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Viola was about to swim away when she saw a mermaid stuck in the tide. The mermaid looked familiar but she put that aside and swam over to her. She grabbed her wrists and began to swim, trying to pull her out of the tide. She was realizing now that this was the girl form before that had found her beached, so this was her just repaying her for the help.

Melody felt hands on her wrists pulling her out of the tide and tried to help as much as she could, not knowing it was the woman from before yet. Once they were out of the tide Melody turned around to thank her savior but was faced with the woman. "You." She said, shocked. Melody looked at the woman's fin and saw it wasn't like a regular fin, it was one from a demon. Melody reached back into her bag and pulled out the conch, blowing into it sharply.

Viola covered her ears when Melody blew the conch. "Hey! What was that for?" She asked, not mad but a bit irritated. She didn't notice the difference in the fact of her fin being so out of the norm, she thought that most merpeople had different fins depending on their origin.

"I-I'm sorry...." Melody said, small tears in her eyes as men could be heard in the distance. In the matter of minutes most of the castle guards would be there to capture the woman and Melody still didn't know her name. "W-what is your N-name?" She managed to stamper, her voice cracking with the pressure. Why did I do this, she saved me!!

"Viola." She said, wondering what was going on. She could read the troubled expression on Melody's face. "Is something the matter?" She asked.

"I'm sorry, Viola." Melody said again just as the guards reached them. They threw a net over Viola and surrounded her, nineteen guards in total. The last guard put his hand on Melody's back and guided her to his chariot carefully. "Good job, Princess Melody." He said with a bow, helping her up. Melody looked helplessly over her shoulder as the chariot moved back towards the palace, the guards closing in on Viola.

Viola struggled out of the net. "What the-" She said angrily. She didn't know what she did to be captured. "What is going on?!" She growled, her temper starting to get the best of her. She glared at the chariot, furious now.

The remaining guards around her pointed their spears at Viola, noticing that she was getting angry. "Careful." One of the guards warned the others as he stepped up. "We can get this all over with if you come willingly." He stated calmly, raising both his hands.

Melody watched the scene as she got closer to the palace, a few more guards at the gate. "What will happen to her?" She asked, turning to the guard. "If she comes willingly she will just be put in jail, but if not then she will be executed." He said, keeping his eyes to the front as they reached the gates. Three guards joined them and surrounded Melody and escorted her into the palace and into her room, locking her in for her "protection".

Viola clenched her teeth, clearly still angry but she stopped struggling. "Explain to me what is going on." She demanded. She didn't know anything about the mermaid world or most any other world besides the human world. This was very annoying to her and overall, seemed to be insane.

"King Triton has ordered us to capture you and bring you to Atlantica. We wee just given the orders to carry out." The one guard explained, bringing some kelp from a small bag at his side. He stepped up to Viola and held his hand out for her wrists. "It would be allot easier if you came along willingly." He added, sympathy on his face.

Viola hesitated when he held out the kelp but she then held her wrist out, confused as to what is all going on. She could read the sympathy on the guard's face, which made her only more confused and a bit worried.

The guard wrapped the kelp around her wrists and guided her towards another chariot with some more kelp in it. He tied her to the base of the chariot and got to the reins, the other guards getting on tier chariots as well. With a flick of the wrist they were off, racing towards the palace. The guards boxed the chariot with Viola in the middle and kept that formation until they were at the palace gates, slowing down to a stop when they got to the gate. "We have apprehended the prisoner." The guard shouted up to the men on watch, untying Viola from the bottom of the chariot and guiding her inside.

Melody watched from her room, twirling her black hair in her fingers. She watched them take her inside and ran towards the door of her room, using a hairpin to unlock it and run down the steps to the throne room.

(I am concluding you went to bed, Night!!)

(Yeah, sorry. )

Viola didn't understand any of what was going on. She knew that she hadn't done anything wrong of recent and the only thing that set her apart form the rest of merpeople around her was her tail with its different fin. She was proud of her fin and didn't want it to look similar to all those around her.

(Tis' ok!! I just woke up a couple minutes ago. >_<)
Melody watched as the guards brought Viola into the throne room and before the king, his trident beside him. "Take her to the cells." He said simply, leaning back in his throne. The guard bowed and guided Viola out of the room again and down to the cells, Melody following silently behind them.

"Is that is?!" She said, clenched her jaw. She found this all idiotic, they followed his orders without a question and obeyed them as though they couldn't think on their own. She wanted to know why she was being thrown into a cell, what crime had she committed?

The guards ignored her and opened the cell door, pushing her inside gently. They removed the kelp from her wrists and locked the door behind themselves, leaving her alone. There were no other prisoners in the cells beside her or across from her, encase she tried anything funny to get out. Melody hid behind a large plant while the guards laughed and passed her, one of them almost ruining her cover. Once they were gone Melody swam into the jail area and up to Viola's cell, something hidden behind her back.

Viola didn't understand why this was happening to her, what had she done? Nothing. She was just swimming around her mermaid form, she could understand if it was her demonic form, that always scared people but not this form. "What the hell is going on?"

Melody didn't know if Viola had already seen her, or was just yelling in anger so she decided to speak up. "I-I'm sorry." Melody whispered, small tears forming in her eyes. She brought out the item from behind her back and showed it to Viola, making sure to keep a safe distance from the bars. She had brought a blanket, pillow, and a book for Viola to read. "I'm sorry, he didn't tell me why he wanted you." Melody tried to explain, sliding the items through the bars carefully.

Viola hadn't spotted Melody until she spoke up. "Why do you all follow his orders without asking?" She asked, still angry but her need to know was more important. "Thanks." She said, taking the pillow, blanket and book. She didn't understand at all why this was happening. "What had he told you?"