Okay I have made the second chapter putting some information from the 3 movie of the Little Mermaid, Treasure Planet, and the tv show of the little mermaid. I have decided to add some information on the Greek gods here and greek mythology. Have fun reading this new chapter.

Chapter 2: Adventures of the Sea

Growing up within Atlantica was unbearable. I had no friends that would even dare to play with a PRINCESS for fear of my father's wrath if I were hurt. My sisters were so busy trying to decide whose stuff belonged to which sister they didn't even notice my feelings or pain. None realized or even considered that my father's rule banning music was a ridiculous rule that should not have been born. As I turned 15 years old, my life was pretty much the same routine every single day since the new rules began. We would begin the day eating breakfast with my father, followed by a swim in the palace gardens then lessons and ending with sleep.

However, during the times that we had breaks to do whatever we liked, I, being 8 at the time, began going to the library to read the wondrous books about the many different sea lives out there and my father's kingdom, and I even found a book on the human world. Soon after 2 years of going to the library, my father went through our library and began destroying books that I tried to have a discussion with him. It was, however, too late since I had basically read all the books in the library within 2 years and had it committed to memory. At 10 years of age, I began to sneak out of the palace walls since none of my sisters ever went to the library as often as I did.

I began exploring different parts of my father's kingdom within the 7 seas. I had found so many different treasure coves where I could place my hidden treasures that I would salvage from the many sunken ships that I would explore. I had committed to memory my father's kingdom so I would not get lost along the way. I didn't want to be confined to the palace never to leave if my father ever found out that I went out without his permission.

Beginning at 10 years, I would make secret short journeys to the surface to see if the boy was on the shore where I had left him. It turned out that the boy would wait for me each day in a more secretive area of the beach to make sure no one would see me if I chose to come. I decided one day to make contact with him and see where this would go. I began by singing a song to him to get his attention.

~What would I give to live where you are~

~What would I pay to stay here beside you~

~What would I do to see you smiling at me~

~Where would we walk~

~Where would we run~

~If we could stay all day in the sun~

~Just you and me~

~And I could be~

~Part of your world~

Ariel: Hello, my name is Ariel. I am daughter of king Triton and a mermaid. Who are you? Why were you with those humans that hurt my mother?

Jim: Hello, my name is Jim Hawkins. Do you have a last name? I was taken while walking on this beach by those pirates. They said they would have me be a cabin boy. I just wanted to go home to my mother. My father left when I was 5. My mother only has me. I am sorry that they hurt your mother.

Ariel: I know that you didn't hurt my mother. I heard your pleas to free my mother. I don't know what a last name is? I only have Ariel. What exactly is it like to be human? What do you do?

Jim: We do lots of things like dancing, walking, running, etc. I don't know how to explain what it is like since I have been human all my life. Are you really a siren that leads sailors to drown with your music? Cuz, you don't seem bad to me.

Ariel: We are not sirens. We are merpeople. Sirens are heartless women that were created or cursed by the gods. They have been slighted by men and given away their humanity to punish men.

Jim: Oh so then your good. Okay. Well nice to meet you, Ariel. You have a beautiful voice.

Ariel: Thank you, Jim. *Giggles/smiles at Jim*

I continued to sneak out of the palace to talk with Jim Hawkins and learn a lot about the different human objects and what they could be used for. I confided in Jim with all that was happening in the palace, with me and with my father. He would listen and try to give me some advice. In turn, I would listen to his problems, hopes, and dreams, and I would try to give him advice when I could or my thoughts on the matter. Our conversations would even go into the realm of discussions on different matters that affected the world. As I learned more and befriended Jim, I didn't want these days of happiness to end. I believe I was beginning to like Jim more than just as a friend. I wanted to sneak out more often, but I believe that father was becoming suspicious of my happy behavior and began to keep a closer eye on me. This only made me angrier and more confined to the palace.

As I began to near my 15th year, I became even more rebellious than when I was 10 and just sneaking out of the palace. I began to ask my father so many questions and confronting him on the different new rules that were not there when I was 6. He would get angry and send me to my room when he could not figure what to say to me to quiet my questions. I only felt even more inclined to speak my mind as he became angrier with me. My sisters grew very upset with me, and they would plead with me to follow the rules and obey. I, however, did not want to listen to anyone including my own family.

One day, I came upon a blue and yellow fish as I was pulling barnacles off the gates outside the palace as punishment for ruining the family swim through the gardens. He was making music which I helped him escape the guards when they caught him. He would then become my best friend as I would try to bring music back to the kingdom. I won't bore you with the details of how a crazy woman that my father hired to watch and teach his daughters tried to one up Sebastian, the royal advisor, and become advisor to the king. I basically had to run away, find a music box, and remind my father that it may be painful remembering what happened to mom, but instead of dwelling on the pain we should be celebrating the life she lived.

Can you believe that an almost 15 year old girl actually had to be the adult and make sense to the so called, "father"? I wouldn't have believed it myself except that this is what happened. I know the pain of remembering mom. I also know the hurt of reliving the good and painful memories, but I think she would have wanted all of us to live happy and not in fear of our king. I reminded father that living without music and certain other rules is not what mother would have wanted for her family let alone the entire kingdom. Father soon came to reason, and the some rules were demolished, of course, not the one with any contact with humans and waiting to be 15 to go to the surface. However, music was back in the kingdom, and the crazy lady who tried to hurt me was imprisoned.

You would think that our lives would end with happily ever after, but this is not the end of our story. After I turned 15, my father forbade my sisters and myself from going to the surface in fear that the past would repeat itself. I had, however, more freedom to come and go as I pleased which I would take the chance to sneak to the surface and explore sunken ships. It was on one of these secret journeys to the surface that I would come to meet a bird by the name of Scuttle. He would teach me all the words, according to him, for the different human objects that I would find in sunken ships and around the sea which then I would go to Jim to see if what Scuttle said was true. I would collect many different items. I even found books within some of these ships which I was able to keep preserved in coves that had hidden entrances only accessible through the water but was dry enough for me to place these books.

I would be able to meet more with Jim within these coming days. I would be able to talk with him and confide more of all the things that happened. However, these coming days proved to be a challenge when my father found out I was sneaking to the surface, but only to find out I was talking with a seagull. I thought that I could be happy and live happily ever after like in the fairytale books that I found in one of the sunken ships, but it was not to be. Soon my world would be changed forever, and I had no idea what was to come.

…To Be Continued

The next chapter will hopefully come next week since I have some free time. Please be patient! Hope you enjoyed this chapter.