Under the Sea*

All the citizens of Atlantis were in a flurry. The whole kingdom was searching for the princess who had run away last night. No one had any clue to why she had left, Ramriez most of all. Ever since she had taken off he didn't sleep or eat, he only concentrated on finding her. He got tips from some fish that Fina was seen somewhere near the Sea Witch's cave. He went straight there. Ramriez entered the cave without knocking or saying a word. But the Sea Witch already knew he was there. "The girl you're looking for is not here." She said coldly, she saw Ramriez before he saw her. "Did she happen to come here? Have you seen her?" Ramriez asked, he wondered how she knew why he was there, but he wanted to know about Fina first. Before the Witch replied, he saw an object that answered his question. He grabbed the gold braided hair off the stone where it was being displayed. "Where did you get this?!" He asked enraged. "She gave it to me, in exchange for a favor." She replied coolly. "What favor? What are you talking about ?! I demand to know!" "Let's just say, she's in a place where mermaids never set foot on." The Witch said and busted out laughing. Ramriez losing his patience drew out his rapier and put it against her throat. "Tell me where Fina is!" "Forget about her now boy. There's no way she's ever be coming back. She's become something you hate. She's human." Ramriez was stunned, he had too many surprises for one day. "How can I change her back?" "It's impossible, the spell is irreversible." "Then, I'll go after her. Turn me into a human." The Witch started laughing again. "Turn you, into a human? That's ridiculous! You are willing to sacrifice your life as a mermaid for a girl you love, yet the girl doesn't-" before the witch could finish Ramriez slapped her, so hard she was knocked onto the ground. "If you refuse to change me into a human, then I will have you locked up in prison until you die." He hissed. The Witch got up and nodded "Fine then. Whatever happens to you won't be my fault." "Just shut up and work your spell."

*Nasrad*

The prince turned over in his bed and cracked open one eye. He saw that it was already morning, but he didn't bother getting up. He just didn't have anything to look forward to anymore. For the last few days he'd been forced to meet all the noble women in the world. He just couldn't take another day of it. He knew his father would kill him for sleeping in, but death didn't seem like such a bad option. He closed his eye again about ready to fall back asleep when Aika came bursting through his door. "Vyse, Vyse!!! I got some good news!!" Aika announced strolling up to his bed. Vyse didn't even bother to move he only replied, "Let me guess; my dad changed his mind and decided to let me get married when I'm ready to." "Okay, okay, so it's not the greatest news, but it might cheer you up! Some guards found an unconscious girl lying on the beach and brought her here! They say she's really beautiful, about our age! She's just waken up and your father and mother are talking to her right now!" Hearing this news, Vyse sat up. "That's nice. So what's the 'good news'?" Aika pouted, "Geez, looks like someone got up on the wrong side of the bed." "Yeah, with the help of a certain someone. Come on Aika, I've been meeting girls all week! What made you think that meeting another one would make me happy?" Aika sighed deeply and put her hands to her hips. "I just thought seeing a new face might cheer you up. Besides she might be a nice person. Come on Vyse, let's go meet her." "No thank you, but thanks for telling me the news. Now I know I can sleep in today, and that makes me happy." With that Vyse fell back down onto his pillows. Normally Aika would have bothered him more, but she understood that Vyse just wanted to be left alone. So she turned around and left him in peace.

*In the King's study*

A young blond haired girl who wore nothing but a simple blue robe stood in front of the King and Queen of Nasrad. She wasn't afraid or even nervous because she had no reason to be. The King eyed her for a while, sometimes whispering to his wife. But she stood completely still with her hands folded in front of her. Finally the King broke the silence, "So, what's your name?" "I don't know." She replied calmly looking straight into the King's eyes. "You can't remember anything?" "No sir, nothing except for waking up here." He stayed quiet for several minutes thinking staring at the stranger. "I bet you're wondering what I'm thinking. I was just wondering if I should keep you here until you get your memories back, or if I should throw you out." The King said without a hint of emotion, still observing the girl. He kept a close eye on her face, checking to see if there was any signs of nervousness or fear. She kept her eyes locked onto his, her expression hadn't changed once since the time she came in. "If you know something about me that makes you feel uneasy keeping me here, then you may do whatever puts you at ease. However I can't vouch for my own character, because right now I can't remember what it is." "You are a strange girl, but I don't see any reasons why I should mistrust you. We have many enemies, I just wanted to make sure that you weren't one of them. You have my trust, be sure not to lose it. You may stay here until we find out what happened to you and where you belong." After the King said this the Queen breathed a lot more easier, and finally she said, "Come with me dear, I'll show you the room you can stay in, we'll get you some decent clothes, and then you can come have some tea with me." "Thank you very much, that would be pleasant." The girl said to the Queen smiling, then she addressed the King, "Thank you as well, I won't be any trouble to you or anyone here." The King's face relaxed, "I'll take that as your promise."

