Disclaimer: I do not own Spongebob Squarepants or any other character related to the show. I do own the character Melissa Jackson and Aquarius.
A/N: This chapter will feature how Melissa is being taught how to jellyfish. This chapter will also briefly mention Squidward, but I will feature him later on. Also, there's a partial nude scene regarding Squidward, but it is mention briefly. NOTE: I'm inserting an suggestion made by a reviewer to my fanfic but I will do it in my own way and the suggestion will come later. Thanks Northernlight33 :-) I gladly accept any suggestions made by anyone who reviews as long as I agree with it. You are free to email me your suggestions and I will reply back if I approve or not. Also, I wasn't going to split this chapter, but now I have decided to split them in Parts, again. Anyway's enough with my chatting. On with the show.
Rating: PG
Pairings: None
Melissa Jackson
By
MJ19AQ
Chapter Four: Jellyfish Fields: Part One: Jellyfish Lesson
Patrick climbed up his ladder and pushed his rock upwards, opening it. He climbed off out of the house and turned around, facing Melissa. "Come on, Aquarius. Climb up," Patrick gestered to Melissa. "PATRICK!" Spongebob glaringly replied to Patrick. "Oh, I'm sorry.....I mean, Melissa," Patrick corrected himself, blushing nervously. "Uh......Okay Patrick. I'm coming," Melissa responded, confused. Melissa climbed up the ladder. As she reached to the top of the ladder, Patrick lended out a hand and pulled her out of the house. Spongebob climbed up the ladder in which Melissa pulled Spongebob out of the house. Patrick pulled his rock down.
"Patrick. May I speak to you for a moment?" Spongebob asked, walking toward Patrick. "Sure, Spongebob," Patrick answered. "We'll be right back, Melissa," Spongebob said while walking with Patrick. "Take your time, boys," Melissa replied. Spongebob led Patrick a few feet away from Melissa. "Patrick! What are you doing?," Spongebob whispered harshly to Patrick. "What!?! I'm not doing anything wrong. I just helped Melissa out of my rock," Patrick whispered to Spongebob, perplexed. "Sigh........That's not what I meant. I'm talking about when you called Melissa, Aquarius, and "ordered" her to climb up the ladder. You can't do that! She's a great Sea Goddess and is to be treated with respect. I mean.....she's powerful enough to destroy Bikini Bottom with one wave of her hand, if she so desires to do so," Spongebob explained, whispering to Patrick. "I.......I didn't think about that. I'M A BAD PERSON!!!!!!!" Patrick said, sobbing loudly and uncontrolably.
"It's okay, Patrick. All you have to do is apologize to her," Spongebob whispered. Melissa heard Patrick crying and decided to walk up to Spongebob and Patrick. "Is everything alright?" Melissa asked, concerned. Patrick looked at Melissa with cried red eyes. Immediately, Patrick fell down on the ground and hugged her feet tightly, balling out loud. Melissa was shocked with Patrick's action. "P...Please f.....forgive me, O great one. I.....I didn't mean to disrespect y....you. I.....I don't deserve such a good friend," Patrick sobbed. He continued to cry out loud and hug Melissa's feet tightly. "Patrick," Melissa called out to him, but Patrick continued to cry. "Patrick!" Melissa, now firmly calling him but Patrick continued to cry. "PATRICK!!!!!" Melissa shouted at Patrick. Melissa's hands were balled up as she was annoyed at Patrick ignoring her. Patrick stopped crying and looked up at Melissa. "I don't know why you are apologizing to me," Melissa said, sitting down at Patrick's level, "but for whatever the reason, I forgive you. By the way, Patrick, you never disrepected me. You've been just a gentleman by inviting me to your home, serving me breakfast and being really nice and loving towards me. I really appreciate it. You're a good friend." Patrick wiped away a tear in his eyes and smiled at Melissa.
