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Employee Fraternization Policy || Blues
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Drakken was waiting outside his classroom for Triton, pacing back and forth in front of his door, hands clasped behind his back. After explaining what had happened with Darbus, the slippery little snake that woman was, it was decided that they would just go confront the principal with the accusation alone.
There was no doubt in his mind that it would work! The drama teacher hadn't denied fraternizing with Prickly! And if somewhere out there a student had put it down in that notebook, then there had to be some truth to the matter.
He looked up at the sound of footsteps, spotting Triton down the way. Drakken joined her in stride as they kept heading toward Prickly's office.
"This is going to work," he told, though it was more of a reassurance to himself. It had to work, he couldn't take being kicked around by that man any longer. "We just need to hold firm, don't give him any room to wiggle out from under it."
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Melody's Beginning Ch.3
Author Notes: This fanfic is a SEQUEL to my Return to the Sea AU Fanfic where Melody is 19 instead of 12. This story is a retelling of The Little Mermaid 3 with Melody as the protagonist. Previous story has 24 chapters and a prologue.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO READ THE FIRST TO UNDERSTAND THIS SEQUEL!
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Chapter 3: How Things Are Done
Melody had been in the expansive throne room once in the past, under very different circumstances. Before she was sneaking in as a servant to steal, now she was swimming in as a princess.
She could hear her grandfather’s voice echoing long before she saw him or even entered the audience chamber.
“Well? Anything to report?”
A voice she was less familiar with replied, “Unfortunately the sprat and the smelt are still squabbling…” the speaker cleared his throat.
As the seven Princesses entered Melody could make out a small red crab riding In a adorable tiny sea shell chariot pulled by two little gold fish. The youngest princess stifled a giggle.
“But not to worry your majesty. I threatened you’d sic the salmon on them.”
King Triton gave a deep hearty laugh, “Oh Sebastian, what would I do without you?”
Sebastian ungracefully disembarked from his chariot to his spot at the King’s side,
“You’d be stuck negotiating with the sprat and the smelt, that I can assure you.”
The mermaids had been unable to stop giggling and chattering all morning, but as they entered the grand hall each fell uncharacteristically quiet.
They lined up before their father one by one in what seemed to be a specific order, one Melody was unsure of. She decided to stay in the middle only for her Aunt Andrina to pull her down to the end. That’s when she realized they went in order of age, Attina first as the eldest, then Alana, Adella, Aquata, Arista, Andrina, and herself.
In unison they spoke, “Good Morning father.”
Melody’s “Good Morning Grandfather” started too late and awkwardly threw off her Aunt’s synced voices.
Triton cleared his throat before speaking, “Today is perfect for Melody’s first day,”
The teen beamed as the King continued, “Every Saturday we assign the week’s royal duties.” Her smile fell away immediately.
“Let’s see, Attina… I expect your alliance plans to be drawn up soon?”
Melody peeked at her eldest Aunt, noticing her face very visibly falter. “Y-yes father, they should be done soon…”
Her other Aunt’s shifted uncomfortably.
Triton noticed nothing, and continued down the line.“Wonderful, Alana how are stables looking?”
Alana sighed, “The sea horses and dolphin training is taking longer than usual, and this year’s breeding season went… not well.”
Triton sighed, “I wish it was better but no one is more experienced than you Alana.” Alana’s eyes couldn’t meet her father’s. “Adella, how are the reserves looking?”
Confusion and a look of intense thought took over Adella, “Well uh I think the new recruits should balance out the retirees. And umm…” she began counting on her fingers, Attina gave the slightest shake of her head. Adella continued to struggle, “There are currently uhh..”
Attina spoke up, “There are only 4 generals at the moment, we should have 7…”
Triton shot his eldest a disapproving look, “I believe Adella is in charge of that.”
Attina’s response was swift, “Sorry your majesty.”
Adella looked even more frazzled than before.
“Aquata, how are the sea games coming together?”
Aquata kept a stone face, “Teams are being selected now.”
The approval was evident on Triton’s features, “Yes and how about the upcoming balls?”
“Invitations were sent out yesterday.”
“Wonderful, now then, Arista…”
Aquata boldly spoke up again before her dad could move on. “Father, relating to the sea games, I was hoping to compete on behalf of Atlantica? Prince Thor is competing on behalf of Olympia.”
Triton ran a hand over his beard, “I will consider it then. Could be a good opportunity…”
A small smile danced onto Aquata’s lips, one Adella took careful note of.
