A Little Mermaid Fan Fiction: Part of Your World

Created By: BlazingPhoenixQueen

Silence engulfed the throne room for a breath shattering moment-only the king knowing exactly what had just occurred before his very eyes. The man who had haunted his dreams for many moons was now before him and instead of legs, the land prince was a vision of his subjects with his glinting dark blue scaled tail from his waist. Surely there was no chance that the sea witch had somehow lived in order to grant such wishes as fins in exchange for legs? Yet that seemed to be the only answer and within a few seconds, the booming voice of the sea king rolled over the throne room though few subjects resided inside. "Take this prisoner to the deepest parts of the caverns below and leave him there. I shall have no court with him and he shall not be seen with my youngest daughter." the command was sharp and Ariel sucked in a sharp breath of shock. Who was this raven haired male and why did he know the name granted to her upon birth?

Her confusion did not last long as she swam towards Eric with a look of distrust upon her delicate features. "Who are you?" she asked lightly and reached for him, only to have a hand reach around her outstretched wrist and her hues swiveled to Kane quickly who pulled her back into his arms causing her stomach to flip from the sudden closeness. He had not done more than place polite kisses upon her hands and now he was holding her back from the prisoner of her kingdom. "What is going on father?" she demanded suddenly, the spark of her mother rising up in her tone causing the king to simply pinch the bridge of his nose and sigh, closing his eyes with pain hidden well from his face and from his child. "The prisoner, take him away now." on his command, the king crabs moved and dragged the struggling male away who seemed shocked. "Please remember me! Tell them that you know who I am!" he was hurt and Eric seemed nearly defeated. What had they done to the beautiful woman he had fallen in love with in just three days time?

As the throne doors slammed shut, the princess found herself shoving her form from the grasp of Kane and turning her full attention to her father. "What do I not know?" her voice was concerned, almost heartbroken. In all her time her father had never kept secrets from her but clearly there was more going on than she had been informed on.

"Ariel..." her father looked at her sadly, sitting upon his throne and gazing at her as if debating to tell her now or later. All the while, the merman prince frowned form his place near the door where the red-haired princess had shoved him aside to. It had been a rude gesture on her part as he had simply been trying to show he could protect her but she seemed ungrateful. Clenching his fists slightly, he gazed upward to the king in anticipation of what he had to say and it seemed Ariel had the same notion in her mind as she swam closer to the throne that would one day be her own. "Father, he knows my name, who is he? Why do I not know him?" her eyes were swelling with pain and betrayal the longer the moments passed between them and for a moment, she thought of rushing after the crabs. "You must understand...I did it to save your life. You were simply going to keep going to the surface no matter what I did." the king's voice was weak and his age could be seen upon his face in the rare moment he looked defeated.

Not understanding, the girl shook her head and sent tendrils of silky apple red in directions around her bare shoulders. "I don't understand."

As if knowing where everything was going, Kane moved forward quickly and swirled around Ariel a single time before flowing to a stop directly in front of her and splitting up her and her father. "Your highness if I will? I think she simply needs to rest for a moment and gather her bearings. Clearly a dinner will be put on hold for now for her sake." his voice was tense and though Triton gave him a quizzical look he was glad for the distraction. "Very well." the words were faint from the king and against her will, she was dragged off by Kane who linked arms with her and pulled her out of the throne room, the royal daughter giving one last fleeting look to her father over her shoulder. Just what is everyone hiding from me?

The click of the throne room doors was a relief to the male and Kane sighed happily, glaring as he felt the arm he was linked with slide away from his grasp. When did she get this resistant to him? It was sudden and he was unsure where it had suddenly come from. "Your highness, I need to escort you to your chambers so you may rest and get away from all this sudden conflict in the castle." his tone was kind but his eyes were glinting with the frustration of his morning. His eyes stayed glued to the female before him who seemed dazed, her blue orbs staring off down the hall toward the dark caverns of the castle. He knew well she was the type to go and visit the strange man though she had just been forbidden from doing so. It was the exact type of disobedience in her that had gotten her in her first amount of trouble and Kane found himself clenching his fists at his side tightly. Crescent shapes burned into his palms and he waited for a moment before speaking again. "Ariel?" he called and she looked startled as she suddenly look to him. "Excuse me."