*Nasrad at night*

The blond girl stood out on the balcony of her room, watching the ocean thinking of all that happened. She had make two new friends, one red head named Aika, and the Queen. She spent the whole day with them learning things about Nasrad and a bit of history. Her new friends had also given her a new name, Fina. It was Aika who had named her Fina, after her little sister who had died when their ship sank when she was little. She recalled Aika's very words, "In many ways you remind me of her. She was quiet and curious just like you. But not only that, after my family's ship sank I always went to one spot on the beach, the same exact spot where the guards found you, and waited every morning for my sister to show up. I was convinced that she survived too. And I was sure that one day I'd find her lying on the beach and we'd be together again. Everyone thought I was just in denial, and after one year of waiting I gave up. Then finally they found you. It feels as if somehow you answered my prayers, even if you're not my sister." Those words gave her a warm feeling inside, it was a feeling of total acceptance. Right now Fina clung to those words, ever since she woken up she's been afraid and felt singled out. She was afraid she'd never remember who she was, or that she would remember and discover some tragedy had happened to her. A cold wave of fear swept over her. She crossed her arms in front of her chest "Who am I? Where do I belong? Someone please tell me!!" Fina cried out into the dark sky above. Only the crashing of the waves below answered her. She took a step closer to the railing staring down. There was something strange about the waves, like how they crashed onto the rocks and flew up into the air. It looked as if the waves were stretching out their arms to her beckoning her saying "Come to us Fina! Come dance with us for the rest of eternity! You'll find your family and home with us!"

Fina resisted the temptation of the ocean and tore her gaze away. Instead of looking down she stared up into the sky. She saw little lights, there were thousands of them scattered across the pitch dark sky. As she stared she thought she heard a sound, or maybe she heard a vibration. Whatever the sound was it tickled the inside of her ear. When she listened more closely she could hear the melody. It was a song void of all happiness, it was slow and full of sorrow. Like a person who had just lost the most precious thing in the World. If she wasn't so absorbed into the song she would have wondered where it was coming from. Instead of wondering she sang along with the song. Wordlessly she sang putting all the sadness that only a person with no past could sing casting her voice into the wind back to wherever the song came from. Her voice also reached the ear of another person who couldn't sleep. Vyse had been roaming the hallways, today he just couldn't sit down. When he heard the feminine voice it stirred something in him. Just the way she was singing made him want to find her and soothe her pain. Even though it was a wordless song he could hear a sorrow that he never felt before. So he followed the sound and it led him by a guest room door. He wondered if he should knock before entering, but then decided against it because that would make the song stop, which would or in his opinion should be a crime. He slowly opened the door and looked in, nobody was in that room, but he could see a girl standing on the balcony. He slowly approached the balcony to get a better view of her. Right then he knew that she was the most fairest girl he had ever seen. Her soft shoulder length hair, looked like as if it were silk strands of the sun, Vyse was struck by the desire he had to suddenly run his hands through her hair. Her skin was pale which illuminated the moon's light making her seen more like an angel. He stood there admiring her and her wordless melody, until she was done singing. When Fina was finished singing an unexpected applaud startled her. She spun around and saw a man behind her. He didn't look very old, just about his early twenties. He had dark hair, and dark eyes. He didn't seem refined (although his clothes showed otherwise) he had almost a rugged handsome feature about him. His well built body, his carelessly messy hair, and the scar on his right cheek only enhanced his rouge look. Fina stood there wordlessly, she didn't know what to say. She didn't know if he was an apparition or human, standing in the pale light he looked more like an apparition. "That was a beautiful song." He complimented. "Oh... T- thank you." Fina replied and was surprised to find that her voice wasn't cooperating with her. "You look familiar to me, have we met before?" He asked looking deeply at her face. Fina blushed and found it hard to meet his eyes, "I don't know, I lost my memories."

"I should have known, I could sort of tell that by the song you were singing. So then you're the girl everyone's been talking about since this morning. Since you're here that must mean my dad let you stay here." "You're the King's son? Then that must mean -" "Yes, I'm the prince of Nasrad, but I prefer to be called Vyse." "I'm called Fina, until I remember my real name." Automatically she held out her hand, and Vyse caught her delicate finger and held them in his rough ones and bowed slightly. "Fina I hope I can help you regain your memories, but until then you can always come to me for anything you need." He said sincerely and released her hand. "Thank you Prince Vyse. Actually there is one clue I have to where I come from." Fina said holding out her wrist for Vyse to see. Vyse took a hold of her arm to get a closer inspection of the silver bracelet. "It looks like a bangle that a mage wears. See, those different colored stones each represent every moon on Arcadia. Not many people know how to use magic, and even fewer people know how to use all six moon stones. You must be a very powerful mage." He said releasing her arm. She took a few seconds to let all the information sink in. "None of that sounds familiar to me. Just because I have this bangle doesn't mean it belongs to me. What if someone gave it to me?" "Well let's test you then. Try to use the highest spell for each stone." Fina nodded and held her arm out towards the ocean, a familiar sensation took over her and in a few minutes she had successfully casted a level three spell for each stone. "Fina that was awesome! I'd sure love to have you as a crew member of my ship!" Fina blushed in reply, she would have made a comment but she felt dizzy. Vyse noticing her sudden change lent her his arm and walked her back into her room.

Vyse lead her to her bed and she sat down while he stood in front of her. "I'm sorry for keeping you up so late, you must have had a hard day." "No, it's not you, believe me you've done more for me than you realize. I'm just tired from casting such powerful spells in a short time. Next time I'll pace myself." "Well goodnight Fina. I'll see you tomorrow." He turned to leave the room. He was already by the door when Fina's voice stopped him. "Wait, Prince Vyse! I just wanted to thank you. You've helped me discover a part of myself, and hopefully a bit about my family too. If it weren't for you, I'd still be lost." Fina's words grinded to uncomfortable silence she was unsure how to continue. "You don't need to thank me, that's what friends are for." Then he left the room. "Friends....." She echoed when the door was shut.