The King cleared his throat, “Ahem, now then Arista, how are the gardens doing?”
Arista gave her biggest smile, but the awkwardness made the fakeness evident.
“Coral is doing great this year, no problems there! Barnacles are totally in check, and there are no snapping clams infesting the seaweed beds!” Triton raised an eyebrow.
“Why would there be snapping clams in the sea beds?”
Arista quickly shrugged, “Not sure, but there aren’t any!”
Alana interjected, “Father, the coral is in bloom and I thought maybe we could go for a walk there instead?”
Arista’s smile vanished, and she shouted “No!” Before her dad could even answer.
Everyone shot her a surprised look, and Triton spoke up. “It’s for the best, I have a very important meeting with Marina today. The number of magic artifacts being confiscated inside the city are staggering.”
Alana seemed devastated, “It’s only in bloom once a year.”
Her sisters shushed her, one even whispered to her to clam it.
Sebastian replied on behalf of the king, “Your father said, no.”
Attina gave Alana a harsh message, just loud enough for only them to hear. “Nice job Alana.”
“Let’s see, that just leaves us with Andrina. How has the castle staff been? Anything to report?”
Andrina sighed, “Nothing, as usual…” She whispered the last part quietly enough that only
Melody heard.
“Perfect, then let’s begin our morning swim. Shall we?”
King Triton rose from his golden throne and each of the girls bowed as he passed them. Melody knew how to curtsy as a human, but her attempt at bowing as a mermaid looked and felt completely awkward.
One by one the mermaids lined up behind their father and followed him out, Melody last in line all the way at the back.
They silently glided through the main halls, and exited the palace through the ornate front entrance. A golden path extending from the castle into the city, completely surrounded by the royal gardens.
Hundreds of merfolk lined the path, and as the royal family appeared there was an uproar of cheers.
Melody overheard her Aunt Andrina whisper to Aunt Adella, “There hasn’t been this many in… like ever.”
Adella whispered back, “Duh, this is the first time anyone in Atlantica has ever seen the human princess…”
Some of the spectators threw purple flower petals as they went by, the tide slowly making them fall like rain. Alex had once told her purple was the family's royal color, and anyone associated with them, like the castle staff, had to wear living lilac flowers. Melody wondered where Alex was right now, was he in the crowds watching her? Or back inside the castle working with the other staff? Was he even in the city at all right now? As usual, her lack of information about him released an uneasy feeling in her stomach. Especially since he and the rest of Atlantica knew more about her past than she herself did.
The procession diverged from the main city road into the private royal gardens, where the public could not follow and a more private portion of their walk could begin. Just before the family disappeared from the public, Melody noticed Adella giving a completely telling look. When she followed her aunt’s gaze she saw the subject was a merman in the crowd, wearing a shark tooth necklace. Melody couldn’t stifle her smile and giggles this time.
The young princess half expected everyone to relax once they were out of the public's eyes, but they stayed silent as ever in their perfect chronological order. If things didn’t loosen up soon Melody was going to go crazy, and wasn’t the point of a family walk to be together?
Melody broke from her place in the back and went up a few spots, “So Auntie Adella, who is shark tooth boy?” All of her aunt’s gave varying levels of laughter in response, some able to hold back their chuckles better than others.
“Uh boy? I think you mean man.” Aquata poked her sister in the side, Adella’s entire body was flushed a bright crimson red. “I’m going to kill you Aquata.”
Melody placed a gentle hand on Adella’s shoulders, “Don’t worry, you were looking at him so hard there is no way he didn’t notice… unless he traded his brain for the ability to enchant a princess.”
None of the mermaids could keep from laughing now, Adella’s face combined with their niece’s unexpected cheekiness was too much.
King Triton on the other hand was not amused, and the girls had been so distracted they hadn’t even noticed someone else had joined them.
The King cleared his throat, “Girls, say good morning to Marina.”
They all went silent and Melody saw an older mermaid beside the king. She was dressed in all purple, even her hair, jewelry, and makeup.
The princesses all bowed, “Good Morning Military Captain Marina.”
The woman seemed to have a very disapproving look etched into her features, one that didn’t seem to be changing anytime soon.
“The Captain and I have some important meetings to attend, you girls are dismissed.”
Another group bow, “Thank you father.”
The mermaids turned their backs to leave, and Melody went to follow them before her grandfather stopped her.
