AUTHOR'S NOTE
Kayla: HI EVERYONE! Were here with chapter 3! I'm so excited for you to read it I have to stop typing or I'll give it all away!
CHAPTER 3: A Friend Like Me! Kiss the Girl!
"Wake up brother! You promised to go hunting with me whether you like it or not!" Eric called as he suddenly kicked Aladdin out of bed. He head the floor with a thud and instantly stood to his feet. Aladdin glared at his brother before he remembered that he did promise to go hunting. He was just so tired from the night before. Suddenly flashes of Ariel, her tail, the stars, and her beautiful face and voice appeared. He smiled and went towards his closet.
"Alright alright I'm up! I'll be down in a couple of minutes!"Aladdin said with a bit of attitude. Eric just grinned triumphantly before heading out the door. Aladdin went instantly to the side of the closet he remembered as his hunting clothes. He threw some on finding no need to bathe since he would probably come back all sweaty anyway. Aladdin walked out of the closet only to be startled by the sight of Genie laying on the bed. "You almost killed me!"Aladdin said gripping his chest.
Abu laughed and Aladdin pointed at the monkey silencing him. "Hey cut that out!"Aladdin said glaring at his monkey friend. Genie looked at his nails before giving Aladdin a bored expression.
"So kid when are you going to take your last two wishes?"Genie asked obviously wanting to return to his lamp home. Aladdin rubbed his chin thinking about the mess that Genie had dumped him in. The prince smirked at Genie as he began walking to the door.
"I'll wait on my wishes, since you did this to me I think you need to suffer too! Seeya,"and with that Aladdin was gone. Genie sat with his jaw touching the floor. This kid really was going to make him sit around and do nothing all day. The blue genie rolled his eyes and looked at Abu. "Your my only company...a dirty monkey,"Genie said obviously not happy about his situation.
Ariel sighed as she swam slowly behind her father. As her punishment for being out past curfew she had to follow him all day as he did his royal errands. She was only allowed to asked questions that related to the topics of what he was doing, because of this Ariel did not talk much. The red head only thought about her prince that was above her and how she would see him that night.
"Ariel are you paying attention, this is the most important part,"king Triton said tapping his daughter slightly to make her look in the same direction as him. She turned her head only to watch the budding of a specific sea flower that her father loved. Ariel nodded as if she was completely interested but she knew that it was fake. Ariel wanted nothing more than to be free of her father for the rest of the day, but she knew that wasn't going to happen.
The day passed slowly for the two but as the sun began to set they became happier. They knew that in time they would be able to see each other and complain about their long days of having to please their loved ones.
"Aladdin goodnight! Tomorrow I'll teach you how to use a sword!"Eric called behind his brother as Aladdin began heading up towards his room. Aladdin turned back and smiled at his brother. "Of course! Bright and early like today of course I just can't wait,"Aladdin called back knowing that wasn't true. He dreaded the next day because he knew he would have to leave his Ariel and go about his day without her.
Aladdin got to his room and quickly bathed himself and changed. He didn't want to smell bad on his way to meet a girl he adored. "Where are you going?"Genie asked as he caught Aladdin getting dressed in normal clothes rather than his pajamas.
"None of your business Genie, now scram!"Aladdin said shooing the Genie away. Aladdin walked out of his room and slowly made his way down the stairs. He didn't make one sound as he slipped out of the side door in the kitchen, the entire castle seemed as though it was empty. His skills in sneaking were superb thanks to his days back in Agrabah.
Meanwhile Ariel tucked herself in along with her sisters as their father entered into their room. "Goodnight girls,"he said to them smiling lightly at the bunch. The girls all replied saying,"Goodnight father." and smiling back at their dad. King Triton gave Ariel a look before leaving the room to go to his own.
Ariel sat with her eyes closed for what felt like forever. She knew she would have to wait to make sure each sister fell asleep before she tried to leave. Ariel couldn't have one of them telling their father about her little night journey.
