Emma and Asonja: Love of The Ocean (Private Roleplay with Sonicsilva1)

This is an RP inspired by a Sonic fanfiction I read part of. Just so you know, this RP will be Non-Canon.

Story
Emma Capulet gets turned into a Merchidna by an invention created by her friends Liam and Blade, and begins a new life in the sea. While exploring, she meets a Merhog prince named Triton, who introduces her to his family, including his brother Asonja. Will something bloom between Emma and Asonja? Who knows?

Characters
Emma Capulet/Alexneushoorn/Sonicsilva1

Triton the Merhog/Alexneushoorn

Merna the Merhog/Alexneushoorn

Asonja the Hedgehog/Sonicsilva1

Zoralth the Dragon/Sonicsilva1

Le RP
Emma was walking through Station Square, enjoying the scenery. She had a nice life, but it missed a little fun in it. She then heard her cell phone ring. She took it and picked up.

Emma: Hello?

Blade: Hey, Emma. Can you help me and Liam out with something?

Emma: Sure. What do you need help with?

Blade: We're working on a new invention, and we need someone to test it out.

Emma: Okay, I'm coming over.

Emma hung up and headed for Liam and Blade's house. Liam opened the door and closed it once Emma got in.

Emma: So, what does this invention you're making do?

Liam: *shrugs* Blade and I wanted it to enable people to breathe underwater, but we're not sure how it'll go with that.

Emma: Sure, I'd love to try it out.

Emma went into the machine and Blade shut the door behind her. He took a deep breath to calm himself down. He pressed a button on the machine. The machine flashed a bit and made a few noises. It then stopped and Emma walked out.

(Your turn to play Emma. .3.)

Emma looked around for a moment, scratching her head for a moment. "I don't feel anything different."

Blade: Yeah, you look exactly the same too.

Liam: Maybe she has to be in water for it to work. Let's test it out in the ocean.

Blade: Yeah. What about it, Emma?

"Uhh, sure!" She looked slightly nervous, like she was expecting bad to happen. "But...what happens if this doesn't work? Should we bring an emergency oxygen mask?"

Blade: Alright.

Liam grabbed an oxygen mask in case it wouldn't work. They then went outside. Blade locked the door. (I'll take control of Emma again for a bit.) Emma then ran off towards the ocean. Liam and Blade could barely keep up with her. Once she got to the ocean, Emma took off her clothes, dove into the water and began to transform. Emma looked down at her legs as they gained a purple color and found herself unable to move them apart. The two were fusing together, skin moving to cover the new single shape. The fact that Emma was breathing underwater barely even occurred to her as she watched. Two fins took the place of her feet, flattening, stretching and fanning out. A waistband appeared at the top of her tail, around her waist (obviously). The fins at the bottom of her tail faded to a lighter shade of purple. Emma's top turned to a purple shell bra. Emma then looked at her tail and the rest of her body. She squealed and returned to the surface of the water. She looked at Liam and Blade with a huge smile on her face. The fox brothers gasped in shock. Emma was a Merchidna.

Liam: I wasn't expecting something like this...

Blade: Neither was I... *leans forward* How do you feel, Emma? What was it like?

(You can take control again. .3.)

"It felt a bit uncomfortable at first, but then after a while it felt natural!" She replied, going a bit deeper into the ocean water, her head sticking out of the surface. "It's awesome! I don't even have to worry about being cold!"

Liam and Blade nodded. They wondered what Emma would do now. Most likely she couldn't change back.

Liam: What are you gonna do now? I highly doubt you'd be able to change back.

"I might just swim around for a while, and come back with some extra results. You know, research!" She giggled a bit, waved, and drove into the surface of the water.

Liam and Blade looked at each other, nodded and started setting up a portable lab with materials that fit in your pockets.

Meanwhile, in the underwater city of Mertopia...

Triton the Merhog, Prince of Mertopia was sitting in his room with his brothers Asonja and Zoralth.

Triton: So, what do you guys feel like doing?

Asonja shrugged, looking as emotionless as always. "Don't really quite know, don't really care."

Zoralth slapped Asonja with his claw, not really hurting him all that much. "Quit saying that." Zoralth says. "We may be born at the same time, but that doesn't mean to can act as an outcast."

"Fine, fine..." Asonja stated, rubbing his cheek a little bit. "What about you, Triton?"

Triton: Maybe we could go explore together?

"Meh, sounds bo-" Before Asonja would finish his sentence, Zoralth grew a little bit to intimidate Asonja. He held up his finger to take a deep inhale. "Actually...that sounds like a great idea." Zoralth grinned a little bit, and shrank to normal size.

Triton smiled and he swam out of the palace to explore the ocean. Asonja and Zoralth followed.

Meanwhile, with Emma...

She was currently swimming around, waving to fish and swimming by undersea plant life. "Wow, this is so cool! I can speak normally and even breathe in water! I never thought that I would say that, but awesome!" She swims more, doing some loops occasionally.

Suddenly, she comes across glowing lights of the Mertopia city. She was rather bewildered and began to swim down to it. "Well, as long as I don't have to worry about Water pressure!"

A bunch of Merhog boys noticed Emma swimming and they started winking and flexing their muscles at her.

She just giggles and rolls her eyes. "Yes yes, you all look gorgeous and strong with your muscles and I wish I could go out with you all at once."

The boys gave Emma a thumbs up and then continued minding their own business.

She waved to them, even blowing them kisses before swimming off into a shop.

The shop was a real estate agency. The realtor was a seal.

Realtor: Hello, welcome Merbian Homes 4 You. How can I help you?

"Ooo! This is cool!" She says in amazement. "I'm new here, actually. I'm not really sure if I have the currency here." She laughs a bit, rubbing the back of her head for a moment.

Realtor: That's okay. Newcomers can get a free home. So what are you looking for? A little cozy home in the Mertopian suburbs? An apartment downtown? Let me know.

She thought about it for a moment. "Oh...tough choices...Oh! How about the suburbs?"

Realtor: Okay, I'll go look for a home in the suburbs then. I'm Seal Spencer, by the way. What's your name?

"Oh, my name's Emma the Echidna. But I think it's now the Merechidna." She giggled a bit. "Thanks a lot."

Seal's eyes widened.

Seal: You weren't always a Merchidna?

"...Well...ya see, that's the thing." Emma seemed to pace a little bit. "I was originally an Echidna, living on the surface, but for some reason when I approached the water, I grew these fins."

Seal nodded.

Seal: I understand. And you were so thrilled about it that you decided to begin a new life in the sea. I know how it goes. There are some Merbians who wish to live on land, and they leave the sea behind. Let me find a nice home in the suburbs now.

Seal looked at his computer.

Seal: Ah, yes. I found something. I'll take you to see it right now.

Seal took Emma to the house he found. It was a small purple house made out of stone.

Seal: What do you think?

"It's great! I love the purple color! I'll take it gladly." She smiled.

Seal: Alright, it has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom (If Spongebob can take a bath underwater, so can Merbians. XD), so it's ideal if you're planning on having a housemate.

Seal then handed Emma a shellphone with him as a contact in it and the house keys.

Seal: I'll get the paperwork done and then I'll call you when it's done. Enjoy your house, Emma.

"Thank you very much." Emma smiles, taking the shellphone politely and swimming inside to take a look.

Seal then swam back to the estate office to get started with the paperwork.

Meanwhile, with Triton and the boys...

Triton was speeding through the big blue, enjoying himself.

Triton: Being a Merbian's the life!

Zoralth was going around and doing his business; selling cookies that he has made himself in a unique manner that would seem confusing, but tastes amazing. Zoralth was an amazing cook. Asonja on the other hand, just sat in a nearby bench looking up at the surface of the water, as if in a trance with the waves.

Suddenly, Merna sat down next to him.

Merna: Hi, big brother!

He jumped a bit, and relaxed a bit. "Oh, Merna, hello. What're you doing? Aren't you supposed to be doing something like...they're doing?"

Merna: I wanted to spend some time with my big brother, so here I am! *hugs Asonja*

He blushed a bit, and he hugged back with one of his arms. "I see. Well, everyone else is busy, so it wouldn't hurt to spend time with my sis."

Merna: Yay! Let's go get a soda at the Krusty Krab!

Merna pulled Asonja to the Krusty Krab.

With Emma...

She was relaxing in her new house, looking at some books. "Whoa...I'm surprised these books aren't even spoiled from the water..this ink must be special and the paper too. It feels so crisp like the surface."

Not long after that, Seal called.

Seal: Hey, Emma. The paperwork's been done, so you don't have to worry about that anymore. Anyways, I now suggest registering an account at the Bank of Mertopia and finding a job to get some income. Sound good?

"Sounds excellent. I will work on that now." Emma replies.

Seal: Okay. You can recognize the Bank of Mertopia by it's red lettered logo. It's down at Mertopia Avenue. Bye for now!

Seal then hung up.

She puts the phone back and swam out of the house, locking the door behind her obviously to head to the bank to make an account.

At the reception of the bank, a female purple Merhog was sitting there.

Receptionist: Welcome, young lady. How can I help you?

"Hey, I'm Emma and I'm here to set up my savings account."

Receptionist: Okay. I got a banker ready to discuss the matter with you right now. I'll inform him.

The receptionist pressed a button.

Banker: Yes?

Receptionist: Sir, there's a young lady who's new to Mertopia here. She's here to set up her savings account.

Banker: Alright, send her in.

The receptionist cut off the communication.

Receptionist: Swim up the stairs and take the first door on your right. He's in there.

She nods, and swam to his room. "You called?" She asked.

The banker was a Merpig.

Banker: Yes. Have a seat.

She swims to the nearest seat and sits.

Banker: I haven't seen you around Mertopia before. Just moved here?

She nods. "In a sense, yes sir."

Banker: Okay. I need to know a few things for your bank account. First and surname?

"Emma Capulet"

Banker: Okay. Age?

"16" She responds to the voices in her head telling her her age already.

Banker: Job?

"Unemployed, as of now."

Banker: Okay. Address?

"Urchin Lane 22"

Banker: Okay. I'll open your bank account immediately.

He went to his computer and started creating Emma's bank account. Once that was done, he gave Emma her Shark Card (Credit card).

Banker: Here's your Shark Card. Using this, you can access any of our terminals around Mertopia, and check your bank balance. You can also check your balance on our website using your shellphone. Good luck, Mrs. Capulet.

"Thank you very much." She puts the card away and leaves the room.

It would now be a good idea for Emma to start looking for a job. Mertopia's economy is very rich, as it has various businesses like supermarkets, corporations, fast food restaurants and more.

She looked around, and decided to see if she could work at a fashion corporation.

There was a company in Mertopia that made fashion tails and bras. It was called Finny Fun Enterprise.

"Ooh! I should work there!" Emma swam to that company.

The CEO who was talking to the receptionist watched Emma enter. The CEO was an orange Merfox with a golden tail and shell bra.

CEO: Hello, welcome to Finny Fun Enterprise. I'm Nikki LaTail, the CEO. Who are you, young Merchidna?

"I am Emma Capulet, and I would like to work here as my first job."

Nikki: Very well. You can start tomorrow if you're fine with that.

"Sweet! Thank you." Emma says. "I'm very great at designing, I thought about being an artist when I was little. Just thought I'd say that. Thank you again!" She waves and swims away.

Nikki: She's so optimistic. I like employees like that.

Later that night, in Emma's house...

She had continued to read some of the books that the house had provided. "...Still, the science behind this is so interesting...If I knew someone who knew science, I would probably ask them about this...and many other things."

Meanwhile, with Liam and Blade on the surface...

Blade was walking back and forth, waiting for Emma to return with research stuff.

Liam: Blade, I don't think she's coming back.

Blade: Yeah, you're right...We might as well pack our stuff and head back home...

Liam and Blade packed their stuff and headed home. Blade was visibly disappointed that Emma did not return with deep sea objects.

Meanwhile, in the Mertopian Palace with Asonja...

He was walking out of the movie theator, preferably the first to come out after the movie.

Suddenly, Asonja's shell phone rang.

"...Hello?" He picked it up.

Queen of Mertopia: Asonja, this is your mother. Are you coming home soon?

"Yes, mom, I just got out of the movies and I'm waiting for Merna to come out."

Merna then came out.

Merna: Let's go home!

"Oh, there you are. Mother just called and was wondering if we were coming home soon. I was waiting for you."

Merna: Okay, let's go then!

Merna took Asonja back to the palace.

The next morning, at Emma's house...

Emma had gotten up and prepared breakfast, but stopped for a moment. "Hold on...something doesn't feel right." She went outside, and looked up at the water surface. "...Was I supposed to do something...?"

Back on the surface, Liam and Blade were waiting for Emma to come by with research stuff.

Blade: I wonder if she'll come today...

Liam: Me too...

"...Shoot! Liam! Blade! Dang it, I completely forgot...!" She swam back inside, trying to find some stuff to bring back to the surface for them to investigate on.

Meanwhile, with Triton and Zoralth...

Triton and Zoralth were discussing Asonja.

Triton: Asonja sure is a weird Merhog. He's more...Quiet and grumpy than others.

"I particularly don't find anything wrong with him." Zoralth argued calmly. "It's natural for development, especially for teenagers. You shouldn't be looking at him like that, but at a more optimistic angle." Zoralth was the neutralist and the psychologist of the family, while Asonja is the scientist and biologist. They're twin brothers, born at the same time.

Triton: Yeah, you're right. You guys have knowledge of things Merna and I will never understand.

With Emma...

(This is one of my final two edits for today. I'm going to bed after this because I have work tomorrow.) (Gotcha)

Emma only grabbed the special books before swimming up to the surface. "Liam! Blade! I'm sorry, I got distracted!"

Blade: Ah, I see.

He then took the books.

Blade: These books are amazing! The pages are crisp, just like on land, despite being underwater! Where did you find these?

"In the house that I supposedly moved into for free because there's an underwater city of other Mermaid Mobians." She explained in one huge mouthful that was probably a bit too much at once.

Liam: Whoa, there's an underwater city with other Merbians?! You gotta show it!

Blade: I have an idea.

Blade gave Emma a waterproof camera.

Blade: This is a waterproof camera. Take some pictures of that underwater city and then bring them back to us. Got it?

"Yup! I'll try not to get too distracted this time!" She salutes and dives back into the water.

Liam and Blade nodded and sat down in some beach chairs.

She swam around, taking some pictures. She was actually a great photographer, as she sometimes took people pictures of them posing, buildings, and even her house. Once that was done, she came back up to the surface and handed Blade and Liam the film. "I hope these'll do."

Blade looked at the pictures.

Blade: This is amazing! Thanks, Emma. But something tells me you should get back down to that city.

Liam: Yeah, my Psychokinesis tells me you'll be late for work if you don't hurry.

She squeaked a little bit and dove back into the ocean. She seemed too occupied in being late for her job to say goodbye. But then she propped her head up, saying goodbye, before going back into the city to head inside to corporation building.

(Shoot, I didn't catch that XD)

Nikki: Ah, there you are. I'll teach you how to make fashion tails and bras. Follow me.

Nikki swam to the designing room.

Emma followed, seeming to enjoy the atmosphere.

Nikki: Okay, I'll explain how it works. You take scales and other materials for making tails and then you use the sewing machine to make the tails. The shell bras are easier to make. You bind two shells together and then you send them to the checkers. Got that?

She nods. "I believe so."

Nikki: Okay, I'll show you how to do it now.

Nikki got out a bunch of materials and swam over to a sewing machine. She sat down and started sewing a fashion tail.

She watched Nikki, carefully taking notes.

Nikki eventually finished the tail. It was green, much like the tail Ariel from The Little Mermaid has.

Nikki: Did you see how I did that?

She nods. "I'll try all I can. It's beautiful too."

Nikki: Okay. We got an order of 25 of the tail I just made. Some other Merbians will be coming to help you with the production. Good luck, Emma.

She nods, and goes right to word. She was actually quite fast, but she was also careful of making the tails.

Nikki was amazed at how quick and careful Emma was. The other employees in the designing room stopped what they were doing to watch Emma work.

She was highly focused in doing the work, and thus she finished the order in just about an hour. "All done~!"

Nikki's jaw dropped in amazement.

Nikki: Amazing, Emma! Can you make some shell bras for the tails too?

"Same amount as last time?" She was already getting the materials.

Nikki: *thinking* Holy mackerel, she's quick...

She was already making the bras. She had a bit of trouble first time around, but she got the pattern and sped up. She was a quick learner, and learned from patterns.

Nikki and the other employees watched as Emma made the bras. The employees were taking notes because they wanted to work at Emma tempo too.

Eventually, she finished the bras as well. "Done~!" She was sweating a little bit, but overall she did great jobs.

(Sorry for the late edits. My browser had cookie troubles, and my dad accidentally deleted my browser history, but it's all fixed now.)(That's a good thing so you can hide your secrets~ ;3)

Nikki: Nice work. Ladies, gentlemen, can you pack the tails and bras and bring them to the checkers? Emma, you deserve a little break.

The employees then started packing the tails and bras Emma made.

"I appreciate that, thank you." Emma replied. "Since I'm new here, could you tell me a little bit about the royalty here?"

Nikki: Of course I can. This is the city of Mertopia, and it's being ruled by King Alexander, a Merdragon, and Queen Diana (That's the name I came up with for the Merhog Queen. :3), a Merhog. They have four children, the 18 year old twins, Asonja and Zoralth, 16 year old Triton and 14 year old Merna. Zoralth is a Merdragon while Asonja, Triton and Merna are Merhogs. King Alexander and Queen Diana have been ruling for a long time now.

