It was midafternoon, and these royals had nothing to do. Their ruler, King Markarov, had left to meet with his advisors. The kingdom of Fiore had recently had a citizen come into the royal palace to tell the king about humans. Apparently, some had swam near Fiore. The king didn't want the humans to know about their existance to keep his people safe. The humans didn't need to know about the existance of the merpeople. He just wanted his people to be safe.

These royals all sat together in one room of their castle. They were doing their own activity. Princess Lucy was writing her story that no one was allowed to read until it was done; Princess Levy was reading her third book of the day, with it being a horror novel; Princess Evergreen was was reading her own book, a racy novel that her sister, Erza, had let her borrow; Princess Juvia was making a teru-teru bozu doll, making it around her fifth doll that day; and Prince Fried was sharpening and shining his rapier. Princess Erza was out with her boyfriend that only her siblings knew about. She was dating the infamous, wanted criminal, Jellal Fernandes. He was wanted for something he didn't do. Therefore, he was framed.

Anyway, while the five single royals were engaged in their own activities, they were also partially thinking about how they wish that they had love like their sister, Erza. They all knew that she would make an excellent queen one day along with Jellal as her king. She was the oldest anyway. All four of the princesses and the one prince were in their late teens, yet they hadn't dated anyone in their whole lives. They were alone and so desperately wanted someone to love them and for them to love them for who they are not what status they held.

They were all deep in thought when they heard the trumpets being played at the front gates of the castle. Their father had returned. Levy and Lucy had gotten up to see their father through the window in the room where they resided in at the present moment. Their father was greeted at the gate immediately by their mother, Queen Porlyusica. She never really showed emotion except to her family, and even that was rare. She was a very stoic woman that never liked to show weakness.

"Is it father?" Juvia asked her sisters, with a stoic look on her face. Juvia had gotten her closed feelings from her mother but would show them every once in a while.

"Yes. He has returned from his meeting." Levy replied happily.

"That's good. Maybe he'll let us leave the castle for a while, so that we're not doing the same old thing everyday." Fried joked, with a chuckle at the end.

They all filed out of the small room to meet with their father at the front gates of the castle. They swam all together as they went through the halls of the castle. When they got down to the front gate, they all greeted their father.

"Hello, father," they all said, one at a time.

"Hello, children," he replied, in return.

"Father," Evergreen called his attention. The king turned to his second oldest daughter and nodded to her, signalling her to continue, "I have been wondering this for a while but never managed to get the chance to ask you."

"Get on with it," he told her in a calm yet slightly forceful tone.

"Can we, by that I mean my present siblings and myself, go up to the surface to see what the human world is like? I've always wanted to know what it's like to walk on two legs and see how the humans live and interact."

Markarov looked stunned for a moment. He hadn't expected his daughter to be so upfront about asking to going up and into the human world. It just took him back and surprised him. Markarov stood there for a moment, thinking over the idea. He wanted his children to be safe, but he knew that he couldn't keep them cooped up in this castle for their entire lives.

He cleared his voice, catching his children's attention. They all turned their attention towards their father. "Now that I've had a moment to think, I suppose I could let you go visit the human world. I will only allow one day, but that should be enough to explore the closest port town."

All five of the young royals suddenly erupted with joy and celebrated the fact that they were allowed to go up past the surface of the water. They all rushed off to their own rooms to start packing the things they saw fit as necessities.

"Are you sure you're okay with this?" the queen asked her husband. She hadn't been by his side during the conversation, but she watched from close by and listened to what they were discussing.

"It's fine. I'm just nervous about their safety among the humans. Before I grant them human legs, I have to remind them to not speak of Fiore. They could endanger everyone's lives."

"I'm sure everyone will be fine." Porlyusica told her husband.

"I sure hope so." he told his queen with worry and nervousness in his voice.

A/N: Here's the next chapter ^^ I finished it fast than I thought I was going to... I just hope you guys like it ^^; Also, the next chapter...dun..dun...DUN! Sorry ^^; I'm just going to enjoy writing the next chapter. :) Hope you enjoyed it ^^