The air was cool, and the sky was clear of any clouds. The sun was beaming onto Bean, Elfo, Luci, Miri, and Koga as they sat in the boat with their fishing lines cast into the ocean. Elfo and Miri were staring at their fishing lines to see If any colorful fish below would catch the bait. So far, nothing. Koga watched the water with his arms crossed, looking very impatient, as he tapped his finger on his right forearm. On the other hand, Bean was rambling about the current situation with his brother and Hilda.
"It's just not right," The Princess said, sounding conflicted and anxious. "It feels wrong keeping all of this from Hilda."
"Are you still talking about Tavish's love life?" Luci turned to Bean.
"It's technically cheating in a way," said Elfo. "He should've told her the truth right away. At least Hilda would've understood."
"The one thing I've known about Tavish while working at the castle is that he's book smart but not emotionally smart." Miri chimed in. "What do you think, Koga?"
"I don't," Koga replied.
"What's worse is that he lied to her!" Bean glides her hand through her white hair. "And I know now! And she's going to be mad at me!"
"Sounds like a recipe for heartbreak and disaster," said Luci. "Oooh, go ahead and tell her, and let's see how upset she gets!"
"Honestly, it's best just to let Tavish deal with this. I wouldn't even bother with it," said Miri, pulling up her fishing line from the water. "Ugh…Elfo, I told you candy was not going to work! Fish don't eat candy!" She picks the gummy bear off her hook.
"But everyone loves candy! It's all I know!" said Elfo, frowning. "And besides, Oona eats candy, and so does Derek."
"Yeah, but Oona eats a different kind of candy, Elfo. The kind of candy that sends her faaaaar away from reality," said Luci.
"I was just using one of Zog's old slippers," Bean pulled out her fishing rod. The hook had a blue, worn-out slipper attached to it.
Koga looks at the slipper. "Are you kidding me? You've been using that the whole time?"
"See…that's what's scaring all the fish away!" said Miri, vexed.
"Well, sorry! I didn't have any worms!"
"You should probably ask Luci for worms," Elfo snickered.
"I outta whack you in the face for even saying that," Luci narrowed his eyes at Elfo.
Koga would get to his feet, causing the boat to rock slightly. They all had their eyes on him, alarmed by the sudden movement. "This…is getting boring," He said, fed up. "All of this noise is not helping us catch anything!"
"Why don't we use Elfo as bait?" Luci suggested.
That's when Koga began to strip. Elfo, Luci, Miri, and Bean's eyes widened as Koga was buck-naked. Koga stretches his arm, pops his neck and back, and then dives head-first into the water. "Well…ok then…" said Luci. A fish suddenly shot up from the water and landed in the boat. It flopped around on the inside before it went limp. Then, one after another, fishes were shooting up from the water. Bean quickly grabbed the net before her and began catching them one after another. Luci was catching some with his tail, Miri with her hands, and fish landed on Elfo's face as he failed to catch some of them. One of the fish slapped Elfo in the face with their fins. The fishes ranged in size, medium and large. Koga caught fish from salmon, tuna, bluegills, and bass.
"Ok, Koga, that's eno—" Elfo was hit in the face by another fish. "Ok, I think we have—" The fish he held slaps him with his fin. "OK, THAT'S ENOUGH!" The green elf whaled.
Koga pokes his head above water. He stared at them with a fish in his mouth. He removed the fish and asked. "Too much?"
"Yeah…I think we have enough…" Bean replied, staring at all of the fish that occupied the boat.
"Now THAT'S how you fish," Koga said proudly.
Bean rolled her eyes. "Oh please, that wasn't all that impressive,"
"Considering that he caught," Elfo counted the fish. "Twenty whole fish in a matter of seconds is pretty impressive."
"I caught more than that when I was little. I used to fish the same way!" said Bean. "I caught, like, forty fish!"
"I can believe that," said Koga. "With those chompers, you can catch anything!"