"Wow. Asonja and Zoralth are all my age." Emma stated. "I would love to meet them one day."

Nikki: Maybe you will. The princes and princess regularly appear in public hanging out, so maybe you're lucky one day.

"Great." She smiled a bit and sat down on her chair. "What do they look like?"

Nikki: Asonja is a black furred Merhog with a black tail, Zoralth is a black scaled Merdragon with a dark blue tail, Triton is a cobalt blue Merhog (Basically a male Merhog version of Sonic) with a red tail, and Merna is an orange Merhog with a yellow tail (A female Merhog version of Sonic).

"Aw! Merna sounds adorable! And Zoralth sounds super strong." Emma replies.

Nikki nodded.

Nikki: Merna is Mertopia's sweetheart. She's as cute as a newborn seal puppy and as sweet as an angel. Zoralth is one of Mertopia's defenders. He has the ability to increase in size, which he uses to frighten enemies.

"Oooo!" Emma said in curiousity. "What about Triton and Asonja? What powers do they have?"

Nikki: Triton has the ability to shoot electricity from his hands and Asonja can spawn things from his hands and shapeshift.

"Ooo. I'm liking them already." Emma said.

Nikki: I understand. Say, feel like getting a coffee?

"Sure, Nikki. That'd be awesome." Emma nods.

Nikki nodded and took Emma to the cafeteria. She filled two mugs with coffee and sat down with Emma. She handed her the coffee.

Nikki: Here you go. Coffee made from the finest coffee beans in the sea.

She takes a sip and winced a bit at the strength. "Wooo! That's strong and good coffee!" She drank more of it.

Nikki drank her coffee as well.

Nikki: There's lots of things to do in Mertopia. We have clubs, bars, movie theaters, an amusement park and more. You should try them out when you get the chance.

"After work, I will." Emma said. "Then, I might meet the royals and get to know them a little more."

Nikki: Alright.

(Let's skip to after work? :3) (Yeah. Sorry for my HUGE inactivity, I've been super busy this week and I barely have any time on here) (That sucks...)

After work...

Asonja was swimming around on his own, not even letting his family know where he was. He just appeared to be taking his occasionally swimming away from stress, maybe.

Meanwhile, Triton was swimming around on his own as well. He was wearing his crown.

(Let's say Emma is swimming near where Triton is? :3) (Surez)

Emma had just swam by Triton on her way home, and turned around to swim with him. "Hello there, you must be one of the princes. Don't ask how I already know." She eyed the crown, chuckling.

Triton: Yeah, I know...My name is Triton. And who are you, beautiful?

"Emma." She answers. "What're you up to, Prince Triton?"

(Impressive how you're still awake at this hour. Also, I have a day off, so I can RP right now.)

Triton: Just swimming around a bit. There's not much to do outside of Mertopia anyway. What are you up to?

(I'm on Spring Break, so I'm available all of next week) (Okay, good.)

"Nothing much here either." Emma responds. "I've just been working and I figured I would chat with royalty for a while."

Triton: How about we head over to your house to chat?

Triton then stroked Emma's dreadlocks. He realized this and stopped it.

Triton: Sorry, it's a habit when I interact with beautiful Merbian girls.

She giggled a bit, as she was slightly blushing. "Nah, it's fine...I don't mind it. Sure, it's just this way." She lead him to her house, which was not actually very far. She lead him inside.

Triton looked around.

Triton: This is a nice home. It's got everything to live comfy. Where are you from, by the way?

She looked like she didn't want to answer, but did so anyway. "T-the surface, actually...it's hard to explain."

Triton's eyes widened.

Triton: The surface, you say? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone.

He then looked at the tv Emma's house had.

Triton: Say, how about we watch a little tv?

"Sure." Emma says, his honesty making him feel a bit better. "I don't even know how to work it down here, anyway." She giggled a bit at that.

Triton: I'll demonstrate.

Triton demonstrated how it worked and then turned the tv on. He turned to MN4 (Mertopia Net 4), where Eurish Ocean's Got Talent was on. One of the judges was a silver furred Mermunk who had long blonde hair with a red hairband tied in the middle of it, a purple shell bra, just like Emma and a green tail just like Ariel from The Little Mermaid. She also had light blue eyes.

"Oh." Emma looked at the TV. "She looked beautiful."

Triton nodded in agreement.

Triton: That's Summer, Princess of Atlantis, one of Mertopia's neighboring kingdoms. She's one of Merna's friends, and she and I actually had a relationship for 9 months before we both agreed to be friends. We still regularly go out dancing and stuff. She's actually coming over to Mertopia tomorrow for a concert. Do you want to attend it?

"I dunno, that depends on my work schedule." Emma replies.

Triton: Well, the concert will start at 8 P.M. tomorrow night, so it shouldn't be much of a problem if you work from 9 to 5.

"Alright then, I suppose we can go tomorrow." Emma nods, shrugging as well.

Triton nodded too and he and Emma continued watching tv. Suddenly, Triton's shellphone rang and he picked up.

Triton: Oh, hello, Summer. Yeah, I'm fine. I'm chilling with a new female friend. No, I don't have a relationship with her. I just met her today. You wanna talk to her? Sure, here she comes.

Triton then passed his shellphone to Emma.

She picked it up politely. "H-hello?"

Summer: Hi. You must be Triton's new friend. My name is Summer. Who are you?

"My name is Emma. Pleasure to meet you."

Summer: Alright. I'll be in Mertopia tomorrow for a concert. I'll probably be there around 12 P.M.. What will you be doing around that time?

"I will most likely be working." Emma responds.

Summer: Okay. Where do you work? Maybe I'll come by to visit you.

"That fashion store that is ran by Nikki." Emma says.

Summer: Ah, yes. Finny Fun Enterprises. I sometimes order fashion tails and bras from them. I'll see you there. Ciao. Also, can you give me Triton again?

"Yup." Emma gave the phone back to Triton.

Triton then talked to Summer a bit more before hanging up. He then gave Emma his shellphone number.

Triton: Here, my shellphone number so you can call me. I'll be off. I'll see you some other time.

Triton waved and swam out of the house. Suddenly, Emma could hear sounds coming from the surface. Apparently it was a signal telling her to come to the surface.

"...Huh. Looks like Liam and Blade have really advanced." Emma said to herself as she swam up to the surface, poking her head out from the water.

Liam: Hi, Emma. How do you like our new Sonar Call? It's a little something we made to contact you while you're underwater.

Blade: So, how was your day?

"Pretty good." She says. "I hung out with one of the princes there. Turns out that this prince has 2 brothers and 1 younger sister."

Blade: That's incredible! I never thought they would have monarchy down in the sea.

Blade was writing down what Emma said.

Liam: Anything else?

"I got a job at a fashion store. I make the bras and tails there." Emma added. "It's basically like what we have here on the surface but underwater."

Blade nodded and wrote it down.

Liam: Also, your mother came by our lab today after she heard you got a new life underwater, and she told me to give you these framed photo's.

Liam gave Emma photo's of her family.

(I'm going to bed, I'll see you again in the morning or at nighttime.) (kk)

"Awww~..." Emma took the photo. "That's so sweet! I feel bad for leaving this place behind, though...I'll try to come visit all I can!"

Liam: Okay. Well, we'll call you again in a few days. See you, Emma!

"Bye!" She blew a goodbye kiss and went back under water with the photo. Once she got back to her house, she put it on her bedside table. "Right. What's on my list today...?"

(It's still the same day. XD) (She knows, she just forgets sometime >3>) (True, I mean, she is underwater.)

Now would be a good time to try out some clubs, cafés or bars like Nikki said.

She nods at that thought, and goes outside to a nearby café.

A Merfox waiter swam over to her.

Waiter: Welcome to Chateau de Sirene. How can I help you, young lady?

"I'll just have a cup of coffee, please." She asks.

The waiter nodded and swam off to get Emma her coffee. (Let's say she got her first salary on her first workday.)(kk)

Emma waited patiently on her table, reading a book she picked up from her house.

The waiter then returned with the coffee.

Waiter: That'll be 12 Merbian Coins, please.

She went into her pockets and got out the coins. "Here you are. Glad I got paid." She chuckled.

Waiter: Okay, have a nice day.

The waiter then swam off to serve other customers.

Emma takes a drink of the coffee, shaking her head from the caffiene rush. "Woo! That's good!" Emma chuckled and drank some more of it.

Three Merbian boys saw Emma and swam over to her.

Green Merhog: Hey, babe. Whatcha doing here all by yourself?

Purple Mercat: Do you feel like hanging with us for a while?

Red Merskunk: You're really beautiful, you know that?

She giggled. "I know that, but you know I can't take you boys all at once."

Green Merhog: That's why we'll decide with Rock-Paper-Scissors who gets you.

The boys then played it and the Green Merhog won.

Green Merhog: Looks like I win.

Purple Mercat: That's okay. We'll go look for girls of our own.

Red Merskunk: We'll holler at you.

Green Merhog: Okay, bye!

The Mercat and Merskunk then left and the Merhog sat down.

???: So, who are you?

"My name is Emma," she replies. "And you?"

???: I'm Bruno. I live here in Mertopia. Those guys I was with were my friends Carlton and Rick. And I haven't seen you around Mertopia before. Just moved here?

She nods. "Yup."

Bruno: Okay. Say, feel like swimming outside the city?

(I thought it out a bit like this: Bruno's love for Emma is one sided because she likes Asonja more, and Bruno gets another girl afterwards. How does that sound?)(Ye)

"Sure." Emma says. She was thinking about meeting one of the princes, wherever they were.

Bruno nodded and he took Emma's hand and they swam off towards open ocean.

She looked around for a moment before swimming with Bruno for a while. "It's pretty gorgeous out here..." Emma states.

Bruno: I know. Merbians really like swimming outside Mertopia because of the beautiful scenery. And look, there's dolphins coming over to us!

A few dolphins then swam over to Bruno and Emma. They chirped happily.

"Hello~!" She waved to them, giggling.

The dolphins chirped again and swam away.

Bruno: I think they want us to follow them.

"Well, let's see what they can show us." Emma states and she swam along ahead.

Bruno followed as well. The dolphins took Bruno and Emma to another underwater city. The only difference is that this city had HUMAN Mercreatures, rather than Merbians.

Bruno: Whoa, human Mercreatures!

"Holy cow." She states, looking around. "I didn't know THESE existed. Maybe they don't know WE existed..." Emma was confusing herself now, which gave her a headache.

A mermaid swam up to Bruno and Emma.

Mermaid: Welcome to Sublantica. What kind of Mercreatures are you?

Bruno: We're Merbians.

Emma nodded. "I'm a Merchidna, named Emma."

Bruno: And I'm a Merhog named Bruno.

Mermaid: I'm a mermaid named Caroline. Nice to meet you.

"I've read about the existence of Mermaids." Emma stated. "I never knew they were THIS gorgeous!"

Caroline blushed.

Caroline: Thank you. You're really beautiful too.

She giggles in response, blushing a bit herself. She then jumped a bit, just remembering something. "Oh! I'm sorry, but I have to go. I have to work tomorrow and I don't want to be late. Thank you Bruno for taking me out for this lovely swim. And Caroline, have a great time and stay gorgeous hun!" She swam back to Mertopia to her house.

Bruno swam back to Mertopia as well.

That evening, in Emma's house...

She was reading her books again, fascinated by the literature.

Then, someone knocked on the door.

(Sorry, I was at a friends house and forgot to tell you) (It's okay.)

Emma jumped a little bit, not expecting who was at the door. She went up and looked through the peeping hole.

Triton was there with his brother Asonja.

(You're welcome to take Emma back now as I take control of Asonja after this bit) (Sure.)

"Oh, hello!" Emma stated. "I see you've brought your brother. Who's he?"

The black hedgehog, who was slightly nervous, almost wanted to hide behind Triton. Even though Asonja was primarily the oldest, he seemed to be quite the child-coward.

Triton: This is my big brother Asonja. He's a bit of a coward.

Emma: That's fine. Hi, I'm Emma.

"H-hello..." Asonja stated. "I haven't talked to much people beside...well...my own family...nor do I swim often."

Emma: Well, don't worry about that. Maybe I can help pulling you out of your shell.

"...I guess." Asonja states. "Argh, where's Zoralth when you need him...?" He looked through his shellphone for a moment, before sighing.

Emma: So, do you want anything to drink?

Triton: Sure. What about you, Asonja?

He thought for a moment before nodding in silence.

Emma nodded and she let Triton and Asonja in. Emma poured them some sea orange juice and handed it to them.

Emma: Enjoy, boys.

Triton nodded and drank some of his juice.

Asonja only took small sips. He liked it, because of his occasional ear-flick. It was actually a merdragon trait to show that they like something.

Emma: So, what is it like being royalty?

Triton: Well, it's not always fun. Sometimes it can get tiring. But once you get used to it, everything is fine. Almost.

Emma: I see. So, what are your parents like?

Triton: I'll let Asonja explain that.

"Well, our parents are normally...busy. Very busy." Asonja says. "They barely have time to go away from their duties, and sometimes leave us to cook dinner, and such. But, hey, we're allowed to go out swimming and talk to the public, in which you already know I don't do often without Zoralth with me.."

Emma: I see...It's a shame your parents are so busy, and that you don't talk to the public much without Zoralth. Maybe I can help you with that.

"If you want to, sure." Asonja stated, the last to complete the juice. "I don't mind that."

Emma: Alright. I'll be attending a concert at the palace tomorrow evening, so I'll be seeing you again then.

Triton: Yeah. Come on, Asonja. Let's head back to the palace.

"Right, Triton." Asonja says and gets up with Triton. "T-thank you, Emma, by the way, for having us."

Emma: You're welcome. I'll see you tomorrow night.

Triton nodded and took Asonja with him. Emma closed the door and smiled.

Emma: Asonja is a cute guy. It's a shame he's so introverted, though...But I'll help him get more extravagant.

Emma then continued to read before going to bed.

Around bedtime in the palace...

King Alexander: Good night, Merna.

Merna: Good night, daddy.

The king closed the door and went to Triton's room.

King Alex: Good night, Triton.

Triton: Good night, dad.

The king then went to Asonja and Zoralth's room.

King Alex: Good night, Asonja. Good night, Zoralth.

"Night dad~!" They both said, laying in separate beds across from each other. Asonja already had his eyes shut while Zoralth was drinking some juice before crawling into bed.

The king smiled and closed the door, then swam to his own room, where his wife, Queen Diana was waiting. Alex got in bed. Alex was a purple scaled Merdragon with a light brown tail. Diana was a blue Merhog with a red tail.

Diana: It's been another busy day, honey.

Alex: Yeah, I feel bad that we don't get to spend a lot of time with the kids...

Diana: Me too, but we're king and queen, so there's really no way to escape our duties.

Alex: *sigh* Yeah...Well, we'll see if we can spend some time with them tomorrow during the concert.

Diana: Yeah. Good night.

Alex: You too.

Alex and Diana turned around and turned off the light.

The next morning...

Of course, Asonja was oversleeping through the night with covers everywhere. Zoralth was up and ready at the crack of 5 AM doing pullups, pushups, situps, and shadow-boxing. No wonder he's got some scaley muscles coming in.

Triton was in Merna's room, discussing gossip.

Meanwhile, with Emma...

Emma got up, took a shower (Taking a shower underwater, f**k logic, lawl.) and ate breakfast. She then swam off to work. Once she got there, Nikki already had an order ready: 20 pink tails and pink bras. Emma nodded and got to work.

With Zoralth...

He was in the weight room, still after 5 AM, swimming around the weight room in laps. He seems to have swim around the weight room about 500 times. He stops on the 510 time, floating to the floor, panting. "Phew...my tail is killin' me again...worth it, though." He tells himself.

Merna then swam into the weight room.

Merna: Hey, big brother. Busy training again?

"Yeah, Merna." Zoralth says as he swam to the pullup bar, starting from there. "What's up, do you need somethin'?"

Merna: Not really. Just decided to check on you.

"Alright, that's cool." Zoralth says, doing about 10 on the pullup bar, and exeecind that number. "Hey, can you quickly pass me a fresh towel in the closet behind you for me please, Merna?"

Merna: Sure.

Merna got a fresh towel from the closet and handed it to Zoralth.

Merna: Here you go, Zoralth.

"Thanks." He takes it with his left arm, still doing some pullups with his right. He then gets off the bar, and wraps the towel around his neck. "Phew...is Asonja up yet?"

Merna: I checked, and he's still asleep. There were covers all over the room.

"Ah, he does that a lot." Zoralth rubbed the back of his head. "I'm going to go take a shower, but thanks for checking up on him. I honestly worry about his health and his dignity to be on his own. I don't understand why he wants to be with me all the time."

Merna: Neither do I. Oh well. I'm gonna go grab a snack from the local grocery store. See you, Zor.

Merna swam out of the weight room to get money and then left the palace.

"Later." Zoralth states as he goes to the locker room shower. Yes, even the weight room as its own shower and locker room.

With Emma...

Emma had finished the first order given to her. Some employees took the tails and bras to the checkers.

Nikki: Good job, Emma. Ready for the next order?

Emma: Yes, I am.

