Whooooo. This is my third story. I decided to write because I was watching some show and this idea popped into my mind and would not leave. There are too many stories portraying Arthur as the merperson and not Alfred so my mind apparently wanted to go away from everyone on this. This will have M-preg later on and believed character death. I seriously don't know how long this story is going to be. OK Ivan.

Ivan: Phantom does not own Hetalia she is just doing this to ease her insane mind in possible.

Warnings for this story: Yaoi, experiments, believed character death, M-preg, and some other things later on

~Bio-diversity~

Meet the Unknown Species

A pod of unidentified creatures were swimming to warmer water for the mating season. Pods of the same species were gathering on a remote coast in Florida of the same exact reason. This pod consisted of four females and five males. They were about a day's trip from the tip of Florida. A scout had already been dispatched ahead of time to see if others had already got there and to see if it was safe, because they would be mating and giving birth there before heading back to colder waters.

The scout was traveling with a school of dolphins, to hopefully make it undetected. He was a carefree creature at eighteen years old. Eighteen was the age to be able to mate. His kind did not mate for life; it was a onetime thing for a week then the entire pod helped raise the children born, if any.

Not that far to go. The scout thought.

The dolphin swimming beside him answered him. There are probably another few miles to go.

The scout just rolled his eyes. Yeah, yeah, I know.

The dolphin rammed into him to give the scout a piece of his mind which made the scout ram him right back.

~Bio-diversity~

Arthur was taking samples on an isolated beach in Florida with his team. He had been transferred from London three months ago and was getting used to a new life. The hardest thing to get used to was that the sun was always shinning. The team he was dispatched with was sent to the beach to see how the different kind of organisms lived with no direct human contact.

"Hey something is coming this way." Sadiq said pointing out to sea from the top of the rock that he claimed.

Sadiq was a man that had an interest in marine biology. When he had the chance he moved from Turkey to the United States for college. He got a job working at the research lab in college and just stayed there after he graduated. His dark brown hair was pulled back away from his face and his equally brown eyes always gleamed in determination.

"It looks like a pod of dolphins." Heracles said.

Heracles loved water and animals so marine biology just called to him. He moved from Greece to the United States after finishing college. He spent his time mostly sleeping but he was serious about his work. Every work he turned in was through and skillfully written. He argued with Sadiq about the simplest of things. Before they started he had slicked his hair back with water to keep it out of his face. His green eyes were following the pod.

"What is that?" Sadiq had confusion written on his face.

"What do you mean?" Arthur said walking to the shore.

"It didn't look like a dolphin; it looked more like a person. Can someone hand me the camera?" Sadiq said holding out his hand.

Heracles ran over to the equipment and pulled out the camera and the zoom lens. He ran over to Sadiq and handed him the camera without the fighting. Sadiq zoomed in on the pod of dolphins. He had a clear image of the other creature because it was close to the surface. Sadiq had confusion on his face once again.

"What is it?" Heracles asked.

"I have no clue. I have never seen anything like that before." Sadiq said jumping off his rock.

Arthur and Heracles surrounded Sadiq while he brought up the picture. They both had the same facial expression as Sadiq, confusion. The dolphins could clearly be seen swimming around the creature but there was enough room to see the creature clearly. It was weird to see to see something that looked human but not at the same time.

Heracles traced a line on the camera, "Is that a…tail?"

Arthur blinked a couple of times, "It looks like it."

Sadiq kept looking at the camera, "That is not a dolphin, look right there," He pointed to a point on the camera, "It looks like a human head."

Heracles looked up, "They still seem to be far off, let's pack up and see if they will come closer but keep the camera out."

Both Sadiq and Arthur nodded before rushing to pack their stuff. All three men ran behind a rock, hopefully to hide from whatever that creature was. Sadiq kept the camera peering from over rock to keep a lookout. All three men watched the pod of dolphins come closer and closer to the shore. In a stroke of luck the mysterious creature lifted its head out of the water and Sadiq caught a picture.

The mysterious creature came up to the shore and laid down to where it's lower body was still in the water. Its arms were crossed and its head was lying inside. It had placed a makeshift weapon above its head up within arm's reach. The pod of dolphins were jumping out of the water, calling out with clicks. From where the men were at it looked like the creature was covered in shark shin.

Sadiq called his superior, "Um…sir. I think we made have found something. It's living sir. Alright, will do."

Arthur asked, "What did he say?"

Sadiq let out a breath, "He wants us to catch it and he will be here with a tranquilizer."

Heracles looked baffled, "He wants us to catch that thing. It will take him almost thirty minutes to get here."

