(Dreamscape)/1st POV/
I was in water, laying on my back. There was a light above me, shining through the water and once in a while a shadow or two will pass in front of me. Slowly I sat up and blinked slightly as something bumped into my forehead. I stared at the shadowy blur before it came into focus and turned into an angel fish that seemed be staring at me for a bit before swimming off. I raised a brow and giggled at that before looking down at myself, feeling... confused which is weird. I was this mermaid form again, my fins perking up and my tail straightened out before I rolled over, feeling my dorsal fin stretch out slightly. I arced my back further, stretching and shivering as my back popped slightly before laying down on my front, arms crossed and resting my head upon them.
I remained like this for a while, fishes swimming by in front of me and some curious ones coming closer to nip at my wavy hair and even boulder ones tried to nip at my nose, it tickled and my giggle would spook them off. I could feel my tail moving slightly behind me, slowly and lazily swaying from side to side. I looked to my side as a crab went skittering by, honestly not caring about me and I raised a brow, smiling fondly. A little Crab Diva. I continued to lay there until soft tapping reached my ears. Pushing my front up and off the rocky bed, I looked from side to side. Am I waking up again? Nothing's fading... The tapping repeated itself and I looked to my right. I focused and soon a blurred figure appeared.
Curiosity has always been my best friend so I easily lifted off the rocky bed and swam closer to the blurry figure, my hand stretched out to it. The tips of my fingers came into contact with a hard surface just where the blurry figure was standing. With a hum I settled down, seating myself down having my tail curl slightly around me acting like a cushion, I pressed both my hands against the invisible force and giggled as the blurry figure seemed to place their hands where mine were. I moved my hands down and the figure copied me.
Shishishi...
The laugh was soft on my ears and I almost didn't hear it. It sounded... familiar to say the least. My mind worked hard to think of why it sound familiar as I continued the small game of copy cat until a grin on the blurry figure came into focus. I blinked calmly leaning closer to the invisible wall hopping the blurry figure will copy. It did and soon the face of Monkey D. Luffy came into full focus. As soon as my mind recognised the face everything else beyond the invisible surface came into focus as well. It was a lounge area. An area I knew Franky build upon the Thousand Sunny as the Aquarium Bar. A place with the intention to act as a place to some together and eat in peace. And if she was correct, she was in the aquarium where they kept fish that would be eaten. She giggled at that and thought of how Luffy might say something like "Oi Sanji! Can we eat the giant fish?" and having the blonde cook yell at the rubber boy about how he can't eat a lady. Or mermaid, whichever is correct.
"Oi Chopper!" I lightly tapped on the glass looking around as Luffy turned away to call the reindeer doctor. Leaving me alone in the room. I looked up and right next to one of the lights on the aquarium was the hatch that led out of the aquarium. I swam up to the hatched and knocked on it a few times before grabbing the valve on the inside. With a huff I started turning the valve as best I could. Which wasn't much but it slowly started moving. With each rotation it became easier and easier until I could just spin the valve the rest of the way. With one spin the hatch gave a hiss and popped open. I was getting ready to pull myself up when I felt a slight pinch at the end of my tail. Blinking and looked down and raised my tail up for me to see. I giggled at the sight.
The crab from earlier has attached itself to my tail and was looking at me with something close to puppy dog eyes. I giggled and placed my hands under it to drop on. It looked down to my before letting go of my tail end and floating down onto my open hands. Once it landed on my hands I brought it closer to my face to get a good look at it. It looked like a ghost crab, an over grown one, about 8-10 cm in width and had a pale blue shell layer, quiet rare in the species. I giggled at it as it clicked it claws at me and jumped to my shoulder before latching onto a strand of my icy blue hair and proceeded to disappear into it. Shrugging I turned back to the open hatch and gripped at the edges. Taking a deep breath of water, I heaved myself up and out through the hatch.
I had to squeeze myself at the hips as my side fins flattened tightly to allow me out. But I was finally out and sitting by the latch, half of my tail still in there. I sighed and shuddered as the gills on my neck sealed themselves closed. There was a small puddle of water forming under me. If I had legs I would feel so embarrassed.
