Sea Journey
Chapter 2 Three Women
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
(Author's Note: Chelsea and Nerissa will be introduced in this chapter and they will be two separate characters.)
There was an island in the South Pacific called Motunui and it was home to a tribe of humans who had lived there for nearly a thousand years. The tribe were the descendants of voyagers who had settled on Motunui and had been living their even since. They lived off the vegetation of the island and caught fish from the sea. It was a simple and happy life and the tribe was content with it. The elders of the past had been weary of the sea and all the dangers lurking beneath it, so they had established a law that forbade anyone from crossing the island's barrier reef that surrounded it. The villagers obeyed this law and had no curiosity about what laid beyond their island home, all except one young teenage girl.
Moana Waialiki the daughter of the current chief of her tribe sat on a large rock and looked out at the ocean. She had a slender yet muscular build, brown eyes with thick eyebrows and eyelashes, full brownish-pink lips, and long, wavy, black hair she wore down. Moana wore clothes that were made from resources found on Motunui such as Tapa, Pandanus, leaves, feathers, and other natural resources. The outfit Moana currently wore was a crop top made out of red Tapa with a layered style accessorized with seashells along the perimeter. A red sash made from the same material that wrapped around her skirt made out of shredded Pandanas and layered Tapa, with a slit for mobility purposes.
Moana looked out at the sea and wondered what lies out there she had heard the old stories from her grandmother, Gramma Tala about Te Fiti, the mermaids, the krakens, and all the other creatures that dwelled out in the ocean. Many of the villagers believed that the stories were nothing more then legends, but Moana felt differently about them. She believed that they were real and she told Gramma Tala who smiled at her and told her she believed in the legends as well. Gramma Tala also told Moana that she had a desire to one day go out and explore the sea to adventure, like their ancestors of old.
Moana so baldy wanted to go out past the reef and explore, but her father had forbid it. She cast one last longing look at the ocean before standing up and headed back to the village.
Several miles under the sea there was a massive rock structure that resembled a mass of tentacles with lights that served as the kingdom and palace for the kraken people. There were two types of krakens the regular humanoid ones that were roughly the same size as humans that were male and females and the giant female krakens that served as royals and leaders.
One of the royals was currently making her way to the throne room to visit the current Queen. That royal's name was Ruby, she was sixteen years old, and the granddaughter of the Queen. Ruby was roughly 300 feet tall with glowing purple skin with small spots all around her body, 5 tentacles with 4 fingers (three of the tentacles served as legs, while the other two served as arms). She had purple eyes and long purple tentacle hair.
Ruby was one of the last giant krakens in the sea and was learning about her people's history and training to use her powers from her grandmother, who liked to be called Grandmamah. She would have tried to take lessons from her mother Agatha, but she had abandoned her post in the royals and had a feud and falling out with Grandmamah before Ruby's birth and the two hadn't spoken or seen each other since. Agatha had taken her husband and they had lived on dry land. Agatha had turned into her shrunken humanoid form and the family had remain on land, until Ruby was old enough to be told about her family heritage. Ruby had mixed feelings about her heritage of being both a giant kraken and being a princess. She wanted to know more about her heritage and Agatha didn't seem to want to talk about, but Ruby's uncle Brill who sometimes visited the family suggested Ruby go to the kraken kingdom and see Grandmamah.
Ruby did just that and Grandmamah was thrilled by her granddaughter coming to her to learn from her. Grandmamah believed Ruby had what it took to lead the krakens against the mermaids and other sea monsters and maybe find the heart of Te Fiti. Ruby wasn't really comfortable with those big expectations.
Ruby swam through the halls past the humanoid krakens who either wore no clothes or makeshift clothes made from seaweed and algae. They waved and greeted Ruby as she passed by. Ruby reached the throne room and was greeted by Grandmamah.
Grandmamah was a bigger kraken with glowing green skin, 8 tentacles (2 arms and 6 legs) with 4 fingers on each, shoulder pads, and long tentacle hair that stuck upwards. Around her head was a gold and green tiara.
"Ruby!" Said Grandmamah as she got up from her throne to embrace her granddaughter.
"Hey Grandmamah." Said Ruby as she returned the hug.