"Let's get the net." Sadiq said putting up the camera after taking a few more shots. "Just hope it will tire itself out we can't miss this opportunity. Okay, you and I will catch it with the net. Arthur get that weapon away from that thing, I don't want any of us getting hurt."

Both other men nodded in agreement. Heracles helped get the net out while Arthur was getting ready for the signal to dart. Sadiq and Heracles had the net all untangled in a matter of minutes and was ready. Arthur had to creep along the sand hoping that the vibrations could not be heard through the sand. The brown haired duo picked up the back of the net so it would not drag.

The creature sleeping on the beach had no idea of the danger it was in. The men crept up to it but it did not sir. Arthur timidly reached out and, still arm's length away, picked up the weapons. At that moment Heracles and Sadiq released the net and captured the creature and pulled it tight. The creature was fighting the net was getting nowhere, either the net was caught between his webbed fingers or its hand went right through. Arthur noticed the pod of dolphins was swimming around in circles.

It took thirty minutes for the group's superior, Vash Zwingli, to arrive. Vash was the stern type of man but he knew when he had to be soft. His blond hair was choppy and his green eyes were always stern. He becomes trigger-happy whenever he has a gun in his possession. The only time people saw him soften was when his little sister came to the research lab.

"What have you found that was important enough for me to come down here?" Vash said walking toward the trio.

"I have no clue." Sadiq said.

Vash walked closer to the creature thrashing around in the net. He looked at Heracles but got a shrug and head shake from Sadiq. Vash called for a tranquilizer, which was brought by another person who had to go run to the truck for it. Arthur watched as the dolphins retreated sometime looking back and calling with clicks. The team was surprised when the creature stopped thrashing and called back with its own clicks that sent the dolphins into a frenzy to leave before going back to thrashing again.

"What was that?" Vash asked.

"It came in with that pod. I got a few pictures of it." Sadiq said.

Dumbasses I can hear ya'll, stop yelling. A voice inside Arthur's head yelled.

Arthur looked around for the owner of the voice but could not pin-point it because it seemed to come from everywhere at once. Vash aimed the dart at the upper arm of the creature. The creature did not even look fazed when the dart pierced its skin, if anything it got madder. Other people had to help Heracles and Sadiq hold the rope because the creature was trying to get more in the water but they were trying to keep it where it was.

"After the creature goes under we are going to put it in the truck bed. Someone go bring the truck as close as you can get it and bring back some blanket and buckets." After Vash said that someone ran off. "We will soak a blanket in water and put the creature on it and bring him to the truck bed. Another wet blanket will be placed on top to keep it wet. Some buckets will be filled with water and through the trip back will poured on it when it gets too dry. Arthur, Heracles, Sadiq, and I will be in back to watch it and keep it safe.

"When we get back to the lab we examine it." Vash turned his attention to the trio in front of him, "The tranquilizer last for less than two hours so basically we have roughly an hour and thirty minutes for the examination. The creature will be housed in tank 16B in Block A. Someone will have to stay at the top of the tank and keep its head above water before it starts to stir. Once it stirs let its head go and it should come to on its own. We will keep doing testing while it is still in our custody and when we are done we are going to attach a tracking device and let it go."

The creature had stopped its fanatic movements and was still. Vash acted with Sadiq on his side removing the net from the creature. The team member that went to the truck had already wet one of the blankets and placed it by the creature. Vash, Sadiq, Heracles, and Arthur was able to move the creature just an inch off the ground to move it to the blanket.

All of the team members had to pick up on the blanket's sides to move the creature. After it was in the truck the team member went to filling the buckets with sea water and another came back with the blanket, which Vash draped over the creature from the waist down. Soon the buckets of water were in the back of the truck and they were on their way to the lab.

"Σειρήνα." Heracles said once they were halfway to the lab.

"What?" Sadiq questioned.

"It means 'mermaid' or 'siren' in Greek." Heracles cleared up.

"Oh a deniz kızı*, they are a total myth." Sadiq said waving the other off.

"How else do you explain this thing?" Heracles pointed at the sleeping creature.

Sadiq threw his arms up in the air, "Oh enlighten us oh chosen one."

Heracles sent a death glare to the only other brown haired individual in the truck, "It has a tail from the waist down, gills on its side, and is covered in what looks like shark skin. If that doesn't fit the description of a mermaid I have no idea what does."

"Idiot, mermaids are supposed to have the top of human and the bottom of a fish with shiny tails." Sadiq argued.

"Okay enough you two before I shoot you both." Vash complained. Both arguing men shut up, "Arthur what do you think?"

