The Dark Tides [3]

The Royal Deeps

So it's decided, Stella said in excitement, me, Flora, and Aisha will go to get the gem!

Awesome, we'll stay here then, Musa said.

Hey has anyone seen Frieda, she never misses a meeting, Tecna said.

Nope, but now that you mention it ever since you guy came back she's been weird, more than usual, Flora said. I'm worried about her, what happened down there?

Illusions, something that attacked our self confidence, Bloom said.

Us three woke up quickly but it took Frieda some time, so she must have realized it was an illusion and fought it, Aisha said.

But whatever she saw is definitely still bugging her, Stella said.

Does anyone know what she saw, Tecna asked.

Yes and no, we know she saw her mom but that's it no details, Bloom said.

Well, there's two people who you could ask without bothering her, James or Violete, and I don't think we should drag your brother back into our problems, while we're out why don't you guys go question Violete, Flora said.

That's a good idea, Musa said.

Good now that that's settled why don't we head onto the Odyssey Explorer and head to solaria, Stella said.

Alright wait for us, Aisha called out chasing after Stella.

Let us know how it goes with Frieda, bye guys, Flora said chasing after Stella and Aisha.

Well girls looks like we've got to find ourselves a fairy, Bloom said.
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In the oceans below Tritannus went to invade the Solaria ocean, yet was stopped by the gate by another Selkie.

You will not pass, I will not let you, I will stop you, said Illiris the Selkie gate keeper of Solaria.

Hm, Tritannus smirked, and whose going to stop me, you! Oh please, he said pointing his triton at the Selkie he drained her of her powers. That's better don't you see Selkie you can't fight me, now that your out of my way I can access the Solaria oceans, pointing his triton at the gate he opened a portal to Solaria, when swimming into the ocean he mutates a passing jellyfish into a giant monster, then he continues on his way.

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Violete, if you had to say Frieda was afraid of one thing what would it be, Musa asked.

That connects to self confidence of course, Tecna added bluntly.

What a strange question, why do you guys want to know Violete asked, are you three up to something?

No nothing at all, Bloom said.

Alright spill now, Violete said.

Well you see it all started yesterday, Bloom started retelling the events with the shimmering shells and the illusions. Frieda just told us it was her mom and after the event she was a little distant. She never told us what she saw and it's obvious she was able to fight it, but what ever happened in there affected her, and we thought who better would know than you.

Do you know what might be bugging her, Musa asked.

I have an idea, Violete said, you girls sometimes seem to forget the life Frieda had before she met you.

You mean her human life, Tecna said.

No the one before that, she witnessed two wars, her family was stripped away from her, her friends, she lost so much. They where dark times, during the rainbow war and the Domino war she lost people she cared about.