A/N: Well, I know it's not a very long first chapter but I tried the Disney movie with Final Fantasy character thingie and I didn't do so well. So, I thought and thought and thought on this some more and here's what came out. There's only one problem. In later chapters, when Ariel made a deal with Ursula to get legs in exchange for her voice, I want to do the same thing here but I think it'd make the story more interesting if I could come up with something other than trading her voice. Cause I thought well, Tifa plays the piano so maybe I could make her deaf and mute, but then I thought no, that wouldn't work very well because he doesn't know sign language.

So, anyways, my point is that if any of you readers out there have any ideas (silly or no) please, send them my way after you read this chapter. I know it's short but because I got a lot of flames on this when I tried it last time I didn't want to write too much.

So, I hope you like it. If you do, please, send a review with your suggestion(s).

The Little Mermaid

By: Jenna Mogavero

"I wonder what's up there," I said, lazily as I floated past the many shelves of my small grotto.

"Can't say," my best friend, Yuffie, said. "But why would you wanna go up there anyway, Tifa?" She said, putting her hands behind her head. "It can't be much better than here."

"Of course it is!" I said, appalled that she would say such a thing. "Up there you walk instead of swim and there's so many interesting things. Just look around," I said, sweeping my hand in front of me. "All these things are from the human world. They're all so strange!"

"Yeah, I know, it's just that...." She said, stopping short. She swam towards me and took both my hands in hers. "It's just that if you do go up there, I'd probably never see you again. I don't want that to happen. You're my best friend Tifa."

"Thanks, Yuffie," I said, giving her a warm hug. "But if I do go, I want you to come with me! It would be so much fun!" I said, twirling around in circles.

"Yeah, it would but why would you want to leave a place like this?" Yuffie asked, raising her hands and gesturing all around her. "I think where we live is fine."

I crossed my arms and circled the room a few times. "Well, it's not that I don't think where we live is fine, it's just I'm curious. I want to see what's out there, beyond the sea."

"Well, why don't we go see Cait, maybe he can tell you more about the human world," she suggested, her arms akimbo.

I thought for a moment. "Okay, let's go."