Ch. 1

The Beginning

It was another beautiful day in the forests around Fern Gully. The Fairies were going about

their daily business and Batty was on another hunt for more fruit. Pips and the Beetle Boys

were on their way to wake up Crysta, who was still tired after a day of racing though the

forest with the guys. "C'mon, can't you guys move any faster" Pips said "we've gotta get

Crysta." "Don't worry she's probably just havin' breakfast." Stump said. "Yeah or she's

somebody else's breakfast!" Root added."She's fine, now hurry up!" said Pips. When they

arrived, Pips flew up to Crysta's room in the blink of an eye. "Alright come on Crysta let's

get movin" said Pips. But, instead of Crysta, Pips found a beautiful young girl with long red

hair. She was wearing a green top with a purple fairy skirt. "Hey wait a sec, you're not

Crysta!" Pips said. "Who's Crysta, my name is Ariel. I'm one of the princesses of Atlantica."

Ariel said, "My father's the king! Who are all of you?" Pips then said "Royalty huh, well it's

nice to meet ya Ariel, the name's Pips" he said "and these are my friends Stump, Root, Twig,

and Bark." "It's wonderful to meet all of -- OH MY GOSH, ALL OF US HAVE LEGS!"

Ariel said excitedly. "I've never met anyone that looks like a human!" "So I take you've never

seen a human before huh" said Pips "well, we all saw a human about a month ago." "Can you

tell about him later" she asked "Uh, sure" Pips responded. Then out of nowhere came Batty

ramming into a tree, as usual. "Who's that?" Ariel Asked. "That's Batty, he's had some pretty

bad experiences in his life" he responded "but, I can't say what they were." "Oh, looking for food can be really painful if you don't look where you're going." Batty said in a dazed voice.

He then flew over with everyone else "mornin' guys, how's everybody doin' to—A NEW

FAIRY BUG, I ALWAYS LOVE MEETING NEW FRIENDS!" he said excitedly. "I'm Batty,

please to make your acquaintance mademoiselle." "Please to meet you Batty, I'm Ariel" she

said. "So do you have any idea what happened to Crysta?" Stump asked. Batty then stared

panicking and said "CRYSTA'S MISSING, OH NO WHAT ARE GONNA DO MAN, WHAT

ARE WE GONNA DO!" "Calm down Batty, wherever Crysta is I'm sure she's fine." Pips

said esuriently. Ariel then asked "Where are we anyway?" "We're in FernGully, the most

beautiful place in the forest" Batty answered. "Come on, the guys and I'll show you around"

Pips said "and don't worry about flying, all you do is think about it and you'll take off." They

then all flew off with Batty close behind.

Meanwhile…..

The daughters of King Triton were getting ready to play a game of sponge ball four on four.

Team one was composed of: Aquata, Andrina, Ariel, and Flounder, while Team two was

composed of: Arista, Attina, Adella, and Alana. "Alright eveybody, I want a clean game wit

no cheatin'" Sebastian said "so everybody get ready and—where is Ariel?" "We don't know

Sebastian." Andrina said "she probably still sleepin" "Alright we'll take a short timeout,

Attina you go get your sister." said Sebastian. "No problem" she responded. She quickly

swam to Ariel's room to wake her up. She entered the bedroom very slowly and went over

to Ariel's bed. "Ariel, it's time to get up sleepy head" she said quietly "Not now Pips I'm tryin'

to sleep" she responded "Who's Pips, Ariel what are you takin' about" Attina said. She then

pulled back sheets and saw a mermaid with short black hair, a red shell top, and a red tail.

"Who are you and what are you doing in Ariel's bed?" She said "Whose Ariel I'm Crysta,

leader and protector of FernGully, who are you?" she said. "I didn't mean to startle you but,

Idon't know how I got hear." "I'm sorry to." Attina said "I'm just protective of my younger

sister, Ariel." "That's alright" said Crysta "I'm Attina." she said "It's a pleasure to meet you

Attina, I'm Crysta" she responded. She then asked "so, what is this place" "This is Atlantica,

home to the ruler of the ocean and my father, King Triton." Attina answered. "C'mon I'll

introduce you to my sisters and friends." Crysta then followed Attina through the halls of

the palace; Crysta then stopped and noticed that there was something different about her.

"Wait, what happened to my wings and legs; and why do I have a tail?" Crysta asked. "You've

never had a tail before" Attina said. "No, I'm actually a fairy not a mermaid" said Crysta.

"I've never met a fairy before, I had heard they're very kind creatures" Attina replied. The

two then made their way toward the area where everyone else was waiting. "Good, Ariel and

Attina are here, now we can start-wait a minute where's Ariel and who is this?" Sebastian

said "Everybody this is Crysta" Attina replied. "Crysta these are my sisters: Aquata, Adella,

Alana, Arista, and Andrina, and these are our friends: Sebastian and Flounder." "It's wonderful

to meet all of you" Crysta said very kindly. Flounder then swam up "It's nice to meet you to

Crysta" he said. "So why don't you tell us a little about yourself, Crysta" Alana said. "Well,

I'm actually a fairy, I live in the beautiful FernGully, and I'm the leader of all the fairies that

live there" she responded. "I've never heard of any place called FernGully what a about da

rest of you?" Sebastian asked. Everybody, except Crysta, all shrugged the heads. "Oh well, so

what were you all doing before I got here?" Crysta asked. "We were playin' Sponge Ball"

Alana responded. "All you have to do is try to keep the sea sponge away from the other team

and get to the other side of the palace." "You're on my team, Crysta" Andrina said. "Okay,

I've gotten the swimming down, this game sounds pretty easy" Crysta said to herself.

"Alright, let's do this!" She said excitedly. The Game then finally started and continued for

a couple of hours.