What's up guys, so for this story is a mixture from The Little Mermaid 3 Ariel's Beginning to the original The Little Mermaid 1997. What you need to know it's all in the plot.

For this I have changed a few things because I think it kind of make sense. Flounder is a dolphin now because, firstly in another mermaid film before, Splash (made included by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) shows that mer-people can eat fish and other small seafood, so it would be creepy awkward if Flounder was still a fish.

So, enjoy reading this and please leaves some comments to tell me what you think?

Chapter 1

The endless blue sky above began dark as night has fallen, down in the depths of the ocean the City of Atlantica was all silent unpeacefully for one creature must play music, even the slightest note of tone for about a second by the order of King Triton. Up in the top of the towers, where all the seven princesses just getting for bed, all expect Ariel, the youngest one out all her older sister. The little mermaid with hair as red as blood, her tail as green as the sun light shines on the seaweed, still angry for her father's unreasonable reaction towards her this morning when she asked to do something new, and then she was punished to clean up all the bun. Ariel still sat on the bottom side of her bedroom window, everyone knew she was in deep mad mood, but they ignored her as they own had their small business to deal with. Alana was putting something on her entire face just to make herself look glamorous then Andrina making jokes about it, next Aquata argued with Arista for taking her stuff. After their father, King Triton says "goodnight" to them but with Ariel replied without respect and a look at him. Soon later of course Attina comes in to advised her on what she's done wrong. Ariel tumbled over to the side facing the whole view of the sea in front of her, but the short moment was spoiled when Attina finished, "Nothing's going to change."

Ariel huffed loud only asking herself, over, and over, "Is this going to be my life?" Doing nothing day by day, never leaning something new. Her eyes were nearly closed as she could nearly remember the fun days her family should to have together. The music, the laughter, the games, she misses all of that, but mostly she misses her mother. She pricked off a flower on the top side of the window, looking at how beautiful it was only thinking it wasn't meant to be attach to that vein forever but to only to be let free. Ariel allowed the flower to be blow away in the breeze of the sea, watching the flower slowly falls as it shifts side to side.

Suddenly, a loud, explosive bang was made, Ariel eyes were wide open as she raised herself up looking around at the sea floor but there was nothing seen usually below. The sound of the loud bang was made again, and this time Ariel realised it was coming from above, looking high up she could a huge black shape shivering slowly across the surface. Ariel looked back at her sisters in the room seeing if they noticed the banging sound but noticing that they were all deeply fats asleep. Ariel knew if would safer and better for her to stay down and leave it be, however her curiously increased and quickly got the better of her. Slowly lifting herself off the window and quickly swim up to the surface but not too fast in case it could be dangerous. She finally reached to the surface above the water and after flopping her fringe back away from her eyes, but once it was out of the way her eyes were wide open with surprised with her jaw dropped down.

"Wow!" Ariel whispered to herself. Seeing a huge ship was sailing on the calm, steady sea, there were things firing out from it like shooting stars and explores in so many different colours. Ariel smiled at the wonder she is seeing, she knew that humans were dangerous, but a thriller, exciting feeling was telling to get closer and explore. Ariel could hear a jazzy rhythm of the music getting louder as she jumped and dive back into the water and began swimming towards the ship, Ariel came up to the side of the ship. She could hear the music much clearer and louder, and she could see some bright lights brightening above. Ariel's curiosity quickly took control of her as she climbed up the side of the ship, difficult however as it was hard for Ariel to pull herself up by her own arms for her tail was at no use. There long, wide wooden parts on the side of the ship and ropes attached to the side for Ariel to pull herself much easier and to sat on the flat piece of wood sticking out from the side. Ariel finally made it to the top as she looked through a square gap at the bottom, once she look through her eyes were more widen with surprises for what she's seeing right now. There were humans all wearing in the same clothing, black and white stripy tops, greyish trousers, and black shoes. A few were playing some instruments making music for everyone to dance with, two or three were dancing on long things sticking out on the surface of the ship. Ariel was amazed by the confection music, never heard it in an up-beating way for many years, as she remembered listening to the amazing music Flounder was making this morning. Then, Ariel spotted something huge on the further front in the middle of the ship, it covered in wrapping as it had wielded bended corners on it with a long, red ribbon wrapped around it. Suddenly, Ariel spotted a big, white and grey fury creature rushing through the crown of dancing humans, a dog was jumping and barking as much as he's enjoying the music like everyone. Then, the dog stopped so sudden and its' nose caught an unusual scent, the dog went low and sniffed out more of the scent. Ariel could see the dog coming closer to where she is, quickly hide herself from the side of the hole hoping that creature didn't spotted her. After a few seconds, Ariel looked back through the gap only to unexpected greeted with a huge, slimy lick on the check from the fury dog.

