notes – Time for some headcanon? Ages: Blue/Green (18), Crystal (16), Sapphire/Ruby (15), Platina (14), and any other corresponding protags that appear later will be the same age. Ruby's the King because he acts like one most of the time in canon anyways, and he's the only male heir that wants to be king. He's been betrothed to Sapphire since they were 6 years old. One day she just tumbled into the palace garden and played with the siblings and Ruby told his parents that he liked her.
So Sapphire still gets to be Blue's sister (in-law) and Ruby's love interest. (Because I like franticshipping, ok? ;_;)
Golds or Tails
5. Under the Sea (ii)
"Yes?" Ruby replies.
"I thought we talked about this," Sapphire strains the patience in her voice, "about how Blue shouldn't keep going on these wild adventures. She'll get spotted by a human sooner or later."
"Already happened," Blue informs them, raising her hand helpfully.
Crystal's jaw drops. Platina has to multitask between calming down one sister and bodily restraining the other from strangling Blue. Ruby raises his eyebrows with a surprise that betrays neither anger nor distress, in every (shocking) essence, the calm composure of a regal king. He floats back onto his throne, a shade of aquamarine meant to complement his eyes and complexion, before setting his trident down and fiddling with the crown covering his forehead. A milotic rises out from behind the throne to rest her head on his lap.
"I… see," he says, stroking Mimi with a contemplative look on his face.
"Is that all you can say?" Sapphire shouts with exasperation. Blue really doesn't get what the big deal is about.
"I don't think he knew what I was, so you two can just relax," she dismisses the apparent crisis Sapphire and Crystal have kindled between their worrying expressions. "I saved his life, in fact!" Blue adds, priding herself with the act while strategically leaving out the part where she tried to loot his possessions.
"A boy?" Ruby comments, a finger on his temple.
"A handsome one too," Blue elaborates, easily ignoring the glares that Crystal throws at her.
"Don't tell me you– " the mermaid with the starfish earrings starts to say.
"Oh, don't mind me," Blue interjects with a chuckle. "I'll be on my way now, if there's nothing to discuss."
"Blue," Ruby calls her. The girl responds by turning and inclining her chin, if only because he's wearing the crown and because he's the only one left in the room who doesn't want to fillet her. At some point of the conversation, Platina had decided to wander off elsewhere.
"You are the oldest, so you should be given the right to do what you want," Ruby says, shrinking back into his throne when he makes eye contact with Sapphire. "But I don't think it's a good idea to go meddling with humans," he cautions.
"… Their jewelry, on the other hand, is fair game!" the king encourages with a thumbs up, eyes almost shimmering with prospect. "Fabulous, fabulous things, they make. I've been thinking about adding sequins to a cloak I'm sewing for dear Mimi here."
Sapphire lunges for him, her hands clawed. "It's a revolt!" Ruby yelps in terror, his milotic escaping instead of defending him. Crystal rushes to separate the two, if only to get a semblance of control over something.
Blue seizes the opportune chance to slip away unnoticed, which is a shame, really. She'd always enjoyed watching Ruby and Sapphire simultaneously brawl and flirt – it's always been their practiced hobby. Squirtle trails behind her, having hidden in his shell throughout the family politics. His tail quirks with understanding when he sees the path Blue is taking down the road, taking the backstreets out of the city.
The turtle starts when he feels someone brush past him and tap Blue on the shoulder.
"Blue!" Her brother sidles up to her, an eager grin on his face.
"Yes, Gold?" she entertains him with the briefest glance, before examining her nails with disinterest. The younger sibling had always been the troublemaker of the family, with his constant habit of chasing fins and wooing the female citizens of the city. The two acknowledged blood relation only on the account that they were the life of the parties – it wasn't hard, what with the rest of the siblings being royal joy-killers. This discounted Ruby, of course, who declined anything that could jeopardize his dignified kingly status.
"I couldn't help but overhear you, heck the whole city couldn't help it, so I was thinking, why don't we trade some info?" He swims next to her, batting her hands out of the way and receiving a questioning look from the mermaid. She maneuvers herself around him and continues down the increasingly dense route on the outskirts of the city, filled with sea urchins and overgrown seaweed.
