On land...
"Ariel darling, the carriage is here to take us to the boat" Eric shouted from below the balcony. "I will just be a minuet dear." Ariel replied. Eric chuckled and said 'yeah, where have i heard that before'. Ariel passed up and down in front of the mirror with a worried look upon her face. She was worried because it was nearly a month and a half since she last saw her father and over a year since she last saw her sisters. She started to feel all queasy. "Not again" she said as she ran for the bathroom. That was the third time that week she had been ill. "Ariel we will be late for your father" Eric shouted. There was no reply. "Ariel darling if you won't come down i will come up and get you!" As Eric shouted the last words he heard Ariel fly down the stairs. As she rushed towards her husband she thought to herself. "I hope everything goes well today and that I am not sick on the boat". She and Eric stepped into the grand golden carriage and made their way to the marina. Ariel had not spoken the whole journey to the marina. Eric was beginning to get worried as soon as they were on the boat Ariel darted straight for the starboard side of the boat and looked over the horizon. Eric followed her and started to speak "Darling are you okay? You were very quite in the carriage."Ariel took a deep breath and lied "I just want everything to go right. It has been soo long since I last saw father and even longer since I last saw any of my sisters I just miss them that is all." She did not tell him what was really worrying her like why had she been ill so much and not wanting to eat lunch and why her new dress did not fit her properly. A single tear rolled down her check. It shined in the sun which made Eric notice it. He wiped it off with a single swipe of his little finger. "I know you miss them but they must have a reason for not coming to see you." Ariel smiled "You're right they must be busy like me." Eric picked Ariel up and spun her around in the air and said "I know I am right because if they are anything like you they never stop." Eric put her down and went to check something out with the captain. Ariel turned to look out starboard side now feeling ill again to take her mine off it she started smiling and remembering her old life and her sisters when they were younger.
Mean while under the sea...
"Rise and shine girls." shouted Sebastian as he walked in the room. "Why soooo early Sebastian" asked Attina. Sebastian laughed and jumped on to her bed chuckling he said "You are going with your father to suprise Ariel and Eric dummies." All 6 girls jumped out of bed and screamed as loud as they could. Aquata asked "Does anyone know how long it has been since we last saw a little sister?" They all murmured. When Adella answered "It has been over a year since we last saw Ariel at Arista's Birthday."Attina was shocked to the core "Has it really been that longer" She fell down and just landed on the bed next to her luckily no one had seen her. The reason behind this was that she was the oldest sister. Even though Ariel was a pain growing up Attina did love her. It hurt her the most when she left for the land as she had to pretend to be mother as they were growing up (their mother was killed by pirates when Ariel was five and Attina was 12). Attina pulled herself together just as Sebastian came back into the room. He shot her a funny look but Attina shrugged it off and smiled happily back. The 6 girls followed Sebastian out to the shell carriage pulled by four magnificent purple dolphins. Triton smiled as he saw all his wonderful beautiful daughters arrive. "Come along girls we will be late". He said as they all piled on to the Carriage. It took them an hour and a half to get to the meeting point Sebastian went back over the plan with everyone once more. "When the boat arrives Your Majesty, you will go up and meet Ariel and Eric, then girls when i give you the signal you will get into the giant shell and the dolphins will push you up. Then I will tap on the shell three times that is when you will open the shell and suprise Ariel." They all replied "Yes Sebastian". All they had to do was waiting for the boat carrying the guest of honour to arrive.
Meanwhile back on the boat...
The captain shouted "Ten minutes till we arrive at the meeting point Prince Eric". Ariel had been outside staring out to sea the whole journey she quickly ran inside to freshen up a bit so she looked reasonaly respectable. Eric walked in to see how she was doing. As he walked through the door Ariel had finished freshening up and was twirling in front of the mirror. Eric stood in the shadows of the door way and just watched her for a moment. Ariel had not seen Eric until the sun had bounced off one of his many shine buttons on his jacket. She gasped and stopped spinning "How long have you been standing there?" She said in a startled manner. "Just long enough to remind myself how beautiful you were when I married you and how beautiful you are now," Eric said with a smile on his face. The met in the middle of the room and kissed passionately . However they came to an abrupt stop when Grimsby came in saying Ariel's farther was waiting. The couple came on to the deck and Ariel at the sight of seeing her father ran over without thinking and hugged him and shouted "DADDY". He said back "Ariel darling, I have missed you" Eric stayed back and let them share a moment as father and daughter. Once Ariel and Triton had finished Ariel went back and joined Eric as she did so he bowed respectably to the King and he bowed back. As Triton raised his head. The grand White shell emerged to the surface with Sebastian on climbing on top of the shell. Ariel and Eric shared the same look and ask "What is it?" Sebastian didn't reply he just chuckled then said "We planned a little surprise for you" As he said it he tapped the shell three times on the side and it began to open. Once it was full open Ariel said "It could not be possibly could it daddy?" He just chuckled as Ariel looked up she heard 6 identical yet different screams. Her body was overcome with joy and screamed back. Eric smiled and asked "Aren't they your sisters! I told you would see them soon." As the shell moved closer Ariel took of her shoes and King Triton made a bridge to the shell. Eric helped her up then she slid down the bridge and joined her sisters.
But as they exchanged hearts to hearts little did they know that something bad was happening in the kingdom of Atlantica...