"I have to agree with Heracles on this one. Only merpeople have tails. There are stories back home that do not match up with Sadiq's story but more with Heracles's. One story I remember getting told by a fisherman was that mermaids looked human from afar but when you get close they were covered in dark thick skin to drag fisherman down. "

The rest of the ride was filled with water bring splashed on the creature and Heracles and Sadiq arguing. The creature made everyone freeze what they were doing. It only ended up turning its head and arching its back before falling back motionless. The entire team let out the breath that they had no idea that they here holding in.

When they reached the lab there was a metal gurney waiting by the doors. The team members rushed to douse the creature again before everyone got together to get it off the truck. Sadiq pushed the gurney through the lab and into the examination room. The team of four put on gloves and masks before touching the creature again.

"Arthur you take the notes." Vash said pointing to the chipboard on the stand.

"What to do, I mean it's a creature we know nothing about let alone body shape." Arthur confessed.

"Just jot down whatever we tell you alright. They're mostly going to be identification markings." Vash went to his work, "Shark like skin covering entire body, webbed fingers, sharp fingernails, and fish like tail." Vash continued looking at the creature.

"Human like face structure, larger than normal eyes, sharp teeth almost look like a shark's, a cranial ridge in the middle of the skull, and gills on both sides of the torso." Sadiq said.

"Dark blue in color, lighter blues and white colors in spots on belly, purple spots trailing down from waist to tail in two straight lines, the area of the cranial ridge and around eyes are a darker blue almost black." Heracles said.

The examination continued for another forty-five minutes. It basically consisted of just an outside examination. All the identification markings were writing down and pinpointed to a certain point of the body. Arthur was fascinated by the creature as was the other men. They were doing a through outside examination of the creature making sure everything was documented. When the creature started twitching the team knew it was time to get it to the tank.

"We got about fifteen minutes; we better get it to the tank." Vash said. "Arthur you will be in the tank with it."

Arthur just nodded his head as he followed the rest of the group. It took five minutes to get to the tank. The tank itself was twenty feet high and had a diameter of sixty feet, one of the biggest steel tanks in the lab. It was covered by an inch thick of polycarbonate glass to keep the thing inside and to look at it from above. Lucky there was door so the creature was able to get in.

The men lifted the creature on the lift and Arthur went up with it. Arthur opened the door and slipped the creature's bottom half in. He kept it afloat by its underarms to keep it above water. Arthur noted that how the creature's body floated. Its tail started to move up and down, making a steady beat against the glass. Arthur let the creature go and watched it go down. He shut and locked the door at the top of the tank.

The creature opened its eyes and Arthur noted how they were the color of the ocean itself. Its face contorted in anger and it darted upward to Arthur with its razor sharp teeth showing. Arthur was shocked by the amount of force it had when it hit the glass. He darted backwards and fell on his back on the lift. Heracles hurried and brought the lift down.

"You okay Arthur?" Sadiq said.

"I guess but that was freaky." Arthur confessed.

"What do you mean?" Vash asked with the shipboard in his hand.

"It saw me and instantly went into frenzy. It was almost trying to get me, lucky the glass was there." Arthur stood up.

Vash wrote down everything Arthur had told him and what was happening in the tank. The creature was in frenzy, just thrashing out and ramming into the wall. Heracles watched the creature through one of the glass windows on the side, with Sadiq by him. This was one of the rare times they were not fighting so Arthur pulled out his phone and took a picture of it.

"I made everyone that was with us stay hush about it." Vash said.

"Good, we might not want to get this out to the general public. I will kind of feel bad if the government got a hold of it." Arthur complied.

"We are going to need a name for it, we can't keep calling it 'it'." Vash shrugged.

"Let's call it Σειρήνα." Heracles said, still with his face in the glass.

"Idiot no one can pronounce it. Let's call it something easy like 'Daisy'." Sadiq countered.

"Pick another name what if it's a male." Vash said.

Arthur noticed that Sadiq and Heracles had backed up from the glass, wide eyed. The creature was looking through it now. He was staring the creature right in the blue eyes; something about them drew Arthur in. Its hand has on the glass, showing the webbed fingers.

Alfred, my name is Alfred. The voice inside Arthur's head said again.

~Bio-diversity_

Ve~ first chapter down, don't know how many more to go. Every review boost my confidence with the story. I hope I am entertaining ya'll with my stories. I kind of like writing Alfred as the merperson and not Arthur probably because there are so many of them. I kinda already know where I am going with this story, I just got to write them down. OK bye-bye for now say bye Ivan.

Ivan: *smiles* Bye- bye see you next time. Review or I will find you.

Me: Ivan don't threaten them. Sorry but please review it helps me a lot.