“Melody, could you stay behind? We have some very important issues to discuss.”
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Thomas: Aqua! What are you doing tomorrow?
Aquata: Having my day ruined with whatever you’re about to ask me to do.
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Charting Blue Courses || Blues
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As opposed to Mock Trial, where all they were really doing in that club had been building a team of winners to perform, the Outdoors Club required a lot more prep work as far as what they were supposed to be doing from one meeting to the next. Instead of just running lines and going over the fake story handed to them with specific rules, they had to come up with activities on their own and then figure out how to get the kids the opportunity to do said activities.
It was pretty terrible. It meant more time out of their day having to meet, decide what they were doing, contact outside sources, and blah blah blah!
He’d learned he needed to take his projects with him to these little meetings, otherwise he would never get anything done. As he was awaiting Triton to show up in his room, he was working on the controller for his recent project. A box of wires lay in front of him on the desk that he was leaning over when the door finally opened.
“Nice of you to finally show up,” he greeted without looking up, no real heat to it like there might have been previously. “What kept you this time?”
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Victory Lap || Blues
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With the new semester about to begin came all the prep work that went into it. Lesson plans, making sure all the text books were fine and didn’t have anything ridiculous or crude drawn on them, and that all the supplies for the labs were up to date and not, you know, rotting away in the closet.
It was annoying and stupid but Drakken didn’t want to get fired so, there he was.
Until, of course, he got an email saying that he and Triton needed to go see Principal Prickly.
“Ugh,” he said aloud to the empty classroom, throwing his hands up. “What now?”
He dragged himself down the hallways to the administration offices, complaining and grumbling under his breath the whole time. Drakken knocked on the door and was called to enter.
“Have a seat, Dr. Drakken,” Prickly said, not looking up from is computer. “I’ll wait for Ms. Triton to join us before I get into it.”
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What? Like It’s Hard? || Blues
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The school gym was empty, save for Drakken, Triton, and everyone’s garbage they’d left behind. This wasn’t even a real movie theater and people were still leaving their popcorn and candy strewn all around the floor like it was meant to be sticky. The only similar thing was that it had been left behind for some underpaid worker to clean it up. Him and Triton, since this had been their gig and Prickly had given them the gym in exchange for, ‘Leaving it the same way you found it.’
Oddly, though, it had been the only thing to really have annoyed him tonight. Aside from the general public, that was. Everything else had gone...fine. People had shown up, they’d paid, the movie had played, the credits rolled, the end. No technical difficulties, no unforeseen allergy attack in the middle of Elle’s admission essay, and barely any complaining!
Drakken was not going to admit he was surprised by this pleasant outcome because of course it had worked out! His plans would if people weren’t actively trying to stop him. This was just an example of that!
“I say we pack up the chairs first before trying to clean up all this,” he told her, as if she’d asked, hands gesturing to the litter on the gym floor.
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Melody's Beginning Ch.2
Author Notes: This fanfic is a SEQUEL to my Return to the Sea AU Fanfic where Melody is 19 instead of 12. This story is a retelling of The Little Mermaid 3 with Melody as the protagonist. Previous story has 24 chapters and a prologue.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO READ THE FIRST TO UNDERSTAND THIS SEQUEL!
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Chapter 2: Echoes
King Triton had never been the same, and thus his kingdom changed forever too. He blamed many things for what happened, magic, humans, the very coastline itself even. In the name of safety he ordered any and all mers living in coves, bays, or by isles to leave their homes immediately, move to Atlantica or suffer the consequences. Any and all enchantments were made illegal, punished by life in prison, regardless of the use or intent. Illusions, potions, enchanted instruments… the same ones that had made the music Athena had loved and grown up with. Triton’s heart couldn’t bear to hear the playful tones they made, all he could see was her dancing and smiling. He couldn’t stand the sight of the magic that had drawn the pirates to them, couldn’t bear to think his wife was killed to plunder meaningless trinkets. Humans were evil, murdering, thieves, and he would not let any more of his people fall victim to their wicked ways. So even if it made him hated, even if he was destroying his wife’s home and culture, he would protect his people and his children.
And so it was… for 35 years.
Melody rolled over in her fluffy satin soft bed, her hair tickling her face as it moved with the waves. She rubbed her tired eyes, and momentarily forgot where she was. As her vision cleared she was greeted by two tiny seahorses, curiously watching the newly arrived princess.