"How about giving me a big hug, Patrick?" Melissa said, extending her arms out to Patrick. Patrick immediately pulled Melissa toward him and hugged her tightly and gently. Melissa was surprized at the sudden reaction she had gotten from Patrick but shrugged it off and hugged back at Patrick, patting his back. "It's okay, Patrick. You're very warm," Melissa said. "Thank You!" Patrick whispered. "Your welcome!" Melissa responded back to Patrick.
Spongebob was watching Melissa and Patrick. Suddently, overwhelmed by the affection that Melissa and Patrick were displaying, Spongebob walked right next to Melissa, kneeled down and gave her a big hug lovingly as Patrick continued to hug her. Gary joined in the huggest fest by nestling himself by Melissa's legs and purred lovingly to her. "Awwww.....you guys. Y'all so sweet," Melissa said, breaking off from the hug. "Do you feel better Patrick?" Melissa asked. "Yeah. It's thanks to you, Melissa," Patrick replied, smiling. "You're the bestest friend a guy could ever have." "Y.....you consider me your best friend?" Melissa surprisingly questioned. "We all consider you our best friend," Spongebob responded. Spongebob reached into his back pocket and pulled out a small box. "And to prove it, we're making you an honorary member of the Best Friends Forever Club." Spongebob open the box to reveal a gold ring that had the letters "BFF" inscribed on the top. He took the ring out of the box and placed the ring on Melissa's index finger. "Spongebob.......This ring is so beautiful. I love it," Melissa replied, looking at her ring.
"Press the button on the side for a surprize," Spongebob suggested. Melissa pressed the button on the side of the ring. The ring opened up and revealed three small figurines of Spongebob, Patrick, and Melissa circling around while a musical chim played "best friends forever club". Melissa closed the top part of the ring. "We made that ring especially for you. So now everywhere you go, everyone will know that you're our best friend and we'll be best friends forever," Spongebob explained. Patrick placed a hand on Melissa's shoulder. "Welcome to the club," Patrick exclaimed. "Oh, you guys. Thank You..........Thank you so much. You're the best," Melissa lovingly said, clutching her hand close to her heart. Melissa leaned in and gave Spongebob a kiss on the cheek and also gave Patrick a kiss on the cheek. Melissa picked up Gary and gave him a kiss on the cheek. She placed Gary back down on the ground. All three of them blushed slightly from receiving the kiss. Melissa stood up, dusting herself off.
"So, are you guys going to show me how to jellyfish?" Melissa asked.
"Of course. We'll head out to a place called Jellyfish Field to go jellyfishing but first, I need to get my gear," Spongebob said, standing up. "Patrick?"
"Yeah, Spongebob?" Patrick replied, standing up. "Go and ask Squidward if he would like to come with us to go jellyfishing. Me and Melissa will get all our jellyfish gear ready,"Spongebob said. "Okay, Spongebob," Patrick replied. "Come on, Melissa," Spongebob said, "Let's go and get the nets." Spongebob, Melissa and Gary walked to Spongebob's pineapple house to get the jellyfish gear.
Meanwhile, Patrick walked up in front of the Easter Island Home, which belonged to Squidward. Inside, Squidward had just finished taking his bath. He was draining his tub, making sure that all the soap suds had washed away. After Squidward had finished draining the tub, he dried himself off with a towel. Opening a cabinet that was to his left, he took out a container of unscented cocoa butter lotion and placed it on the counter. Just as Squidward was about to open the container, he heard a loud knock coming from his door. "Well, I knew it was too good to be true. My moments of peace shattered by two barnacle heads," Squidward scowled. Squidward wrapped a towel around his waist and slowly walked to his door, cringing at the thought that it might be Spongebob or Patrick. Patrick was patiently waiting for a response. Suddently, the door opened, revealing Squidward as he was wearing nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist.
"What do you want, Patrick!?!" Squidward hissed. Patrick just looked at Squidward. "Oh, Hey Squidward. Me and Spongebob wanted to know if you would like to go Jellyfishing with us," Patrick asked. "You've got..........to be kidding me!" Squidward sarastically said. "Nope. We're going to jellyfish and we have a guest with us. Oh, I don't think that our guest will approve of you just wearing a towel," Patrick whispered to Squidward. Squidward just looked at Patrick, distastefully. "So, are you coming with us!?!" Patrick asked abruptly.
