(I'm not putting any yandere here, so chill... No gore scenes)
~ 3rd Person's Perspective ~
[𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠]
Mystery untold, only the full name of (Name) is the only word that is modern, the others are very ancient to understand. It may even beat Lilia's real age...
"Hm... These ancient letters don't exist in Twisted Wonderland... Impossible..." Jade murmured as he rummaged the books full of ancient letters. "Could she really be from another world?" He asked himself.
Those ancient letters imprinted on the picture only exist in Earthland, (Name)'s home, yet only her Grandmothers, Hisui and Lucy, and Levy McGarden know what it translates. Lucy didn't know anything about Twisted Wonderland's ancient spells as well, only a few ones though. It's very rare to hear those spells. For Jade, he knew an ancient spell, which can translate any words from the language he desires to be translated...
"Only one way left to go..."
The underwater is filled with secrets buried underneath. Jade is quite a curious one when he was young, so he basically stumbles to an ancient book. When he opened it, there was one sentence and its purpose. No more, no less. It was the ancient spell, the spell he's gonna use right now...
"Oh, antica dea della saggezza, dea Atena,
Antica dea della sicurezza, preservazione e salvezza, dea Soteria,
Antica dea della magia, dea Ecate,
Guidami verso l'ignoto!
Aiutami dall'ignoto!
Lascia che i tuoi poteri siano assorbiti dai segreti dietro queste lettere,
Con la presente, chiedo che la tua magia mi aiuti.
Scopri i segreti di queste letter!"
As he chants the incantation, the ancient letters on the photo frame started to jumble like birds in the air. The modern letters started appearing in the air, meaning the spell is working. He hasn't used the book until now, it may cause a dark threat. The blinding light reminisced and the once ancient letters turned into the modern alphabet...
"I-Impossible! I'm not dreaming, right?!" Jade covered his mouth as he read the words. "She's a princess from another world?!"
Just below her name, there lies her real status: 'Princess of Fiore' and 'Next Inheritor of the Heartfilia's'...
Oh dear, they messed with the wrong person! Jade's mind started to thought about the word 'treason'. He read the other words and all are connected to titles of royalties and nobilities. Then his mind started to think about her name, her full name. Definitely a royalty just by looking and reading it...
One was named 'Lord Deckard Heartfilia/Earl Heartfilia', the middle-aged man. The middle-aged woman is called 'Princess Hannah Margaret Takoizu Lucky-Fiore Heartfilia/Madame Hannah Heartfilia'. The other woman was named 'Madame Lucy Heartfilia' and the last one is 'Queen Hisui E. Fiore'. Jade opened the photo frame and saw a note at the back of it...
It read:
Dear (Name),
Happy 10th Birthday, my love! I know you hate the date of your birthday and I'm sorry if I'm not beside you right now. Forgive me that you're already suffering from a lot of paperwork of the company we hold. I know it's too much to ask for a very young child like you. Anytime sooner, you'll be the next Queen of Fiore, but that doesn't mean I'm rushing you.
I know how hard it is to move on in hardships, I've been there a lot. When your Auntie Aquarius' key is the one I sacrificed, when your great grandparents passed, and when your parents passed away. You're a strong, intelligent, and beautiful girl, (Name), it'll ruin your beauty if you cry too much. I'm not saying that you shouldn't cry for me, I want you to move on.
I want you to be the same without me, dear. As much as I don't want to leave the world, nature is inevitable to stop. I love you at the bottom of my heart and no soul can change that. One day, you'll know who your Grandfather is without my help, good luck. I love you, (Name).
Love, Grandmother Lucy
"H-Huh?" Jade touch his cheeks. "W-Why am I crying?"
The letter was a bit cringy and cliché but full of emotions. It seems that the one who wrote the letter was the blonde-haired woman named Lucy Heartfilia. The sender of this letter was (Name)'s deceased grandmother, basing on the metaphor she used in the first and second paragraph...
'I must confront (Name)-san... Azul isn't trustworthy to keep this a secret...' He thought to himself before hiding the photo frame once more.
