On the beach by Prince Eric's castle one bright morning, young princess Melody is sitting on a rock speaking to her aunt Aquata, one of the seven daughters of King Triton. Aquata is Melody's favorite of her six aunts and they certainly enjoy each other's company.
"Aunt Aquata," Melody asked, "I was thinking, after what with my mom and all, have you or your sisters ever thought about becoming human too?" Aquata answered, "Well, we've always loved it under the sea, but we did wonder how humans liked it above the surface." Melody then asked, "Well, why don't you ask the king to make you human?" Aquata responded, "Oh my. It was one thing with Ariel, but me and my sisters? I'm not sure."
Melody rebuffed "But I heard Triton is on a trip, so doesn't that mean one of your sisters is in charge of the kingdom?" "Yeah," Aquata said, "Attina is acting ruler while father's away." "Well then," Melody said with joy "Why don't you have Attina make you a human. If she's in charge, she can use the trident."
After a moment of pondering, Aquata gave Melody a proposition. "How about I can gather my sisters here, and you can bring your mother, and we can decide together? How's that?" Melody answered "Sure," and the two left the rock toward their respective homes.
Later that evening, Melody, Ariel and the six mermaid sisters gathered at the rock to discuss the human debate. When Attina was asked about using the trident to turn mermaids into humans, she thought, "I'm not sure about it. Daddy said I should only use the trident responsibly and for the good of the merpeople." Ariel, who thought the idea of mermaids becoming humans, if only for a little while, was a fascinating idea, answered "Well, you can grant Aquata's wish. That's a good thing to do" Melody added onto her mother's idea by adding "Hey, maybe we can turn other mermaids into humans and vacation here for like a week or so. Then we can turn them back before the king returns and he won't be the wiser."
Everyone present became intrigued with the idea and before long, they planned to make it possible to give the merpeople of Atlantica "human vacations" that would give them legs for a week and stay in Eric's sunny kingdom. "Now," said Attina, "before we can make this all possible, we should test the trident out to see if I can do this." Aquata was all giddy with excitement when Attina said that she would be the first human other than Ariel to become human.
Attina said the magic words "Transformus Bipedus" and aimed the trident at her sister. A beam sprouted toward Aquata and wrapped around her blue tail. Ariel, Melody and the sisters watched as Aquata's tail split in half and formed into two shapely legs. After the spell ended, Aquata could only look amazed and bewildered as she picked up her foot toward her face. "So," she said with awe "this is a foot. Ariel, this is amazing. How do you wiggle your toes you always do?" Ariel answered, "Well, if you just set your mind to it, and with a little concentration, you can do it." Aquata complied and after some intense focus, she managed to wiggle her new toes.
"Well," Attina started, "now that that's settled, we should go now. We have some big business ahead of us tomorrow. See you three soon." Attina and the four other sisters left, while Ariel, Melody and the half-naked Aquata waved goodbye.
"Now," Aquata said with dignity, "how exactly do you move with legs?" She tried to stand up, but she floundered onto the sand and fell on her butt. Ariel and Melody came toward her and Melody said, "Don't worry, we'll help you walks inside the castle."
As night fell, Aquata and Melody were preparing for bedtime in the latter's room. Aquata was still getting adjusted to walking. "You know," Aquata started, "I'm really excited for this." "Mee too," Melody added. Aquata got into Melody's bed and acknowledged that the mattress with comfier than the beds back home underwater. The two girls went into the bed, said goodnight to each other, and fell asleep eagerly awaiting the start of the human vacation week.