"Max!" the dog heard his name and rush to his owner. Ariel smiled as she touched her check, never feeling seen such a cheerful creature like that before. Her eyes followed the dog as it was running to its owner, only after the dog stopped Ariel looked up to see a young man playing around with the dog. A young man around seven-years-old with hair as black as night, eyes as ice blue as the cold seas at north. Ariel was shocked from being this close to a human, but when seeing the human playing around with the dog, her face melted away to a curious look and grew an interested smile. She was hypnotised by his grace, free-spirit, fun-loving characterises within him, Ariel could watch him all day playing around with his dog.

"Hey Ariel!" a voiced shouted down below, Ariel looked down in a shock if any of the humans had hear it. Flounder the small, cowardly dolphin who nearly got himself thrown into jail for playing a bit of music this morning, he was jumping out of the water to speak, "What are you doing!"

"Shhh!" Ariel quietly warned, "Quiet Flounder, they might hear you!" Ariel looked back through the gap, but no human seemed to notice, she turned back to Flounder, "Come on! Jump up! I'll catch you!"

Flounder thought to be a bad idea, he did feel really bad for getting her into trouble this morning after standing up for him, so Flounder swim down and jumped high up for Ariel to catch him in her arms. Ariel looked through the gap with Flounder by her side, Ariel blissfully whispered "Isn't this amazing!"

"Yeah, it's great" Flounder said with a shaking tone of voice, "Now can we go?"

"Why?! How often do we ever listen to music?" Ariel said, then she spotted the same human now playing his flute making such charming music. "I've never been this close to a human before."

"Yeah, I know. I have many times. Now, can we please go before we'll become fish food" Flounder begged.

"But Flounder, we're not fish. We're mammals." Ariel explained, "I may have scales like one, but I flap my tail up and down like yours. Besides, since when you became a guppy."

"I'm not a guppy! I just don't want to stay around humans for so long."

Suddenly, Max the barking dog was rushing back towards Ariel, quickly hide herself down underneath the gap as she dropped Flounder back down to the sea. The human was walking towards Max rubbing around his head as he noticed Max was barking at something through the gap. Looking over the flat side on the edge of the side, luckily for Ariel the human couldn't much see the top side of the ship, but he assumed that Max was only barking at the dolphin.

"Silence! Silence!" a old man in a skinny, tight, black suite shouted loudly at the crew and the music was stopped, Ariel frowned as she was still enjoying the music. "It's now, my great pleasure to present a very great, a very special, and a very expensive birthday present for his majesty, Prince Eric!"

The whole clap and cheer loud, Eric smiled but shortly shock his hands saying there's no need to do. Eric walked up, "Oh Grimsby. You really shouldn't have."

"I know. It was your uncle's orders" Grimsby replied in a low tone.

Eric followed Grimsby to the front towards the huge thing at the front as Grimsby had his hands griped tight on the wrapping, Ariel carefully leaned forward through the gap to get a clear view of what it is. Finally, Grimsby pulled off the wrapping and presented a huge, Siler statue of Eric in armour with a sword and a shield, everyone one included Eric had shocked, unexpected looked on their faces. Ariel had a confused looked on her face, only thinking to herself, "Why would anyone give someone a statue of that person?"

Eric walked over speechless, "Gee… Um... It's really something."

"Yes, it's very amusing. Your uncle had hope it would be a wedding present."

Eric huffed loudly with annoyed as he walked to the side of the ship, Ariel quickly hide herself to the side of the gap. Eric rested his arms on the side and mumbled, "Let me guest, he's disappointed that I didn't fall for the Princess of…"

"Oh Eric, your uncle, and the entire just wants you to be happily settled down, as a price with a princess" Grimsby stand by the side.

"Well, can I least live a life" Eric argued, "Where I go to new places, meet new people, instead of arranging marriages to women I barely even know."

Grimsby walked away in disgusted, but Eric was still standing at the side of the ship until he jumped over to sit in the side while gazing out as far as he could see the end distance of the sea, then Max hanged over to the side for Eric to rub on his fury head. Below, Ariel listen to their argument and it reminded her of the argument she made with her father, she stares up thinking of how Eric and he are in that same tight situation where they feel like they belong now. Ariel could never imagen what a human like Eric was living in the same position as she was, have the thought talking to him about themselves despite the fact they are both from different worlds. By imagen meeting someone like him right here, right now, it just hit her like lightening.