Nikki: Okay, your next order is 15 light blue tails with light blue bras.

Emma: Alright, ma'am.

Emma immediately got back to work. She got them done fairly quickly. She then helped the employees to take the tails and bras to the checkers. Once that was done, she went back to the designing room.

(Can you voice a co-worker?) (Perhaps, sure)

"Emma, you sure work yourself a little bit too hard." One of the co-workers say to her. "Don't you think you should...I dunno...slow down a bit? I mean, it usually takes 20 minutes just to make 20 tails, but you're cutting that product time, into, like, fourths, not saying that's a bad thing."

Emma: Yeah, I do feel a bit tired from making so many tails in a short time...Maybe you're right.

"You don't HAVE to over-work yourself Emma, honest, you're a great worker." She swam over next to Emma. "But I think it's time that you should slow down. They look even more appealing if they're not rushed."

Emma nodded.

Nikki: She's right, Emma. They're even better if they're not rushed. Also, here's the next order. 25 turquoise tails and turquoise bras.

Emma nodded and got to work, this time slowing down the production process.

"You have plenty of time, Emma. No need to rush" The co-worker says before swimming away to go back to what her job was.

Emma nodded and continued working. As she worked, she sang 'What A Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.

Back in the castle, Asonja had just woken up. He was a staggering swimming mess, like a drunk fish. His hair was everywhere and he occasionally collapsed onto the floor, snoring.

Triton noticed it and shook him awake.

Triton: Asonja, you overslept again.

(I'm going now, because I got work tomorrow. Also, I won't be available for Wednesday and Friday night, because I'll be watching some talent show finals then. Also, I got recreation on Saturday, so I'll be gone until 4 P.M. my time then. See you.) (Later.)

"Yeah...I noticed..." Asonja grumbled as he got himself up, his eyes still closed.

Triton: Don't oversleep too much. It's not good for you.

"Sorry man, I just love sleep...I lucid-dream things all the time..." Asonja yawns. "That means I force myself to dream what I want...it's tiring."

Triton: Why do you have most of dad's traits? Why can't you be more positive like mom?

"Because apparently, emotion is somehow genetically transferred from offspring to offspring, which shouldn't be the case," Asonja replies, before groggily swimming to the kitchen. "I'm gonna go make some lunch."

(In case you're wondering, I'm currently at work. I'm allowed to take my laptop with me every day, so I still have some time to edit.)

Triton sighed and swam off.

Meanwhile, Emma was still singing as she worked. Her singing voice was quite nice.

A nearby coworker took notice of Emma's voice, as she seemed to hum along with her.

(Sweet. Unfortunately, this is my last edit as it is about 3 AM for me here. Also, apologies if this took too long, my laptop is a piece of crap as some keys don't work unless I press on them well-enough or repeatedly, and then they start to work again. So, yeah, anyway, I don't want to hold you back on your job so, good luck with your job, and good night from the U.S.A)

(Alright, night.)

Emma: *singing* And I think to myself, what a wonderful world...

The coworker hummed at a different melody, which made it sound unique. Eventually, everyone pitched in, even Nikki.

Not too long after that, Summer came in, and she saw how musically everything was.

Summer: Wow, I never knew you guys were so musically.

(You can take control of Emma for a bit.)

Emma chuckled. "Hiya Summer. I started this, so.."

Summer: You have a really beautiful voice. And you're beautiful yourself too.

She blushed at her and smiled. "T-thank you, Summer..."

Nikki: You and Summer can go to the cafetaria. It's lunch time anyway.

Summer nodded and she swam to the cafetaria, got some food and sat down at a table.

Emma shortly joined. "So, Summer, what brings you here?" She asks while eating a salad.

Summer: I told you I'd come visit you at work, and here I am. You got a nice job.

Summer then proceeded to eat some salad as well.

"Thank you!" She smiled a bit, still eating. "I try my best to sustain my new life here."

Summer smirked.

Summer: New life? Just moved here?

"Yup. I think yesterday I moved and I already got a lot done." Emma just finished her salad.

(Sorry, was on my way to work.)

Summer nodded.

Summer: That's great. You got a house, a job, a few things necessary for your new life. Maybe after work you can show me where you live?

"Sure!" Emma says. "I don't live very far from work, so I could easily swim here."

(Whew, 3 AM. New record for me XD See ya tomorrow)

(Night.)

Summer: Alright. I'll stick around here for a bit until work time's over.

Emma nods, and swims back to work after lunch was over. She went back to working, this time at her slow speed.

Summer sat watching Emma do her work. She was really interested in watching Emma work.

Emma sometimes looked back at Summer, smiling a bit as she worked, before eventually finishing all of her work.

Nikki: Okay, it's 5 P.M.. Time to go home. Emma, good job once again, and Mrs. Summer, thank you for visiting us.

Summer: You're welcome. Let's go, Emma.

Emma nods, and swims out with Summer. Very quickly, they were right outside Emma's house. "And here it is! Pretty quick swim."

Summer: It sure was. And you got quite a cozy house.

"Thank you. Come on in, I'll make some coffee." Emma swims inside, leaving the door open for Summer.

Summer swam inside and closed the door. She sat down on the couch and waited for Emma to make the coffee.

She was just brewing it the old fashioned way. She let that sit and she came back to Summer. "So, what do you want to talk about?"

Summer thought about it.

Summer: Well, for starters, where are you from?

"Surprisingly, I originally came from the surface." Emma said.

Summer's eyes widened in amazement.

Summer: Really? How'd you become a Merchidna then?

"I honestly don't know." Emma responded. She explained what had happened before she got the house and coming down here into Mertopia.

Summer tried to make sense of what Emma had told her.

Summer: Okay, so your land dweller friends Liam and Blade had made a machine that was supposed to enable you to breathe underwater but instead turned you into a Merchidna? I'm quite baffled by the technology land dwellers can make...

She shrugged. "I am too, sometimes, but the trouble is funding the projects. It costs a lot these days to even make something such as that."

Summer: Well, down here in the deep blue ocean, we have the same trouble. It's hard to produce enough Merbian Coins to fund all the businesses in all the cities. There's a lot of poor Merbians around the sea who struggle to handle life, mainly due to their lack of money. That's why the monarchies around the ocean have set up charities for these people. I'm actually in charge of a charity myself: It's called the Princess Summer Foundation, and it helps the poor Merbians to keep their heads afloat in this economic crisis.

"Aww, that's terrible!" Emma states. "I'll do anything I can to also help."

Summer smiled.

Summer: That's really nice of you, Emma.

She then handed Emma her shellphone number.

Summer: Here's my shellphone number. That way we can keep in touch about my foundation and stuff.

(I watched the Angry Video Game Nerd review Sonic '06 this morning, and as the video progressed, my brain went numb. When it got to the lovey dovey stuff with Sonic and Elise, I said 'I can't take it anymore!' and shut off the video.)

(I guess his review showed how much Sonic '06 was.)

She nods and takes it. "I'll keep this safe."

(All the bulls**t the game pulled was probably what made my brain go numb.)

Summer: So, is the coffee ready yet?

"Ah, yes, it should be." Emma said as she got up to get the coffee. She poured Summer some of the coffee and poured herself some. "Sorry, I almost forgot about it."

Summer nodded and took a sip of her coffee.

Summer: You make some nice coffee, honey. Pretty impressive.

"Thank you." Emma blushed a bit from the compliment. "I'm pretty good at cooking and preparing."

(What were you doing? Taking a 30 minute shower?)

Summer: You're welcome. And that's good to know. Back in Atlantis, I don't actually make my own food. My father and I have staff to do that for us, because we're royalty.

(More like getting distracted by memes) (Ah, I see.)

"That must be amazing." Emma stated. "I wonder if the monarch here does the same thing. I've always wanted to hang out with the Princes and ask what their lives are like."

Summer: Well, did Triton invite you to the concert tonight?

"Oh yeah! He did!" Emma says. "Jeez, I am, just, out of it today apparently. Brain, where'd you go?" She jokes around for a bit before giggling.

Summer: Well, tonight's your chance to ask what their lives are like.

"Yeah, that's true. I'll have to write down some questions." Emma gets a paper and a quill from her office room and swims back. "Alright, what should I first ask about...?"

Summer: Well, for example, how it is to have such luxury.

She wrote that down. "That's cool, cool!" Emma then wrote more questions down. "What about, what things do you do in your free time, and I'll ask if you eat on a schedule."

Summer nodded.

Summer: That's a great idea.

Summer then tried to think of more questions.

Summer: What about how they take care of their royal duties?

"Oh, good!" Emma wrote that down, and including more. "What about asking what their futures are?"

Summer nodded.

Summer: That's also a good idea.

She wrote that down. "Sweet! I think I'll stop there for now." She drinks the rest of her coffee.

Summer finishes her coffee as well.

Summer: Say, how about I give you a little makeup before we head to the concert?

She gasps a bit. "Really? I would love that!"

Summer giggles and she gets out a makeup bag and a case with accessories.

Summer: Let's make you so smokin' you'll have to fight those princes off of you.

Summer took Emma to the bathroom to get her ready. She applied eyeliner onto Emma's eyelashes, put golden bracelets around her wrists, hung a pearl necklace around her neck and hung white roses onto her dreadlocks. She then showed Emma her new look.

Summer: Et voila.

She gasped, with sparkles in her eyes. "Amazing~! Thank you Summer! I cannot wait for them to see me!"

Summer: *giggles* You're welcome. Let me get ready too and wait until tonight.

8 P.M., at the Mertopian Palace

Summer took Emma to the palace. A Merfox with dark red fur and a dark blue tail was waiting for them.

???: Hi, are you Emma?

"Yes." Emma nods, keeping her looks fresh.

???: Alright. My name is Ren, I'm one of King Alexander and Queen Diana's retainers. Prince Triton told me you were invited by him and that he had a V.I.P. seat reserved for you. I'll guide you there. Princess Summer, you know where to sit.

Summer nodded.

Summer: See you soon, Emma!

"Bye Summer!" She waved to her and then went back to Ren. "He reserved a V.I.P seat for me?"

Ren: Yes. He told me you were a good friend of him, and he wanted you to have a good view of the concert. Right this way.

Ren guided Emma to her seat.

Ren: Enjoy the show.

Ren then swam off.

Emma sat down, and looked at the view. "Wow...it's an amazing view!"

The concert then started. Sebastian the Crab from The Little Mermaid (Couldn't resist. X3) and his Merbian band came onto the stage and began playing classical music.

Emma sat there, relaxing for a bit. "This is nice...I love this."

The concert went on for about 2 hours. At the end of the concert, Sebastian and his band performed the 'Under the Sea' song. (Once again, couldn't resist. X3) (Boi) (X3)

Emma could help but laugh in enjoyment with what was going on. She's never been to a concert before, especially not one that was like this. She loved every bit.

Once the song was finished, everyone clapped.

Sebastian: Ya, thank you! Me and my band were happy to play for you!

Sebastian and his band then left the stage. Someone then tapped Emma on her shoulder.

She didn't jump, but was confused. She looked over her shoulder to see who tapped her.

Triton: Hey, Emma. Ready to meet my family?

"Oh! Yes!" Emma says and gets up from her seat. "The concert was amazing, by the way."

Triton: Thank you. And you look really beautiful. Who did your makeup and gave you all that jewelry?

"Summer did." She giggled. "She came by my house before tonight, and she did my makeup. Thanks for noticing, too."

Triton nodded.

Triton: She's a great makeup artist. Glad to hear you're making friends. And you're welcome.

Triton then took Emma to his family. Summer was there too.

Triton: Mom, dad, I want to introduce you to my friend Emma.

King Alex: Hello, young Merchidna.

Queen Diana: Did you enjoy the concert?

"Yes, I did, it was wonderful." Emma says, greeting everyone. "Where's Asonja and Zoralth?"

Queen Diana: They're over here.

The queen then showed Asonja and Zoralth.

Zoralth waved, smirking at Emma. Asonja just...hid behind Zoralth a little bit. Emma seemed to 'aw' a little bit with a smile on her face.

Merna pulled Asonja from behind Zoralth.

Merna: Don't be shy, big brother. She won't hurt you. *to Emma* Hi, Emma. I'm Merna. I'm the youngest of the royal children.

"Pleasure to meet you, Merna!" Emma smiled a bit. Asonja just looked highly uncomfortable, looking at Zoralth for help. He just chuckles and crosses his arms.

Summer giggles at Asonja's shyness.

Summer: So, Emma, you were gonna ask the princes and princess some questions, right?

"Oh, yes!" She got out her paper, in which was folded in her shirt pocket. "I wanted to ask you guys what it's like to be...ya know, royal. Like, what's your daily routines?"

Zoralth was the first to answer: "Well, I wake up at 5 AM sharp to train for about...3-5 hours, at most, have breakfast with the family, train some more...all I can say really is wake up, train, eat, train, sleep, and repeat!" He chuckled a bit.

Triton: I wake up around 7 AM, I have breakfast with the family, then I talk to the people of Mertopia, shake hands, take pictures, have lunch, afterwards I have time for my friends, we hang, then it's dinner time, then it's party time. I'm a bit of a partygoer, I tell you. I really enjoy them.

Merna: I wake up at 7:30 AM, I have breakfast with the family, then I go do my royal duties, then lunch, then do more royal duties, then spend time with my friends, then dinner, then I go out with my friends. Despite being 14, I've had my fair share of dates. I've dated quite a lot of players. *giggles*

Asonja stood there for a moment as Emma eagerly awaits his reply. "I-I uh...I wake up in the afternoon...eat a bit of lunch...and go back to bed..."

"Is that really all you do, Asonja?" Emma asks. Asonja responds with a nod and says, looking away, "Yeah...I don't hang out much with my family members..."

The queen just sighs.

Queen Diana: Yeah, he doesn't do that much...He's too much like his father, which disappoints me...

King Alex: It's not my fault Asonja was born like that!

Queen Diana: I'm not blaming you, honey. Asonja was born like this and we can't figure a way to change him.

Merna: Aaaanyway, do you have any other questions, Emma?

"Let's see..." Emma looked back at her list. "What do you guys do on your free time?"

Triton: I direct an online newspaper in my free time. It's enjoyed by many Merbians around the Eurish Ocean.

Merna: I like watching talent shows in my free time.

Zoralth shrugs. "It's pretty obvious by now."

Asonja was quiet again as he was thinking. "...Sleep, I guess..."

Emma seemed a little upset. "I'm worried about you, Asonja...you don't have a healthy lifestyle. I want to know why you're acting like this by going out to dinner with me so we can talk about it. How does that sound?"

Asonja was looking down and away, narrowing his eyes in thought. "I don't know...I don't want to be a drag because I won't eat..."

"Dude, you're turning down a girl, man." Zoralth points out. "You sure you want to turn her down?"

"I have too many personal problems, alright?" Asonja stated. "I-I'm not ready yet..."

Zoralth was a bit shocked at the fact that he turned down a date. This only made everyone else concerned.

King Alex: Asonja, you're going on a date with Emma, because you barely go outside and you barely do anything for the family. Either you or Zoralth is going to take the throne one day, and I want you to make a good impression on me. So get out there and make this kingdom proud!

Queen Diana proceeded to hand Asonja a purse filled with Merbian Coins.

Queen Diana: This should be enough for a good dinner. And I want you to bring Emma home after dinner. Understood?

Asonja was a bit overwhelmed with this decision, and made a whimpering noise. "I...I guess...But Zoralth would be a better leader though..."

"It's a 50% chance of me becoming the next king, Asonja, because we're twins," Zoralth says. "What if you get chosen?"

Asonja grumbled again, still feeling shy. "Alright...fine..."

Emma nods to this. "That's all the questions I really have. But I want to say thank you for having me here tonight."

Everyone nods and waves.

Merna: Have fun on your date, Asonja!

Triton: Yeah, take good care of her!

Zoralth gives Asonja a quick noogie before pushing him to Emma, in which she quickly moved out of the way to avoid getting hit with Asonja, but also caught him. "Good luck with that little bundle of joy." Zoralth says, obviously loving Asonja whether or not he was depressed. Emma smiled and nodded, while Asonja was a blushing mess.

(So what do I do now? .3.) (Well, you could control Emma at this point) (Okay.)

Later, Asonja and Emma have approached a pretty nice diner Zoralth suggested earlier. Asonja sat there with his head slightly tilted down and he moved his fingers around as he has gotten nervous again.

Emma: So, what is the reason you're always so depressed?

(Also, where were you all this time? Sleeping?) (Getting distracted by Sonic3&K and, yes, I went to bed early) ('Kay.)

"...I guess it's my mental set." Asonja responded. "I always think that people are out to get me, mainly because my father told me that not all people are going to agree with what we do, and, if I become king, they won't agree with what I do either..."

Emma: That doesn't mean everyone isn't going to agree with you.

"Well, I don't know that, I was like 4 years old when he told me this. My 4-year-old mindset still applies..." Asonja states, looking down for a moment. (Also I'm gonna go grab some early dinner at some Fast-food) (Okay, then I'm gonna go catch some sleep, because I'll be visiting a game convention tomorow morning and therefore I need enough sleep. I'll see you tomorrow, and if that won't work, I'll catch you next weekend. Bai!)

Emma: Asonja, you have to stop clinging to your 4-year-old mindset. You're 18 now, so you gotta work on a new mindset.

"I can't stop clinging to it, Emma..." Asonja complained. "I've enforced that mindset for ages, and it's hard to change that."

