CHAPTER FOUR: OUR NUMBERS ARE SHRINKING!
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Around 300 years ago, in the year 1775:
A blue-finned man looks around the smallest encampment of Merrow that they have ever had. He swims up to his leader, the Prince of the Oceanus clan on Earth. He clears his throat before his leader turns to him in his large Water Dragon form. “Your Highness. I’m wanting to talk to you about the situation we have found ourselves in.”
The large Elasmosaurus snorts before changing into his Merrow form. "Speak, my submissive. You know I am always free to speak to you!” The prince swims up to the man and cups the large, child-filled abdomen. The Submissive's smaller hands rest on top of the larger ones.
“My love: Prince Alwis, son of the previous Prince Alexander and grandson whose forebearer, Prince Almeer began this conquest, we have a problem. Our numbers are shrinking in size; and all glamoured Merrow who leave never return to us! The waters on this planet are getting more corrupted each day by those stupid humans! And don’t get me started on the wizards trying to slowly kill us.” The man sucks in a breath before continuing to say what has been on his mind for many years. “It has taken us almost 30 years to have this one child! And that can be said about most of the Merrow here! The unclean waters have stolen our children away from us!” At this, he shrieks and tears start to pour down his face. “We are close to becoming inbred with the lack of Merrow here! If most of us only have one or two children, there won’t be enough Merrow left in two hundred years for us to even have a full circle, much less a bearer and a sire!” He looks towards the creche that had only one babe along with two small children before looking up at his Alpha. “If we don’t do something now, my love, our child will not be able to grow up and have a child of their own. Much less have a sibling to play with as they grow.” His eyes close with pain and turns away to blink his tears away.
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Prince Alwis pulls his Submissive into his arms. “We’ll think of something.” He says staring at his Submissive. “All the messages that I have tried to send to the Merrow Courts have been rejected or lost. I think we are stuck here from now on.”
The Submissive wails at that statement before multiple Merrow come over to calm their Princess down.