The red headed mermaid opened her eyes and looked around at her sisters. They all seemed sound asleep so the girl quietly rose from her bed. Ariel stuffed a pillow under the blankets to make it seem like she was still their. She knew at least one of her sisters would awake in the middle of the night. Ariel swam out of their rather large window and quickly towards the shore. She was filled with so much excitement that she couldn't remove the grin from her face. Ariel was happy to see Aladdin even though it was only for the second time. She didn't count when she saved him only because she was sure he did not remember her.
Ariel reached the shore only to find Aladdin already sitting and waiting for her. She quickly swam over to him and frowned while lowering her eyes. "Sorry I had to wait for my sisters to fall asleep,"Ariel said feeling bad that she was late to her own meeting. Aladdin only laughed and shrugged showing her it did not bother him. Ariel sat beside him noticing he was much closer to the water than he was the day before. The tide would rise and touch his legs like it touched Ariel's tail.
"You won't get cold?"Ariel asked him curious from the fact that he was freezing the night before and he wasn't even wet. She looked over Aladdin's face turning a bit red herself. He was especially handsome even though he didn't really have any vibrant colors like her red hair or blue eyes. But she liked that about him.
Aladdin shook his head and said,"Don't worry I can take it. As long as you keep my mind off the cold." Aladdin chuckled as he then began to tell Ariel the story of his day. He told her about how he learned to hunt with Prince Eric and how it was terrible. He didn't understand the concept of a gun until today but he made it sound as if he had been around them all his life. Aladdin was very good as weaving stories since he had to keep himself occupied as a child.
Ariel nodded finding Aladdin's stories completely entertaining. She then went on to talk about her day with her father. Ariel hated royal duties and she had a day full of them. She talked about how boring her father was and how he would try and make jokes but none of them were funny. And she complained about how the dumbest things entertained him, like the budding of the sea flower he liked. It was only because she was young that she didn't really appreciate such little thins like that.
Aladdin looked at Ariel's fin as the girl looked at the ocean. He felt bad when he would stare so he tried to do it when she wasn't paying attention. Aladdin finally after a few moments of silence worked up the courage to ask,"Do you ever...think about walking? I mean having legs?" Aladdin felt quite rude but he was so curious that he had to ask. Ariel looked at him and then quickly looked down at her tail.
"I think about it all the time, what it would be like to run, walk, skip. But I don't mind my life under the sea either. This fin is my home,"Ariel said running her fingers over her scale. She turned to Aladdin and said,"Touch it." He was a bit shocked by her request but began to reach out his hand. She urged him on with her eyes before she took his hand and placed it on her fin. Aladdin jumped at first but ran his finger down her scales.
"Wow,"was all he could think to say about the texture of the girl's fin. Ariel smiled she liked how new Aladdin was to her, it made her like the boy even more. The two just smiled at each other, it was a new experience for the both of them. Aladdin could feel himself falling in love with this mermaid but he could only question if the two could even be together. With her in the water and him on land. He looked at Ariel's hair as it glistened in the moonlight, he would make it work no matter what.
"Can you tell me about the humans, I can only watch the ones on boats so I don't really know about the ones around the castle,"Ariel said looking at Aladdin with her big blue eyes. Ariel whimpered a bit knowing that Aladdin would talk especially if she was trying to look cute.
"Fine fine,"Aladdin said not being able to take the girl's adorable face for much longer. He began to describe what he could about the castle, the servants, the villagers he encountered. It all was as new to him as it was to her but he tried his best to explain it. Ariel just rolled over onto her belly and cupped her cheeks as she listened to Aladdin speak. She flipped her tail up and down as if listening to someone telling a story.