Emma: You could at least try to change it.

"...I have tried, actually." Asonja stated. "I was too scared, unfortunately..."

Emma: Asonja, you were too scared to change it because it's your comfort zone. You have to get out of your comfort zone and try new things. I mean, there's a 50% chance that you will be Mertopia's next king. What if you get chosen? The people of Mertopia don't want an introvert, pessimistic, depressed Merhog as their next king. They want an extravagant, optimistic king who is happy to help his people and be willing to take on a challenge. You should change to be like that. You have to, for yourself, for your family, for the future of Mertopia.

"Well, that's the thing, I don't WANT to be king." Asonja tries to explain. "I don't think I'm ready for that kind of responsibility yet; I'm not strong-minded or PHYSICALLY strong like Zoralth is. He knows what to do more than I do, mainly because I don't strive to BE a king. I don't think that I would have that kind of power yet and it's impossible for me to gather."

Emma: Asonja, you're just doubting yourself! You would be a perfect king, but you don't see it, because you think you were born a failure, but you're not! You're as good as Zoralth, Triton and Merna, but you're too stubborn to see that! If you don't work on that, you'll never get anywhere in life!

"Maybe that's just what I asked for." Asonja states, sitting there with his arms crossed. "Maybe I asked to be this way, or maybe that it just decided to happen and befall on me. Whatever the case, I cannot fix it. I follow wherever Fate brings me, and if it's taking me to Hell, I'm going with it."

Emma sighed in defeat.

Emma: I thought you were a great guy, but you've proven me wrong. I'll be taking my leave. Goodbye.

Emma got up and swam out of the restaurant.

He sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Whatever...This can't be fixed anyway..." He finished up with his time there before going out himself.

Waiter: Where do you think you're going, Prince Asonja?! Pay up before you leave!

"...Oh, right, sorry." He payed with the right amount of remaining coins he had with him and left. "That was embarrassing..." He rolled his eyes as he spoke to himself.

Meanwhile, at the palace, King Alexander was swimming around in circles.

Queen Diana: Honey, why are you swimming in circles?

King Alex: I can't shake the feeling Asonja will mess up on his date...

Diana: I'm sure he'll be fine.

Alex: I hope so...

Zoralth came in the room, with his shellphone. "Unfortunately, Asonja just told me that he did, in-fact, mess up on the date," he says. "He tells me, and I quote, 'On the subject of my mental issues, I threw out excuses of all of my problems that I could think up of, including some that didn't exist until that very moment. She gave up and left, and I almost left without paying for the whole thing. Now I'm flat-broke, and I'm just waiting for someone to shank me out in the alleyways.' That's what he told me."

King Alex let out an annoyed groan.

King Alex: You know what, we'll let him stay in the alleyways for the night. He needs to face the consequences of his pessimistic behavior.

Queen Diana: Are you sure, honey...?

King Alex: Yes. This was his chance to impress me, but he blew it and disappointed me deeply. I'm going to bed now. Good night.

King Alex then swam to his bedroom. Queen Diana sighed.

Zoralth scratched his head in slight anxiety and awkwardness. "Well, the chances of someone waiting in the alleyways to shank someone in general is fairly low, so I don't quite see that..." He stood there for a moment before getting a concerned idea. "...You don't suppose we could...bring him THERE, right? Remember, mom, you took me there when I was a little kid and they trained me to be super strong in every way and I became like this...do you think they could do the same to my brother?"

Diana: That's a great idea, Zoralth. Let's find Asonja and take him there.

Diana and Zoralth then swam out of the palace to find Asonja.

He wasn't quite anywhere upon first glance. But, eventually, he was found swimming in the streets. "Oh...Mom, brother, what are you doing here? Am I past my curfew again..?"

Diana: We're taking you somewhere you'll get as strong in every way as Zoralth. This'll be your chance to impress your father.

"...Wait. You don't mean..." Asonja looked concerned and Zoralth nodded. Asonja looked to them again. "You two cannot be serious. I won't last a minute there! In this condition I won't last!"

Diana: Trust me, this will help you. We're taking you there right now.

Queen Diana then took Asonja by the hand, and together with Zoralth, they swam to the place Zoralth was talking about.

It was a rather big underwater mountain with a massive hole in a cave. Zoralth says, "Don't worry, this place helped me a lot. They help you realize your full potential, be it fighting power, intelligence, super-power ability, or all of the above. They helped me realize my special power, which is size-manipulation. I never knew I had it, but once they showed it to me, I became more confident with who I was. If I say it'll help you, Asonja, it will help you."

With that being said, Asonja only looked less nervous about the whole thing. He nods at this, but before Asonja could go, Zoralth added one more thing, "Also, once you go over that hole, it'll feel like you're on the surface and you'll grow legs and fall to the ground below. It won't hurt or anything, but it's just a quick warning." Again, Asonja nodded at this. "Got anything to say before I go, Mom?" Asonja asks.

Diana: All I can say to you right now, is good luck, Asonja. I love you.

"...I love you too, Mom." Asonja says before turning and sticking his arm over the hole and swam over it. For a moment, nothing happened, but then he suddenly grew legs and he was shot down as gravity began to control his body all the way down to the hole.

"I'm surprised he did scream like I did..." Zoralth pointed out before sighing and saying a quick prayer of good luck in his native Dragon language before swimming back to the palace.

Queen Diana followed.

With Emma...

Emma was currently sleeping in her home, because she had to work again the next morning. She had removed her makeup and put the accessories she got from Summer in the drawers of a dresser that were in her bedroom.

(Let's skip to the next morning at Emma's work?) (Sure. I was also going to provide a scene where Asonja was doing all of this, just for more detail and what not, but let's go ahead and do this first) (Okay.)

Emma was sitting at her sewing machine, making tails. As she made the tails, she was deep in thought.

She sometimes ended up talking to herself, but very quietly. "What happened to him during the course of his lifetime that made him that depressed about himself...?" She asked herself. "He couldn't have just thought it up himself..."

Nikki looked at Emma, a bit worried. She swam up to her to talk to her.

Nikki: Is something wrong, Emma? You look a little worried.

"I'm fine, really." Emma responds. "I had a little chat with Prince Asonja last night. He's not doing very well...he seems very depressed. He's going to be King soon, but he tells me he doesn't think he's responsible enough to take the job. He's highly pessimistic and lacks confidence, and I couldn't do it anymore after he started throwing excuses."

Nikki pulled up a chair, sat down and put an arm around Emma.

Nikki: Emma, something tells me Prince Asonja is going to improve himself, but that this is a process that takes time.

"You might be right, Nikki." Emma sighs. "I hope he improves...he honestly looks cute outwards, but inwards he's absolutely destroyed..."

Nikki giggles.

Nikki: Do you have a crush on Prince Asonja?

"Maybe, I'll never tell." Emma giggled too.

Nikki: Well, let's get back to work.

Nikki got up, put the chair back and went to her office to do some paperwork.

Emma nods and goes on with the bras once she finished the tails.

Meanwhile, with Asonja...

He collapsed on a field of flowers below, with full legs and feet. He tries to stand on his new feet, but collapsed on his front. "H-Help...someone?" He calls. Suddenly, a female in a purple robe comes up and helps him to his feet.

"Oh my...you look a lot like that dragon years ago." She says. "What is your name, young one?" (You can voice her if you want later)

"My name...us Asonja, ma'am..." He replies weakly.

(Sure.)

???: Okay. My name is Judy, the Duchess of Development down here in The Underground Training Facility. Here, we help poor souls from both the surface and the underwater world to get stronger.

"My brother suggested this place to me...his name is Zoralth." Asonja says. "You've trained him before?"

Judy: Yes, I did. I trained him together with my husband, The Master. I'll take you to see him right now.

Judy took Asonja to a mansion, where she lived with The Master.

Judy: Honey, we have a new student to train!

Master: I'm coming.

The Master appeared at the top of the staircase. He was a man in a white robe. He walked down the stairs and looked at Asonja.

Master: So he's our new student?

Judy: Yes, he is.

Master: I'm always happy to take new students under my wing. I'll do anything in my power to help you. Just tell me what you want to learn, and I'll help you.

He stood there for a while, thinking. "Well...for starters, I don't quite know my purpose, I don't feel strong in all ways. And it's pretty difficult to have this thought when I'll be handed the throne later in my lifetime."

Master: Son, your purpose in life is to be a good king, a good husband, and a good father. Something tells me you're gonna marry a beautiful girl and have a big and happy family with her.

(I'm gonna shower soon, I'll be back after a while.) ('Kay.)

"I don't really know about that, sir..." Asonja replies. "My comfort zone is pretty...restricted."

(I have returned!)

Master: That's probably why you're here. We will help you to get out of your comfort zone. Right, Judy?

Judy nodded in agreement.

Judy: Yes, we will help you get out of your comfort zone, make you physically and mentally stronger, find your special power and much more. Do you wish to proceed?

He was hesitant, but nodded. "I am ready, I think.." (Hello)

(Sorry, was playing Donkey Kong Country on the SNES I bought at a game market today.)

Judy: Okay then, let's work on your physical strength then.

Judy and The Master took Asonja to a gym. They gave him two 1 kg dumbells to lift with.

Master: Use these to train your muscles for a while.

He lifted them, but just barely. He lifted them about 10 times before he got tired. "...Well this is embarrassing."

Master: Keep trying, kid. You'll get strong eventually.

(I can lift 3 kg weights in a 3x40 routine, but my back always wobbles when I do this. I just can't seem to stand still when lifting the weights. XD)

Meanwhile, with Emma...

She just finished the orders and she laid back on her chair. "Phew...busy day this has been."

The clock then struck 5 PM, indicating it was time to go home.

Nikki: Alright, it's 5 PM, time to go home! Enjoy yourselves, everyone!

The employees started packing their stuff and got ready to go home.

Emma did so as well, said goodbye to Nikki and swam home.

She was soon joined by Bruno swimming next to her.

Bruno: Hey, Emma!

"Bruno!" Emma waved hello. "How's it going?"

Bruno: I'm fine, and I also bought you some flowers.

Bruno then handed Emma a bouquet of red roses.

"Oh! Thank you." She takes them, smiling a bit. "I like roses."

Bruno: You're welcome. Say, feel like going on a date tomorrow after work?

"Sure. I'm free till then." Emma nods.

Bruno: Okay. Let's go to your house.

(I'm going to bed, because tomorrow's the begin of a new work week. I'll catch you again this weekend. Later, Silva, and stay strong out there in school!) (Same to you. I also got a job too, so I'll be very busy in the weekends too. Cya!)

"We're actually here, so, come on in." Emma opens the door and leaves it open for him.

Bruno swam inside, closed the door and sat down on the couch.

Bruno: So, how was work?

"Not bad." Emma states. "I get a decent amount of pay, but I'm very careful with what I pay for; I don't want to spend too much on stuff I don't want. Even if it's clothing. Crazy, huh? Have you ever heard of a female who tries so hard not to get bras, tails, and accessories?"

Bruno: No, not really. I work at a movie theater, where I work the ticket stand. What's your job?

"I make the bras and tails." Emma replies. "Would you like some coffee?"

Bruno: Sure.

She nods as she goes to make some more coffee. "So, as that's heating up, what else would you like to talk about?"

Bruno: Well, what's your family like?

"For starters, I'm not actually from here, as I have stated plenty amounts of times to other people." Emma says. "I am from the surface, and my family practically cared a lot for me."

Bruno's eyes widened but he nodded.

Bruno: I bet they miss you a lot.

"They do, but I got a picture from them that shows how much they loved me." Emma says as she points to a dresser. "The picture is just over there."

Bruno swam over to the picture and picked it up.

Bruno: Your parents look like they're quite rich. Your father specifically, because he wears some fancy stuff.

"Yeah, he had a great job." Emma nods. "He's probably just as rich as the king here." She joked, giggling.

(Sorry, was being distracted by a rap video.)

Bruno nodded.

Bruno: Who's this blue echidna? Your brother?

"Yup!" Emma nods.

Bruno: Okay.

Bruno puts down the picture and sits down again.

Bruno: I come from a poor family. I never knew my father because he left home when I was three. My mother's been struggling to raise me and my 14 year old twin sisters because of that. My mother works as a waitress at a diner here in Mertopia.

She swam over to him, sat by him, and put her arm over his shoulders. "I'm sorry...is there anything I can do for you to make you feel better?"

Bruno: A nice cup of coffee would be nice right now...

"Sure thing. It should just be about done..." Emma says, giving him a pat on the shoulder before getting up, pouring him a cup of the coffee and hands it to him. "It's a bit hot, still."

Bruno nods and takes a sip of the coffee.

Bruno: This coffee is nice. You make nice coffee, babe.

She blushed lightly and smiled a bit. "T-thank you. Cooking and Baking is one of my hobbies I'm trying to learn."

Bruno: Maybe I could help you with cooking and baking. My mother has taught me how to do it since I was 10 or so.

"Ooh! Sure!" Emma says. "I'll gladly let you teach me!"

Bruno nods and finishes his coffee quickly. Suddenly, Emma and Bruno hear Liam and Blade's Sonar Call.

Bruno: What's that?

"Oh! Those are my friends from the surface calling me. I'll be right back!" She waved as she quickly went out the door and swam up to the surface, poking her head out of the water.

Blade: Hey, Emma. How's the past few days been for you?

"Pretty good." Emma says. "I've met up with the Princes, one of which seems to have some self-esteem issues, and I'm making quite a few friends here! What've you guys been up to?"

Blade: We've been trying to fix the machine so it won't turn people into Merbians again when they use it.

Liam: Yeah. We've been trying to test it out on Chao, and I think we've almost fixed the machine. Also, it's good to hear you're making friends down there.

(I'm going to sleep now, I'm celebrating Kingsday over in my country, and I need rest for the festivities during the day. Bye!)

(Have fun!)

"Sweet! Great to hear we're both making progress." Emma responds.

Liam and Blade nodded.

Liam: Now that you're here, could you do us a favor?

Blade: Yeah. We want a Merbian souvenir, and since you live in a Merbian city, maybe you could give us one.

Liam: We'll trade it for a surface object.

"Hmm...I can do that!" Emma nods. "Anything specific?"

Blade: Hmmm...How about a plushie or something?

She gasped and her eyes sparkled. "A plushie?! Oh my god, I'll definitely get one of those!" She squealed. "Oh, what kind of plushie do you want?"

Blade: A rabbit plushie, please.

"Got it~!" Emma waves and dives back into the ocean to Mertopia.

Meanwhile, back with Asonja in the underground training facility...

Asonja was panting and slightly worn as drones surrounded him, ready to fire.

Master: You can do this, sonny. Use whatever you have at your disposal to defeat those drones.

He coughed a little bit, looking around for something to use. "I'm trying to...they keep knocking my weapons away or disintegrating them..."

Master: You must have some special ability you can use to fight. Find out what it is and use it.

(How much time you got?) (I got about 3 hours.)

"B-..." Before Asonja could say anything, he was knocked back by a drone, and he hit a wall on his back. He collapsed and tried using his new legs again to stand. "Jeez...having these things make things harder..."

(Sorry, was out for a car tour.)

Master: Do something, sonny!

(It's alright. I'm about to leave anyway)

He groan and he suddenly recoiled when a laser was fired at him. He does a blocking motion, but felt a sudden force pulling outward from him and forward. A purple shield had formed in front of him, the laser dissipating around the arced shield. "What the...What's this?"

(Aw, doodoo...)

Master: I think this is one of your hidden powers!

Judy: Maybe there's an offensive power you can use as well. Try something else.

(Nvm I got about a few minutes, but if you don't come back under the interval of my time restraints, I wish you a good night, and I will come back tomorrow (for you it's tomorrow but for me it's probably 2 AM)

Asonja thought for a moment, before his hands started to turn into a sand particle. He freaked out for a moment, but then they formed into sharp steel blades. "...This feels weird." Asonja says, mostly at a loss of words.

(I'm here, but probably too late...)

Judy: This looks interesting. Try fighting the drones with this ability.

(Tis okay, I'm back)

Asonja nods, and without warning, he glowed purple and jump-dashed toward the drones, slicing them into halves with both his arms.

(I was asleep when you got back. This is gonna be tough, and we need to think of something.)

Judy: Well done. You defeated the drones.

Master: Yes, time to bring on some baddies.

A bunch of Shadow Ninjas then appeared.

Asonja was still not used to what these abilities are and what they do, but he kept them with him at all times when he was on his guard.

The Shadow Ninja's jumped at Asonja, ready to karate chop him.

Suddenly, his arms turned into the sand-like particles again, only to grab the ninja by wrapping the sand around him and throwing him at the opposite wall, only for him to hit the wall at around 0.3 seconds.

(I'm going to bed after this edit. Let me know when you have time next weekend.)

The ninja groaned in pain and disappeared. His comrads proceeded to fight Asonja.

He spreads his arms out and they grabbed all of the ninja and threw them at the ground. Asonja just stood there normally, as all he was doing is controlling them mentally.

The other ninjas disappeared too.

Master: Impressive, sonny. You defeated them with your new strange powers.

His arms shrank and returned back to normal flesh ones. He looked at them for a moment, curling his fists for a moment. "You're right...What kind of ability is this?" Asonja asked.

Master: I think it's some kind of shapeshifting ability.

"So I could...shift into anything I want?" Asonja asked for a moment. (Sorry about my absence, very busy lately.)

