Ocean Beauty

𓆝 Nineteen 𓆝

King Robert was absolutely furious at the message he'd received from his son. Swimming back and forth in a pacing motion. Celeste sat on her throne, holding her new born daughter close as she rocked her. The angry aura that her husband was admitting was upsetting the child to the point of crying hysterically.

"Will you calm down, you're upsetting Phoenix!" She snapped, her glare almost burning through him. He stopped his pacing, a deep frown on his face " how can I calm down when my son is being unreasonable! I swear by the gods of the sea if- WHEN he comes back he'll never see anything but the darkness of the dungeon!"

Celeste sighed as she stroked Phoenix's soft cheek, drowning out the king's tantrum over his son before clearing her throat. "I don't get what the big deal is, he's alive isn't he? That's all you should care about, not who he's found love with."

The kings eyes almost bulged out of his head at his wife's words. How can she say something so idiotic? "He belongs to the sea Celeste!" He yells, face red with anger "He's the prince, the one whose going to take the throne when I step down but he's decided to make rash decisions" he scoffed, hands gesturing so wildly it almost looked like he was directing an orchestra.

"You think I want to lock him away? Of course I don't, no father would! But he's young and naive and has no idea what he's doing and I will not rest until he is here where he belongs!" He states firmly, beginning to pace again.

Celeste sighed, staring down at her baby "so you'd rather he be miserable?" The king stopped pacing and sighed, swimming over to her and placing a soft hand on her cheek. She wanted to fight leaning into it but her body betrayed her, she loved him dearly after all. "Of course I don't want him to be miserable, he's my precious son who I love dearly, but I want my family right here safe and sound, not gallivanting around with those evil land walking demons."

He breathed heavily through his nose, slowly calming down his ragged breath so he wouldn't continue to upset his daughter. "What I'm doing will be the best for everyone, you'll see" he said, brushing his thumb across her cheek before placing a soft kiss there. Placing one on his child's forehead before swimming out of the throne room.

Celeste sighed holding Phoenix close to her as she went to her chambers. Carefully setting the sleeping baby down on the bed as to not jostle her. She smiled down at her, thoughts racing.

She wasn't understanding why her husband was so upset. Andy was completely fine, still breathing even Amarillo had said he looked happy and healthy. She was absolutely overjoyed to hear that and even more so that he'd found love.

When Andy was younger, he always talked about love and wondered what it would be like. Why she herself felt it for his grouchy father, which she could never not giggle at. He always looked so confused, she thought it was cute!

She misses the way they used to talk all night about anything and everything, how he'd blush if she asked if he found any of the other mermen or mermaids in the kingdom attractive. How he'd rant about all the mermaids and mermen from other kingdoms his father wished to betroth him to. Celeste loved that fiery spirit in him, the same one his mother had.

Oh how she missed her best friend, even if their situation was most unfortunate. Luna had always known her feelings for the young Prince that always visited their kingdom and although she was the one betrothed to him, she knew she'd never feel true love for him.

Celeste knew her plans to escape and she was quite weary of it. If only she'd tried harder to stop her, they'd all be living a much different life. One where even if everything had been fine between her and Luna, would not be eating away at her and drowning her in regret.

While she was lost in her thoughts, Phoenix had awoken, her bright blue eyes staring at her in curiosity. It was then that Celeste felt calm wash over her. "Everything will be fine" she said to no one in particular but phoenix quietly sat there listening. Celeste smiled down at her, stroking  her hair "yes, everything would be fine. Your fathers stubborn but he'll come around eventually."

She bent down, kissing the child on her forehead, a small smile on her face. Yeah, everything would calm down soon enough, she just had to wait.

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King Robert however, was tired of waiting. He was going to get his son back even if he had to force him back to the sea. He swan to the deepest darkest part of the ocean, in search of one person only. Bela, the sea witch.

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Hello, it's been a while! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and also buckle up because it's gonna get crazy soon ;)
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