//------------------------------// // The Sea Kingdoms // Story: Songs of the Siren // by Silver Inkwell //------------------------------// Chapter One: The Sea Kingdoms There once were two kingdoms, one that was in the sea, and one that stood by the sea. Remember that. They were very prosperous, and the ponies very happy, they lived in peace and were very content with their lives and neither wished for any more than the other. But one day, there was one who was not content, one that was not happy with his life, he yearned for something more, he didn’t know what he wanted. He searched for many years just like his fathers before him, for they too had searched, the very first of his line had found this beach and shoreline, and he had started the process of building the kingdom. But for what true reason and purpose he would never say, and if somepony asked him, he would simply reply that he was waiting. When asked what he was waiting for, he would laugh and say the perfect mare and all the answers to his questions. After all, what more would one want in life to make them happy? For he, his sons, his loyal subjects, and the seaponies all knew the answer to real, true joy. That is why they were always happy, because it was a mindset and not just a momentary fleeting feeling and emotion. No, they grasped unto it, held it, and never ever let it go. But despite having the very secret knowledge of this, the first king and his sons still always stayed there by the sea, or, at least, the eldest son always did. The younger sons were allowed to roam free and wild wherever they pleased doing whatever they wanted and wished to, but the desire for something more was always in the blood of the eldest, always at the back of the mind. And they had no idea why that was. But when the first king was old and dying, the first son asked his father if he had found the perfect mare yet. His father smiled very weakly at his son, coughed, and then responded. “No, I have not, yet I know that she is still out there because I saw her in the sea one day, your mother, she was a very lovely wife to me, but she was not perfect, not the one that I wanted.” “What happened to that mare?” “I lost her to the sea a very long time ago, and I have never seen her since.” “Well, I’m going to try to find her.” “Good luck then, but don’t waste your life chasing a hopeless dream.” “Don’t worry father, if you believe that it was real then so do I.” And then with that said his father slowly smiled and then died. The son searched for this mare, but he too like his father only saw her once. But unlike his father, he managed to approach her before she vanished. He spent his years and the rest of his life searching for her, and so did his son too as well. But it was finally the fourth son who managed success where all the others before him had failed. That is where this story begins, with my best and closest friend. His name was Forrest Ocean Moon, son of Eric Ocean Moon son of William Henry Allan Ocean Moon, who was the son of the very first king who was named Crescent Moon. But before we get to the story of his romance, let me first tell you of how royalty was raised. They had everything that they could possibly want or wish for, but they always had this strange unusual fascination with the ocean and see. It was always just a bit odd to see a member of royalty staring out at the distance ignoring any conversation or idle useless talk of any pony else. They always said that they wanted something more, they just didn’t know what it was. The very first king could have explained it, but he never did, but there was a letter that did, but it was one never previously found or opened before. But one day, the most recent son, the latest prince, came upon it. When he was finally done reading it he was greatly shocked and surprised too as well. The letter said that the first king must have lied about seeing the sea mare, but in the letter, the king denied that, saying the reason he always wanted something more, something part of the sea, was because they had both a great gift and terrible curse. They were blessed to have a much deeper understanding with nature and all the animals, beasts, and creatures within it, but they yearned for the sea and ocean because the king himself had heard the rumor that one of his fathers had finally managed to persuade a seapony to marry him and stay with him on land. However, one day he just vanished after raising his child for many long years and he was never seen again, but he suspected that he was living with his wife in the very deep sea below, he also said that he thought it would be great to make that tradition and so he too had eventually found a seapony. He said that each king led others to believe that they failed until the time was finally right for the new king to learn that they had all succeeded instead. Each had a wife from the sea, each had the blood of the sea, each yearned for the sea, each had finally found the perfect wife and answers. But the king also said it would be wrong to continue this tradition forever, after all, they were taking the Seaponies from their natural home, which is why he explained that he, his father, and his sons would all have to fake their deaths. He also explained that this letter would be found by each son believing it to be lost, but not really since each king would place it in a different spot, area, and location each time to ensure its continual safety. There were many more pages to the letter and notes from the other kings before the current prince. This however, is just mere, very brief recap of the events in his life. And even I cannot fully explain it all. But my friend, he explained all of this to me before leaving, And I was tasked with keeping his secret safe. I write this in my journal in the hopes that someday it may be ready to show to the whole entire world. But until then, it will never see the light of day so as to keep the secret of the Seaponies safe. So, here is his story.