Sea Journey
Chapter 4 Island Getaway
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
After hearing about the disastrous peace treaty fail from her mother, Ruby decided to see her grandma and get her side about what happened that day. Ruby desperately held up a tiny shred hope that Grandmamah had a reason for what she did other then hating mermaids and wanting the power of the Trident of Oceanus. She arrived at the palace and headed to the throne room, where Grandmamah. The Kraken Queen smiled at her granddaughter, but the smile vanished as she saw the serious expression on Ruby's face.
"Mom told me what you did at that peace treaty with the mermaids all those years. Please tell me you had some legitimate reason for doing what you did other then simply hating mermaids and desiring the power of the Trident of Oceanus." Said Ruby.
"Ruby what...I tried to back then was take the mermaid's most power weapon away from them so they couldn't pose such a threat to us. I knew they wouldn't just hand the trident over to us or get rid of it, so I had to take a change and try and take it to protect our people." Said Grandmamah.
"Yeah that didn't exactly work well for our people and your actions ruined any chance to make peace with the mermaids." Said Ruby with a bit of anger in her voice as she glared at Grandmamah.
"I...made a mistake and our people paid a price for it. But I promise you I will make it right and get that trident and put a end to the threat to our family and people." Said Grandmamah looking determined.
"Your solution is more violence? That'll just make things worse!" Said Ruby throwing her hands up before she turned away and swam away in a huff.
"Ruby!" Called Grandmamah after her granddaughter, but Ruby just ignored her.
Ruby swam away from the palace angry about the whole situation. Now she understood why her mother was still angry with grandma all these years. Grandmamah's solution to the problem she had created with her violent actions was more violence! That would just lead to more bloodshed and death between the krakens and mermaids! Ruby couldn't blame Nerissa and the mermaids for being made at the krakens after what Grandmamah had done. Ruby was mad to and she felt sorry for both the mermaids and her mother. Agatha had taken a great risk all those years ago to try to bring peace between the krakens and the mermaids only to have it ruined in front of her eyes and witness the deaths of her fellow giant krakens.
Ruby swam with no real destination in mind. She swam and swam, until she decided to surface and get some bearings on her surroundings. Ruby saw a small island and decided to head over to it and rest for a bit. As Ruby reached the shallows and shore she began to shrink down to her more humanoid form. Ruby was fully back to her humanoid form as she stepped onto the shore of the island and she walked a little ways before stopping to lay down on the beach to look up at the sky and rest and organize her thoughts.
Ruby wondered if she should try and seek out the mermaid kingdom and see if she could try and reason with the mermaids and get them to agree to another peace treaty, but she really didn't know which direction the mermaid kingdom and she also didn't know if Nerissa or any of the mermaids would listen to her. Nerissa would more then likely just blast the granddaughter of the kraken responsible for her mother's death then listen to her or have Ruby captured and used as bait to lure the krakens into a trap. Ruby just let out a sad sigh. Peace seemed like nothing but a dream. Ruby just laid on the beach for awhile enjoying the sound of the tide. The island was really peaceful and it was a nice little getaway from the troubles of Ruby's home life.
After a while Ruby got up and headed back into the ocean making a mental note of the island's location as she changed back into her giant kraken form and swam off.
Elsewhere Chelsea was out for a swim and like Ruby, she really didn't have a destination. She swam and swam, until she saw a island and it just happened to be the very same island that Ruby had visited. Chelsea swam to the island and, when her fins began to touch the shallows, she used her mermaid magic to change her mermaid tail into a pair of legs and now wore a sparkly-teal-blue Pandana skirt. The now human Chelsea adjusted to her legs and wiggled her toes in the sand before walking onto the beach. Chelsea walked a ways onto the beach, before taking a seat and laid down to look at the sky. The island was a peaceful place away from the troubles of home. No training. No talk of war. Just a nice comfy island getaway.
Chelsea laid on the beach and wondered if she should try to seek the kraken kingdom and try to make peace with the krakens. There was a good chance the Kraken Queen would try to kill Chelsea or trap her and use her as bait for the mermaids. Chelsea just sighed sadly as she sat up and threw a couple of pebble at the water watching them skip across a few times for sinking into the sea.
"I wish I could just meet a kraken and talk to them. Maybe we could be friends and find a way to bring peace between our people." Said Chelsea to herself.
A little bit later Chelsea headed back into the sea and changed her legs back into a mermaid tail. She made a mental note of the island's location before swimming off. Unaware that her wish would come true the next time she visited the island.
To be continued.