Adele's Stories

There was nothing in the world better than being an ocean elf. Swimming with dolphins, playing in the waves, coloring the coral. The sky elves and nature elves were cool, but no one had as much fun as the ocean elves.

We were the guardians of the waters. Watching over the creatures and healing the reefs were what we were made for. It was on one these day, that me and some of my friends were gliding among the coral when the dolphin appeared.

Naturally, we thought nothing of it. We saw dolphins all the time, it was the sea creature that the ocean elves had the closest bond with. But today, as much as we wanted to, we couldn’t play with the dolphin as we were sent on an assignment to check up on the reef.

The dolphin swam in a circle around us, clicking anxiously and tossing his head. I sent a look to my friends next to me and we all stopped to watch the dolphin. She continued to circle us and cry out in distress. We could see nothing physically wrong with her so we assumed she was asking us to follow her.

We all looked at each other with silent questions. We were not allowed to leave the reef until our job was done, but there was a chance that whatever was going on with the dolphin was more urgent. I made a decision. I didn’t stop to see if the others joined me, I just followed the dolphin.

It lead me through the crystal waters farther and farther from the reef. Farther than I had ever been before. I almost turned back when I realized how far we were going. We weren’t allowed to come out this far.

But when we began to near what it was that had this dolphin in such an anxious state, I knew there was no turning back now. A young dolphin, very obviously not even a year old, was tangled up in a net. My fellow elves pulled up beside me and we all looked on in horror.

The net was attached to a human boat. None of us had ever seen a human or anything related to humans before, nor were we allowed to. It was why we weren’t allowed to come out this far. But its too late now. We’re here and we needed to do something.

I was the first to move, tugging at the net, trying to free the young dolphin. It didn’t even take a moment for the others to join me and we struggled together to remove the net. Just as we were about the set the dolphin free, the boat began to move, taking the dolphin away from us at an alarming speed.

We didn’t even think before we started chasing after it. We sliced through the blue waves, and weaved in between the reefs and other creatures in our race to reach the boat. We didn’t even pay attention to where it was we were going and for a moment I feared we’d never find our way home.

And then suddenly the boat stopped. We didn’t hesitate before finishing freeing the dolphin, who clicked at us gratefully before swimming away with it’s mother. But before we could begin the long swim home, the humans threw in another net. I fought panic as my foot got tangled and my friends scrambled to free me.

Freeing myself was easier than freeing the dolphin but ten times as scary. The moment I was free we raced back toward our reef. Now I knew why we weren’t allowed to go out that far. And I swore I never would again. That was until the next dolphin was in danger.

After all we were the guardians of the waters.