Chapter 3: New Home

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Jenny and Charlie arrived at the big blue. The couple looked around, seeing the new place that they were in.

Jenny had a nervous look in her eyes. Charlie noticed and grasped his wife's fin gently. His wife looked at him and smiled softly. She was really grateful that he was her husband. He was the funny, kind, sweet, and wise fish he was. And she could never ask for a better husband than him.

The female took a deep breath as she looked around the kelp forest. Her magenta eyes then casted on her husband. "Should we start searching for her?"

"Yes, we should," he replied.

Charlie looked around and saw a few fish near the kelp.

"We can ask them," he suggested.

"Okay," Jenny said as they went up to the fish.

"Hey, have you seen our daughter?" Charlie asked.

"She's a small fish that looks like us, and she has big, beautiful magenta eyes," Jenny explained.

One of the kelp fish swam closer to them. "Sorry, I haven't seen her. None of my friends haven't seen her either," she explained.

She looked at her two friends, who nodded.

Jenny frowned. "Oh, okay. Thank you."

The couple left, leaving the fish concerned for them.

Charlie looked at his wife, who now had a determined look on her face.

"We have to keep asking other fish. We can't give up on our daughter."

Charlie smiled. "Okay, let's do it."

Unfortunately, the fish that they had asked haven't seen Dory.

Jenny swam near the sand. She covered her eyes and cried. "Oh, it's hopeless! We'll never find her!"

Charlie swam up to her and stroked her dorsal fin gently. "Honey, we'll find her. It'll just take time."

Jenny looked up at him and hugged him tightly.

He smiled and hugged her back. Then, he yawned hugely. "We have to look for a new home."

"Yeah, but where?" Jenny asked.

Charlie looked around and saw an old tire on the sand. He swam up to it. "This looks like a good home."

Jenny looked at the tire, then all of the space around it. "I like this place. It has a lot of space and an old tire that we can sleep in. And-"

Her magenta eyes gazed down at the sand. She touched its soft and squishy texture with a yellow fin.

"I like sand. Sand is squishy."

Dory's voice appeared in her head. She truly missed her one and only daughter. And she could do anything to get her back.

Suddenly, she had an idea. She and Charlie knew that their beloved daughter loves shells.

Shells, she thought. She looked at her husband, who was looking around their new home.

"Charlie!" she exclaimed, swimming towards him.

"Honey? What is it?" he asked.

"Charlie, I have this idea! We can lay shells so Dory can follow them! We did it in the institute, and she followed them all by herself. I know that in her mind that she still remembers the shells."

Charlie grinned hugely at his wife. "Jenny, that's a great idea! We can lay out shells first thing in the morning."

"Great." Her mouth opened into a huge yawn.

"Let's get some sleep, dear." He guided Jenny to the tire. They went in and got themselves comfortable.

Jenny yawned again and cuddled next to Charlie. "Goodnight, honey." She kissed him affectionately on the cheek.

Charlie gave her a warm smile and kissed her back. "Goodnight, sweetie."

The female closed her eyes and went to sleep, still cuddling next to her husband.

Charlie closed his eyes as well. The ocean is a big change for him and Jenny, and they could not wait to see their daughter again.