Reuniting the Universes(#wattys2015)

Fishin' Barehanded

After meeting Oz, Arthur and his uncle slowly but surely, started to put faith on Oz. they walked together to Aqua Village. It was still a mystery to them what they are going to be asked to do there, but no matter what, they would do it for the scroll.

"Hey, Oz, you are also aiming for the scroll, right, why is that?" Asked Arthur. Oz stayed quiet for a moment then said," If we could awaken the blue dragon of life, not only does it revives victims, but it reunites the universes into one, forming the original galaxy of Orpherion. During the war," she then stopped for a while. "During the war, my parents and I were separated into the two worlds. You know the dark world is so cruel right?!" Tears came rolling down, but then she wiped them of and continued walking.

A while later, they arrived at Aqua Village. They walked in to the Waterfall Palace in the center of the town. On the facade of the palace there was a painting, but it was too abstract to have guessed the meaning of it. They were then permitted to enter and they met the queen. "And so you are our fellow quest takers. I am Queen Blu, and here is your quest to earn that scroll of mine. You have to fish barehanded in the ocean at the outskirts of the village. It is the so known 'Endless Tides Ocean'. Now, off you go!" She said in a vain way. "Your highness, you have not told us what we should fish." Arthur said while bowing down. "For that, I think that you all have saw the answer before you enter." She said. The guards then took all three of them away.

"Something we saw... Ah! It must be-" said Arthur. "The painting." Interrupted Oz. the two approached the painting and examined it. On the part of the painting there were zigzags on it. On another part, big but many circles. The other part has wavy lines, down, to up, then down again. The last part has zigzags too, but this time it is painted vertically and not .sharp edges. Oz pointed to the first part and said, "Teeth" then Arthur pointed the second part and said,"big, many, eyes?" Oz slid her finger down and said," I doubt this one, but currents?" "Nope, that's the body shape, this creature we are fishing must have streamlined body shape." Said Uncle Jackswell. " Hey! Since when did you come here?" Asked Oz, giggling. " I was a fisherman, of course. And I've been here the whole time!" Replied Jackswell. "Then what's the last one then?" Arthur asked. " Algae." Replied Oz and Jackswell at the same time. " We missed a thing. Big many eyes mean they travel in schools. Which one should we catch? " Asked Arthur. "Whatever it is, it must have something to do with this." Said Uncle Jack, pointing to the center of the painting. There are strokes of lines on it, but if examined thoroughly, you can see a tree. There was a circle around the top part of the tree. " It must be green! We must find the green creature. The leaves on the tree is green, so green must be it!" Exclaimed Arthur.

Oz then walked to a fishmonger on the streets and asked what creature has sharp teeth, big eyes, travel in schools, have a streamlined body shape and travels in the deepest part of the endless tides ocean, near the algae and that one of them is green. The fishmonger answered," You certainly are talking about the blue ash fish. They travel in schools and in the center lies the green one, the king." Oz thanked him and told everything to the other two.

" Then it's settled, we're going to catch the green ash fish!" Exclaimed Arthur.

To be continued...