It had been a few weeks since Luna and Crowe first met and got together. In that time they'd gotten to know each other even better and fallen even further in love. Crowe had even introduced Luna to Nyx and Libertus. They'd both been happy for the girls for finding each other. Nyx had congratulated her on dating royalty, which Crowe punched him for, but having known him long enough she still knew what he meant and appreciated it.
One thing they hadn't done yet thought was having Luna bring Crowe to her kingdom underwater. Luna had explained that she could temporarily give Crowe the gift of breathing underwater and a fin. The only thing really stopping them was Lunas warnings that her brother could be wary of strangers. Crowe had told her that it was nothing she couldn't handle but Luna still seemed uncertain.
One evening Crowe was sitting on the docks like any other evening, cleaning nets. Nowadays Luna would keep her company more often than not, but not tonight. Then, suddenly, Luna emerged from the water, not completely unlike the first night they met.
"Hi" Luna smiled at her. Crowe was still amazed that a woman as beautiful as Luna was interested in her.
"Hello, how's the kingdom?" Crowe might have a very vague understanding of what Lunas kingdom actually was like but she still love hearing about it and every other part of Lunas life.
"I'm glad you're asking" Luna smiled mischievously. "I talked to my brother, he wasn't entirely pleased with me being with a human, as expected, but he didn't make it a big deal. And, that means I can take you there now!" She spread her arms, slightly splashing the water.
"Really?! When can we go?" Crowe jumped up onto her feet in excitement.
"How about first thing tomorrow? Cause I'm guessing you gotta finish that" Luna nodded towards the net Crowe had been working on. Crowe looked down at it, having forgot it in the excitement.
"Oh, uh yeah, that sounds amazing" She smiles at Luna "I'm looking forward to it"
The two spend the rest of the evening hanging out. When Crowe went to go back home Luna gave her a good night kiss and promised to wait for her right there the next day. As Crowe was walking home she couldn't help but she to herself.
The next morning Crowe woke up early and couldn't wait to get going. She waved good bye to Nyx and Libertus, not knowing exactly when she'd be back but still telling them to take care. At the beach Luna was already sitting on the docks, swaying her fin in the water. Crowe excitedly ran up to her.
"Are you ready to go?" Crowe didn't even try to hide her excitement. Luna just giggled at her.
"Of course" She jumped down into the water. "Hop in so I can give you your fin"
Crowe didn't wait a second longer than necessary before jumping in and swimming up to her.
When she reached her Luna took Crowes hands into her own and closed her eyes. Crowe watched her intensely as she felt Lunas magic flow through her.
Looking down she noticed her legs had become a dark red fin, nicely contrasting Lunas dark blue one. Luna opened her eyes and smiled at Crowe.
"Are you ready?" Luna repeated Crowes question from earlier.
"Of course! Let's go!" Crowe didn't even try to hide her excitement.
Luna laughed at her as she took a tighter grip on one of Crowes hands and dragged her down under the surface. Before they'd even gotten a meter under she stopped and turned to Crowe.
"It can feel a little weird to breathe at first but don't worry, you can breathe down here now" Crowe looked slightly shocked at her, not because she hadn't though she could breathe but because she didn't understand how she could hear her underwater. Luna apparently understood her expression as she continued. "Don't compare the laws of the world above the surface to the world under, just accept it" She ended with a smile.
They continued swimming, farther and farther from Crowes home. But hopefully closer and closer to Lunas home.
Eventually Crowe could make out the outline of an underwater kingdom, with tall slim buildings that looked more like spires than houses. When they got even closer Luna stopped them right before entering the city.
"I don't think my brothers gonna be here, but I wanna introduce you to Gentiana"
"Gentiana?"
Luna didn't even answer before dragging Crowe after her as she swam again. Eventually the two reached the biggest building in the centre of the city. Buildings here, or at least this one, didn't seem to have doors as Luna just pulled her in through a large opening in the wall. Inside a woman with long dark hair and a dark green fin was talking to a man with a light blue one. Somehow Crowe got the feeling she knew the man, but that was impossible.
"Hi Gentiana!" Luna waved at the dark haired woman. Gentiana excused herself to the other man and came over to the two girls.
"Lunafreya, welcome back. And who is this?" Gentiana asked Luna but turned to look at Crowe.
"Meet Crowe, the human I've been going to see everyday" Luna blushed slightly, going out of her way to see someone everyday was maybe a bit extreme, but she really loved Crowe.
"Nice to finally meet the girl who has kept our princess busy" Gentiana smiled kindly and Crowe let out a breath she hadn't noticed she was holding. She had trusted Luna to mean it when she said Crowe was welcomed here but a part of her had still been nervous.
"If there's nothing that need my attention right now I was gonna show Crowe more of the city" Luna stated.
"Nothing right now, hope you two have fun" Gentiana said and swam back to the man she'd been talking to earlier. Just as Luna and Crowe were about to leave again the man turned around and Crowe caught a glance at his face. Shocked she noticed he resembled the captain who had anchored in her hometown a while back, who Nyx was possibly in a relationship with. She didn't have time to think any further of it though as Luna dragged her out of the building. Shaking her head Crowe was sure she must've seen wrong, what would a mermaid be doing walking around in their village.
The first thing Luna showed her was her favourite restaurant. It was around lunch time so they took the opportunity to share Lunas favourite meal, some kind of seaweed wrapped fish.
Being the princess also meant most people greeted Luna as they went around and some even stopped to ask more about Crowe. At first Crowe felt a bit awkward about it all but she started getting more comfortable as they met more people.
The rest of the day was spent talking to people and discovering more of Lunas kingdom and Crowe felt happier than she thought she'd be. As they slowly swam back to Crowes dock, feeling exhausted after the long day full of new experiences, the both of them couldn't stop smiling.
When they were back at the docks Luna turned her legs back and the two shared a good night kiss before Crowe started walking back to her cabin and Luna turned around to swim back underwater. Still separated neither could keep a smile off their face as they though back to the day they had shared.