I had this fic planned for a long toime so any similarty to Sari the meerkat's LBT/ Nemo fic and this one are coincidental also it's a sequal to my AU Finding Nemo verse where Coral survived. A sequal to Angel of the Reef. Some chapters will be named after tracks from the LBT sndtrack.

THE SEA DURING TIME I

The Search for Home

CHAPTER 1. BARRACUDA AND THE EARTHQUAKE

Nemo slept beside his mother and father and his new brothers and sisters they would be moving to a new anemone soon as the yellow and pink one was getting cramped. Little did Nemo know after tonight his life would never be the same. Nemo heard a noise it was a shotgun shrimp making it's mating noise. Nemo swam out of the anemone after the shrimp which swam away. He followed it until he bumped into something. "Hey watch where you're going! Nemo what are you doing up?" Tad asked. "I'm following this funny shrimp it went over by those sponge beds." Nemo explained. "Let's go then." Tad said. "But it could be dangerous!" Nemo replied. " Danger ha! I laugh in the face of danger!" Tad said. He pounced at the shrimp which jumped to another sponge Nemo joined in they laughed trying to pounce on the shrimp. There was a snarling sound and a shadow fell over the area. Nemo and Tad looked and saw... " Barracuda! Daddy! Help!" They screamed and swam away "We should hide!" Tad said. "There in the cave!" Nemo said. They dove inside and the Barracuda lost scent. "Whew we lost him... I am a genius!" Tad said." "Hey it was my idea!" Nemo said. "Oh yeah gotcha!" Tad shouted. There was a roar and the barracuda was back. "He found us!" Tad yelled. "Next time be quiet this way!" Nemo yelled. The Barracuda was about to pounce when all of a sudden an orange blur rammed into the barracuda knocking it into a rock. The sun was rising. "Dad!?" Nemo exclaimed. Marlin had come to the rescue. "Swim that way! Go!" Marlin shouted. The barracuda lunged again. "Look out!" Nemo said shoving Tad out of the way of the barracuda. The barrcuda lunged at Marlin grabbing onto him and shaking Tad and Nemo screamed from behind a rock. Marlin squirmed free of the death grip but a huge piece of his dorsal fin was gone and his back was injured. Marlin rammed the Barracuda again sending it flying. Then fell to the ground. "Nemo. Tad go through that crevice!" He said.

Nemo and Tad were alone Marlin was no longer with them nor was the barracuda. Then the seafloor began to shake and split. Nemo and tad yelled as they tried to get away. Marlin dodged out of the way of a rock thrust upward. Nemo and Tad spotted the barracuda which was now trying to save it's own life. Nemo and Tad swam but all of a sudden a huge gulf opened before and behind them sucking them back towards the open jaws of the barracuda. "Help! Daddy!" Nemo yelled. Marlin swam to the rescue sending the barracuda falling down into the abyss. Marlin and Nemo swam off while tad tried to find his parents. " Dad!" Tad called out. But a gulf separated them. The earthquake was horrible schools and pods were divided families torn away from one another. Coral, Dory and Nemo's siblings were separated from him. Tad, Sheldon, Squirt and Pearl were also separated from their parents. The reef was completely obliterated.