"What can you give to me that I don't already have?" Blue swims through a curtain of seaweed, not bothering to hold it back for Gold, who is momentarily blinded. Squirtle has to help him untangle himself from the merciless plants.
The mermaid dives into a dark opening in between some unwelcoming rocky trenches, and Gold follows, undaunted – more driven by his severe disregard for rational thought, than by anything like fear or reluctance.
Blue emerges in her grotto and baths in the glow of the shelves stacked to the brim with gold coins. There are necklaces of fake and genuine pearls, shimmering jewels, along with a large mirror propped up in the middle of the hideaway, all her stolen treasures.
"Cool stash. Doesn't look like you've added anything new though," Gold observes once he's wriggled through the tunnel. One hand fixes the goggles he wears on his head down over his eyes as the sun shines through a crevice in the ceiling. The light illuminates the hideout, and Blue just breaths everything in with utter content.
"I'm thinking about adding a glass pendant and a diamond ring to the mix," she tells him, twirling in circles at the thought. Squirtle makes fidgety movements on the floor, trying to seem preoccupied with a broken music box.
"Right, I totally get you, y'know?" Gold flicks his tail to catch her attention. Blue settles on an armchair located under the shelves. It has faded from its prime, but is still every bit as comfy, and the girl nods her head at her brother, interested to see what the merboy will cook up to say.
"You want to hook up with that human, and I just want to hook onto anything remotely female, we're in the same fishbowl," he explains with intense seriousness. Blue stifles a laugh.
"You tell me a few of your girlfriend's numbers, and I give you the D.L. about this magical sea witch I've been hearing about on the streets," Gold propositions. The mermaid sits up from the chair immediately, her hands gripping the armrests and her attention found. "I've heard that she's helped tons of people solve their problems, but the price ain't cheap," the boy carries on, determined to convince her, "so maybe, you know, you could con her into helping you?"
"It is what I do best," Blue agrees, nodding her head.
Suddenly, in a burst of dust and rubble, a feraligatr emerges from the initially tiny doorway, chunks of rock crushed in his jaws. Crystal swims out from behind him with Sapphire and another boy in tow. Upon catching the red of his hair, Gold yells out in protest.
"Silver! I thought I said leave me alone!"
"Yeah, and you thought I was actually going to listen?" the boy replies, shaking his head.
"Well – … that's true."
"How did you find me?" Blue panics, grabbing Squirtle's shell in one hand and climbing up the grotto.
"It was easy, what with Gold's tail," Sapphire pipes up. Blue glares daggers at Gold, who just shrugs his shoulders and consoles her by saying," Can't help it if my tail's awesome and shiny."
The mermaid harrumphs, before disappearing out of the hole at the top of the grotto without any delay.
"Wait – Blue? What about my numbers?" Gold gasps, betrayed.
"How could you, Gold?" Crystal chews her lip. "There's no telling what the witch will do with Blue," the mermaid frowns, almost fearful. "Why do you think we've never told Blue about her? Who knows what havoc those two could cause if they got acquainted!" Crystal shudders. Silver gives her a comforting pat while Gold hears her speaking but doesn't exactly listen. He takes off his goggles to check out Sapphire's tail, a wide smile on his face.
Crystal doesn't stay for long, propelling herself ahead to catch up with Blue, and Gold doesn't stay conscious for long, receiving a throttling from Sapphire, who catches him staring below her neckline.
"Why do I have to be related to this… thing," Silver mutters, a hand on his face. Sapphire looks on with a sympathetic smile, giving him a slap on the back in hopes of cheering him up. She makes a noise when she feels someone grabbing onto her tail fin.
"I think I need mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, Sapphire," Gold mutters feebly from his spot on the ground.
Silver considers the sharp-looking rock on the ground.
notes –
And with that, we have the seven siblings of the sea, just like the original Disney movie with Ariel and her sisters! Gold, Silver and Crys are triplets.