Wild Uncharted Waters.

Chapter 4: Part Of Your World.

LEONARDO POV
Come on, they clearly don't get it, don't they? One time I tell them that people are not all bad, they just wouldn't believe me. Well, yeah. Because I "clearly haven't seen one." I will. Eventually. I really don't see how a world filled with so many cool things, can be bad?

Maybe I'm just jinxing myself. There might be something wrong with me. Okay, no. Leo. Don't you gaslight yourself because you know damn well you want to go up there. I mean, with all the restrictions down here, a simple escape won't hurt, right?

As I put the stuff I found in their respective boxes, I hear a knock. "Yeah, what's up?" I ask, swimming towards it. I see Donnie standing outside, most likely  wanting to come in. Well of course, why would he be standing there in the first place? "So, I've been wondering Leon, how did you get so fascinated with the surface in the first place?" He swam in, startling me. Yeah, don't ask why I'm easily startled. "Do you really want to know?"

"Obviously. Is there perhaps...a special someone up there? Perhaps an acquaintance? A lover, maybe? Gasp!" Oh, Donnie. Just shut the fuck up. At least get a lover of your own so you won't just spend time teasing me for being single. "Not really, it's just that, I sometimes get tired of just swimming around, you know? I mean, I can't walk with flippers after all."

"Yeah, but really. Why do you want to get up there?"
Listen. If I ever tell him, I'll be dead. You know how protective my family is over me, since I'm like their token lead. Token lead singer, dancer, etcetera. (Because they know I'm that great after all.)

But, they genuinely don't believe I have the strength to wander off on my own. I mean, Mikey gets to wander off, and he's younger than me! It's just unfair. To me, I see the surface as an escape realm. A safe space where I can get away from everything. You know, to get away from all my problems. 

But I guess you could say, out of all my family members, Donnie would be the most understanding. Shocker! It's not Mikey?! Well it isn't. Sorry.
Donnie is probably the one who understood me the most, which is funny coming from him, since he might come off as someone who wouldn't care at all. I took a deep breath and just flat out lied though, just to make sure. "I just want to see how it's like, that's all." here's to say that Donnie's got a lie detector. Still sick of that though. "Leo... I know what you're doing. Are these attempts at escaping?" Close, but not close enough.

"Well what do you think? I mean, is it really that hard to guess?" I grinned, as Donnie looked at me annoyed. To the point he just stopped asking questions all together. "Very well, fine. You win this one, Nardo. But I swear, I will find that reason." He then left the room, leaving me only with Mayhem.

"Psst! Mayhem, you can come out now." It was hiding the entire time, since pretty much my whole family knows how mischievous this little guy gets. Trust me, he's done way more than help me sneak out. But even with the questions other people tell me, I just can't help but imagine what it's really like up there. Like, okay. Fire, right? I've seen it a bunch of times from ships passing by, but why does it like...well, what's the word... burn? I mean, it just looks so mesmerizing. Well, like me of course.

These questions keep me awake at night, making me even more curious to know what it's like up on land. Ugh, when's it my turn? It's been years, and I just wanna get out of this place. Sometimes my own father would treat me like a complete stranger due to my behavior, which by the way dad, not cool. Minus points from the coolness board in my opinion. But hey, if we're being honest here, getting ordered around to attend practice and stay in one spot is, yawn boring. Sometimes I even wonder if I ever would get the chance to wander about. Because that's what sea turtles do! We like to wander about.

But being a royal, things have been a little harder for me than most seafolk. I have to obey rules, stick to a proper code, follow whatever April tells me to do. (Sorry April you're quite fun but when you're siding with dad, it fucking sucks, you know?)
I just feel incredibly restricted. Honestly, I don't even get how my brothers are okay with it. Especially Mikey's case. He seems like the type to wander like me. But nope, he's the closest to our father, so of course he'll have to obey.

I really can't deal with this anymore. I just wanna be where the people are. See them dancing, partying around, you know? I mean, what do you call them...oh, feet. Feet don't seem so bad either. I mean it's better than just having floppy flippers for legs. If I were on shore like this, harpooning would get a lot more common. Either that, or I'll be tripping all over the place. Like, bitch please, I just want to live on land?
But, regardless of that, I really wish I could be part of their world. Guess good things come to people who wait.