Wings of Fire: Tide of Terror

Prologue

500 years ago...

  Porpoise hated his life as a Seawing Prince. Everyone waiting for you to mess up. Everyone scoffing at your plans. His mother, Queen Tiger, controlling his and his sisters very lives. He especially loathed his betrothed, Salmon. She was rude, self centered and paid no attention to anything except herself and her treasure.

  Sure, there was treasure, party's, and the food was to die for. But he felt as though he wasn't in control. That he was being manipulated, like a puppet on strings. He didn't even feel as though he was living. He wanted to be free, free from the chains of Fame. But how? He had asked that question many times in his life. How can I ever get away?

  He also hated being from a long line of animus Seawings. He was terrified the first time he heard the tragic tale of Albatross, and how he even killed his own family. Three moons, he thought, what if i'm like him? Evil enough to murder my own family! He disliked his mother and his father, but he would never kill them.

  Porpoise has always hated his scale color as well. He was a silvery grey with a dark grayish- blue under scales. His father, King Otter, had always wondered about Porpoises strange coloring. The fact was, Porpoise was viewed as a mistake to his parents.

  Maybe that's why he started running from the palace at night. Maybe he just wanted to escape the criticizing eyes of his mother and her council. Maybe he wanted to flee his lineage. Maybe, just maybe, that's why he fell in love with Shell. With her beautiful pale green eyes, her diamond blue scales and green under scales, it was love at first sight.

  He remembered when they first met. He had been on a vacation to Possibility. While he was scanning the items for sale with boredom, Shell had bumped into him. She looked up into his eyes, and Porpoise was hooked instantly by her friendly gaze. "Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't see you there!" She had said in her sweet, sweet voice.

  As she started to go around him, he grabbed her forearm. "Wait. What's your name? What is a Seawing like you doing in Possibility?" He questioned. In response, she said, hesitantly, "To answer your first question, my name is Shell. As for the second, I could ask you the same. I'm in Possibility on a trip to visit an old friend." "You can come to my den, if you want to get a drink of water" He said. Please please please come with me... he thought. Shell shrugged her shoulders. "Why not? I am very thirsty" she remarked.

  They had established a good friendship by the time it was time to go home. Porpoise had told Shell about being a prince, but she didn't seemed fazed by it.

  He started to meet with Shell more and more in the Sea Kingdom. He found out she was a royal guard, and requested her to be his personal guard to his mother, who politely agreed. I love her. But does she like me back? How can I ever tell her, and what would I do about Salmon?

  Ugh. He clutched his head. This was to much to think about. Just tell her. A voice in his head whispered. I can't, or I might lose her forever. He argued back. You'll lose her anyways if you don't tell her that you love her dearly. The voice whispered.

"Shell? Are you here?" He asked one night. "Yes" Shell stepped out of the shadows and smiled at him. Three moons, she's the most beautiful thing I've ever laid my eyes on.

  "Is something wrong?" Shell asked. Tell her. Tell her now! The voice screamed in his head.

  Porpoise sucked in a huge breath. Now she can know how I feel about her... And he told her softly, "I love you Shell. I always have, from the moment I saw you. And, from what I can tell, I'll love you for the rest of my life, with all my heart,until the day I die."
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