[color=7bcdc8]"I know what Mailyn taught all of us," [/color]Arys told Ariyah sternly. [color=7bcdc8]"That all mermen are savage brutes. They are to be feared,"[/color] she said her eyes darting back to the one who called himself 'Link'. They had names?

Arys looked at her sister, bewildered.[color=7bcdc8] "Promised protection? At what cost? They only know how to do things for their own gain," [/color]she insisted. [color=7bcdc8]"Whatever they told you, it was a lie. Look at me sister, blood of my blood. You trust a monster over me?" [/color]she asked pleadingly, dreading the response.

If these 'shellborn' mermen knew they were there then there was more to fear. They would have to leave, forced from their home by opposing sides that wanted to destroy each other.
But they couldn't leave... the turtles... the reef... it needed them. Everything in the surrounding waters needed the mermaids help to nurture and care for them.

[color=7bcdc8]"They can't force us from our home. Not again," [/color]she said, determined that the past would not repeat itself. Ariyah had not been reborn as a mermaid when the last conflict had occurred. When Arys had made her terrible mistake...

The sun was beginning to set on the world. Arys stared at the light as it began to fade into oranges and reds above them. [color=7bcdc8]"The turtles... Ariyah they will be laying their eggs any moment. We have to be there to tend them. Predators wait for them,"[/color] she reminded her sister, tugging on her arm.