Chapter 3
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MeanwhileâŠ.
âTAG! YOUâRE IT!â , Dory exclaimed as she placed her fin on Marlinâs side. Marlin laughed and rolled his eyes.
The two friends had been playing tag for the last half hour, as they did on many occasion. Sometimes it seamed that as Nemo got more mature the less mature Marlin got.
Since the âincidentâ he had learned to loosen up a bit. Mostly thanks to Dory. She could act like such a child at times but, he didnât mind. There was certainly never a dull moment with Dory.
They were the best of friends, maybe even closerâŠâŠ
âNo Iâm not! You didnât count to ten! It doesnât count!â
âThatâs NOT a rule silly!â , Dory added, âYou just made that up!â
âActually Dory, YOU made that up about 20 min. agoâŠ.â
He laughed.
Doryâs memory had improved tremendously since she met Marlin, but she still forgot the little things every now and then.
âI did?â, she asked confused as she tapped her fin on her chin deep in thought.
Marlin nodded as Dory shrugged,
âOh well!â , she yelled optimistically, âWhat do you want to do now?â
Marlin considered as the two friends leisurely swam along.
âHmmâŠIâm getting kind of tired, how about we take a rest.â , he suggested
âYouâre tired? HOW! Come on! itâs a beautiful day! The sun is shining!â
Dory said enthusiastically as she floated on her back and sighed, flipping back to her normal position.
âFine, if you really want to take a rest I guess we can butâŠâ and then she paused a silly look growing on her face. Her eyes glimmering in the clear water.
âYOU HAVE TO CATCH ME FIRST!â
And with that she swam off like a lightning bolt, bubbles trailing behind, laughing all the way.
Marlin rolled his eyes but complied. That was Dory for youâŠ
âOh no you donât!â Marlin cried as he swam at an equal speed to catch his comrade.
Soon they swam out so far that they were nearing the drop off.
âAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!â the two friends screams could probably be heard through the whole ocean.
The shark had broken through the window shattering glass everywhere as Nemo and Pearl swam in the apposing direction, with Nemo dropping his musical treasure.
The two friends swam in a dance of life and death to the hatch.
Pearl slammed it open and shut again as her and Nemo hid inside the hold, praying that the shark didnât break through that too.
Unfortunately their prays where not answered as they heard the shark banging against the floor boards in a haste to get inside.
BANG
âNemo!âŠâ Pearl began only to be interrupted by another threateningâŠ
BANG
âIâ
BANG
âtold youâ
BANG
âSOOO!â
BANNNNGG
With one last loud deathening bang the floor boards all collapsed as the huge shark charged once again, causing Nemo and Pearl to let out yet another scream.
Quickly they swam up to the main deck again, the shark following.
Nemo through the whole thing Nemo was thinking. Thinking of a plan. All the wheels in his little head were turning. And finally he had it!
He turned his direction to a green rusted cannon in a corner of the ship, with a mast standing behind it.
If he could get the mast to break it would push the canon off the ship and onto the shark!
Yes! A brilliant idea! Nemo thought as he started to swim toward the mast.
âHEY! MR. SHARK! OVER HERE!!!!!â He yelled tauntingly, wiggling his fins.
âHuh?â the shark grunted as it prepared to charge toward the young clownfish, hunger in his bloodshot eyes.
âNemo!â Pearl cried
âWHAT ARE YOU DOING!â
Nemo didnât answer he was too determined to get his plan right.
As the shark charged at him, Nemo moved slightly to the left, sending the shark flying into the mast and past the ship. This sent the mast flying with force into the canon, sending it toppling on top of the shark.
He lay in a crumbled heap on the sandy ocean floor as Nemo and Pearl stare on with a look of both satisfaction, surprise, and fear.
Pearl began to scream
âWE COULD HAVE DIED! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING! YOU IDIOT! THIS IS THE LAST TIME I GO ON ONE OF YOUR CRAZY ADVENTURES NEMO!â She continued as Nemo, as usual, was not listening one bit, but instead thinking about his lost treasure.
Determined to find the musical beauty he began swimming back down the hatch.
âNemo?â Called Pearl questioningly, following her friend reluctantly.
Soon enough Nemo saw it. Through the dark floorboards of the ship, his glimmering musical beauty. The music box.
He smiled as he swam up to it, about to grab it, as something stopped him.
From the top of ship swam down a human. A human girl to be exact, and she snatched Nemoâs treasure carefully , putting it in her bag.
She paused for a moment, noticing Nemo. She waved, as Nemo stared dumbfounded, taking in her features curiously, waving back.
Her long black hair flowed gracefully through the clear water as the light reflecting beautifully on her porcelain skin.
Her eyes gleamed as wonderful as the shine of the music box, with a smile like the sun on a summerâs day. Everything about her wasâŠ.perfect.
Nemo couldnât exactly explain these feelings to himself, but he knew they were wonderful and thatâs all that matters.
Finally, too soon she swam away, taking all her beauty with her to the surface world, a small crustastian following behind her.
Nemo sighed.
He didnât even care about the music box.
She deserved it more than him, and he wanted her to have it.
He was blissfully unaware of his friends wordsâŠ
All he could think of was her.
âNemoâŠ.NemoâŠ..NEMO!â cried Pearl waving her tentacles frantically in her friends face.
âW-what?â Nemo finally asked , snapping back to reality.
âYou were spacing out! I was scared! There was a girl and IâŠ..â Pearl was interrupted yet again.
âA wonderful, beautiful girlâŠ..â sighed Nemo dreamily.
âOh my gosh!â cried Pearl unbelievably.
âWhat is your problem? Youâre a fish, sheâs a human, and youâre totally fin over head for her! I will never understand boys!â she huffed.
âOh but Pearl! Sheâs not like the other humanâsâŠ.sheâs âŠsheâsâŠspecialâ he exclaimed still in a slight daze.
âSpecial? How would you know? You just met her? Actually, not even that, you only SAW her!â
Nemo again opened his mouth to say something but heard something that made his blood run coldâŠ.even though it was already cold, since he was a fish.
âHahahaha!â
âI canât believe you didnât catch me until we got all the way out here!â cried a familiar voiceâŠ.
Dory and his Dad
And Nemo realized, he had been caught.
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