Under the Waves

PROLOGUE

[Italic means they are talking in merfolk language]

AUTHOR'S POV

"Kal!" he heard giggling behind him before he feels a small wave swim pass him. "Catch me, big brother!" The little mermaid added.

"Kat!" the little merman called her name. He can't help but giggle as well. He enjoys this kind of game. Kal and his twin always do this every morning during their morning swim with their family.

Kal is faster than her. Actually, he is faster than anyone in their kingdom, so he easily catches up with her and slap her tail.

He heard her yelp and swim faster. He can't help it but giggle.

She is always like that every time they play "Slap the tail". She never chases him because he is faster than her, so she always makes him chase her.

"Kat! Kal! Stop that now." They both heard a deep voice behind them called. Then the current around them falls motionless.

Kat swims towards him and giggled. "Sorry, father!" She throws her small arms around his neck and smiled sweetly at him.

"Hi, daddy!" Kal smiled at the powerful man he knows all over the seven seas. Tyrone. The ruler of the largest sea among the seven kingdoms.

He looks strong and confident. You can even sense the power emitting from him. His hair is jet black. It perfectly matches his eyes. His eyes are in the shade of gray. The king is like perfectly formed by the gods, the little merman thought.

"Silly, fries." He said while pinching the bridge of his nose. "You can't start the fun without me!" He then grabs Kat and Kal, locking them in his arms and tickles them with his thick beard.

Kal and Kat laughing so hard and screaming "Father, stop! Your beard so yucky!"

"Tyrone, dear." said the most angelic voice who gave birth to the twins. The queen, Kalika. She is so beautiful and fair. Her dark blonde hair is dancing gracefully at her back. Her tail is pearly white and it sparkles when the light touches the scales of her tail.

Fortunately for Kal and his twin sister, they are the only ones who got that tail color. Their father's tail is black with gold marking that sparkles and most of their brothers and sisters have black tails, black and white or grey with royal markings.

Kal is so excited whenever he thinks of the markings and he can't wait for the day he turned eighteen to get his own royal markings. The year merfolk matures, physically.

The Markings will tell a merfolk what abilities they will have. A gift from the moon goddess.

"I am proud of being their son. Our father is well known all over the merkingdom. He is like the ocean. Calm when not angered, of course. Mother is caring and loves her merpeople unconditionally." The little merman thought.

But little did he know that with the help of his ancestors, who fought hard and played a big role in the great world war just to get the peace everyone experiencing now not only in their kingdom but half of the world as well.

How far this peace will continue?

Before we forget.. Kal is the seventh son and thirteenth fry among the fourteen offspring of king Tyrone and Queen Kalika.

Kat and Kal are the youngest and they are turning eight-year-old today. So, our little merman is excited about the party the kingdom will have for all one hundred fries who turned eight years old this year.

You might ask why? Well, it's because it will be their first time coming out of the deep and bask in the sandy shores of the moonlight cove.

The cove that holds so many secrets. Both magic and history of the secret world.