Fina swam above the surface of the water for the first time. She felt
something cold brush against her cheek, but when she looked around
she didn't see anybody. "That must be the wind or what they call a
'breeze'." She told herself, she looked at the sky, admiring the
white things called clouds. She wondered how they managed to stay in
the sky. Maybe they were islands in the sky, where another race of
humans lived. Maybe it was where the birds lived. Fina slowly sipped
the wind in, tasting it, holding it in. Trying to remember it. She
looked at everything, trying her best to keep the image in her mind.
Then she looked up at the Sun, it was too bright for her. But her
father was right, it was the same shade as the sun. After hours of
observing, she saw some dolphins and went over to play with them,
not even noticing how far she swam when she was with them.
*In the Kingdom of Nasrad, Blue Rouge Territory*
A red haired girl in a yellow dress was running around frantically. She was searching for her best friend, the prince of Nasrad. All she knew is that that morning his father called him to his office. After that he just disappeared. She went to all the places where he usually hung out, but she found no trace of him. When she went to ask his father about the missing prince's whereabouts, all he did was grunt and mumble. It was around noon, and she was still looking for him. Until finally she spotted him on the roof of the palace. "Vyse! There you are! I've been looking for you the whole day! What's up?" Aika greeted happily walking up to him. He was leaning against the wall facing the ocean. He turned around slowly facing his childhood friend. Aika noticed the sad look on his face, and took his hands in hers. "What did your dad say to you?" Vyse looked down at their joined hands. "He says I have to become king," Aika's eyes opened wider, "Vyse that's great!" "And I have to find a girl to rule with me as queen." He added dryly. Aika's face cringed. She didn't like the idea of her best friend getting married to a rich snob.
"Is that so? Well then, this calls for a party!" The two perked up their heads in surprise, they faced the direction the voice was coming from. "Gilder!" The two said at the same time. Gilder strolled out from his hiding spot. "Vyse, it seems an awful shame that you're having to tie the knot at such a young age. I should know, I'm 26 and I'm still not ready to settle down. So I have an idea, why don't we have one last party on my ship Claudia. Might as well enjoy the last of your single days. Come on!" Gilder threw his arm around Vyse. Aika really didn't like Gilder's ship, all the pictures of half naked ladies offended her a great deal. But if it was to cheer up Vyse, she would manage. "For once Gilder has come up with a reasonable plan. Come on Vyse! Let's not waste a single moment of this day! We don't have much time left, so we might as well enjoy every last second of it." Aika said cheerily. She also put an arm around Vyse. Vyse heaved a big sigh. He felt ashamed for making his two best friends worry about him. "all right you two, just let me change out of these stiff white clothes. I want to get into my pirate clothes! I want to wear them as much as I can." Aika and Gilder nodded in agreement and escorted Vyse into his room. Then they were off on the Claudia, to celebrate the final days of Vyse's freedom.
The partying went on for hours. All of Vyse's crew from the Delphinus was there to celebrate. Vyse was well known for all his discoveries, as well as his battles fighting off the Black Pirates. His rough rouge looks, and his gentleman like manners won him the hearts of many women. And yet, throughout all those years, he was not able to find one girl to capture his heart. He liked Aika for some time, but later he realized Aika was too much of a sister to him. Besides Aika wasn't royalty, she didn't even have royal blood in her. If they did fall in love, their marriage would never be accepted. And he knew Aika wouldn't ever fool around with a married guy. The only way Aika and him met was when her family's ship was attacked. Her whole family died when the ship sank, since then Vyse vowed to protect her. Aika was a very attractive girl. All the sailors turned their heads when she strolled by. Her sassy attitude, awesome looks, and her stylish yellow dress and tight fitting boots was enough to lure any guy in. Of course Aika's only love was treasure, she would let no man get in her way when it came to hunting treasure. Talk and a lot more bite, that was Aika.
Vyse leaned against the railing of the Claudia admiring the setting sun. He looked at the beautiful blended colors of the sky reflecting on the shimmering ocean, as he did many times. No matter how many times he watched the Sun set, it always had it's way of keeping his attention. He never failed to watch the sun set. He kept his eyes open, taking in every detail, memorizing it. He knew he'd need to remember what it looked like for the rough years ahead of him. What he failed to see was the dark clouds forming above his own head. There was a terrible storm brewing.
