Okay, here is the story requested by daniellm with the twists I made.
July 19 (Morning)
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Ariel woke up early in the morning, the time when everything was calm and peaceful. She looked at Sebastian, who was awake by the window. She picked up the crab and a tear fell from her eyes, remembering what Scuttle had said last night. What could she possibly do against Ursula's witchery?
She put Sebastian on the floor and ran to the door. She wanted to see Eric, to see how he was faring. But she stopped running when she heard a conversation. "Well, Eric. It appears that I was mistaken. This mystery maiden of yours does in fact exist. And she is lovely. Congratulations, my dear," she heard Grimsby tell him. She walked toward them, seeing a brunette maiden.
She recalled what Scuttle said, and remembered that Ursula had put her voice in a shell.
She saw Grimsby tell Eric something, of which she hadn't been paying attention. "Ah! Ariel, come here. Meet Eric's bride-to-be, Vanessa. And Vanessa, meet Ariel," Grimsby told both of them. Vanessa smiled at her, and in return Ariel slightly smiled. That's when she saw a necklace hanging down. It was not just any necklace, but a shell as its ornament, the very shell Ariel was sure her voice had been put into. She used the opportunity to grab and tear the necklace from her, but Grimsby held on to her. "My dear, is something wrong?" he asked. Ariel desperately gestured with her hands, pointing at the necklace and her own neck. "Ah, no. It's hers. Besides, there are better shell necklaces, my dear. Let me escort you back to your room." As he lead her the other way, it hadn't even been three seconds when she ran from him and fastened her arms to Eric. "Ariel, what...-my dear, you can't have him. He's getting married to Vanessa, and there's nothing that can be done. Come here now."
Ariel reluctantly went with him, sad and worried. She wished she had her voice.
As they were half way back to her room, Grimsby spoke to her. "The ship will leave after dinner and the wedding will begin before sundown," Grimsby explained. 'Before sundown? I-.' Running back to where Eric and Ursula-in-disguise was, Ariel lashed after the necklace. As Vanessa looked coyly at Eric, she had not seen Ariel until the last second. "Hm? What―what are you doing? That's mine! Why, you little-!" she screamed, pushing Ariel backwards the hardest way possible. Ariel fell on her head, quite injured, but she got the necklace. It was not even two seconds when her voice, though unseen, returned.
"What―what happened?" Eric asked, out of the trance Ursula had put him under. "Nothing," Ursula quickly told him. Her voice turned to normal, but Eric hadn't noticed. "Eric, something is wrong with Ariel," Grimsby told Eric, walking towards the three. "Ariel?" Eric asked, looking down at Ariel. She was sobbing in pain. "Are you alright?" he asked again, kneeling down. Grimsby walked over to Ursula. "I am so sorry, Vanessa. We apologize," he told her. Ursula smiled evily. "No need to be. Have a nice time with Ariel, because at sunset, she will be mine!" she cackled. Her voice shocked Grimsby in his place with wide eyes, silencing him.
She threw the door open, and ran to the seashore before transforming into her octopus self. It was where Eric had been playing the flute the night before and where he came under Ursula's spell. (Scuttle got the news to her after this happened. She was brushing her hair with the fork by the window, seen by Eric and Grimsby, and so Eric had been under the spell for a short period of time).
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