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Adventures of three Chapter 1

It was dark in the pub maybe to give the room a desiring atmosphere and Diona had to agree since the light from the shells created a sashay of pink and orange lights. They bounced off the walls off.the cave giving the whole place a romanticising feel, but the thing was. Every place,every room she ever swam into had beeen like this. Dark room, pink and orange lights barely able to stretch beyond 3 meters. Maybe it was just a style they preferred, but Diona guessed it was to keep the Humans from suspecting anything. This was the closest settlement to the shore she had ever seen.

Diona could on glowered on this prospect,but she had arrived here for a goal and according to the other pubs this one had the most travelling and touring Mers.

She swam around the sand bank and the rocks scrutinizing the Mers before her. You could tell the tourist from the travellers. Every single one of them had a renound field of energy around them. As if they had seen something none of the regular tourists could experience. Diona didn't know if she ranked that energy since she was just beginning her journey and it made her slightly self conscious. Was she too innocent to experience such a vast and grand world?

Diona curled her tail, a habit she had done for many years it meant she was nervouse. Her tail color was that of a light blue that blended to a milky white. Her mother and sisters had thought that she looked like a little angel but to Diona's eyes her tail looked like sickly paste.

Not like the mermaids across the rocks Diona saw each girl had a strickening colorful tail either that or long and overbearing jewelry. Each girl had a flaming characteristic, one that made the corners of your eyes pull toward their direction. Except one girl.

She stood out from the rest of the girls. Like an eel swimming with the parrot fish. Not to say she was disgusting,no. It was just so odd to see such a plain sight in a mist of dazzeling colors. Instead of ornated necklaces and pearls covering her chest she wore a plain white sleeveless shirt that probably came from an old ship's sail and it also was poorly sewn. The girl boasted a wave of thick brown hair, probably un combed, and dark muddy brown eyes.

She said something about getting a few drinks and disengaged herself from the rocks. Thats when Diona saw the glimmer of her tail. She only saw it a second so she at first didnt believe it. Only the girl returned carrying a bowl full of liquid and awkwardly hoisted herself onto the rock. That's when Diona saw it again. A black tail, pure black, no blue hue or purple just pure black. And when strands of light, colorful or not, reached her tail. The black tail exploded into an aray of colorful sparkles. So much and so fast they glimmered ,that Diona eyes hurt.

Her tail divided into two fins, long and very fish like. She looked like all the mermaids of legend. Suddenly Diona understood. Out of all the Mers in the room hers represented the most ancient and exquisite. Flexible yet strong her body could probably form a perfect c while Diona struggled by just bending her knees all the way in.

Something tugged at the back of Diona mind and spread toward her chest. She felt a pull in her soul like a string was attached to her chest and somone was tuggimg at the string. Small tug but never-the-less a persistent one. Why she had the tug ? Why, because she had just found her potential partner to come join her little adventure.

Diona tried to resist the temptation. Of what? The tempation that she might nab the most rare mermaid to join her little adventure or was she just trying to resist the future scene of embarrassment. Yeah, probably that.

Never-the-less Diona succumbed to her will and delicatly swam toward the mermaid's circle. Which had now added a subsequential amount of merman to the mix.

When Diona finally made it to the circle she meekly swam through toward the mermaid. A hush fell on the crowd as one girl shouted.

" What do you want! "

" I just wanted to ask this femer a question." Diona justified. " Can I talk to you over their"

Diona pointed. The mermaid just cooly nodded her head and disengaged herself from her perch. The two swam off while Diona heard the same femer say.

" What the flip does she want."

Diona dutifully ignored this comment and swam off. Once they finally swam far enough for Diona's confidence to return the other mermaid popped the question.

" what is it you want?" It was a genuine question,but Diona still shrinked at the statement as if she was demanding something.

" Well my name is Diona Adams and I am from the village Arosis. I have recently left and right and am looking for some recruits to join in my little road-trip. I saw you and wondered if you like to join me?"

" is their any particular destinations. "

" none just the ocean beyond us unless you have a particular place."

The mermaids eyes scrunched together in a stern look as she examined me. Wasnt it supposed to be Diona's job to scutinize the recruits.

" Alright I'll join."

" really ?"

"yeah just come with me to get my stuff."

"Uh kay?" The two swam back, one a little more reluctantly as the shimmery black-tailed mermaid got her stuff.

" Were you going Fema?" One femer asked pointedly.

" what's it look like!" she slung her pack over her shoulder and then locked it into place." I'm off to a new adventure!"

This received a chorus of whoops, and goodbyes and have a safe trip.

One called " wait you can't leave you can't just leave!"

" sorry Magna, but I was never really gonna accept your offer I prefer traveling for me and only for me."

She turned guickly and swam off indicating for Diona to come.

" wait! " Diona yelled with my hand outstretched though in the water. All was heard was the sound of bubbles, but she still stopped."

" I didn't get my pack" she mouthed

Diona indicated with her hand to follow her and they swam toward her reclused rock as Diona gathered her things and left a small amount of compressed pebbles. The equivalent amount of money in the Mers world.

They then dived down toward the cave tunnel that led toward the cave opening.