Prologue for: Ripples to Waves

Prologue

Have you ever looked out at the ocean and wondered what lies beneath the surface? Of course not, you ignorant fool; humans don't think much of anything, do they? In that case, I'll have to tell you: people, but not like you-or me for that matter. Come, come, let me tell you a story-I won't bite. It all started long ago, when I was a young child, a people like no other ruled the world. They were incredibly small-almost microscopic-but they lived happily. Then came the humans; they took over and the small people were forced into hiding. But Mother Nature took pity on them and gave them a gift: the ability to breathe under water. She gave them a conch shell and told them that if it broke they would lose their ability. And so they retreated into the ocean; the conch shell has stayed in perfect condition-I know for I was the first of the Ocean People and the shell is safe in my house to this day...