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Ed stared around the deck, his eyes wide and his mouth open in wonder. There were sailors, lots of them, either dancing or playing instruments, some were just drinking and all looked as if they were enjoying themselves. Ed continued to look around until he eyes fell on a man with dark hair that fell in front of his eyes. He seemed to be deep in conversation with a man with blond hair who was smoking a cigarette. The dark haired man laughed at something the other had said and Ed felt his stomach twist itself into knots.

It was love at first sight.

Ed was in such a daze staring at the stunningly handsome face of the dark haired man that he didn't even realise that Ling had climbed up next to him until he spoke.

"Quite a show isn't it?" he asked.

"Y... yeah," Ed stammered.

"You okay?" Ling asked. "Your face is all red."

"It's just I've never seen a human this close before," Ed said, dreamily. "He's very handsome, isn't he?"

"Which one?" Ling asked.

"The one with the dark hair," Ed replied, "who is... coming towards us. Oh no!"

Sure enough as Ed and Ling had been looking at him the dark haired man excused himself from the conversation he was having with the blond man as another man, this one also with dark hair and glasses, slung an arm around his shoulder and steered him in the direction of where they were watching.

"I'm gone," Ling said and dove back down into the water. Ed knew that he should follow in case he was seen but he couldn't, especially when he heard a deep voice behind him that made his stomach twist even more and his cheeks flush at the sensation, and pressed himself against the edge of the ship.

"Thank you for tonight Hughes, it was such a surprise, I had no idea you were planning any of this," the deep voice. Ed allowed himself a cheeky look round to see that it was the stunning man who had him rooted to the spot, ignoring the frantic gestures from Al and Ling that he needed to get moving and get away.

"Don't sweat it Roy," the man with the glasses – Hughes – said. "Although I had kind of hoped it was going to be a double celebration; you know a birthday and an engagement thing." Roy laughed and the sound was like music to Ed's ears.

"Come on Hughes, don't start," Roy said. "You're not still sore because I didn't fall for the Ice Queen of the North, are you?"

"All I'm saying is you're not getting any younger," Hughes teased.

"Thanks."

"And I thought you liked blondes."

"I do," Roy said and Ed felt his heart skip, "but she wasn't for me."

"That's a shame," Hughes said. "She was a beauty."

"She was also psychotic," Roy said. "This obsession with getting me married really does need to stop Hughes."

"You know it isn't me alone," Hughes said. "Then entire kingdom wants to see their prince married off so that he can produce an heir to the throne."

"And you?"

"I just want to see you happily settled down with the right person," Hughes said. Roy sighed and leaned against the railing that ran alone the edge of the ship.

"They're out there somewhere," he said. "I just haven't met them yet."

"Maybe that's because you haven't been looking hard enough," Hughes said grinning.

"Believe me when I find them I'll know," Roy chuckled. "It'll just hit me like lightning."

As if his words were coming true there was a sudden flash of lightning and a rumble of thunder in the distance. Ed suddenly felt an electrical charge run through him – a storm was about to hit.

A strong wind began to pick up along with a heavy rain that pelted down from the sky. Ed jumped off his perch and back into the water, no longer worrying about being see as he figured more of the people on the ship would be too preoccupied hunkering down for the storm.

"Let's get out of here," Ling said and for once Ed wasn't going to try and disagree.

The three of them began to swim away meanwhile on the deck above them there was a frenzy of activity. Everyone began running to their usual posts to prepare the ship for the coming storm but the wind had wiped up so suddenly that they were somewhat taken by surprise.

As one of the sailors tried to secure the rigging a fork of lightning hit the mast right in the centre, splitting it in two and causing the broken wood to catch fire.

"We're going to have to abandon ship," Hughes shouted over all the commotion as people ran to try and put out the fast spreading fire.

"You go to the lifeboats, make sure everyone gets off safely and I'll send them over," Roy said.

"Be careful," Hughes told him, placing his hand on Roy's shoulder and giving it a hard squeeze.

"You too," Roy said, placing his hand on top of Hughes'.

Between the two of them they managed to get everyone into the lifeboats as quickly as possible as the fire slowly spread around them. Roy pushed off the last one of the boats once everyone was in one and was about to jump in himself when a piece of falling wood from the shattered remains of the crows nest from the second mast hit him square in the back of the head and knocked him unconscious.

Hughes called out to him through the storm but there was no way for him to get back onto the ship now that the lifeboat was out in the open water. As Roy lay on the deck the fire spread down to the artillery room and hit a create of gunpowder. The ship exploded raining burning wood down into the ocean around it.

Despite Al and Ling's protesting Ed hadn't actually gone that far from the ship when he disappeared into the water. He had stayed close enough to feel the heat from the explosion and see something huge and solid fall into the water and begin to sink slowly. He squinted at it, trying desperately to make out what it was until he realised it had arms and legs... it was a human and not just any human, Ed realised as he managed to get a closer look, it was the prince who had made his heart flutter.

