Chapter 4: More

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Sam had learned much more about Ponk than he ever thought he could. The man thought he knew everything about his beloved, but times have changed. Ponk knew how to tell if a storm was approaching, he knew when whirlpools would form, he knew almost everything about the sea. Sam was glad he and Ponk were together, he held onto their relationship like a lifeline now, being careful all the time.

"What about your wife? If she survived that wreck, that is." Ponk asked, narrowing his eyes. Sam huffed, "I'll divorce her I suppose. Couldn't hurt." Ponk snickered, "But what will you do about an heir? What about me being a siren?" Sam stalled, not knowing what to say, "We could... always adopt! And I'm sure we could uhh... work something out?" He finally spit out after a while of remaining silent. Ponk smiled lazily, resting his head on Sam's shoulder. "Well, do we even need to go back?" Sam questioned after a minute, causing Ponk to look at him, "Well of course! Who will rule the kingdom without you?"
"I'm sure Eret is quite capable of taking over for me, he seemed to be a fair and just ruler when she helped my father train me." "True, they did seem nice the few times I met him..."
"Yeah, the kingdom should be fine in her hands, and if any problems are run into, they can always ask for assistance from Bad or Foolish." Ponk nodded slowly, considering it. "Alright."

After they decided they wouldn't go back, Sam began to collect any and all supplies he needed and built a little log cabin on the medium sized island he had been brought to. The island had everything he needed; trees, fresh water sources, wildlife, and many extra things. Ponk happily lived beside him in the sea, being unable to live on land all of the time. The couple always spent time together during the day, always trying to figure out how to spend all of their time together on the side of more important things.

Years later, Ponk had rescued a child from a boat that was floating out in the sea, it was a little boy. Sam and Ponk named him Tommy, adopting him as their own and taking very good care of him. The family of three lived happily, Sam eventually inventing a gas mask like machine which converted the carbon dioxide he breathed out back into fresh oxygen, making it so he could safely breathe underwater, which made it possible for him to spend time with Ponk underwater. Tommy helped Sam build a machine so Ponk could stay on land for longer periods of time, the longest he went was a day and a half. The small family was happy together, and that was all that matters.

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Sorry for this being a short story, I had trouble with not just cutting to the end lmao

Anyways, big thanks to StellaLunaLulu for the idea!!

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