The Secret City of Atlantis

SPLASH!!! The wave took ahold of Ocean, and she made her way back to the city. Ocean was a young mermaid who loved going on adventures. She had dark hair, light skin, and a pet cuttlefish whom she named Cuddle. Ocean was the princess of the city of Atlantis. Atlantis was a secret to us humans, but to the Mer people, it was home. Ocean had been deaf since birth; she couldn't speak and had difficulty hearing. Her father was very strict and would do anything for his daughter to stop swimming around all day.

Ocean's older sister, Vanessa, wanted all the attention, but all the attention went to Ocean as she was the youngest and most irresponsible. Vanessa was always her father's favorite as she always was in the castle, but her father's attention was not enough. Then one day, all the celebration came to an end. Vanessa had used her power in the wrong way; she had used her final wish on Ocean's birthday when it happened again. Vanessa had wished all the celebration came to an end, and of course, she didn't specify how much celebration to end, so soon the king died, Vanessa got dethroned, and Ocean got crowned queen.

Sadly, the people of Atlantis didn't respond to Ocean and left Atlantis, so soon the city was empty. Beneath the shimmering surface, where sunlight struggled to penetrate, lay the hushed grandeur of a forgotten civilization: The Secret City of Atlantis. Towering structures, once vibrant with life, now stood as silent monuments cloaked in the deep blue embrace of the ocean. Schools of fish, like living jewels, weaved through the skeletal remains of ancient streets, their scales catching the faint, ethereal glow that filtered down from above. A venerable sea turtle, a silent guardian of the deep, glided slowly past a grand domed edifice, its ancient eyes seemingly holding the secrets of ages long past. This was a realm of profound stillness and haunting beauty, where the whispers of a lost world echoed in the gentle currents.

Mercifully for Ocean, the people were good sports, so they came back, but as well as being queen, Ocean was looking forward to a happy kingdom, one that loved celebration, not one that despised it. So eventually, the entire kingdom became melancholy and dull, except a little cuttlefish who only remembered positive memories. Cuddle nudged Ocean and played the picture in her mind, and Ocean felt disheartened and tried her best from that day forth to make a difference in her kingdom.