Without thinking he darted through the water and began to heave Roy back up to the surface of the water. He was heavy, heavier than Ed had expected him to be but he found a hidden strength he never knew he possessed as he was determined to save the man's life. When they finally broke the surface of the water Ed put every ounce of strength he had into dragging the lifeless body to the shore.

Morning was breaking, sunlight peeking over the horizon, by the time Ed finally dragged Roy up onto the beach. Ed was panting heavily and if he hadn't been so preoccupied with wanting to know that Roy was safe he would have collapsed on the sand next to him.

"Oh god," he muttered to himself as he looked Roy over. He tried not to dwell on Roy's face for too long as it made his heart skip, but continued to look along his chest to see if there were any signs of life. He began to wish that he had finished reading the huge medical book he had found so that he would know what to do. That was until he saw Roy's chest move and heard him take a deep breath.

"Thank god, you're alive," he said softly as he looked into Roy's face and reached over to gently brush his fringe out of his eyes, looking into that impeccably handsome face. He's so beautiful...

As Ed looked down at Roy, running his fingertips over his cheek as if memorising it, and without thinking, he began to sing:

"What would I give to live where you are?

What would I pay to stay here beside you?

What would I do to see you smiling at me?

Where would we walk?

Where would we run?

If we could stay all day in the sun

Wandering free and I would be

Part of your world."

As Ed sang dark eyes fluttered open and looked hazily up into his face. Ed smiled and placed his hand on Roy's cheek. Feeling suddenly bold Ed leaned down and was about to press his lips to Roy's when a cry of Roy's name startled him. He looked over in the direction the voice had come from and saw Hughes in the distance looking around for him.

Without another word Ed pulled away from Roy, who had been reaching up to rest his own hand on Ed's cheek, and hurried back to the water to disappear under the waves just as Hughes spotted Roy and came running over.

"Are you insane?" Ling asked Ed as he and Al swam over to him, the three of them hiding behind a rock so that they could still see and hear Roy and Hughes. "Did he see you?"

"Well he opened his eyes," Ed replied making no comment on his sanity one way or the other.

"Brother!" Al groaned.

"What?" Ed asked. "I couldn't just leave him to drown."

"That is exactly what you should have done because now he's seen you who knows who he's going to tell," Ling said.

"Nobody's going to believe him if he says a merman rescued him," Ed said rolling his eyes at the absurdity of the idea.

"Wait," Al said cutting off whatever Ling had been about to say in response, "they're talking." He pointed to the shore where Hughes was helping Roy to his feet and placing one of Roy's arms around his shoulder to support him.

"You really do delight in these sadistic strains on my blood pressure, don't you?" Hughes chuckled.

"Gotta keep you on your toes old man," Roy chuckled a little weakly. He was still feeling quite dazed but something clearly stuck out in his mind and he looked around the beach for any sign of the golden haired angel who had been singing to him.

"Hey I'm just glad you're alright," Hughes said. "What happened to you anyway?"

"Someone rescued me," Roy said. "They had blond hair and golden eyes and the most beautiful voice I've ever heard." He gazed off dreamily into the distance and Ed's heart began to pound in his chest. Hughes just chuckled and rolled his eyes.

"Roy I think you may have swallowed a bit too much seawater," he teased and began to steer Roy up the beach. "Let's get you home."

Once they were gone, and their chatter could no longer be heard, both Al and Ling let out great heaving sighs of relief.

"Well that could have been worse," Ling said.

"Definitely," Al said.

"Hopefully if he tells people, they'll just think he's crazy and that he got hit in the head," Ling said.

"We can only hope."

"Then we don't have to do anything," Ling said.

"We do have to do one thing," Al said.

"What?"

"Dad can never find out about this," Al stated. "He will go mad."

"Agreed," Ling nodded.

"So you won't tell him, I won't tell him and Brother sure as hell isn't going to tell him."

"Unlikely."

"So hopefully this whole thing can just blow over without him ever finding out," Al said.

"Here's hoping," Ling agreed.

Beside them Ed wasn't paying attention. He was too busy staring off in the direction of Roy and Hughes. Roy had said his voice was beautiful... Ed had never been one for singing, and he didn't quite know what had come over him, but knowing that Roy thought his voice was beautiful he was overcome with the urge again. He climbed onto the rock they had been hiding behind, still staring after Roy. Ling and Al turned to stare at him.

"What is he doing?" Al asked.

"I think he's going to sing again," Ling replied with a roll of his eyes.

"Oh great..."

Still Ed paid no attention just continued to stare after Roy and in that moment he vowed that he would find a way to become human so that he could stand in front of Roy and tell him that he was the one who had rescued him.

"I don't know when, I don't know how

But I know something's starting right now.

Watch and you'll see, someday I'll be

Part of your world."