Hi everyone! This is a story about how Lenny's family came together and it's mainly about how Lenny's mom (I have decided to call her Melanie), who has lived in captivity in an aquarium for her whole life, learns about life in the ocean when she meets Don Lino and raises a family of her own. By the way, this is my first fanfic, so please R&R!

A.N: This is my first fanfic so please go easy on me! I need advice on writing so constructive criticism would be helpful.

The first chapter might seem a bit boring at first, but trust me; the story will get more exiting later on!

Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Shark Tale!

Chapter 1

The waves bobbed gently up and down on the ocean. Melanie could just see the white foam from the window in front of her glass tank, high up on the third floor of the aquarium.

Melanie had lived in the aquarium for a long time. She had been born in a breeding tank downstairs and had been moved to this tank, where she had lived most of her life. However, she had never known what it was like to live in the sea; her natural habitat.

She was quite happy living in the aquarium. Being the only Great White shark in the whole building, she had earned plenty of care and respect from the aquarium staff members, especially Simone, who cleaned her tank and fed her every day. Sometimes, it almost seemed like Simone could understand her, which was odd considering that she was a human and Melanie was a shark.

Melanie's thoughts were interrupted by a small nudge in her left pectoral fin. She turned around to see her tiny companion-Squash, a blue clownfish, smiling up at her.

(A.N: I don't know if there's actually such thing as a blue clownfish, I just made it up! ).

"Have you ever wondered what it's like to live in the ocean?" she asked him. Squash hesitated and shrugged.

Melanie sighed. Squash was her only fish friend in the aquarium and even though he couldn't really talk, he understood her and was still a good friend.

Just then, Simone walked in with a bucket of fish for her lunch. In the ocean, sharks would have to swim after fish and kill them before eating. Melanie just got hers, already cut and hand-fed straight to her mouth. Life was so easy and perfect in the aquarium.

Melanie gulped the bits of fish down hungrily. Even she found it strange how she ate all this fish, but she wouldn't eat Squash. Squash was her friend. She could never bring herself to kill him.

Melanie looked to see Simone carrying the empty bucket downstairs, when Rita, the head of staff spoke to her: "Hey Simone, do you think that Melanie is ready to be transferred to the sea?"

"Well…she seems to be ready" said Simone.

"Okay, then we're moving her tomorrow. We can't wait any longer"

"I'll miss her" added Simone.

"Yeah, so will I" said Rita.

Melanie watched as they both went downstairs.

She couldn't understand human-talk so she had no idea what they were talking about. She looked out the window. It was getting dark. Feeling tired, she fell asleep, unaware that this would be her last night at the aquarium.

N: Well, that's the first chapter! (Sorry its a bit short) Please read and review so that I know what you think about it!

I'll upload the next chapter as soon as possible!