Squidward was getting angry with Patrick. "PATRICK!!!!! I'm standing in my doorway, dripping wet with nothing on but a towel. Do I look like I want to go jellyfishing?" Squidward dangerously replied.
"Do you need time to get ready?" Patrick eagerly responded, hoping that Squidward will join with him and Spongebob.
Squidward was now fuming, angry that his morning had been interrupted by Patrick. With one quick action, he backed up into his house and slammed the door in Patrick's face. "Maybe later then!" Patrick shouted to Squidward.
Patrick left Squidward's house and headed towards Spongebob's house. "Oohhh!!!!! My head.......I'll need to get some asprin," Squidward said, while rubbing his head. Squidward slowly walked back to his bathroom and took a bottle of asprin from his medicine cabinet. He opened the bottle and popped three pills in his mouth and washed the pills down with a glass a water. Squidward opened up the container of unscented cocoa butter and started to put the lotion all over his body.
Patrick was walking inside Spongebob's basement, looking for Spongebob and Melissa. Spongebob and Melissa were in front of a wooden cabinet chest when Patrick approached them. "Hey, Spongebob," Patrick said. "Hey, Patrick. So......did Squidward wanted to come with us?" Spongebob asked, hoping to have a positive answer. "No. I think Squidward wasn't feeling well because he was really grouchy and irritable." "Perhaps we should visit your friend later on when he is feeling better," Melissa suggested. "Yeah, you're right Melissa. We'll see him after we jellyfish," Spongebob said, agreeing with Melissa.
Spongebob stood trumphently in front of the wooden cabinet, grinning at Melissa. "Ahem! Prepare to be amazed at all of our jellyfishing gear, Melissa. I promise you, no one has any gear like this," Spongebob proudly exclaimed. Spongebob opened up the wooden cabinet, revealing an assortments of Jellyfish gear from jellyfish nets to jellyfish bottles arranged neatly by size and type. Spongebob got two bamboo sticks and two nets. He snapped each net into place with the bamboo sticks, handing one to Patrick.
Spongebob then got a long box and opened up the box, revealing a jellyfish net already made, which had a pink net on it. "Here, Melissa. This is your net. I've had this net for awhile. Sometimes I like to catch jellyfish with different color nets. It's just my preferance," Spongebob said, handing the net to Melissa.
"Thank You, Spongebob. I really appreciate it," Melissa said, taking the net from Spongebob.
"No problem," Spongebob replied, smiling.
Patrick got a small sack that was filled with Jellyfish ointment, bottles and a guide book. "I got all the supplies, Spongebob," Patrick said. "Alright. Let's go Jellyfishing!" Spongebob exclaimed.
"Wait!?!" Melissa shouted, stopping Spongebob and Patrick. "What's the matter, Melissa?" Spongebob asked, facing Melissa. "I forgot my backpack. I left it upstairs in the living room before we went to eat breakfast at Patrick's. I just need to go and get it really quick. I'll be right back!" Melissa explained. "Take your time, Melissa. We'll be waiting for you outside," Spongebob replied. "Okay, Spongebob," Melissa responded.
Melissa left Spongebob and Patrick and walked upstairs back to the living room. Inside the living room, Melissa was searching for her backpack looking through the sofa, the chair and all around the nooks and crannies in the living room. Melissa saw a blue backpack sitting next to a mirror in the hallway. She walked up to the backpack and inspected it.
