"Gee, how far is this tunnel Ecco?" said Coral beginning to get tired of the endless swimming.

"I don't know. I just went back through the waterfall Big Blue made. It can't be too much farther." Replied Ecco as he swam towards a plant shooting out air bubbles.

The tunnel was endless, nothing but drawings of dolphins praising at glyphs, humans building Atlantis, and many drawings of Delphinus. One picture of him with just one tail. Then another, more detailed picture of him with seven tails. He was a tad bigger than Ecco, but was more tinted blue, with a red streak mark around each tail. He also possessed the same markings as Ecco, which caught the attention of Coral.

"I wonder… nah. He can't be" said the dolphin a tad puzzled. Ecco and Aqua turned around to face her.

"Can't be what Coral?" said Ecco swimming towards her.

"Look at Delphinus. He has those same markings like you." answered the dolphin pointing her beak at the drawing. "I have a slight feeling he's related to you Ecco" said Coral trying to compare him to the mythological dolphin.

"Well Coral, I'm sorry to say, but we're not. Not even close. Some drawings have him with those markings, since he has his own constellation and all." said Ecco trying to explain the differences between the two dolphins.

As Aqua was listening to the two talking, he noticed a purple glow that was glowing brighter and brighter. He tried to swim towards it, but the light just stopped moving, and began to swim away. Aqua amused and determined to catch the glow darted after it, leaving Ecco and Coral alone, who surprisingly didn't even noticed him swimming away. As he was close to catch it, it made a right turn into a crack, causing him to bump his head.

"C'mon. I just want to see who or what you are." said Aqua calling to the trapped glow. He realized why the thing was swimming away in the first place. "no, I'm not going to eat you. Besides, I don't eat just one fish at a time." he continued.

"Well maybe you should, since your fat!" said the glow, that resembled a familiar voice.

"Shard? Is that you?" Aqua asked the glow, looking puzzled.

"No, it's Nemo! Of course it's me!" replied the large seahorse. He finally swam out to the whale with a smile. "Hey, you couldn't just leave me back there alone with all those hungry looking dolphins out there. Besides, I have a job to complete anyways." Shard concluded, as they went back to meet up with Ecco and Coral, who were looking for him.

"Hey guys! Look who decided to join us!" called out Aqua as the two dolphins came over to see their new friend. Shard wasn't afraid of any of the two, since he felt safe with Ecco.

"Where were you Shard? I thought you were coming with us." asked Ecco. Shard immediately answered.

"He I thought you knew the way, so I decided to take a load off at your home. It would've been great relaxing and eating your food until your friends got hungry. When they first saw me, they thought they were going to eat a seahorse smorgasbord." He tried and played it cool, but the other three just rolled their eyes and continued to the never-ending exit. Coral still impatient about the length of the swim swam over to Shard.

"You came through this way right Shard?" asked Coral who was hoping for an answer. Shard just shook his head, which made Coral disappointed and even more annoyed. She decided to speed up and as soon as she did this, she hit something in the middle of the tunnel. It was invisible, but when the other three caught up, Ecco shined Shards glow at the barrier, which revealed a large black door.

"I may have not came this way, but I do know what this door leads to…" said Shard as he was interrupted by the now-pleased Coral.

"The outside!" she squealed happily, and began to use the same song to open the door, which illuminated a massive bright light. It was true, it was the outside.

The foursome swam towards the exit and moved out to a large bay, which was crawling with sharks. They were all moving slowly, as they knew where they are. They wanted to stop by and say "hello" to Hammer and Crush the hammerhead brothers, in the Coral Reef. But this wasn't any reef. This was a dolphins adventure. The tunnel to Atlantis was actually a scenic route to which is known as…

The Perils of the Coral Reef!