"You ready for another lesson?" Said Grandmamah as she stopped hugging Ruby and lead her to another chamber.
"I am." Said Ruby.
"Great. As I've already our people were created by the great Te Fiti and we protected the sea, the humans, and the heart of Te Fiti. All was good and we defeated many threats. It was a golden age, until that thieving demigod Maui with the aid of those no good mermaids stole the heart and brought ruin to us!" Said Grandmamah as she and Ruby entered a chamber filled with carvings and statues.
The statues were of various sea monsters and creatures. One statue was a monstrous looking muscular man with a hook that must have been Maui and another statue depicted three monstrous looking mermaids.
"But weren't the mermaids our allies who guarded the heart as well?" Asked Ruby.
"They were, until they aided Maui in stealing the heart, refused to take responsibility, and blamed our people for the theft. We've been at war with them and Te Kā's forces ever since as we searched for the heart." Said Grandmamah.
"Mom thinks the war with the mermaids was a bad idea. She said it's the reason why there are only three giant krakens left." Said Ruby.
"The war admittedly didn't go our way for a while, but that was only due to the Trident of Oceanus. The mermaids may have caught us by surprise, but we will beat them in the end and you will help lead us to that day and maybe your mother will join us to see it through." Said Grandmamah.
"I don't know if I want to go to war." Said Ruby.
"I know it's tough, but this is your calling. The ocean needs you to help restore balance. We can't let the mermaids win." Said Grandmamah.
"I hear...you, but there's got to be another way to end it." Said Ruby.
"Only the heart can fix all of this." Said Grandmamah pointing at some murals of mermaids and krakens fighting.
"I guess it could." Said Ruby.
After some lessons Ruby left the palace and headed to her island home. As she reached land Ruby began to shrink and change into her more humanoid form. Ruby aquamarine skin, dark blue shoulder-length tentacle hair, and vibrant turquoise eyes. She wore a green crop top made of seaweed and a Pandana skirt dyed purple from coral. Ruby cast one look at the sea and wondered what the future held for her before heading inland to her home.
In another part of the ocean there was a large rock formation that resembled several fish fins that served as the mermaid kingdom. Mermaids were roughly the same size as humans. Out in the courtyard, the mermaid princess, Chelsea was training with her trident as her mother the mermaid queen, Nerissa watched her. Chelsea was was sixteen with a tall, slender build, with beautiful fair-skinned, pale blue eyes, fluttery-like eyelashes, thin brown eyebrows, and long, silky, wavy knee-length red hair. She had a turquoise mermaid tail with dark orange spikes and fin tips and wore a blue crop top that exposed her midriff.
Nerissa looked a lot like her daughter, though she was older looking, her hair was shorter and less wavy and she wore a dark red crop top and a gold tiara on her head.
Chelsea's trident was gold and Nerissa's trident, which was the Trident of Oceanus was black metallic with green swirls running all along it. Chelsea didn't like the Trident of Oceanus, it gave her a weird vibe and was incredibly dangerous.
Chelsea practiced swimming around and practiced a few practice thrusts with her trident, before Nerissa signaled to some mermaid servants to to raise some hollow wooden dummies that were made to look like krakens.
"Take them out." Said Nerissa.
Chelsea fired a golden beam of energy from her trident that destroyed the targets. Nerissa was pleased.
"Very good. When next we battle with the krakens or any other sea monsters, you will be ready. We shall destroy the krakens and then we can focus on finding the heart and restoring balance." Said Nerissa.
"Cool, um don't you think it would be better for our people if we made peace with the krakens and searched for the heart together. I sure we could find it quicker if we workers together." Said Chelsea.
"Make peace and work together with the krakens? Don't be absurd Chelsea! The krakens are our enemy! They're the ones who aided that thief Maui who stole the heart and caused the chaos to begin with! The krakens refused to take responsibility for their actions and attacked us! We must destroy them at all cost to protect our people! Is that understood?" Said Nerissa getting into Chelsea's face as her trident glowed eerily.
"Yes...mother." Said Chelsea bowing her head.
"Good. I know it's tough, but this is for the best." Said Nerissa before turning around and swimming off.
Chelsea just sighed and decided to go out for a swim.
Little did any of the three women know was that their lives were going to take some interesting turns.
To be continued.