Merstuck - DirkJake (SFW)

Dirk Strider was a prince, he absolutely hated being a damn prince! The princes from the other kingdoms were weird and rude! He was bored, and tired, of being cooped up and so he ran away, well, swam. Unfortunately for the young prince, a storm swept him away. He wasn't very strong like his older brother, being a knight and all. Dirk was swept away by the storm. Days passed and the kingdom ruled him dead, only the prince wasn't dead but rather beached. The storm last night was horrible. Luckily, Jake, a boy who lived on that island, was right next to the beach. Every time a storm came through, the boy always went out to sit in the rain. Yet as he looked out on the beach, there was what seemed to be....a body? He was laying on the shore, water all the way up to his waist! He hoped they weren't hurt. They weren't moving, so Jake had to do something fast. He ran down the cliff from his house, not caring if he was getting dirty from the freshly wetted dirt and leaves. As he got closer, he saw that they were breathing, making him a bit relieved, but he was bleeding on the side on his chest. As Jake was about a foot away, he realized that...this was no human. Not one bit. Jake pulled the body onto the beach, revealing its tail, a bright orange with some shine to it, scales covering from his hips to his, uh, tail. "A-Are you okay? You're bleeding a little...!"
(Cover credit: Ikimaru)