Amphibia mermaid AU (Sashanne)

Surface Fish

Sea Monsters,
A diverse range of species that inhabit the seven seas.

Some of the most commonly known being simple, and easy to spot like Water Frogs, or Swimming Salamanders.

The group could even be broken down to single-celled algae.

Out of all the different kinds of sea monsters there was one type that seemed to catch no one's eye, likely due to the fact that no one has seen any in years.

Mermaids,
Rare, extravagant creatures known for their kindness and beauty.

Most frogs would do anything just to get a glimpse of a mermaid at least once in their entire lifetime, but even that was unlikely. Mermaids had disappeared a long time ago. Nobody knows where and nobody knows why.

Extinct? Maybe, but many believe that mermaids had the unique ability to transform on land, growing limbs and losing gills so that they appeared to be like your average Newt, frog, or toad.

Maybe mermaids didn't disappear. Maybe they were hiding amongst all the other land Amphibians of Amphibia.

Who knows, after all, it's probably just a myth.

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The water was cold, and the sea was pretty dark around this time of night. Anne had been out swimming near the surface all day, plucking fish from their schools and shoving them into her pouch so she could sell them at the family stand later. A lot of Water Frogs in Wartwood would give just about all their coppers for some tasty surface fish.

There was one small problem though, and that was the fact that Hop Pop would absolutely destroy Anne if he found out she had been swimming near the surface. So, using only the light of the glowing corals, Anne swam toward her house quietly. She silently made her through the doorway, being careful not to flip her flippers too loudly and risk waking up Hop Pop. She maneuvered her way into the kitchen and placed her pouch full of fish onto the counter, hoping that when Hop Pop sees them in the morning, he would be so distracted by the amount of coppers they were going to make that he would be too happy to punish Anne.

Could disobeying actually be this easy for once?

"Anne Savisa Boonchuy Plantar!" An angry voice called from the other end of the kitchen.

Uh oh, full name.

Anne turned around to see Hop Pop's old wrinkly face luminated by the coral that now lit up the entire kitchen.

"Would you like to tell me what you were doing out so late?" His country accent was thick.

"Oh! Hop Pop! didn't see you there." Anne chuckled nervously.

"Don't play dumb with me Anne, where were you?"

"Who me? I was just going for a swim. Couldn't sleep, you know?"

"Uh huh, and what's in the bag?" Hop Pop clearly wasn't convinced.

Anne quickly grabbed her pouch and held it tight to her chest. "Psht, you know...stuff?" she replied.

"Really, Stuff?" Hop Pop crossed his flippers and raised his eyebrow.

"Yup! Just a bunch of stuff! Anyways i'm tired Hop Pop, think i'm gonna go to bed, Night!" Anne began to rush out of the kitchen but much to her dismay Hop Pop immediately stopped her.

"Not so fast kid, if that bag is really full of, eh, stuff, then i'm sure you wouldn't mind letting me take a peek."

"Of course not but," Anne fumbled and if it was possible to sweat underwater, she was certainly doing so, "It's nothing special really, you don't want to waste your time."