It was about midnight; the moon was full in the starry sky, the waves calm as they could be. Two mermen lurk a few feet below the surface, on guard for any intruders, they both carry sharp, indefinable metal spears with intricate designs on the staff. One is burly with bulging, tan muscles and blond buzz-cut hair, his eyes a baby blue. The other one is slightly chubby with a white mustache, skin a whiter tone, and wrinkled forehead, his eyes the color of the grey, cloudy sky. They swim around, not finding anything,

"This place is clear. We should head back soon, Bart.", says the fittest guard. The slightly chubby guard, now identified as Bart, relaxes, flexing his short blue, and light purple tinted tail.

"Good, Good. Why do we even patrol this area anyway? It's like anything dangerous is out there, Steve.", he grumbles. Steve stops, raising a slim brow, and his sky blue iridescent flickers in irritation.

"You can keep yapping old man, or you continue your duty as a loyal merman would." They start growling and yelling at each other when, suddenly, a haunting song echoes above the water.

The two mermen halts, looking at each other confused, and they break up to the surface, looking around until their eyes meet a lone rock with a long-tailed merman silhouette sitting there. They couldn't really see any more detail than that, both squinting to see more, and the song is still haunting but becoming sadder as time goes on. They swim a little closer, trying to get any more detail when the sound of splashing startled the silhouette, diving into the depths. Steve blinks, moving after being paralyzed with confusion and shock,

"What the hell was that just now? It looked like one of us. " Bart shakes his head, loosening the tight grip he had on his spear, "I don't know, but we have to report this to the king. " The two merman nod at each other, heading back..