Mon Dieu what's wrong with me? I haven't even finished my other stories and here I am starting another. Don't worry I will finish my others I swear.

"I got one!" Exclaimed an ten year old boy with blonde hair and green eyes.

"That's wonderful Adrien." Said a beautiful blonde haired woman. "Now reel it in."

The boy excitedly reeled in the line on his fishing pole expecting a big fish to be one the other end but instead it was an old shoe.

"Aw man!" He groaned.

"Oh don't feel bad sweetie, no one does good the first time." The woman said lovingly. "Come on let's eat lunch."

Adrien went to sit with his family at the harbor to have lunch. Adrien, his parents, and his brother Felix would spend every summer at the beach. They did this because this was where his mother grew up and she had a great love of the beach. As a child, she would go swimming, search for seashells, fish, have picnics, feed the sea gulls, and watch the sunset. She did the exact same things with Adrien who loved the beach and the sea as much as she did however he never learned to swim.

"Why don't we all go up to the little island?" His mother suggested.

"I don't know Estelle." Said her husband and Adrien's father. "I'm expecting a call."

"Oh Gabriel you can work when we get home." She said.

"Very well."

After lunch they joined a group of people on a boat that would take them to see some of the little island.

"Hey Felix what are you doing?" Adrien asked.

"I'm seeing the sights." The thirteen year old boy said.

"But you're looking in the wrong direction. The island's over there." Adrien said pointing out to the sea.

"Not that!" He exclaimed. "Those." He pointed to a group of girls in their early teens wearing short skirts.

"I don't get it they're just girls."

"You're so underdeveloped." Felix said. "Can I borrow your ring?"

"Sure." He said giving him the black ring on his finger. "But what for?"

"Nothing you need to worry about." He casually walked over to where the girl's were and seemingly dropped the ring right under where one of the girls were standing. "Pardon me ladies I'm just looking for my ring."

He got down on his hands and knees and began "searching" for the ring while looking under their skirts. The girl's didn't suspect a thing because they were too busy talking about fashion.

"Hey Felix! Why are you looking under their skirts?" Adrien called.

"Shhh!"

But it was too late. The air was filled with screaming and the girls began hitting and throwing things at the pervy boy.

"Creep!" One cried.

"Pervert!" Another said.

"Sicko!" The third said.

"What is going on here?" Gabriel asked.

"Those girls are hitting Felix because he looked under their skirts." Adrien said.

"Felix! Again?" Estelle said. "Gabriel talk to him."

Adrien watched as his father angrily pulled his brother along.

"I don't get it Mom." Adrien said to Estelle. "What did he do wrong?"

"I'll tell you when you're older." She giggled. "Well I better have a little talk with Felix."

She hugged him and then went to speak with her husband and older son. Adrien was pretty much free to wonder wherever he wanted to. He went to the side of the boat and looked over the sea. Suddenly he got a glimpse of something in the water. Even though he knew he couldn't swim, he jumped into the sea.

"Adrien!" Estelle screamed.

His family along with everyone else on the boat hurried to the edge and began searching for him. Under water Adrien found himself face to face with a little girl about his age with short dark hair and blue eyes. She wore no shirt but around her neck was a sliver chain which held a sliver oval shaped locket with a ruby in the center. He looked down to where her legs would be but to his surprise all he saw was a pink fish tail. She smiled at him, he smiled back, their hands joined, interlocking fingers. She swam closer to him and kissed him on the lips. Adrien found himself able to breathe underwater now but before anything else could happen his father jumped into the sea and grabbed him.

The minute Gabriel pulled his son away from the girl the boy lost the ability to breathe in the water. He pulled him up to the surface and handed him to his mother who wrapped him in a towel. His father quickly pulled himself up on to the boat.

"Adrien, are you okay? Why would you do that? You know you can't swim." Estelle cried.

"Mom, I saw a mermaid down there." He said.

"Adrien you could've died!" Gabriel shouted.

"But I saw a mermaid. She kissed me and I could breathe underwater."

"Oh Adrien! That's ridiculous!"

"But it's true Dad. I'll prove it, I'll go back in and-"

"You will do no such thing!" He grabbed Adrien by the arm.

"But the mermaid-"

"There is no mermaid! They don't exist! I don't know what you saw but I didn't see anyone down there!" He shouted. "Now listen to me! You cannot swim! You almost drowned! Do you want to die?!"

"I...I.." He stuttered.

"Answer me!"

"Gabriel calm down you're scaring him." Estelle said.

Gabriel saw the tears forming in his son's eyes. He took a deep breath and calmed down.

"Adrien you are never to do something like that again. Do you understand?"

"Ye..Yes sir."

"I think we should go home." Estelle said quietly.

From a distance, the girl poked her head out from the water and tearfully watched as the boy left with his family. Then she dove back into the sea unnoticed by anyone.

"I'm not lying. I saw her!" Adrien said as his mother tucked him into bed that night. "You believe me right Mom?"

"Well I believe that there are angels in this world who watch over and protect children." She said pulling the blanket over him. "And this mermaid might've been an angel. Sent from heaven to help you."

"Mom do you think Grandma and Grandpa are angels?"

"Yes I do."

"Mom are you gonna die one day like they did?"

"I'm afraid so."

"No! You need to stay with me!"

"Oh honey, nobody lives forever. Sooner or later everyone dies. It's God's will."

"But I don't want you to leave."

"Adrien I will always be with you even if you can't see or hear or touch me. There will come a day when I must move on from this world but I will always watch over you and I will make sure you have someone who loves you just as much as I do."

She kissed his forehead and went to dim the lights.

"Good night my little kitten."

"Good night Mommy."

She closed the door softly and left her son to sleep. As he slept he dreamed of a voice singing to him sweetly. Little did he know that someone was singing to him, outside sitting on a rock in the sea was the little mermaid. She sang to the young boy wishing him good fortune and happiness for all his days. Unfortunately his days would only grow more sad.

That trip would be their last summer there for a long time because a few weeks later Estelle went out sailing with some friends. They got caught in a hurricane and she was thrown overboard, by the time they pulled her out she had drowned. Neither Adrien or his father would ever go to that beach again for the next eight years. During that time the Agreste family became bitter and sad.

When Felix graduated high school he ran off and eloped with his girlfriend Bridgette because his father wanted to send him to military school. They chose to live at the French Rivera. Gabriel had cut off all contact with his oldest son after that and began pressuring his youngest to do better than him.