Fina followed the dolphins pretty far, she didn't even realize that she had went out of Atlantis territory. The dolphins Fina was playing with was leading her to a ship. Fina stopped her swimming to admire the ship. She was still pretty far away from the ship. She had never seen a ship sailing before, the only ones she ever saw were the ones at the bottom of the ocean. The ship she was looking at had black sails, and was painted red. It didn't look like a fishing boat. A lot of noise was coming from the ship. "Was there a celebration?" She asked herself. "Wait! Maybe there are humans on that ship!" Her heart skipped a beat just thinking about humans! Before she could think another thought, she swam out to get a closer look at the ship. She went beneath the water for cover. She swam around the whole ship, not being able to see one human. The ship was just too big! But just as she was about to swim away from the ship, a blurry image of a human caught her attention.
The waves were distorting her image of the man, so she carefully swam a little closer to the surface. She realized the person wasn't looking in her direction, so she decided to just let her eyes go above the waves. What she saw fascinated her. Right on the railing of the boat was the most handsome man she had ever seen. He looked like he was in great pain, it showed in his eyes. He had a rough look, and strange clothing. His messy brown hair blowing in the breeze. The look in his eyes went straight to her heart, she could almost feel her heart breaking. How she longed to go up to him and make him feel better, but she knew better. It was forbidden to ever meet a human. Then she noticed a human girl coming up from behind him. "Was that his wife?" Fina asked herself as a strange pain filled her chest. Fina ducked her head back into the water, and noticed that the current got a lot rougher. Was a storm coming?
"Hey there, don't look so down at your own party." Aika said tenderly. Vyse didn't look at her, he knew he should've said something to her so she wouldn't worry, but there was a deep aching void in his chest. He couldn't think of anything. "Everything's gonna be all right Vyse. If you have to stop sailing, then I will too!" This caught Vyse's attention, faced her and was amazed at the determined look on her face. "I'll help you find the right lady too! In fact I heard back in ancient times kings would make their wives compete with each other, and the winner would marry the king. The king would make them fight lions, swim across rapids, climb the highest mountains!" Vyse chuckled, Aika never failed to impress him with her wild stories. He was grateful he had her there to cheer him up. "Aika, you and your crazy imagination! Where do you hear these stories?!" But before Vyse could say anything else, he felt a hard kick in his senses. His instincts were telling him something was wrong, very wrong. Aika noticed the sudden change in Vyse's face. "Vyse what is it?!" Aika's voice was blocked out in Vyse's mind. He was completely focused on finding whatever was wrong. He looked around, then up at the sky, it was completely dark, even though it was night already, he couldn't even see the stars! Not only that, the wind picked up, it was starting to blow violently. "It's a storm!" He cried out, but Aika had already sensed it. "Vyse we gotta warn everybody cuz they're still partying!" Vyse nodded in agreement, "Aika warn Gilder, I have to get the women inside and tell the men to tie up the sails, and drop anchor so we won't drift." "Right." Replied Aika hastily as she ran off inside.
Vyse moved off the railing, barking orders to the drunken men. Some of the men were able to respond, they climbed up the ladders trying hastily to tie up the sails. Vyse quietly prayed that they'd get it tied up before it started raining or worse, thunder. But it was too late, the wind had gotten too strong, and the lightening had already started. He urged the other men to drop whatever they were doing and get inside, and they obeyed. He stayed up making sure the sails were secure, when he heard Aika's voice calling out to him. "Vyse!!! Hurry up and get inside! It's getting dangerous!!" Vyse had been in worse situations before, but he always liked to play it safe. He jumped down and ran in the direction Aika was in. Before Aika noticed it, Vyse saw that a big object carried by the wind was about to hit Aika. He sprinted over to her, knocking her out of the objects way, but in the process getting cut on his cheek and getting thrown into the violent seas.
