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A Tale of Two Winglies
Chapter Two - Upon the Deep Blue Sea
Will you ever find my body?
Lying wasted at the bottom.
Dying in the Ocean,
Breathing with the fishes.
Meru snorted. She had tried so hard to laugh at the little girl's attics, but in the end it was impossible not to. For some reason, beyond Meru's understanding the girl was irresistibly funny.
Smiling at the elder girls giggles the red hared girl continued to push food into her mouth as if it was the last she would ever receive. After finishing what she had she rose to grab more food from the adjoining kitchens.
"Your daughter is really funny Commander Puler." Meru said smiling across the table at the Captain of the Queen Fury.
Puler nodded at her politely. "This is her first time upon the ocean, and she had show that she is more than capable of being a wise captain herself some day."
"Yeah, I bet she would be! Especially with a father like yourself." Meru said through her chicken.
Picking up his goblet he downed some of the bright red wine, gave her a kind nod and continued eating. His daughter sitting down in the chair next to him.
The meal ended that night in a subdued mood that left Meru sleepy. However before she headed back to her room inside the ship she took one last final stroll out across the open deck.
Allowing her hand to reach over the side of the ship, she washed it clean with the spray from below. Gently she rubbed the last little pieces of food off her hands. Looking up starts she watched as a pearly little light fell down to Endiness. Silently she made a wish that she would return home safely.
Meru wiped her hands off on the sides of her skirt. Her mouth let out a tired sigh, as her feet carried her back to her room she felt the boat lurch. Quickly catching her balance, she glanced around wondering how the large ship hand managed to do that on such a clear night.
"Miss Meru! You must get below deck as fast as you can!!" Shouted a young ship hand.
"Why, what's going on here?" She shouted back
"I've got no time, please just get down below!" He yelled back before hurrying up the stairs in front of her.
Confused she began to head back down to her room when another lurch hit the ship full on. She tripped and fell down onto her knees, and before she could stand back up again another lurch, much stronger than the last came, and knocked full on her side. She tried her best to get back up. However it was to no avail.
Suddenly, without warning Meru felt a wave of heat come over her. People below her were screaming. She managed to stand only to see a fire ripping though the doorways before her. Quickly she turned and ran.
Meru ran from the fire as fast as she could. And when she reached the edge of the deck all of her common sense had been removed. Her brain now reacted like that of a smart animal. Without a thought of her wingly heritage, she dove off the ship into the welcoming waters below.
Her body hit the icy cold water, the air was knocked out of her lunges and she struggled to reach the surface. But for every stroke she took, another foot under the ocean she fell. So it was that Meru fell till the waters turned back around her, and her lungs to tight to bear.
A thousand miles away Guaraha awoke from his sleep. Sweating harshly he coughed, and raggedly took in breath. His dream had been a nightmare. A nightmare of drowning at the bottom of the sea.
Standing up upon his two feet he walked to the bridge outside of his room. Looking out he could see the pond below. Shivering he looking into the icy cold and dark waters and headed back inside. Wondering what had brought him to dream of drowning. After all he hadn't though of his sister in years. He hadn't thought of her in centuries...
So why would he dream his old nightmare.... Once again?
A/N: That little poem up there is mine. Good hun? I liked it, hope you did too! I know I left you on a bit of cliff hanger, but I think that now you'll see a bit more of what direction this plot is taking. I can tell you right now that the next chapter will be much, much longer. And I extra sorry about these short chapters... -.-;