Without a Pod [#underthesea2016]

Prolouge

"Oceana! Oceana, where are you?" said a kind sweet voice that was her mother called out. They were playing hide-n-swim in a nearby reef while the rest of the pod was hunting for food. Oceana was hiding behind a coral shelf near the home of an octopus. The little mermaid always enjoyed playing around and she was still considered a calf until she was 14.

"Mother I'm in the coral but you still can't find me," she giggled.

"Hmmm, now where could my little mermaid be?" Oceana giggled, giving away her location. "I found you!" Her mother tickled her mercilessly and Oceana was laughing, almost hysterically.

"Marina! Marina take Oceana, find a new pod and escape. The Sirens have been spotted. They will take her. GO!" Marina grabbed Oceana's hand and they began to swim as fast as they could, for Sirens were known to take the young females and raise them with dark magics.

"Where are we going?" asked little Oceana.

"Far away my calf. Your pod will fight to the last one before they get their fins on you." Still confused, Oceana obeyed her mother and went with her to an underwater cave.

"Welcome, sisters, to the Sirens' lair." a mermaid with an emerald tail and long ruby hair said, swimming slowly towards the pair.

"Venus leave her alone and you may have me seeing as you destroyed the rest of the pod already." Marina spat at the Siren.

"Too bad, we will simply keep her after we kill you."

"You will never get her."

"Oh, but we will she can't hide forever and bears the mark of the pod already if she were to go without you, they would surely kill her until she reaches age when she no longer can be subjected as a Siren, Marina."

Venus attacked Marina and all Oceana could remember, was red swirling around her mother's body as it sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

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A/N: The picture at the top is the reef they were playing in and the first chapter will be uploaded tomorrow my dear (imaginary) readers. Do not fret. I will update chapters whenever I can.

Love you lots😘,

Hannah {•-•}