Melody and Harmione: Return To The Sea

~9: Morgana's battle~

Harmione lept out of the water and began crawling across the ice. Quicker than usual, her tail shimmered away. She ran to the large ship and began waving her hands. "Help! Melody and my mom are in trouble!"

Morgana tries to manipulate Harmione into siding with her. Harmione, after seeing what Morgana does to Melody, is stuck. What does she save first? Her sister? Or Atlantica...

Harmione shivered violently before she jolted awake. "Ah, you're awake," A voice crooned. Harmione twisted to see who spoke. "Morgana, right?" She asked. The octopus lady nodded. "Yes. I presume you are all caught up?" Harmione frowned. Why was this woman acting like she cared about her? She just wielded the trident at her and her sister. "Um... yes, I s'pose so. Why are you asking?" She asked. "Well, I thought you might want to weigh in on my punishment for your mother,"

Harmione blinked. "My mom? Why are you punishing her?" She asked. "Your mom took my trident from me. She needs to be punished." Morgana shrugged. "I assumed you'd want a say in what happens, what with her lying to you for your mere thirteen years of life... but what do I know?" She began to descend into the water. "Wait," Harmione called. "Yes?" Morgana crooned with a smirk. "I... I wanna see Melody." She said. Morgana shrugged. "I only moved you here. I didn't take away your tail. You can still go into the water." She cackled. Harmione felt a chill run down her spine. She dived under the water, pushing past the witch as she raced to Melody.

"Melody!?" She called, swimming into the lair. Her mother was nowhere to be seen. "Harmione! Over here!" She turned and rushed over. "Flounder! What's happening to her?!" She cried, banging on the glass. Melody was shimmering as her tail began dissolving. "Morgana's removed her tail! She's gonna die! You need to get her out of here!" He cried. Harmione looked around, desperately trying to find something that would break the 10-inch ice. "Hang on! I'll get some help!" She shouted, banging on the glass once more.

She swam out of the lair, worrying for her quick friend-turned sister. Morgana had disappeared, leaving the water surrounding her lair eerily dark and quiet. She swam out, shivering as the arctic chill seeped into her bones. She popped her head out of the water. She cried out at the sight of Morgana on an ice throne, holding Ariel in her grasp. Harmione spun at the squark of a seagull. She gasped in excitement when a ship rounded an ice block. She dropped back under, swimming as fast as her tail would carry her. Harmione lept out of the water and began crawling across the ice. Quicker than usual, her tail shimmered away. She ran to the large ship and began waving her hands. "Help! Melody and my mom are in trouble!" A man leaned over, one who looked scarily like Melody.

She ran to the rope on the side and clambered up, thanking Aquata for training her in barnacle climbing as a child. "Melody's in trouble! She's gonna drown!" She panted. "And... Ariel is with the witch!" She exhaled, trying to even her breathing. "Wait, Melody's in the sea!?" The man cried. Abruptly, she realised this was Ariel's husband, Eric, the ruler of Denmark. "Yes. She's ok for now, but her tail is fading. I need something heavy to break the ice," She said. "Um... Smith! Give her your sword!" He barked. A man with a strange leg handed Harmione a pointy thing. She frowned. "How is this going to break the ice? It's 10 inches thick," She asked. The man waved his hands, panicking. "I don't know! But it's better than nothing!"

Harmione nearly scoffed. He didn't seem to realise who she was, and that stung a little. She shook her head. "You worry about her. I'll get Melody," She stared into his eyes, challenging him. While he's the king of Denmark, the sea is her domain. He hesitated. "But she's my daughter, I need to protect her," He argued. "So am I, but you don't seem to care about that," She snapped. The man's eyes widened. "Oh-No, I didn't mean-" He began. Harmione put her hand up. "I'll get Melody," She snapped.

She grabbed the sword firmly in her hand and lept off the boat, landing in the cold water. There were shouts of shock and worry as she fell, but within seconds of being submerged, her tail reappeared. She sped through the water, grabbing the attention of a great white. She gasped. "Hey! Dumbass!" She shouted. The sword wouldn't do anything useful, but the shark might. It turned to her hungrily. She cocked her head in confusion when the walrus and penguin from yesterday cried out for her to run. "Come get me!" She taunted. The shark narrowed its eyes and immediately began chasing her.

Harmione knew she was a fast swimmer, but goddamn, this shark was fast. She kicked her fin as hard as she could. "Flounder!" She screamed. "Move away from the ice!" She shouted as soon as it was in sight. Just as the shark was about to bite her head off, she kicked upwards, narrowly missing its teeth as it crashed into the ice wall. The effect was instantaneous. The shark slid down, dead, as the wall began to splinter and crack. Harmione flinched away as the wall collapsed and ice was thrown at her. "Harmione! Help me get her to the surface!" Flounder shouted. Harmione opened her eyes with a gasp. Melody's tail was completely gone. She swam over, hooking an arm under her shoulders. With Harmione's tail moving them, they got to the surface quicker. Harmione lept out, dragging the sopping girl with her. She punched her chest hard. "Wake up Melody!" She shouted.

In the distance, she heard Ariel cry out at her shout, just as Eric screamed at Morgana for killing their daughter. She raised her fist and brought it down on the girl's chest. Melody instantly jumped up and began hacking up water. "You're ok," Harmione said as she rubbed her back. Her tail shimmered away to her legs and light blue outfit.

"Listen, we need to get that trident," She said. Melody panted as she looked up at the power-crazy woman. "What's your plan?" Melody asked. "It can only be wielded by a descendent of the ocean, so you distract, I'll grab,"

Melody frowned. "But I grabbed it earlier, why can't I grab it now?" Harmione rolled her eyes. "Because, long story short, Morgana thinks I might join her still. I can get the trident without her realising," She answered. She stood up, helping the girl up. "Let's go,"