Elfo, Luci, and Miri snickered at the comment. Bean frowned at Koga and folded her arms. "I can catch more fish than you,"
"Ooooooooooh!" Elfo, Luci, and Miri said together.
Koga grinned. "Is that a challenge, princess?"
Bean smirked. Elfo's jaw dropped as he watched Bean remove her shirt, pants, and boots and dive into the water. Bean emerges from the bottom. "If I catch more fish than you, you buy me drinks for a month!"
"A month?!" said Koga, stunned. "Hmm…fine. But if I win, you'll have to go a whole month without drinking!"
"WHAT?!" Bean gasped.
"Uh oh," said Miri.
"This is going to be good," Luci rubbed his hands deviously.
Bean thought about it for a moment. But, she would agree to the bet. "Fine, it's a deal."
"Great, now I'm going to smell like wet fish all day…" Elfo sighed.
"You smell like that all the time," Luci replied.
Miri stands up and holds up her arm. "Ready…set…GO!" she brings her arm down, signaling them. Bean and Koga would sink to the bottom and begin swimming underwater. "Wait a second…how are we supposed to know who's catching the fish?" She looked at Elfo and Luci.
"Uh…good question…" Elfo rubs his chin.
The Princess and The Wanderer swam through the clear ocean waters. Fish of all kinds were swimming past them at a quick pace. Both Bean and Koga were grabbing fish coming their way and tossing it above water. Elfo, Luci, and Miri watched the fish emerge underwater and fall back in.
"They realize they're missing the boat, right?" Miri asked.
"I don't think they care," said Luci.
"Can you tell who's getting what?" Elfo turned to Luci.
"Nope..." Luci shook his head.
Bean had failed to grab some fish and turned around to look for more. She opened her mouth, and bubbles would rush out as Bean screamed when her eyes fell upon a shark swimming her way. Before the shark could do anything, Koga swam over and punched the shark in the face, stunning it. Koga looks over at Bean and the shark. He points his thumb at himself with a smirk. Bean shook her head no.
[Underwater Translation]
"I caught a shark! I get bonus points!" said Koga, gesturing to himself and the shark.
"NO WAY! Sharks don't count!" Bean shouts, placing her arms together, forming an X, and shaking her head.
"Sharks a fish! What the hell do you mean they don't count?!" Koga yelled.
"How in the hell am I supposed to catch a shark? That's not fair!" Bean frowned.
[End of Translation]
Bean placed her hand over her mouth and swam to the surface. When she reaches the top, she takes a deep breath of air. "Holy crap, that's the longest I've ever held my breath underwater." The princess looks over at the three on the boat.
"How many fish did I catch?"
"Ummm…" Miri looks at Elfo and Luci.
"None of the fish ever got into the boat," said Elfo.
"UGH! WHAT?" Bean groaned.
Emerging out of the water was the shark that Koga caught. Elfo, Luci, and Miri screamed as the shark landed in the boat, causing it to rock violently. Koga emerges from the water, letting out a shout of victory.
"Sharks count! I win!" Koga laughed.
"No, you didn't!" said Bean. "None of the fish we caught landed in the boat!"
"Really?" Koga looks over at the boat. "Well, the shark landed."
"It doesn't count!"
"Does too!"
"Umm, excuse me," said Elfo, standing up and glaring at Koga. "What in the hell are we going to do with this shark?"
"Eat it," said Koga.
"You gotta be kidding me," Elfo shook his head.
"I've never eaten a shark before. I wonder if the meat is extra juicy," said Luci.
"Yeah, you can count me out on this…" said Miri.
Koga looks smugly at Bean. "Ready to go a month without drinking?"
"Sharks. Don't. COUNT!" Bean shouted.
"DO TOO!" Koga shouted back.
"DO NOT—AHHHHH!" Bean lets out a scream as she is suddenly pulled underwater.
"Bean?" said Koga, looking around the water. "Come on, quit playing around."
Elfo looked around the water. A look of horror dawned on his face. "Bean? BEAN! Koga, I don't think she's kidding around!"
