Part of your world - A Stydia AU

Chapter 2

Lydia swam as fast as she could. Having seen the prince was so exhilarating, she felt full of energy, like she could do anything. She also felt a bit scared. All her life, she had been warned about humans. She had been told countless times that they were dangerous and cruel, that they would have no mercy if they ever saw her. Although she had never really believed it, she still felt a bit of apprehension towards humans. However, that apprehension was nothing compared to her curiosity and excitement, especially now that she had seen them.

Humans had always been a foreign concept to her, but now that she had seen some, it was like her whole world had turned upside down. This was it, this was what she had always been waiting for. She was meant to live in the human world, to have legs and feet that would allow her to walk and run and dance all night until she was dizzy. Most of all, it would allow her to meet the prince.

Lydia was torn between telling everything to Prada, or keeping that secret all to herself. She was so excited about what had happened that she wanted to shout it from the rooftops (or rather the coral reefs). Of course, that would have been impossible. If her father heard of what she had done, she would never be allowed past the walls of the royal castle again. But at the same time, she felt that the moment she had shared with Stiles had been special, and it was something precious that she wanted to keep only between him and her. She still told Prada. She told him about the prince and the storm and how she had rescued him. She left out the part about her song and how he had talked to her.

His voice was still imprinted in her mind, and she knew that she would always remember how he had looked at her once she was far away. It had seemed to her like he had understood. To her knowledge, humans weren't aware of the merfolk world, but maybe they did. And his eyes had held nothing but curiosity and admiration, no fear, no disgust. He had felt the same way about her that she did about him. Or at least she hoped he had.

That's why Lydia decided she would do anything to be a human, even if it was just for a day.

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"Stiles! Stiles!" Scott shouted as he ran towards the prince. His friend looked at him and Scott sighed in relief. "Are you okay?"

The prince simply nodded, shifting his stare back towards the ocean.

"Are you sure? What happened? How did you survive?" Scott had a million questions. But it seemed he couldn't even wait for the answers as he continued talking. It seemed the joy of finding his best friend alive had gotten him overly excited. "We looked after the storm but we couldn't find you anywhere. Man, I'm so happy you're here! How did you survive?"

"I don't know." The brunette answered simply. In a different situation, Scott might have been alarmed that his friend was being this quiet, but he figured it was simply the shock of having almost drowned.

"Well the good news is you're alive! It must have been a guardian angel or something like that!" Scott joked.

"Something like that." The prince repeated, and he smiled to himself.

So I know it's not that long but I'm sick of working on it and I said I would give you another chapter today. And a promise is a promise. But I do have a few sentences and ideas for chapter 3  so it shouldn't take that long.

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Love, Elsa