PARENTHOOD
Chapter Two Hundred and Ten (In the Doctor's distant future) "I am Hamfish the Blind," Hamfish said and thumped the coral stick on the stone. "Pleased to meet you," Doctor Merman said. "Why are you here?" "We are on quest," Doctor Merman said as Hamfish blinked and tapped the coral stick on the stone. Hamfish reached the edge of the platform when he poked the coral stick in the water and Alan of Seaweed yelped when Hamfish hit him in the head with the coral stick. "Hamfish, stop that," Frazerwick said when Hamfish turned his head toward Frazerwick's voice and a soft growl filled his throat. "What are you doing here, Traitor?" Hamfish demanded as they looked at Frazerwick and Frazerwick arched his hat back on his head. "I am no traitor!" "You betrayed me! If it wasnae for you, I would still be able tae see!" "Dinnae put the blame on me! I told you nae tae ride Loch!" "As the oldest, I can ride whatever mount I wish!" "Aye, an' you rode him tae the surface so you could see the sunrise! It was pure luck that you weren't killed when those humans got hold of you!" "Aye, they didnae ken that it was bad luck tae mess with me! But, thanks tae you, I will never see the sunrise ever again!" "Hold on," Captain Jack said as he hopped onto the platform and held himself up with his arms. "Just who are you?" "He's my brother," Frazerwick said. "How can that be? He has no fins," Princess Rain Shower said. They watched as Frazerwick floated out of the water while a white light shimmered around his tail and his tail changed into legs. His robe slithered down his thin hips as he landed on the stone platform next to Hamfish and arched his hat almost down to his eyes. "Neat trick," Alan of Seaweed said and Adamana nodded. "Look, I don't care what bad blood is going on between the two of you. All I want to know is where the jeweled seahorse of Neptune is," Doctor Merman asked while Hamfish turned and walked toward him, poking Doctor Merman in the side with the coral stick. Reaching down, Hamfish ran his hand along Doctor Merman's back to his tail then straightened up and blinked. "You are a merman?" he asked and Doctor Merman gave him a slightly blank look. "Yeah, is that a problem?" "It is if you wish to retrieve the seahorse. It is located in the Temple of the Golden Heart," Hamish said as Alan of Seaweed, Adamana, Princess Rain Shower and Rose Coral hopped onto the stone platform and looked up at him. "Do you know where this temple is?" Rose Coral asked. "Aye," Hamfish said with a nod of his head. "Well, let's get going," Alan of Seaweed said and Adamana sighed, rolling his eyes. "I don't think we can go. Sounds to be like this temple is located on land and that's one place we can't go," Adamana said and Hamfish nodded. "You are correct. The temple is located on the Isle of Lob Dawf," Hamish said and their eyes went wide. "Wait a second! Lob Dawf? That's an anagram of Bad Wolf!" Alan said and Adam grinned at him. "And this Temple of the Golden Heart sounds a lot like the TARDIS," Jack said. "So the seahorse is located on the beach of Bad Wolf Bay and it's in the TARDIS?" Donna asked. "I never said that," Adam said then half closed his eyes and smiled. "So how can we get to the temple if we don't have legs and can't stay out of the water for more than a few minutes?" Rose Coral asked and Frazerwick looked at the ceiling, tapping his foot on the stone. "You could ask me," he said softy then crossed his arms over his chest and pouted, sticking out his lower lip. "Did you say something?" Captain Jack asked. "Aye, I said you could ask me what to do!" "No, dinnae trust him!" Hamfish shouted. "But if he knows away for us to go on land..." Doctor Merman said and Hamfish growled. "No, I will nae allow him to harm anyone else!" Hamfish shouted and Frazerwick snarled, looking up at the ceiling "Oh, gull poop!" Frazerwick grumbled when he waved his hands and a white light filled the cave. The others covered their eyes then moaned as the white light faded and Rose Coral's eyes went wide while she looked at Alan of Seaweed. "Great Waves, you're..." she said as he looked down and his eyes went wide. "Will you look at that!" Alan of Seaweed said then looked over at Doctor Merman and frowned. "Aw, guppies, that's not fair." "Right, you better not show us what he's looking at! There are children present!" Donna said and they laughed. "You know I never asked," Alan said when he got up and walked to the Doctor. Leaning closer, he whispered in the Doctor's ear then the Doctor whispered in his ear and Alan pouted. "Right, where's the ruler?" "Sit down, you goof," Adam said as Alan walked