Unexpectedly, thunder was heard from a short distance flying towards the ship, Ariel and the crew above spotted the storm heading towards them. One of of the crew as a watcher at the top of the main mast of the ship, shouted down below to rest of the crew, "Hurricane coming! Stand fast!" Secure the rigging!"

Th whole crew dashed around the entire ship, securing the ropes, tightening up sales, Grimsby wanted to help but the thrilling sound of thunder chilled him away to his room, meanwhile Eric stayed out to helped around with the crew. The windy storm brought along huge waves clashing upon the ship moving it around fats, even Ariel took a tight grip on the ropes, but the wind strongly flew her away back into the ocean. Ariel swim up to check where the ship is floating off to till lightening brighten the distance ahead with giant, dark, sharp rocks. Terribly shocked at what will happen to the ship, Ariel had a flashback of her mother was killed by human just like this ship. However, they seen caring and innocent to her so Ariel decided to swim back to the ship in hopes for no one to get hurt.

More lightening was beginning to fly over, shockingly one of the lightening struck down and lit a bright, red fire on the sales, Ariel swam back a bit as she has never seen fire before. The sailor who steers the wheel of the ship lost control and allowed the wheel to spin around fully in one direction, leading the ship towards the rocks. Eric quickly got both hands on the wheel and tried to push it to steer the ship around, meanwhile parts of the crew lowed the small boats down for them to jump out of the ship. All of them got in to the small boats at the same time the ship crashed to the rocks as they broke in to the bottom. All the small boats dropped down fast and slashed hard on the shaking surface of the ocean. Flooding the bottom floor with dark water but unaware of the candle lights in the floor above has fallen and began rolling to the barrows of oil.

Grimsby and a few of the crew fell off the small boats and were beginning to drown from the huge waves was pushing them down under water. Ariel swam under water and quickly push them up to keep their head above for some air and pushed them towards the small boats where the rest of the crew will pull them out and into the boats without giving herself away to them. Ariel swim back around the ship to see if there are more men still in the water she seems to have everyone onboard everyone, however she believes there was one person she didn't see on the small boats.

Eric was still on the ship just before he noticed that Max was still on the ship as well, Eric run towards Max and carried him to the side of the ship. Tring to push Max off so the dog can swim to the small, suddenly the rope snapped off letting the long gaff fall to the centre of the ship. The gaff broke the entire long wood on the floor where it entrapped one of Eric's foot as he dropped Max off the ship to the ocean. Max successfully swam to one of the small boats, but Eric was struggling to get out of the hole. After in five seconds, Eric got out and was about to jump until the entire explored as a giant fire rises at the centre and grey smoke grew. The top half of the ship parted into small pieces and fell around the ship, Ariel moved away in shock, but she feels guilty if she left Eric there. Ariel swam under water to see him however the water was too dark to, so she rises above to look over broken barrows and wood floating around her but even the smoke was blinding parts of her view. Ariel turned around in circles until she spotted Eric on a broken wood, but his eyes and his mind were closed as he was unconscious. His whole body feels so weak his grip was slipping off and slowly the water pressure him down through the water. Ariel dive down quickly grab his shirt and tried to pull him up to the surface, quite different to do with her arms underneath his arms but she finally reached him to the surface. Once above water, Ariel couldn't find one of the small boats through this dark, grey fog, and parts of the ship was still burning with flames and the fire was falling into small bits like rain.

Ariel dived underneath with Eric to swim away from the fires, Flounder swam fast by her side and shouted, "Ariel, you do realised humans can't breathe as long as mermaids can?"

Ariel quickly lifted Eric up above water she didn't check if he was breathing but the mouth was open lead her to believe that Eric could be alive. Flounder helped behind Ariel by pushing her away to avoid getting hit by the rocks, and one arm to hold the side of his fins so he could pull her while Ariel holds on to Eric. Swimming hard and fast away from the bright, red fires covering the entire ship, a hopeful feel grew inside of Ariel as she can spot small but shiny stars above her like colourful diamonds dangling from the sky. Finally, reached to the shore Ariel dragged Eric out and laid him on the high pile of dark, sandy beach with big rocks on their side, Ariel was too tired to see if he was alright as she was exhausted herself from the swim. Ariel laid down slowly on her back against the soft sand pile while trying to catch a breathe. Staring up at the sky and counting all the stars she could see, Ariel hasn't seen these many stars since she could remember. Only thinking to herself that she all needs is to rest for a minute, or five minute, or maybe ten, or maybe longer, or maybe.

