Nothing special to say other than sorry for taking so long.

3RD PERSON POV

"Aww look! DOLPHINS!" Mathias screamed. Even Lukas' usual, plain face seemed to get a smile. Dolphins always make people happy, don't they? The three Nordics went out into the water to meet the dolphins. Mathias, being the tallest, could go out further than the others without having to swim. He happily petted one of the dolphin's heads, and the bottlenose squeaked happily.

"They're so cute!" Emil said, "I want to ride one but I don't know how. " "Oh, I suppose it's easy, but I've never been this close to dolphins so I don't know!" Mathias said. Suddenly, Emil felt something nudge his foot. Looking down, he saw that it was a dolphin. The dolphin swam between the Icelander's legs and stayed in place, waiting for him to get the hint. "I think it's showing you how" Mathias said with a smile.

"So I just grab the fin?" Emil asked as he gripped the dorsal fin like a handle. "Like this?" The dolphin started swimming, so he assumed he did something right. He was having fun, but he was also scared. This being his first time, he didn't know what to expect. "Mathias! It's taking me!" The island nation shouted. Mathias grabbed onto the dolphins dorsal fin also. "Don't worry ice, uncle Denmark has you covered!" he said.

Emil's POV

Seeing Denmark by my side was very helpful, but I soon became comfortable with the dolphin. I was confident I could ride without Denmark being right there. "Why don't you get your own dolphin?" I asked. As if the creatures could understand me, another dolphin swam under Mathias before he had a chance to say anything to me.

The dolphin he was riding swam very fast. "You having fun!?" I shouted. He roared with joy, so I took that as yes. Just then, my dolphin dove under the water without warning. Was the fish trying to drown me!? I was terrified and screamed from under the water. I'm glad someone heard me, because they came to my rescue. At first I thought it was a wild merman that gotten a hold of me and probably reacted worse than I should have. "A MERMAID GOT ME!" I squealed. Then I heard Feli's voice telling me it was okay and eased down. I may not like him that much, but he was a good lifeguard.

He let me go and I treaded the water to stay afloat. Me and Feli then got into a fast paced conversation, starting with me;

"Where's the fish?"

"The fish aren't near here"

"No, the big fish I was just riding"

"Its not a fish you ignorant brat"

"Oh, that's right. It's a porpoise"

The dolphins squeaked, but I didn't understand what they were saying. I knew Feli did though, because he was smiling. "He said that you smell like kelp. Which is an insult." He translated. No wonder that smug face of his was smirking. Even dolphins insult me. Now that I think about it, I should get a gold star for most annoying island nation.

"I don't care, I just want to get to the shallow water so I don't have to struggle." I said as I paddled around like a dog. Then one of the dolphins quickly took me back to shore and squeaked in disapproval. It swam back to its pod after I thanked it. Denmark seemed to be having more fun than I did. When he came to the shore, he was smiling brightly and waved the dolphins a goodbye.

"Hey, do you wanna have a splash fight?" I asked. Denmark roared a "YES!" and splashed me in the face. I started kicking my legs, hoping the water it threw into the air would hit the Dane. As soon as I got tired, he spun in the water, splashing everything around him. Including me.

"Its splash or be splashed!" he screamed. I tried to kick more but was splashed in the face first. "Hah! I win" Feli said with a cute smile. "Huh? Since when were you joining?" I asked. "It's a free ocean. I can splash you if I want." He said somewhat teasingly. "And there's a thing called free will. If I don't want you to splash me, you shouldn't splash me" I said back, also teasingly.

He dove under the water. I know everyone isn't going to like me, so I was okay with his hate for me. "But a freaking merman" Denmark had said to me. And...what of it? "Magical hate!" He chuckled, "I guess best friends act like they hate each other"

I knew what he was getting at, and I didn't like it. There was no way I was going to be best friends with a bratty merman. Its just not happening. "I'm starting to get pruny" Denmark said as he got out of the water. "Like a prune? Can I eat you?" I said playfully. He laughed. "No, I'm not an actual prune" He replied. I made a face at him and got out of the water too. He was laying in the sun, so I assumed he wanted a tan. Then I tried to picture him with a tan. Nope. Not happening. He'd look awful. In my opinion anyways.

