Chapter Two

Urchin looked at the map he had gotten two years previous. He had gotten it from an eel named Mory. The eel was a con-artist, but when it came to giving maps. It always had a crazy adventure to go with it. He continued to look at the map. He and Ariel had been to this location once, but they had never gone inside. He took a deep breath. He was going to go to the Magic Cave. This cave could turn a mermaid into a sea witch. It could turn a merman into a sea sorcerer.

He had mixed feelings about how he found out about what he was going to give Gabriella. He was glad that he had found out what he going to give her, but he did not like how he found out. That made him unhappy. He closed his eyes as remembered what had happened three days ago…

"Good shot, Your Majesty!" Urchin exclaimed as King Triton shot a sea shell with his triton. This had become a ritual for them to do every Tuesday morning. It was something that Urchin enjoyed doing greatly.

"Thank you," the King replied. He smiled at the young blonde haired merman beside him. Urchin had become like a son to him, and Triton's daughter treated him like their brother. It was very humorous when Urchin played jokes on them. King Triton extended his triton to the young merman. "Would you like to try?" He asked.

A nervous look came across Urchin's face. Ever since he had accidentally shot Flounder with the triton. He had been afraid to use it. With shaky hands, he took it from the king. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Now remember," King Triton said gently. "Concentrate on shooting the sea shell and everything will be fine." He threw the shell up.

"Triton, shoot!" The green eyed merman said. The golden fork like object began to glow and emitted a light that shot the shell. Urchin let out a sigh of relief as the shell broke into several pieces. Nobody had gotten hurt!

"Your Majesty, de merpeople from Olympia is here to see you," Sebastian, the crab, said as he swam toward the King.

King Triton sighed. "Well, Urchin, I am going to have to attend to some business."

"It is okay, Your Majesty. I have to go meet Gabriella and Ollie in a few minutes anyway," he said as he started to swim from the balcony.

"Have fun!" The King yelled.

A confused look passed on Urchin's face as he headed to the place where he, Gabriella, and Ollie were supposed to meet at. They were not there, and he had been five minutes late. Gabriella was always on time. He was about to swim away to go look for them when something grabbed his arm. He turned and saw Ollie.

The octopus had a panicked look on his face. "Gabriella got trapped in some kelp. I tried to get her out, but it is too strong I need some help."

Urchin's eyes widened. He swam in the direction that Ollie began to swim in. "Do not panic," he murmured to himself.

A few minutes later, they saw Gabriella. The kelp almost had her entire body covered. The only thing that was not covered by it was her neck and face. She was struggling to get out.

Urchin swam near her face. "You are going to be okay," he said comfortingly. He swam down to the bottom of the kelp, and began to look for something to cut the kelp with. His eyes spotted a very sharp rock. He grinned and swam back to Gabriella. "Do not move," he signed. He let out a deep breath and began to cut the kelp.

After several minute of cutting the over grown sea weed, Gabriella was finally free. The black haired mermaid smiled and told him thank you.

"What is that?" he asked.

In one of Gabriella's hands was a human treasure. It was a brown haired ballerina that was standing on a round thing. The mermaid turned the ballerina and music began to play from it.

"It is a twirlamagiger," Ollie said. "Ariel found one once that looked exactly like this, but it got destroyed."

"It is very pretty," Urchin said.

Suddenly Gabriella started to cry. The octopus and the merman looked at each other confused. Had they said something to upset her?

"Sorry, guys," the pink tailed mermaid signed. "I was just thinking…Ariel got to get two tails, and well I still want to be able to sing. I want to hear and speak."

Urchin closed his eyes. He was going to give Gabriella her dream even if it meant for him to become a sea sorcerer.