Chapter 2: Separated
Lilo had been so scared the moment glowing water had crashed over them.
There had been this terrible roaring sound as the ocean filled her ears and pulled them underneath the surface. She wanted to scream but instinct had taken over and she held her breath as her big sister held her tightly, keeping her from being pulled away and into the swirling, rushing, undertow.
There was a terrible moment of vertigo as they were pulled deeper and deeper into the water, the constant spinning made her feel sick to her stomach. It went on for what seemed like forever before they suddenly stopped spinning. There was a moment of calm and Lilo sneaked a chance to open her eyes. What greeted her sight was Pudge the fish swimming lazily in front of them, its sandwich still in its mouth. Lilo blinked as she watched the fish lazily back away and slowly turn to look at something behind it. Lilo followed its gaze as a distant green pulsing light began to emerge from the depths of the ocean, being held by a glowing current of water. She looked up at her sister, seeing that Nani's gaze was also on the strange current of water and the pulsing green light it caught in its flow.
The swirling, glowing water that held them eased slightly as the pulsing green light floated closer to them. As the sisters watched the green light, it floated to a stop in front of Lilo, revealing itself to be an oval pounamu stone with a spiral design engraved on it. There was something warm about the stone and, without a moment's hesitation, Lilo reached out to take the stone. The moment she did, a bubble of air encased them and both sisters let out a gasping breaths, taking in the air with relief. The strange glowing water that held them in its flow began to swirl around them, a voice that sounded like the waves crashing against the shore filled their thoughts. It seemed to ebb and flow much like the ocean that surrounded them.
My brother has chosen you to help save our mother.
Pudge the fish was still swimming lazily about their air bubble, just now beginning to munch on the peanut butter sandwich Lilo had given it. A deep laugh bubbled in their thoughts, as if the ocean itself were laughing at the fish. I hope he is not misguided in his faith in you.
The fish had finished its sandwich before it turned its attention back to the sisters, who were staring at the fish in shock. The fish stared at them with its large eyes, looking as if were trying to convey something in its gaze.
"Pudge?" Lilo managed to get out, finding her voice as she stared at the orange fish. She reached out a hand toward the fish, leaning out of her sister's embrace.
"L-Lilo, stay close," said Nani as she held her sister more tightly against her.
The orange fish focused its gaze at the little girl and then toward the older sister before it seemed to take in a breath. It took continued taking in that breath until it seemed to grow twice its size before it let loose a torrent of bubbles. The bubbles seemed to kick up a maelstrom around them. The bubble of air that had given them a much needed reprieve from the ocean that surrounded them suddenly disappeared. The water crashed around them, surrounding them and pulling at every part of them with such force that the sisters could barely hold on to each other.
The force of the maelstrom continued to pull and spin them around and around until the force became too much and the two sisters were pulled apart from each other. With a desperate grab, Nani tried to reach out for her sister, her mouth open as she tried to cry out Lilo's name but the salty water simply stole her voice and filled her mouth. Lilo was trying so hard to grab her sister's reaching hands but the force of the maelstrom was much stronger. They were pulled away from each other, the sweeping currents taking them in opposite directions, both sisters fighting with every ounce of their being to not be separated but to no avail.
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There was nothing more than the sound and sight of rushing ocean currents.
It pulled the two sisters far from one another, their mutual feelings of panic and fear escalating with each passing moment. It was during this time that the spiral marks on their respective ankles healed over, leaving behind a distinctive scar that was of a much paler hue than their natural skin tone. It would be the one sign that would save both sisters from being lost among the dying islands of this strange new world.
The elder sister, the woman who the strange fish had chosen, would wash up on the shore of a small island that was nothing more than craggy rocks and caves, some greenery dotting here and there. She would be guided along by the gentle current of the glowing ocean, directing her to the place where her help was truly needed. It would be here, in the growing dawn of the morning light, that the only resident of the island, who had been pacing the length of the shore in contemplative broodiness over his own personal failures for the past several days, would literally stumble upon the unconscious nineteen year old...
The younger sister, the child who the ocean had chosen to give the heart of Te Fiti to, would wash up on the shore of a large island inhabited by a group of kindhearted people. She would be guided gently and sweetly by the spirit of a manta ray, directing her to the place where her sweet insight as the other chosen would be of help to the dying island. It would be here, in the growing dawn of the morning light, that one sixteen year old girl, who had been cried and prayed to the gods to help her people where she had failed, would stumble upon the unconscious six year old girl girl, clutching the heart of Te Fiti in her hand...
(A/n) Thanks to those who have left feed back. I have been turning over and over in my head how to best do this cross over without following the Moana story line verbatim. Bear in mind that chapters will be short, a page or two at most. I don't have much time to sit and write. If you have any ideas on how you would like this story to go drop me a line, I am open to ideas. Thanks again.