Fina had been watching the whole thing. She had never seen a storm before. She was amazed by the lightening , but she was also watching the handsome young man. She had a hard time fighting the waves, but she had to make sure the young man was going to be okay. She saw him move quickly and suddenly saw him get thrown off the ship. Before his body could even touch the water, she was already making her way to him. On board Aika watched in horror, as Vyse's body left the ship. "Man over board! Damn can't anybody hear me!!!!??" Aika cried in vain, finally she got ready to jump in after Vyse, but before she could there was a strong grip on her wrist. She turned on heels to see who dared to try to stop her. It was Gilder with a dead serious look on his face. "Don't Aika! We already lost one good man, what good would losing a good lady do?!!" Aika knew what he meant, but didn't want to just leave her friend. "Gi-!" Before she could say his name Gilder punched her in the stomach to get her unconscious and carried her inside. He shot a quick look over his shoulder at the violent waves whispering, "Forgive me Vyse, but we know you're in a better place now." And silently swore to protect the dead prince's bestfriend.
Fina beat her arms wildly as she struggled to get to the man's body. And once she reached him she held onto him putting her arms under his arms and letting his head rest on her neck. It would be a lot easier if they could just go deeper into the ocean and wait the storm out, but Fina knew better. This man had to get above the water right away. She swam up not fearing being seen. When she finally got above the surface, she had to make sure the man was breathing and that no water would enter his lungs. She had to find land, somewhere she could let the man rest. The only problem was where to find land. She quietly prayed to her mother for an answer. Then suddenly it came to her, "go in the opposite directions that the waves are going." She wasn't sure if it was the right answer, but she just decided to trust it, even though that meant going the hard way.
It took hours to swim against the waves, and she wasn't even sure if she would find land. Fina hadn't eaten anything in that whole day, and the fatigue was getting to her. Finally she saw it, land. Her arms were numb and cramping up, her eyelids were begging for rest, but she had to save the man. She had to use her two arms to drag herself and the man on shore, but finally she managed. She collapsed next on him. Putting her head on his heart. Listening. There definitely was a pulse, and he was breathing. It was a good sign. she propped herself up using her elbows to look the man in the face. She examined his face thoroughly. Trying to memorize every last handsome detail. Then she notice the cut under his eye. She used one hand to support the man's head as her other hand and wiped the blood off his face. It was still an open wound, and as one of her gentle fingers brushed against it, Vyse winced. She watched his eye brows draw together, and watched as his eyes slowly opened. Fina felt her heart begin to beat faster, she wondered if it was from excitement or from the dread of knowing she was breaking one of the biggest rules.
Vyse opened his eyes slowly, he had a major head ache. He could barely recall what had happened. His vision was a bit blurred, but when it cleared up he saw the most gorgeous unique blue eyes stating into his own eyes. He noticed how the woman's eyes resembled the ocean, with a deep blue inside and lighter around the outside. Framing the blue eyes were dark long eyelashes with eyebrows positioned as if the girl was worried. Vyse reached out one of his hands to touch the girl , checking to see if she was real. She was one of the prettiest girls he had ever seen in his life, maybe she was an angel. He touched her face and watched the emotion change on her face from bewilderment to a much softer gentler look. Then as he realized that he wasn't dreaming, he kicked himself mentally. "Say something to her you idiot!!" His heart was pounding, a million things came into his mind to say to her at once but he decided that they were all too lame. A few of Gilder's old pick up lines had come into his mind too, but he would die before using any of those. Finally Vyse decided to say something but as he cleared his throat, but began to cough violently, his throat felt raw. "I must've swallowed some sea water... Wait how did I get out of the ocean? Did this girl save me?" Vyse felt a thousand questions race into his mind. But just as he was about to try talking to her again, he heard footsteps coming, was it one of her friends?
Fina watched the man closely as he tried to clear his throat, he must've had a question for her. But if he did ask her anything, what should she say? Should she answer? She shouldn't even be there. She wished she could've stayed on the beach with him forever, talking with him, getting to know him and whatever land he came from. But she heard footsteps coming their way. She already had one human see her, she couldn't possibly let more humans see her, they might not be as kind as the man was. She looked back to the ocean, but she wouldn't make it back to the water in time, so she decided to hide behind a rock that was close to her. Without giving the man she rescued a second look she dragged herself behind the rock.
