Hello everyone! I am sorry to those who wanted a new chapter or an ending for Currents but I just lost interest and I didn't like the plot anymore, I'm sorry! I really am! But I haven't given up on Sora/Ariel, I still love em! And I hope you do too ;) Well this story was just calling me to write it as it's been in my head for a long time... well I hope you like it!
WARNING AND DISCLAIMER: I don't own Ariel or Sora and mostly all the characters in this story. And this chapter contains sexual themes but not much!
Full Summary: Ariel runs away from Eric after finding him having an affair, Sora's confused about his relationship with Kairi. Will eventually become a SoraxAriel and a RikuxKairi.
Pairings: SoraxAriel, RikuxKairi, Tid-bit of ArielxEric and SoraxKairi. Other pairing may be added later.
Hurt, angry, confused. All of these feelings came over Ariel as she cried, her head buried into the soft feather pillows, which would have been comforting but not after what she had just seen. The man she thought she loved and whom she thought loved her, was having an affair.
Earlier that day...
Ariel had been out painting that day, she had been painting in the warm warmth of the sun, overlooking the ocean that was once her home on the beach. The sky had been beautiful that day, fluffy clouds and blue skies, hovering over the calm blue beneath it. Occasionally when she would come out to paint, Scuttle her seagull friend would fly over to her, and they would chat. Ariel would always ask how things were in Atlantica, Scuttle would always tell her. Flounder being his source would provide him with things to tell Ariel the next time he saw her. Flounder had no time to meet with her himself on account of that he had started a family with a fish named Penelope, whom had just recently laid her eggs. Yes, Scuttle would occasionally come, but not today, which saddened Ariel a bit, it was always a treat to see her friend.
She stroked the wooden paint brush smoothly and slowly along the horizon, her painting was almost finished and she wanted to show Eric right away. Eric and Ariel had been married for 3 months and a half now, and Ariel was quite enjoying the married/human lifestyle that she had finally become accustomed to. She learned how to read, swim with legs, dance, she even became enrolled in a martial arts class, which recently had been introduced to her people by the Chinese. Ariel had been fascinated by the way the Chinese were able to move their bodies in a beautiful but dangerous manner, and when the opportunity arose, she decided to train with the Emperor of China's best warriors. Mulan, the only female warrior of China, became an almost instant friend to Ariel when she began classes, since they both were girls and in relationships they had a lot in common.
An especially interesting thing they had in common was the fact that the Key-bearer, Sora, had saved both of their lands from evil, and they both had fought along side of him. They both occasionally would tel each other stories of their battles with and without Sora, Mulan had become probably her best girlfriend since Gabriella a long time ago.
"There, it's finished." Exclaimed Ariel proudly as she stroked the last stroke for the painting. "I can't wait to show this to Eric, he's going to love it!" She thought to herself. Ariel quickly removed the painting from the easel, not caring that it still needed time to dry, she just wanted to see the look on her husband's face when he saw it. She scurried into the castle, hurrying through the old castle hallways, portraits of past rulers passing her as she marched by. She headed for Eric's study, the usual whereabouts of the Prince. "Eric I-" She began, but she stopped herself when she realized the study was empty. "That's strange, I wonder where he is..." Ariel thought, as she turned around and searched the many halls and corridors, occasionally calling his name. She had asked maids and other castle servants if they new where he was and they all did not. Ariel eventually found herself in the basement of the castle, a place she absolutely despised.
Soft moans were sounds Ariel heard when she entered. She was getting worried and confused, she wondered if someone was hurt and chained and dying down here, but there were no dungeons Ariel knew of in the castle. She tried to hold her breath, unaware of the scene she was about to see.
"Oh my gosh!" Ariel didn't believe what was occurring before her, Eric and some woman were making love, in the corner of the basement against the hard stone wall. Tears sprung to her eyes and she temporarily forgot to breath. "How could he do this to me!" She wondered as she ran back up the stairs of the cold basement and into the halls of the castle, she ran until she came to the room she and Eric shared and she crashed and landed into the also shared bed. Many things ran through her head, her tears staining the pillows and sheets beneath her. She wondered if Eric even loved her or if he ever did, she wondered why she even fell in love with him, and she knew that she would never think of him the way she used to ever again, from that moment her love and respect for him were terminated.
Ariel had eventually cried herself to sleep, her tears were dry now and there was no evidence of her earlier breakdown, her still wet painting, had been tossed to the floor, but the picture was still unaltered. When Eric came in to go to sleep, he saw Ariel laying there and thought that she must've had a tiring day. He really didn't think that much about her anymore, not since he met Veronica, the girl he had been with earlier that day, she seemed to have every quality Eric was attracted to in a woman, she was pretty, preppie, and promiscuous, everything he wanted, and he got what he wanted from her, the only reason she wasn't the one he was about to go to sleep with, was because divorce wasn't aloud in Royalty, and since his marriage to Ariel, the Mer-folk had become powerful allies.
After changing into his night robes, Eric climbed quietly into the bed and pulled the covers over he and Ariel, but he didn't put his arms around her like he used to, he just lied there and fell asleep...
2 O'clock am...
Ariel awoke with a start, memories of her dream and the afternoon before flooded her thoughts. She remembered how odd her dream was, she had kissed Eric at a point in her dream, and when she opened he eyes after the kiss, she found herself not looking at Eric's blue eyes and jet black hair, she was gazing into the blue eyes of a spiky haired brunette, with much softer features... Sora. This confused her, she hadn't see Sora for about 4 months and she still remembers everything about him, and what confused her more is why she kissed him. She looked over to Eric, the one person in the universe whom she despised right now, how dare he betray her! Ariel felt tears coming o her eyes again but she held them back, instead, she got out of the bed and put a coat from the closet over her blue dress, she then left the room to sneak out of the castle, she had no intentions of coming back...
Destiny Island, the same time...
Sora gazed out at the ocean surrounding his home, his family, and his friends. He had come out here after he had awoken from an odd dream, he had been kissing Kairi, whom he had just recently begun seeing, and when the kiss was finished, he was staring at a different blue-eyed red head, Ariel. He hadn't thought about her in a long time, not since he and Kairi began seeing each other at least. He admits that he used to have fantasies about him and her together, he at one point had a crush on her, who wouldn't become attracted to a good-looking red-head swimming around with nothing but seashells on? Sora thought th crush had gone away when Kairi came back into his life, but now thinking of her again makes him realize that the crush hasn't gone away, which presents a problem because he likes Kairi, right?
Staring at the ocean didn't help Sora to get Ariel out of his head, in fact it made him think of her more, and if he would ever see her again, he wondered if she thought about him, but he quickly tried to shake that last thought out of his head, he had to think that she wouldn't, she's married to a Prince! She has everything she ever could have wanted! There's no way he and her would work he thought.
"Sora? What are you doing?" a high voice asked.
Sora turned around and found Kairi standing there, looking at him, "Oh nothing, I just, I just needed some air, that's all." he replied.
"Well come on, get back to bed you lazy bum!" Kairi giggled as she took Sora by the arm and began to drag him to his house.
Before Sora went to sleep, he looked out his window to look at the ocean and he wondered, "Do I like Ariel?"
Next chapter- Ariel has fled the castle and Eric, she heads to her friend Mulan for shelter and advice. Sora finds a surprise when Riku and Kairi get involved!
Hey Guys! I hope you like this, I hope you take the time to review and the next chapter will probably be up tomorrow!