In King Triton's throne room, the sea King was deep in thought about his eldest daughter, Attina.
"Your majesty" Sebastian said looking at the merman, the crab had just given the daily report and had noticed that the King wasn't paying attention like he normally did.
"I'm worried about Attina, Sebastian" Triton said sighing.
"Why your majesty?" The crab asked still a bit miffed that his report fell on deaf ears.
"It seems like all my daughters have found their mates even my little Ariel, all except for Attina," Triton said.
"I'm sure that Attina will have the dream soon enough," Sebastian said.
"What if she never finds her mate? What if she doesn't have one?" Triton said starting to worry.
"Don't worry your majesty, she'll find her mate" Sebastian said reassuringly, "Remember your beloved late wife hadn't had the dream yet when you met her"
Triton chuckled at the memory of him when he first met his late wife, Athena, upon the first sight he knew that she was his mate however she didn't know who he was or why he had tried talking to her.
"Speaking of Attina, where is she?" Triton asked, "She should be here by now"
"I don't know your majesty I haven't seen her," Sebastian said.
Above the sea
Attina was above the sea, but not where the humans were. The brunette mermaid was somewhere that her father forbids her and her sisters to be- the land of the centaurs.
She knew that as future queen and as the oldest she should be setting an example, but the truth was that she didn't want to become Queen.
Sighing the young mermaid slipped back into the sea and headed back to Atlantica.
When she arrived home, she was bombarded by her sisters.
"Where were you?" Adella asked holding her daughter.
"Father has been looking for you" Arista stated.
"You're in so much trouble," Ariel said childishly.
Attina rolled her eyes and swam away towards the throne room ignoring her sisters.
"You were looking for me father?" Attina asked swimming into the room.
"You know the rules of curfew still apply to you as well as your sisters" Triton said, "I expect this kind of behavior from Ariel, but not from you"
"Yes father, I lost track of time. It won't happen again" Attina said bowing her head.
"I hope not. You're the future Queen, I expect better from you" Triton said.
"Yes father," Attina said looking up at him.
"You're dismissed," Triton said.
Attina bowed once more before swimming out of the throne room and swimming to the room she once shared with her sisters.
Sighing she laid down on her clam-shell bed and went to sleep.
That night Attina had the dream that would change her life forever. She could see him, the one she was meant to be with, her soul mate.
He had green eyes, tanned skin, long blonde hair that was the color of sand and a dark black coat.
Attina woke up gasping for air as she tried to get over the dream she just had, the brunette did not notice the small pale wing mark that appeared on her tail.
'It can't be true' Attina thought as she laid back down and tried to go back to sleep only for the dream of her mate plaguing her mind.
The next morning
Attina was quiet as she swam into the dining room ignoring her sisters and brother in laws glares.
"Attina, what's the matter with you? You are never late" Triton said looking at his eldest with concern.
"Sorry father, I didn't sleep well last night," Attina said looking down at her food.
Triton looked quizzically at her and made a mental note to speak with her later on after his meeting with Dudley.
After breakfast, Triton swam away towards his throne room as Ariel and her other sisters swam after Attina to figure out what was going on.
Attina swam into the palace garden whispering to herself and didn't hear her sisters swimming up to her.
"Okay, what's going on with you?" Adella asked.
"What do you mean?" Attina said trying to sound calm.
"You are never late for anything and now all of a sudden your late for practically everything now," Alana said.
"Yeah, your starting to act like Ariel," Arista said gesturing to their youngest sister who stuck out her tongue at the pale blonde.
"Attina! Your tail!" Ariel exclaimed noticing the mark on her sister's orange tail.
Knowing that she couldn't lie to her sisters Attina sighed before saying, "I finally had the dream"
"That's great!" Aquata said happily.
"I've never seen this type of mark before," Alana said studying the eldest sister's tail trying to figure it out.
Attina looked at her fins before saying, "No it's not great Aquata and Alana, you won't find two marks alike other than yours and your mates"
The girls all shared a look of confusion with one another at Attina's first answer.
"Why?" Adrina asked swimming closer to her eldest sister.
"I can't tell you," Attina said sadly.
"We're your sisters. You can tell us anything" Aquata said.
Attina took a deep breath before saying, "My mate isn't a merman, nor is he from the sea"
"A human?" Ariel gasped looking at the brunette.
"A centaur" Attina mumbled before swimming out and away from Atlantica to the much-dismayed calls coming from her sisters.