Ariel stared at her father as he sat upon his throne, with Sebastion the crab seated beside him. She had just told him that she wished to be turn back into a human. The king had missed his youngest daughter, who had travelled so far away from home, just for love. And though he had hardly seen her, during her time back, as she had been locked up in her room or off at some place. They all grew up eventually, but to see his youngest, ready to move out of home, out of the ocean, to stay a human and marry a human, it still made his heart break every time he thought about it. He still remembered her when she was a baby, her bright red hair and tiny green tail, so like her mothers. Would she have merchildren with the human, or would they be human just like Eric. He frowned in sorrow and Ariel took that as a bad sign.

"But daddy, he loves me. He can't live without me. And i can't live without him." She cried as tears welled up in her eyes, though they were unknown to her father. "He almost killed himself today. He believed that i wasn't coming back to him, and he just couldn't live without me. Daddy, he needs me. And i need him."

King Triton smiled down at his grief striken daughter and took her hand in his.

"If you love him as much as you say you do, then i guess i have no choice in the matter." H esaid as he leaned down and kissed her on the cheek. Ariel smiled brightly. "Go to the beach and wait for him. As soon as he sees you, you're heart will decide what it really wants. And if it wants to be with him, then you will transform back into a human. I love you, Ariel."

Ariel sobbed as he took her in his arms and held her tight. A warm feeling began in the pit of her stomach and she understood what it was.

"I love you too, Daddy. And i will try to visit." Ariel said as she backed away from her father. King Triton smiled and swam to the sea floor, picked up a sea shell and brought it to his lips. The shell glowed a brilliant white, and dimmed as he drew away from it.

"When ever you need me, hold this shell tight and call for me. I will always be there for you." He said aas he passed the shell to Ariel. Ariel smiled sadly, swam to her father and kissed him on the cheek, turned and swam off. As she got to the doorway, she turned and called back to them, "Bye Daddy. Bye Sebastion."

The two waved sadly as the princess turned tail and swan away from the room, away from the castle. She didn't stop until she reached the surface. Tears ran freely down her face as she looked up at the castle. She had truely chosen to leave her family, to start a new family above the sea with the man of her dreams. And that man seemed to be asleep on the beach, feet in the water. Ariel smiled as she swam closer to the beach, she watched him from a short distance as he mumbled in his sleep. Curious, she swam closer, interested in what he said.

"Ariel...Ariel." Ariel smiled as Eric said her name and rolled over onto his back. She quickly shot under the water and swam to the rock that she had first sat upon the mornign after Eric had destroyed Ursula. Gripping the rock, she began to hoist herself up, her tail dragging along behind her. As she sat upon the rock that was only a few metres away from the beach, she begun to sing their melody.

What would i give to live where you are?

What would i pay to stay here beside you?

What would do to see you smiling at me?

Eric smiled in his sleep as her song caught his ears and he slowly began to stir.

Where would we walk?

Where would we run?

If we could stay all day in the sun?

Eric opened his eyes, and finally sat up. Crossing his legs, he stared out to sea, and focused on his Ariel, sitting atop her rock with her tail wrapped swishing in the water. She had her hair twirled together, over one shoulder and she was singing their song. He quickly jumped to his feet, as he finally registered that it was her. That she had come back for him, that she really did love him. Focusing only one her, he started to run down the beach and into the sea.

Ariel watched as Eric woke and as he finally saw her. When he started to run to her, she felt the warm sensation start to spread upwards from her stomach, until it reached her heart. She smiled as her tail began to pail in colour and it painlessly started to split in half. Before she knew it, she was sitting upon the rock, completely naked with two legs.

Just you and me.

And i could be.

Part of your world.

Eric finally reached her, and pulled her to him, immediately kissing her on the lips. Pressing her to him, he ran his hands all over her naked body, not missing a single spot. Ariel ran her hands through his thick hair and pulled his face closer to hers, kissing him harder than she had ever before. She didn't even flinch as Eric squeezed her butt. She broke away from him then, as she needed to breath and looked up at him with love filled eyes and hugged him close.

Eric gripped her hand and started to swim for the beach, but Ariel pulled her hand from his and ducked under the water. Eric called her name in wonder and waited for her to re-emerge. He watched the water, until he heard a voice calling him. He looked up at the beach and noticed that Ariel was already standing on the beach, calling for him. He smiled brightly at his beloved and started to swim towards her.

As he reached the sand, he got to his feet and ran to her, spinning her around.

"I love you so much, Ariel and i just can't live without you." He said as he kissed her.

"Before i met you, my life- my heart, was incomplete. When you saved me from the shipwreck, you saved all of me. You complete me Ariel. And i just can't spend a day without you as my wife." He said as he got down on one knee and took her hand in his. "Will you marry me?"

Ariel hardly noticed the tears running down her face as at first she started nodding her head, before she came to her senses and screamed, "Yes!"

Eric jumped to his feet and took her in his arms, as he spun them around again as Ariel giggled happily. He had finally asked her, and it was a weight of both of their hearts. Eric pulled her face to his once he had finally put her down, and he kissed her passionately, grounding himself into her. Ariel reacted positively to it this time and kissed him back, glad that they could finally be happy. Eric was glad that she didn't fight it as he pulled her to the ground and straddled her.

"I love you, Ariel."

"I love you too, Eric."

Eric smiled at her as he kicked off his pants and pulled his shirt over his head. He quickly looked around, glad that no-one was around and that they were safely hidden under a over hang. He leaned down and kissed her gently as he carefully spread her legs apart.

"Ariel, this may hurt a little. But just remember that i don't want to hurt you, and once the pain is gone, it will feel a lot different." He whispered in her ear as he carefully thrust himself into her. Ariel cried out in pain as a burning hot sensation ripped through her inside. She clung to Eric, as he took her lips with his and rubbed her back and sides soothingly. The pain started to ebb away as Ariel felt a different sensation, one that she had never felt before, and it began to build as Eric started to move himself inside her. He started slow, as he kissed her gently. But he started moving faster as his kisses started to become rough. She started to moan as Eric gripped her a little roughly and pushed himself even deeper inside her, kissing her over and over as she clung to the edge that she didn't even know she was clinging to. After several more thrusts from Eric and whatever was building inside Ariel exploded and her back arched against Eric as pure pleasure ran throughout her body. Eric continued to push into her as she screamed with delight and clung to him, her hands gripping his sweat covered shoulders. As Eric came, she felt him burst something into her and his thrusting stopped as he collapsed on top of her.

"Wow, Ariel. You were really good." Eric said as he pushed the hair that had become stuck in the sweat that had formed on her forehead, out of her eyes. He leant down and kissed her gently on the lips before carefully pulled himself out of her and rolling over, pulling her into his arms. Ariel rested her head on his chest as she fought a bout of exhaustion.

They stayed like for awhile, before Eric decided that they should return to the castle to inform everyone and to get some sleep, as Eric had hardly slept during the time that Ariel had been away. They quickly bathed in the sea and dressed. Eric, again, giving Ariel his shirt as she had no clothes and she was stark naked. Ariel slipped it over her head and hugged Eric. Together they walked back to the castle.

Haha... Don't worry, I'm not quite finished yet. There will be more to come in Chapter 5! :)