This was their time and place. This was where the two would come to be together. And for a few weeks or so everything was perfect. They would talk as if they had just met and were experiencing the other for the first time. They would laugh and from time to time even be sad together. Ariel and Aladdin were in complete bliss happy with their new lives. Things couldn't have been going better for the two. The street rat and his mermaid princess. Aladdin's days were filled with him growing to love Prince Eric as his brother while his nights were spent with Ariel. The mermaid would behave more often causing less trouble only to not mess up her little secret she had with her human. But like every story there is a fatal twist in the tale.
Ariel arrived at the beach same time as everyday, but today felt different. It had rained all morning that day which meant that Prince Eric and Aladdin had most likely not gone hunting. Ariel flapped her tail in and out of the water just starring down at her hands. Time passed and Aladdin did not show. "He's just running late,"Ariel said to herself as rain suddenly began to fall on the mermaid. She looked up at the sky not being fazed by the change only the water felt a bit different to her.
Ariel looked up towards the castle, a dark cloud hung above it as it rained. She squinted her eyes as the dimmest of lights could be seen through one of the windows until it slowly went out. It was impossible for Aladdin to forget since the two had been meeting like this for so long. She just starred from the castle to the corner he would usually walk around. "He left..."Ariel mumbled to herself as she turned back to the ocean tears welling in her eyes. Sure it was only a day but it was so random for him not to show.
Ariel felt a sudden chill which was very strange to her and she just sat with her arms wrapped around her starring. She sat there as it rained even harder and then lightened. The girl wiped her tears and then began to head back into the water. She was utterly disappointed and defeated, but she wouldn't let this small circumstance get her down. Maybe he had something to do and would tell her about it tomorrow. Ariel told herself that and headed to bed.
Only when Aladdin didn't show up for the next three days that Ariel believed her had forgotten her. It rained everyday as well which stuck the mermaid as strange. Maybe the sky could tell when tears fell from her eyes because she never remembered rain this hard before. Ariel just starred at the shore not even bothering to go sit on it. She knew better, she knew he wasn't coming just liked he didn't come before. Ariel turned around and swam back into the darkness of the ocean. As she swam home she saw a dim purple light coming from a cave. Ariel felt it draw her in and she swam towards it.
A small gust of water pulled her inside gently and their in front of her was a cauldron overflowing with purple liquid. across from Ariel a devilish laugh arose deep from within someone's throat. "Why hello...Princess..."the raspy voice said a smirk could be heard in the evil person's throat.
Ariel scowled and said,"Ursula, what do you want?" It was Ursula indeed who lured Ariel to her cave. The sea witch revealed herself from the darkness letting the purple light gleam off her face.
"I see you've been crying my dear,"Ursula said as one of her tentacles caught a tear from Ariel's cheek. Ariel pushed it away backing up slightly as she called out,"So what does that have to do with anything!"
"Well sweetheart, before you just start assuming things about your darling Aladdin, you should know the facts..."Ursula said running her fingers over the purple liquid. Suddenly an image of Aladdin appeared which shocked Ariel a bit. How did Ursula know anything? She only starred into the image seeing the sadness on Aladdin's face. Suddenly the image faded to that of Prince Eric, his face was very pale and his had dark circles underneath his eyes. He looked deathly ill.
Ariel glanced from the image to Ursula asking,"What's wrong I don't understand!" Ariel was in panic mode, she didn't know what was going on and she wanted answers.
"Prince Eric is dying! He has fallen ill and it doesn't seem like he will be getting better. Aladdin isn't doing to well either since he refuses to leave his brother's bedside,"Ursula said as she showed Ariel an image of the entire luxurious room. Eric laid in a bed with Aladdin on a chair right beside him. "His health is the most important thing to him, your Aladdin,"Ursula said with a smirk on her face.
Ariel's eye glared at the sea witch. She knew Ursula was up to something like always but Ariel was afraid of what it might be. "Tell me what I can do...to save him,"Ariel said determination in her eyes. Ursula only laughed at this because she knew that making a deal with the sea witch only came at a price.