Master: I think. (I understand, so don't worry. I'm trying to set up an RP with Brudikai, but he isn't really paying attention to it.) (He does that a lot, rarely being online and sometimes forgetting about rps.) (Well, then I guess I set up an RP for nothing. -3-)

"Well, let's see..." Asonja tried this by shifting his entire body. He managed to shift back into his Merbian form, but he fell over because he had no legs. "...Close enough, I guess..."

The Master snapped his fingers and Asonja turned back into a Mobian.

Master: We'll help you train this ability.

Judy: Yes, we will train you until you have fully mastered your ability.

"Sweet. Alright let's see...what's the first thing?" Asonja asked, stretching his back a bit letting some bones pop.

(Sorry, was making a new character.)

Master: Hmmm...Try shapeshifting into a police officer.

"...You mean the ones we have in Mertopia? Or..." Asonja thought for a moment, before sighing, facepalming, and transformed into a red mobian fox with a police outfit on. He even had on a southern American accent. "How's this?"

Master: Nice. Now try shapeshifting into a female bat.

Asonja blushed at this and instead transformed into a Mobian bat. He had a regular voice. "I dunno about being female..."

Master: You gotta try out all kinds of forms you can turn into. Who knows when they might come in handy. Try turning into a chicken (Lawl) now.

Asonja asked no questions, and did so. He unconsciously make a caw.

Master: Good, good. Keep trying more forms.

Meanwhile, with Emma...

She was at the mall, currently finding the rabbit plush toy that Blade wanted.

The plushie was sitting on a shelf in a store. It was a purple rabbit plushie with buttons as eyes. (Just like the one from Spongebob. :3) (Apologies, my laptop decided to stop working after I was tinkering with it) (Okay... :'c)

She gasped and took it. "It's so cute~! This is perfect!" She swam to the counter as she wanted to pay for it.

Clerk: That'll be 20 Merbian Coins.

She handed them the money and cuddled with the plush for a moment. "This'll be perfect for him! Thank you~!" She swims out of the store and comes back out to the surface. "Blaaade~! Liaam~!" She calls, waving the plush.

Blade took the plushie.

Blade: Thank you, Emma. This is perfect.

Liam: Here's your surface object: A water proof cd player along with a waterproof cd.

Liam handed it to Emma.

"Yaay, waterproof everything!" Emma giggled, and thanked them before heading back down to her house to see if it works.

Bruno: What's that, Emma?

"It's a CD player from the surface!" Emma says and inserts the CD. "When I lived up there, these were the norm, listening to music while you took walks or sat around in the house." She presses play.

The CD player started playing "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King.

Bruno: This is incredible technology! And this music is so nice!

Emma giggled a bit. "Yup! The surface music has some pretty diverse stuff."

Bruno: Say, may I have this dance with you?

Emma nods and smiles lightly. "You don't even have to ask."

Bruno smiled, and he took Emma's hands. He then danced with Emma.

Emma lightly giggled as she danced around with Bruno. She was a pretty good dancer, even with the Merbian tail.

Meanwhile, with Asonja in the Underground Training Facility...

(I finally got the Wiki Hero badge! Yay! :D) (Congrats .3.) (Thank you. You're like the first person to congratulate me on this. XD)

He was taking a long-needed break in one of the arena stands, his feet on the guard rail. "Who knew having legs was pretty convenient? It's like having two tails all at once."

Judy and the Master were taking a break too. They sat down to have some tea.

(This is one of my final edits for today, because it's almost bed time.) (kay)

Asonja decided to take a little bit more discovery into his abilities. With this, he went back to the sandy area, picking up some sand. "Hmm...I wonder why I can do with this..."

With that being said, his arm completely turned into the same sand and fell. This gave him quite the shock, but his arm eventually reformed. "Ahh, I see. If my limbs can reform into anything...then what about my whole body..."

He thought to himself for a moment before putting his hands outwards and sand swirled around him. His whole body joined, and he formed into a significantly bigger version of himself, about twice his size - 6 feet and 3 extra inches. "Ooo...interesting..."

Asonja didn't notice Judy and the Master were watching him do all this, and they were impressed.

Judy: *whispers to Master* He sure is a quick learner.

Master: *whispers back* Yeah. Let's get back to the training soon.

Asonja wanted to do more, but he decided to wait. He sat down and played in the sand, creating tiny statues out of the sand by twirling his finger over the sand, and the statue either turned into copper or iron.

Sometime later, the Master walked up to Asonja.

Master: Okay, let's continue the training. Let's see what else you can make out of sand.

"Well, I already made statues." Asonja says, pointing to them. They were tiny statues, though, of historical figures.

The Master nodded.

Master: Pretty statues. Let's continue training your muscles. Do you think you can make some bars with your powers?

"What kind of bars are you referring to?" Asonja asked, sitting down. "Metal bars of any specific kinds?"

Master: Those type of bars you use to pull yourself up and train your muscles.

"Oh. Right." Sans swirls somewhere near them and a pull-up bar forms with weights to stabilize in the sand. "I don't really do much on these so...don't be surprised that I fail to even do one pull up."

Master: Okay. Judy and I will be here to motivate you. And we also have a guest motivator.

A Mobian version of Shia LaBeouf came out of nowhere.

Shia: DO IT! JUST DO IT!

"...Huh." Asonja shrugged and went onto the bar. "I've heard about him from the surface. He's a pretty cool guy. What do surface-dwellers call him...a meme, is it called? It sounds weird."

Shia: I'm no meme! I'm a famous actor and motivational speaker! Now go and train your muscles! Come on!

Master: Shia is just excited because he gets to motivate someone. Just take your time, okay?

Judy: What my husband said.

"I got it I got it." Asonja states and begins. Though he was taller, he still had the lack of strength with him. At least he managed to do 5 complete pullups.

Judy: For someone with no muscle, that was good.

Master: I agree.

Shia: Do you call that pullups? Bulls**t, you can do better! 50 more pullups!

Judy: Shia, go easy on him.

Shia: Okay, okay. 20 more pullups then.

"I can try..." Asonja states and attempts. It took him a while to get to 10, but he stopped only on 15, panting and shaking. "Sheesh, this is hard..."

Master: Okay, I think that's enough.

The Master then handed Asonja a drink with vitamins and minerals.

Master: Here, this should pep you up.

Asonja takes them, not exactly sure how to take them. "Do I just...plop all of them in my mouth?"

Master: The vitamins and minerals are in the drink. Just take the drink, that should do the trick. After that, let's call it a day.

Asonja takes a small sip of the drink, recoiling a bit. "Bleh...it doesn't taste like anything I would've known. Ah well, I'm thirsty anyway." He drinks the whole thing and the empty bottle poofs to sand.

Master: Okay. Let's go to bed now. You can stay at our mansion.

(My dad asked me to go to bed, so I'll be going now. Bye, Silva!) (Later)

"Sweet. Thanks." Asonja says and follows them.

Judy and The Master took Asonja to their mansion and found him a room.

Master: Good night, sonny.

Judy: Yes, have sweet dreams.

"Thank you.." Asonja responds. He was back to his normal size, as he shrank earlier before. He didn't even notice he did so.

The Master and Judy closed the door and went to their own room.

The next morning, with Emma...

She was taking a nap on the couch, snoring.

Suddenly, the alarm clock rang. It was time to wake up.

She yelped and punched the alarm clock. Obviously she was going to need a new one. Soon, the alarm clock learned: never wake up Emma early in the morning.

(Sorry, was away all day because I was taking a trip on the trains around Northern Netherlands.)

It was time for Emma's breakfast and then head off to work. It was Friday, so she had just one more work day before the weekend. (It's fine)

Emma made herself breakfast, just some regular bacon, and swam over to work. She was a tad excited because of the fact that she'll get to relax for a while. She eventually stumbled across the newspaper service boxes, one Merbian coin for the daily news. She decided to get one and read that on the way to work.

(Yo, you still here?)

The newspaper featured articles on events that happened across Mertopia, like crimes that have happened or other things, and it also featured sports articles, weather forecasts for when going to the surface, politics and the rising and falling of stocks of companies around Mertopia. Finny Fun Enterprises was doing good within the stock market.

(Yeah, sorry, I got distracted)

"Huh...interesting." Emma says to herself, flipping the pages. She came across one article saying that one of the princes supposedly "fell down the underwater Mountain Ebott." It shows the many conspiracy theories of why one of the princes fell, showing no sign of Zikuto's influence on this or past experience of falling. All it showed that it was a possible suicide attempt of Asonja, even though the monarchs know it's not true.

(Okay. How much time you got today?) (I got about 30 minutes before I go shower, and then if I'm not in there for so long, I should get about another 20 minutes before leaving for work for 5 hours and return home at about 10:00 PM EST. That's a lot of numbers .-.) (Okay.)

Emma was a bit confused.

Emma: Did Asonja really commit suicide? I'll have to talk to Triton about this later...

Emma arrived at work and Nikki swam up to her.

Nikki: Hey, Emma. Good to see you again. I got one order right now: 30 purple tails and bras. Think you can do that?

Emma: *nods* Yes, I can.

Nikki: Okay, good luck.

Nikki then swam over to some other employees who just got to work.

Emma put the newspaper away and got to work.

With Asonja down under Mountain Ebott...

Mountain Ebott was the location of the underground training facility. Asonja was pacing instead of sleeping, mainly because he couldn't sleep. His mind was constantly racing about what was happening to him, why, and figuring out what to do with these abilities.

Judy came into the room.

Judy: Good morning, my little child of wonders. Are you ready for a new training today?

"S-sure, yes." Asonja says. He looked slightly more tired than the previous night, but hid it rather well.

Judy took Asonja to the Master.

Master: Hey, kiddo. It's time for another training. I'll leave it up to you what you wanna train.

Asonja crossed his arms, thinking. "I don't think it would be wise to leave it to me to figure out what to train. There's a lot of them that I wish to know. I think one of my favorite ones was from yesterday: size manipulation. If I can do it, there must be ways to do it better."

Master: Okay, let's improve your size manipulation skill then.

The Master took Asonja to a plain big enough to train his size manipulation skill.

Master: Okay, now you can train your skill.

"Right...let's see, how did I do this before..." Asonja muttered to himself, thinking. He managed to get his body into those sand-like particles again, which were darker than normal sand. Unfortunately, he formed back into his body with no change. "Darn...I lost the thought..I don't know why, I can't concentrate."

Master: Hmmm...Maybe you can concentrate better after you've done some meditating. Watch me and then try yourself.

The Master sat down in a meditation pose and started making the trademark 'Ommmm' noise.

Asonja carefully sat down and tried it as well, except he didn't make any noise. Instead, he just fell asleep in that pose for about the traditional meditating period.

The Master noticed Asonja fell asleep.

Master: *quietly* I guess he didn't get any sleep last night. I'll leave him to sleep for a bit.

Judy quietly appeared.

Judy: *quietly* How's the child?

Master: *quietly* He didn't get any sleep last night. How about we play poker while he sleeps?

Judy: *quietly* Sure.

The Master then made poker cards and money appear. They then started playing.

Eventually about 5 games of poker, he snapped awake. "GEH?! Shoot, how long was I gone...?"

(I'm about to eat lunch soon, and get ready to go. I might not have time to get back here, so this is goodbye for the day. I'll keep an eye out for you if you'll be awake after 2 AM Eastern Time) (I think that would be around 11 AM Dutch Time, so it might be possible I'm awake at that time.)

Master: You were asleep long enough for us to play 5 games of poker.

Judy: I hope you slept well.

"Ah...sorry, I guess I forgot about the meditation part." Asonja states, getting up. "Okay...size manipulation, here we go..." He gets in his stance, and takes a deep breath. Instead of turning into the particles, his body began to glow purple and he snapped up to about 20 feet almost instantly. He toppled a bit, his feet echoing a "stomp" everytime he feet made contact to the plains.

"Huh...it worked!" Asonja laughed a bit, but toppled back on his bottom. "Argh...it hurts to laugh, I'm really light-headed..."

Master: *shouting* That's what happens when you grow 20 feet tall! Try a smaller size!

(I'm awake. You still here?) (Yes)

Asonja attempts to shrink down to about 8 feet, which was better, but he had some form of stability issue that he was able to cope with quicker. "Perhaps if I were to try bigger, I might be able to adjust like I did here..." He says, looking at himself for a moment.

(Sorry, was being distracted by GTA 5 Mods.)

Master: Well, give a try, I guess.

"You sound highly discouraged." Asonja states. "Why so?" He asks this as he's growing at a slow speed so he could adjust at a quicker rate. He reached 10 feet in about a minute.

Master: I'm not discouraged, I just don't get what you're saying.

"I'm only saying that if I can adapt to smaller sizes quickly, I should be able to sustain my new and bigger sizes much quicker if I slowed the process of growing down so I'm not dizzy afterwards." Asonja tries to simplify his logic. "I might reach 50 feet and still be fine."

The Master nodded.

Master: I see. Well, take your time to reach bigger sizes.

"Appreciate it." Asonja nods, and as he grew, his purple glow stayed dim. He eventually reached over 80 feet in about 20 minutes total and still was able to keep going, but he decided to stop at around 83 feet. "Whew...I'm surprised I can keep going..." Asonja muttered a bit.

(I'm off to mother's day lunch and maybe come back getting ready for work. I might have some time left over so keep an eye out for me) (Okay, I'll try.)

The Master's jaw dropped in disbelief.

Master: Oh my Gaia...

"Heh.." Asonja chuckled a bit. "Heck, if my body allows me to go bigger, so be it. But I'm not doing that now, I feel that I'm running out of room and energy." He shrinks back down to his regular 3 feet and falls on his side. "Pheewww..."

Master: Let's try again tomorrow. You look really tired.

"It's fine.." Asonja says, sitting back up and wiping off the dirt from his clothes. "I've honestly never felt better."

Master: Okay, then let's continue.

The Master and Asonja then continued training for a few hours.

Most of the training was core strength buildup. With this in mind, Asonja would be able to form faster without getting heavy drawbacks. He was eventually able to shift to about any size over 3 feet but below 200 feet.

Master: Amazing, kiddo! You're really getting the hang of it!

"Thanks..." Asonja says, stretching. He was his normal size. "I think I've learned that I am able to shift sizes, forms, and create things at will. I think it's a pretty rare power, don't you think?"

The Master nodded.

The Master: I think that should be enough to send you back to your underwater world. By the way, what's your name?

"Asonja Masenko, sir." He replies. "That is my name."

(How much time you got left?)

Master: Okay. Well, good luck back up there, and maybe we might see you again.

Judy: Yes, good luck, my little child of wonders.

"I'll visit if I have any questions or concerns." Asonja says, before bowing to the both of them. "Now, I believe I need a ticket to leave, if you don't mind. I sort of lost my way around here.."

Master: I'll send you back up.

The Master then zapped Asonja back to the ocean. He was back in his Merhog form.

"Well, goodbye then..." Asonja muttered to himself, looking back at the hole inside the cave and left. "I wonder how everyone would react if they saw me...perhaps nothing like always? Maybe..."

With Emma...

It was 5 PM, time to go home.

Nikki: Have a nice weekend, everyone! I'll see you again on Monday!

Emma waved goodbye to Nikki and swam home. Once she sat down inside, she thought, "I hope Asonja's okay. He should be back home by now. I also hope the training made him feel slightly better about himself."

(How in the holy mother of Chili Dogs did she know about that?) (The newspaper, remember?) (Right...Also, I gotta go to bed, because I have to work again tomorrow. Maybe I'll see you next weekend.) (Perhaps I'm just about to go to work myself here in a moment)

Suddenly, Emma heard a knock on the door.

"Hm? Another visitor?" Emma says and she swims up to the door.

Bruno was there, holding two tickets.

Bruno: Hey, Emma. Are you ready for our date?

"Oh yes!" She says and swims out with him. "What movie are we going to see?"

Bruno: We're going to see Kiss and Tell. I got free tickets from the cinema I work at. I told them I had a date and they told me they would take care of tickets and concessions. Also, I think you should lock your door.

(Sorry, my internet's lagging a bit.)(it's okay) (It's working better now.)

"Oh, right!" She does so and swims back. "Did you hear about one of the princes that fell in the mountain yesterday?"

Bruno: Yeah, I read in the newspaper on my way to work this morning. I wonder what happened to him...

Suddenly, someone shouted, "Guys, the prince is back!", and swam off in the direction of the mountain. A bunch of others followed to see. Emma just floated there for a moment. "Huh? What's going on?"

Bruno: I don't know. Let's check.

Bruno then followed the Merbians.

Emma followed along too. Among the crowd of cheering people and the flashing of cameras, Asonja was visible. He looked slightly worn, not having changed much visibly. He was panting a bit, but it was hard to tell. People were asking him questions about what happened and how he got out alive.

Bruno: Whoa, it's Prince Asonja, and he's alive!

Asonja didn't want to ask questions with this much people. He politely moved his way across the crowd, just passing by Emma. She looked at him for a moment, and he almost looked back, but didn't. He swam back to the castle. "Man...he doesn't look too good..." Emma points out.

Bruno: Probably had a rough time down that mountain. Let's leave him alone for now and continue our date.

Bruno then swam off to the cinema.

"Right." Emma says, passing by Asonja on the way to the cinema before fully going behind Bruno.

