Mermaid Tale (Bts ff)

Chapter 29

(By the way, I don't really like the thing I created with them crying pearls so forget about that)

My anxiety crept up on me and I backed away slowly as I saw the plastic parts wrapping around the many towers of the castle. This wasn't what I was expecting to see when coming back to my home land. The area around looked deserted and many of the houses seemed to have been blocked in my wooden driftwood barricading the windows. A few merpeople were walking grimly along the streets, staring up at the plastic that infected the waters like pollution. I felt sick to my stomach due to the fear that was inside of me. I felt Yoongi wrap his arms around me understanding how much this was effecting him and I hugged back knowing this was harming for him too. I couldn't imagine being away for years and years then coming back to the Kingdom destroyed. I hadn't been away that long....but still. It felt like the responsibility had fallen on us two.

A few of the castle Guards were clearing parts of the ocean from the litter but they wore protective suits encase they got cut. In a few locations there were sea animals corpses lifelessly floating with a bloody cloud of red forming or already spread into it's surroundings. It was heartbreaking as many shouts could be heard in desperation in the village. I looked at Yoongi not sure what to do, and he gave me the same look. "Yoongi....How can I come and walk away with the kingdom in these conditions?!" We both knew that we could just go along with our now daily lives. With the Kingdom suffering, we couldn't just pop up and leave again. So what exactly could we do.

My brother kept silent in the circumstances, his gaze seemingly glued onto the scene in front of us. I saw his eyes with a glimmer of layered tears but for me the tears were already leaking onto my cheeks. "I didn't expect....." I heard him mutter under his breath. Regaining from the shock I started swimming towards the gates of the main castle. I tried staying as far away from the litter as I could, making sure to not add another painful scar to my tail. As we got closer, more murmurs were heard from the houses below. We ignored everything though, even the sight of the guards trying to make their way towards us. And soon we had managed to get in the castle gates.

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We swam through the court, and thankfully the water was spotless and clean just how imagined it would be. A door stood in front of us, the marble features and designs of the entrance marking that it was important.  Indeed, it was the entrance to the throne room where our parents often spent there time. Whether it was arguing, discussing problems from within the kingdom or just sitting and looking pretty, this was the place they were always sitting. I always found it strange how a person could sit in a chair for hours and not get bored. I was so thankful for not being Queen or else I would have to be in the position. I was nervously hovering my hand over the doorknob, my finger shaking lightly as it felt like my stomach was doing flips. I looked at Yoongi for some sort of confirmation to gain the confidence to open the door but he seemed to shy away more than me. It made sense. I could see him looking at every thing that layed in the court yard, a emotionless expression on his face as he admired the sights he hadn't seen in a long time.

I took a deep breath. I had to do this. For Yoongi. For the Safety of the Kingdom. For the Safety of my kind. The door knob twisted with a click and I pushed the door open as it revealed the throne room. A long red carpet was on the floor leading all the way to the other end of the room where 4 thrones stood. The 2 thrones in the direct middle were bigger than the other two and seemed to be decorated in the special gem stones which the other two lacked. The thrones weren't just normal chairs, they were shaped like mermaid tails glimmering with the jewels peppering them. To the left of the main thrones, lay a slightly smaller one. It was outlined with gold and the tail that the chair was shaped from was shaded in  blue and purple colours identical to me and Yoongi's tail. On the right, the smallest throne stood and it was similar to the left one with it's colour design except it was outlined with silver. It was my throne.