"Hmmm.........Let's see," Melissa said. Melissa opened up the backpack. "There's my sleeping bag, first aid kit, capules, extra clothes, food..........yep. This is my backpack," Melissa exclaimed. She closed the backpack and slinged it over her shoulder. "Silly me. I forgot I took it off my backpack while I was inspecting myself and that I left it here next to the mirror. Ha Ha. I better go and see what the boys are up too," Melissa giggled. She left the living room and walked outside the house, closing the door behind her. Melissa saw Spongebob and Patrick a few feet away from her, waiting patiently for her. "Isn't this jar beautiful?" Spongebob said, showing Patrick a glass jar with a pink ribbon on it. "Ooooooo...............It's pretty. But, what is it for?" Patrick curiously asked. "I'll tell you as soon as we get to Jellyfish Fields," Spongebob replied, winking to Patrick. "Melissa's coming," Patrick said, seeing Melissa coming towards them.
Spongebob quickly put away the jar in the small sack. Melissa walked up to Spongebob and Patrick, carrying her backpack on her back. "Alright, boys. Are you all set?" Melissa said. "We're ready, Melissa," Spongebob replied, handing her the pink net. "By the way, you almost forgot to take your net with you."
"Thank you, Spongebob," Melissa replied, taking the net. "So, are we ready?"
"We're ready! Let's go Jellyfishing!" Spongebob excitedly replied. "Yah!" Patrick shouted happily.
"Jellyfishing! Jellyfishing Jellyfishing!" Spongebob and Patrick said while walking with Melissa.
Spongebob and Patrick started to chant while walking with Melissa down the road. After about a mile of walking and chanting, the trio stopped in front of a sign.
"JellyFish Fields Population:4 Million Jellyfish!" Melissa read. "Wow! That's a lot of Jellyfish," Melissa exclaimed. The gang walked up the hill. Melissa was astounded at the view that she was gazing upon. The field was lush and green and stretched out for miles. Many flowers were decorated throughtout the plain field, waving smoothly through the water currents with Jellyfish flying throughout the field.
"Oh.......my," Melissa replied, looking at the scenery before her, "This place is absolutely beautiful! It reminds me of the beautiful grassy fields back in Texas."
"Yeah! It's a beautiful place to be in. I never get tired of coming here," Spongebob responded, "Well, come on! The jellyfish are waiting."
Spongebob, Melissa and Patrick walked down the hill and toward the jellyfish. The jellyfish were all flying around, buzzing at each other. Soon, they noticed the three visitors, looking at them. The jellyfish recongized two as experienced jellyfish hunters but they were puzzled as to the third party.
"Okay, Let's Jellyfish," Spongebob said, pulling out his glasses and putting them on. "Are you nearsighted?" Melissa politely asked, looking at Spongebob. "Nearsighted!?!" Spongebob asked puzzled, "Who do you mean?"
"Well, you just put these glasses on. I was wondering why you are wearing them right now," Melissa explained. "Ohhh!!!!!," Spongebob responded, taking his glasses off and looking at Melissa, "Well, these glasses are for jellyfish hunting. They protect my eyes from those stingers. There's no prescription on them, just plain glass," Spongebob explained. He then put his glasses back on. "Safety first!" Spongebob said, winking at Melissa. Melissa giggled at Spongebob.
"Patrick! It's time for Melissa's lesson on Jellyfish hunting! Please show her how to handle the net while I find her a good specimen," Spongebob asked Patrick. "Will do, Captain!" Patrick replied, saluting Spongebob. Patrick faced Melissa. "Now, first place your hand, firmly grasping the net," Patrick instructed. "Like this!?!" Melissa questioned, showing Patrick her net. Patrick inspected the net that Melissa was holding out for him. Slowly making sure that her hand were wrapped tightly around the handle, Patrick shifted his gaze from the net and gave her a smile of approval.
"Good. You have the net secure in your hands. Now, the next step is to make sure you know how to catch a jellyfish. Watch closely," Patrick said. Patrick swinged his net in swift, slow motions and in smooth rythms. "Notice how I smoothly move the net upwards then I slowly and swiftly bring it down, scooping up the net. This is the best way to catch jellyfish safelty. Go ahead and try!" Patrick instructed. Melissa swung her net swiftly mimicing Patrick's movements slowly and carefully. "How am I doing, Patrick?" Melissa asked. "Very Good," Patrick praised while bringing out a small rubber ball, "You're doing just fine. Now, since you've already learned the proper way to catch a jellyfish, I'm going to show you the next step. Your movements are good but they're slow. You need to be fast to catch the jellyfish for they can quickly swim away. Notice this ball that I'm holding."
