The 13th Chapter: Unwrapped

History of the Fish The dream guides and the fish all related to me, after many years of asking, how they became to be the last of their kind trapped in this bay and only there? Reason being is that the fish were being hunted down aggressively for their scales by the "Huntsmen" as shields, the smaller ones for pieces of armor, and various other ornamental and medicinal uses. They were so slaughtered down by the number at the hands of these "Huntsmen" that the islands Navy took pity and saw what a catastrophe it would be to loose this species. They set sail and found the last 4 remaining specimens, captured them and returned. Then from their heavily guarded bay, they housed these 4 within. At the time of capture, the one female fish was already pregnant with her first school. She gave birth to the younglings in their new home and they were growing. During that period, the other female had become pregnant, this was wonderful news for the Navy, and the islands Royals for achieving this and were lauded the world over concerning it. However, during this time the misunderstanding had already taken place with 1 of the Royal brothers and 1 of the "Invaders" leaders. The war started and shortly afterwards the great explosion and earthquake that followed had taken place. During the course of the earthquake with all the ground and seas writhing about in great fury, the fish could not get out, as the walls surrounding the island protrude upwards from the ocean floor and out of the water, blocking them. When they saw that the whole island was actually sinking into the water, they gathered themselves and their younger closer to the mountainside to swim up against its side. So that when the buildings had sunk, they would then have a clear path across the waters and over the tops of the walls. This did not happen though. The power of the earthquake from beneath was so great that even though they tried to swim up fast enough, this proved to be too much for the younglings as the ships and buildings, sand, and rock that fell down, from the top, annihilated the young, bar the 1 of course. Shortly after this had happened, and the debris had settled down, the second school of fish was born inside this new bay and that the 2nd invasion had started not long after their birth. This is how they became to be the last of their kind trapped there in this horseshoe shaped bay that I see before me in Dream 1; and they had already been imprisoned there for some time. This helped me to determine the period between the 2nd invasion and where I come into the fray. Taking into account the average gestation period for big pregnant fish, like the Whale Shark, my guess is around 3 to 5 months. Giving 8 months more considering the 1 survivors size when compared to the parents. This gives a period of about 15-17 months. If I include the possible period overall (with the first attack included, plus time to do the explosion and return), that would be about 7 to 9 months.