"Aka-sama," one of the lower servants said to near sleeping olden king.

"Why do you disturb me servant," he asked without opening his eyes.

The servant lowered her head and started at the floor, "Si'bella-sama is comming."

He opened his eyes and straightened his posture as he spoke up, "send her in once she gets here."

The servant turned and left the room closing the ten foot door behind her. He sighed and closed his eyes again, "I'm getting old."


Bella didn't want to listen or hear any of the talk about her new orange tail. She just wanted to get inside the throne room and stay there.

She swam by several mermaids that were the decedents from the orange country that survived the attack of Sara's Rage ages ago.

"Si'bella-sama," one said swimming right up to her side following her a few paces behind showing their respect as Bella stopped and turned around a bit. "Why are you of the Orange Pearl? You are the heir of-…" she managed to say before a servant from the castle grabbed her by the wrist and held on tight.

"You will not question the Princess," she said then let the other mermaid go.

"Gomen-nai-sai Princess," the mermaid said as she bowed and swam away.

Bella looked up at the servant with cold eyes, "you didn't have to do that Nami-chan."

Nami held out a hand towards Bella, "gomen Princess … Aka-sama wishes to see you as soon as you get to the castle."

Bella didn't blink the entire time as her cold eyes stared at Nami.

"If it is your wish I can tell him that you wish not to disturb him, for he is a olden man and needs his sleep."

Bella finally blinked and turned her head back towards the castle then looked about at the mermaids of the Pink Pearl Country.

"Tell Aka-san that I have found the Orange Pearl of the mermaid Princesses Seira and Sara, got it Nami-chan?"

Nami bowed one last time and swam off heading for the castle. Bella moved some of new longer orange hair away from her eyes and gave a smile to her people.

"The Orange Pearl was asleep within my Pink Pearl, that's why the Royal Pearl Court couldn't find it. Go figure right," she said giving a sweet smile making the mermaids sigh and coo with affection while looking upon their Princess.

Bella turned and swam off towards the castle leaving her people full of hope.


"Is that so," Aka-san said placing a hand under his chin to support it up while leaning towards his left side.

"The Princess told me just that directly sire," Nami said as she stared towards the floor.

Aka-san closed his eyes and moved his right hand while giving his order, "bring her here Nami. Drag her here if you wish, you are the descendant from Nikora are you not?"

She looked up, "sire-…"

He moved his hand at her again, "leave!"

Nami turned and was about to open the door when Bella pushed them open scaring Nami half to death. Bella bowed her head at Nami and swam closer to her grandfather.

"How am I the heir to both the Pink Pearl Kingdom and the Orange Pearl Kingdom!?"

Aka-san sat up properly, "how should I know Si'bella?"

She swam closer to the throne, "because you know of the family history better than I do."

Aka-san overlooked his granddaughter very carefully. She did look much more alike to Sara than to Seira at the moment. He then remembered how much she looked like a cross between Rina and Luchia before when she was a pink mermaid … then again … she does/did look much like his late daughter.

"Just because I know more than you do it doesn't explain why the Pink Pearl was keeping the Orange Pearl from reawaking from its internal slumber."

Bella moved her head and stared at the floor while gripping her fists tight.

"That still doesn't answer my question Aka-san," she mumbled to herself.

He got up and went over to her side, "Issebe'lla' … the family records doesn't say anything about the Orange Pearl …"

He said then put a hand on her shoulder, "… it's as if the pearl came within our hands after Seira's child died in that mysterious fire, not including us, three generations ago."

Bella looked up suddenly as if she remembered something.

"That's it! That's probably the same reason why the ship went down without a cause!"

Aka-san looked at her confused as she swam out of the throne room and into the family archives of the Pink Pearl family.


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