Sea Journey
Chapter 3 Past Trauma
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
The island of Motunui and it's people were living a peaceful exist, but things started to go wrong in paradise. First their were the fish shortages. The fishers of the trip used to catch large abundances of fish for the tribe, but now they were catching fewer and fewer fish. The other issue were the crops and plants that were normally harvested. The fruits used to fresh and delicious when harvested, but now they were becoming rotten and disgusting. Not all the area where the crops were grown were affected, but it was becoming very concerning to the tribe. It was like Motunui itself had become poisoned.
Gramma Tala saw this as a omen saying that Te Kā's dark influence had caught up to Motunui and the tribe. Chief Tui, the son of Tala and the father of Moana dismissed these claims and signs as nothing more then simple bad luck, along with most of the tribe. Moana on the other hand felt there was truth with what Tala was saying. Chief Tui and the tribe met to discuss solutions to their problems and Moana suggested that the tribe's fishing boats should go past the reef that surrounded the island to try and catch more fish, but Chief Tui quickly dismissed the idea angrily saying no one was going past the reef.
This both angered and upset Moana who wondered what the big deal was. Moana's mother Sina told her daughter a story about Tui's youth explaining his decision and opinion on the ocean. When Tui had been Moana's age he found himself drawn to the seas and explore it. One night, Tui and his best friend took a canoe out into the ocean, and successfully crossed Motunui's barrier reef. Upon doing so, however, the two were struck by rough waves that destroyed their vessel. Tui survived the ordeal, but his best friend was lost to the sea, having drowned. Consumed by his heartache and guilt, Tui became aquaphobic, and vowed to never again disobey the ancient law of his ancestors. Tui didn't want to see anyone close to him or any of his fellow villagers suffer the same fate as his best friend.
The explanation stunned Moana and it did allow her to see where her father was coming from, but she still wanted to venture out and she believed by doing so, she could help both her people and her island. Moana shared these feelings with Tala who smiled fondly at her granddaughter's passion and spirit saying it would serve her well.
In the Mermaid Kingdom Chelsea was with her mother Nerissa going through a hall decorated with statues of past mermaid rulers. Nerissa was giving her daughter a little history lesson about the past rulers, before stopping in front of a statue of her mother, Queen Mersea.
"My mother, Queen Mersea was a brave and powerful ruler, but she was brought down due to be trusting." Said Nerissa.
"What happened?" Asked Chelsea.
"She was approached by Princess Agatha of the Kraken Kingdom, who said she wished to have my mother meet with the Kraken Queen to talk and establish peace between our two races and work together finding Maui, locating the heart, and returning it to Te Fiti to restore balance to the world. My mother agreed to the meeting." Said Nerissa.
"That sounds nice and well meaning." Said Chelsea.
"It does and my mother thought the same thing, but it was nothing more then lies to lure my mother, me, and several of our high ranked mermaids into a trap to end us." Said Nerissa.
"What do you mean?" Asked Chelsea not liking where this was going.
"We met the Kraken Queen, Agatha, and a few of the other remaining giant krakens at the time at a neutral area to discuss a peace treaty. As we talked my mother had set the Trident of Oceanus down. The Kraken Queen attempted to steal the trident and claim it's power for herself and the krakens. My mother managed to quickly get the trident and she and Kraken Queen fought over it, until the Kraken Queen smashed my mother's back into some sharp rocks and killed her!" Said Nerissa.
"No..." Said Chelsea in horror.
"I managed to race in and grab the trident and with it's power I managed to kill all the giant krakens present at the meeting, except for the Kraken Queen and Agatha who escaped. I made a vow that day, that I would avenge my mother and kill all krakens and that's the end of today's lesson. Tell me what you learned from this." Said Nerissa.
"Be careful with who you trust?" Asked Chelsea.
"Yes that and never ever trust a kraken. The only good kraken is a dead kraken." Said Nerissa.
"Yes...mother." Said Chelsea really not liking the last bit of the lesson.
Miles away on a island that Ruby called home, Ruby was sitting down to eat with her family in their hut. There was Ruby's parents Agatha and Arthur and her younger brother Sam.
Agatha was spindly and aquamarine-blue-skinned with cyan-blue eyes, dark purple eyelashes and eyebrows. The tentacles that severed as her hair were two-tone purple tentacle and kept in a top bun with bangs. Agatha had resembling pectoral fins and wore a brown crop top and skirt.
Arthur was a large and aquamarine-blue-skinned kraken with turquoise eyes and the front of his face resembling that of a beard made out of fins and scales. He had ears resembling pectoral fins and wore a straw hat and a brown lavalava.
Sam was short with light aquamarine skin, dark-blue eye-length tentacle hair and turquoise eyes. He wore a brown and red lavalava.
The family enjoyed their meal together and afterwards Ruby decided to ask her mother what the big issue between her and Grandmamah. Agatha first tried to steer away from the issue, but Ruby persisted, until Agatha gave in and explained what the issue was.
"Before I was married, I tried to help make peace with the mermaids. I made it into the their territory and I reached out to Queen Mersea. I told her I wanted peace between our two races and we should stop fighting and work together to find the heart to bring balance to the world. She agreed and we worked out a meeting spot. My mother wasn't thrilled by the idea of making peace, but she agreed to the meeting. We met the Mersea, her daughter Nerissa, and a few other high ranked mermaids. We were accompanied by the other giant krakens and everything was going smoothly, until Grandmamah tried to steal the Trident of Oceanus. A fight ended up breaking out and Grandmamah killed Mersea! Nerissa was filled with rage as she took the trident and began killing the giant krakens! I managed to grab Grandmamah and escape, but the chance of peace were utterly ruin thanks to Grandmamah's ego and her hate towards the mermaids." Explained Agatha shivering at the bad memory.
"I didn't know." Said Ruby looking shocked and sad.
"After that I left the Kraken Kingdom and started a new life for myself and us. I was just done with all the fighting and Grandmamah." Said Agatha.
"You...think there's anyway to make peace with the mermaids after all that?" Asked Ruby.
"I don't know. Nerissa has it out for our people and I really can't blame her after what happened with her mother." Said Agatha.
Ruby didn't know how to respond. It sounded like a traumatic experience for both sides. Ruby wondered if there was any real chance of making peace with the mermaids or finding the heart to bring balance to the world. It had been a thousand years yet nothing had changed. It seemed like things were going to continue to be the same for another thousand years, but fate had something else in mind.
To be continued.