The next cloudy morning, Ariel's eyes were peacefully shut but were cracked open when a touch of sun light brighten came down. Flicking her eyes open and see a glimpse of the view, soon Ariel opened her eyes fully and raised up with her head feeling dizzy, Ariel could feel the small waves splashing softly on the light green fins of her tail. Her mind was all puzzled as she tried to remember what happened last night, she scanned around the beach only asking her, "Shouldn't I be in bed?" She turned to her left and saw Eric laying on his back, now she remembers, Ariel turn fully towards Eric seeing if there's any sign of movement. Far over the side of Eric, some rocks held on the side of the sand pile like a wall, then the seawater in a small floor level. Flounder popped out from the seawater to see if Ariel's alright as she slept through the night on the beach.

"Flounder!" Ariel was happy to see her dolphin friend was alright, then she quickly turned back to Eric, "Is he dies?"

"It's hard to say. Check at the bottom of their fins, they might tell a heartbeat."

Ariel trusted Flounder as she didn't know what do to check if a human is alive, firstly she slide to the Eric's right foot and place the flat, bottom side of his foot to her ear. Ariel faced Flounder with a worried look, "I can't hear or feel a heartbeat?"

"I don't know what else to do?" Flounder respond.

A sudden breathe was heard from behind Ariel, with wide eyes she slide to Eric's face and caught a glimpse of air being breathe out through his mouth. Ariel was breathing calmly as she now knew that he's died. She gently moved some of his hair at the front away from his closed eyes, so she could he whole sleepy face facing her. Ariel could see a cut on the surface of his right shoulder, so she pricked a scale from her tail unpainfully, and placed it on the cut so it could be healed quicker. That moment Ariel remembered how all the creatures in the City of Atlantica, especially her father will always say how dangerous and heartless humans are, especially when they included her mother into it. But, Eric isn't what they described from where she watched him last night, he was funny, caring, free-spirit, only asking herself, "What if they were wrong?".

Suddenly Eric was starting to flick his eyes open, Ariel was beginning to panic, her first reaction was placing her hand over his eyes. Flounder shouted, "What are you doing?"

"He'll be scared if he sees me, and I'll be scare if he wakes" Ariel answered.

Eric was beginning to moan with words, the Flounder said, "Too late that."

"Really" Ariel sarcastically.

"Hello?" Eric asked lowly, just getting his voce to warm up.

Ariel didn't know what to do so she answered back, "Hello?"

"Where am I?" Eric's questions were pressuring Ariel to answer back without making him feel worried, or suspicious, or scared.

"On the beach, that's all."

"Where's the rest of the crew?"

"They're fine, on another beach, I think" Ariel answered honestly was at least better than saying "I do not know."

"Why am I here then?" Eric slowly shift his head side to side, but Ariel kept her hand over his eyes, so he can't see.

"I… um… got you here… from the sea."

"You got me from the sea?" Eric asked as Ariel squeezed her eyes, hoping he won't get suspicious while she thinks of some way to get out of this situation, "You must a very good swimmer." Ariel open her eyes in surprised at his reaction, she smiled and was about to commented on how she's a great swimmer, better than all her sister from her perspective.

"Is that your hand?" Eric asked, Ariel stood still as a small amount panicaa bout twisting around in her stomach, "Can I see?"

"No!" Ariel answered in a loud tone, then she tried to explain in a simple and calm way, "Because, you still need some rest."

"You're right. I think I still do" Eric's answered make Ariel a bit calmer, then he repeated the question with a small smile, "But, may I see?"

"Why?" Ariel tried to avoid answering.

"So, I can see you and speak to you, face to face?"

Ariel could feel more warm light burning nicely on the top of her red hair, she looks and gaze at how the sun is starting to shine more of it's great light through the clouds. Ariel decided to show her face only, slowly lifted her hand away from Eric's eyes as he raised his weak right-hand cover above his eyes to stop the sun's light from blinding them.

The background was so bright and was like gold shiningly melted away around his view, and in the centre was this beautiful girl, hair as red as a rose and the bright light in the background makes the edges look darker. Eric could see her eyes as blue the sea surface as they meet with his icy blue eyes, her lips red as blood grew a warm smile. "Hello" Ariel greeters as she slowly moved her right hand over at the bottom of Eric's forehead, and gently touched his hand where it covers his eyes form the sun's light. "Hello" Eric smiled as his hands moved his fingers to touched hers like it was new, peacefully way of saying hello, unaware of this usually feeling that grew inside of them, their eyes gazing at each other was a forever-lasting feeling like it could last forever.

