Underwater Love - A Septiplier Love Story

Fish Outta Water

     My eyes flutter open, they feel heavy. I feel heavy, like something is pressing down on me. Finally my vision has cleared enough for me to see...That I have a fish tail!? What? This can't be right. I try and kick causing the large fin to move. It has a lot more joints then a normal human leg. I take in a big breath and then realize why everything is so heavy. I'm under water. I flail my limbs around to try and reach the surface but I can't even tell where the surface begins and ocean ends. Also, I still can't swim. 

"Calm down. You can breath under water." A young man with a tail says to me. He's really handsome. Strong jaw, no shirt, nice abs. 

"This may be surprising or alarming, but yes, you are a merman." He says. 

"Well no shit I'm alarmed, really fucking scared because I can't swim. Let alone breathe underwater." I say sitting up on the large flat rock I woke up on. 

"You also could be nice and not put me to sleep on a rock." I say. 

"I'm Mark, the prince of the ocean." He says. 

"Um...? I'm Jack or um... Seán is fine too." I say.

"Follow me." He says and grabs my hand. 

He pulls me though a hole in the wall. I'm not sure so I just flip my tail back in forth trying to be in rhythm with his. His tail is blue and shimmers in what light is left of the sunset. 

"I'll tell you everything later, but for now don't go near salt water. If any of your skin gets in contact with salt water you'll go into this state." He motions to my tail. 

"You have to go. They are searching for you." He say like I want to found. 

"No, I can stay. If I go home.." I let go of his hand and take of the shirt that was sticking to my body. Purple bruises stain my pail body like grape juice stains on a white t-shirt. 

"Okay." He says. His eyes meet mine. They are soft chocolate brown. 

I turn around and realize the hole in the wall was a window on a castle. He grabs my hand pulls me to the front of the building. It's magnificent. Fish swimming around and merpeople too. The castle is covered in coral and underwater plants. 

"I'm gonna explain what happened somewhere more private." He says grabbing my hand. He tugs me and I'm kinda slow.  

"I can't.. swim." I say.  

                        "I mean, well.." I mutter. 

"I get it. I've been doing it my whole life. Let me teach you." He grabs my other hand and keeps me steady.

"Okay so flap your fin. Then go up from there flapping each joint with the previous ones. Like this." He demonstrates. 

"We have a lot more joint so we are more agile and so we can swim at high speeds." He says as I start flipping my fins. 

"Now faster." He says once I've gotten a hang of it. 

"Son, who is that?" A man says who I can only assume is the king (unless Mark lied and he isn't the prince.)

"Um..." Mark says, his eyes are wide. I'm not sure if he's startled or scared or both. 

"He seems new. What did you do this time Mark?" The mans say then grabs my wrist and lift my hand high. He looks all over my body, then meets my eyes. 

"Mark did you hit this man?" He says staring me. 

"No father." Mark says and looks at me.

Then the man looks at Mark 

"Guards, take this man to the prison." 

Then men swarm me grabbing me at all side. Tugging me in different directions dragging me away to my uncertain doom.