"Ā! Kanojo ga soto ni demashita!" I blinked and looked behind me, tucking a wet lock of hair behind my ear. Standing at the end of the hallway was Luffy, Chopper and Robin. Chopper hiding the wrong way behind Robin's leg. The dark haired beauty having an amused, knowing smile on her lips while Luffy held his famous D grin. I pulled the rest of my tail out from hatch and snapped it close. I moved around and stood up. My tail strong enough to support my upper body. I knocked my head on the ceiling a bit before slouching forward a bit and slowly making my way over to them.
"Uwa ̄ , soreha kurōru dekimasu! Chōdo karera ga hebi ni natta toki ni boa no shimai no yō ni!" Luffy said again, laughing. Robin hummed in amusement, taking a step out of the door way, Chopper following her leg. Luffy jumped up when I was close enough and climbed onto my back, my dorsal fin luckily laying flat against my back. "Kyodaina sakana no josei o chotto chotto! Anata wa unchi suru koto ga dekimasu ka?" I simply blinked at him before slowly manoeuvring my way out the door and breathed in the salty sea air as it hit me. I jumped slightly as Luffy yelled right into my ear. "ITTE!" He launched right off my back and landed on the grassy deck. I raised a brow before spotting what had hurt him. There, pinching his nose, was the ghost crab that disappeared into my hair. I giggled and carefully slithered my way down to the grassy deck, over to Luffy who was now trying to pull the glaring crab off of his nose. His nose stretched as the crab refused to let go. I laughed and sat down, my tail coiling around me.
Soon the other Straw-hat pirates made their way onto the top deck, alerted by their captain's hollering. I just couldn't stop laughing and soon Usopp, Brook, Franky, Nami and Sanji joined in the laugh while Zoro smirked and Robin smiled amused. Chopper was bouncing around Luffy, trying to help him and see if he's okay.
"Okay that's about enough..." I spoke gently and raised up, slithering over to the pinocchio-fied rubber captain and cheeky crab. "Hold still..." I gently grasped at my crabby friend and he immediately let go of the rubber captain's nose. I laughed as Luffy went tumbling back holding at his nose. I found it funny the a simple pinching crab could cause such a scene from the rubber man. Then again this is Luffy. The crab crawled up my arm and started clicking its claws at the rubber captain.
"'Anata wa watashi no yūjin, anata no monsutā kara hanarete!' . Sore wa kare ga itta kotodesu..." I looked over to Chopper and he must have translated what the crab said. I giggled as the crab disappeared back into my hair after affectionately rubbing against my cheek, almost like a cat. I looked over at the happy crew and smiled. 'This is why they are the Straw-hat crew...' I though slightly before slithering over to the railing. I was about ready to dive back down into the waters, to make my dream transition.
"Oi!" I paused and turned back to see Luffy make his way over to me. This isn't right, he shouldn't have noticed me wanting to make my transition... they should just... fade. My vision started darkening at the corners again. Wait... This has happened before...How am I able to recall a dream inside a dream or better yet be aware that I'm recalling a dream inside a dream... "Oi..." Oh Luffy must have said something... I looked down at him. "Joi...m...ew" My eyes widened as the Japanese language seemed to fade out and English tried to surface. Acting quickly I smiled softly before waving a hand and quickly diving over the side of the deck down to the dark waters below. "O-Oi!" Luffy's shout along with others were the last thing I heard before breaking the water surface and started swimming down to the dark abyss. My vision grew more blurry and dark as my body became like stone. My tail stopped it's swimming motion and I proceeded to sink..Wait how do I feel this sensa-
"...ke up! Come on Wake up! You have school and you're going to be late if you don't get up now." That was my father's voice. My eyes felt heavy as hell and my body felt like it was being crushed slowly by a weight. I groaned, my voice sounding like my voice box went through a meat grinder. I forced my eye lids to open slightly and saw a blurry shadowed face above me. " Finally! Get up and get dressed, we're running late. I could hear him... but at the same time not. I nodded my head slightly and he disappeared out my view. I picked up my rock heavy body and dragged it to the bathroom to try and get ready quick enough. I honestly did not care if I got to school late today...
How was it? Oh and the reason I put in what they say in Japanese is because it's from the characters POV and they don't know Japanese. So this is kinda like us following her experience. If you guys what to know what their saying, even though sometimes it's obvious if you know the characters well enough to know what they would say, you can use Google translate and see ^^