"I can give you a medicine that will cure the prince, but only in exchange for something valuable to you,"Ursula said with a hacking laugh as she smirked at Ariel. The red head hesitated she knew there was always more to the sea witches plans. Ariel nodded.
"Whatever you want...Ursula,"Ariel said gulping quietly to herself.
"The catch to the potion is that you can be the only one to give it to prince Eric, so I will grant you legs. But in return I want his memory of you. Your nights spent with him, all your time you devoted to him. I want it all,"Ursula offered this to Ariel showing her an image of the sick Eric and then the grieving Aladdin.
Ariel starred at Aladdin, she didn't want him to forget her. But the one thing that would make her prince happy was for him to have his brother back. She was willing to make him happy in return for her sadness. Ariel nodded,"I will."
Ariel put out her hand, she was leaving her family and friends behind to save the life of a man she didn't even love. For the man she loved. Ursula took her hand with a laugh. Their hands began to glow and Ariel could feel a sharp pain in her chest. The red head suddenly blacked out feeling pain in her head as well.
The once mermaid awoke to find herself on the shore. She felt the breeze tickle her feet...FEET! Ariel sat up and looked down. She couldn't believe it she had feet. Ariel reached down touching her toes, the feeling was so new to her. "Oh my,"Ariel said as she began to push herself to her feet. Ariel quickly stumbled and fell. With a few more tries Ariel was up and walking about. The girl then noticed, she wasn't quite clothed and the sight of her would probably petrify someone. She scraped together what she could find on the beach and wrapped herself up. Ariel couldn't believe it she had two legs. LEGS!
"I have to tell Floun-"Ariel began as she headed towards the water. But she stopped herself, she couldn't go to them. She had something she was supposed to do. Ariel turned her head and their in the sand was a small vile that held the medicine. She took it in her hand and turned towards the castle. She had to get some real clothes first. Luckily for her a group of women were strolling along the beach as Ariel began to turn.
"Oh heaven look at you! You need to be cleaned up!"called the woman leading what appeared to be her daughters. Ariel was startled by how quickly the woman was willing to take her in.
"Thank you uhm i'm Ariel,"Ariel said as the woman wrapped an arm around her. "That's a precious name. We live right around the hill, we'll get you some clothes,"the woman said with a smile on her face. Ariel couldn't believe how close these people leaved to her's and Aladdin's secret meeting place. It wasn't really secret during the day though.
The woman did as she promised and dressed Ariel in a nice blue dress with matching bow. "Thank you,"Ariel said bowing slightly to the woman since she didn't really know how else to show appreciation. The woman smiled as she waved to Ariel. "Don't worry about it darling,"the woman said as she watched Ariel leave her home.
The red head then returned to her mission and began to hurry towards the castle. She was suddenly touched on the leg by something that felt furry and Ariel looked down. An adorable dog ran a circle around her and then licked his tongue out to her. Ariel knelt down and pet the animal on the head. "Why aren't you adorable..."Ariel trailed off until she reached the dogs collar. She twirls it until she could read a name. "...Max."Ariel said with a laugh. The name of the dog rang a bell, it was what Aladdin said Prince Eric's dog was named.
"Oh Max, wanna do Ariel a favor? Can you lead me to Prince Eric? huh? Wanna boy?"Ariel asked trying to excite the dog. It indeed work because Max barked in what seemed like approval and then began dashing off towards the castle. Ariel picked up the end trails to her dress and began chasing after the dog. She was basically trying to stay up the entire time because she was not use to her new legs.
She reached the castle in no time thanks to Max and Ariel watched as the dog ran through a doggy door in the large entrance way of the castle. Ariel blew her bangs out of her eyes and starred at the door. As Ariel went to knock the door was pulled open by what appeared to be a butler. "Excuse me miss, but what do you want? The princes are in no mood to deal with village folk,"he said rather rudely.
