Monsters and Men

Chapter 1: where it all started

Long ago, in the Mediterranean sea, 10 miles off the coast of a little town of "Portrosso" Italy, lived three young sea monsters and their names were Ercole Visconti, (canon) Guido Ferrari, and Ciccio Romano (fanon). They were not the same and are individually, different from each other Ercole was a blue creature with fins and hair that were navy blue, and two catfish-like whiskers. His eyes were of bright green, like the precious gem of emerald that glowed in the dark. His claws were as sharp as knifes, that could easily cut human skin, with one single swing if he was in any danger. His tail was long and had a mermaid-shaped fin at the end of it and he wore green shorts that was made out of seaweed. His physique was standard, but not too skinny or buff. Guido was a yellow creature with fins and hair that was orange, and eyes of the same color. The shape of his fin at the end of his tail was round, almost fan-like and he also wore green shorts that was made out of seaweed. And finally, there was Ciccio, but he was different from the two of them. He was a fat green pufferfish with spikes all across his body that only appear when he is threaten or in danger. He had orange eyes, one yellow fin on his head, and two on the side. His tail was the same as Guido's, with the end of it round in shape, and seaweed shorts and shirt as his clothing. These three lived together in harmony, but for an unfortunate reason You see, they live together because they, are orphans. With very sad and tragic backstories, and the eldest of the three, Ercole who was no older than 19, looks after Guido and Ciccio, who were both 16 and 15 always making sure they're are safe and happy. What they don't know is that there lives are about to change forever, one sunny day in the sea when they're playing hide and seek for the 100th time."I found you!" Ercole said excitedly, when he finally finds Guido "Aw crabs! How did do you know was hiding here?" He said, hiding inside of a small cave. Ercole chuckles, "you always pick that spot Guido, chose somewhere else next time" with a smirk on his face. "ugh, fine!" Guido says, frustrated that he was the first one to be found "Cmon! Let's go find Ciccio, last one there is a rotten sea cucumber!" Ercole said as he swims to go find Ciccio, with Guido trailing behind him "it would be great if you slowed down!" Guido yelled, but Ercole didn't respond, and only laughed. As they're looking, Ercole spots a yellow coral bed with a round, odd-looking part of the plant, he nudged Guido's arm to see and When they approached it, gave it a little tug, it was Ciccio! "you found me! How did you know I was here?" He said. "Well there was a strange looking coral leaf, I thought it looked deformed." Ercole says as they both laughed jokingly "Ha ha very funny" Ciccio said, rolling his eyes, and smiling a little "looks like Ercole won...again" Guido says, not surprised in the slightest. "Well, what do you guys want to do now?" Ercole said "I have no idea" says Guido, "yeah me either" Ciccio added. Now bored out of there minds, they gave out a collective sigh, swam to a big rock and sat on it. Now having a bored expression on their faces, watched the fishes swim by, listened to the quiet atmosphere of the sea, and the seaweed that flowed gently on the ground.