This is my first crossover. This story will have some themes related to the movies: The Little Mermaid, The Little Mermaid 3: Ariel's Beginning, Treasure Planet, and Titanic (No characters will come from Titanic). *Spoiler Alert* Ursula will come out in it, and she will have her human for Vanessa. This is a pairing between Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet and Ariel from the Little Mermaid. I have seen a lot of YouTube crossovers and decided I wanted to make one closely to one that I really liked on YouTube. If you do not like these two pairings, I would suggest not reading this. Also let me add that I have not decided if Ariel will be with Jim or Eric in the end. Also this is entirely from Ariel's Point of View. Later on you will see the different points of view from other characters within the story. Also I will have different songs from different movies and such within the stories. This includes but not limited to, "A Whole New World", and others. If you do not like this, I would suggest not reading this story. Thank you and Enjoy.
Chapter 1: Encountered Meeting
Once upon a time is how most stories that involve a princess and her love story usually begin, but for this story that may or may not end in happily ever after will begin anew. My story has been told throughout all of time beginning in 1836 with Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid, but I will tell you a story that is different from Disney's and Hans' The Little Mermaid. If you haven't guessed, I am a mermaid, and the main discussion written about within these stories. It is true that mermaids are not allowed to head to the surface until they reach the age of 15, but I have not been known for exactly following the rules. Let's begin at the beginning since it is a good place to start.
Long ago, deep in the sea beneath the crystal blue waters was a water kingdom called Atlantica. Its citizens were the merfolk, which were half human on the top and fish tails for legs. Atlantica was a prosperous kingdom filled with life and laughter. Every day was a joyous occasion within the kingdom and was celebrated both on the surface and below before the age limit rule came to pass. King Triton was a kind and caring ruler of the merfolk, before tragedy struck. Queen Athena was a fair and beautiful ruler that could ever stand beside King Triton. The king and queen were blessed with 7 daughters, which I am the youngest of those daughters. Ariel is my name. Growing up was a grand and happy time.
Growing up, I, along with my sisters, was taught by my mother and father. The official advisor to the king was a small red crab call Sebastian, which from time to time he would teach us music along with other royal duties acceptable within the courts. We were to present ourselves honorably before the courts as we each came of age. I remember my family always laughing and singing when it counted while still being prim and proper for the courts.
One day, the merfolk decided to hold a concert on the surface of the water for the queen to celebrate the anniversary of the king and queen. King Triton had a special gift to give Athena, which was a beautiful musical shell shaped box that showed the king and queen dancing when opened. As the merfolk gathered around a small waterfall that lead to the open sea, the king was playing with his daughters as the air was filled with laughter and music. The music seemed to have attracted some unwanted attention from a pirate ship that seemed to have come out of nowhere. The merfolk dropped their instruments and left back into to the deep blue sea. One of my sisters had gotten stuck under a rock when my mother went to her aid to save her as the pirates kept firing blasts at the cove. It seemed all the merfolk had gotten out of the cove just in time before the pirates came to plunder, all except one.
My mother, Queen Athena, went back to save her music box and was killed by the pirates who were calling her a siren of the sea that would lead to their destruction. My father was furious with the humans who had killed his beloved wife. My father's triton has a magical power to control all the bodies of water on this planet. Many humans have come in search of Atlantica to find the merfolk and King Triton's triton that has a powerful but destructive power. My father, in his anger and grief, conjured using his triton a terrible storm with lightning and thunder that would definitely sink the human's vessel.
As I watched my father, who seemed to not even notice my presence, attempt to sink this human vessel, I saw a small boy upon that ship. He seemed to be my age. I begged my father to stop his rampage, but he continued to ignore my presence as he watched the vessel catch on fire due to the lightning striking the sails. I decided to swim under the water toward the vessel and hide among the wreckage until my father had descended into the deep blue waters. The ship must have been caring something that explodes, because the entire top of the ship exploded throwing the little boy into the water. I found him hanging onto some wreckage trying to keep afloat, but he began to let go and sink into the waters. I descended into the waters and was able to find him. I carried him to a known land that would have many humans roaming the beach. As he laid there motionless, I began to fear that he was not alive. Then by some miracle, the sun began to break through the clouds, and I saw him breathing and decided to sing a song her mother sang to her father to the boy to awaken him.
~A whole new world~
~A dazzling place I never knew~
~But from way up here it's crystal clear~
~ That now I'm in a whole new world with you~
~Unbelievable sights, indescribable feeling~
~Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling~
~Through an endless diamond sky~
~A whole new world~
~And I could be part of your world~
The boy began to awaken, but I heard some villagers coming from the town nearby. The boy coughed up some water, and thanked me for saving his life. I leapt back into the waters and descended to the location of my home. It would not be until sometime later that I would learn that the boy's name was Jim Hawkins, and he was captured that morning from the town I had taken him to by the pirates. It seemed he had nothing to do with the pirates that had killed my mother. In fact, I would learn that he tried to save my mother, but he was hit for speaking out of turn.
As I arrived home, my father immediately began to question my whereabouts.
King Triton: Young lady, where have you been?
Ariel: I was just exploring some nearby caverns under the water, but there was no treasures hidden there!
It was the first time that I had lied to my father, but given his reaction to the pirates, I decided it was best to not tell him I saved a young boy that had fallen off the pirate ship.
King Triton: Ariel, you are not to go out alone anymore. You are to stay within the castle grounds. There will be new rules in place to protect the merpeople from the humans. I declare no merpeople under the age of 15 will be allowed to ascend to the surface. Music will be banned from playing within the city. Merpeople will stay away from humans and have no contact with them. These rules will begin today.
Ariel: But father, you can't just ban music. It is everywhere besides how is banning music going to protect us from humans? King Triton: Ariel that is enough! You will do as I say. This is the ruling of the king.
Ariel: I understand.
As I listened to even more rules my father would declare, I began thinking of ways that I could escape from the iron rule of my father. I believed not all humans were evil or destructive. At least, I knew that the boy that I had just saved from drowning in the sea was not evil or like the other pirates. I decided that I wanted to see that boy again and explore the different places within my father's kingdom. I would find new places to hide my treasures that I would find that belonged to the human world and keep it hidden from my father and his royal advisor. I would find new paths to take to escape the grounds to be able to meet with the boy in secret, but I wouldn't be able to meet with him until I was older and my father would watch me less.
This tragedy began the new rules and the construction of the cage I felt like I was living in within the palace walls. My father didn't seem convinced of the story that I had told him of my whereabouts that day, but he didn't seem to give it any concern, either. He continued to rule hiding anything and everything that would remind him of my mother, including me who resembled her the most. I grew so headstrong thinking of only escaping from my cage and seeing the human boy. I didn't know that one day that boy would be my blessing and my undoing.
….To Be Continued
Yes, I know that I put the ending of Part of Your World (Reprise) with Jim Hawkins when Ariel is all about 6 or 7, but she grew up watching her mother and father in love. In this scene, she doesn't understand love, but I would say she has begun to see a world very different from her own and wants to explore more of it. Yes, it is hard to believe that a 6 or 7 year old girl is thinking of rebellion, but if it was me who loves music, I would be very rebellious even at this age. Thank you again for reading. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave me a comment if you would like to see something in the story or just some constructive criticism. ~Thank you~