---Prince Nicholas---
I had been waiting for her on the harbor but she never came. Then I decided to go back to her but met bandits instead that has her sword. I was about to kill every one of them and they told me that she was sold to the prostitution club. The leader pleaded to me not to kill them and he explained that she can escape the prostitution because they gave her a key.
I grabbed her bag and use one of their horses and run towards prostitution. Lots of people are coming out through some naked ladies. Half of the building is on fire and I saw guards with a carriage. She got captured, again. Damn it! I tried to trespass to the boundary of the castle but the main gate is closed. There's to cross over the river that has lots of crocodiles living on it. They are also big and I could be eaten by them.
Should I wait for her to get executed tomorrow to save her? Or should I make a plan right now for her to escape? My worriedness disappears when a pure white owl sat on the branch of the Maidenhair tree where I am standing under. I looked into the owl's eyes. Princess Amanda sent her to me.
Worry no more, Prince Nicholas. The mermaid's tear will save her. She will get no harm from the monsters.
"But, your highness—"
Worry no more, Prince. She will be safe under the water.
I just remain silent until the owl flies away. I have no choice but to remain in that tree hidden.
Early in the morning, the guards are roaming around talking about the execution to be held at eight. I only have two hours and twenty minutes to catch them. The Royalties are going to ride their big fastest ship. Or it is more like a cruise. I wanted to see my love but she's on the carriage and it is hard for me to see her.
What would I do? What if she dies under the mouth of the sea? My poor Adhiti, when would she have her freedom? How would I give her a peaceful life without anyone trying to kill her? All I just wished is to be with her with me on my side until thousands of years past to grow old with her.
I rode on my horse to follow their carriage. However, I know where they will end so I decided to go there faster. I didn't expect that Pyr royals are here except for Princess Matilda and the King and the Queen. Flame had noticed my presence so I sign him to meet me away from his people.
I went to the shop where people bought hats and other clothing for sailing. I didn't remove my mask and just looked around like a normal customer. The store owner didn't bother to entertain me as Flame enters and started looking for something that he didn't need.
I walk to the other side of the door to the exit and looked around if there are people there. Too lucky that the people are bothering going to the harbor and checking the human that they wanted to see.
"She'll die underwater." Flame murmurs a few meters away from me.
"She's not going to die there Flame."
"What are you going to do? Drown with her underwater?" I can sense a little agitated from his voice. I know, he's mad that I let them caught Adhiti.
"Yeah, that's the plan," I smirked on my plan but still worried about her. I know that she can control the water and can breathe underwater. But the thing that makes me worried is I don't know how long she'll take to be underwater. The abyss is very dangerous because of the predators roaming around there. How would I helped her get out of the water? But half of me wanted to believe in the Princess. She's safe underwater.
"How that could be a plan?!" he hissed at me.
"I don't know Flame. But I have to believe that she'll survive underwater. She has the mermaid's tear with her. It will keep her safe and I have to believe in the highest highness."
"Pr—" he was about to speak her name but he cut himself off. He nods his head understanding the plan. "This moment never happened." He immediately leaves and I was left anxious leaning on the wall.
I rode on the ship without anyone knowing because of my disguise as a fisherman. I keep my face covered with a mask as what fisherman sometimes does because of the sunlight. Everyone gather and wanted to see the human. She was inside of the iron cage her hands are in the chain above her head. The King kept on laughing and the Princess is smirking while the second son didn't show his emotions.
She looked a little embarrassed because of the people looking at her with awe in their eyes. Some of them or lots of them had a family or loved that had been put up in the same cage and ready to feed to the sea monsters. The ship started sailing and the wind is with us going to the north to the mouth of the ocean.
The people chattered and some left the ship afraid to be eaten by the Kraken together with the ship. I am not afraid. The only thing that I am afraid of is losing my love.
It takes at least three hours to get to the spot of the abyss. She's still hanging on that chains inside the cage from the crane that is holding the cage. As her time comes people get rueful on her. Some are afraid to see the tentacles of the Kraken or the heads of the Hydra.
I saw a glimpse of her eyes that has the same color as the ocean right now. Like her eyes are the camouflage of every nature where she is with. The highlights of her blue-green hair are glowing too but they are too mesmerized on her beauty to care about it.
Leave now, Nick. She speaks directly into my mind. I don't want to leave her. I rather die with her.
Exhaustion is all over her eyes and I can also feel the pain and numbness that she's feeling right now. Her lips are dry and pale and she looks dehydrated. I wanted to give her water but she speaks in my mind telling me not to go there or show myself to them.
Big waves are coming that means, some kind of sea monster is coming. She looked up and smiles a little but it still cracks. I was about to go to her but someone held my arm to stop me. It was an old man around the sixties. He nods his head to me and I don't know what he means by that. People around us are too busy singing of the song that they sang for the sea monsters whenever there is someone to be executed.
"The monsters are with her and if not, the fishes will save her." The man told. "Nobody ever survives from the sea monsters, but I have a faith that she's our savior." He kept his voice low for the people not to know.
"Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth." That poem is from John Wyndham and made the chorus of the song that they sang for the Kraken.
The cage moves far extending it towards the water. One of the King's men pull out a spear as the cage extended farther the long spear with a very sharp-edged cut my love's flesh on her arms and I couldn't bear looking at it. But I have to be strong for both of us. The fresh blood slowly drips down the clear blue-green sea.
"Fresh blood drops down the water,
The Kraken would come and follow
Thy blood smell would be feared
The Kraken is near."
They dropped the cage and I pushed people and jumped off the water. I tried to swim fast under to be with her. The iron cage is slowly sinking on the abysmal home of the monsters. I saw large long tentacles but I did not fear death or the Kraken. I feared my love.
She opens her eyes while I am holding my breath swimming towards her. Her eyes feared my death. I pull out a dagger and hold on the iron bars as I tried to remove the pin on the chains to free her hand. She immediately held my hand and move her face to me. I did not mind being out of breath and I did not mind that my ear hurts.
"Go." She mouthed. I shook my head and scoop her face. She moved her face out of the bar and took my mouth as she blows the air. Leave me, Nick. I will be fine. I shook my head.
Suddenly my head hurts and I am out of air. My lungs burn and my ear pains a lot. She held my ear and then she tried to remove my hands from the bars. No. I don't want to leave her. I don't want to leave my Adhiti. I let her suffer but now, I cannot bear seeing her suffer.
"I love you." She mouthed again and then there is something that pushed me away from her faster than I expected. I don't want to close my eyes but I am out of breath and I cannot hold my breath anymore.
My throat hurts, my ear hurts, my eyes hurt mostly my whole body including my head hurts a lot. I move sideways as I throw out the saltwater that I had drank. My nails sink on the grass to the soil and cough and cough feeling like going to die because of the pain on my throat. A gentle hand landed on my back and when I gain my consciousness, I was looking at the Goddess that looks so much alike to my Adhiti.
"My Prince, can you hear me?" I can hear her. It is from Princess Amanda. I sat up and he helped me. Then, she gave me fresh water. "Here, this would make you feel better." The chill of the freshwater goes down from my throat.
"Adhiti," I murmur. I looked at the sea and saw dolphins jumping playing near us.
"She'll be fine, Nicholas." I looked at Princess Amanda. Then I just remember one thing, I pull out the amulet from my pocket and raise it in front of her.
"Only the Highest Highness has this," I told her that makes her eyes widen. But it becomes gentle and she smiles at me.