"Okay, it was about twelve years ago, that it happened. Uriel, your brother, was only six and you were only three. Melody and Sky were just in the beginning of being two years old. This was after the wall to separate the ocean and the palace was built, Melody." Ariel stole a glance to her oldest daughter as she said this.
"What wall?" Sky was puzzled. When she looked around the palace there were no walls blocking the sea.
"There was a wall built to protect you four from a sea witch named Morgana"
"Morgana?"
"She was a cecaelia, who was a sea witch" Ariel explained.
"Why would we need protecting from her?"
"Because she was going to find a way to use us to get to our grandfather's trident" Melody jumped into the conversation.
"Trident? Like something that looks like a giant pitchfork?" Devil asked. Melody nodded.
"Our grandfather owns a trident. How?" Sky was getting increasingly curious. Ariel sighed. She was hoping to put off the explanation of her being a mermaid and all.
"He's the King of Atlantica. But that's a different story that I'll tell later on. Well back to the story. Well after the wall was built, we thought that you'd be safe. However we found out that one of the palace's servant, was actually a dragon from the mountains and in the middle of the night, while everyone was asleep, the servant found a way to the nursery, and somehow unlocked the doors. Only your father and I had a key to the nursery, but somehow he got into it. Your brother heard the cries first and woke Eric and me up.
"Your brother ran ahead of us, he had so much energy in his little body, and he arrived earlier than us. As a result, the kidnapper got him too. When we arrived, Eric and I were too late, and assumed that the dragon had taken you to the forest and then to the mountains. We sent so many search parties and not one person found you. We lost hope and Eric had at least a little comfort knowing that they had not taken Melody along with you." When Ariel ended the tale she inhaled and exhaled deeply.
The room was silent. "Wait, if all this happened and the guy really was a dragon, then how did they end up in our....world" Devil blurted out.
"I don't know. How did you come back?"
"I think it has to do with that cave we were in Leaf. That's when we came over here" Takeshi directed his eyes at his best friend. Leaf began to tap on the table, looking down with a concentrated look.
"Maybe, but that's in the forest and we're not allowed to go back."
"Leaf, what's back there for us anyway? That horrible, house falling apart, that school where we barely learn anything, and maybe the expensive food. Why would you wanna go back?" Rose tried to take any stupid idea out of his head.
"Ari- Mom, if we stay here, will Takeshi, Rose and Devil be allowed to stay?" Sky's question made everyone in the room look at Ariel. The queen smiled.
"I'll give you one day to decide"
"Decide what?" Sky looked frightened.
"They have to be able to find one person in the palace who will take you in as his or her apprentice. Meaning, Takeshi, has to find his own mentor, Rose has to find her own mentor, and Devil will have to find someone who could stand him to be his mentor. Otherwise, they'll have to leave." Ariel smiled at them all kindly and then told them that she needed to attend a meeting. Melody and the Midnight Raiders looked to one another uneasily. "The Queen Lady doesn't like me, does she" They all turned and glared at the idiotic red-eyed teen.
My Special Words ( or not )
Oh no! Who's going to take Devil? He's so rude, can he hold a job? Or will he screw everything up?
Today, I really wanted to see The Little Mermaid : Ariel's Beginning again but my younger sister didnt want to watch it! You'd thnk she'd love me enough to letme see it again but no, she wanted to see a scary movie, during the day! Shows how much she loves mermaids...T_T
