The edge of our dreams

Unspoken truths

(Nautilus is the guy with blue wings, Damien is the cute pink boi)

Jack and i went inside and into the small hubble of a home. we took a seat at the desk where we

 often did schoolwork or read. Nautilus came out of the kitchen from talking with his wife Quartz (although we just call her gram). Jack couldn't keep his mouth shut and hastily asked Nautilus the question on his mind. 

"Nautilus! we heard something crazy in the marketplace today, it was like the legends behind sea dwellers or something! we were wondering if you could teach us something about that"

i noticed how Nautilus froze at Jacks mention of sea dwellers.

"so... what exactly did you hear about seadwellers hmm?"

"i heard that they were crazy ugly with razor sharp shark teeth and yellow snake eyes!"

what! the things jack was saying wasn't what I had heard 

"no! I thought they were amazing looking but if you got close they'd reveal long webbed claws and drag you to the bottom of the ocean!"

We both looked at nautilus to confirm one of us was right. He was sighing and looking into the palms of his hands.

" what are they teaching kids these days... your both wrong"

" what?!?" jack yelled

"how do you know?"

"well... because i'm part one"

we were both shocked

"but i thought they were all pushed out and probably dead!"

"i am only partially one- all the purebloods are... somewhere out there im sure of it"

jack paused "so you think they'll  come back one day"

"maybe... maybe not- but life continues" nautilus seemed sad and pensive thinking about it

"so what were they really like" i asked

"they were about the same as you and me in looks- they do have gills and retractable eye lid coverings, and webbed hands and feet, they were typically blonde, but they came in all different varieties... they used to be the most populous tribe and tied for power with windwings

Jack interjected "if they were so powerful and populous, why'd they go away?"

"well when our current "leader of the head council" came to power, he waged war against them, despite the fact they did nothing wrong"

it all confused me "well why would the tribes agree to fight if they did nothing wrong?"

"i may never know the true answer myself, but it's quite powerful what suspicion, rumors, and fear can do to people"

" well please tell me there were SOME people who fought back- that thought it was wrong?" Jack said

" oh there were- the razor wings, rebels, and even the tribe warrior alliance joined to defend the sea dwellers- it was a nasty fight between tribes, one that the sea dwellers and razor wings lost- all the sea dwellers were either killed in the war, prisoners to be executed or pushed back to retreat far off into the ocean where know other tribes can go"

"So why didn't that happen to the razor wings?" I asked

" the razor wings were given a peace offering as long as they agreed to be considered the lowest social class,payed the head council much money, and live on the outskirts of town "

" so that's why they're treated so badly"

" indeed- but the tribes have hated each other forever- it just a matter of who ruled during an era- they all will have their downfall and another will rise, and the cycle will continue for many more eons"

" thanks for telling us so much about the sea dwellers- it must be sad for you to think about them" I said 

" I decided you need to know the truth if you're going to succeed in changing our future " nautilus got up- " I believe it's time for dinner now boys come along

As we sat at the table I let everything nautilus said sink in- I became fascinated on what other things I didn't know about the past, what the sea dwellers were like, or who the tribe warriors were. Nautilus words of " succeed in changing the future " echoed in my mind- how was I supposed to help change any of this?