Ariel has always wanted many kids; just like her mother and father did. She has six sisters; Attina, Alana, Arista, Aquata, Andrina and Adella. Unfortuantly because Ariel's body is very petite, she was only able to have one child; a daughter named Melody. Melody is just like her mother, Ariel. She is adventurous and rebellious, but can also be very sweet.

It doesn't seem that long ago, but about two years ago, Melody helped save both the merkingdom and her kingdom from the evil, sea creature, Morgana. Morgana was the sister of Ursula, who had gotten Ariel and her family in trouble. But luckily for Ariel, everything worked out perfectly. She was able to get exactly what she wanted, to be human and win the man of her dreams, Prince Eric.

One day Ariel was walking through the hallways of the palace. She overheard maids gossiping, which she usually ignore, but she couldn't this time around. A middle age maid, Mary, was talking to a few other middle age maids about how a maid in training, who is a young, unmarried teenager, is pregnant.

"I heard she was shunned from her village and that's how she ended up here." Joanne whispered, followed by a laugh.

"That poor child need to leave this town too. Nobody is going to want her around." Dorthy said. "No man will want her."

Ariel felt like defending the pregnant teenager, but instead she kept walking to the dining hall, pretending as if she didn't hear a thing. She just wished she knew the name of the girl who's pregnant. A few weeks went by and she finally discovered who the girl was because she was the only one, who is a maid at the palace, who's pregnant.

"Hello." Ariel smiled.

The young maid looked up and quickly bowed when she saw Ariel. "Oh, good morning, your highness."

"What is your name?" Ariel asked. She looked up and down at the girl, examining her. She wasn't that far along, maybe three or four months, but Ariel knew she felt embarrass.

"Clementine, your highness." She quickly replied. "D-Did you need anything?" She stammered.

"No."

The young maid nodded and continued to do her dusting as Ariel walked away.

"We don't even have to tell anyone it's her child." Ariel exclaimed. "Eric, you know I always wanted more children and I know you did too, but unfortunately I can't provide us more and I feel so bad about that."

"Ariel, it's just not our place to adopt."

"Eric, she's just not in a suitable place to have a child... Just give it some thought, that's all I'm asking."

"Okay, I will, but let's not mention this to anyone, not even Melody."

"Of course."

After a month of deliberating, Eric finally agreed, which made Ariel very happy and excited for hopefully their new addition. The moment Eric said yes to Ariel, she went on the hunt in the palace for the pregnant maid. After ten minutes of looking, Ariel found her on her knees, scrubbing the floor in the main hall.

"Hi." Ariel smiled. "Clementine, right?"

The maid stopped what she was doing and stood up. "Yes, your highness."

"May I request something?" Ariel asked.

"Yes." Clementine said.

"My husband and I want to adopt your baby."

"W-what? My b-baby?" She stammered. "N-No. I, I, you..."

"No, please, we want to." Ariel said. "You're obviously not ready nor can afford one, quite yet, and we always wanted another child."

"Why didn't you and the king have more of your own then?"

Ariel didn't immediately answer since she and Eric never talked about it. "We couldn't, or more like I couldn't. I was unable to have more because of my size."

"Oh, I, I'm sorry." Clementine said. "But regardless, I couldn't ask this from you both to do."

"You're not listening, we want to."

"Can I think about it? I just don't think I can do it."

"Yes, of course. Take as much time as you need."

"Thank you, you're highness."

"Mother!" Melody shouted.

"Coming!" Ariel shouted. "Just come and find me when you have made you're decision."

"Mother, there you are." Melody said. "I'm going to see Jeremy."

"Just don't stay out long." Ariel said.

"Okay."

"And tell him your father and I says hello."

"Okay, okay, anything else?"

"No, have fun."

"Okay, bye."

Melody waited down on the beach, where she usually did, to wait for Jeremy to show up. Jeremy is the blond merboy she met when she went to Atlantica to steal her grandfather's trident. They actually hit it off, when the wall was removed that blocked the palace from the ocean, and now they are dating. Unfortunately for Melody he is still a merboy so she isn't able to see him much, but she has requested to be turned into a mermaid to spend summer with him and her mother's family.

"Hey Mel!" He shouted when he appeared from the surface, waving.

"Hi." She smiled.

The blonde merboy swam closer to Melody smiling. "Hey, how you doing?"

"Better now."

"Something wrong?"

Melody shook her head. "Just missed you, all it is."

"Alright, well, I think you should come in. The water is just perfect." Jeremy said. "We could race."

"That's a bit unfair, don't you think? You have a tail!"

"Well you got feet." He smirked.

Melody laughed and rolled her eyes. "I'm not wearing my proper undergarments to get wet in."

"Is Melody really turning down an opportunity to go in the water?" Jeremy questioned. He started to swim on his back. "No, honestly, I'm really surprised, really, I am. I guess I'll just go back home then."

Melody knew he was just bluffing but decided to play along. "Okay, bye." She stood up from where she sat and got up, heading towards the steps of the palace.

"Really, Mel?" He shouted. "Wait!"

She stopped and turned around. "Yes?"

"Don't leave. I was just kidding. Come back."

"I'll see you tomorrow."

Melody continued back up the stairs of the palace. As she was walking through a hallway, she could hear her mother and father talking to each other. Being like the girl she is, Melody began to eavesdrop on their conversation. She couldn't believe what she was hearing and Melody decided to enter the room.

"What do you mean you're adopting a baby!?" Melody exclaimed.

"Melody." Ariel said, quickly turning around. "It's, we're... You can't..."

"Mother, father, explain!" She interrupted her mother.

"Melody sit down." Eric said. "We weren't going to tell you yet but..."

"Yes, we're adopting a baby." Ariel said. "And before you ask why, this is why. We've always wanted another child, to have a big family."

"And your mother overheard a young woman who is pregnant and is not financially ready to have a baby." Eric said.

"She just agreed to let us adopt her baby when its born." Ariel said. "So I guess what we're saying is you're going to have a baby sibling."

"What! Mom, dad, I love being an only child. I love all the attention that comes with it!"

Melody stormed out of the room and ran back outside, like she usually did when she gets upset. When ran all the way out towards the ship ports, about a half a mile away from the palace. She noticed some men down below the boardwalk with a cage. There was something in the cage but she was unable to make out what it was from where she was. Melody climbed down a couple of rocks, hiding behind some rocks so the men didn't see her, to get a better look.

"Mom?" Melody questioned. There was a woman in the cage who looked just like Ariel. Melody moved down more, still hiding herself behind a couple of rocks, to get a better view of the woman in the cage. Her eyes widened and was shocked to see that woman had a tail. "She's a mermaid?"

Okay, new story! So this is someone else's story idea. That person just asked me to write it, so here's the first chapter! This won't be my main priority story since I'm working on two others, but I hoped you liked this chapter! Review, follow, favorite! Thanks for reading!