Return to the Sea

chapter three

"Hi Devin" giggled the newest scientist. Sedna probably hated her the most. She always seemed to be sweetest when the young man was around but when he was gone she turned into a demon that sedna hoped to splash with something more than water.

"Cassy, how as your weekend?" he was too nice for his own good. Sedna couldn't take much of her voice and would usually do something to get her to shut up. Usually a splash of water over the edge was enough to get her back to work.

Today she couldn't be bothered. After they had installed the new pump system to get her fresh water sedna had also made friends with a shrimp who accidentally made its way through the out flow pipe. They would spend hours at night talking about the sea. Each day the little shrimp would leave and visit her family and spend time collecting little shells for sedna. Once she brought sedna a pearl. Unfortunately during one of her tank cleanings cassy was working and stole the pearl from her tank. When sedna accused her of it she started crying claiming it was her grandmother's pearl and that Sedna had stolen it from her. Earning sedna a night in the box. Sedna didn't want to harm the people on the beaches or cause any problems for her little shrimp friend, shay, so she stayed quiet and was rewarded with only half a night in the box instead of a full one.

When she got out of the box that night shay was waiting in the drain for her. The moment it was clear she came out and warmly greeted her friend.

"I swear shay i hate this place more and more everyday. Everyone has their own family and yet they don't see that keeping me away from my family is wrong. Ya know if I even have a family out there." sedna cried.

"I'm sure you do! If you want tomorrow i can spend the day asking about anyone who lost a daughter around the time you were born. Maybe they can help get you to your true home." shay offered.

"You would do that for me?" sedna asked. Shocked by the fact that someone else would be willing to do anything for her. Shay was her first true friend.

"Of course! I want to explore the ocean with you! You're my best friend!" shay exclaimed.

Sedna took off her necklace and opened the locket. A small photo of her mother laid inside.

"This is the only thing I have left of my mother. Promise me you will take good care of it for me." sedna said as she pulled the small photo out and gave it to shay.

"I promise. It's going to be ok shay. I promise ill find your family." shay took the photo and said her goodbyes, promising that she would come back as soon as she found anyone who knew anything about her family before going out the drain.

Days turned into weeks as sedna waited for shay to return. Cassy continued to make things hard for sedna. Spilling coffee and pop in to her tank or "forgetting" to open the window for sedna when she got in every morning. Sedna made several complaints but each was ignored. One night while sedna was sitting on her floatie she heard the door open. Cassy entered holding a bag of gross food. All the things sedna hated. There was a list next to her schedule of what not to give her.

"Here's your dinner!" she exclaimed leaving it on the dry platform and leaving. The smell of the food was making sedna sick. So it was no surprise that sedna ripped it apart and threw it at the equipment. Unfortunately for her she broke several things making the old man quite upset with her. When she explained why she did it he questioned Cassy, who claimed she was just given the bag and asked to bring it to sedna. 

Assuming it was a mistake, the old man let Cassy off with a warning. Sedna was punished once again with the small tank. It was a hard night for Sedna, as she knew it was wrong of her to throw that tantrum. But it was worse that no one would believe her about Cassy.