Just a little note is that this is the type of story you have to read all the chapters in sequence to understand. If you haven't read the previous ones yet, i do NOT advise you to continue. You will be confused.

EMIL'S POV

"We should tell your brother" Denmark said. My eyes widened at that. "I'd rather not" I finally said. "Why not?" "I don't want him mad with Feli." There was an awkward pause as we thought about a certain possibility.

"Wait...does he...?" Denmark stuttered, as if halfway into thought. "Does who what?" I asked. "Does that merman have a crush on Norge!?" He blurted. At first, I thought I was the only one who thought that. It was kind of obvious though. We entered a face paced conversation, starting with me:

"OH GOOD GODS I HOPE NOT"

"I THINK HE DOES! THERE'S NO OTHER EXPLANATION. I mean, why would Feli be helping us? He hates you, doesn't care about me, so it has to do with Lulu!"

"I know my brother has always had a thing with mythical beings, but seriously!? He's only my brother and Belarus' husband. To nobody else does he belong!"

"I don't think we can control that merman. We need to tell Norway"

"I really don't want to, but if you think we should..."

"He has a right to know"

"I guess so..."

We stood up and walked along the beach, looking for my brother. He could be anywhere, but the place we assumed he'd be was right.

LUKAS' POV

I was sitting comfortably inside the shack, looking up at how the light of the sun shone through the palm leaves. It was stunningly beautiful. However, the enjoyment was cut short when the other two entered the shack.

"Norway! We need to tell you something!" Denmark said as he tried to capture his breath. They had either been walking for a long time or sprinting. "Yeah? What is it?" I asked as I sat up straight. "I think...I think that the merman has a crush on you" He finally managed to say. I arched a brow, putting on a very serious yet somewhat confused look. "Oh, really now?"

Denmark and Iceland both nodded frantically. "Ja! I think that's why he's been doing stuff for us." The Dane uttered. I didn't really know exactly how to respond. It sounded logical, but could a merman possibly love me? We were of a different species, and both male. But I don't think the gender part was an issue, as I once read that Mermen and Mermaids alike could switch gender if they wanted to.

"What should I do if its true?" I finally asked. Both Iceland and Denmark shrugged. "I have no idea, but if you reject him, he might send mermaids to eat us." The Dane said. I knew that was a total possibility. It was no doubt a trap.

"Do you think he'll be mad because I told you?" Denmark asked. I shook my head and assured him that it would be alright if we simply didn't talk about it. He then asked me what I would do if Feli told me his true feelings. I had to think about an answer for a moment.

"Stay calm, for sure. And as for what I would say, well, I guess that depends on how he words it." I said after a long pause. "Okay, Norge. I trust your judgment. But you should be careful as to what you say. He may drown you if he doesn't like it" Denmark said. For once he was actually saying something sensible. Well, that I heard anyway.

I told him that I would be very choosy with my words. I had found out the right things to say in previous endeavors, so what was the difference now? "I hope we get rescued before then..." Denmark sighed. It was obvious he was probably about to cry. "I wouldn't count on it." I said as I gave his shoulder a little rub. I may not like Denmark, but I hate it when he cries.

When I looked over to the ocean, I saw Feli's head in the water. He was probably too far away to hear anything we had discussed, but I wouldn't discount any possibilities. "So what should we do now?" Denmark whispered. I shook my head as a sign that I didn't know. "I won't talk about what we discussed unless it comes up. But I am thirsty. We could boil the seawater, but we don't have a pan" I reasoned, "However, there could be a spring somewhere in the forest."

That seemed logical, didn't it? "Do you think Feli would know? Or should we just go look for ourselves?" The Dane asked. I told him that him and Ice should go look. I'd stay at the shack just in case something happened. It seemed safer that way.

MATHIAS' POV

Alright, so me and my little Icey buddy are gonna go look for a source of fresh water. "Let's go Ice!" I shouted as I ran toward the forested area. Ice was a bit slow, as always, but managed to keep up. To make it safer when we went into the forest though, I held onto his little hand so we wouldn't depart. There was no way I was gonna lose my buddy.

There were so many cool things in here! Fresh fruits were growin' on the trees, little animals and bugs made it crawl with life. It looked like a vine, but I could swear I saw a snake in there somewhere too. "This is fun" Ice commented. "Yeah, sure is!" I said with a big Danish smile. "And creepy" he added.

"Creepy? How so?" I asked, my smile still evident, but not nearly as much. He looked up at me with worry in his big light blue eyes. "If mermaids are what lives in the water, what do you think may live on the land?" He asked. When we went into the forest to get the fruit before, no weird creature crossed our path. Then again, we never went as deep into the trees as we did now.

"There's probably just wolves, or snakes!" I said in attempt to lighten him up. Why does he always have to look for the worst? "H-How about cecaelias? Or wendigos?!" He asked, his voice raising a considerable volume. Just the mere thought of those things! Slimy tentacles or...or huge claws and a face—no offense –worse that Norway's troll!? Why would my Icey buddy believe such things lived here?

