A Turtle's Tale
Author's Note:
This one-shot is a shot out to guest. Thank you for your question!
(Angela's P.O.V)
"Catch me if you can!" I called out as I swam away from Nemo, who was now it in tag, and he laughed as he chased after me. I ducked behind a sea sponge and peaked out to make sure I wasn't followed. I sighed after I didn't see him.
"Guess I lost him." I said and quickly saw an orange blur hide behind some coral. I smirked and pretended to look around.
"Whew, that was a close one. I guess I'm safe now." I said, my back toward Nemo. He then quickly rushed to me, but I shot up and he went right passed me.
"Aww, I was so close!" He said, but laughed it off and swam after me again. I went off and then saw that Tad and Sheldon had come out of their hiding spots.
"Nice of you two to finally join us." I joked.
"Well you see it before, no one can catch you!" Sheldon said. "Well that's not true, it took me a while to catch one of you." I reminded them. Then Squirt went in front of us.
"Hey dudes!"
"Ahh!" We screamed and bumped into him and collapsed in the sandy floor. "Ow, is everyone okay?" I asked.
"I think I landed on your crowbar." Tad moaned.
"Sorry." I apologized and we got off of each other. Nemo then swam up to us.
"What happened?" He asked. "That was my bad. I surprised them and they swam into me." Squirt said.
"It's okay, we're fine. So what's up?" I asked.
Squirt smiled. "There's someone here to see you." He said and swam off. I looked at the others and shrugged before following him. We then came upon the drop off and I gasped.
"Ellen, Current!" I exclaimed and swam up to them. "It's so good to see you!"
"It's nice to see you too, Angela." Ellen said and she gave a big smile. Literally.
"I'm glad you are back. I was worried you would disappear." Current said.
"Disappear? Why would you be worried about that?" I asked and sat in the edge. The others settled down beside me as well.
"It's been too long since I've seen another mermaid. The last time I did, I nearly died." Current said. We gasped.
"Died? What happened?" Sheldon asked. Current smiled.
"It happened long before any of you were even born..."
(Third Person/Flashback)
A young Current was swimming in the EAC with the other turtles. He smiled as the hatchlings swam around him and did tricks, giggling all the way. The others then started to look around in worry. Current looked up and saw a dark shadow of a fishing boat was above them
"Everyone, watch out!" He called and then chaos reined. Everyone rushed past him and he felt him salt get pumped into multiple times. He ignored it and tried to get away from the boat. Then unfamiliar substance wrapped around him and he struggled against it.
He was caught in a fishing net.
Current tossed and turned trying to free himself. Little did he realize that the net was dragging him down. Soon he found it very hard to breath. Black spots started to appear in his vision and the last thing he saw, before he blacked out, was three figures swimming towards him.
When Current awoke he was no longer in the clear waters of the ocean. He seemed to be in a coral-like structure. He was laying on something soft too.
"Prince Triton, he's awake." A voice called and Current noticed a mermaid was sitting by his side. She was wearing her hair up in a bun and a pearl necklace was around her neck. Then a merman came in. He was wearing some armor and had a small crown, made out of shells, on his head.
"Lauren, you know you can call me Triton." He said and she laughed. "Yeah, buts it's fun to say it." She smiled. Triton then turned to Current.
"Hello. I'm sorry, where are our manners. I'm Prince Triton and this is my friend Lauren. We rescued you from a fishing net, but had to bring you here because your flipper got twisted." Triton explained. Another mermaid peered in shyly.
"Um...Triton, I have the medicine." She said in almost a whisper. Lauren took her had and pulled her inside. She was wearing her hair down and had a face starfish pinned on it.
"It's okay Aria, he won't bite." She assured.
"T-thank you for saving me." Current choked out. They all smiled.
"You're welcome. Now, let's get that flipper healed." Lauren said and rubbed the medicine on his front left flipper. Instantly, Current felt the pain ease up.
"We'll get you back to the EAC in no time." Aria said happily. Current smiled. "Thank you, really."
Flashback over
(Angela's P.O.V)
"And before I knew it I was back with my friends. I saw the mer-people a few times later, but one day Lauren disappeared. I never knew what happened." Current finished. I quickly took out my mirror.
"Is this them?" I asked and the mirror showed the picture my Nana showed me. Current's eyes widened.
"Yes, yes that's them. Where did you get that?" He asked. "That's my Nana, Lauren." I said pointing.
"Whoa..." The kids gasped. Current smiled. "I can't believe I didn't see it before. You look very much like her." He said.
"Yeah...I get that a lot. She told me she left because after marrying my grandfather, she realized her place was there. In my world." I explained putting my mirror away.
"I'm glad to hear she found her happy ending. Perhaps one day you can meet the mer people as well." Current said.
"Speaking of mer-people, Ellen I remember you saying that it was bad luck to eat a mer-person. Why is that?" I asked, curiosity taking over me.
"The mer-people help protect our ocean. From pollution and certain creatures that don't respect the circle of life. To eat one of you would be like saying that you don't care about that." Ellen explained.
"Oh...wow I'd never realized that. Though I remember when I fought the squid it tossed me aside." I said.
"It makes sense. There's a legend that a giant predator, bigger and more powerful then any shark, hunted down a mermaid. After he ate her the mer-King cast a spell on him. Turing him into a sea sponge and vowing that the same punishment would occur to anyone who tried the same." Ellen said.
"Oh wow...I'd never heard that one." I said. "Though I feel like a should have."
"It's not something we talk about, since we respect the mer-people. They help protect us when they can." Ellen smiled.
"Thank you, and I do hope the one day, I'll meet more mer-people." I said and we all laughed.
Yep, I was planning on searching for the mer-people. And no predator will get in my way.
Authors Note:
Well there you have it! The second one-shot of more to come. I hope you all like the backstory on Current.
Guest: There you have it. Don't worry I didn't forget to put it in the Seaquel, this is what I was planning to put it in. Hope it was worth the wait. ;)
