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I completely forgot about my concert. Of course when do I not, I'm too busy anyway! For what you may ask? Well scavenging obviously! I am what you would call a ‘horder’. My mom gave me the nickname ‘Alex the crab’ because of my collecting habit. And the entire kingdom called me that for MONTHS!! Thanks alot mom…anyway back to my current situation! Death by mom. Or as normal people call it, getting yelled at. So very scary.
Now I know that she and Sebastian have been working on this thing for a long time buuuuuuut i was, again, BUSY!!! You can't just stop my creativity flow. Aaaaaaand ooooh crap here she comes.
“Where have you been!?! You missed the concert that we were working on for MONTHS!!!”
I backed up a bit, practically feeling the heat of her anger “ummm well, you see..uhhhh..”
Don’t say you went scavenging. Don’t say you went scavenging. Don’t say you went scavenging.
“I went scavenging and found this boat with a bunch of cool stuff.”
Good job kelp for brains.
I hit my forehead with the palm of my hand as mom gets livid. Ahhh if looks could kill I’d be in Davy Jones’ Locker. “YOU WHAT!?!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT GOING TO THE SHIPYARD IS DANGEROUSE!! IT'S FORBIDDEN FOR A REASON YOU KNOW!!! WITH ALL ITS SHARK AND BOATS GOING AROUND THERE!!! Gosh I'm SO disappointed in you for disobeying me AGAIN so as punishment, Sebastian will be accompanying you everywhere you go” the silence is deafening until I snap.
“WHAT?!?!!”
“THAT IS FINAL YOUNG MAN”
And with that she turns around and exits.
“What the fishnets!” I turn around to see the eldest brother Adam floating there with a concerned and slightly disappointed look on his face. “Soooo what did you do this time?” I can tell he just came back from stopping the other spawns of Tartarus (our sidlings) from fighting, based on the way his hair is all messed up and somehow has a few starfish and some coral in it. “Well I went scavenging and came back fine, but you on the other hand look like you just got attacked by a squad of squids. Who was fighting this time?” My response gets a head shake and a heavy sigh. “Again? Surprised mom didn't end up grounding you this time, now I owe Able 20 shillings. Was it Austin and Alan again? Started fighting over something about whose pet fish was faster? We all know it’s Austin’s, but you know Alan.” He takes a deep breath and swims over to me, looks practically through my soul and then there is a big BANG and CRASH in the back with some shouting, probably Alan and Austin again, and just as quickly as he appeared, Adam vanishes to go do older brother stuff. You know, keeping the younger siblings from killing each other. And you wanna know where I go? My room to see how long I can avoid the dreaded sebastian.
…
Ok, so it has been a few hours and I think I'm good. I peek around the door and look around. Thinking I'm safe, I start to exit but then right when I close the door I hear a cough behind me and slowly turn to see the crab I've been dreading to see: Sebastian.
“Where do you think you're going, young prince?”
Oohhhhhh how he sits with such crabbyness. Makes me wanna turn him into seafood.
“Oh me? I’m…uh…going to pick some sea anemones. Ya! As an apology to Mom for going scavenging when I shouldn't, which is not what I'm doing right now..heh…ya.” I float there practically sweating sand while Sebastian looks at me all weird, then puts his crab claws together. “Oh that's a wonderful idea Alex”, he gives me this sly look “and of course I will be joining you for this ‘apologie bouquet’ that you are making.”
And in that moment I feel like I just kicked a stonefish. “oh…uh ... .ya ya of course you can join!”
Ok. New plan: lose Sebastian. This is going to be difficult knowing he's like a barnacle to a whale. So first I tried losing him in a field of seaweed, knowing that wouldn't work, but giving it a try anyway. And woop de do it didn’t work as expected. No, that was too easy for Sebastian. Ya know I have to think of something clever. Something that will not only stop him but repel him, and I know just what to do.
“So uh, Alex, you know that the anemone field is not in this direction.” He starts looking around confused and a bit wary.
“Ya I know, but I wanna get her the best sea flowers and luckily I know a great spot.” I look back to see him looking at me with an unimpressed look.
“Almost there~”
And just as I go over a portion of coral reef, I spot the place that Sebastian hates most in the world: human cooking supplies. Or as I should say, my entire collection of cooking stuff.
“WHAT THE!?!NOPE I'M OUT OF HERE I'M GOING to tell the king.”
And just like that he's gone. HAHAHA mission accomplished! Now to go to my MAIN collection. Which is literally 5 feet away. And also imma go talk to my lil fishy friend that usually stays there, Shawn.
…at the castle…
“ YOUR HIGHNESS!! Oh my, YOUR HIGHNESS, QUEEN, I HAVE IMPORTANT INFO—”
“What is it Sebastian? What is wrong?” Queen Amphitrite in all her royal glory, turns to see her adviser completely out of breath and talking at the speed of light.
