Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Fan Fiction ❯ Ocean Jewel ❯ Who Saved Me? ( Chapter 1 )

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Nanoha's POV

My name is Nanoha, Yamada Nanoha, and I'm your average 17-year-old teenager on her summer vacation before her senior year in high school. My friends Suzuka Tsukimura, Arisa Bannings, and I are at Suzuka's beach-side house that is more like a mansion then a house; as it's twice as big as what I normally live in.

My friends and I decided to spend our summer months here at the ocean so that we could relax and prepare ourselves for senior year in high school. We've been here for two weeks now and it's been nice having our own private beach with no one to pester us.

I've always been a bit leery of the ocean no matter how much I longed to be in it. You see when I was nine years old I almost drowned. If it hadn't been for a little girl with Burgundy eyes, I probably wouldn't be here today. No matter how much I searched for her, I was never able to find her.

I have had dreams of that time when she saved me but some of the things of my dreams confuse me, I remember playing and splashing in the water not far away from my parents. Then I felt hands grabbing both of my ankles and pulling me under, dragging me away into deep waters. After that, I felt arms wrap around me and pull me to the surface so that I could breathe.

When I finally came to I was laying on the beach with a beautiful girl leaning over me, she had the most beautiful yellow hair, pale skin and Burgundy eyes. However, her eyes were so sad as she looked down at me. Then I can remember my parents calling out to me she looked over and saw them coming and the next thing I know she's jumping into the water and swimming away. However, this is the really weird part: I see a black and gold tail flipping in the water and then she's gone.

Who was that girl that saved me eight years ago and where is she? Every time I think of her, my heart aches in a way I've never known before, but this only happens when I think of her. I want to take away the sadness that I saw in her eyes, I want to thank her for saving me all those years ago. I wonder if I will ever see her again.

"Nanoha… Nanoha… NANOHA!"

"Ouch, Arisa, why did you hit me?"

"Because you were daydreaming again, and not listening to me. I was asking you if you want to go down the beach with us today instead of staying up here on the porch. Instead, you were daydreaming looking off with a dreamy look in your eyes. What were or should I say who were you thinking about with such a look?"

"Nanoha must've been thinking about that mysterious girl that she's always talking about when she's near the ocean. Am I right Nanoha?"

"Yes Suzuka, I was thinking of that girl. I was wondering if I’d ever see her again. And to answer your question yes I'll come down to the beach with you, Arisa."

"Good; let's go I've got everything ready I even grabbed you a towel."

"Just remember, Nanoha," as I was being dragged by Arisa. "You can only go in the water knee-deep. That's what your parents said- matter of fact, your mother was very adamant about that. She wouldn't let you come with us unless we promised you would never go any deeper than your knees."

"Yes, yes I know I've been doing that for most of my life. It's not like I don't know that already Arisa."

"She doesn't mean to pester you Nanoha, it's just that we both don't want anything to happen to you."

"With two overprotective friends like you two; how can anything happen to me?"

"Famous last words, Nanoha. Now let's get going!"

The first week we got here, we had set up the canopy with three lounge chairs and tables in between. There were also three chairs out in the sun so that we could sunbathe if we wanted to. Suzuka and Arisa were both in the water having a grand old time. Arisa and I are both on the swim team and were both strong swimmers, but with my parents being so adamant about me not going into the ocean, I'm stuck on dry land. Sometimes I almost feel like a fish out of water when I come to the ocean.

Deciding to walk down the beach, I wrapped my sarong around my waist and went down to the water's edge. I walked into the water mid-calf and started walking towards the cliff that separated us from the rest of the beach-goers. There looks like some nice rocks I could sit on and watch the ocean.

After getting to my destination, I noticed there was a small cove that you couldn't see unless you were on top of one of the rocks. Smiling at my discovery, I decided to explore it a bit, getting into the water I noticed it was a bit deeper that I was expecting it to be going all the way up to my waist.

Feeling a bit uncomfortable and vulnerable, I started getting back out when I had an eerie feeling that something was behind me so I turned around to look and there was something big and black in the water coming straight towards me. Before I could even scream something had a hold of my ankles and pulled me under water dragging me along the bottom, I tried kicking to get away from whatever it was but it wasn't letting go.

I could feel that I was going deeper into the water as I could feel the pressure, as it continued to drag me I was getting scratched and scraped by the sand and barnacles as it didn't care that I was getting injured a long way. Was this thing trying to kill me? What have I done to want something from the ocean to take my life?

Suddenly whatever was holding my ankles let go of me and I started to drift, I tried to swim towards the surface but at this point my body used up most of the oxygen, and I was getting weaker the closer to the surface I got. I couldn't move my arms and legs anymore and I just drifted, I then felt like a shockwave go through the water.

As I was just floating there wondering what my parents were going to be thinking when they find my drowned body, I felt arms wrap around my torso and I felt us moving upwards towards the surface I put my head on the shoulder of the person that was saving me. When we broke the surface, I gasped for air. After a few minutes, I was able to calm down my breathing.

