𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑴𝒆 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒚𝒆 // 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒐 𝒙 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓

Ch.1

What a great day it was! (Y/N) was super excited to finally return to Isola di Conch, or Conch Island as its commonly called. Its close to Isola del Mare, only bigger and more interesting. She hadn't been there for a while due to the whole incident of her getting her tail harpooned and almost sliced off in the process.

Rubbing her claws together, she swam towards her home. But it wasn't an ordinary cave home like the rest of the sea monster's owned.

Instead, it was rather, a large human ship which had sunk many years ago and now her family Had made a home there. The large, gaping crater in the side of the ship was the entrance, long strips of kelp acting as a makeshift door. "Mama, Papa? You home?" (Y/N) asks, looking around for her parents.

(Y/N)'s mother swam towards her, holding a sea weed woven basket with a lid on. She handed it to her daughter. "Oh, (Y/N)! Ciao. Here, I got you some food for your little home on Conch Island. But for the love of pearl, please be careful. You took a harpoon to the tail when you weren't careful last time." Her mother floats behind her daughter, touching her daughter's tail as she ran her claws over the missing scales. "Do you need me to wrap it in kelp again?"

The young sea monster floats around to look up at her mother. "It's fine, Mama, thank you. I promise to be careful." (Y/N) gently held the basket in her hands, peeking through the lid to see neat cuts of salmon, cod and a variety of kelp and seaweed she could nibble on later. "Where's Papa at?" (Y/N) asks, tilting her head curiously as her fins slowly rose and fell in the water.

"That's my girl. But, Papa has just gone exploring so he can get dinner tonight. We're having fish, kelp and clam meat for dinner." Her Mama embraced her child as she explained, gently stroking her petal shaped hair with delicate claws. "Now go have fun, I'll see you later." (M/N) pulled away and kissed her child on the nose, proud her daughter was already so brave for her age.

(Y/N) gave her Mama one last hug before swimming out of her sunken ship house, holding her basket in her claws. Just as she was about to peak her head over the surface when she felt a tap on her shoulder.

Twirling around, she is face to face with the boy she'd almost bumped into earlier. The fins on the sides of his head rose in surprise at how quickly she turned around. "Oh, ciao! Can I help you, hm?" (Y/N) asks, smiling with her fangs.

Luca fiddles with his claws, looking down at his webbed feet as they swayed in the water. "Oh, um..my Mama and Papa said that you..go to the surface and I-I wanted to ask some questions. If that's okay with you." The blue and green sea monster extended his hand. "I'm Luca. Luca Paguro." His hand seems to recoil a little to see the female sea monster hold the basket between her talons.

(Y/N)'s head fins rise at the curiosity of the sea monster. Removing a hand from the basket, she gently embraces her hand in his and gives it a gentle shake, her (F/C) scales shimmering from how close they were to the waters surface which glittered in the sun. "I'm (Y/N) Brambilla. You may have heard of me as the rebellious girl, I'm sure." She chuckles softly when Luca nods sheepishly.

"That's what my Mama told me, I'm uh, sorry you have that reputation. Are you..going to the surface now?" Luca asks, holding his tail in his hands quietly. His dark amber eyes avert up and down, awaiting her answer.

(Y/N) nods her head with a smile, releasing Luca's hand. "Yep, I'm heading there right now. Do you want to come, Luca? I can show you a few human things and answer your questions then." She offers, gesturing a clawed finger up towards the water's surface which rippled quietly.

Luca's eyes widened and he clenched his hands into fists, shaking them excitedly. "Yes! Oh..uh..no. My parents would freak. But..I'm sure they won't mind if I'm gone for a few hours.." He seemed to be talking to himself at that point, but shook his head and nodded as his final answer. "Yes! I'd like to come with you, if that's okay."

(Y/N) recoiled a little at the boy's loud outburst, but smiled widely with her pointed teeth. "Of course. Come on, I'll show you my Island. Or I like to call it, Isola Di Conch."

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