“Oh!” Melody sat up with a small gasp of fright, sending the sea horses scampering off. Then she remembered, it had been her first night in Atlantica. She giggled and stretched her arms, excited for what the day would hold for her.
Suddenly she heard whispering coming from the other side of her curtain entrance.
“Is she up yet?”
“Shhh you’ll wake her.”
“So? Let’s wake her up ourselves and surprise her.”
“I know you're excited but she just got here. We don’t want to overwhelm her.”
“But she is our only niece! I wanna spoil her.”
Melody giggled, “Good morning aunties.”
She heard six simultaneous voices gasp at once. Then her Aunt Attina cleared her throat before entering, pulling open the curtain of her new bedroom.
“Good morning Melody!” They all sang rushing in to see her.
“Rise and shine.” Aquata teased
Alana went in for the cheek pinch, “Did you sleep well? A girl needs her beauty sleep!”
Andrina drolled off in her monotone voice, “What do you think of Atlantica? Not much right?”
“Were you dreaming? Was it about a boy?” Adele raised an eyebrow.
Arista cooed, “Oh she is so cute when she just wakes up!”
“Girls!” Attina clapped, and her sisters instantly quieted.
The eldest sister’s face went from a scowl to a smile, “Good morning Melody, we wanted to invite you to join us getting ready. We are to meet with dad-er I mean, the king in an hour.”
Melody looked at each one of her Aunt’s faces, hope written all over their features.
“I’d love to.”
Melody had never seen such a luxurious dressing room. Seven beautiful crystal vanities built into a pillar of silver enladen with jewels, towering up to the ceiling. Her Aunt’s immediately went all about the pillar, and to Melody’s surprise each jewel was actually a handle revealing shelves and cubbies full of beauty supplies. Some seemed similar to things she’d find at her gold vanity back home, other’s seemed so foreign she wouldn’t even know what to do with it.
Aquata took Melody’s hand and pushed her gently to sit at one of the vanities. “Oh I was so excited I could hardly sleep all night long.”
“Awww look, she is sitting at Ariel’s mirror. Ooo she is so precious I can’t take it.” Adella slipped into her spot next to Melody, ruffling her still loose raven locks as she did so.
Arista giggled as she began brushing her hair with some kind of coral comb.
“I just remembered, this is the same comb I fought with Ariel for… remember girls? Daddy beached us on the day of the carnival.”
Melody looked flatly at the supplies before her, and had no idea what to do. She picked up something that looked vaguely brush like, but instead of bristles there were sharp coral spikes.
Attina smiled, she hadn’t seen her sisters this excited in a long time.
“Gosh, how long has it been since each one of these seats were full like this?”
Andrina answered flatly, “25 years.”
The sisters went quiet briefly, Adella looked to her niece. The young girl attempted to start brushing her hair, but not in any way Adella had ever seen. Poor thing kept stroking down, only for the current to immediately lift her curls back up floating above her. “Girls, I think we should teach Melody how Atlantican Princesses get ready.”
And just like that, her aunts went from dolling themselves up to pampering their niece. Attina kindly took the brush from Melody, helping the poor thing brush out the tangles. Suddenly Attina remembered doing this for her baby sister, all the way back when they were teens. She could see it so clearly, giggling together in their room, the thick red hair in her hands, two teenagers.
Aquata held up a shell to Melody’s ear in one hand and a crown above her head with the other. “Do these shells go with this tiara?”
Alana instantly shook her head, “Ugh no, scallops are what’s popular now.”
Aquata instantly shook her head in agreement, pulling out beautiful mint green scallops and clamping them on Melody’s ears. Adella went to secure the tiara in place on the girl’s head but Melody stopped her.
“I don’t think I’ll be able to swim so well with that… still not quite used to that yet.” Melody hoped Adella wouldn’t realize that she didn’t like being instantly recognizable as royalty.
Adella laughed, “We never could get your mother to wear a crown either. Oh gosh I was so shocked when I saw her with one when she came back from the human world…”
Arista dabbed some kind of pink on the teens lips, before carefully using a brush to coat her lashes in octopus ink. Finishing off her makeup job with globs of silver goo she painted on the girls shoulders, cheekbones, all over her coral tail and a dot on the tip of her nose.
Finally, Alana painted what appeared to Melody to de diamonds all over her fingernails. What makeover would it be without a proper manicure?
