A soft tune carries across the palace, it was a sad tune, yet full of hope. The source of the melody? It was the mermaid queen (human at the moment).

"The sun's warm kisses against your skin,
Spreading its beams, like a soft, gentle grin"

The small baby in her arms, cooed and giggled. His black and red hair was pushed back from his forehead as he reached to grab his mother's finger.

"You'll never know the salty sea breeze
Or race down the beach, with a pair of skinned knees"

The baby cocked his head in wonderment has he watched his mother's expression change. She smiled kindly at him and he giggled again.

"A child belongs outside in fresh air,
But your condition my darling, is all too unfair
Skipping stones, and counting clouds
For you, little Uriel, is not allowed."

When her and her husband found out about their child's condition, they wondered, what was in store for him? What was his true destiny?

"Oh my sweet boy,
How you'll miss each childish joy."

Ariel wastched as her king came into the nursery followed by seven people. Uriel stared in amazement as he smelled the outside.

"I wish you could able to play outside,
With the children who play seek and hide"

"Hide and seek" Her husband corrected her. She gave a little laugh. "Oh that's right"

"How can fate be so unjust
To spend your days inside with dust"

Max barked at a dust bunny that glided across the floor and baby Uriel began to cry. Ariel began to soothe him as she resumed singing.

"Don't cry my dear, soon you'll hear your call
Leave your mark on the world and stand so tall"

Ariel looked to the oldest in the room, her father. She smiled at him as she gently placed her babe into his arms. Her sister began to sing to the baby, who began to bury his head into his grandfather's beard.

"You'll have friends and family near
At your side, so don't shed a tear"

Uriel seemed to crave the sea and the outside. It was as if, even as a baby, he knew what was being sung to him. Ariel continued to sing.

"Your life will be happy; to this I swear
Really there is no need to despair!"

King Triton smiled at his first grandson. Even though he was confused about why the child could not simply visit him, he couldn't help but like the fragile babe. He was just like Ariel when she was a baby. Laughing and giggling at many different things.

"Ariel," His eldest daughter, Attina spoke. "Why, couldn't Uriel come to the sea?" Ariel knew that the question Attina wanted to ask was 'Why must we walk on this horrible land' Attina never liked the land.

Ariel felt Eric's hand clamp down onto her shoulder, for support. He smiled at her, and urged her to tell her family the truth. Ariel took a deep breath. "I've tried Attina. I've tried multiple times, but everytime Uriel was brought outside, he caught a fever and began to cough up blood." Her father and sisters shot her a worried look.

"After he got better, we tried taking him out again, and the same thing would happen, except worse. We took him to the doctor and.." Eric trailed off, as he looked to Ariel. He didn't have the heart to tell his father-in-law, that his first grandson was......not very healthy.

"Well..the doctor said that....I forgot what he called it but....it's a weird sickness that won't allow Uriel to leave the palace walls. I'm sorry daddy" Ariel bent her head low. She was apologizing for the fact that she made him and her sisters come onto land just to tell them...this.

"Ariel, it's not your fault.....nor is it Eric's fault" Triton added when he saw Eric shift around uncomfortably, like the older king was going to blame him for the babe's bad condition. Arista, walked forward and gave her younger sister a comforting hug.

"It's alright Ariel, it's just bad luck. Maybe Uriel will grow out of it!" she said hopefully. Suddenly Aquata gripped her father's arm.

"Daddy, maybe the trident could help Uriel!"

"Yeah! It made Ariel legs, and us too! How could it not cure Uriel's condition?" Adrina added enthusiastically. Ariel looked to her father with hope in her eyes.

"Can it happen daddy?" King Triton scratched his beard as he held the infant in his arms.

"I suppose so. I've never tried before, but don't you think it would be safer to turn Uriel into a merchild and have him eat Poseidon's

Seaweed?"

"Poseidon's Seaweed? What's that?" Adella asked curiously.

"Poseidon's Seaweed, is a type of seaweed that is able to cure anything." Her father explained.

"Why can't you just bring the seaweed here?" Eric asked as the sea king placed Uriel into his hands.

"Because you could only take the seaweed underwater, or else it'll lose it's magical abilities." Alana explained. Eric just nodded as he set Uriel into his crib.

"Daddy, did you even bring the Trident?" Ariel asked scanning the room for the large object. Her father gave a small chuckle.

"Ariel, I always bring my trident with me." The King explained as he slipped a ring off from his finger. When did he get a ring? Ariel asked herself. She was surprised when the gold ring began to change shape and grow larger. After a few seconds the trident appeared ready in King Triton's hands.

He wielded the magical item in his right hand and pointed it to the infant. Uriel's eyes widened in amazement as he saw a golden light.

After the light faded, Uriel stared at the confused faces of the adults. His mother had tears in her eyes. What happened?

"What happened, dad?" Attina asked with such confusion in her voice.

The king sounded grave when he spoke the next words, "Nothing happened"

"But Daddy, the Trident always works, always! Why didn't Uriel change?" Ariel's voice was full of disbelief. Her father shook his head slowly.

"I don't get it." But he did. So did everyone else. Uriel could not be affected by magic. The room was silent for a few long moments.

Was there any hope for Uriel?

"I guess this goodbye for a while" Ariel stated while hugging each of her family members. They were all heading back to the sea to Atlantica.

"For a while....Wait, Ariel," The king stopped his daughter for a moment before she hugged him.

"What is it daddy?" Her father handed her something. It was a gold chain with a small, trident shaped, pendant.

"Give it to Uriel. As my birthday present to him." Ariel gave her dad a big hug.

"I will and i promise I will tell him everything I can about you all. Maybe, like Arista said, he'll grow out of it, and when (or if) he does, he can see you again." Her father smiled at her.

"Goodbye Ariel. I'll miss you."

"You say that all the time"

"And I always do"

My Special Words (or not)

Wow....bummer.

Okay so i decided to call the song Uriel's song! *sarcastic tone* So original right?

Anyways, so this song was co-written, or actually I should say, mostly written by xJadeRainx. THANK YOU!!

I'm sorry it's not much, or if it's not really good, but I kinda suck at first chapters....eh, I'll live with it. Oh and just as a side note, this story will skip years at times so I hope you don't get confused.

WARNING : Your computer will self-destruct in 5 min if you don't REVIEW!! 4:59, 4:58, 4:57, HURRY!! 4:55......