"Let me go!" Melody screamed. She squirmed in the net, trying to break it. "Dad! Someone help me!"
"Shut up you little brat." A man snarled at her.
"You're not going to get away with this!" Melody shot back. "My father will save me!"
"And how is he going to do that?" He laughed. "Is he going to use his tail and slap me with it?"
"No, he's King Eric!" Melody blurted out. She quickly covered her mouth, realizing she shouldn't have said that her father is the king.
"Ah, we got the king's little daughter." The man shouted to his men on the ship. "Guys the princess is a fish."
"I'm a mermaid not a fish!"
What could Jeremy do? Should he go to King Triton and Ariel, or maybe he should try to inform Eric in some way possible. Jeremy quickly swam back the King Triton's palace, in hope he would find Ariel there. It took him five minutes, but he finally found Ariel talking with her sisters. She looked upset, but he knew he needed to tell her and how much more upset could she get?
"Oh, Jeremy, where's Melody? Is she with you?" Ariel asked. "It's getting late."
"Melody's in trouble!" Jeremy blurted out. He watched as Ariel and her sister's facial expression change. "She was captured and pulled onto a ship. I think by the same men who captured Queen Athena."
Ariel looked at all six of her sisters speechless. She wasn't sure how to react or feel. She may never see her daughter again just like with her mother. Ariel swam out of the room and quickly found her father in the throne room with her mother.
"Daddy, I need your help."
Ariel told him what Jeremy told her. King Triton was obviously upset. These men are messing with the wrong family. Ariel asked her father to turn her back human so she could get her husband's help to rescue their daughter. So once Ariel said bye to her sisters, she swam up to the private beach in front of the palace and her father turned her human. She rushed inside and asked the maids and servants if they knew where Eric was. She eventually found him in his office, sitting at his desk.
Eric quickly looked up when his door swung open. "Ariel. What are you doing back?"
"Melody... They got her." She stammered.
Eric immediately knew what she meant as "they got her"; the pirates got her. Without saying a word to Ariel, Eric quickly stood up and stormed out of his office and down to the general. Now that they have Melody, this means war. Nobody messes with his kingdom, family, and especially his baby girl.
"I want all the ships ready." Eric ordered. "And all the men immediately. They have my daughter."
"Yes, right away King Eric." The general said. "Having your daughter rescued will be our number one priority."
Melody was thrown into a small cage; similar to the cage Athena was in. The men kept poking her with a stick as if she was worth nothing. She wondered if Athena had to endure this for over twenty years. She wondered if she'll have to endure this for twenty years. Melody knew her father and mother and grandfather wouldn't stop looking nor fighting until she was found safe. She just hoped Jeremy saw what happened to her and went to get help.
The men finally left, leaving her alone. She was trying to figure out a way to escape. She was looking around the room she was in, in hope she would be able to find something she could possibly use to break the cage. The cage wasn't that heavy and it would be easy for her to scoot it across the floor if she did find something, but unfortunately for Melody, she was unable to find one thing.
"Ariel, darling, don't worry. We'll find her." Eric said, trying to comfort his obviously scared, upset wife. "I'll find her."
"Oh, Eric, what if they are hurting her? Jeremy said it's the same men who took my mother and she said she was beat. What if she's hurting our baby?"
"You know Melody,she's strong. She won't let anyone hurt her or she'll give them a fight."
"Yeah, but..."
"Ariel, don't worry. Now I need to go lead the fight." He said, hooking his sword onto his belt. "You need to remain in the palace where you'll be safe. We don't know what the pirates know about you now or what Melody told them and I don't want them taking you either."
Ariel gave her husband a long, tight hug, not wanting to let go of him. "Please bring her home. Don't come back unless she's with you."
Ariel watched out on the balcony of their room as Eric boarded his ship with the general. She just hoped nothing would happen to him and especially nothing would happen to Melody. She went back inside when the ship left port and took a long bath, trying to get her mind off of what's happening.
So it wasn't that long of a chapter but the next will be much more eventful. This was more of a filler just because everyone has to find out what happened to Melody. Once Melody is rescued, that will be the last we hear from the pirates and then I don't know what will happen. It'll just be a surprise for both you and me. Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter and now I'm off trying to figure out what to add to the chapter to my other story :p