Suddenly, loud barks were heard ahead, Ariel looked up and realised that the barks were from that bug, fury creature, and that could be more humans will come along. Ariel moved her hand away from Eric as he tried to reach for her hand, but his weak arms were too slow to move quick. Eric was just starting to raise his head se he doesn't lose sight of the mystery girl, but he sight was lost when his dog, Max jumped on him and began on licking on his face. Ariel slide quickly on the sand pile to the rock side, she jumped far into the seawater and swam further down. She stopped suddenly as she turned around and stare back above the water, wanted to know if Eric remembers and if he believes it was a dream, even asking herself if that was a dream. Ariel swim up above water and climb up behind a rock and stare out at the bench watching Eric was getting up slowly and there were a few men coming to the beach.

"Eric!" Grimsby rushed over to Eric and helped him getting up to his feet.

Eric was getting his balance steady and straight, he asked Grimsby is all the crew alive and alright, but they were the same for Eric as he was still a boy. Their all cheer and hugged for surviving throughout the storm last night, expected for Grimsby, but then Eric remembered back of the mysterious girl he saw early before. He looked back at the peaceful beach and small softly splashing on the golden sand, moved passed the crew to get a better view but he still couldn't see her.

"Where is she?" Eric turn around and asked the crew, but their only answer was silence for he had no idea what he was talking about. Eric repeated his question, "The girl? She had red hair. She was right there" he pointed to the side where he was laying, "And, she saved my life." Eric gazed back at the beach remembering back on how terrified he was on the ship, when it explored it felt like his time has come to die as he couldn't see, couldn't shout out for help, he couldn't feel anything but the pressure of the sea dragging him in the water losing air to breathe and to live.

Grimsby whispered to the crew, "I think he had a lot of seawater coming in and out of him."

Grimsby walked to the side of Eric and encourage him to walk back with them to his kingdom, before they leave the beach Eric turned around and yelled, "Thank you!" The whole crew and Grimsby freeze silently, and the dog began barking after the yell, Eric turned back around and smiled to Grimsby, "I least I'm saying thank you, even to the sea for bringing me back." Eric walked off with a helping hand from Grimsby for Eric still didn't had his balance right, along with the crew behind them. After leaving the beach Eric spotted a scale like from a fish on his left shoulder, he carefully pealed it off and found a healed scar underneath giving him a curious look.

Ariel climbed on the rock and watch them leave the beach, she recalled and smiled how Eric yelled out, he who knew nothing of her thanks her even having the sight of her. She started to get an exciting feeling through veins that made her jump high off the rock and splashed into the sea, twirling and spinning around in ups and downs while laughing. Last night, first time she heard of music in years, and now she saved a human and she just feeling so blissful. Flounder didn't what got into Ariel, but he joined in the laugher and swam with her in loops or spins. Ariel stopped so she doesn't feel quite dizzy and her laugher transformed to yawning which reminded her that she was meant to be in bed.

"Oh, gosh! I need to get back!" Ariel swam as fast as she could to the palace aside with Flounder.

They finally reached to palace, Ariel thanked Flounder for coming with her and helped, they decided to promise talk later today as they separated. Ariel carefully swim through the gates and passed the guards, so they won't spot her, then quickly swim up to the tower where she and her sisters sleep. She leaned her head over on the edge of her bedroom window to see if any of her sisters are awake, but luckily, they weren't. Ariel swam over on her bed with the quilt over her over and her head laying on her soft, purple pillow.

"Ah… I needed this sleep" Ariel whispered to herself, closing her eye and tried to get some sleep.

"GO ON, GIRLS! GET UP!" Ariel raised up from their governess, Marina Del Rey loud awake calls.

In the same order for the same morning, Ariel's sisters expected Attina all moaned with tiredness, but moaned with exhaustion, "But, I just got to bed like a second ago. Literally, a second go."

"Come on, girls! We wouldn't want to be to be late!" Marina continued yelling at the girls to get out of bed and get sorted.

The sisters all got up and swam to their mirrors sorting out their hair, doing their make-up, meanwhile Ariel was still sitting on her bed yawning out loud. Marina swam to her and handed her a hairbrush, "Go on sweetheart, we wouldn't want daddy to get you into trouble again, do we?"

Ariel took the brush as Marina warned the girls again to move quicker, Ariel began brushing her long, red hair and whispered to herself, "All he thinks I am is trouble."

Falling back onto her own bed, Ariel stare up wishing just to have more sleep, "What a morning?" then she started to grow a small smile as she repeated that question again, bit only thinking of before when she went up close to humans, listening to their charming music on the ship, and talking to Eric with his sweet, caring voice. The only thing that was bothering her is to think that she might not talk to him again or listen to their music. So, Ariel asked of herself, "What to do then?"