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Nadia swims to the coral reef, grinning at all the colorful plant life. She Looks around, making sure her little Sharky pet stays close in the bustling reef. "Anyone around?" she asks aloud "Hello?" watching bubbles appear out of the top of some coral tower, she smiles, wondering why more people weren't at such an inviting place...

Nadia smiled at Jakob, glancing at Rebekah and Rivka "Hey.. My name is Nadia.. I'm sort of the adopted sister of Aidan... " she looks around thoughtfully "Though, he seems to have stayed back in the meadows.." she puts a fin up to display a semi-secret to Jakob "I think his girl friend showed up" she giggles, watching his fins move in the passing currents

Aki came swimming up to the pretty place "wow" was all he could say. He did a few loops in the air then called out to his friend, "Iulai! come and see! it is very pretty!!!"

Iulai was a little scared but fallowed aki "are you sure it is ok?"
aki smile "yes! now lets meet new fishies!" aki swam in with Iulai close behind

Amythest swam around the flower she had made her home. She watched over the eggs there. She sighed and wondered when Malila might come back. He had to go off on some hunting trip. She was hoping he would bring some yummy treats back for them. She went to step outside and found a seahorse laying on the edge of the reef. She nudged it with her body. She could see some bubbles coming out. It was still alive. She lifted it up and drug it into the flower room where the babies were. She gave it some of what little food was left for the day. She then let it just rest. She hoped it would be ok.

The seahorse's eyes opened, and its gills flapped. Amy smiled and backed up. Gill flapping was always a sign of life. "Hi there. You shouldn't go anywhere since you were apparently hurt recently. Tell you what.... why don't you rest in teh baby's room?"

The seahorse looked at her. "Um, thank you ma'am. I am so sorry. I don't really remember what happened that knocked me out, even though I remember from being much further down teh coral. Still, I appreciate your tending to me. I'm sure the baby room will be great."

Amythest led him in and watched him get comfortable, when she turned around, she hadn't noticed Malila come back. She swam up to him. She thought it was him but as she got closer, he was bigger. He was much bigger in fact. She looked up at him. "Malila... is that... you? You look different..."

Amy noticed that even upon hatching; one clownfish didn't seem to want to stay with the rest of the family. She swam up to Malila. She looked deep into his eyes. "Oh.... Yeah. It is you. I'm sorry, but you are just suddenly so different. I wonder if I can change like that as well?" Amythest was suddenly developing a sense of insecurity unsure if Malila might still wish to be mated to her with her still being only a clownfish. Would he depart from her for some other fish that had ascended to the form he reached. She wasn't prepared to expose that vulnerable feeling to him, so she buried it deep inside and changed her attention to the hatching babies. She took some of the seaweed he had brought back while they came out.

"This could be one of the happiest moments of my life."

Then, as she saw a pink and blue fish emerge from egg, she said, "I'll name you Guess. And, you'll be Quartz." She said this last part to a small purple fish. His deep purple made her heart skip a beat He was incredibly illustious. Then, she saw another purple one opening up. When Amythest looked at her, she felt she was seeing herself. She waited to see the last egg open up.

The seahorse was suddenly covered with opening fish egg shells. They were soft and runny, but they were starting to cover him. He went and moved to a far corner where he could continue to rest unbothered.