"I need to get you to the beach as quickly as possible you're in danger when you're in the ocean. I'm sorry this is going to hurt but I have to get you to the beach as fast as possible before others find you."

With that, the person moved around to my back I moaned in pain and she whispered that she was sorry again and then I felt myself moving very quickly through the water. When I opened my eyes I could see, the cliff going past us whoever my rescuer was is a very strong and swift swimmer as we made it back to the beach faster than whatever it was that dragged me out.

We made it back into the cove and she helped me up onto the beach laying me on my stomach so that the sand wouldn't get into my open wounds on my back, legs, and arms. I twisted my head around so that I could see the person that saved me, and thank them for what they did.

That's when my eyes looked upon a face I thought I would never see again, golden blonde hair, fine pale skin, and those beautiful but sad Burgundy eyes. She smiled at me but the smile never reached her eyes. She turned around to leave but I grabbed her hand before she could get very far.

"Wait please, I've wanted to say thank you for saving me all those years ago, but I guess I need to say thank you again for saving me again today. My name is Nanoha, Yamada Nanoha. What's your name?"

"There is no need to thank me because I will always be there to protect you. My name is Fate, Fate Testarossa."

As I took in more of her appearance, I noticed that from her waist down they were black and gold scales and at the end was a tale. My eyes widened with surprise as I looked back up to her face. She smiled sadly at me and started making her way back into the ocean.

"Wait please; are you really… a mermaid?"

"Yes I am."

"Wow that's amazing. Now I know why I couldn't find you before; I was looking in the wrong place for you."

She moved back up towards me and was sitting next to me brushing my hair out of my face she leaned down and kissed my cheek.

"Nanoha you need to promise me to stay out of the ocean, if they find you, they will even come on land and try and hurt you. I will do everything that I can to make sure that they don't find you, but I can only do so much. Please I implore you never come back into the ocean ever again."

"Why, why is someone trying to hurt me? What have I done that they want to take my life?"

"I can't explain it right now your friends are on their way; someday I'll be able to tell you if I'm able to. Goodbye for now Nanoha and please stay safe."

With that, she was back into the water and with a splash, and a flick of her tail she was gone. Just then, Suzuka and Arisa came running up to me and ushered me into the beach house so they could attend to my wounds. They bombarded me with questions on what had happened. How could I tell them that I had been saved by a mermaid after being attacked by some unknown creature?

After two weeks my injuries were almost all healed up except a few of the bad ones. My friends wouldn't let me down on the beach so I stayed on the porch and looked out longingly looking for her. Trying to see if I could see a flick of her tail or her golden tresses but I never saw her.

Now it’s Fate's POV at the same time

I was on my way to my favorite place to sunbathe, which is a small cove next to a cliff; it's very secluded so I don't have to worry about too many humans catching sight of me coming out of the water. Although after a few minutes of being on dry land it wouldn't matter, as I would look like a normal human at least until I got back in the water again.

I was getting closer when I saw one of my mother's minions had a hold of something and was dragging it along the bottom towards the black crevice where the giant squid lives.

As I continue to watch, I saw brown hair flowing out behind and knew this had to be a human, but why was it dragging it towards the crevice? What did this human do to warrant such a horrible death? Not liking what I was seeing I hurried over to see if I could help in any way.

What I saw horrified me it was the girl; the one I must protect at all costs. With this realization, I charged in just before they got to the black crevice. I hit the minion from behind which caused it to let her go. When she was freed, she started to swim towards the surface; I turned my attention towards my foe.

It wasn't too happy that I had interfered in its duties to my mother, but I didn't care my loyalty was to someone much higher than my mother's. I didn't want to take the chance of it escaping and telling my mother what it knew so I used my abilities to cause a shock wave throwing it backwards into the black crevice hitting it against the wall.

It was stunned and started to sink down, but I had to make sure it wouldn't escape so I moved over to the crevice and used another shock wave to force it down in the black crevice. When the minion was almost the bottom I could see the tentacles of the giant squid come up snag it and pull it down to its death.

Once I was assured her safety at not being exposed I turned around to make sure she got to the surface, she was moving extremely sluggish and then her arms and legs stopped moving. I swam to her as fast as I could, wrapping my arms around her body. Her head nestled on my shoulder; I brought us to the surface as quickly as I could. I knew she was running out of oxygen.

When we broke the surface, she gasped for air. Once her breathing had gotten regular, I told her, "I need to get you to the beach as quickly as possible; you're in danger when you're in the ocean. I'm sorry this is going to hurt but I have to get you to the beach as fast as possible before others find you."

With that, I moved around to her back, she moaned in pain, and I whispered that I was sorry again and then I got her to shore as fast as I possibly could, if there was one minion from my mother there could be more. I had to get her out of the ocean as quickly as possible.

We made it back into the cove and I helped her up onto the beach laying her on her stomach so that the sand wouldn't get into her open wounds. She twisted her head around so that she could see me. That's when she looked at me, I smiled down at her, and then I started to turn around to leave when she grabbed my hand before I could get very far.