Koga dives underwater and sees Bean struggling to break free from a large blue with purple dots all over its body that consumed her whole waist. Bean continued to punch and punch at the fish to break free, but all she accomplished was sinking further into the fish's mouth. The wanderer swims after Bean. The fish eyes Koga and begins swimming away. Koga was swimming as fast as he could, catching up with the fish. He reached forward and grasped the fish by its fin. Koga repeatedly punches the fish in its side. The fish snatches its fin away and slaps Koga in the face twice before swimming off. "Son of a—" Koga swims after the fish in a rage. Yet again, Koga managed to catch up with the fish. This time, he grasped his arms around the fish's waist and tried squeezing Bean out of its mouth. But he, the giant fish, and Bean got caught in a huge net and hoisted out of the water.
"Oi, boy's! Look what we caught!" said the fisherman. "I think we got a mermaid!"
"What? Drop the load in the boat!" said the captain.
They hoisted the net over the boat and dropped the load on the deck. Both Bean and Koga laid flat on their stomachs on deck. Bean was still in the fish's mouth by the waist, and Koga groaned in annoyance.
"Is this really a mermaid?" One of the crewmates asked. "Her waist doesn't look sexy at all."
Bean lays up and coughs out the water. "UGH!" She coughed up a starfish. "Oh my god, that was horrible!"
"Hey, are you a mermaid?" The captain asked.
"No, I'm not a mermaid, you dumbass!" Bean snapped. She squirmed. "Someone get me out of this fish! It"
"Yeah, yeah, I hear you," said Koga. He gets to his feet, grabs Bean by her arms, and pulls her out of the fish. "Was it comfy?"
"Hell no," Bean gets to her feet and shivers. "God, that felt weird…"
"Ooooooooh," The crewmates and their captain gawked at Bean.
"Alright, you weirdo's, advert your eyes somewhere else," said Koga, standing before Bean. He looks over at a crewmate wearing a long jacket and snatches it off. "Thanks for donating the Dreamland castle. Your patronage is highly appreciated."
"Wait, she's Princess Tiabeanie of Dreamland? Oh my god…I saw her naked!" The captain panicked.
"Yeah, you and everyone else in Dreamland," said Koga, placing the jacket around Bean.
"Thanks," said Bean, smiling at Koga. "You don't need any clothes?"
"Nah, I like the breeze," The wanderer replied.
Bean looks down at the fish. "Soooo…technically, I caught that fish. So it's a draw!"
Koga shrugs. "I guess so. It was fun, though."
"Yeah, it was till I almost got eaten by a fish,"
"Your beauty attracts all sorts of things, doesn't it?"
"Oh, shut up," Bean playfully shoves Koga.
After convincing the captain that he wouldn't get beheaded, they took Bean and Koga back to the dreamland harbor, where they met with Elfo, Luci, and Miri. Koga eyed the boat and noticed that the shark he caught was missing.
"Hey! Where's the shark?" Koga asked.
"It woke up, flopped around our boat, and went back into the water," Miri explained.
"HAHAH!" Bean gleamed. "That means I win! WOHOO!" She shoots her arms into the air, and her jacket falls off, revealing her nude body.
"Oh my god," Elfo gasped. His eyes roll to the back of his head, and he passes out.
"NO WAY! You gotta be kidding me!" Koga yelled. "Goddamn it!"
"Hey, everyone! Drinks on Koga at the bar!" Bean called out to anyone who could hear. "TO THE BAR!" She dashes forward.
"WAIT A DAMN SECOND! I DIDN'T SAY I WOULD PAY FOR EVERYONE'S DRINKS! GET BACK HERE BEAN!" Koga shouted while chasing after Bean. Miri and Luci just watched as they ran through Dreamland naked.
"I'm going to bed," said Miri, walking off.
"I could use a free drink," said Luci. "Come on, you dumb Elf." The demon grabs Elfo by his foot and drags him down the road.
The talk of the town was, 'Did you see the naked knight chasing the naked princess down the road?'