Prompt: Disney movie (author's choice - I picked the Little Mermaid XD)
Nikola sighed, propping his head against his hand and his arm against the rock he was hiding behind, the warm ocean waves lapping at his tail, and watched as Queen Helen stood up slowly, leaning on the arm of her very tall steward and blinking away the fogginess from her near-drowning.
Even after she had steadied, she looked around with a troubled expression, like she was forgetting something important; Nikola's heart leapt, but before he could decide whether or not to reveal himself, she had been hurried away by the steward and the other members of her court who had come looking for her.
He fell back, disappointed, before turning and diving into the ocean with a splash and new determination; somehow, he would find a way onto land to discover more about all the fascinating inventions he had salvaged from shipwrecks, and perhaps once he was there, he could see the equally fascinating Helen again too.