Ariel ignored him though and while catching her breath said,"I have medicine...that can cure the...prince...trust me..." The butler scoffed at Ariel and went to close the door. Suddenly he let out a scream as Max took a bite at the man's leg. Ariel ran by him turning to Max on her way inside. "Come on boy! To the prince,"she said as Max began to lead the way to Prince Eric's room.
"Someone stop that girl and that dog!"the butler called as he held onto his now throbbing calf. Ariel followed Max up the stairs and slid around the railing and back towards what appeared to be a door almost as big as the front door. Max jumped through yet another doggy door but Ariel took it upon herself to pull this door open. She starred at the prince that laid in the bed and the one that sat in a chair beside him. She was struck by the painful image. A made emerged from the bathroom saying,"Who are you? Your not allowed in here. GUARDS!"
Ariel starred at Aladdin as he turned to look at her. He had a blank stare in his lovely brown eyes. He did not remember her, she couldn't believe it. "Aladdin..."Ariel said under her breath as she looked at the man. Aladdin turned back to Eric paying no attention to the crazy red head. Ariel pushed into the room and ran over to the bed side. Aladdin then began to rise and shouted,"Get away from him!"
Ariel reached over the bed and took the lid off the vile. She poured it right between the prince's lips as she felt arms wrap around her waist. Aladdin had grabbed her and began pulling her away. "Someone hurry she's poisoned the prince!"the maid called right before fainting.
Ariel had never been this close to Aladdin in the time that the two had known each other. He was so warm even though he grabbed her with anger. She wanted to just turn and embrace him, and hold him. She knew that wouldn't happen but she was willing to try. Ariel began to turn herself as the two went to hit the floor. Ariel's head hitting a flower vase that was in the two's path. She blacked out to a very angry looking Aladdin.
The mermaid's eyes fluttered open expecting to see herself imprisoned but instead she arose in a bed. Ariel leaned up to find herself in a luxurious room that she did not recognize. She felt her head to see if there was any blood but she seemed fine. She remembered the events that had just taken place and was sure they were going to kill her regardless if she was unconscious or not.
"You saved my brother, thank you."
Rang that familiar voice and Ariel instantly turned to see Aladdin sitting in a chair beside her bed like he did Prince Eric's. "After you gave him whatever it was that you had in that vile he showed symptoms of recovery. I told them to bring you to my room immediately until you woke up,"Aladdin said to Ariel. the girl sat their waiting for him to say he remembered her, hug her, kiss her. But none of those things came because he would not remember her.
"Oh it was nothing, I heard about the prince being ill and had to try my best to save him,"Ariel said smiling weakly at Aladdin. It was hard for her to pretend like she didn't know anything about him. Like she wasn't in love with him.
"Well thank you...I'm sorry but what was your name?"Aladdin asked, he was so grateful to this girl he couldn't even imagine. His brother was saved thanks to some crazy girl in a blue dress who broke into his home. He would forever be envious of her.
Ariel's eyes grew wide when he asked her name. They suddenly began to fill with tears and she instantly bowed her head. Images of herself and Aladdin flashed before her eyes, all of it was lost. Her beloved would no longer love her. Ariel couldn't believe how overcome with sorrow she was. She gripped the blankets as she did now want to look up and let Aladdin see her crying the way she was. A small tear dropped onto the back of her hand.
"Ariel...My name is Ariel your grace."
Kayla: OH NO WHY! I know it's quite long but I just had to get it out because the idea was fresh in my mind!
Chapter 4: Prince Aladdin! Poor Unfortunate Souls!
Ariel can barely believe the fact that she was forgot by Aladdin! As she tries her best to mend their relationship Prince Eric begins to develop feelings for the girl who rescued him.
Ariel is caught in the mix between brothers and doesn't know what to do. Meanwhile a mystery girl appears to steal Aladdin away.
Abu and Genie help Sebastian find Ariel!
Stay tuned for the Chapter 4!