Patrick show the rubber ball to Melissa in which she looks at the ball. "I'm going to throw this ball towards you, but not too hard. When I throw the ball to you, you need to catch the ball quickly, using the technique that I taught you. Try your best! Once you've caught the ball a couple of times, then I'll declare you ready for Jellyfishing!" Patrick explained to Melissa.
"Okay, Patrick. I'm ready when you are," Melissa replied. Patrick tossed the ball towards Melissa. Quickly Melissa swung her net, trying to catch the ball but missed as the ball flew over her, landing softly on the ground. Melissa turned around and picked up the ball. She threw it back to Patrick.
"Here you go, Patrick," Melissa said. "Thanks! Now, Let's try again!" Patrick replied. Patrick threw the ball back at Melissa. Melissa tried to catch the ball but missed again as the ball flew over her. Melissa kept trying to catch the ball but she kept missing the ball while Patrick kept throwing the ball back to her. This went on for about one hour with Melissa getting tired of catching the ball. Soon, Melissa was on the floor panting heavily, sweat dripping from her. Patrick walked up to her and kneeled down next to her, tired from throwing the ball.
"M-Melissa. Take a rest. Y-You don't have to continue if you don't want to.......," Patrick replied but was interrupted by Melissa. "No, Patrick. Huff.........I-I want to continue," Melissa said, getting up. "B-But, Melissa, I........" Patrick responded standing up with her but was again interrupted by Melissa. "Patrick..............Please!" Melissa said firmly. Patrick saw the determination in Melissa's eyes and knew that she wasn't going to give up. Slowly he walked a few feet away from Melissa. Patrick stopped walking turned around and faced Melissa.
"Ready, Melissa?" Patrick asked. Melissa nodded in response. Patrick threw the ball towards her. Melissa intently followed the ball movements, watching as it started to ascend toward her. Quickly, Melissa followed the rythmn of the ball and swung her net, closing her eyes at the process. Melissa slowly opened her eyes and looked down at her net. "Hey, Patrick. Look!" Melissa said, seeing the ball in her net, "I caught the ball!" Melissa replied, holding the net up high. Patrick looked at the net and saw the ball.
"Yah! Congradulations, Melissa. YAHOO!!!!" Patrick exclaimed. Melissa smiled proudly at her accomplishment. She then got the ball and tossed it back to Patrick. "Okay, Melissa. You doing very well. Now let's see if you can catch the ball from different angles," Patrick said. "I'M READY!" Melissa shouted. Patrick tossed the ball to his left. Melissa ran to the same direction and swiftly caught the ball. Melissa tossed it back to Patrick. Patrick kept on throwing the ball in different directions and Melissa kept on catching every single one of them. Patrick even threw far ones and Melissa caught them every time. Patrick ran up to Melissa after she had thrown him the ball. "Melissa. You're ready to go Jellyfishing! I've taught you all that you need to know about jellyfish! Now you're ready to go out there and jellyfish with us. Let's go and find Spongebob," Patrick proudly said. Melissa hugged Patrick and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Patrick blushed, surprised of receiving a kiss from Melissa.
"Thank you, Patrick for teaching me how to jellyfish," Melissa said, letting go of Patrick, "Come on! Let's go and see where Spongebob ran off too!
Patrick and Melissa started to walk around looking for Spongebob. Meanwhile, Spongebob was in the middle of the field, looking at all the Jellyfish that were floating around.
"Hmmmm..............Now what would be a good jellyfish for Melissa to catch?" Spongebob thought. Spongebob looked around and saw a small jellyfish floating around. "Oh, that looks like a good speciman for her to catch," Spongebob thought. Spongebob kept looking at the jellyfish.
