You will fall (Neteyam x OC)

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1
WHERE THE LAND MEETS SEA

Sao'Nae and Rotxo fought in the water while jumping over one another, forcing each other under the waves and enjoying the sun washing over their skin. Rotxo grabbed the girl by the back of the neck and directed her forward, practically shoving her face first into the sea. Had she been anyone else they might've been shocked by his sudden actions. Not her though.

The competitive girl got up quick, " You'll pay for that, you moron!" She belted angrily, turning quickly and tackling him, slithering around to be behind him with her legs around his torso, loosely putting him in a sleeper hold, " Surrender!" She ordered with a deep jeer. One unlikely for a young girl of her age.

" Never!" Rotxo replied while smiling, flipping her over his head with little care for how she landed. A few elderly women laughed and watched from the shore, eyes mirthful and glinting under sparkles of ocean.

Ass down in the water once again, the boy ducked down in order to avoid the fiery fists of Sao'Nae, " You're not very good at this, little Tsahìk." He said with a taut, acknowledging the girl as the heir to the reef clan with a cheeky grin.

She rolled her eyes and stood back up slowly adjusting her dark blue dyed loincloth, glaring halfheartedly at her best friend. The two spent most days fighting one another, and like it or not, Rotxo was always there when she wanted or needed him, "You are annoying, Ro."

He smirked, "And you are incredibly weak, Nae-Nae."

They were both wrong. At that very moment the warning horn blew in the distance, calling everyone to the center beach, breaking the two up from their wrestling in a moment's notice. Rotxo glanced at Sao'Nae in confusion to which the girl shrugged in turn, unsure as to why the chief was calling as well.

"I didn't do it." She giggled.

Rotxo rolled his eyes and playfully nudged the girl walking beside him. Faintly she tried to remember if perhaps she'd forgotten something, eventually deciding that could never be the case. She was too smart. Error was for the weak and wrong, which she wasn't.

They ducked under water and swam towards the beach, the one near Sao'Nae's parents hut. She suddenly caught the ravenous echoes of Ikran, something not too common in the reefs. She could hear the rhythmic battering of wings coming off the waves, only further egging on everyone's curiosity.

Sao'Nae's included.

Of course by the time she and Rotxo made it to the soft sand a family and their Ikran were already feet first in front of Tonowari and Ronal. There was a man, a woman, two boys, and two girls. One of the boys instantly caught her eye, with his blue skin, dark braided hair that went to the base of his neck, two piercing yellow eyes, and a gaze so unwavering that everytime she glanced at it she felt her heart freeze and her stomach flip.

He was handsome, and obviously he was from the forest. The Metkayina were never blue and they never looked so...

Lean.

Sao'Nae's eyes fell on the boy's tiny waist. Was that natural? She tilted her head, feeling her tail swish curiously behind her. As if Rotxo could sense her drool-smacked gaze he scoffed and approached the two teenage boys, unsure of which one she was truly looking at.

He looked them up and down and snickered, " You call that a tail? It is so small!" He pestered, " Sao-Nae! Do you see their tiny tails?!" He asked, glancing over his shoulder at the girl, " How do you swim?" He asked as he looked back.

Sao'Nae rolled her eyes, " Leave them alone Rotxo! Have you forgotten your manners so quickly?" She asked, giving him a disproving look and smacking his arm.