The Mermaid and the Hunter
A/n: I don't know why not one has thought of this paring, Could have something to do with the fact that Gaston likes to kill/hunt Animals and Ariel is half-fish. Anyway here it is and to those who have read Wendy and Peter (my other story (wow how cool does that sound)) I haven't forgotten it I just have 1000 assignments due in the same week so I'll get to that...
Anyway here it is...
Chapter one-New air
Ariel came up to the surface and took her first breath as a human. Closing her eyes she went back under before being supported by her friends Flounder and Sebastian. She was human. The only thing her father hated and she had become one. She did have to pay Ursula a ship full of gold and pearls. But she finally had legs and a chance to grab the heart of Eric, the human prince she had fallen in love with.
Finally they came to the beach near Eric's castle. Ariel swam over to a rock where Scuttle her seagull friend came over to her.
"Look what the catfish dragged in. Look at you, look at you." Scuttle cried sitting on her leg.
"Scuttle I have legs." She cried out barely able to contain her excitement.
"This is a catastrophe. What will your father say? I'm going to tell him right now and..." Sebastian stopped talking as Ariel shook her head.
"Oh, please Sebastian he would never understand. Besides its only three days. If he falls in love with me then you can tell him." Ariel told Sebastian as she got up. Only to find herself tumble back into the water.
"Three days and she can't even walk." Sebastian put his claws over his eyes.
"Thank you Sebastian your confidence in me is unbelievable." Ariel sneered getting up again. What he said had hurt her. What if Eric didn't love her? What if she never learnt how to walk?
"Now Ariel if your going to do this human thing your gonna have to start dressing like one." Scuttle said grabbing an old abandoned sail.
"Scuttle are you sure that's what humans wear? None of the things in my grotto had women wearing that." She said eying the material.
"Trust me. This is guaranteed to get him to love you." Scuttle said flying over to help put it on.
Meanwhile in the forest just to the right of where Ariel was a Frenchman was exploring. He was a hunter known in his town as THE best. He had come here to challenge the men and to get that stupid girl out of his head. Belle. The inventor's daughter. Lefou had finally convinced him that she was just too strange to love, even if she was the most beautiful girl in the town. Still it would have been nice to have at least seen what was under those modest clothes she always wore. Anyway here he was taking in the nice salty sea air and ridding his mind of that stupid girl.
"Thank you Sebastian your confidence in me is unbelievable" a voice called, coming from the beach. Oh great, he thought, lovers on the beach doing who knows what. Except the girl had sounded angry. Deciding it was his job as a gentleman to save the poor girl, Gaston picked up his gun and stomped through the forest and out onto the beach. What he saw was not what he had been expecting.
After Scuttle had dressed her, Ariel had walked out on to the sand, finally feeling the warm sand between her toes. This was all good until she lost her balance and fell onto a rock. When she hit the ground she was unconscious.
"Ariel." Sebastian yelled as he ran as fast as his little feet would let him. When he reached her he started to shake her. Scuttle grabbed her foot and held it against his head.
"Oh I, I can't make out a heat beat," Scuttle said sadly.
"No look, she's breathing." Sebastian said before hearing someone running along the beach. Was this the famous Eric? Had he come to rescue Ariel?
