Drowning & Floating (Ziam & 1D in The Little Merman)

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As Louis and Zayn were swimming to home, there were about three things that Zayn was positive of;

One, Liam was a very charming human prince.

Two, Zayn had made the first merfolk-human contact in centuries with Liam, who had no idea about it.

And three, Zayn was unconditionally, unexplainably, irrevocatively, undeniably in love with Liam.

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As Zayn and Louis got closer to home, they were met with a very unhappy mer-crab.

Zayn laughs nervously. "Uh, 'vas happinin', Harreh?"

"I'll tell you 'vas happenin'!" Harry says, poking Zayn's chest. "You have a cavern of human stuff! Furthermore, you went up to the surface! And you spent the whole of the night by that human! Thank goodness you left when you did, he could have seen you! I almost called for you myself! And if I hadn't been blown away by the storm's waves, I would have dragged you away by your pierced ear hours ago!" Harry shouts.

Harry takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. Seemingly calmed down, Harry looks Zayn in the eye. "Now, we are going to forget this ever happened. The king will never know. I won't tell, you won't tell, Loubear won't tell, Niall can't tell, and I will stay in one piece."

"Did you just call me Loubear?" Louis askes, trying to hide his mild blush.

"Let's go home." Even though Harry turned the other direction as he spoke, there was no denying the blush that just appeared on him.

As Harry led Zayn and Louis home, they failed to notice the two mer-eels watching them.

In his evil liar, Connor was cackling madly, true to wizard nature. "Oh, this is too easy! The child is in love with a human! Ha! A human prince, at that! King Posidon is going to hate this. I love this."

Connor clutches his crystal ball as he laughs again. "King Posidon's trailblazing, lovesick pretty boy would be a charming addition to my garden."

Connor turned to his 'garden.' A corner of his lair was full of writhing polyps who screamed and begged to be freed, but Connor had cast a spell to be able to tune them out long ago.

These were once merfolk who had dreams and desires that Connor took advantage of. Using a spell, Connor would give merfolk what they wanted, but Connor would rigg it so that their dream would be crushed. 

The magic would instantly take them back to Connor and place them in the garden where Connor would absorb their magic. Afterall, magic flowed through every living thing in the kingdom.

Stealing these merfolk's magic was what gave Connor his powers. This is why Connor's been corrupted by dark magic. No magic that is stolen from others can result in anything good.

~*☆★♡☆♢★♧☆♤★☆*~Next day, morning, King Posidon's Castle

The royal chambers were in chaos. Even in a grand castle, getting ready in the morning with your siblings was a hassle.

"Have you seen my lucky bracelet?" Doniyah asks, her voice muffed with the hair tie in her mouth as she was pulling her hair into a ponytail.

"Safaa probably stole it." Waliyha says, looking in the mirror as she puts on some bracelets.

"Wait, that's my bracelet there on your arm!" Doniyah yells, forgetting about the ponytail holder and swimming to her sister.

Hearing the commotion, Safaa comes into the room.