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Chapter Four:
Eric's Rescue
~Part One~

Ariel had just spotted Prince Eric, stuck in the sinking ship and realized that if she didn't do something she would lose him forever. She swam as fast as her fins would allow, and she caught him right before the ship landed on some of the sharpest, pointy-est rocks in the world and smashed into a heap of debris.

"Got ya!" she whispered as she caught the young prince.

"What are you doin' girl? Your fadder would have a shit fit if 'e saw you doin' dis!" said Sebastian.

"I don't care Sebastian," said Ariel. "daddy told us that every fishes life is to be respected! And what are humans but the fish of the land?"

At this time they were up to the surface, swimming towards land.

"Ariel! How you doin' kid?" yelled the familiar birds voice.

"Scuttle!!" exclaimed Ariel.

"What are you doing here?" asked Sora.

"I'm going to go get some dinner!" responded Scuttle.

"Well have fun with that!" by the way do you now where he lives?" asked Sora.

"Oh my, my, my! What happened?" asked Scuttle.

"The ship caught fire and started to sink." said Sora before Ariel could answer.

"SORA!!! Will you let me speak?" yelled Ariel.

"Sorry..." apologized Sora.

"Well a storm brewed up after we left and wrecked the ship!" said Ariel. "We need to get him back to his palace. Do you know the way?" asked Ariel.

"Yah, I do." stated Scuttle not saying anything else.

"Well...?" asked Ariel.

"Well what?" asked Scuttle.

"Well...what way?" asked Sora getting annoyed with the sea fowl.

"Oh... well you asked if I would tell you, you just asked 'Do you know the way to his palace' and I do!" argued the bird

"Than will you tell us the way to the palace?" asked Sora now through gritted teeth.

"You continue going about two miles that way than take a right and keep going straight, you can't miss it!" and with that Scuttle left to go eat.

"Mile?" asked Ariel. Stopping Scuttle again from his sight for food.

"Oh sorry, I meant knot!"

"O.K. got ya, thanks Scuttle!" said Ariel.

"BYE SCUTTLE!!" yelled Ariel, and Sora together.

"BYE GUYS!" yelled back the crazy bird.

"Thank god that crazy bird has left, I was about to kill him!" thought Sora, keeping his cool.

With that the crew started back on their way. They got about a few feet before they were stopped by Ariel's orphan merfriend, Urchin.

"Oh hey Ariel, Flounder, Sebastian... and you are?" asked Urchin to the unconscious Eric. Sora thought he was talking to him so he answered.

"Sora, nice to meet you."

"Was I talking to you?" snapped Urchin. "I was talking to him!" as he pointed to the still unconscious prince.

"Umm... O.K. well he's Eric and we need to get him back to his palace. But still now you know I'm Sora." said Sora.

"Oh he's a human?" asked Urchin.

"Yes and we need to get to get him back to land." said Ariel.

"I need to change the subject, have you seen Gimbi? We're playing hide-n-seek, and I can't find him!" said Urchin.

"Who?" asked Sora.

"Gim-bi." restated Urchin. "Gee Ariel your new friend is super dense, does he speak English?"

"Yes he does," snapped Ariel. "sorry, but we haven't."

"Well O.K. I'll see you later. Bye guys!" said Urchin.

"See you later!"

Urchin disappeared under the water and no sooner Sora spoke up, and told Ariel that he thought the younger merboy was trouble.

"He's not trouble Sora, he just doesn't have any guidance." said Ariel.

"Still I don't trust him!" said Sora.

"Sora, your too suspicious of people!"

"Whatever!"

Ariel and her crew kept going and going but was soon lost again. They tried to figure out how to get to the land. Prince Eric was still knocked out but was still alive, Ariel and Sora could feel the heat off his body. The group of sea-folk was going in circles and they were getting frustrated. Ariel was a super navigator under the sea, but up on the surface she didn't know which way was left and which way was right.

"Ugg. Where the hell are we going?"

"Don't aks me I don't do any kind of navigation so I'm pretty much useless!" replied Sora.

"Well that's comforting!" said Ariel.

"Sorry."

With that they tried to get back on course but to no avail. About thirty to forty-five minutes later they spotted their friend Scuttle, and Sora just rolled his eyes and muttered "Oh-h great! The crazy!" under his breath.

"Oh hey Scuttle!" yelled a unenthusiastic Sora.

"Whoa! Mermaid off the port bow! Ariel, how you doin' kid?" yelled Scuttle.

"Scuttle, you don't have too yell!" said Ariel.

"Yah I know!"

"Scuttle we got lost can you help us again?" asked Flounder.

"Yah, I can... jut give me a second!" and with that he plunged his head into the water, to wash out his mouth so Ariel wouldn't smell the fish on his breath. "Let's GO!!!"

Scuttle had flew over to his rock to dry off, and Ariel, Sora, and Flounder had followed. Sebastian had decided to stay behind for he wasn't in favor of helping a human, even if Ariel did fancy him.

"So Scuttle, what's our plan of attack? Because the last time you gave us directions we got horribly lost!" asked Sora.

"Umm... umm... I don't know to tell you the truth!" said Scuttle.

"O.K. then..." started Sora. "Ariel? What's our plan of attack?"

"Scuttle? Could you fly up into the sky and fly towards the palace? And we would follow you?"

"Great idea!! COME ON!" said Scuttle.

"Does he have to be so goofy Ariel?" Sora asked.

"Sora, he means well. Why are you so apprehensive about him? Give him a chance, and don't get aggravated so easily!"

"I don't know." said Sora. "I'll try."

As Scuttle led the way all Ariel could do was look at her prince. As Ariel was making loving eyes at Eric, she nor the ever vigilant Sebastian noticed the two eels watching them again, their eyes glowing a canary yellow like a t.v. set in the dark.

"This-s-s is perfect," hissed one of the heels.

"Yes-s-s Ursula will be very pleased." hissed the other.

Out of nowhere both eels heard a voice, Ursula. "Flotsam! Jetsam! I want you keep a close eye on the princess! Don't fail me!"

"Don't worry master Ursula, we won't!" hissed the eels.

"Ariel!" yelled Scuttle. "Just about three minutes!"

"Yes!!" said a now tired Flounder. "That took forever!"

"Stop being a guppy Flounder!" joked Sora.

"I am not!" cried Flounder.

"We're here!" cried Scuttle.

Ariel lied the still unconscious prince down on the beach. Ariel lied down next to him.

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Author's Note

O.K. part one... DONE! I hope this is the turning point in the story. Like I said this is what we didn't see in the movie.

Quick Vocab lesson: unenthusiastic- or passionless; lacking emotion

apprehensive- or uneasy

Preview for Chapter Five: Ariel rescues Prince Eric, the story that we saw in the film. Ariel notices that he lives in a culture rich with the three languages (English, French, and Spanish), so tune in!

Sampling of What's left: Ariel going to the sea witch, Ariel getting legs, Sora getting legs (again), Triton torching Ariel's grotto (maybe), Sora finding Goofy and Donald (or Vicia versa), Day one, Day two, Day three, and much more.