Tales of Tyde

Chapter 5: The Council

Stranger’s  P.O.V.

“My Liege, the girl has escaped-” said the commander before being cut off.

“How is that possible? I sent two of the strongest hunters to retrieve her.” The figure in shadows roared.

“She killed them my liege.” The commander said nervously.

“She did what?” He roared.

The incompetence here is driving me crazy and if I continue killing everyone who upsets me, soon I’ll have no one left to serve me. I will go see the seers about this and then I’ll know exactly what my next move will be.

Sometime later…

“Hello, you’re Excellence. You must be failing at life to come to see me.” Teased the Seer

“Hello Mervina, I see that tongue of yours is still in your disgusting mouth. Utter another foul thing and I’ll gladly remove it for you.”

“No need for that my Liege, I haven’t had company in such a long time I have forgotten my manner.” Mervina cautiously said.

“I have no time for your banter. Now, what can you tell me about the girl?”

“Blood of Fynn, the Luthers, Atlas and Poseidon rulers of the seas; Veils of time, space, and seas show me the one of whom I speak.”  Chanted Mervina then placing her hand on her master’s forehead allowing him to share her visions. 

“What trick is this, old hag?”

“N… No tricks, my liege.” Stuttered Mervina

“No tricks! Then what is this?”

“My liege I swear, this is no trick. I would never deceive you, great and powerful Leviathan.” Said Mervina

“Then explain to me how is it I’m looking at my beloved Hydra and not that little fish bait princess?” asked Leviathan

“I cannot conjure memories nor can I change what is shown. I am only a messenger my liege.” Said Mervina

“Fine, I’ll spare you for now.”

How is this even possible? My beautiful Hydra died in my arms yet that girl has her face. I need to see her for myself; I need to know if it’s a trick.

Sym’s P.O.V.

“Madam Ara, earlier when we found Tyde a strange anomaly happened and with it came two Megalodons trying to attack her. Even though they failed I’m worried about how unusual everything was.” Said Sym.

“That sounds strange indeed. Give me the specifics of how it all started.” Replied Madam Ara

“After hearing Tyde fall into the water, almost immediately the currents starting pulling her towards a forming whirlpool that had a glowing light in it. After Tyde’s transformation, she managed to swim away and that when the Megs came after her and went [Boom].” Said Sym.

“That sounds like the work of a conjurer, a very powerful one at that. I think now that Tyde knows her family tree she should learn how to protect herself. I will find someone trustworthy to teach her how to use her powers but for now, she should learn how to fight.” Said Madam Ara.

After Madam Ara’s clarification on whom Tyde is I understand my need to protect her. It is our call of duty as warriors to protect our rulers with our lives. It's instinctual to us, this is how our kind knows warriors different from other members of our pod.

She is our last known surviving monarch and it is our duty to keep her safe. As madam Ara suggested we need to start her training because someone is clearly after her and although we are bound by blood to keep her safe we haven’t fought for anyone in over 100 years, so we all needed to start training. As the son of a high ranking soldier, I have the authority by blood to summon other warriors to a hearing to determine our plan of action.

This will not be easy. So many of our men have left us, our numbers have decreased drastically. Finding new warriors will definitely be our first mission once they learn about our surviving Queen.

“Coralia I need to summon our war counsel. You and Tyde go back to my place until I’m back. It’s not safe having our queen unprotected in the open.”

“OK, brother I’ll do as you’ve asked.” Replied Coralia.

An hour later…

“Why have you summoned us Sym?” asked an old rough looking merman

“I’ve summoned the counsel today to discuss something of dire importance-” I said before being cut off.

“How dare You summon us boy?” asked colonel Baz

“I summoned this counsel as the leader of my house in the absence of my father General Sym I. If there are no further questions I’d like to inform the council that we have found a surviving monarch.”

“Impossible! It’s been over 100 years since we haven’t seen any of the reigning members or their kin.” Said, colonel Baz

“That is true which is why I took the liberty of consulting with Madam Ara before addressing the council.”

“But how is that even possible we’ve all accepted their deaths and some of us even left because we have no one to govern Anudore any more.” lieutenant Rufus said.

“According to Madam Ara who had to explain to her who she was, her parents King Fynn and Queen Kianda placed her in a protective loop to keep her safe. According to her, she hasn’t seen her parents since she was a child, which Madam Ara explains could be the reason why she was in the loop for such a long time.” I replied

“And where is she now, how long has she been here?” asked Lieutenant Rufus

“She hasn’t been here long, and she’s safe for now, but she needs to learn how to protect herself we believe someone is after her,” I replied

“We need to see her, only then will we know if she is indeed our Queen.” Colonel Baz added.

“Yes, we need to see her.” Everyone agreed.

“Fine let’s meet back here tomorrow morning, it’s late now and I really don’t think it’s safe for her to be out late with no protection.”

Everyone agreed to reconvene in the morning to meet their Queen. Now the only thing left to do is tell her about it and hopefully, she doesn’t want to return to her human world.