[𝐄𝐧𝐝]
~ 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞 ~
"W-Wait! You saw the Ramshackle Dorm Leader doing fine?" Azul asked Jade and Floyd. "I made sure that the potion will change her completely for two whole days."
"Maybe you forgot an ingredient," Jade stated. "I'm afraid that we can't lure her anymore."
"Make sure that they won't take a step in the museum." Azul sternly ordered. "I can't believe that my magical potion didn't take effect at all."
Tricky (Name). Even Azul succeeded in turning her into a feline, she still has ways to trick him and maybe make him lose on their bet. Hm... I wonder what'll happen to (Name), don't you think?
~ 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 ~
"Will this potion that Azul gave us really make us breathe underwater?" Deuce asked as he played with the test tube filled with yellow-like juice, maybe lemon.
"Nothing will happen if we keep doubting," Jack stated. "Let's drink and wait for the effect."
"It really looks like pee." Happy remarked out loud.
"HAPPY!" Grim and Pantherlily exclaimed in disgust.
"Let's pretend we didn't hear that." Ace sweatdropped. "Let's drink it all together in three... two... one..."
As they drank the potion, Gemini felt a disturbing shock like something happened to their Mistress. Like how fast it came, it got lost like a flash of light. What they didn't know, (Name) was in deep trouble that time, but before we go to her perspective, let's see what'll happen to the boys...
"U-Ugh... T-This is..." Deuce coughed.
"GROSS!!!" Happy and Pantherlily exclaimed, trying to resist their vomiting.
"Blegh... This tastes like a frog and rotten mushroom combined, yanno!" Grim stated, disgusted by the taste.
"What the... Have you eaten those kinds of things?" Jack asked, brushing his mouth with his sleeve. "It got one strong taste, too."
"I think that the taste of these magical potions should be improved, but why do elder ones act like it's no problem?" Ace asked. "Ugh... So gross..."
"Effectiveness is more essential than taste, you know?" Deuce remarked. "Wait... I-It feels like it's hard to breathe..."
"Does that mean that our lungs are starting to adjust?!" Jack panted.
Ace panted, his lungs started to get wheezed out of life, "Crap, it's really getting hard to breathe... Let's hurry and go to the sea!"
"Oh, Mirror of Darkness, take us to the Coral Sea!"
All of them ran to the Mirror, taking them underwater. The Coral Sea where mermaids and talking fishes exist. They didn't know what's the situation of the real (Name) in the courtesy of Carla...
Earlier with Carla and the real (Name)...
They were in the library. Carla didn't bother to get into a class, all she did is to find ways on getting (Name) back to her real form. The library table she was in was full of books about transformation potions and antidotes to those potions. Using the Wind reading glasses that belong to (Name), Carla used it for faster research...
"Stupid books! Useless books! Aargh!"
(Name) was on the bag, eating something. The zipper was fully opened, so she can escape anytime she wants. Exiting the bag, she quietly went outside the library without making a sound. She went to the Hall of Mirrors, wanting to destroy the contracts right now...
'All of them are busy...' (Name) thought as she hid under the couches' lounge. There are a lot of people, but they're busy with two things: Eating or delivering with orders on their hand.
She immediately went to the VIP room, sneaking right through the gap. Azul was nowhere to be found or that's what she thought. Azul just left to take some drink, accidentally leaving the door with a gap. When he was just getting back, he saw the cat (Name)...
"Well, well. What do we have here?" Azul smirked as he saw a feline entered the VIP room. "Do you belong to that girl? Hm? It seems that you're trying to do something or rather... Steal something."
"*hiss!*" (Name) hissed at Azul.
He knelt to caress her fur, "... What will happen to your Mistress if her little feline friend got captive by me?" He snickered. "Fufu~! Lock her in the cage," he snapped his fingers.
(Name) dashed out of the door, not wanting to get caught by Azul. Until she heard a lot of running footsteps just right behind her tail. She took a peek and it was the dorm students of Octavinelle. All of them are attacking her with their magical pen...
'I'm completely defenseless!' (Name) panicked as she ran off the mirror.
"Get back here, you cat!" One of them yelled, attacking her with a water spell.
(Name) had no choice, but to get straight out of the school. She hid behind one of the statues of Main Street, catching her breath. Could any day be worse than hers?