Vyse turned his eyes to the girl as she looked off to the direction where the footsteps were coming from, then without warning she left his side. Before he could see where she left to he had to squint his eyes because the Sun's bright rays were in his eyes. He wondered why she took off so quickly, but before he could think of any reasonable answers he heard a very familiar voice calling out his name. Was that his mother?!! "Vyse! Vyse my son! What are you doing out here? Weren't you with Gilder? Where's Aika? Oh Vyse, you look terrible!" His mother was at his side helping him stand on his own legs as she wiped off some sand off his clothes. When Vyse was finally standing he didn't even look at his mother. He looked all along the beach, but there was no sign of the girl anywhere. Like she just disappeared. He saddened at the thought of never seeing the beautiful girl, but he wouldn't give up. "Mom did you see a blonde girl?" Vyse's mother gave him a concerned look, perhaps he'd been out in the Sun for too long. "No son, I saw no girl with you. What did she look like maybe she lives around this area." Vyse didn't even think about answering his mother's question. How could be possibly describe the most beautiful girl he's ever seen? And he was sure he'd remember if any girl living in his own kingdom looked as beautiful. So he just shook his head not saying anything. He had to find that girl.
Fina watched from behind the rocks as the man and his mother walked away from the beach, the man took a few more looks over his shoulder while he was leaving. She heaved a heavy sigh and rested her back against the rock. She closed her eyes and imagined the young man's face smiling at her. She definitely wanted to see him again, but that would be impossible. The thought of never seeing him again filled her chest with a horrible pain. For the first time in her life she felt unsatisfied. In her whole entire life she's never wanted anything, whatever she wanted her father or anybody would just give to her. But there was no way of satisfying her now, because the one thing she longed for was to be human.
Author's notes*
Hey all you Skies of Arcadia fans out there *hears bugs chirping* AHEM, well I hope you're enjoying the fic so far! This was BY FAR the longest chapter I'v done. I hope this story isn't boring anybody, cuz if it is I'd like to hear a few suggestions out there. To avoid making this story seem too predictable I'll throw in a few new twists in the story. And I must say it's been really challenging to try developing Fina's personality in this story since she doesn't really say much to anybody, or think that much, but no worries I'll make her do a lot more interesting things soon! Next chapter how will Fina react when she finds out about her arranged marriage to Ramriez??
And I'd really like to hear some reviews, how will I know if you guys aren't liking my story if I don't hear anything from ya! Is this the stinkiest fan fic you've ever read!? Or is this the best romance ever?! No worries though I don't intend on NOT finishing this story. Like I said before I wrote this for myself because I was sick of unoriginal fanfics with VxF, and I did it for other fans of Fina and Vyse. I'm not like other authors who are so desperate for reviews that I'm going to force you guys to write me some or else I won't finish the story. Sorry but I just think fan fics should be about giving not receiving.
*In the Kingdom of Nasrad, Blue Rouge Territory*
A red haired girl in a yellow dress was running around frantically. She was searching for her best friend, the prince of Nasrad. All she knew is that that morning his father called him to his office. After that he just disappeared. She went to all the places where he usually hung out, but she found no trace of him. When she went to ask his father about the missing prince's whereabouts, all he did was grunt and mumble. It was around noon, and she was still looking for him. Until finally she spotted him on the roof of the palace. "Vyse! There you are! I've been looking for you the whole day! What's up?" Aika greeted happily walking up to him. He was leaning against the wall facing the ocean. He turned around slowly facing his childhood friend. Aika noticed the sad look on his face, and took his hands in hers. "What did your dad say to you?" Vyse looked down at their joined hands. "He says I have to become king," Aika's eyes opened wider, "Vyse that's great!" "And I have to find a girl to rule with me as queen." He added dryly. Aika's face cringed. She didn't like the idea of her best friend getting married to a rich snob.
"Is that so? Well then, this calls for a party!" The two perked up their heads in surprise, they faced the direction the voice was coming from. "Gilder!" The two said at the same time. Gilder strolled out from his hiding spot. "Vyse, it seems an awful shame that you're having to tie the knot at such a young age. I should know, I'm 26 and I'm still not ready to settle down. So I have an idea, why don't we have one last party on my ship Claudia. Might as well enjoy the last of your single days. Come on!" Gilder threw his arm around Vyse. Aika really didn't like Gilder's ship, all the pictures of half naked ladies offended her a great deal. But if it was to cheer up Vyse, she would manage. "For once Gilder has come up with a reasonable plan. Come on Vyse! Let's not waste a single moment of this day! We don't have much time left, so we might as well enjoy every last second of it." Aika said cheerily. She also put an arm around Vyse. Vyse heaved a big sigh. He felt ashamed for making his two best friends worry about him. "all right you two, just let me change out of these stiff white clothes. I want to get into my pirate clothes! I want to wear them as much as I can." Aika and Gilder nodded in agreement and escorted Vyse into his room. Then they were off on the Claudia, to celebrate the final days of Vyse's freedom.