The two arrived at the cinema, and Bruno's co-workers gave him and Emma free concessions. Bruno gave them the tickets and he and Emma took place in the screening room where Kiss and Tell was playing.

Meanwhile, at the Mertopian Palace...

King Alex and Queen Diana, along with Zoralth, Triton and Merna were sitting at the dinner table.

King Alex: Do you think Asonja is okay?

Queen Diana: I'm sure his trip to Mountain Ebott did him a world of good.

(I've got work to do tomorrow, so I'm signing off for today.)(Okay. I got homework to do. Good luck)

"I can sense him coming back." Zoralth states. "He smells...way stronger than before. I'm actually a bit scared."

Triton: I hope he's not going to hurt us with whatever he learned...

Merna: I'm sure it won't be that bad.

Asonja eventually entered the room, his tattered clothes in view. "Father, Mother..." Asonja states before going to his brother. "Zoralth. I see you're all here still, waiting for me. What're we having?"

Alex: We're having roast pheasant with royal ketchup and baked potatoes. Have a seat and enjoy.

Asonja nods, and walks over to sit down. Zoralth was looking at Asonja quietly, and wanted to get rid of the awkward silence. "So...Asonja...what did you learn?"

"Well...I learned many things, actually...somethings I don't want to talk about..." Asonja stated.

"What're you talking about?" Zoralth asked. "We'd love to see what you can do. Right Mom and Dad?"

Alex and Diana nodded.

Diana: Yes, we want to see it.

Triton: Yeah, show us what you learned!

Merna: Please, big brother!

"...Well, I suppose..." Asonja states, getting up for a moment and looking around. "Do we have enough space for this? I mean, this is going to be a little shocking to see..."

Alex: Well, let's go outside in that case...

Everyone nodded and they went outside the palace with Asonja.

Alex: Okay, go ahead.

Zoralth stayed close with the rest of the family as Asonja swam away just slightly, as he was quite nervous. He took a few deep breaths, and he grew about 5 feet quickly. He stopped there for a moment, thinking he was going to get light-headed again. "T-this is what I can do now...well, partly. Just a major part of it..."

Alex nodded.

Alex: Impressive, Asonja. Is there anything else you can do?

"Uhh, there's this." Asonja swirled his hand up a little bit, and sand morphed up as well. And it created a giant metal block.

The royal family clapped.

Merna: Amazing, Asonja!

Diana: Yes, you got quite some amazing abilities.

Zoralth smiled a bit too. Zoralth had the same abilities, so it was nice to see that Asonja has finally realized his. "Sibling magic, it's too good to be true. Maybe when Merna's old enough, she could be like us!" Zoralth giggled and gave Merna a weak noogie.

Merna giggled as well.

Merna: It would be nice to have such powers too. I guess I'll have to wait a few more years before I get my special powers.

Alex: Well, let's go back inside and have dinner.

Everyone nodded and they swam inside for dinner.

A few hours later, with Bruno and Emma...

Bruno and Emma swam out the cinema.

Bruno: I hope you enjoyed the movie, Emma.

"It was great." She says. "The food was great, too, and everything was so nice and clean. Thank you for taking me out."

Bruno: You're welcome. I'll bring you home now.

Bruno then brought Emma to her house.

Bruno: Maybe we'll go out again some time.

Bruno kissed Emma and then swam off.

She blushed and waved goodbye. Eventually, she saw Asonja taking his late-night swim near her house. He seemed to be looking down his lower body, at his tail, like he was expecting something else to be there. He did seem to have trouble adjusting with this tail for a moment too, like he was trying to split them into halves. Emma took notice of this, but did not pay attention to much of it. She was silently questioning why Asonja was outside all alone in the middle of the night.

Emma: *inside her head* Should I ask him...? I guess I'll do it...

Emma swam over to Asonja.

Emma: Hey, how's it going, Asonja?

"Oh, hello." He turns around to her. "Nothing much...just kind of need a load off from yesterday. Pretty sure you've heard about it on the media, right..?"

Emma nodded.

Emma: Yes, I read it in the newspaper on my way to work this morning. I'm glad you're okay. So, did you learn anything new down there?

"I did learn a few things...size manipuation, shapeshifting, and mass conversion. You know, making something with something else..." Asonja tried explaining in a simple manner.

Emma nodded, very interested in what Asonja told her.

Emma: Okay. Well, feel like doing anything tomorrow? It's Saturday tomorrow, so I'm free then.

"O-oh, uh...s-sure, I can ask my parents about that. We shouldn't be too busy around weekends." Asonja theorized f that was the case, but decided to go with it anyway. "Yeah, I'll do stuff with you."

Emma: Okay, see you tomorrow.

Emma blew Asonja a kiss and then swam back to her house.

Asonja smiled a bit and even blushed. He was confused for a minute at what he was feeling, mainly because he hasn't felt happy for...quite a while, actually. He swam off again, seeming to be less hunched and a bit more spirited.

The next morning...

Emma woke up around 10 AM. She made breakfast, some cereal, and began to eat it. It didn't taste bad, and she enjoyed what she got. After breakfast, she turned on the tv. She then started watching a morning talk show on MN4.

Asonja was, well, still asleep as usual. Even though he was taught to wake up earlier, he still seems to chose to sleep past noon...

Emma decided to call Summer for a bit to chat. She grabbed her shell phone and called Summer.

Summer: Hey, Emma. How's it going, girl?

Emma: I'm doing fine, thanks for asking. Say, are you doing anything right now?

Summer: Not at all. But maybe you could come over to Atlantis so we could do a little work for my foundation.

Emma: Sure, I'd love that. Can you tell me where Atlantis is?

Summer: It's about 10 miles west of Mertopia.

Emma: Okay, I'm on my way.

Summer: Cool, see you soon.

Emma hung up, turned off the tv, swam out the door and locked it. She then swam off towards Atlantis.

(I gotta go now. I've got work to do tomorrow. I'll see you tomorrow.)(Alrighty) (You forgot to edit last night. Or were you waiting on me?) (I was waiting on you. Sorry. I was also incredibly busy with homework. Review is a pain)

Eventually, Emma arrived in Atlantis. She smiled.

Emma: The Mobians on the surface have been trying to find Atlantis for years now, but it's right here on the beaches of Station Square. Mobians love to overthink stuff. *giggles*

Emma then swam off towards the palace. She was stopped by two guards at the palace doors.

Guard #1: Stop, young lady. You're not allowed in here.

Guard: #2: We're going to have to ask you leave.

Emma: I have an appointment with Princess Summer.

Guard #1: Really?

Summer: *on the other side of the door* Yes, she does. Let her in.

The guards nodded and they let Emma in. She smiled and swam inside. The guards closed the doors again. Emma then hugged Summer.

Emma: Hey, Summer.

Summer: Hey girl. How about we get to work?

Emma: Sure, let's go.

Emma and Summer then swam off to another room.

With Asonja...

Asonja was swimming around in his room, making sure that everything leading to the outside including the doors were sealed shut. He planned on draining the water into a few vases so that he could use his legs, as he seemed very used to them now. After all, this was only an experiment.

Suddenly, he heard a knock on the door.

Merna: Asonja, what are you doing in there?

"Uhhhh...Nothing!" He says as he quickly brings out the water again, but his legs were still formed. He could still breathe, but he just stood there with his new black legs. "...Shoot, I forgot about this..." He formed his tail back.

Merna: Why did you just have a pair of legs?

"I can shapeshift my body. It's part of my new ability." Asonja states. "I was on them for about...a few days, and they feel surprisingly comfortable to me. Is that normal?"

Merna shrugged.

Merna: If you like those things, be my guest. It's kind of a shame I don't have any cool powers. I mean, Zoralth can increase sizes, you can increase sizes, shapeshift and make things, and Triton can shoot lightning out of his hands. It's not fair...

(I haven't got all night, so I'll just leave you with whatever you're doing and go to bed. Bye.) (Later then)

"You'll get your powers soon. I didn't realize I have them either." Asonja swam over. "What would your powers be?"

Merna: Hmmm...I think controlling fish, waterbending and transforming surface dwellers into Merbians.

"Well, now that you've said that, the universe is going to provide you with your powers, if you stick to it long enough." Asonja states, giving her a soft hug for, perhaps, the first time. "Don't be jealous of me or my brothers. You will get your abilities soon."

Merna smiled.

Merna: Thanks, Asonja. I'll continue to believe I will get those abilities then. I'll just leave you with your weird leg science.

Merna then swam off.

"Weird leg science?" Asonja questioned. "That's funny. Never thought I'd hear that." Asonja chuckled eerily to himself before coming out of the room. Instead, he formed his legs and kept his other features so that he could breathe. He walked down the stairs at a quite slow rate, considering he had legs and not fins.

Back with Emma and Summer...

Emma and Summer were sitting in a conference room with a bunch of other Merbians. They were discussing matters on how to help the poor people of Atlantis and neighbouring kingdoms.

Summer: So, does anyone have suggestions on who we should help next?

Guy: Merbians battling diseases!

Summer nodded and wrote that down.

Girl: Merbians with mental disabilities!

Summer wrote that down too.

Emma: Poor struggling families?

Summer nodded and wrote that down too.

Summer: Alright, let's go on our collecting round. Emma, you're coming with me.

Emma: Okay, Summer. Let's go.

Everyone grabbed a collecting container and swam out of the palace.

Back with Asonja...

Asonja had jumped over around the palace with his legs to help him swim around. "Whew..this is actually kind of difficult..." Asonja says to himself. He went over to the side of the palace, looking out at the window where Atlantis would be, 10 miles away. "I wonder what more that I can do...perhaps find out my maximum height?" He asked himself.

Diana: Don't grow too big, or you'll grow above the surface, and we don't want surface dwellers to find out we live here.

"True, true..." Asonja says, leaning against the window. Isn't the surface at least 1000 feet above us? Or is it less than that, I can never remember..."

Diana: Yes, it's about 1000 feet above us. So I guess you can try out your size experiment.

"I will do that later, mom." Asonja says. "I don't wish to scare the people..."

Diana nodded.

Diana: I also see that you have a pair of legs. Guess you got used to having those back at Mountain Ebott.

"Yes, that's true." Asonja states, looking down at them. "I spent several days with them on, and I got pretty used to it."

(Sorry if I'm not responding frequently. I'm writing a blog.)

Diana: Alright. Well, your father and I are not too busy today, so we wanted to spend time with you, Zoralth, Triton and Merna. How does that sound to you?

"That sounds great." Asonja nods and swims over with his legs still. He was still slow.

Diana smiled and took Asonja by the hand. She then took him to King Alex, Zoralth, Triton and Merna.

King Alex: So, what should we do today?

Triton: Let's go to Super Fun Bay!

Merna: Yeah, that's one of my favorite theme parks!

Zoralth nods. "Yes. I heard they got a new ride and I'm willing to try it out." Once it got to Asonja, he was quiet. He wasn't much of an agreer to a situation, so he barely made a decision. But this time, he nods. "Let's go." He says.

Everyone smiled and they started preparing to go to Super Fun Bay. Once everyone was prepared, they swam out of the palace towards Super Fun Bay.

When Asonja got outside, he turned his legs into his tail so nobody else outside the palace knew.

Once the royal family got to Super Fun Bay, Alex bought 6 tickets and the family went inside.

Merna: I'm going on the ferris wheel!

Triton: And I'm going on the Coral Coaster!

Merna and Triton swam off quickly.

Zoralth took Asonja to the thrill rides, Zoralth's favorites. Asonja's never been on a roller coaster before, and is extremely fearful of trying it. "Come on, Asonja. It's not that bad." Zoralth says. This thrill coaster was actually one of the calmest ones, therefore it wasn't bad. Asonja was also the type to have a constricted comfort zone and refusing to try new things.

Alex: Come on, Asonja! If you can survive Mountain Ebott, then you can certainly survive a rollercoaster.

"Maybe Mt. Ebott was not that hard on him. They were hard on me." Zoralth states. "Maybe we should bring Asonja back there. Would they treat him a bit rougher than letting him be like this?"

King Alex nodded.

Alex: We'll send him back there tomorrow. First, let's enjoy the day as a family.

"Yes, right." Zoralth states as he just takes Asonja out for a casual swim getting ice cream and sodas. This was Asonja's favorite thing, and only Zoralth knows in huge amounts of what Asonja likes to do.

Meanwhile, in Atlantis...

Emma, Summer and the members of the Princess Summer Foundation were very busy raising money. The Merbians swam around Atlantis collecting Merbian Coins. Eventually, after a few hours, everyone met back at the Atlantian Palace to start crunching the numbers. After a while, all the Merbian Coins were counted.

Summer: Okay, today, we've got...120.000 Merbian Coins.

Emma: That's a lot of Merbian Coins.

Summer: I know. Let's store this money and later donate it to people around the Eurish Ocean.

Emma nodded.

Back at Super Fun Bay...

Zoralth and Asonja were sitting by a bench, waiting for Triton and Merna to return from their next ride. It was a pretty nice day. Asonja was in thought as well, as it was a way for him to escape. Suddenly, without thinking, He suddenly grew about 20 feet, hitting his head on the bottom of a tree, which made him grunt. Zoralth yelped a bit like a dog upon seeing Asonja's new size, but luckily nobody was quick enough to see that once Asonja returned normal size.

Triton and Merna then came swimming over.

Triton: Hey, what are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you be trying out the rides?

Asonja looked nauseous for a moment, rubbing his forehead. Zoralth says, "Well, I'd like to, but Asonja's still stubborn with getting out of his comfort zone. I can't get him anywhere."

Diana: I'll talk to Asonja. You kids go off to the rides.

Triton and Merna nodded and they took Zoralth to the rides.

Diana sat down next to Asonja.

Diana: Asonja, why are you so stubborn?

(Sorry, I'm getting ready for work and leaving. See you soon!)

"I don't know, Mom..." Asonja says. "I guess I'm either too scared to change for the better, or just reluctant to never change. I mean, I know I have powers now and it makes me feel slightly less depressed about myself. But now I still feel like I'm scared and weak. Why is that?"

Diana: That's part of the personality you inherited from your father. You and Zoralth are Hybrids, which gives you those type of powers. It also gives you personality traits. For example, Zoralth has most of my personality traits, despite looking like your father, while you have most of your father's personality traits despite looking like me. Your type of identity has a good and bad side. The Merhog side is good, while the Merdragon side is bad. There's nothing who can do anything about it except for yourself, Asonja. You're the only one who can change yourself. You're possibly going to take the throne from me and your father one day, so you have to change yourself so your father will get the idea you're fit for being king. Now, tomorrow we're taking you back to Mount Ebott so we can continue your training. But for now, enjoy what Super Fun Bay has to offer. We didn't take you here so you could sit around moping.

Asonja sat there for a moment, looking rather guilty. "Yeah...you're right about that. I'd hate to waste the day away that you gave us." Asonja seemed to give her a small hug on the side, apologizing and thanking her in that one hug, and going up to find Zoralth and the others.

Diana smiled and went back to Alex. (Apologies for my absense. Homework. I'll try to alternate as quick as possible)

Zoralth saw Asonja and motioned him to come to a thrill ride. He went on with him. He seems fine now, but was still quite nervous about everything around him.

(Okay, thanks for the warning.)

Meanwhile, with Emma and Summer...

Emma and Summer were at the Royal Atlantian Springs, a big hot tub. Only royalty is allowed to bathe there, unless you're invited. Emma, Summer and some of Summer's friends were having a girls party there.

Summer: So, how do you like this, Emma?

Emma: It's so refreshing! I feel like a new Merchidna!

Summer: *giggles* That's great to hear.

A waiter came to bring the girls some champagne.

Waiter: Here's something to drink, ladies.

The girls all grabbed a glass of champagne and drank it.

Emma: This is really flavorful. So delicious.

Summer: I know. This is one of the finest champagnes around the Eurish Ocean. It's really expensive.

Emma: Alright.

The girls laughed and continued their party.

After Asonja's first ride, he was quite dizzy. Zoralth chuckled and showed him to Merna and Triton. "Guess who just went on his first thrill ride." Zoralth joked, one-arm-hugging Asonja next to him.

Merna giggled.

Merna: You're a brave Merhog for going on that thrill ride, Asonja. You're awesome.

Triton: Yeah. Let's give him some time to recover and then go on another thrill ride!

Zoralth chuckled almost as eerily as Asonja had perviously, but a little calmer. "Nah. Don't wanna tease him too much. Come on, bud, lets get you some more soda. That'll straighten you right up."

Triton and Merna took Asonja by the arms and took him to the restaurant for some more soda.

Zoralth waved him goodbye and went to sit by a bench to take a break from the fun to wait for Asonja's return. Asonja also did not say anything against where he was going with Triton and Merna, like he always does. He doesn't state his mind when he wants to.

The three arrived at the restaurant. Triton ordered some soda for Asonja, Merna and himself. He then sat down and handed out the drinks.

Triton: Here you go, guys.

Merna: Thanks, Triton.

Merna then took a sip of her soda.

Asonja seemed to sit there, his hands to his lap and his shoulders tense. He eyed his soda for a moment taking a massive sip from it. Asonja wasn't an eater, but he drank a lot. This might be worrying for few, only because of his future if his depression continues.

Merna: Say, want anything to eat, Asonja? Because you drink a lot but eat too less.

He shook his head. "I'm not hungry right now, but thank you for asking.." He looked at his new pocket watch he had just decided to spawn in with abilities in his coat.

