Since the last time Sora had seen Riku, he had been very depressed.

He would spend his days in his room, just looking off into space.

On this particular day, Donald paid a visit to the merprince's room.

"…Sora..?"

The merman's eyes narrowed.

"Ah…never mind…"

An hour after Donald had left, Axel entered the room made his way toward the prince.

"Your highness. Sora." Axel cleared his throat nervously.

Sora rose from his bed.

"Can I help you?" he asked bitterly.

"If you would, just follow me." The crab swam out through the window.

Sora stayed where he was for a moment before he followed Axel out into the ocean.

After a few minutes of swimming, the crab told Sora to shut his eyes.

The merman did so and felt the crab pulling him inside a cove.

He knew where he was.

It was his own cove.

The one were all his findings of the world above stayed.

The two finally came to the center of the cove and Axel let go of the brunette's hair.

"You can open your eyes."

Sora's eyes flew open.

There in front of him was the most beautiful statue he had ever seen.

The one of the man he saved.

"Oh…Oh! Donald! Axel! What should I say? Oh thank you!"

It was probably the happiest moment in Sora's life.

He circled the statue over and over again.

But eventually his smile faded.

"If only I could be with him…"

Donald sat next to Sora.

"But…if your father ever knew-"

"KNEW!? KNEW!!" The king stormed into the cove, followed by a teeny fish.

Apparently the one who had told the King about his son.

"You!" Sephiroth pointed his trident straight at the prince, then at the statue.

"Daddy.." Sora pleaded with his eyes.

"Don't Daddy me! You're in love with a human! A MAN! How could you have let yourself go this far?! The kingdom will talk for centuries about this. The merprince, in love with a human boy!" Sephiroth scoffed.

"…You don't…you don't understand!" Sora was on the brim of tears.

"I don't understand!? I DON'T UNDERSTAND!? Well, how's THIS for understandment!?" The king let a mighty shot out from his trident and blew the head off the statue.

He then continued to destroy the rest of the room, leaving nothing intact.

Sephiroth left his son in tears.

END! Go to chapter five!!!