"Wait please, I've wanted to say thank you for saving me all those years ago, but I guess I need to say thank you again for saving me again today. My name is Nanoha, Yamada Nanoha. What's your name?"

"There is no need to thank me because I will always be there to protect you. My name is Fate, Fate Testarossa."

As she took in more of my appearance, she noticed that I didn't have legs but a fish's tail. Her eyes widened with surprise as she looked back up at my face. I smiled sadly at her and started making my way back into the ocean.

"Wait please; are you really… a mermaid?"

"Yes I am." I said with a bit of fear in my heart that she would reject what I am.

"Wow that's amazing. Now I know why I couldn't find you before I was looking in the wrong place for you."

I moved back up towards her and was sitting next to her brushing her hair out of her face I leaned down and kissed her cheek.

"Nanoha you need to promise me to stay out of the ocean, if they find you, they will even come on land and try and hurt you. I will do everything that I can to make sure that they don't find you, but I can only do so much please I implore you never come back into the ocean ever again."

"Why, why is someone trying to hurt me? What have I done that they want to take my life?"

"I can't explain it right now your friends are on their way; someday I'll be able to tell you if I'm able to. Goodbye for now Nanoha and please stay safe."

With that, I was back into the water and with a splash and a flick of my tail; I was gone. I watched as her friends helped her to the house that was not very far away. I knew I had to make sure that the right people knew that she was still in danger.

I made my way to the TSAB (the Tide-Sea Administration Bureau) I had to see the Commodore. It felt like forever before I got there once there I got to the Commodore's office and asked the secretary for a private audience with her.

"I'll see if she can have a private moment with you just one moment."

"Yes, Commodore, Ms. Testarossa is here she needs a private audience with you. She looks a bit upset Commodore I think you may need to see her it could be important. Yes, ma'am, I'll send her right in, go ahead Ms. Testarossa the Commodore is waiting for you."

I nodded my head to the secretary in made my way into the Commodore's office. After going inside she got up to come around her desk but I shook my head no and put my finger to my lips to let her know we need to be quiet. Took some paper and a quill and started writing. 'Soundproof the room and check for listening spells'

After reading, this she nodded her head yes, as she understood what I had to say was for the utmost secrecy. After sealing and checking for any listening spells, the room was clear and we were finally alone to talk freely.

"So what brings you here Fate?"

"She was found this morning; one of my mother's minions had gotten a hold of her and tried sending her down to the black crevice. Thankfully, I was in the area and was able to stop him, but she was badly injured."

"Oh my, is she going to be all right?"

"I think so; she had friends there to help her. I didn't want to stay around and possibly draw attention to where she’s at so I came straight here, you're the first person I've had contact with since leaving her."

"That's a relief, so you and I are the only two that know she was attacked this morning."

"Yes and I'm the only one who knows where that happened."

"Good we'll leave it that way, the fewer people that know the better off she'll be in the end."

"Do you think my mother has stepped up her search, and that's why she was found?"

"Fate I honestly don't know, it's very possible. However, if they do end up finding her they will stop at nothing to finish the job."

"Lindy, how are we going to protect her when she's on land and we are in the ocean?"

"I've been thinking of that Fate, you may have to go to the surface and find a way of protecting her. We'll have Chrono and Amy here in the ocean but right now there is nobody on land that I know of that can protect her from what's after her."

"If I stay out of the water for too long I will lose my ability to come back, just like she has. I will end up becoming an outcast to everyone that I know and care about."

"As long as you get your legs wet every few days to get your tailback, you'll be fine and will be able to come back. But if your legs don't turn back into your tail then there is no way you can ever return to us."

I looked down at sea grass floor thinking hard, this was not going to be an easy decision, but for her I would do anything.

"All right I'll do it. When do you want me to go to the surface?"

"Soon we need to make some arrangements before you go to the surface. I'm very proud of you Fate I know you must be terrified, but everything will work out as it was always meant to."

I nodded my head yes and left her office leaving all of the arrangements up to her. A little over two weeks later, everything had been arranged. I was being sent on a mission deep in the Pacific Ocean that would account for my lack of being around.

I took Chrono and Amy to a special underwater cave that is my secret hiding place from my mother. "If I ever have to hide her, this is where we would end up. I will only use this as a last resort."

Lindy already had a bag packed for me so all I had to do was go on my mission. I did my usual as if I really was going on a mission and once I was sure I wasn't being followed, I took the longest route back to the beach where Nanoha was. It's been three weeks since I rescued her if she's not at that house; I'm not sure how I would be able to find her.

As I was approaching the cove I could see them out on the beach, I was relieved I wasn't going to have to search for her. Climbing out of the water, I let myself dry out enjoying the warmth of the sun. Once I was fully dried out, I no longer had a tail but two very long legs with feet attached to the ends.

Carefully I stood up a bit unsteady, as I have never really walked with these before. After I got my balance, I put on the clothing that Lindy had put the bag for me. It was a black bikini with a black and gold sarong to tie around my waist. Once I was sure I looked presentable, I put the bag on my shoulder and slowly made my way over to Nanoha.

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