The Sea Theif

#4

I shut the door as fast as I could because that damned monster could pierce me. I sighed in relief and slide down the elevator wall. I was returning. Finally! I was down there for almost 4 years! I looked at the glassy wall in front of me and gasped in shock and frustration at my appearance. I haven't looked at my reflection for 4 years and staring back at me was clearly a stranger. My hair growing longer and reaching my waist wasn't surprising. My eyes being black and my skin becoming a darker shade after not seeing a single ray of light was what startled me. I opened my mouth and my teeth were reflected, my teeth stayed white as they were but I noticed I had 2 big fangs on the sides, though thankfully when I close my mouth you can't see them. Then the door opened saying in a metallic voice 'hope you enjoyed your ride!' and I couldn't help but facepalm at this.

I breathed in the normal the fresh sweet air for several moments before walking my way to the seashore through the shadows. Even though he disowned me I was still a merman because that is a curse.
I jumped in and felt the presence of the water though...it felt strange. It was as if the water didn't want me. I also saw that my tail was now black and grey. While my tattoo was a bloody red colour. I kinda looked like the bad person in a movie, to tell you the truth. And now I felt like one, all of the fishes around me fled and ran away. Even the sharks seemed scared.

/2 years later/

Through the shadows swam as quick as light a black-tailed merman with a malicious smile, his dark auburn hair floating around him. The royal guards passed by him several times but didn't see him at all. One of the guards suddenly looked right at his direction, he needed to act fast, or the guard will find him! He used his destructive powers and made the cliff nearby explode, all of them rushed there leaving the place empty. "Fools" he smirked evilly and swam toward the coral doors. He just put his hand on the red coral, and it died becoming weak and dry, completely black. They dissolved to his touch and he entered the secret royal chamber, already eyeing this place with greed. All he saw were piles of gold and pearls. He took a handful of them and threw them into the air, smiling in satisfaction. His dark red skin bag was now filled with those treasures. He walked through the halls, hoping for something a bit more...exotic. And then he stopped his tracks there was a small ray of light, in a dark hallway in front of him...and he was curious. He slowly entered it and his eyes widened in pure joy at what he found. He touched the old silk paper and smirked. "Perfect" that was an ancient map, the kind the man loved. A treasures map. As he examined it the door shut closed. "Well, well, well. I see I finally caught you, dark thief !" The 'dark thief ' turned to sea the Prince of the sea smiling smugly. He laughed sending chills down the Prince's spine. "Oh? Did you? What makes you so sure?" His deep voice echoed around the chamber. "Give me back the map!" "Hahaha, and why would I?" The thief touched the wall and it dissolved to Triton's shock. He then swam away and in a second disappeared from view. They lost him, again.