Chapter 04 Atlantis.

Atlantis Mermedic:

           “You have scoured every book and have come up with nothing. When are you going to realize that you need to let her go back to the surface. She has to be near her mate and start the mating process there is no other way around it.” The doc said, as Triton sat at his daughter’s bedside. He knew the doc was right but he didn’t want his daughter to end up like him or even worse her mother. “It has to be another way; I am the Ocean God I should be the one to save my own daughter. I created all of this.” Triton yelled as the ocean floored trembled.

“Yes you created all of us but even you know something are beyond your control. the King of the gods is the one who controls all things. You have chosen mates knowing they had mermates out there. But you can’t control what is happening to the princess you tried but just like her mother she was stubborn she didn’t allow you to take away her right to find her mermate. You need to let her go.” The doc said placing his hand on the ocean god’s shoulder.

       “No! I have one more book that I can check, it’s bound to have the answers I need. I just need to retrieve it.” Triton said, his eyes lighten up with hope. He hadn’t thought about that book in thousands of years. “What book? How do you know it will have the answers you need?” The Doc asked confused, and doubtful. “Long ago before our father left this realm. He gave me, The Moon Goddess, and the Dragon God a book and a key. He called the book of knowledge. He said we were never to open the books. We were to hide each book in a safe place until he returns. The only way to open each book is with the three keys. They need to be inserted at the same exact time and turned simultaneously. I just need to go and retrieve the book and go to the other realms and get the other keys than I should be able to use the book to save Oceanna. I must leave at once; you keep her alive until I return I don’t care what you have to do you keep her alive.” Triton commanded and The doc bowed his head nodded unable to do anything else when his god commanded him.

            Once the ocean god left the doc went look at the princess his heart ached for her. She was like a daughter to him he never had children of his own. One day when she was a little girl she had broken her arm. By her being so small and half human she didn’t heal like the other. Once he healed her she asked him why didn’t he have children. He told her he wasn’t lucky enough to have a beautiful daughter like her. She smiled and said that she would be his daughter until he had his own. But she couldn’t call him daddy because that would make her father sad. She said she had to give him a secret name and her forehead crinkled as she thought hard about his new name. She swam around in excitement once she thought of his name. he laughed and asked her what name she came up with, she smiled. I will call you pop and she called him that ever since. He smiled at the memory as a tear floated away with the water.

           “Hey doc, how is she? I just saw the Ocean God leave he seemed really excited.” Warlus asked coming into the room. He has been coming everyday to check on the princess. “No there is no change. The Ocean God is still hopeful that he will find something to save her. But I am afraid he isn’t thinking rationally. There is only one way to save her, and I’m afraid that the Ocean God won’t realize that until it’s too late.” The doc said, his shoulders sagging at the realization. He needed to do something, he knows that doing this will cost him his life but if that meant that his princess gets to live and be happy then he would die knowing he did the right thing.

          Turning to Warlus, “I will tell you a story and you have to vow to never speak of this to anyone. If you do you will be killed by the Ocean God. I am telling you this knowing that it is signing my Death warrant. But this is the only way to save the princess. Once I tell you this you will need to take her back to her human family and shifters.” The doc said, now pacing his heart racing at his decision. “Doc I’m confused what are you talking about. Why do I need to take Oceanna back to the surface. She said that her father is the only one who could save her.” Warlus said, frowning. “The only one that can save her is her Mermate. I want to tell you a story of a God and his human mate.” The doc said, sitting down to tell the young merman the story he never told anyone. “So, you’re telling me that we all have mermates? Why would the Ocean God take away our mermate?” Warlus asked angrily. The doc sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

       “The Ocean God feels that find our mermates will lead to our extinction. When he lost Oceanna’s mother it nearly killed him. He felt that if we ever had to suffer such a lost we would die. He never wanted us to suffer as he did, so he decided to pick our mates before we could ever meet our mermates. That way if something happens to the mates he picked for us we would still feel pain but it would never be fatal. I know you have more question be we don’t have time. You need to take Oceanna back to the surface before the Ocean God returns. But have to do this secretly no one can see you leave. Once you ensures that she is near her mate you will need to return unnoticed.” “How will I know when she is near her mate?” Warlus asked, feeling a small twinge of jealousy. He was hoping that he still had a chance of mating Oceanna once she recovers, but now he knew it would never happened. He also thought that this was for the best. Now that he knew about mermates he wanted to know if his mate was somewhere in one of the other ocean kingdoms. He decided that once he returns he will set out on a secret mission to find his mermate. He left the Mermedic to prepare to go to the surface once again.