Suddenly, Patrick and Melissa walked up to Spongebob, startling him. "Hey, Spongebob," Patrick said, tapping into Spongebob's shoulder. "AAAA...........," Spongebob screamed, startled. He turned around and saw Patrick with Melissa, "Oh, Patrick. It's you. I thought you were a jellyfish."
"That's okay," Patrick replied, "I've finished teaching Melissa how to jellyfish. She's ready for her first catch." "Alright, then," Spongebob responded, "Come with me, Melissa.
Melissa followed Spongebob as he walked towards the jellyfish. Spongebob stopped in front of a pink jellyfish. "Okay, Melissa," Spongebob whispered while pointing to a Jellyfish, "There's a jellyfish for you to catch. Go ahead and catch it. Just try not to startle it."
"Okay, Spongebob," Melissa whispered. Melissa slowly walked toward the pink jellyfish. She stopped midway and turned around, facing Spongebob. "Aren't you and Patrick going to join me?" Melissa asked. "We want to see you catch your first jellyfish," Spongebob responded. Patrick walked up to Spongebob. "Yeah! You go, girl!" Patrick shouted, standing next to Spongebob. Melissa smiled at Spongebob and Patrick. She focused her attention back to the Jellyfish. Slowly walking up to the pink Jellyfish, Melissa was able to get close enough to catch the jellyfish.
The pink Jellyfish noticed that Melissa was approaching from behind. The jellyfish started to swim away rapidly. Melissa quickly acted by running toward the jellyfish and swinging her net. Spongebob and Patrick were amazed at the speed that Melissa displayed. Melissa ran up to the guys to show her catch. "Guys! Look what I caught!" Melissa exclaimed, showing the net to Spongebob and Patrick, smiling, "A jellyfish!" "Wow! Good Job, Melissa," Both Spongebob and Patrick said. "Awww............You guys!" Melissa said, blushing, "Thanks! But, what do I do now with the jellyfish?"
"Oh, that's easy. You let them go," Spongebob replied. "Wow, really!?!" Melissa said. Spongebob nodded in response. Melissa gently pushed the net upwards, letting the Jellyfish float out of the net. The jellyfish just looked at Melissa and floated away. "Bye, Jellyfish!," Melissa shouted, waving to the jellyfish. Melissa looked at Spongebob and Patrick. "That was so thrilling! I want to catch more jellyfish!" Melissa excitedly exclaimed.
"Well, what are you waiting for? The jellyfish are calling out to you, just waiting to be caught," Spongebob dramatically told her. "I'm going! I'm going! But, y'all have ta join me!" Melissa childed. "We're two steps ahead fo you, baby! We're expert jellyfish hunters. Watch us work!" Spongebob smugged playfully.
Spongebob and Patrick lifted up their nets above their heads. Both of them yelled at the top of their lungs and rushed toward the jellyfish. Melissa laughted at Spongebob and Patrick. Soon, she joined them in Jellyfishing. All three were now catching jellyfish. Since Spongebob and Patrick were more experienced, they were able to catch jellyfish faster than Melissa. All three of them were laughing, running and having a good time. Patrick even hoisted Spongebob up on the water so that way he can catch a jellyfish. After about three hours of jellyfishing, the three sat down on the grass, watching the jellyfish.
"Whew! That was so much fun. I had a blast!," Melissa said, wiping the sweat from her forehead. "Yeah!" Both Spongebob and Patrick replied. "You know, I haven't had this much fun for a long time. Even in my time above the waves, I can't remember a time that I had such a good time. It's ironic. A year ago, I wouldn't be able to do any of this, let alone travel throughtout the ocean," Melissa said, looking at Spongebob and Patrick.
"Would you like to hear my story?" Melissa asked.
"Sure," Spongebob and Patrick said in unison.
Well, that's the end of part one. The next chapter will explain the orgin of Melissa Jackson and will also briefly mention King Neptune and his daughter, Mindy. I don't own these characters since they belong to Nickelodeon. Anyway's please review my fanfic and tell me if I need improvement on my spelling and grammars. See ya soon!