The partying went on for hours. All of Vyse's crew from the Delphinus was there to celebrate. Vyse was well known for all his discoveries, as well as his battles fighting off the Black Pirates. His rough rouge looks, and his gentleman like manners won him the hearts of many women. And yet, throughout all those years, he was not able to find one girl to capture his heart. He liked Aika for some time, but later he realized Aika was too much of a sister to him. Besides Aika wasn't royalty, she didn't even have royal blood in her. If they did fall in love, their marriage would never be accepted. And he knew Aika wouldn't ever fool around with a married guy. The only way Aika and him met was when her family's ship was attacked. Her whole family died when the ship sank, since then Vyse vowed to protect her. Aika was a very attractive girl. All the sailors turned their heads when she strolled by. Her sassy attitude, awesome looks, and her stylish yellow dress and tight fitting boots was enough to lure any guy in. Of course Aika's only love was treasure, she would let no man get in her way when it came to hunting treasure. Talk and a lot more bite, that was Aika.
Vyse leaned against the railing of the Claudia admiring the setting sun. He looked at the beautiful blended colors of the sky reflecting on the shimmering ocean, as he did many times. No matter how many times he watched the Sun set, it always had it's way of keeping his attention. He never failed to watch the sun set. He kept his eyes open, taking in every detail, memorizing it. He knew he'd need to remember what it looked like for the rough years ahead of him. What he failed to see was the dark clouds forming above his own head. There was a terrible storm brewing.
Fina followed the dolphins pretty far, she didn't even realize that she had went out of Atlantis territory. The dolphins Fina was playing with was leading her to a ship. Fina stopped her swimming to admire the ship. She was still pretty far away from the ship. She had never seen a ship sailing before, the only ones she ever saw were the ones at the bottom of the ocean. The ship she was looking at had black sails, and was painted red. It didn't look like a fishing boat. A lot of noise was coming from the ship. "Was there a celebration?" She asked herself. "Wait! Maybe there are humans on that ship!" Her heart skipped a beat just thinking about humans! Before she could think another thought, she swam out to get a closer look at the ship. She went beneath the water for cover. She swam around the whole ship, not being able to see one human. The ship was just too big! But just as she was about to swim away from the ship, a blurry image of a human caught her attention.
The waves were distorting her image of the man, so she carefully swam a little closer to the surface. She realized the person wasn't looking in her direction, so she decided to just let her eyes go above the waves. What she saw fascinated her. Right on the railing of the boat was the most handsome man she had ever seen. He looked like he was in great pain, it showed in his eyes. He had a rough look, and strange clothing. His messy brown hair blowing in the breeze. The look in his eyes went straight to her heart, she could almost feel her heart breaking. How she longed to go up to him and make him feel better, but she knew better. It was forbidden to ever meet a human. Then she noticed a human girl coming up from behind him. "Was that his wife?" Fina asked herself as a strange pain filled her chest. Fina ducked her head back into the water, and noticed that the current got a lot rougher. Was a storm coming?
"Hey there, don't look so down at your own party." Aika said tenderly. Vyse didn't look at her, he knew he should've said something to her so she wouldn't worry, but there was a deep aching void in his chest. He couldn't think of anything. "Everything's gonna be all right Vyse. If you have to stop sailing, then I will too!" This caught Vyse's attention, faced her and was amazed at the determined look on her face. "I'll help you find the right lady too! In fact I heard back in ancient times kings would make their wives compete with each other, and the winner would marry the king. The king would make them fight lions, swim across rapids, climb the highest mountains!" Vyse chuckled, Aika never failed to impress him with her wild stories. He was grateful he had her there to cheer him up. "Aika, you and your crazy imagination! Where do you hear these stories?!" But before Vyse could say anything else, he felt a hard kick in his senses. His instincts were telling him something was wrong, very wrong. Aika noticed the sudden change in Vyse's face. "Vyse what is it?!" Aika's voice was blocked out in Vyse's mind. He was completely focused on finding whatever was wrong. He looked around, then up at the sky, it was completely dark, even though it was night already, he couldn't even see the stars! Not only that, the wind picked up, it was starting to blow violently. "It's a storm!" He cried out, but Aika had already sensed it. "Vyse we gotta warn everybody cuz they're still partying!" Vyse nodded in agreement, "Aika warn Gilder, I have to get the women inside and tell the men to tie up the sails, and drop anchor so we won't drift." "Right." Replied Aika hastily as she ran off inside.