I wanted to swim more so I went back out into the water. Feli suddenly popped up and I swore he could have given me a heart attack. "Dolphins don't swim this close. Want me to call one?" He asked. I said no, as it was a challenge to get one, and I like challenges. "Suit yourself, but don't go too far. Mermaids live out there too. Dangerous ones." He said. "Then I guess I'll have to get a dolphin before a mermaid gets me" I said as I began to swim.

"Just let me call one, you dunce!" Feli shouted at me. I finally gave up and told him to go ahead. He was going to do it anyway, I knew. Before long, a bottlenose dolphin swam to me and squeaked happily. "Told you I'd get one!" I shouted at Feli as I stuck my tongue out. He reacted exactly how I wanted him to. His face flustered bright red as his voice raised a considerable amount.

"I'M FINALLY NICE TO YOU AND YOU DO THIS!? I'LL BRING A SHARK NEXT TIME, YOU LITTLE TWIT" He screamed angrily. I was completely calm, which made him just look like an idiot in my opinion. "You're the one yelling." I said, acting totally cool with this. I don't know if he was too mad to notice or not, but a smirk started to spread across my face. I love it when I make someone annoyed.

"I swear I'd drown you if it weren't for your brother" He grumbled. "Oh, how big of you!" I teased. He only growled lowly. "You may not be able to drown me, but there are other options. And no, I'm not giving you any ideas." I said with a smirk. I wanted to see what kind of imagination this guy had. "If I did anything bad to you, your brother wouldn't like me very much" was all the merman said.

I made a pfft sound. "So what?" Feli's face scrunched up. "Your brother is a lot better than you! I wish I could kill you!" He said, his tone full of rage. As you could imagine, I was loving this. "Like I care, Sherlock?" I asked sarcastically. It was obvious that Lukas was the sibling that got more love anyway, so what did it matter if someone said that they preferred him over me? It didn't. Not to me anyway.

"I WISH YOUR BROTHER WOULD LIKE ME ALREADY SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOU!" Feli said in an outraged voice. "Like you? He already does." I stated. Everything fell quiet, only the squeaking of the dolphin serving like that awkward cricket chirp you hear in movies.

"H-He does?" Feli said, as if he didn't believe me. A smile grazed his face as he looked to the side. I don't care what anyone else thought, but the look he had reminded me of some silly high school girl when she found out that her crush liked her. Could there possibly be a thing between Feli and my broth—No! that's totally absurd. They were both boys, and from a different species at that. There was no way...was there?

"Th-that's great!" Feli said after a moment of silence. He gave me a soul splitting glare before saying "Enjoy the dolphin, brat" and dove underwater. "I intend to. Blowfish" I replied, stressing the blowfish part. He punched my leg from under the water, causing me to yipe in pain. "OW! IDIOT!" "brat!" "Jerk!" the names never seemed to stop. He dragged me off the dolphin just to be mean, but I saved myself.

After getting back on the dolphin, it swam around. I was enjoying it and started talking to the dolphin about how much I liked the peaceful riding. Just when I was getting comfortable though, it flipped me off its back, but I managed to stay atop the water. It was then that I noticed I was over deep water. By all means, this was a perfect chance for Feli to get me. I was an easy target, he hated me obviously, and the adrenaline in my blood didn't help one bit.

I raced for shore, but was by no means a fast swimmer. "Don't be in such a hurry. Like I said, I can't do anything to you" Feli spoke, "But the dolphins are a different story!" Before I knew it, the dolphins were bumping into me harshly and causing big waves around me. It was very hard to stay afloat, so I resorted to something I did very well; screaming.

Denmark immediately heard my cries and ran to my rescue. If there is one advantage to being the youngest, it is that everyone listens to you when you fuss. He held me close and swam back to shore. "What happened out there?" He finally asked. "That stupid merman made the dolphins turn on me." "He can't do that" "But he did"

Hope that it made up for that long moment of not posting another chapter. Hopefully the next one won't take as long to post. Reviews are appreciated :-D