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Dimensions Apart: Chapter 5

Rito

What a beautiful day… Rito thought.

Rito was a 14 year old mermaid, with red, shoulder-length, hair with an ocean flower in it, blue eyes, and a green colored tail. Like most mermaids, she could breathe underwater, but was also she one of the few mermaids with the ability to transform her fin into legs and walk on the few land masses of her planet, Mer. She wore a purple skirt around her fin, for when she decided to walk on the beaches. At the moment, she was lying on a beach of an island that she had found. It was her secret place. No one knew about it, other then herself. Suddenly, a portal popped up in front of her, and a violent wind sucked her in. She saw a light at the end of the portal, and suddenly felt herself hit the water.

"What the hell was that!" she yelped as she surfaced from beneath the waves.

She was near the shore of an island of some type. She could see, what looked like, huts made of seaweed, floating on giant lily-pads. Diving beneath the waves, she started swimming toward the "village". While under water, she studied her surroundings. There were many types of fish that she had never seen before, as well as plants. Then, she saw a blue figure dart through the water. Rito ducked behind a group of some type of plant that looked like seaweed. She peeked through the 'bush', and saw a tall, blue, slender figure, with a mask over its face. Judging by its body, Rito guessed that the figure was female.

Wow… this has got to be the weirdest day, of my life. She thought as she watched the blue figure swim gracefully through the water.

Suddenly, she heard a low growl behind her. She turned slowly, only to see some amphibious creature, with long, slender, yet powerful arms, looking at her hungrily.

"Um nice thingy…" Rito said, trying not to freak out.

Rule number one about wild animals: don't run away from them. They see it as a sign of weakness. But sadly, it seemed that the animal kingdom didn't work the same way it did back on Mer, because the creature roared, and attempted to hit her with its powerful arms. Reacting on pure reflex, Rito dodged the creature, and darted out of her hiding place. It seemed that whatever was chasing her though was pretty for to. She turned around to see how far ahead she was, than promptly slammed into an underwater wall, which did not improve the situation. Even though she was stunned for a moment, she knew that she would never outrun the beast anyway. She closed her eyes, and waited for pain from one of the creature's powerful arms. After a few seconds, she realized it should have hit her by now. She opened her eyes and saw the blue figure she had seen earlier was now wrestling with the creature. Fighting her instincts to run, Rito swam over, threw her arms around the beast, and attempted to help subdue the creature. Finally, obviously having enough of the beatings it was taking the beast broke free, and swam off. Rito turned to her rescuer, not really knowing what to say.

Finally, Rito managed to say a little, "Uh… hey… how's it going?"

"Good…I suppose…" the being replied. "Who are you anyway?"

"Oh pardon my manners." Rito said, that she had not told her rescuer her name. Doing a formal little underwater bow, she replied, "My name is Rito, the mermaid."

Bowing back, the figure said, "I am Gali, Toa Nuva of Water."

"Well, I'm pleased to meet you, Gali." Rito replied.

"The pleasure is mine." the Water Toa said.

"Um… do you know where I am?" Rito asked. "I kind of just… popped up here."

Gali smiled, and replied, "This is the island of Mata Nui, and you're close to my village, Ga-Koro. Would you like to see it? Perhaps Turaga Nokama can help you figure out how you got here."

"That'd be great! Lead the way!"

Then they began swimming toward the watery village.

To be continued…