The Pirate and The Merhog

The Love Story of Leonardo and Athena

Meanwhile with the Sol King and Queen, King Leonardo, Princess Aleena, and Arthur...

"So, Leonardo long have you known Athena for?" King Pyro asked King Leonardo. "Ever since we were both kids. My father King Darius, the previous king, made it very clear that he didn't want me marry just any female merhog and having her become part of the royal family. He wanted me to find a female merhog who would prove to be worthy of the crown as queen and in producing my children." said King Leonardo.

[Flashback]

"Now Leonardo, it can't be any female merhog. It must be a female merhog who would be worthy as Queen and produce offspring so be sure you remember that." King Darius told a 9 years old Prince Leonardo. "Yes, Dad." said Prince Leonardo. "She must be feminine, modest, humble and submissive in her upbringing. She must show that she's a loving lady and willing to be cooperative to the one who takes the lead. It helps tremendously if she has a healthy relationship with her father and mother and family." said King Darius. "Okay, Dad." said the young Merhog Prince before he swam out of the palace. "My father was a very traditional merhog and would never compromise on his principles and standards and he taught me to never do so either. But he told me that making the right sacrifices for the benefit of the family comes with being a married spouse, especially as a married father." the young prince said to himself.

"Someone help me!!!" cried a light magenta female Merhog with burgundy hair and emerald green eyes that glistened like emeralds who was being chased by a tiger shark. Leonardo saw the deadly tiger shark chasing a female merhog. There was no time to get his father. Taking his sword, young Leonardo pursued the tiger shark as it was closing in on the merhog. He struck the shark at his left gills, causing the wounded and bleeding shark to retreat. Prince Leonardo saw how the female Merhog was badly hurt by looking at her wounds after the Tiger Shark attacked her. "T-Thank you..." said the injured young female Merhog. "You're hurt pretty badly. I'll take you get medical help." The young prince picked up the young merhog and swam away with her back to the castle. Upon his arrival, he called for medical aid for the wound female merhog he rescued. The staff immediately came to provide aid.

"You'll be okay, I promise..." The young prince said to the injured female Merhog while she was getting her wounds treated. The staff had to sedate her as she was in immense pain from the tiger shark attack. Leonardo made a mental note to later search for the tiger shark and kill it before it could attack another one of his citizens. Soon his father entered the medical room where everyone were. "Is this what all of this was about, son?" King Darius asked Prince Leonardo. "This female Merhog was attacked by a tiger shark, I couldn't just stand there and watch her get killed so I had to help her." the young prince said while looking at the sedated injured female Merhog. "The shark escaped before I could finish the job. I brought her here because she needed help fast." Prince Leonardo told his father King Darius. "That was brave and noble of you. As the future king, you acted decisively without hesitation in protecting one of our citizens from danger." said King Darius. "It was nothing, Dad. I had to do something to help the girl." said Prince Leonardo.

"King Darius, sire." Darius and his son Leonardo looked to see one of the medical staff members bringing what looked to be medical healing herbs. "Sire, we have this new perfected healing herb that will help the young maiden with her recovery." said the doctor. "It'll help her?" asked Leonardo. "She's asleep so she's not going to feel anything so watch." said the doctor. King Darius and Prince Leonardo watched as the doctor placed the healing herbs on the young sedated female merhog's body as the healing herbs started to heal the female merhog.

Leonardo was waiting outside the recovery room as the medics did their work in treating the wound merhog girl. He heard from his father King Darius about the newly tested healing herbs that were being used and he had questions for the doctors about those healing herbs. "So those healing herbs could help her?" Leonardo asked his father. "That's what it seems like but we don't know until we get something back from the doctors about the girl. In the meantime, go and continue your studies. I'll inform you when she's woken up and ready to talk and explain how she ended being attacked by that tiger shark."