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FELI'S POV
I've never been so excited about helping someone before! And I also never imagined humans to be like Lukas. My brother, Romano, always made them sound like evil and ugly things. How stupid was I to ever take his word for it. Lukas was gorgeous and very attractive. Not a hint of ugliness anywhere. I still don't know for sure if Lukas is a boy or girl. Might be both. I'll reference to him as a "he" though, because it's nicer than calling him an "it" all the time. If he doesn't like it, I'll call him a "she". All thinking went aside when I saw a person that was smaller than Lukas.
The person looked like a young one with silver hair, just as I had been told. I couldn't be for sure if it was a boy or girl either, so I'll reference it as a "he" too. He didn't look as hurt as Lukas did, and it was apparent that no other mermaids had gotten to him yet. I dragged the body back to the island and Lukas seemed overjoyed to see the little person. He held the little one close and planted kisses on his head. I would've loved to watch, but there was one other to retrieve. I hoped I could get to him before another mermaid did.
I raced through the water until I finally saw the big human. This one was definitely a man. I swam next to him to see if he'd been hurt. To my horror, I wasn't the first mermaid to reach the body. There were scars and wounds all over his body, some only a few minutes old. I didn't hesitate to start dragging the body back to the island.
Even in the water this human was heavy. Was he inbreeded with whales? Sure felt like it. It was a hard task, but I managed to bring the whale man back to the island. Lukas helped me drag him ashore. I used my power of healing to restore the two humans back to health and they began to awaken. This was very exciting to me; being able to observe three humans.
3RD PERSON POV
Emil woke up before Mathias did. "Oh brother! You're alright!" Lukas said as he hugged Emil closer. The smaller nation rolled his eyes and nodded. Mathias jolted up and Feli was the first figure he saw. "IT'S A SIREN!" He screamed. Lukas hurried to calm Mathias. "He's not mean, in fact, he saved you." Lukas said. Mathias relaxed, but suspicion was still evident in him.
"I'm sorry, but I have to leave now." Feli said as he crawled back toward the water. "Please stay." Lukas called out. Feli smiled, and turned around. "I can't stay on land for very long at a time. I'll be back later, okay?" He said. Lukas nodded and watched as the merman went back out into the water. A short pause occurred before Emil started up talking. "We need some food now." He said.
Food…right! They couldn't be satisfied without it. They would need water too, but maybe getting juicy fruits from the forest would suffice. They figured they would need shelter too. After a short quarrel, they decided that Mathias and Emil should go in the forest to gather fruit as Lukas built a shelter. The food gatherers went into the thick vegetation of the island as Lukas contemplated on how to build a shelter.
They didn't need anything too extravagant, just something to protect them from weather. Lukas gathered leaves from the trees and laid them down between two other tree trunks like a carpet. That would keep them from getting covered with sand as they slept. He then needed loose wood to build walls, such as small fallen trees. After scanning across the outer rim of the forest, he managed to find some logs he could carry. Some were heavier than others so it was hard work.
Now he had to balance them just right so they would create walls. Every time he thought he had done it right, one log fell down and caused all the others to collapse like dominos. It didn't take long for him to become exhausted. "You need help, Lukas?" Asked the familiar voice of Feli's. Lukas was startled at first, making the merman giggle. "Yes, I do actually. But I'm too tired to do anything else at the moment." He said as he sat down on the leaf pile. He was covered with sweat; something Feli hadn't seen before.
"Do you need to sleep? You look awful." Feli said as he touched the sweat on Lukas' cheeks curiously. "It's a different kind of tired. I just need to take a break. I'll be good to go in a few minutes." The Norwegian said as he took a deep breath. Feli smiled and sat next to the other character. He scooted his tail close to Lukas' legs as if comparing the two. "So different yet so close." He whispered. Lukas gave a soft hum as a reply.
"I'll be right back. I'll get something that'll help." Feli said as he crawled along the sand. It was only a few minutes later that he came back with loose vines. "Use these as ropes" he said. Lukas stood up and took the vines. "Thanks" he said. Using the vines and Feli's help, they secured the logs so they'd stay in place to form walls. Before long, they had a cute little shack built. It wasn't something you'd want to stay in for long-term, but it made a nice emergency shelter.
"Looks nice. We did a good job." Feli said, looking up into Lukas' eyes. The Norwegian nodded and sat down inside the shack, followed closely by the merman. They looked around and at eachother for a while before the other two humans returned. "Whoa, nice shack!" Mathias said. Lukas and Feli came out to see the others carrying armloads of fruits.
Pineapples, mulberries, oranges, bananas, and mangos were dumped onto the floor of the shack to be sorted. Afterward, all four of them made a nice meal of the fruits and still had much to spare. Feli returned again to the ocean, leaving the humans to themselves. "We need meat too, you know?" Emil said. Mathias and Lukas nodded and together they went to go fishing.