Merna: Okay, if you say so. If you want anything, just ask us.

Triton: What do you want to do after this?

(Final edit for today. I'll see you later.) (Later)

"Probably go home." Asonja suggested. "It's getting pretty late."

Merna: True, let's go see mom and dad and then head home.

With Emma...

She jumped and squeaked.

Emma: Oh no, I totally forgot I was gonna hang out with Asonja today! Thanks for the party, Summer, and I'll see you later.

Summer: Okay, bye, Emma.

Emma left the Springs and swam back to Mertopia as fast as she could.

Zoralth had already told Alex and Diana that it was time to go. He was just coming back to Asonja, Triton and Merna. "Hello, the three of you." Zoralth states once coming up to them. "We're leaving as it's getting late. Let us go before it gets too dark."

Merna and Triton nodded. They joined up with their parents and then the royal family left Super Fun Bay.

Alex: I hope you kids had a fun day.

Triton: I certainly did. It was really cool.

Merna: Yeah, it was fun having a family day. Let's head to the palace.

Alex and Diana nodded and they swam over to the palace. Suddenly, Emma came swimming over.

Emma: Asonja, I'm so sorry! I was in Atlantis and totally forgot I was going to hang with you!

"It's okay! Don't worry." Asonja states, Zoralth giving him a thumbs up before swimming with the rest. Asonja continues to speak, "I wanted to give you some time to think about it, really."

Emma: Think about what?

"...Y-ya know." Asonja stuttered slightly. "If...If I'm the right choice for you to be with, ya know.."

Emma was shocked. She liked Asonja, but she knew that Bruno liked her as well, and she started feeling stuck in the middle.

Emma: I'll...I'll need some more time to think about it...You see, there's another Merboy named Bruno, and I think he likes me too...

"It's fine," Asonja states. "You can stay with Bruno if you wish. I don't want you to be conflicted in a love triangle, and I'm not selfish either..."

Emma: No, I'll think about it, don't worry. Give me a few days to think, and I'll have a decision.

(Usually in these types of love stories, the girl chooses the poor person, but I'm not sure what to do now...) (Neither do I...) (Well, I did say Bruno was gonna get another girl, so...) (True, true. I guess we'll have to go as is.) (Okay.)

Asonja nods and swims past her. "Do not rush it, Emma." He says before catching up to his royal family.

Emma nodded and swam home. Suddenly, she heard Liam and Blade's Sonar Call and swam up to the surface. She poked her head above it.

Liam: Hey, Emma. How are you doing?

(You can take control for a bit.) (Sure)

"I feel...sort of conflicted here." Emma says. "I talked to one of the princes of Mertopia, named Asonja, and I really like him. But, another Merbian named Bruno really likes me though. I dunno what I should do without hurting either one of their feelings..."

Blade: Yeah, this is really tough...

Blade tried to think of a solution.

Blade: Maybe you could find the person who doesn't get chosen a new girlfriend?

"That might work..." Emma says softly. "I could try to find him and help him out. Thanks, Blade." She smiled a bit.

Blade: You're welcome. Say, we also managed to fix the machine and tried it out earlier today. We're both able to breathe underwater now without turning into Merbians. Do you think we'll be able to stay with you for the night?

She claps and nods. "That's a great sign! Sure, and stay close to me. The pressure is a bit unnerving the first time, also the water pressure too, but you'll adjust to it very quickly. Follow me~!" She dives under the water.

Liam and Blade had already taken off their clothes and they dove after Emma.

Blade: Lead the way.

"Already doing that~!" Emma shouts, way far down. She was a faster swimmer than they both were, and she giggles, enjoying herself while this happened.

Liam and Blade swam down where Emma was as fast as they could.

Liam: *panting* Man, I wish I had fins like you do, Emma...

Blade: *panting* Me too...

She giggled again and came back up to them. She grabbed their wrists and swam at her fastest speed. "Well, keep up with me then, slowpokes!"

Liam and Blade rolled their eyes when Mertopia came into sight.

Liam: So this is the Merbian city you moved into?!

Blade: It's beautiful!

"Hehe~. Yup." Emma nods and lets go of them once they reached the bottom. "They have royalty and everything like I said before. The people here are very nice as well."

Blade: That's good. I would love to meet the royal family some day.

Liam: Yeah, me too.

"Here's my house, right over here." Emma says as she leads them to her house, letting them inside. "It's not that bad of a place! I actually like it."

Liam: Yeah, it's really nice.

Blade: Do you have anything to drink? I'm quite thirsty. It felt weird saying that underwater...

"There's coffee, some juice." Emma states, going to the fridge. "I know, I thought it was strange to drink underwater, where water is practically everywhere, but for some reason, these types of drinks are much denser than water, so you can still taste it and feel that it's a seperate entity. ..If that makes sense."

Blade: Okay.

Liam and Blade sat down on the couch.

Liam: What I also find weird is how they have all sorts of electricity and electronic devices underwater. Turns out Merbians are more civilized than we thought.

"It definitely seems that way." Emma states. "I'm surprised that they were shocked when I told them I came from the surface. I should be the one shocked by their civilization!"

Liam and Blade nodded as they drank some juice.

Blade: I know. Say, do you think you could introduce us to one of your friends you've made down here so far?

"Sure! Maybe later, though" Emma replies. (Dinner, brb) (I might not be here when you get back, so when you don't see me again today, I'll see you again when I'm awake.) (Oki doki) (I'm still here!)

Blade: Okay.

He and Liam then finished their drinks.

Blade: Well, we'll be going to bed. Do you have a guest room?

(Jolly good day)

"Yup! Just that room over there." She points to a room in the back, where her room was to the side.

Liam and Blade nodded and swam over to the room.

Liam: Good night, Emma.

Liam and Blade then entered the room.

The next morning...

Liam and Blade woke up and went to the living room.

Blade: Good morning, Emma!

Funny thing is, she was still asleep.

Liam: She's still asleep...

Blade: Let's go watch some tv then.

Liam and Blade turned on the tv and started watching it.

(Sorry bout my inactivity. My shoulder is so sore right now, I don't know why...) (That sucks. How's your shoulder at the moment?)

In around the lat afternoon hours, Emma wakes up. Her tendrils were in such a mess and she stretches and yawns. "Morning boys.."

Liam: Morning, my little Merchidna. *chuckles*

Blade: We just spent a few hours watching tv. The Eurish Ocean's got quite some amazing shows.

(I'm back for a short while before dinner)

She fixed her tendrils for a moment, before "sitting" down on the couch with them. "I've watched a few episodes. They're pretty good." She says. She wasn't sure if she was forgetting something or not...

Blade: So, you were gonna introduce us to one of your Merbian friends?

"...Oh yeah I forgot about that..." She says to herself before shooting up. "I DID FORGET ABOUT THAT HOLD ON!" She swam over to her shellphone and called Bruno.

Bruno: Hey, baby. How's it going?

"Want to come on over to my house and meet my friends? They came from the surface and they would like to chat with you" she says on the phone.

Bruno: Sure, I'd love to. I'm on my way.

Bruno hung up and swam over to Emma's house.

Emma sat down and waited for him to arrive. "His name is Bruno. You'd like him." She tells them.

Liam and Blade nodded.

Liam: He seems like a nice guy.

Blade: Yeah, I can't wait to meet him.

Not long after that, Bruno knocked on the door.

Bruno: Emma, it's me!

"Ah!" Emma says. "Come on in! The door's unlocked."

Bruno swam inside and closed the door. He then looked at Liam and Blade.

Bruno: So you're Emma's friends from the surface?

Blade: Yep. I'm Blade and this is my step-brother Liam.

Liam: Hi.

Bruno: So, how's life up on the surface?

Liam: It's pretty neat. We use our legs to walk around, because you can't really walk in a tail.

Blade: Yeah. We're scientists and we're interested in life down here in the ocean.

Bruno: Life in the ocean is pretty neat too. Right, Emma?

She nods. "Mhm~! You got that right." She says. "The monarch here in Mertopia is also one of the nicest and fair monarchs you could ever meet in the ocean. Would you like to meet them one day? The Three princes and the princess are also so adorable and polite, too."

Liam: Sure, we'd love to meet them. Right, Blade?

Blade: Yep. There's so many questions I want to ask them.

(Sorry, I was watching tv and then sleeping.)

(It's fine. I have to go to work soon in about an hour anyway)

"I'm pretty sure they're available today, or maybe tomorrow." Emma says. "I'm not entirely sure yet. I also just recently talked to one of the princes too."

(S**t...)

Liam: Alright.

Bruno: So, anything else interesting on the surface?

Blade: I'll tell you all about it.

Blade gave Bruno a pretty detailed lecture about things that happen on the surface. Bruno was very interested in this.

Emma listened while making Coffee for everyone. She occasionally went on a daydreaming spree sometimes...

(You still here? I keep getting distracted by YouTube videos.)

Blade: And that's how Station Square came to be.

Bruno: Wow, that's amazing! I would love to go up to Station Square one day and do so many cool things there!

Blade: If we can find a way to turn a Merbian into a Mobian, we'd definitely let you know.

Bruno: Okay. Well, I gotta go. My mom wanted me to clean the house today. Bye, guys.

Liam and Blade: Bye, Bruno!

(Yeah I'm still here for a moment.)

"Byebye Bruno!" Emma waves to him and hands Liam and Blade some Coffee. She gave herself one too. "So, when do you guys think a great time to meet the monarchs?"

Liam: Maybe after we finish our coffee?

"Sure!" Emma nods and takes a sip. "It shouldn't be long, but you'll get along with them very nicely."

Liam and Blade nodded, drinking their coffee. Once that was done, they got up.

Blade: I don't think Merbians have restrooms, do they?

Liam: Yeah, because we have to wee really bad.

Emma blinked a few times. "I uh...don't...think so? I'll bring you guys quickly back up to the surface. The restroom should be on that beach. Think you can hold it for that long?"

Liam: We'll try,

Blade: Yeah.

"Alright, come on!" Emma swims out of the house, and waited for them to come out. Once they did, she grabbed their hands and swam up the surface as fast as she could.

Liam and Blade then quickly ran out of the water up to the restrooms. They did their business, washed their hands and then returned to Emma.

Liam: Phew...Better.

Blade: Now let's go see those princes and princess you've been talking about.

Liam and Blade then walked back into the water.

Emma nods and joins them.

Meanwhile, Asonja was taking another one of his strolls before he would go back inside the palace to take a nap. He just needed some fresh water in his gills, I guess.

(Was playing Roblox with my brother.)

Meanwhile, Triton was out swimming with Merna.

Triton: Asonja needs to keep improving himself so dad will find him qualified for being king.

Merna: Yeah. Asonja would be a great king, even though he doesn't see it himself.

Triton: Let's see if there's anything we can do.

Asonja sat by Mertopia's park, seeming to take a nap there with his arms behind his head.

Liam and Blade followed Emma back to Mertopia.

Blade: So, where do you think one of the princes or the princess could be?

"Hmm..." Emma thought for a moment. "Well, I know one of them likes to take daily swims to find something to do. That might be Asonja."

Blade: Okay. Let's look for him.

Emma swam first. "I have some suspicions on where he might be. He's not that hard to find. He's basically very gothic-looking. You'll notice him very easily."

Liam and Blade nodded. Suddenly, Liam saw him napping in the park.

Liam: Is he that black Merhog?

"Yup! That's him!" Emma says, swimming over to him to wake him up (You're more than welcome to take back Emma's control .w.)

(Okay.)

Emma: Asonja, wake up!

He yelps a bit, and shakes his head quickly. "Eh? Huh? Oh. It's just you Emma. What's up?"

(Sorry, I gotta go get ready for work. Hasta pronto [See you soon, in Spanish :3])

(Well, I gotta work tomorrow, so I'm in Dreamland by the time you get back, so I'll see you some other time.)

Emma: I have some friends from the surface here who wanted to meet you. These are Liam and Blade.

Liam: Hello, Prince Asonja. *bows*

Blade: Blade Eastwood, at your service. *bows*

"N-no need to do that, guys..." Asonja states, getting up from the bench. "I don't really care if you bow or not, that's really nice of you, though..Pleasure to meet you both, Liam and Blade."

Liam: Okay.

Blade: Same here.

Emma giggled.

Emma: Blade, you wanted to ask Asonja some questions, did you?

Blade: Oh, yeah! Thanks for reminding me, Emma. Alright, first question: What is it like being royalty?

He crossed his arms, in thought. "Well...it's not really that bad, in all honesty. It feels like the normal life except you're looked up to more, mainly because you have more wealth, plus more power. But people always think that more power means more corruption, which is not the case here. My parents and my siblings are the finest monarchs you will ever see on the surface and in the ocean. Well...except for Atlantis and some other cities. They've got some nice monarchs there too."

Blade nodded as he wrote it all down on his waterproof notepad.

Blade: Next question: What will your future be like?

"Well, that just depends." Asonja scratches his ear. "If my father dies, my brothers and I will be chosen to become the next heir to the throne. So it's a 1/3 chance of me being chosen, and in all honesty, I do not think I'll be fit enough for it...even if I have some abilities of use."

Blade frowns, nods and writes it down.

Emma: Asonja, don't get so pessimistic again! Didn't that trip to the underwater mountain do you any good?!

His spines went up a little bit at Emma. He blushed a bit and rubbed the back of his head. "W-well...y-yes, it did...It did do good...Ms. Emma, I apologize for my pessimism again..."

Liam: *whispers to Blade* I think the prince has a crush on our friend Emma.

Blade quietly chuckled and looked back at Asonja and Emma.

Emma: Well, okay...So, is there anything else you'd like to ask Asonja, Blade?

Blade: Hmmm...What do you do in your free time?

"I usually just sit around in my room all day." He responds. "I hang around the royal table with my family, too, if asked. It honestly just depends on what my family wants to do. I stick around, sometimes. Other times, with my new abilities, I tend to experiment with them alone."

Blade nodded and wrote it down again.

Blade: That's basically all I wanted to ask for now.

Emma: So, how about we go do something together?

Liam: Yeah, fun!

Suddenly, a red Merchidna servant swam up to the group.

Merchidna Servant: Prince Asonja, There's some visitors at the palace who wish to talk to you and Prince Zoralth.

"...Huh. I barely get visitors as it is." Asonja muttered a bit. "Thank you for notifying me. Unfortunately, Liam, Blade, and Ms. Emma, I have to be on my way. It was a pleasure spending time with you. And you, surface-dwellers, I hope you all have a pleasant time down here and, perhaps, learn something new." He says before he swims off to the palace.

Liam and Blade nodded and then looked at Emma.

Liam: So, what now?

Emma: Maybe we could go to a concert down here? That is, if there is one.

Liam: Sure, what about you, Blade?

Blade: Sure, let's go.

Emma smiled and swam off with Liam and Blade following her.

At the palace...

The Merchidna Servant brought Asonja to the Discussion Room, where Zoralth was sitting with two human Mercreatures. One was a blonde haired merman with a light blue tail, and the other one was a mermaid with light brown hair and a light green tail, with a bra to match. They both wore crowns.

Merchidna Servant: These are Prince Bradley and Princess Luna of Sublantica. They were sent by King Neptune to discuss business with you and Prince Zoralth.

"...Alright." Asonja states as he sits near Zoralth. "So uh...what's on the list?" Asonja asks.

Bradley: First off, is your kingdom hostile?

Zoralth and Asonja shook their heads to answer. Zoralth adds, "Our father is fair among the people, and our mother makes sure that everyone is happy. We even survey the people and ask for their opinions on what needs to be fixed."

Luna nods and writes it down in her royal information book.

Luna: How's Mertopia's economy?

Asonja spawned out a calculator, which everyone knew wasn't there before and he began to put in some numbers. "Well, knowing that our gross has increased about 20% in the past year, we're in the middle of an economic boom." Zoralth was actually quite impressed as he already did the research, meanwhile Asonja figured that out in about 1 minute.

Bradley and Luna were impressed too.

Bradley: Good, good. Do you any positive relationships with other kingdoms?

(Going to bed now, I'll see you again tomorrow. Night, Silva!)

(Nighty night)

"Not that I know of." Asonja states. Zoralth butted in. "I believe in at Atlantis is one of them. We helped them with their recent recession by creating jobs and creating a stable minimum wage. Until their economy is in a boom, as Asonja has deduced for us, Atlantis should be able the thrive again the same way it did 20 years ago."

Bradley and Luna nodded as they wrote it down in their books.

Luna: Anything else to note?

Asonja shakes his head. Zoralth did as well, adding, "Not that we know of as of right now."

Bradley and Luna nodded.

Bradley: Thank you for your time. We'll report this to King Neptune and we might come visit soon.

Luna: Yes, we hope to see you again soon.

Bradley and Luna got up and swam out of the palace back to Sublantica.

They waved goodbye and Asonja got up to go to his room. However, Zoralth grabbed him softly for a moment to get his attention. "Hold on. I was told by some of the press that they're wanting to interview you about your trip to the mountain. I also got you another appointment there as well."

Asonja looked confused. "What? Why? I already went there once, why go there again?"

Zoralth looked nervous to talk. "Listen...I know we're royalty and everything, we got everything we can be happy about...but I don't understand why you're not smiling. I haven't seen you smile since 9 years ago...I want them to find out what you're hiding from us. We're here to help you, Asonja, not make you look like an embarrassment."

