So this is part short and part Q/A. So please bare in mind.

The pups that would later grow into the names of Adam and Bane–one named by their mate and the other from their own choosing–were annoyed. And sore. Their little arms hurt and their tail muscles screamed for a break and they shouldn't have swum so far away from the lights and the Deep City.

Their parents had always warned them about swimming too far out too young. Their scales haven't hardened yet, and their bellies were all soft. Their claws hardly sharp enough to cut through their own hides yet alone a matured Mer or one of the many creatures lurking out in the dark.

The water felt weird against their scales and they both peeked their heads up at the feeling, turning in the direction of the disturbance. "You feel that?" Adam grabbed the other boy's arm. They felt another wave against their hides, smaller now like prey swimming away. Adam barred his teeth, "I'm gonna kill it."

Bane tried to grab him, he really did but the pup shot forwards and swam as hard as his little tail could towards the feeling. His dark shape disappearing into the darkness, only the disturbance of water to guide him to where his friend disappeared to. Bane heard the grunt of pain and the smack from where he remained floating.

His breath stilled when the light flickered on and his muscles and brain all screamed for him to swim. "Swim!" he shouted, he knew he shouted it but he could heard hear his friend scream the same thing as they flailed away from the giant creature.

The thing roared and that only fueled both boys's muscles to flee all the harder. Their arms reached forwards with each kick of their tails, clawing at the water in an effort to swim quicker.

They had to get over that ridge–just over that ridge and then they'd see the city lights. They grabbed at the rocks and pushed off them. Arms and tails feeling like they'd fall off if they'd ever stop swimming. Bane sobbed, he didn't want his tail to fall off.

There were lights swimming towards them, seven lights of different colours. "Swim," the lights said in stern voices as they passed continuing on towards the creature chasing after the two pups.

Bane sobbed again as the creature behind them left out a cry of pain–it was the hunters. They had made in back into the City's reach. "I hate you, I hate you so much!" he yelled to his friend.

Adam's own sobbing followed after him as they swam closer to the lights, "no you don't"

No Bane didn't, but after that he kinda wishes he did.

Q. I really want to see what happens next [Blake adapting to being a mermaid, what happens with the side characters, etc.].

A. well I'm glad that this story has been sticking with you this much that you're wanting to know what happens next. But as I've stated on my tumblr (ShadowSheyla tumblr) if I start writing more of this couple it'll take a while for me gain my confidence back and post it.

The main reason for why I posted that little side Adam & Bane story was because I already had it posted on my tumblr and it's been up for a long time. I'm not a fan of posting on this site due to what happened back in 2011-2012 where a lot of stories and authors were being deleted so if you want to see more of my stuff I'd either go to AO3 (I like the formatting better as well) or my tumblr.

I've already gotten one person since the end of season 3 who tried to attack me for this ship. So if anyone attempts to do so I will lay you the fuck out. I don't care. I have one huge point to back my side that will null your shit in one sweep (It's worked time and time again, I hate having to out myself but I will do it if I have to to shut the haters up).

Q. What does Blake looks like as a Mermaid?

A. This could go with the question above but I got distracted after remembering my lovely hate. But to answer the question, Blake takes after Adam in colouring. Lots of black, gray and white. She decorates herself in reds and purples though, much like how she did as a human.

Q. Will there be a sequel?

A. As of right now, no. I need to work on that Kissing Cam AU that I have sitting around (and have so inspiration to write RWBY again). After some stuff within the fandom and the people who I used to call friends, Monty, and now after this season I'm kinda grasping at any sudden inspirations for RWBY that I can.

I've written some short budding drabbles that I post on both AO3 and Tumblr, but other than that Fanfiction will never see it. I'm not a fan of this site for how they treated their authors and so I only post some of the longer fics that I have up on here (or fics that I haven't bothered moving over yet).

Q. Is there going to be a prequel on "Over The Rushing Waves"? This story mentioned some bits of back story for other characters but I'd like to know exactly what happened. Like Coco becoming a mermaid and how Adam transferred from his home to the place he's at now.

A. Can't say that there will be. Most of that is supposed to be up to the readers to think about. I mean, I do have my own headcanons for it! In the situation with Coco, the crew she was with was delivering slaves and she just couldn't stand for it anymore, certainly after growing close to a boy around her age that she started calling Fox.

The part where they become merfolk comes in after that, when both Fox and she are established pirates and they're marooned on an island that happens to be in a migration path for one of the types of fish the merfolk hunt. Fox's appearance draws in Sage, and Fox pretty much woos him to get changed into a merman ('cause he and Coco are at each other's throats. Just sibling-like fighting). But Coco learns of that, jumps on board this so-called "fish train" and grows a tail.

Q. What exactly is Adam's actual given name? I can only think of 2 names with the same sound of the different version 'A' ("Asch/Ash" - from a game it means 'Remains of the Sacred Flame' and "Altan"- it means 'Red Dawn' in Turkish language)

A. You could go looking for his language forever, you're not going to find it. I made it up. I made it up, sounded it out. Keyed around with both Russian, French, Tolken's Elvish language and Canadian English to help get it to sound like it isn't just gibberish.

Q. When did which character mean who? The Schnee family & the Taurus family know each other but how did they meet? Also, Coco and her friend met the merfolks how? I'd like to know more.

A. I mentioned in the answer two above this of how Coco met the merfolk. Fox and Sage were actually going to have a larger role to play but I figured that most wouldn't really care about another ship that I'm hugely into so meh.

But I've established that this story is far larger than just the time that it takes to show this little romance. There's a whole world around them that is constantly in motion so I'll try to explain the best I can. The Schnee is a family that situates themselves closer to the North Pole ad closer to the surface, there are times that they've been seen around Narwhals. The Taurus family is mostly deep in the depths of the ocean, far far deeper than we humans could reach.

The met very early, and before they had begun any migrations after food source. No doubt still in the time with dinosaurs. The Schnee's are almost like "priestesses" and keeper of knowledge. The cold water makes for great preservatives of artifacts.

Q. When did Adam first see Blake and how did he fall for her? Was it love at first sight? I'm really curious how Adam/Red first found Blake and her crew and how he took an interest in her, from his perspective that is. It couldn't be a coincidence that he was there the night Blake's ship was fighting other pirates and that he was just passing by.

A. When Blake meets Adam that's pretty much when they meet. He found her sinking and something within him told him to keep her so thus he did. He's not a merman to deny his urges.

Q. What is Blake's past with her family and Jaune & Pyrrha (I'd imagine that they're good friends).

A. Blake is very close to her family but they don't want her to lead the criminal life just to provide for them. But at the same time they do still need the money. But as for Jaune and Pyrrha… no, Blake doesn't know them personally. She only knows of them like a commoner would know of royalty.

Blake is a criminal. We need to remember this. She's a pirate and pirates are killed, hunted—so no. No Blake would not be BFFs with royalty (or nobility).

Some things about the spelling. Yeah, I know. Every so often I notice it too. It's mostly edited on AO3 (as FF has a bullshit way of editing chapters and I hate this site), but thank you for pointing it out. It's hard to catch on something so big.