I assured him that there would be no such thing in these woods. If there was, they would for sure have attacked us already. That eased Iceland, but he was still persistent. "What if they just jump out of nowhere and surprise us?" He asked. I didn't know what to say to that. "Well I at least know that no wendigo is going to get us. They live in the mountain"

"Says who?"

"Says mythology."

"They could if they wanted to! My brother said so!"

"Norway did? Dang..."

"He saw one face to face and told me just how ugly it was!"

"Wait he saw a wendigo and lived? HOW!?"

"Ask him!"

"I will when we get back"

"What about cecaelias?"

I didn't have any clue on what to say to that. They may be here, they may not. All I know is that I didn't like them, Ice didn't like them, Mermaids probably didn't like them, and Norgie was terrified of them for reasons that are probably worthy of having their own story for.

We started discussing about cecaelias. They had eight long tentacles, long nails, and sharp teeth. Okay. Maybe these are just a little bit past the "I don't like them" point. To make matters worse, Icey started telling me about a video he saw of one. He said that they crawl really fast on the land and it looks creepy when they do so. I started trying to imagine it and the thoughts were giving me chills.

"Well we still need water!" I said as I snapped out of my thoughts. "I know. Talking just helps pass the time." Icey said with a sigh. After a while, we spotted just what we needed! A spring of water. We walked over to it and tasted the water. Very clean and perfect for drinking. We took all we wanted then filled up the water pouches we carried on our belts with the clean and clear liquid.

Ice was bent down, looking into the water as he filled his pouch. He didn't notice when a tentacle grabbed my wrist. Was it...a cecaelia? I heard they come to wherever their name is mentioned, but goodness. I let out a high pitched squeak of surprise and Iceland only laughed. "You're so funny" He said with a smile. "I'M NOT FUNNY! RUN RUN RUN!" I commanded.

He then looked up and twisted the lid on his water jug. A look of horror fell over his face as he looked at the cecaelia behind me. He couldn't move for a moment, but then sped off. He ran faster than id ever seen.

3RD PERSON POV

Meanwhile, back at the beach, Feli and Lukas were having their own little chat. "Hey, Lukas!" Feli called from the water. Lukas came to the waters edge and put his feet in the cold, but nice, ocean water. "I need to tell you something" Feli said. Lukas was for sure it was going to be a love confession, but was surprised when it was simply a warning about cecaelias living in the forest.

"Well, it's silly really, but there may be a cecaelia out there" Feli said. He knew all the creatures of the island, so Lukas trusted the merman's judgment. "Yes? Continue" Lukas urged. Feli did as asked, and continued, "The first spring you see? She likes to hang around there a lot. She could be attacking your brother and the whale m—erm, Mathias, right now."

"Should I go see or...?" Lukas began to ask, but was cut off by Emil screaming. "Denmark is tentacled!" He shouted. Feli knew that his judgment was correct and the cecaelias had gotten hold of Mathias, but he asked "What? Denmark grew tentacles?" as a tease. Emil huffed both from annoyance and from running. "No no no no, he's being attacked by tentacles!" He clarified.

Feli could care less about Mathias, but he knew that if he didn't do something about it, Lukas may not like him anymore. He walked out onto the land, wearing dolphin printed underwear. "You can get legs?" Emil asked confusedly. Feli nodded and smiled. "Yeah. High level merman. And these shorts? Stole them off a dead sailor's hind end" he said, then winked. Emil and Lukas looked somewhat disgusted, but they had to save the Dane.

With Feli leading, they ran to the spring. The sight they then laid eyes on was both surprising and comical. Two cecaelias were tossing Mathias back and forth like a beach ball. "Hey, you two, stop that!" Feli commanded to them. The older one— well, her height made her look older anyway— looked over at the shouting merman.

She had long brown hair with odd looking light and dark eyes, which were colored the same as her hair. Her tentacles were bright red and surprisingly long for her size, which was about six ft. from the waist up. "Hmm? Why should I?" She asked with a sly tone. "Because! I am a merman and you want to be in my favor, right?" Feli replied.

It was a fact that all cecaelias liked mermaids, but not all mermaids liked cecaelias. The two octopus looking beings glanced at each other then back at Feli. With those legs, they didn't think he was a mermaid, but after some consideration, they decided he was telling the truth. "With legs, you look just like one of these other creatures" The older cecaelia said as she gently put Mathias down.

"We're called humans, you jerks!" Emil retaliated. The cecaelias giggled at him. Mathias was badly hurt, but it was nothing Feli couldn't heal. "You ugly wenches! Always thinking you can do whatever you want because you have more limbs! It sickens me" He said as he healed the Dane.

"We pretty much can if we want to." The younger cecaelia said with a smirk. Her eyes were bright green and her silver hair cascaded down her shoulders. "NO YOU CAN'T!" Emil shouted after taking in her beauty for a moment. The elder cecaelia bent close to his face and frowned. "You have a big mouth, you know that right?" She said in a degrading way. Emil shivered in fear. A huge octopus lady was inches from his face.

