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I was sitting on the railing of the ship while it was making port. I swung my legs back and forth, happily as I soaked up the sun and took a bite of a nice juicy apple.

"YOOOHOOO EXCUSE ME LITTLE MISS" this squeaky voice shouted up at me. My legs stopped swinging as I looked for the voice that was directing itself at me.
"Dory what are you doing, that is a human" another voice said.

"She may have directions" the squeaky one answered.
"She may eat us" the other voice retorted.
"What is it with men and asking for directions" this conversation went on behind me. I turned my head slightly and looked down to find this Blue Tang and a Clownfish conversing with each other in the water down below.
"ANYWAY HIS SON BINGO-" the Blue tang started to say, as she looked back up at me.
"Nemo" the clownish corrected her.

"NEMO IS LOST AND WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU HAPPENED TO HAVE SEEN HIM" I tried to hold back the smile forming on my face as I shook my head at the little fish.

"THANK YOU THEN! See she was nice" the blue tang said as she nudged the clown fish.
"You were right but listen to me when I tell you, no more talking to humans"

"We just talked to a human?" the blue tang asked. I laughed at the strange exchange that had just occurred between the duo and I. I turned my back around and saw Killian right in front of me, making me jump a bit, almost causing me to fall off the boat, luckily he caught me.
"What were you doing?" he asked looking over the side of the ship, to see what I had been looking at.
"Talking to fish" I somehow managed to tell him by puffing my cheeks out and trying to make my hands look like gills.

"Talking to the fish?" he asked. I nodded my head at him giving a look that said

"Yeah everyone does it"

"Well if you are done talking to the fish we just made port. So if you weren't to busy, I was wondering-"
I just nodded to interrupt him as an answer to his upcoming question.
"I didn't even finish that sentence" I just shrugged and smiled at him. I hopped off from the railing and started walking forward. He looked surprised at my suddenness and came towards me when I motioned for him to come along. We had been on board for a week now and mainly I had kept to myself and often tried to have conversations, with Flounder and Sebastian at night. They were following the ship along this whole time, so they could watch over me.

As I started walking I noticed that my shoes were practically falling apart with every step I took. I eventually gave up on the shoes and went around barefoot for the heck of it.

"Alright so what's your story?" Killian asked me once we had been walking for awhile. I looked at him and raised my eyebrow.
"I mean there must be some reason why you're here. Most random girls I meet that I offer the world too, run away screaming once they see the hook" he joked. I gave him a look trying to mentally tell him

"It's a secret" He smirked at me.

"Well we've known each other almost a week. If we were in an arranged marriage we'd probably be married by now. So the last thing you could do is at least tell me something" I moved my hands around with a confused look on my face

"It's a long story"

"Time's one of the many things we have now. We'll be in port for several days and the oceans right out there for us to travel on. We are in no hurry" Just then a carriage passed by us and the back wheel went through a puddle by me and the water in it splashed up onto me. I spit out the murky water and wiped my face off. I didn't know how to react to that, part of me wanted to laugh for some reason. I turned towards Killian and motioned to my clothes.
"Mind if we get me some new clothes first?" He laughed as he slid off his coat and handed it to me. I gladly took it and wrapped it around me. It was very warm and made me feel happy for some reason. We walked several feet and came to this house where a family of four,possibly, had all of their laundry out to dry. There were several pairs of female clothing hanging on the line along with some boots sitting outside the front door. I quickly grabbed all of the clothes that looked my size. I felt bad for stealing, but I had nothing!

Oh god I'm going to have to remind myself to repay these people at some point in the future I thought. I looked at Killian and he looked at me.
"Is there something that you need?" he asked playfully. I held a finger up and spun it in a circle

"Turn Around" I smiled at him.
"You mean I don't get to watch you undress?" he joked as he turned around. I quickly ducked behind the empty house and changed into a pair of trousers, a white tunic, and slid on the boots. When I was done I threw my dress and old shoes on the line. If I was going to steal something I might as well give my victim something in return. I stuffed the rest of the clothes I had grabbed into a satchel that Killian was carrying.

"And I thought I was the cold hearted thieving pirate" he commented as we continued walking around the town. I smirked at him.

"Now what's say you and I get ourselves a drink?" he asked. I still hadn't got used to the concept of drinking things considering I used to breath water all the time. It felt weird just swallowing liquids. While we were walking I saw Killian grab something and I saw it was a sketcher's notebook with a quill attached to it.
"I'll have to get some ink, but you could try and communicate using this" he suggested.
"My book!" this old man said behind us.
"Keep walking" Killian advised. I stopped him. I reached into his pocket and found several coins.

"Be right back" I mouthed to him. I walked over to the old man and handed him the money. He looked at the book and then the money for a moment.
"Take it" he smiled. I nodded at him.
"I have a reputation to uphold Ariel, people don't usually fear men who pay back the people they steal from" Killian told me and then he grabbed a little bottle full of ink off a little market stand.

"Last thing I'm stealing" he sighed as he saw me give him a look.
"When you expected to travel with a pirate did you think we were going to help out the elderly together?" he asked. I just bit my lip as an answer. He opened the door to the tavern for me and I walked in. There weren't that many people there since it was still late afternoon.

"Now then" he started off.
"Before I tell you truth, you have to promise you won't tell anyone" I wrote onto my sketchpad.
"If I'm correct I'm your only friend, probably. Of course I will keep this secret of yours" I let out a sigh as I started writing down everything. When I was finished I handed him the book. He kept looking back and forth between the words I had written and me. Then he looked at my legs with this disbelieved look on his face.
"You are not a mermaid" he concluded.

"Correction I was. I am now human, for three years at least" I wrote as I rested my head on my hand.

"I'm quite flattered then" he smiled.
"Why would you be?" I asked.
"Obviously, I'm the reason you're here darling" he said sounding slightly cocky.

"No you're not. I wanted to see the world you just happen to be my acquaintance that goes on adventures with me"
"You think so little of me" he sighed jokingly as he copied my position with this adorable smile on his face.

"That does explain the talking to fish business though" he muttered
"Would you like to talk to some?"

"Fish?" I nodded.

Once it was nighttime. I took Killian to the side of the ship with me. I leaned over the edge and knocked on the side of the boat three times.
"Hey Ariel" Flounder said to me as he came above water. I waved to him.
"I have someone for you, too meet" I mouthed to him. I motioned, Killian over.
"Killian this is my friend Flounder" I wrote as I introduced the two of them.

"Erm hello, fish" He greeted him awkwardly. Flounder waved a fin at him with this sad smile on his face.

"ARIEL WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Sebastian asked and I saw him scuttling towards me, he must have climbed onto the ship somehow.

"And this is Sebastian"I wrote.
"OH don't you dare tell him my name. It's already hard keeping this a secret from your father, but now that I see you associating with a pirate with a hook for a hand, you are disgracing the entire royal family and-" I just flicked him off the boat since I didn't want to hear anymore of it.

"What was he saying. All I heard was a bunch of squeaks?" Killian asked smiling.
"He said he really likes you" I joked. He laughed at that and I felt my hand start to tingle and I don't know how I didn't notice it but our hands had intertwined. I frankly didn't want to mention it because I was enjoying it so much.
"What are you smiling at?" he asked noticing my smile, then he looked at our hands and immediately let go.
"Excuse me please" he smiled at me, but this time it didn't reach his eye. I watched as he stalked off towards his quarters without another word.

"Yeah he seems like a really great guy" Flounder chided making me realize he was still there. I glared at Flounder as a wind blew past me and I held Killian's coat closer to me.

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