"Find the cat!" One student that is from Octavinelle ordered.
"It's hiding on that statue!" One of them pointed at the statue where she was hiding. Her tail was sticking out for a good view.
She ran as fast as she could, scared for her dear life. She regretted leaving the bag and leaving Carla alone. She should've asked for Carla to come with her or wait for her to help her come back to her original form...
*crack!*
"*hiss!* *hiss!*" She stumbled on a rock, her leg is clearly sprained from the bruise and blood coming out from it. Running for quite half an hour is really tiring, there are still the Octavinelle students trying to find her.
"Nya~? You're very bruised, little kitty~!"
"Who you got there?"
"A kitty~! It looks so bruised~! Can we go tomorrow?"
"But you promised!"
"Please~! Just now and I promised that we'll go tomorrow!"
"Fine... But you better treat us a lot of our favorite food today!"
"YEY!"
Before (Name)'s eyes get completely shut, she felt that her petite body was being carried to the air. She knew that she knows who carried her, someone she knew very well...
~ 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐚 ~
Grim made bubbles, "Wwee'rree unnnderrrwatterrrr! Imgonaaadieeee!"
"... Wait... I can breathe?" Deuce asked himself as he talked.
"T-THIS IS AMAZING!!!" Happy exclaimed. "Wish Carla is here, you know?"
"Dude, you two broke up, right?" Pantherlily affirmed.
"Yeah... I know, Lily..." Happy murmured. "But we can breathe!"
"Eh? Ah! You're right!" Grim agreed.
"We can really breathe, huh," Jack uttered.
"Woah! The Coral Sea sure has a great background for pictures!" Ace commented. "I'm 100% sure that if Cater-senpai is here, he'll take a lot of pictures!"
"The fishes are so cute." A typical expression of (Name) when she first sees a cute thing. Well, Gemini just did what they need to do.
"It's not the right time to admire things, (Name)-san," Jack called. "We need to get moving, too. We must hurry for what we've come here."
"IT'S HARD TO MOVE UNDERWATER, YANNO/Y'KNOW!!!"
~ 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 ~
"Wait! I see something!" Deuce whispered.
They swam against the cold water, while they tried for looking at that Museum. Until a very large castle-like building. Multiple mermaids were entering with cute little kids with tails also. Gemini felt the shock again and they knew that something happened to their Mistress, but they couldn't just leave these boys alone, right? (Name) said that they don't need to worry about her, so...
"Isn't that the Atlantica Memorial Museum?" Ace asked.
Pantherlily pulled a pamphlet, "Yeah. It said in the magazine."
"Wow. It's so big up close." Happy complimented.
"WHA--?! There are a lot of people who have fish tails instead of legs!" Grim pointed at the mermaids.
"Mermaids... I once doubt that there are real people who lived underwater." Jack remarked.
"Ah~! Little shrimp and her friends are finally here~!"
"Hello, everyone. How's the scene of the underwater?"
"Those voices belong... TO THE TWINS!!!"
"Correct~!"
They all turned to find the twins in... A sea snake form or seahorse? Besides that, they have light-green skin, almost like a green gem...
"Y-You, guys?! Why do you look like that?!" Jack asked, surprised by their forms.
"Hm~? It's what we look like all the time~!" Floyd uttered. "We're mermaids, after all."
"T-Then... H-How... THE HECK DO YOU GUYS HAVE LEGS ABOVE THE WATER?!" Happy exclaimed, hiding behind Jack.
"We drink a potion to change our forms above water, the form you always sees us." Jade retorted. "It would be very complicated if we walk on land like this, right?"
"Wha--?! You guys are super tall!!! What's you're height?!" Ace asked.
"Are you some kind of a sea snake?" Deuce questioned.
"Nope~, we're eels~!" Floyd corrected.
"What are you guys doing here?" Gemini asked.
"It's obvious that we came here to get in your way~!" The man-child retorted, a sick grin spreading to his face.
"I knew that will happen." Ace murmured.
"It will be complicated if you cleared the conditions so easily, after all." Jade smiled, but he really is terrified now of the girl now known as 'Princess (Name)'.
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深海の商人