Vyse moved off the railing, barking orders to the drunken men. Some of the men were able to respond, they climbed up the ladders trying hastily to tie up the sails. Vyse quietly prayed that they'd get it tied up before it started raining or worse, thunder. But it was too late, the wind had gotten too strong, and the lightening had already started. He urged the other men to drop whatever they were doing and get inside, and they obeyed. He stayed up making sure the sails were secure, when he heard Aika's voice calling out to him. "Vyse!!! Hurry up and get inside! It's getting dangerous!!" Vyse had been in worse situations before, but he always liked to play it safe. He jumped down and ran in the direction Aika was in. Before Aika noticed it, Vyse saw that a big object carried by the wind was about to hit Aika. He sprinted over to her, knocking her out of the objects way, but in the process getting cut on his cheek and getting thrown into the violent seas.
Fina had been watching the whole thing. She had never seen a storm before. She was amazed by the lightening , but she was also watching the handsome young man. She had a hard time fighting the waves, but she had to make sure the young man was going to be okay. She saw him move quickly and suddenly saw him get thrown off the ship. Before his body could even touch the water, she was already making her way to him. On board Aika watched in horror, as Vyse's body left the ship. "Man over board! Damn can't anybody hear me!!!!??" Aika cried in vain, finally she got ready to jump in after Vyse, but before she could there was a strong grip on her wrist. She turned on heels to see who dared to try to stop her. It was Gilder with a dead serious look on his face. "Don't Aika! We already lost one good man, what good would losing a good lady do?!!" Aika knew what he meant, but didn't want to just leave her friend. "Gi-!" Before she could say his name Gilder punched her in the stomach to get her unconscious and carried her inside. He shot a quick look over his shoulder at the violent waves whispering, "Forgive me Vyse, but we know you're in a better place now." And silently swore to protect the dead prince's bestfriend.
Fina beat her arms wildly as she struggled to get to the man's body. And once she reached him she held onto him putting her arms under his arms and letting his head rest on her neck. It would be a lot easier if they could just go deeper into the ocean and wait the storm out, but Fina knew better. This man had to get above the water right away. She swam up not fearing being seen. When she finally got above the surface, she had to make sure the man was breathing and that no water would enter his lungs. She had to find land, somewhere she could let the man rest. The only problem was where to find land. She quietly prayed to her mother for an answer. Then suddenly it came to her, "go in the opposite directions that the waves are going." She wasn't sure if it was the right answer, but she just decided to trust it, even though that meant going the hard way.
It took hours to swim against the waves, and she wasn't even sure if she would find land. Fina hadn't eaten anything in that whole day, and the fatigue was getting to her. Finally she saw it, land. Her arms were numb and cramping up, her eyelids were begging for rest, but she had to save the man. She had to use her two arms to drag herself and the man on shore, but finally she managed. She collapsed next on him. Putting her head on his heart. Listening. There definitely was a pulse, and he was breathing. It was a good sign. she propped herself up using her elbows to look the man in the face. She examined his face thoroughly. Trying to memorize every last handsome detail. Then she notice the cut under his eye. She used one hand to support the man's head as her other hand and wiped the blood off his face. It was still an open wound, and as one of her gentle fingers brushed against it, Vyse winced. She watched his eye brows draw together, and watched as his eyes slowly opened. Fina felt her heart begin to beat faster, she wondered if it was from excitement or from the dread of knowing she was breaking one of the biggest rules.