When they finished Attina squeezed the girls shoulder’s lovingly.
“Ok girls we can’t be late. Princesses are presentable, punctional, and perfect. So let’s get those tails moving!”
Andrina rolled her eyes, “You can’t tell us what to do just because you’re the eldest.”
Attina wasted no time in her reply, “Yes I can.”
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Taking The L || Blues
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Going into the first competition of this Mock Trial stuff and they had...done very poorly. So bad, in fact, that Drakken actually felt kinda bad. As much as he didn’t like working with the brats it wasn’t like he didn’t know what it was like to be judged on his performance and then be disappointed when the results reflected poorly on him. As kid it had been pretty devastating, all those science fairs he had worked so hard at only to get disqualified over the stupidest details.
He was older now, though, so if someone wanted to say anything about his work he didn’t have to listen to them. He also had the option to retaliate. Or let Sarina do it for him.
A lot of the points had come off Tiwari and her blatant lack of care for the club. Even with the extra help that girl on Triton’s side had invested into her. She’d had to go, and Drakken had felt no remorse when he and Triton had pulled her aside to tell her just that.
The girl had stormed off and he had turned to share a sense of satisfaction with Triton about it only to find the other teacher to still be upset. Drakken frowned. “What? Don’t tell me you think we should have given her another chance? She didn’t hold up her end of the deal, that was completely fair!”
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Prickly v. Triton-Drakken || Blues
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Drakken had been getting ready to leave. The final bell had tolled, all the kids had cleared out of the room, and while he probably should have stuck around in case someone from another class period wanted to come back to ask him a question or whatever, he didn’t care enough to waste his time.
Then the speaker system had fired up and the voice of the principal came through, “Will Coach Triton and Mr. Drakken-”
“It’s Doctor Drakken, you dolt!” he shouted up at the speaker, fist raised.
“-please report to my office immediately. Thank you.”
He sighed heavily, his whole upper body slumping forward. After a moment he recovered and marched down to the front office. The woman at the front desk told him to take a seat while they waited for Coach Triton to join them. Who the heck even was that? He plopped down, looking like one of the kids waiting to be called in to discuss their punishment. His eyes raised when someone else walked in. That...that...what was her name? Aquarium?
“What are you doing here?” he asked, accusing.
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Friday Night Debates || Bluesun
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Throughout the semester Drakken and the swim coach had been attending the silly meetings for the mock trial. Her arrangement had made it so they didn’t have to interact with one another too often, which was rather ideal. It had given the illusion to Principal Prickly that they were working on this thing together without indecent.
But, unfortunately, it wasn’t something they could completely avoid.
Today they had needed to work on one of his “prosecutors’” questioning with the “witnesses.” Yes, it was all very dumb and held no consequences. He highly doubted any of these kids would go on to be any sort of reputable lawyers in the future. Especially not this one. But he had started to get into the competition portion of it as his dislike of losing exceeded his dislike of this ridiculous club.
“Tanya,” he snapped to get the student’s attention, motioning for her to hurry up and get prepped. Drakken turned to Aquata and the witness who had volunteered to work with them, the Qin girl. “Are you quite ready?”
#title: (friday night debates)#ch: (aquata triton)#ch: (tanya twiwari)#ch: (su qin)#(blues)#(tank)#(bluesun)
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Let's make a pact. From now on, I don't wanna hear any other women talk about how they wanna be mermaids. Okay? Okay? It's stupid, [valley girl voice] and I'm not trying to be a bitch, but it's probably not gonna happen for you. Okay? Literally, you don't have the bone structure.
Aquata Triton
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Percy: I can’t tell whom you’re teasing. Is it Percy or Panic?
Aquata: Yes.
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Thomas: I have come up with a three-step plan to get Attina Triton to date you.
Panic: Okay, I’m listening.
Thomas: Step one, get her to play truth or dare.
Panic: Oh God, stop.
Thomas: Step two, wait until she picks dare.
Panic: Thomas, no.
Thomas: Step three, dare her to date you.
Aquata: [shouting from another room] It could work!
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Aquata: Why do I have to be the bad guy?
Alana: I don’t know. Why am I the pretty one? We all have our thing.
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Aquata: Don't say a word.
Andy:
Andy: Fergalicious-
Aquata: I said no words!
Andy: Oh, I see. Two weeks ago, we're playing Scrabble, it's not a word. Suddenly it *is* a word because it's convenient for you.
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