“OHMYWORDYOURHIGHNESSYOURSONHASAWHOLECOLLECTIONOFHUMANSTUFFANDYOUMUSTSEEITISAWFULEANDOOHHILLSHOWYOUTHEWAYCOMEON!!” (For those who read at normal speed “ Oh my word, Your Highness! Your son has a whole collection of human stuff and you must see! It is awful and oohh I’ll show you the way. Come on). With that he turns around and starts scurrying off with a confused queen following behind.
“Wait, what's going on? What does my son have? WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!?”
...back to Alex…
Ok soooo…. Found Shawn. Stuck, like usual. Good heavens. “Shawn, what are you doing this time?” I swam over to see the large orange and white fish stuck upside down in what looks to be a silver ring. But larger, it looks kinda like a wheel but not for the big things on the surface called ‘cars’. Maybe a smaller one? I have no clue, but Shawn is stuck in the wires that form a cool pattern. “What is this?” I asked. “Found it! I heard it's called a bicycle wheel from a few of my friends! Thought you would like to add it to your collection.” He responds but struggles to turn to me due to the wire. “Well…, let’s get you out of this and put it with the other wheels" I pull the wires off of him and pick it up. Admiring how shiny it is compared to the other things I have, I go and set it down with the others. Not much later I hear Sebastian, oddly enough, and go investigate.
“Oh…, uh hey Sebastian. What are you doing here?” I exit the cavern and go over to him trying my best to hide my nervousness.
“Well you led me here.”
Oh ya
“Oh, I did? Ha that's funny, I actually found some of the flowers! See.” I pull out one whimsy looking flower and get an uneasy expression from the crab. And that's when I heard it. The deafening sound of metal crumpling, wood snapping and glass breaking with the sound of my mother yelling.
“WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!! OH POSEIDON! WHY MUST MY KID DO THIS?! HE IS GOING TO GET HIMSELF KILLED! OHHHHH”
And as I rush over back into the cavern I see all my stuff destroyed and my mom heaving. She must have gotten in from the opening up above. And that's when she looks over at me and starts yelling.
“YOU! GO BACK TO THE CASTLE AT ONCE!! I don't want to see you right now.”
Overcome with emotion I swim off as fast as I can away from everyone there. I go to a reef and hide there and start crying over all of my broken treasures and not too long later I see a huge boat drift overhead with huge explosions of color dancing around it. It looked beautiful. I go swim up to the surface and take a peek to see them better and it's one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen. It’s colorful explosions in the sky but they explode out like a blooming anemone. I go over to the yacht named ‘The Sea Flame’ and climb up it to find the people celebrating and dancing whilst blasting some sort of music that feels like it's shaking my whole body, which it is.
And then I see her, the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Her eyes are the color of the sea and her skin the color of sand on a clear day. Her hair is the color of fire, long, flowy, and gorgeous. She is wearing a fancy burnt purple blouse and a dark green skirt that stops at her knees with a brown and gold belt holding it up. She is talking to a furry creature that I have learned is called a ‘dog’. This one's fur is golden like the sun and is huge. Its big tail wagging and hitting people like a whip, and its tongue is lolling out of the side of its muzzle, seeming happy. I just sit there and watch as she messes around with the creature, hypnotized by her beauty. Until I hear loud clanging and look over to see an older gentleman trying to get everyone's attention.
“EVERYONE! I have an announcement to make!” Everyone turns to him, stopping their conversations.
“As you all know today is Ember's birthday and we would like to present her with a gift! Ember, come up here please.”
And that's when I see the stunning woman, Ember, walk up next to the man and start talking.
“Good evening everyone! To be honest you all didn't have to get me anything, but thank you. Now to open!”
Oh Poseidon blessings, her voice is like a siren's call, smooth, beautiful, and luring.
And during my little heart attack she dropped the veil on the square object and revealed a stunning painting of her on a horse in an elegant dress. To be honest it's a bit excessive because in the painting it shows her holding a torch and ... .uh..a book? Is that what they're called? I forget.
“Oh.” she laughs nervously, swapping her weight to each foot. “It's lovely Grant” I see him smile, oblivious to the awkward vibe she is getting from the painting.
After an hour of watching them dance, sing, and chuck each other off the side of the boat, I find myself relaxed and enjoying the sight. Then I feel little drops of water hit my back. Curious, I looked up to see where it came from and saw that the sky had turned black and there was rumbling all around us. The people started packing up except for the girl, Ember. You know, that really is a lovely name.
And that was the last thought that crossed my mind before a massive explosion came from within the ship, completely destroying it. There were no survivors.
The end