'Mum, you know how much i hate parties' The young, dark haired girl cried at her mother.

Ariel stared at her daughter. She had a completely different look on human life then she did. Ariel felt privileged enough to be able to go to a party with her husband Eric. When Ariel was sixteen she lived under the ocean, amongst the seven seas. She didn't like the ocean, she lived the first sixteen years of her life building a collection that showed what she truly wanted her life to be. Defying her fathers orders Ariel ventured to the oceans surface and she met the love of her life, a prince who lived on the land above hers.

'I know, Sweetheart, but it is your birthday. And your father is waiting for us.'

As if he had heard, Eric opened the door and stared at his wife and daughter.

'So, we're having a bad hair day.' he said to them. Ariel stopped brushing her daughter's hair.

'If we were, you wouldn't be helping, would you?' Ariel asked her husband. Eric laughed softly.

'Well, I'm just here to let you know there are a lot of people downstairs...' he replied.

Ariel sighed at her husband and smiled at her daughter.

'Oh, we'll be right down. Give us two minutes.' she said to Eric. Eric smiled at Ariel and turned to leave.

'Right, two... Now where have i heard that before?' Eric chuckled as he closed the door behind himself.

The young girl tried to get her mother to stop, she didn't want to go to this party. Even if she was the princess and even if it was her birthday. She just didn't care.

'Mum, put down the brush. It's hopeless.'

Ariel looked at her daughter again and smiled.'Oh, you look beautiful.'

She looked up at her mother and groaned at her.

'Do i have to do this? Everyone thinks i'm weird.' the dark haired girl told her mother.

Ariel shook her head at her daughter.

'Oh, honey, everyone has trouble fitting in at your age. I know i did. I was a regular fish out of water.' Ariel shook her head again, hiding the true meaning of what she had just told her daughter. The girl gave her mother a funny look.

'You? No way.'

Melody got up from her chair and walked away from her mother, she walked out onto her balcony and stared out at the sea that she loved so much. But her mother couldn't know about that. Her mother hated the sea, and she tried her hardest not to let her daughter in it. But that was it, Melody had a different view on the sea. Her mother thought it was dangerous and filled with who-knows-what. But Melody, no, Melody thought that it was the most perfect part of the world.

'I'm just so afraid i'm gonna make a total fool of myself.' she said,

'Melody, this isn't just about the party...is it?' Ariel asked her daughter, Melody looked up at her mother. 'Is there something you want to talk about? You know that you can always tell me anything.'

'Well, okay. I mean, it's kind of crazy and impossible.' Melody said quietly,' Now, don't freak,

but what I dream about... more than anything in the whole world...'

Melody was cut off by the door that had just opened and her father walked onto the balcony and stood behind his wife and daughter.

'How's it coming?' Eric asked his wife. 'Oh, Melody. Is that you? You look beautiful.'

Melody smiled at her fathers remark as Areil chuckled and looked at her husband.

'He's right. now, we'll talk later. You're going to have a wonderful time tonight. Trust me.' Ariel told her daught as Eric led them both from the room.