Feli pushed Emil back and stood in front. He knew the ladies wouldn't hurt him, so he served as a good shield. From behind, Lukas lifted his voice and asked the cecaelias what their names were. "Melissa" said the younger one while the elder said that her name was "Kaley".

"Easy enough to remember, right?" Kaley asked. "Nah, I'll forget it in five minutes" Emil said sarcastically. Feli smirked a little, but tried not to let Emil know that he actually liked what he said. Allowing the merman to do the talking, Emil and Lukas took a seat by the slowly recovering Mathias and watched.

Feli commanded that the cecaelias leave them alone, but as you may imagine, the half-octopus beings didn't want to do that. They both made fake pouty faces. "You are crude and boring things! Leave my sight!" Feli said to them. They paused for a moment before sinister smiles crept across their face. It was as if they had both gotten the same devilish idea at the same time.

"You know sister, he is in human form, so we could take him by force" Melissa cooed to Kaley. "We can. He does seem like an easy target" Kaley replied as she glanced at Feli with a dark expression. His eyes widened. "Okay, you guys have to run!" He commanded to the others.

Emil ran swiftly, but Mathias couldn't yet. Lukas tried to drag the Dane, but he proved to be too heavy for the Norwegian to handle. Nonetheless, he kept trying. Kaley gripped Feli firmly in her tentacles. "You two aren't worth my time! Let go!" Feli fussed. "Not a chance" Melissa cooed.

The cecaelias bent toward eachother and whispered into one another's ear. "What should we do first?" Kaley asked. "Lets try to convince him to stay here so we can torture his friends" Melissa said back quietly. They pulled away from eachother and looked down at Feli with twisted grins.

"We could feed him yummy treats" Kaley insisted. Feli only squirmed and continued to tell them to let go. They didn't listen, as you might have already guessed. "But why don't you let us love on you? You'll like it" Melissa said. Feli growled. "I love someone else!" He called. That was the wrong thing to say, but he was desperate.

Melissa smiled widely. "Tell us who it is" She commanded. "N-No!" Feli responded, looking more nervous than anything. "Tell us and we will let you go" Kaley reasoned. Since he had no other choice but to spill the beans, Feli told them the honest truth. "F-Fine. Its Lukas" He sighed. "You mean that cute blondie you came over here with?" Kaley asked. Feli nodded in defeat.

Lukas, having overheard the whole conversation, was quite interested to find out that Feli did in fact love him. The only issue was that he was afraid he didn't love Feli in the same way. Would he have to confess that? Hopefully not, but he knew it probably would have to happen sooner or later.

"So we can play with him too?" Melissa asked, sending Lukas a menacing look. "But you said you'd let me go!" Feli said with a tone of anger. "Yes, we did. But we never said we wouldn't get you again" Kaley said evilly. Feli called them she-devils and slapped them wherever he could. They were unaffected by his little hissy fit.

"We can play with you both like dolls" Melissa said. She smiled brightly at the thought. Feli was very upset now and squirmed more. He made very clear the fact that he was a higher class. "Oh, he's got sass!" Kaley teased.

The cecaelias finally decided to go ahead and 'play' with Feli. It started with Melissa tickling him as Kaley held him firmly. He fussed and squirmed, managing not to laugh. "Laugh for us! It's so fun to hear a merman laugh!" Kaley said, tickling even more. Feli couldn't hold it in and started to laugh uncontrollably.

The cecaelias fawned over how cute he was, which actually angered him. He tried to look serious and tell them to stop, but they ceased not. "We will not stop until you shed tears" Melissa said as she tickled all his hotspots.

After a while, she suggested they take him under the water. "He's a merman, so that wont do much good" Kaley said with a frown. Nonetheless, they walked—or rather, crawled —to the water. They stayed right at the waters edge, which angered Feli. He knew that if he could touch the water and get his fin back, the cecaelias wouldn't be able to detain him.

The water was so close. Inches away in fact. It was torture at its finest. Having something you needed close by, yet far away. "I love it when people try so hard to get away from something they will never escape" Kaley said teasingly. "Lets go underwater now!" Melissa said. Feli begged them not to. After thinking things over, he decided that turning back into a mermaid was not a good idea. He wouldn't be able to go back onto the land for hours, and he needed to make sure that the three sailors remained safe from other mermaids.

Despite all his efforts, Kaley let him drop into the water. After he turned back into a merman, he swam into a secret passage. "Where did he go?" Melissa asked. Kaley shrugged. They were both too big to fit into mermaid secret routes, so they didn't have a clue where they were located.

"So what now?" Melissa asked, kind of sad that they had lost their merman. "We can play with his crush" Kaley replied with an evil smirk on her face. Melissa really wanted to play with a merman, so she looked disappointed. "Smiles or we aren't doing anything" Kaley said. Melissa made a small smile. "Just a little bigger?" She smiled a bit bigger. "Much better. Now lets go!"