gracefully slipping back into the ocean.
It was Mateo, one of Serenity Sunrise Oceanâs inhabitants. He was a young and exuberant bottlenose dolphin that could read minds.
âI came across Mateo on my last dive. He looked into my mind and then, having seen the urgency of our task and the need to find Pelagia, he offered to help us. Mateo told me that because of the increasing threat from the Nomeds, Pelagia and his warriors have been patrolling much nearer to the shore. He said Pelagia can usually be found near to the old wreck just off of Shipwreck Reef, so that is where we are going to look now. Hopefully, we will return with Pelagia just in time for dinner,â Lettitia said. She placed one of the glowing starfish into a small, netted bag and tied it to her bikini bottoms. Then she climbed onto the side of the boat, stood on her tiptoes, raised her arms above her head, turned to give the others a reassuring smile and then elegantly dived back into the ocean.
The others looked out across the enchanting starfish-lit ocean, watching Lettitia and Mateo swim off together before disappearing into the darker water that lay just beyond the reef. The faint glow from the starfish that was tied to Lettitiaâs waist gradually faded as they descended and all that the others could do now was wait and pray that they would soon return to them, accompanied by the oceanâs Berthold, Pelagia.
Chapter 12
Pelagia
More than one hundred years earlier, the Halfsesâ elders had suffered a great loss. A furious battle with Nicor had resulted in the sinking of a grand ship that had been used by the Halfses to explore Serenity Ocean. During this battle, many of the Halfses that had been on board the vessel lost their lives. This grand old ship had found its resting place on a ledge around twenty metres below the reef. The ship lay on its side, partially embedded in a layer of sand. Its huge masts, which had once towered proudly above the ocean waves, were now broken, tangled in seaweed and lying horizontally across the sandy floor of the ledge, their tips jutting out into the blackness of the unknown, deeper darker ocean that extended beyond the reef. The shipâs hull remained virtually intact except for a hole on one of its sides. As Lettitia and Mateo reached the shipwreck, a group of playful sharks that had been hiding inside the shipâs hull rushed out of this hole and then, just as quickly as they had appeared, they disappeared, swimming off into the oceanâs blackness.
Lettitia had decided to look for Pelagia inside the shipâs hull and, using the same hole that the sharks had swum out of, she swam in. The starfish that she had tied to her bikini bottoms provided enough light to partially light up the inside of the wooden vessel, but many of the shipâs corners still remained hidden in the darkness. Lettitia had never seen Pelagia. Very little was known about him; he was probably the most mysterious Berthold in all of Liberty. She was a little apprehensive about what he may be like when, or indeed if, she did find him. As she pondered this and navigated her way through an eerily dark and narrow corridor, she felt a sudden rush in the water and a large, dark, shadowy figure suddenly appeared in the corridor in front of her. It rushed past at speed, knocking into her, its force pushing her violently against the side of the corridor, tangling her long blonde hair around a piece of the shipâs broken wooden structure. Startled by this encounter and completely unaware of what this dark, shadowy figure was, Lettitiaâs natural instinct was to gasp and as she did so, she involuntarily inhaled some of the oceanâs water.
Mateo was searching for Pelagia outside of the ship when he saw the large, dark creature swim out of the hole in the shipâs hull. It was a shark that had been left behind by the earlier group. Mateo thought nothing of this. Sharks were gentle creatures and this one had not
It was Mateo, one of Serenity Sunrise Oceanâs inhabitants. He was a young and exuberant bottlenose dolphin that could read minds.
âI came across Mateo on my last dive. He looked into my mind and then, having seen the urgency of our task and the need to find Pelagia, he offered to help us. Mateo told me that because of the increasing threat from the Nomeds, Pelagia and his warriors have been patrolling much nearer to the shore. He said Pelagia can usually be found near to the old wreck just off of Shipwreck Reef, so that is where we are going to look now. Hopefully, we will return with Pelagia just in time for dinner,â Lettitia said. She placed one of the glowing starfish into a small, netted bag and tied it to her bikini bottoms. Then she climbed onto the side of the boat, stood on her tiptoes, raised her arms above her head, turned to give the others a reassuring smile and then elegantly dived back into the ocean.
The others looked out across the enchanting starfish-lit ocean, watching Lettitia and Mateo swim off together before disappearing into the darker water that lay just beyond the reef. The faint glow from the starfish that was tied to Lettitiaâs waist gradually faded as they descended and all that the others could do now was wait and pray that they would soon return to them, accompanied by the oceanâs Berthold, Pelagia.
Chapter 12
Pelagia
More than one hundred years earlier, the Halfsesâ elders had suffered a great loss. A furious battle with Nicor had resulted in the sinking of a grand ship that had been used by the Halfses to explore Serenity Ocean. During this battle, many of the Halfses that had been on board the vessel lost their lives. This grand old ship had found its resting place on a ledge around twenty metres below the reef. The ship lay on its side, partially embedded in a layer of sand. Its huge masts, which had once towered proudly above the ocean waves, were now broken, tangled in seaweed and lying horizontally across the sandy floor of the ledge, their tips jutting out into the blackness of the unknown, deeper darker ocean that extended beyond the reef. The shipâs hull remained virtually intact except for a hole on one of its sides. As Lettitia and Mateo reached the shipwreck, a group of playful sharks that had been hiding inside the shipâs hull rushed out of this hole and then, just as quickly as they had appeared, they disappeared, swimming off into the oceanâs blackness.
Lettitia had decided to look for Pelagia inside the shipâs hull and, using the same hole that the sharks had swum out of, she swam in. The starfish that she had tied to her bikini bottoms provided enough light to partially light up the inside of the wooden vessel, but many of the shipâs corners still remained hidden in the darkness. Lettitia had never seen Pelagia. Very little was known about him; he was probably the most mysterious Berthold in all of Liberty. She was a little apprehensive about what he may be like when, or indeed if, she did find him. As she pondered this and navigated her way through an eerily dark and narrow corridor, she felt a sudden rush in the water and a large, dark, shadowy figure suddenly appeared in the corridor in front of her. It rushed past at speed, knocking into her, its force pushing her violently against the side of the corridor, tangling her long blonde hair around a piece of the shipâs broken wooden structure. Startled by this encounter and completely unaware of what this dark, shadowy figure was, Lettitiaâs natural instinct was to gasp and as she did so, she involuntarily inhaled some of the oceanâs water.
Mateo was searching for Pelagia outside of the ship when he saw the large, dark creature swim out of the hole in the shipâs hull. It was a shark that had been left behind by the earlier group. Mateo thought nothing of this. Sharks were gentle creatures and this one had not
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