Asonja sneered a bit at Zoralth. "You're not making me look like an embarrassment." He says. "I am an embarrassment. I don't want you going around the public talking about me. I'm being talked about behind your backs, and even my own back."

"You don't know that Asonja unless you find that out yourself!" Zoralth says back. "You don't just jump to conclusions like that! It's only going to get you in more trouble!"

Asonja clenched his hands a bit in frustration and he storms off. Zoralth adds with his back turned, "Be at the mountain by 3:00 PM, or there will be major consequences."

Meanwhile, with Emma and the boys...

Emma, Liam and Blade were in a bar looking at a male Merbat playing piano and singing.

Liam: He's got quite some talent.

Blade: I know, it's really nice.

Emma nodded in agreement.

Emma: I went to a concert myself earlier this week. A talking crab with a Calypso accent and his Merbian band played classical music and at the end they played a really amusing song. It was quite the performance.

Liam and Blade nodded and looked back at the Merbat pianist.

Suddenly, there were news again that at 3:00 sharp, which was in the next few hours, the same prince was heard going back into the mountain. This was on the newspapers after one person pointed it out about it. It was on the front page as well.

Liam, Emma and Blade read it in the newspaper.

Emma: What?! Asonja's back at that mountain?! How can he just leave me like this...?

Blade: Don't worry, Emma. He'll come back, I just know that.

Liam: Yeah, I bet he's thinking about you too.

Emma: Alright...It isn't making my decision easier, though...

Liam and Blade nodded, gave Emma a pat on the back and then took her back to her house.

Back at Mt. Ebott...

Judy and The Master were playing poker when they heard Asonja falling again.

Judy: I think Asonja's back.

Master: I wonder what he's here for this time.

(Sorry, I was at work.) Asonja had his legs formed and walked to them. "Apologies for coming back so soon." He states. "My brother is still worried about my...personality issues and self-conscious. He thinks I'm not greatful for the things I get and also thinks I give myself too little credit."

(Okay.)

Master: Okay. Well, we got a little psychoanalysis project for cases like that. Come.

Judy and the Master took Asonja to their mansion, where they had a psychoanalysis room in the basement.

Judy: This is how it works: We'll put you to sleep and using these screens we can see what's going on inside of your head. This way we can try to find out why you have these personality issues. Is that fine with you?

"I suppose...sure." Asonja says. "Be careful though, I have some things I don't want people to see, but I suppose for this experiment, this'll be okay."

Judy nodded as she put Asonja in a chair. She then put him to sleep with a magic spell known as Sleep Wave. She and The Master then looked at the screens to see if anything would show up.

Eventually, they were connected. It looked...very confusing to look at. Images of figures shouting at him incoherently and in a disorganized pattern. It was hard to understand since so many was going on. Then suddenly, there was an image of a nightmare Asonja once had a few months ago. They were all people, with legs and not the merbian forms, shouting at him and surrounding him. They were insulting him with every word in the dictionary that was considered an insult, possibly, and started pushing him around and throwing him about, showing actual injuries. Whatever was happening in Asonja's mind, only one conclusion was made; he was scared of being a failure to the people, and became uncertain and doubtful about who he was going to be to avoid such failures.

Judy and The Master looked at each other with a concerned face.

Master: Man, this is really disturbing...

Judy: He's really scared of being a failure, it seems...

Master: We need to help him realize he isn't a failure, but I just know it's gonna be hard, given how stubborn he is.

Judy: Okay. I'll wake him up.

Judy used a wake up spell on Asonja.

Asonja woke up, rubbing his head. "Well...what do you got?" He asked.

Master: From our analysis we've come to the conclusion that you're scared of being a failure to the people, and that you've become uncertain and doubtful about who you're going to be to avoid such failures. We're going to help you get over this emotional trauma, if you're willing to work hard to do it.

"I might...I'm not sure." Asonja states, already showing signs of his heavy anxiety.

Master: I can tell you're getting scared, but there's nothing to be afraid of. We're not going to hurt you, we're just trying to help you. Do you understand that?

"I do know that you're trying to help. I just can't stop feeling scared." He says.

Judy: We know you can't, Asonja, and that's why we're gonna help you. Let's go to the training field to train your mental strength.

Judy and The Master took Asonja to the training field and created shadows of people mocking Asonja.

Judy: Try to be strong and tell those shadows they won't hurt you.

Asonja only winced a little bit, and backed up. He was quiet for a period of time, and he didn't seem to be standing up strong at all. He was only getting weaker. Perhaps he knows he's putting himself at a lower level, and wants to stay that way.

Judy: *to the Master* I don't think he's standing up for himself...

Master: It doesn't appear he isn't willing to change himself. But I'm not giving up yet. I'm taking it up a notch.

The Master made the shadows solid and commanded them to attack Asonja.

Master: I know you're not willing to change yourself, but you have to for your own good! Try standing up for yourself!

He backed up against a nearby wall, and only covered himself. He seems that he wasn't thinking at all during this, and only thought of one thing: Don't hide and just cover.

The Master knew Asonja wasn't gonna do anything and made the shadows disappear. He then walked up to Asonja.

Master: You're a real stubborn brat, you know that?! We're trying to help you, but you're not willing to do jacks**t! What is it that causes you to not be willing to work on your troubles?!

"I-I don't know...!" He says, shivering a bit. "I don't know, sir..."

Master: Bulls**t, you're just making up really lame f**king excuses, and I'm tired of it! You have a family who cares for you and a girl who has feelings for you, and you're still not grateful?! No one's going to babysit you anymore, Asonja! Not Zoralth, not your other siblings, not your parents, no one will! If you keep being all emo, stubborn and ungrateful like this, you'll die with no one to love you and no one to cry! Alone by yourself on the bed of your death with the stench of regret on your last dying breath! So get your f**king head out of your a** and get working on getting over your trauma! Do you understand, Asonja?!

He was quiet for a moment, basically covering his eyes for a moment. "I'm trying...I'm trying very hard but I just can't..."

The Master got nose to nose with Asonja, doing anything he can to break him.

Master: Don't give me that attitude down in my terrority, Asonja! You're going to get over your trauma, whether you like it or not! Don't give me any more lame excuses either, because I've had enough of your s**t! Do you want to be abandoned?! Do you?! I will do anything it takes to make a good man out of you, and I will succeed! Do you understand that?!

He nodded, visibly crying a little bit. This wasn't too much for Asonja, but it was enough for him to break down crying silently.

Master: Good, now let's get to work!

The Master made the shadows reappear.

Master: These guys will mock you, and you will stand up for yourself! Go! Go! Go!

The shadows started mocking Asonja.

He was still showing some signs of cowardice, but he was beginning to dip his feet into this water by backing away from the wall and approaching closer to the shadows. His eyes were pink from holding tears.

Master: *whispering* That's what I'm talking about...

Shadow #1: Hey, look, ol' Yellow's acting like he's got a pair!

"W-who're you...calling yellow..." Asonja says, rather quietly, but this made him stop in place like he was immediatelly regretting what he said.

Master: Bulls**t, Asonja! Say it like you've got a pair!

Judy just stood there doing nothing. She knew the Master had to be hard on Asonja so he could get over his trauma, and therefore did nothing.

He gulped a little bit and took more steps forward. He wiped his eyes a little bit and continued to try again. He wasn't saying anything this time, but he seemed to get somewhat of a stance. "Who're..you calling yellow?"

Shadow #2: We're calling you yellow, because you're too yellow to stand up for yourself, Yellow.

He seemed to be gripped his knuckles a little bit, gaining an eerie purple glow around himself once he had calmed down fully. "Well then...if I'm yellow...you're red. I say this for one reason..." He looked up, his pupils now a purple color. "I'll be painting your skin with your own blood." His voice completely changed as well to that of a deeper voice, and causing a bit of vibration in his throat.

(I gtg to dinner and I have to get ready for work. Sorry mate)

(It's fine. I'll just continue to play by myself. If I don't see you when you get back, I'll just see you again later. Bye now!)

The shadows gulped at this threat and disappeared.

Master: Now that's what I'm talking, laddie! You're getting the message! Let's try that again!

The Master created more shadows to mock Asonja.

Shadow #1: Hey look, it's the Coward of Mertopia!

Shadow #2: He'll never get anywhere in life if he keeps being a coward!

Shadow #3: Are you gonna cry, crybaby? Come on, crybaby! Cry for us! Come on, cry! *laughs*

He cracked his knuckles and a huge explosion of purple aura swirled around him. "I do not think I'll be the one crying..." He brings out his arms parallel to the floor and each hand turned into very sharp, black blades. "Wanna try that again?" He smirked, rather sinisterly. He doesn't...quite do that naturally.

Judy looked a bit worried.

Judy: *whispers to Master* Is that sinister smirk part of the plan...?

Master: *whispers* Not really...

The Shadows gulped again and disappeared again.

Master:Okay, kiddo, I think that's enough for now. How about we call it a day?

His aura vanished and his blades vanished as well. His smirk even went away too. "Right."

Judy and The Master sighed in relief and they took Asonja to their mansion for the night.

Later, at night in Mertopia...

Liam and Blade were asleep, while Emma was thinking.

Emma: *thinking* Making decisions is so difficult...I really like Asonja, but Bruno likes me too...I'm not sure who to choose, because I don't want to hurt their feelings...But like Blade said, I'll find the person who doesn't get chosen a new girlfirend...I still don't know who to choose, though...

Eventually, Emma went to bed too, because she remembered Asonja telling her not to rush it.

Asonja paced in the mansion, back at the same room again. He, too, was thinking. "Perhaps I'm being a little bit too hard on myself...maybe." He mutters. "But I know they're out there...somewhere."

Master: Asonja, what are you talking about?

"Nothing, Master." Asonja states, feeling quite embarrassed for saying 'Master' instead of an actual name. He didn't mind though. Whatever was best.

Master: I think you should go to sleep now. We still have lots of training to do.

"I agree...this'll take some getting used to." Asonja states before heading into the room.

The next morning...

Emma woke up and made breakfast for her, Liam and Blade. They ate together.

Emma: Boys, I'll be off to work soon. I'll be back around 5 PM, my friend Summer, Princess of Atlantis will come to guide you through Mertopia if you need to do something.

Liam and Blade nodded.

Liam: Okay, see you at 5, Emma!

Blade: Have fun!

Emma: Okay.

Emma finished her breakfast and swam off to work.

Unfortunately, Asonja's mind was too occupied for sleep. He laid there on his bed, slightly uncomfortable with sleeping as he tried sleeping like a Merbian. That did not work. "I thought I was used to these things by now..." He whispered to himself.

Judy came into Asonja's room to check on him.

Judy: Hello, Asonja. Did you get a good night rest?

"Sort of, yes..." Asonja says quietly. "I appreciate you checking on me.." He adds.

(I'm about to go get dressed for work and there's a storm coming too.)

(Okay. I'm free tomorrow too, due to tomorrow being a holiday in The Netherlands. See you tomorrow.)

Judy: You're welcome. Let's get you some breakfast.

Judy took Asonja to the kitchen to make him some breakfast.

(Actually I still got some time.)

Asonja tiredly trotted the mansion behind Judy.

(Okay.)

Judy made Asonja some breakfast and handed it to him. She noticed how tired he was.

Judy: Looks like you didn't get any sleep. I suggest you eat your breakfast and then sleep.

"But then I'd miss the training. That would probably make the master mad..." Asonja says, taking his time with eating.

Judy: Well, if you really don't need any sleep, then it's fine. If you want to train, I won't stop you.

Asonja stayed silent as he ate at his own pace. He seemed fine, even without getting sleep.

About 20 minutes later, The Master came in blowing on a military whistle.

Master: Okay, Asonja! It's time to begin your training! Today's lesson: Self defence courses! When a bully physically attacks you, you need to be able to defend yourself! So let's get going! Go! Go! Go!

The Master took Asonja to the training field.

He could somewhat see how slow Asonja was, but he was fine as of right now. "Alright then..."

Master: First off, we're gonna train those arms of yours! They're as weak as spaghetti strings, so let's pump those bad boys up! Drop and give me 50!

He followed orders, in a non-rushed way, but only did about 5 like last time without using his ability. "Dang it...even without it I'm terrible..."

Master: What's this, Asonja?! Can't even do 10 push ups? You're weak, just like your heart! Do more push ups, I don't care if you get tired! Give me 50 or no dinner tonight!

He sneered a little bit and tried again. He got to 5 more, and was about to do the 11th pushup. "Gargh...Come on...!" He growled a bit.

Master: Come on, laddie! There's a lot of strong fish in the sea, but right now, you're a flounder! Do you want to be a flounder or a piranha?!

Asonja didn't answer the question as he tried to continue. It was clear he wasn't doing well without his powers.

Master: Don't even think about using your powers! That's cheating! Just rely on your own natural physical strength to do these push ups! If you use your powers, you're in big trouble! Go! Go! Go!

"I'm trying, man!" He shouted. "It's clearly not working!"

The Master then handed Asonja a proteine shake.

Master: Drink this stuff, that'll give you some energy to continue training!

He stopped to take the drink. He cringed a little bit a the taste. "Why does it taste like fruit...?"

Master: Because fruit is good for you! Now continue doing your push ups, Cadidiot!

He didn't know what that meant, but continued. He kept on trying, but he got till his 20th pushup when he started faltering again.

Master: Okay, that's enough! You're still not able to do 50 push ups, but since I'm in a good mood, I'll let it slide! Okay, 10 minutes rest and then time for self defence!

He collapsed and huffed after that. "Right...I'll lay here..." He says panting a bit.

10 minutes later, The Master walked up to Asonja and pulled him back on his feet.

Master: Break time's over! Time for self defence! Time for a warming up with this shadow!

A shadow appeared.

Shadow: You're going down! You can't beat me with those spaghetti arms and cheeseburger fists!

Asonja shook off a little bit of dirt or whatever was on his clothes and fur for a moment before adjusting. His knuckles cracked and he suddenly vanished. A purple streak of light was seen, partially, a little ways behind the shadow. "Really?" He asked. "Who's the one with those?" Suddenly, his arms turned into thorny vines that wrapped around the shadow, tightly.

The Master was about to scold Asonja for using his powers, but shook it off, knowing he's helpless without them.

The shadow was screaming in pain.

Asonja only squeezed harder, but still softly. Asonja's blank expression only made him more sinister to look at.

The Master became slightly disturbed at this and made the shadow disappear.

Master: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Easy there, laddie! Don't have to get all violent with those guys!

"Well, you told me to defend myself and that's what I'm doing..." Asonja looked at the Master again, still giving a blank expression. Something was up, but what?

Master: To be fair, I became quite disturbed at you going homicidal on that guy. Maybe go a bit more easy on them with your powers?

"Why would I do that?" Asonja asked. "These powers do the work for me. And that's what I like about it."

Master: Okay, but don't use the deadly ones on anyone besides the shadows down here. Got it?

"I'll try not to. As long as I can harm the shadows the same way I would like to do with other people, then that's okay." He says. "I know that people are alive and know pain, but I would hate to do that to them. I'd rather do it to those who deserve it." He gave a slight smirk, which added more to his sinister look.

The Master nodded and created more shadows for Asonja to fight.

Meanwhile, with Liam and Blade in Mertopia...

Liam and Blade were sitting around the house when they heard a knock on the door.

Blade: It's open, come in!

Summer opened the door and swam inside. She then closed the door and turned back to Liam and Blade. Summer smiled when she saw Blade.

Summer: *thinking* Boy, that tall fox is sexy. <3 I wonder how he and his brother move with those things...Whatever, he's the one for me. <3 But he's a Mobian...

Liam: Hi, are you Summer?

Summer: Huh, what? Oh yeah, I'm Summer, I'm the princess of Atlantis, one of Mertopia's neighbouring kingdoms. Emma asked me to look after you boys while she's at work.

Blade: Right. You're really beautiful.

Summer: Thank you. So, who are you boys?

Liam: I'm Liam. This is my brother Blade.

Liam and Blade then bowed for Summer.

Summer: *giggles* Boys, I know I'm a princess, but there's no need to bow.

Blade: Sorry, we always do that when interacting with royalty. We find it polite to always bow when meeting with royalty.

Summer: Okay. Well, how about we take a swim?

Blade: Sure.

Summer nodded and together with Liam and Blade, she left the house. Liam locked the door and the trio swam off.

Back with Asonja...

(Dunno about you, but I'm very curious to know how a merbian and mobian will get it down)

Asonja was surrounded with a black/purple mist that revolved around him in a swirl, his fists gripped and his stance stiff. Perhaps his core was going a bit too corrupt with his thinking, but he was split mentally. He thinks that all living beings who deserve to die, should die for their crimes against the living. But, his other mind doesn't wish ANYONE to be hurt. He just can't decide which side to believe more.

(Now that you mention it, I wonder the same thing. XD)

The Master stepped back, waiting to see what Asonja would do on the shadows.

His arms turned into more black vines and they wrapped around the bunch of shadows, crushing them slowly by first gripping them softly and then steadily getting tighter.

The shadows' heads exploded from Asonja's Strangle Attack. The Master put his hand over his mouth in shock. Judy was standing next to him, looking just as shocked.

Judy: He's become quite a violent fellow...

Master: He said he would try to only use these attacks on the shadows, but I'm not so sure...

Judy: Me neither...

(Going to bed now, because it's getting late where I live. See you tomorrow!)