Vyse opened his eyes slowly, he had a major head ache. He could barely recall what had happened. His vision was a bit blurred, but when it cleared up he saw the most gorgeous unique blue eyes stating into his own eyes. He noticed how the woman's eyes resembled the ocean, with a deep blue inside and lighter around the outside. Framing the blue eyes were dark long eyelashes with eyebrows positioned as if the girl was worried. Vyse reached out one of his hands to touch the girl , checking to see if she was real. She was one of the prettiest girls he had ever seen in his life, maybe she was an angel. He touched her face and watched the emotion change on her face from bewilderment to a much softer gentler look. Then as he realized that he wasn't dreaming, he kicked himself mentally. "Say something to her you idiot!!" His heart was pounding, a million things came into his mind to say to her at once but he decided that they were all too lame. A few of Gilder's old pick up lines had come into his mind too, but he would die before using any of those. Finally Vyse decided to say something but as he cleared his throat, but began to cough violently, his throat felt raw. "I must've swallowed some sea water... Wait how did I get out of the ocean? Did this girl save me?" Vyse felt a thousand questions race into his mind. But just as he was about to try talking to her again, he heard footsteps coming, was it one of her friends?
Fina watched the man closely as he tried to clear his throat, he must've had a question for her. But if he did ask her anything, what should she say? Should she answer? She shouldn't even be there. She wished she could've stayed on the beach with him forever, talking with him, getting to know him and whatever land he came from. But she heard footsteps coming their way. She already had one human see her, she couldn't possibly let more humans see her, they might not be as kind as the man was. She looked back to the ocean, but she wouldn't make it back to the water in time, so she decided to hide behind a rock that was close to her. Without giving the man she rescued a second look she dragged herself behind the rock.
Vyse turned his eyes to the girl as she looked off to the direction where the footsteps were coming from, then without warning she left his side. Before he could see where she left to he had to squint his eyes because the Sun's bright rays were in his eyes. He wondered why she took off so quickly, but before he could think of any reasonable answers he heard a very familiar voice calling out his name. Was that his mother?!! "Vyse! Vyse my son! What are you doing out here? Weren't you with Gilder? Where's Aika? Oh Vyse, you look terrible!" His mother was at his side helping him stand on his own legs as she wiped off some sand off his clothes. When Vyse was finally standing he didn't even look at his mother. He looked all along the beach, but there was no sign of the girl anywhere. Like she just disappeared. He saddened at the thought of never seeing the beautiful girl, but he wouldn't give up. "Mom did you see a blonde girl?" Vyse's mother gave him a concerned look, perhaps he'd been out in the Sun for too long. "No son, I saw no girl with you. What did she look like maybe she lives around this area." Vyse didn't even think about answering his mother's question. How could be possibly describe the most beautiful girl he's ever seen? And he was sure he'd remember if any girl living in his own kingdom looked as beautiful. So he just shook his head not saying anything. He had to find that girl.
Fina watched from behind the rocks as the man and his mother walked away from the beach, the man took a few more looks over his shoulder while he was leaving. She heaved a heavy sigh and rested her back against the rock. She closed her eyes and imagined the young man's face smiling at her. She definitely wanted to see him again, but that would be impossible. The thought of never seeing him again filled her chest with a horrible pain. For the first time in her life she felt unsatisfied. In her whole entire life she's never wanted anything, whatever she wanted her father or anybody would just give to her. But there was no way of satisfying her now, because the one thing she longed for was to be human.
Author's notes*
Hey all you Skies of Arcadia fans out there *hears bugs chirping* AHEM, well I hope you're enjoying the fic so far! This was BY FAR the longest chapter I'v done. I hope this story isn't boring anybody, cuz if it is I'd like to hear a few suggestions out there. To avoid making this story seem too predictable I'll throw in a few new twists in the story. And I must say it's been really challenging to try developing Fina's personality in this story since she doesn't really say much to anybody, or think that much, but no worries I'll make her do a lot more interesting things soon! Next chapter how will Fina react when she finds out about her arranged marriage to Ramriez??
And I'd really like to hear some reviews, how will I know if you guys aren't liking my story if I don't hear anything from ya! Is this the stinkiest fan fic you've ever read!? Or is this the best romance ever?! No worries though I don't intend on NOT finishing this story. Like I said before I wrote this for myself because I was sick of unoriginal fanfics with VxF, and I did it for other fans of Fina and Vyse. I'm not like other authors who are so desperate for reviews that I'm going to force you guys to write me some or else I won't finish the story. Sorry but I just think fan fics should be about giving not receiving.
