Undetectable by friend or foe, two mermen swam through the placid waters, invisible to the naked eye, should he be spotted by some unfriendly creature. Silent as the grave, Daniel and Plasmius invisibly circled the silent enemy camp, Daniel's hand on Vlad's shoulder, all but a few enemy guards placed here and there while the others slept. The sight of the Sons of the Tigershark made the adolescent merman want to flee in terror, but he had to do this for Jasmine's sake.

Descended from the wicked mermaid Llyra, the Sons of the Tigershark, while not necessarily evil, are brutish, instinctive creatures, looking more like a cross between a crustacean and a fish rather than the more well-known man/fish. Most of them are unintelligent; however, once in a great while one will occur with a vast IQ. However, they believe great intelligence does not a great ruler make, made evident by the way they choose their new leader when their previous chief becomes unable to rule, which is to hold a no-holds-barred battle to the death of all possible candidates, the new ruler being the last one standing. They do, however, have two benevolent traits, one of which is kindness towards prisoners of war, and the other is the only trait they have in common with fellow merfolk: a love of music and singing, even though their voices leave something to be desired.

The two searched every tent until they came across one that had six guards circling it. Going intangible, they passed through the walls of shark leather to find a solitary girl sleeping in a rather comfortable looking bed in the middle of a rather well-decorated area, as opposed to the barest of necessities which the lad had been expecting. The girl in bed was a slender thing, her fiery hair covering the pillow and half of her face, the water coming from her gill causing the hair around it to flutter. As they descended, Daniel reverted back to his non ghostly self.

"Jasmine." Daniel whispered in her ear as he prodded her cheek. "Jasmine, wake up." He added, poking her harder in the shoulder.

"Daniel? What are you doing here?" She asked as her eyes fluttered open.

"General Pasmius and I came to rescue you."

"Thank you." She said as she wrapped him in an embrace. Placing her hands on Daniel's shoulders, she asked him, "It must have taken you weeks to get here, don't you think mother and father would have noticed you'd left by now?"

"The General said I'd be staying with him for a few days until my body gets accustomed to the Transformation."

"So it was a ruse."

"Well, it was, and it wasn't, since I did actually use the time to get acclimated to my powers." Daniel replied as blue transformed to green, green to black, and black to white. Grabbing the General and his sister, Daniel went intangible once more that night and sped homeward.

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A/N: Sorry it took so long to update and that the chapter's so short, I've been having some major writer's block with this!