Family Ties (Vanilla)

===Chapter 1===
Pancake relaxed her grip on the chocolate in her mouth and swallowed down the last few pieces of what remained of her purchase at the coast. 
"I've never been in the ocean," Cobalt admitted. Pancake gave him a curious look. 
"Never?" she asked, unbelieving. 
"I learned to swim in rivers." He didn't seem particularly bothered by this, even though SeaWings could die from not having water on their scales. 
"Well, here's your chance to learn." Pancake took a second to prepare her wings, then dove in. Cobalt followed quickly after, making a huge splash in the otherwise still ocean. Ripples spread across the surface, and Pancake could see them underwater. They floated for a few moments before snapping back to reality. 
Let's go, Pancake flashed on her scales. Cobalt nodded and the two swam down. Small silver fish flickered around them, darting through and about the long strands of kelp. They went deeper and deeper, until she could hardly see the light that came from the sun. Pancake glanced at Cobalt and saw that he was getting used to breathing through his gills. She swam towards the entrance of an underwater cavern and waited for Cobalt. 
Which way? Cobalt asked nervously. The tunnel had split into two halves. 
Pancake checked the left side and found that it was a dead end. Right. 
Finally, they emerged from the end of the tunnel. She could see the amazing grandeur of the Deep Palace, the marine life of the Kingdom of the Sea, and the greens, blues, pinks, and purples of dragons beginning their daily lives. An octopus stopped to curiously investigate them then hurried on its way. The coral reefs were spectacularly colorful, and the water had transformed into a more aquamarine color. The sand underneath was speckled, and there was an underwater trench so deep she couldn't see the bottom of it. Dull green kelp forests covered up the ground. A giant boulder lay to Cobalt's left and was littered with scratch marks. 
Technically they can't arrest me for deserting the military, she flashed. After all, I was pushed out of course by stray currents in a storm. I just wasn't severely injured and had to be nursed back to health by a couple of coast SeaWings for months. 
Coast SeaWings? If her friend could have laughed underwater, he would have. Who's ever heard of SeaWings living on the coast? 
Well, where do you think the missing princess lives? Pancake joked. I'm surprised we haven't run into a guard yet.
That reminds me, Cobalt flashed. My family knows Webs' son.
Webs? Like the traitor? I thought he was executed not long after he was discovered.
Cobalt shook his head. He's still alive. No one knows where he is. His wife is the one that was executed. It's terrible, I guess. She wasn't involved in his plan.
Or was she? Pancake added. They had no time for conspiracy theories, but it was fun to wonder a bit.
They had a son. Riptide. The queen sent him away to one of the most remote outposts, my mother said. 
That's too bad, she said, but her mind was on something else.
=== Chapter 2 ===
Pancake flinched when they arrived at her former house. 
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