Yes, but instead of creating a necklace to pass down, they created the six rings," Taki explained to them. "Over time, no one ever saw the fairies. None came out from their lands and no one knew where they had sealed themselves away, so they drifted into legend for both the human world and the mermaid world."
"I want to see a fairy!" Seira cried cheerfully.
"I'm afraid that if you do, that would mean terrible things are to come," Taki warned.
"But what if that woman we saw was a Fairy Princess?" Lucia asked.
"Then our world is in grave trouble," Taki said. Each of the three couples looked at each other grimly.
"But the fairies are only a legend, so why worry?" Nikora said quickly, a smile plastered on her face.
"Yes, they are only in our legends," Taki said, a small smile coming to her as well. The teens all looked at each other. Without a word, they all stood and headed for the beach.
"They have to be real if they are a legend," Nagisa said, his hands behind his head as the seven teens walked along the beach.
"But there is no way they can exist if no one has seen them in so many years," Hanon countered her boyfriend.
"Humans thought that mermaids were only legends, but here you are in front of our eyes," Masahiro said logically.
"I agree," Kaito said. "If even mermaids know about them, then why could they not be real?"
"Hold on," Rina said as she halted about midway along the beach. Everyone else stopped and looked at her. She was listening intently for something. "Lucia, Hanon, Seira, do you hear that?"
The other three mermaids listened to the sounds of the beach until they heard what Rina was hearing too. In the far distance, they heard the voice of the woman who had saved them. The four took off towards the voice with the three boys quickly following them. The closer they got to the cliff not too far down the beach, the clearer the song got.
Sutorīmu ni mizu ni shitagatte kudasai Tochi e no bōken Anata no sōzō no Anata wa hontō no ai
The four mermaids and three boys ran up the hill to the edge of the cliff.
Mizu wa, moshi kore ga yumedatta, to yonde iru Bakku-jin nigeru motarasu Ai to jinsei kara. . . Kono merodī
They neared the edge of the cliff and was able to see a girl with sitting on the edge of a ridge just below them. She had dark blue hair and was wearing white shorts and a blue top, much like what Hanon normally wore.
Modotte mizu no haji ni kite Sorera to issho ni oyogu Hito seiyaku o totta Sunde irushi, tōsha no uta wotsūjite daisuki!
"Hey!" Lucia called down as the girl finished singing. The girl looked up with a shocked expression. "Can we talk?"
"Why?" the girl's voice came up to them.
"What's your name?" Hanon called down.
"Mizume," the girl answered hesitantly. "What's yours?"
"I'm Lucia, and these are my friends Hanon, Rina, Seira, Kaito, Hamasaki-kun, and Nagisa-kun!" Lucia called down.
"Will you come up here so we can talk?" Masahiro called down to the girl. The girl thought for a moment before she nodded. She began to climb up the rocks towards them. When she finally made it to them, they were able to see that she was much older than her size let on.
"Why did you want to talk?" Mizume asked, her blue eyes narrowing.
"We have heard the song you were singing before," Rina quickly said. "And we were wondering where we can find a copy to listen to?"
"It's impossible to find a copy," Mizume told her. "Only my. . . family knows that song and they don't live anywhere near here."
"Ano. . ." Lucia looked at her friends for a brief moment before she blurted out her question. "Are you a fairy?"
"A wh-what?" Mizume stammered, trying to hide her nervousness with a giggle.
"A fairy. You know with wings and stuff," Nagisa said earning a laugh out of the girl.
"I thought fairies were supposed to be tiny," Mizume said with another nervous giggle.
"We've been shocked before," Nagisa muttered causing Mizume to look at him like he was weird.
"What do you mean?" she asked him. Rina saw an opening to possibly get the truth.
"We've met some mermaids before," she said. Mizume gave her a shocked expression.
"They were really nice and could sing really well," Hanon said, catching on to her friend's act. Mizume turned away from them.
"It couldn't be. . ." she murmured to herself. She turned back to them and started to really look at each of the girl's faces. The four mermaids were shocked, but let her look at them. Mizume stepped back with a slight smile. "You're those mermaids that I saved earlier."
The four mermaids nodded slightly, all of them nervous to have someone new learn their secret.
"Then I guess it is okay for you to know," Mizume said with a soft smile towards the girls. "I am the Aqua Fairy Princess."
"Wow," Lucia said in wonder.
"Just like the legend," Seira said in awe.
"Why are you shocked?" Mizume asked, the smile on her face falling slightly. "You are each mermaid princesses, right?"
"You know about mermaid princesses?" Hanon asked in complete shock,
"Of course, I am a water fairy after all," Mizume said. "My people used to live in the ocean with the mermaids. I bet you can still find our castles in reefs and in caves."
"Wow," Lucia and Seira awed.
"We have to go back to the Pearl Piari and let Nikora-san and Taki-san know," Kaito said logically. The group of teens turned to headed back across the beach.
"Wait, who are Taki and Nikora?" Mizume asked, worried that they were going to go tell someone about her.
"Nikora is my older sister," Lucia said with a broad smile. "And Taki-san is our friend who told us about the legend of the fairies."
"The legend of the fairies?" Mizume asked as she followed the seven teens down the cliff and across the beach.
"You don't know your own legend?" Masahiro asked her kindly. Mizume shook her head.
"I know our customs," she told them as she held up her right hand. The seven teens stared at the bright blue jeweled ring on her ring finger. "The six princesses are to keep peace over our lands and are to be the only fairies that know where the other realms reside."
"So fairies aren't allowed to know where each other live?" Nagisa questioned. Mizume nodded sadly. By that time, they were entering the Pearl Piari.
"Welcome back, everyone," Nikora said as they walked into the dining room to sit down. They all saw that Taki had out her crystal ball and was pouring over it, Hippo was eating some food in the seat across from her, and Nikora was wiping some tables.
"Nikora, this is Mizume-chan," Lucia introduced the blue haired girl that had come with them. Nikora smiled at the new girl and Taki finally looked up from her crystal ball.
"It is a pleasure to meet you all," Mizume bowed to the two women. Taki spotted the ring on her finger and quickly stood.
"You're a fairy," she gasped as she walked up to the shocked woman in front of her.
"Y-Yes," Mizume stammered. Taki took her hands.
"Then it is true that something horrible is about to happen," Taki sighed sadly. Mizume gasped.
"You know of the destruction?" she asked Taki quickly.
"What destruction?" Kaito asked her, stepping forward so she looked at him.
"There is someone out there that is searching for the six rings," Mizume whispered, looking down at her feet. "They somehow got past our seals and started to destroy our land."
"Is that why you are here in the human world?" Rina asked in understanding. Mizume nodded, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"I'm worried about the other princesses," Mizume said, her voice barely audible. "They would have escaped to the human world like me, but some of them are so young."
The four mermaid princesses looked at each other and nodded.
"How about we help you search for the princesses?" Lucia offered. Mizume looked up at them a smiled slightly.
"Thank you, Mermaid Princesses," she said with a bow.
Flaming Passion and Water's Melody both belong to me, but Serenade of Flowers and Butterflies (Hana to Chou no Serenade) does not belong to me.