And now our beloved hero found himself in almost the eye of the hurricane. Because, you know, if he were in the eye already he wouldn't be capsized and gripping onto the side of his itty-bitty boat for dear life. Oh, and Mark, Mark was there too, also hanging onto the boat for dear life. Ah, good times.
Mark, being the college graduate he was, was being smart and trying to push the boat towards the eye (of course neither Denny nor Mark even knew were that was, so for all he knew [and that was a lot] they were floating away from the eye.) Even if they were going in the right direction, they weren't going very far very fast.
Of course-once again- Mark being the college graduate he was, was pushing them in the exact opposite direction, towards land (which was evidently closer). It also helped to be a son of Poseidon—Wait, wrong fandom. I meant: It helps to have mermaids as friends. What Denny didn't know was those two mermaids that Mark was friends with were also pushing the boat.
Well, being in the almost-eye of a hurricane does tend to make one mad, in order to shake off his madness, Denny thrust his head underwater. His eyes widened in surprise when someone looked back at him. A child-like pale white face with an amethyst eye right (Denny's right, to her it would be left) -the other eye was covered with her black hair (which was, oddly enough, silver at the roots) -stared back at him. From her waist down was a purple fish tale! A mermaid, but she wasn't the one Denny saw before. Denny gasped; of course, being underwater, his lungs and mouth filled with water.
Denny resurfaced, sputtering up water out of his lungs.
Mark look over to him, and said something along the lines of, "You OK?"
Of course not! I just gasped underwater and am now coughing out the contents of said water from my esophagus and respiratory tract!, Denny screamed in his head, apparently Denny is a very sophisticated man when he wants to be. When he was done coughing, or when he thought he was done, Denny took in a deep breath, and thrust his head underwater again. He opened his eyes (how they weren't burning is beyond me, Denny's just that used to it I suppose,) and looked at the purple mermaid in front of him. He looked to his left, nothing to his interest. And then to his right, the red mermaid! Her brown hair that wasn't held down by the red bandana on her head was floating around her. Her blue eyes shined with determination. Denny resurfaced for air. The strong winds of the hurricane forced his head to hit against the side of the boat, rendering him unconscious.
~*Totallycheesyno?*~
Denny regained consciousness, his eyes were half-opened and hurt like you'd never believe, and all of his muscles burned (though his forehead was the worst, he probably had a cold now.)
"-na doesn't know how to treat humans very well, she only did basics before she left." A female voice stated.
"I'll go get Dr. Trent then." A voice Denny recognized as Mark's replied to the first.
"That sounds good." The fist voice said; by the sounds of her tone she was being sarcastic.
Mark mumbled something like, "Push-over mermaid," and ran off.
Through his blurred vision, Denny saw the mermaid scowl (probably due to the "push-over" comment given by Mark), her face softened after a few seconds, then looked down at him. She cocked her head to the side and said to him, "Are you awake?"
Denny, unable to do much else, groaned in response.
The mermaid grinned apologetically, "Sorry, I guess the storm knocked you out pretty badly."
Denny made a vain attempt to sit up, the red-tailed mermaid frowned at him, and pushed him back down, "No," she said sternly, "You don't get up till Mark comes back."
"How do you now him?" Denny asked in a very raspy voice.
"I've known him for a long time now. Our families are close, always have been."
"Is Mark…?
"A merman? No, he's totally human…actually…" The mermaid tapped her chin, "His mother is my mother's sister, who's a mermaid…So he's half-human." The mermaid nodded her head, as if convincing herself that the statement was true, "He's my cousin."
Yay, no rival! Denny exclaimed in his head, "Your name?" He asked.
"Chelsea." The mermaid smiled, "And you're Denny!" She giggled.
"How did—"
"Mark." She replied.
Through a clearer, but still a bit blurred, vision Denny saw that Chelsea's expression dimmed, "I have to get going soon." She said lowly. She bent down, and kissed Denny's forehead.
Denny's eyes widened- which hurt, mind you, as his eyes were still very sore- he made an attempt to protest, which turned out as a high pitched squeak. Chelsea smiled at his sad attempt as she began to leave.
Eventually, Denny found the strength to get up, and run after her. Of course, the water slowed him down a considerable amount. He was able to grab her shoulder- which surprised Chelsea greatly- and spin her around the face him, considering she was floating in the water it was a very easy task. He then grabbed her waist and pulled her into a hug, which caused her to gasp in surprise.
For some reason or another, Denny begun to cry, "I'll get to see you again right?" Denny asked in a weak voice.
Chelsea- still completely surprised at how Denny was able to move so quickly- leaned away from Denny so as to look him in the eyes, and said, "Of course you will."
And then, you dare call it cliché and Denny will beat you to a pulp, they shared a kiss. A very short kiss however, as Mark came back with Dr. Trent and Vaughn (who just happen to hear that his best friend had been stuck in a hurricane and wanted to know what hell Denny was thinking) to make sure that Denny was OK and that wasn't going to dry drown or anything (of course Mark was going to have to go through the same examinations as Denny, as he was also in the hurricane, though he wasn't knocked out.)
They found our "hero" staring blankly at the ocean, his fingers touching his lips. His blank stare slowly twitched into a bright Denny Danny smile.
"Denny! Denny!" Lanna, who magically appeared when Denny was twitch-smiling, pulled at his arm, "You're going to get sick! Come on!" She began to pull him to shore. He didn't really struggle, as he was still dazed by the kiss.
He began to plan out the next meeting in his head. Mark looked at him questioningly, as to which Denny just smiled even brighter than before.
Done. Yes. Finally.
OK, just for precautions, this is the purple-tailed/black and silver-haired mermaid explanation:
She's my OC for Island of Happiness/Sunshine Islands, her name is Lina :3 (And don't give me Mary Sue carp [lol, get it? "Carp" Denny's a….never mind]). I've been planning on giving her a cameo in this story for a while now, so I threw her in there. Originally, she was created to be a love interest for Denny, but since this is a DennyxChelsea fic she's just there to be there :P. She also happens to be Vaughn's younger sister. Hence the silver roots (she likes to dye her hair so she won't be compared to Vaughn, which she hates very much.)
For some reason, I wish to make a sequel to this; where Chelsea (maybe even Lina) become human(s) and have to learn about the surface world, blah blah blah. (In which case Lina will probably be a love interest for Mark or Will instead of Denny.)
Just to answer the question that is floating in your head: Yes, Vaughn is Lina's older brother in this fic. Yes, Vaughn is a merman in disguise (or is he? You'll never know).
Thank you for read The Mermaid and the Fisherman. :3
Pretty please review? All reviews are accepted and appreciated. If you don't review I'll be sad. )':
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