Chapter Fifteen: Silence of the Night
When everything was silent and quiet in the castle Sebastian decided to sneak out… again. He did this on an almost nightly basis, and he didn't even ever tell his friend about his trips, mainly because he had to protect him, or at least he would have to until his birthday at the very least due to his contract/deal. But he went out because it was the only thing that he could do.
That was the only way he knew how to sleep and fight, nothing else ever really worked for him.
He never told his friend this because he didn't really need to know, or at least not yet he did. He sighed, he wished that he could, but he couldn't not yet, and all because of the deal which was more like a curse instead. Oh well, he could live with it for now, after all, he had lived it for many years by now.
But as the day got closer it was much harder to resist his natural urges, yet he still did.
He still did because Forrest was his very best friend, and he had to protect him no matter what the cost might be.
He went to the water’s edge and then dipped his hoof in.
Suddenly Triton raised up from the water. “Didn't I warn you about stepping into my realm and domain?” He growled berry angrily.
“Yes, but I’m not in your kingdom now, am I? I’m on the very edge of both kingdoms, right in the middle where peace and war can start and also end,” he said.
“What do you want? Forgiveness? Redemption? A second chance? Well guess what, you’ve already got one, and you failed at it,” he said.
“Ah, but I think that I might have information that would grant me a third one,” he said.
“Go on,” Triton said lowering his trident down.
“I’m sure that by now you’re already wondering where your daughter is, right?”
Triton’s eyes flared up with anger, “If you did anything to her, if you hurt her I swear that I will kill you,” he said.
“Hey, don’t worry about her, she’s safe… for now at least, not so much three days from now, anyhow it’s not what I did to her, but more rather what she did to herself, and trust me, you’re going to laugh when you hear this because it’s so funny and hilarious,” he said trying not to smile, but failing to do so.
“Alright, fine then, just tell me where she is already!” Triton said.
“Well I won't tell you if you’re just going to be rude about it.”
Triton growled with anger and fury.
“You also forgot to say the magic word,” Sebastian said in a sing-song voice.
Triton sighed as he still looked at him with anger, “Alright, fine then, very well, will you please tell me where my daughter is right now?” he said.
“Ah, that’s much better, and yes, I will, thanks for asking me, you see, your daughter is well… otherwise landlocked and capsized at the moment.”
Triton looked at him still furious with him, “Wait, what?”
“Well I guess you could say that she’s finally earned her land legs,” Sebastian said unable to resist laughing at his own very subtle jokes.
“Tell me what happened to her already damn it!” Triton shouted.
“Oh, haven’t you already guessed it, she went to the Sirens of course, duh!” he said.
Suddenly Triton’s face turned very pale, “No, this can't be true, this isn’t real, this is impossible!”
“Oh, but it is, it really is, and want to now the best part of all of this is?
“You can't do anything, not one single simple thing to help her out.”
Triton growled, “I can and I will,” he said.
“Even if you killed the Sirens do you really think that it would change the deal? Besides, you can't kill them, they’re immortal just like you are, just like I am because of my curse,” he said.
“Your actions lead to that curse because of the deal that you made!”
“And I do wish that I had never taken it, but I can't change that now, but I can try to change the future by redeeming myself, so what do you say, king?”
“If accepting your help means that my daughter is safe and happy, then so be it,” Triton said.
“Yes, but what do I get in exchange for it?” he said.
“Freedom if that’s what you want, gold, wealth, treasure, just name it and it will be yours,” he said.
“Well then, I think that we have yet another deal because in three days your daughter won't be safe anymore because of her deal with the sirens, but might I recommend making a very powerful storm on that day?”
Triton looked at Sebastian very suspiciously and curiously, “So, what do you have planned to save my daughter?”
“Oh, you’ll see very soon enough, but let’s just say it involves a prince and a king as well,” he said smiling as Triton still looked very confused even when he did finally manage to explain his plan.
“That sounds very dangerous,” he said.
“Well I can't guarantee anything, but are you willing to take a leap of faith for the risk or not? What do you really want, you daughter’s safety and joy, or your own instead?” he said holding out his hoof. Triton looked at it very nervously.
“You have a deal, Sebastian,” he said.
“Excellent, very good then, remember this and in three days’ time we will act, understand?” he said.
“Yes, I do.”
“Very good then, now if you don't mind, I want to get some sleep,”
And with that said Triton disappeared under the waves as Sebastian lay there on the sand soaking up what he could before the daytime eventually came.