(10 minutes earlier...) Lava rested on the car window looking lost in his own thoughts. his driver makes a U-turn to follow another road because of the hectic traffic on the other road. Lava suddenly recognized the familiar figure standing stranded on the road. He lowered down the car window to see who it was, he recognized her to be Erica who was standing there looking as if she had seen a ghost. " Stop the car!" He shouted why reaching for his umbrella underneath his chair. " But sir..." " I say stop the car!!" He shouted again scaring his driver who quickly stopped the car halfway causing other drivers to sound their horn annoyingly. He quickly ran to Erica placing the umbrella above her head to stop the rain from pouring on her. He walked behind her until he was facing the lady who looks like a stranded cat inside the rain. "L... lava" she called blankly " Come inside the car with me, I will drop you off" he said holding her hand. Erica didn't say any word as she followed
Mr. Hansel kept on looking at Erica who was seated on the chair" Which university did you graduated from?" Mr. Hansel curiously asked her" Dad, does it matter? she is good at what she does, I just called her to check on the fishes" lava defended nervously hoping his dad would let it go" I made sure everything is taken care of, so there is no point for that" Mr. Hansel said" Dad, you never can tell, just let me handle this" he told his dad" Since you are already here, we should go together to my public aquarium" Mr. Hansel said as lava staggered a bit" Dad! ... ""If you say so Mr. Hansel" Erica quickly interrupted causing lava to give her a quick stare." Okay, I will be back in a jiffy" he said getting up from the chair" You don't have to do that" Lava said between his teeth" I will be fine as long as you are there " she told him"This is a bad idea" he said quietly not knowing Erica had her own plan.(Riveria)" You are here alone without your guards your majesty" king Ayata
" Dad, you are hurting her" Lava said " I am a marine biologist" Erica said looking straight into his eye " Whatever you are thinking is wrong and you know that" Lava said. Mr. Hansel quickly released the grip after coming to his senses " Sorry, that was wrong of me; I was just pissed that the fishes were hurt" he said in remorse. Erica just smiled "Is okay" she said trying to sound human " Search for the piranhas and fish them out, be careful; they are really harmful. I will send in some other workers" Mr. Hansel said on the walkie-talkie he was using to connect with his worker. " I will go get the remaining stuffs for the safety of the fishes.... we need to clean the fish tank" lava told Erica " Sure" she said as she watches Mr. Hansel leave with lava Erica got closer to the fish tank again placing her ears on it " I am sorry for all your loss; I will do everything I can to get you back to the sea" she said. She listened for a while and her mood quickly " I think someone i
The big day has come for the Sirens to finally crown their princess according to the siren's tradition, the rite is performed to test the strength of the future ruler of the sirens, she is to gain their trust and win the siren's heart as the crown princess that would be next in line after the reign of the queen, she would be crowned princess in witness of every Siren as the next true leader of Riveria. With that title, no ruler would go against her nor take over her place illegally as the Sirens would fight for her. One of the rites would be a test of survival which she will be thrown underneath the river with a heavy stone tied to her tail and then she will strive to free herself from it with the little time giving to her, she will also be trapped and asked to escape from the trap without making use of any weapon. The second rite will be to test her skills when she faces a war in future, she will be chased by Riveria warriors in the river who are ready to give her injuries if she wa
Lava checked his dad record book of the past years and there was nothing suspicious " There isn't even the record of the incident that had happened at the Aquarium; there got to be another book" he said to himself. " There is not even a record of it on the CCTV footage, I bet he is hiding it " he said again He stood upright on his foot thinking hard about where his dad could possibly hide the main record, suddenly his memory flashed back to when he was fifteen, he saw his father moving his bed furniture as if he was looking for something " That looked suspicious, it got to be somewhere inside his room" he said to himself before quickly dashing out of his father's office. (Riveria) Prince Luca and Prince Obi bowed to each other in respect as they were ready for their duel as tradition. " It's already dark, the perfect time for the first duel; we are about to know which one of you is worthy to be the crown princess future husband when the time comes. According to the tradition, th
(Riveria at midnight) " Did you hear that?" Prince Luca asked prince Obi " Yes, it sounded creepy " Prince Obi said " It sounded like a sea kraken" Prince Luca told him " That's impossible, they only exist in fairytales told by our great ancestors" Prince Obi told him " We are much far and outside of Riveria, the river of the lost is like six hours swim from this area; no one has ever been here before" Prince Luca said " If it's really a sea kraken; why are we still here? If it finds us before we find the treasure, we are doomed and it's definitely going to find its way back to Riveria which is the closest" Prince Obi told him " Let's move then, it's just an hour swim into the deadly part of the dungeon" Prince Luca said. As they moved their tail, they noticed a huge figure move out speedily from afar out of their sight " What was that?" Prince Obi asked " I am not wrong this time trust me, it moved like a snake" Prince Luca said " A snake big like that?" Prince Obi asked "
(Back at the sea) " We almost got its tail" Prince Obi said from their hiding place " We have to set a plan" Prince Luca said " The two plans you came up with almost got us killed, firstly; we tried communicating with it which didn't end well, let's not even talk about the idea of trapping it on the abandoned ship because I can't even find a piece of the abandoned ship anywhere " Prince Obi reminded him " This time, I will use myself as a bait" he told him " How? that snake is probably two times faster than us" Prince Obi said " We are warriors with brains, once I go out there; I will lure it to me, all you have to do is strike deep into it" prince Luca told him " Are you trusting me on this, we are rivals at this moment of duel" Prince Obi reminded him " Yes, I know, but if we don't kill this snake, it will continue following us even back to Riveria if possible" Prince Luca told him " So what's the plan" he said Prince Luca quickly swims out in the middle of the danger zone.
" You shamed me in front of every Siren!" King Ayata shouted at prince Obi in anger "I am not ready to get married your majesty. I think the gods are on my side" Prince Obi said to him with his head bowed to his father " The gods aren't the one you should be worried about you idiot, It's the queen who derives joy in the pains of the weak!" king Ayata shouted looking at him " I could have died in that stupid duel; I don't think you would have been worried about the queen if I did, she would probably just apologize to you pretending she cares and then let Prince Luca marry his daughter. I don't want to have anything to do with the sister of Vashi" Prince Obi told his father " If you have seen what I have seen; you will not have the audacity to put your selfish self before the kingdom of Marco!" The king shouted at him which triggered cough that moment " Although am the selfish and crazy bastard son you never liked, I did try my best again to win something and I failed again" he said