back to the couch, sat on the floor and Adam leaned closer, whispering in his ear. "I hate you," Alan sighed as Adam patted him on the top of the head and Alan growled. "Can we get back to the story?" Donna asked and Adam smiled at her. One by one, they stood up on shaky legs as Frazerwick waved his hands and they looked down. Princess Rain Shower was dressed in white shorts, a pink t-shirt and a white waist coat and her hair was tied back in a white scarf. Rose Coral was dressed in blue short and a white t-shirt with the Union Jack on the front and she had her hair in a pony tail. Captain Jack was wearing jeans, a tight blue shirt and a long, black coat and Alan of Seaweed was wearing jeans, a white t-shirt that read I AM A STUD on the front and he grinned at Frazerwick. Adamana was wearing jeans, a white t-shirt, a leather jacket and his seaweed fedora was now made out of brown felt with a black band. Angel Fish peeked out from under Frazerwick's hat when he took her in his hand and held his left arm out. She flew into the air then changed into human form and was wearing white shorts and a blue t-shirt with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm on the front. Doctor Merman was dressed in a brown pinstripe suit with a white shirt and a black tie and a tan coat and Princess Rain Shower smiled at him. "Ok, now that we're dressed, can we get going?" Alan of Seaweed asked. "Uh," Captain Jack said as he looked at his bare feet while wiggling his toes on the stone and Frazerwick smiled, waving his hand. Two pair of sandals, a pair of brown work boots, a pair of leather boots and two pair of Converse appeared as well as some socks and they looked at Frazerwick with confused looks on their faces. Sighing, he explained how to put the socks on as Doctor Merman looked at the black socks with red toes and heels and wondered what Friday was. Shrugging, he reached over for one of the pairs of Converse when Alan of Seaweed grabbed the Superman ones and stuck his tongue out at him. Scrunching his face at him, Doctor Merman took the Spiderman Converse then placed them on his feet and Frazerwick explained how to tie the laces. Standing up, they looked at Hamfish as he held onto the coral stick then tapped the coral stick on the stone and nodded his head. "This way," he said as they followed him into the cave and Princess Rain Shower and Rose Coral held onto Alan of Seaweed and Doctor Merman. Hamfish allowed them to rest as they headed deeper into the cave then stopped when they came to the end of the tunnel and looked out at the ocean spreading out before them. "Oh my, how do we get down?" Princess Rain Shower asked as she looked down and Adamana looked at her then realized that they were standing on a ledge twenty feet above the surface of the ocean. Turning around, Adamana went back inside the cave when Doctor Merman followed him inside and Adamana stood with his back to the wall. "You don't have to come," he said as Adamana shook his head and felt his heart slamming in his chest. "No, I'm fine," he said when they heard the sound of the coral stick on the stone and Hamfish walked closer, stopping next to them. "Is there a problem?" he asked. "Yeah, I don't do heights," Adamana said as he breathed hard and fast through his nose and Hamfish tilted his head to one side. "I do not understand." "He can't go up," Doctor Merman said and Hamfish gave them a blank look. "We are not going up. We are going over the water." "And how are we going to do that?" "Come and I will show you," Hamfish said as they walked back to the others and Rose Coral slid her arms around Adamana's arm. "Are you alright?" she asked and he shook his head. They watched as Hamfish walked to the edge of the ledge when he tapped the coral stick on the stone, placed his head back and an inhuman sound filled the air. They waited for a few moments when the water exploded around them and something rose toward the ledge. The creature was thirty feet long with soft white fur and the four flippers gently moved side to side. The creature's long neck came forward as the blue eyes blinked and Frazerwick smiled, walking closer. "Greeting, Auroralla," he said with a bow and Auroralla looked at him. She moved her head toward him as she sniffed him and he slowly reached up, patting the soft fur. "Let me guess. She's taking us to the isle?" Alan of Seaweed asked and Hamfish turned, looking toward him. "Aye," he said while Adamana leaned his back against the wall and looked up at the sky. "Oh guppy poop," he said as he rolled his eyes and arched the fedora forward.
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