With a quick and sharp turn from her, she was gone from the hall and in the exact opposite direction of her room. Groaning under his breath, he watched a few guards walk past before he followed after her. He did not have time for her games and he knew exactly who Eric was thanks to the exact informer who had told him that Atlantica was looking for a prince for their last darling princess. Nothing but trouble had come from the entire situation so far but he had no choice and the male knew his only option was to follow her in fear that she would find more trouble for herself. "Why must I get revenge?" he uttered to himself, doubting his reason for being there for just a moment as he stopped in the hall, making sure he was not following too close to the little blue blood beauty.

Peeking just around the wall, he frowned at her gazing at the downward turn of the floor that lead only deeper and deeper into shadows. Just what did she plan to do? Holding his breath, he watched with disappointment as she sighed and glided onward meaning only one thing: he was following her.

Eric sat at the floor of the cage, the coral spiraling up to the ceiling above and far too sharp for him to escape without help and it seemed that was not something that was going to happen. After all, the very woman he had traded his kingdom and legs in for clearly no longer knew who he was and the simple thought caused him to gaze with longing upwards. What was she doing now? Simply arguing with her father or in her room sobbing? A part of him prayed she was looking for him instead as he knew that in three days time he would turn human and drown in the underwater prison. One thing burned his soul even more however and it was the fact that it was clear that Triton knew who he was. How could he not? He had been the man to nearly take his daughter and because Eric had been a fool, the sea witch had won and he was left with nothing but a burning need to hear her lovely voice for just a fragment of a moment. To hear the sounds of her lullaby tone wash over him and capture him in her essence that made her as stunning as she was.

Groaning as he shifted in the small cell, he grabbed his arm where the guards had cut him while tossing him in and he grimaced at the warm feeling of blood there. No one was going to find him here and it seemed his wish had been wasted but most of all, it seemed his love in his heart was useless if she did not recall him.

Side glancing the coral bars, he narrowed his eyes at the sight of light bouncing around the cavern and soon the vision of his love came into view. Moving quickly but hissing at the pain in his arm, Eric smiled wide as Ariel swam closer to him with a quizzical look upon her features. The mermaid held up a lantern glowing with small glow worms to light her way and the lantern cast shadows across the prison he was held in, highlighting his face. Her hues searched his face, biting her bottom lip as she moved a bit closer, resting just in front of his cage with her tail tucked under her. "Tell me who you are." her voice light and almost trembling, she felt that familiar harsh feeling in her very soul. He sparked in her what her small knick knacks from above could not and for the life of her, she did not know why.

All too glad to answer her, Eric opened his lips to speak but was quickly cut off by her tiny gasp and she reached toward the coral bars. "Your arm..." blood seeped through his white shirt and he glanced down at the wound as he was no longer holding the gash to keep it from leaking out. Though he wanted to excuse the gash and move on with the conversation, he instead watched as the mermaid moved gracefully and unlocked the cage, showing him to be quite. Watching the door swing open, she slipped inside the cage and settled beside him. Taking a shred from the blanket inside the cell, Ariel went to work on the wound and wrapped him in utter silence, the land prince being able to do nothing but watch her in awe. He had fallen for her when she was nothing but a young teenager wanting to break from her chains of royalty but now there was a maturity about her that was breath snatching and a content smile crossed his features. "You really do not know me do you Ariel?" he asked, reaching forward with the arm she was not working with and his hand brushed her cheek causing her to tense up and gaze upward at him. "I have never seen you before." her words would have been crushing if he could not tell that she was telling the truth. This was no trick and someone had stolen her memories from her and he wanted to know exactly who. "I am a prince from the land above. My name is Eric."

"Eric?" she repeated the name back, trying to place it somewhere but she came up empty. "The land above?" excitement filled her eyes and he sighed as he removed his hand. "What is it like?" Her joy was clear and he wanted nothing more but to make her happy by telling her. "I have many stories I can tell you..."

Kane grit his teeth as he listened from behind the pillar as the land troublemaker trailed on into some story he cared not about. This was going to be a problem in his plans and for a moment he stared at the floor as his mind searched for an answer. Slyly, a smile swept across his lips in a sickening way. "Very well princess. We can play your game for a short time." with that, he shimmered from the caverns all the while resembling the smile of his mother. "If only for a short time."

Authors Note: So I know I took a long break from this but I'm back into it again and plan on starting a few new stories as well. Suggestions on what Disney stories/couples I should do next are welcome. If you all enjoyed this chapter, I'll keep going with the plot that is slowly developing! Thank you all for reading still and waiting so long.~