"swim, swim!, As fast,as far as you possibly can!"

Raging waves, came crashing down. it was becoming harder to swim.  The loud roar of the thunder, the bright light that struck the land with enormous power.

The overwhelming fear,that I couldn't get away.

I couldn't notice, from being to consumed by my own fear, before I realized I was being pulled back by an overwhelming force, I turned to look, to see what it was that was preventing me from getting away.

Water, going in a continuous circle. "Help!" I cried out. fighting, struggling to get away.

Before I knew it, I was engulfed in the raging spinning vortex.

My body was flung around like a rag doll, I was trapped in a vortex of water.

Spinning round, and round with no way out.

All I could hear was the thunderous roar, and my own screaming.

It was becoming harder to breathe.

A faint voice, It was small, but I could hear it. My name being called from the distance.

"Octavius!" They called a bit louder.

"Here!, I'm here!" I shouted out. As loud as I could.

The pressure of the water, was pushing against my gills, and the lack of oxygen was making it next to impossible to scream any louder.

Another light blue strike, hit above me.

And with it, revealed the voices of my friends and family.

"Grab on octavius!" One of them shouted.

I grabbed ahold, tanning slightly, and they quickly, swam the other direction. Helping me swim out the enclosed death trap.

When I was out, I stared at the long, greenish weed.

"Thank you everyone, I thought I was going to die" I thanked them with a wonderous smile.

They all laughed, before pulling me away from the Whirlpool.

"Where is your brother?" Amala questioned?.

"He was captured" I mumbled glumly.

"This isn't, right!"

"Why are they hunting us!"

"What did we do wrong!" Kelp shouted in frustration.

"The rest of the pod is waiting" Amala reminded us.

"Let's get going" she said before swimming ahead, with the seaweed in her hand.

We all followed behind her, All with heavy hearts.

We swam in the open ocean, surrounded by fish and sea life, nothing out of the ordinary, as we made our way home.

Even as it stormed, the ocean was still beautiful, the dark looking water,  seem to glow with the help of the moonlight, that shine down on us.

We glided through the water, with the help of our long flukes, that pushed through the water beautifully.

A loud screeched sounded all around us,  which alerted everyone of our return.

We were bombarded with questions and worries, as our family and friends crowded us.

"Something is bad happening, up there father" Amala warned everyone, about what happened.

"Humans, the onlanders they're attacking, capturing, and killing Merfolk" she warned everyone as fear etched on her face.

"They captured, Valic" she informed everyone.

My mother came rushing through with a look of anguish, as she cracked down from the news.

She pushed through, as her long blue fluke guided through the water with beauty and Grace.

"I have to find my son!" She pushed me off her, along with the others."I'm your son too!"

"Or did you forget!" I shouted at her, before swimming away.

"Octavius!" She called out to me, the pain of losing my brother, and the lack of love I get from my mother, made me miss my brother, and hate him at the same time.

"Wait!, we have to find calmer seas, octavius, don't go off by yourself with this threat looming over us" Amara instructed, before pulling me back to the others.

My mother, attempted to approach me, but held herself back.

"This raging storm, and the humans are making our current home, unsafe, it's time for us to move on" Amara father declared.