Chapter 4

The Artisans Encounter

Vance strode down the sidewalk, looking up at the sky.

He smiled lightly and waved as a few girls walked by, they giggled and smiled.

"HEY VANCE-KUN!" they exclaimed flirtatiously.

Vance continued walking, gazing at the clouds streaming slowly across the sky.

He had his art pad in his hand and a pencil with an eraser in the other.

It was a little bit after 9 pm and it was a cloudy night.

Vance always would go to his Secret Beach to draw things, he considered it his "second home".

As he made his way through the palm trees he stepped onto the sand.

As he walked, the sand crunched underneath his shoes as he neared the water.

He breathed in the salty air as the rhythmic waves pulled back and forth against the beach.

Vance started drawing the scenery when he heard someone.

It sounded like his mother and how she use to sing to him when he was little.

Vance looked left and right, trying to find the sorce of this enchanting tune.

Then he found it, she was a beautiful girl.

She had long black hair put up in two, red bows holding them in place. She had what look like the lower body of a fish.

Vance got his book and pencil and crept towards the beautiful creature. He thought this was a once in a life time experience.

As he crept closer the figure looked at him, Vance caught its eyes. The eyes were filled with shock and horror.

The figure sprung into the dark waves.

"Wait don't go!" he said aloud, not sure if it heard him.

Its head popped up from the water, its eyes looking straight at him.

Vance spoke softly so it would not be frightened away again. "My name is Vance. What is yours?"

It crawled near to the sand revealing more of it.

"M-my name is Mercy." it stammered.

Vance looked at her. "Your a girl, that name is very pretty."

She sat up on the shallow part of the water, showing her large red tail with a bracelet wrapped around the end.

"May i ask you if i can draw you?" he said quietly.

She looked at him. "Please dont tell anyone that i roam here. Or you may naver receive my trust again. Bring nobody here."

Vance nodded. "I respect this meeting. I promise."

Mercy extended out her hand towarda him. Vance took it and they shook, signifying the promise.

I swam home that night, after talking to Vance.

I had never been seen in my mermaid form by a human...

Two sea snake guards accompanied me as we swam through the jet stream.

The past 30 minutes have been replaying through my mind as we neared my palace.

Vance was a really nice guy. He liked classic music, he can draw, and he loved Rose's Beach. I told him the name of the beach we met at.

As we neared our destination, i say a pink animal, it had white ruffles around its neck.

"MERCY OKMI TATAGANA! INSIDE NOW!" it yelled.

I exhaled. Bubbles was a Vaprion, a pink one and she always seemed mad at me.

I swam through my Seaweed Garden, Bubbles sat on a stone.

"You were our past curfew! Explain!" she fumed.

I looked at her. "I met a boy."

Bubbles put her webbed paw to her face. "No, dont you dare tell me you have fallen for a human!"

I looked away. I really liked him, he was the same boy i saved back then. He may not recognize me but i am that person.

Bubbles told me to go to my room, i obeyed and went.

Vance was bewildered by that hour on Rose's beach. He had never seen a mermaid up close except that time when her was saved by one.

He walked up the stone pathway of his house.

He lived a few acers away from Rose's Beach.

He opened the door and walked in. He still smelt the salty air, because he leaves his balcony door open when he plays on his piano.

Vance went to his room and began to undress. He found something very peculiar, the mermaid he met had the same name as one of his classmates he met this morning.

"Hm... Maybe if i get to know her, i could find out more." he said as he looked at the red pearl that was being held on his necklace.

Vance laid down in his bed, listening to his piano cd taht Tiro-Sensei gave him.

Vance closed his eyes, a figure popped into his head.

"Well well, hello there." said the man with gray short hair like Kiato.

"Who are you?" said Vance to the character.

"Tsk, you dont recognize me? You and my brother have been on the land for to long." he said.

Vance growled and showed his fangs as a sign to back off.

"Oh, fangs? Hehehe... Scary. Im kidding. We will see each other again. Good bye." the man disappeared.

Leaving Vance to himself with his thoughts for the rest of the night.

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