When the two finally reached Eric's castle, Ariel stood in such awe as the castle. Never in her life has she seen something that big before apart from Atlantica. As they entered inside the castle, the entrance hall was spectacular. It was as if she was surrounded by the coral reef as it blooms anew in the sea.

"Wow." Lena replied, "this place is amazing."

"I know what you mean." Stephan added. "the castle was made special to the late king. He wanted to show a spectacular view of the castle based on the seas above."

"The seas above?"

"Yes. They say Eric's father dreamt of flying the skies above and dancing in the stars beyond. So much so, it was to replicate the same description as what the king dreamt."

"Wow."

Ariel, who listened to the conversation, even understood the meaning of the late king. It was as if he swam above the waters and seen the view from below. However, without thinking, her foot started to slip on to the floor.

"Are you alright there?" Eric asked as he grabbed her waist.

Ariel simply nodded as she blushed lightly.

The princes then continued to lead the princesses towards their room. When they entered inside, both Lena and Ariel noticed how the bed was comfortable to rest upon and the tub was like a seashell. Ariel then noticed a patio which lead towards the sea. With much strength she could handle on her own, Ariel walked towards the window. As Lena thanked the princes for letting them rest for the night, Ariel was surprised to see the view. It was exquisitely beautiful to look upon as the sun started to set.

'One day done.' she thought to herself. 'Then we have two days to go.'

"Ariel, was it?" Lena called out, "What do you suppose we should do?"

Ariel then turned aside, not knowing what to do in the meantime. However, their moment was suddenly interrupted when the door was knocked and opened. From their point of view, it was a young lady with towels ready.

"Hello dearies." the maid greeted.

"Hello." Lena greeted back. "Who are you?"

"I will be your personal maid, Eric's orders. My name is Carlotta."

"Please to meet you, Carlotta. This here is Ariel."

"Hello there dearie."

Ariel blushed lightly as she waved.

"What about you, dearie?"

"Me, ma'am?"

"Well yes. Surely, you must have a name for yourself."

Thinking about this carefully, she couldn't even think about what her name really was.

"I... I don't remember."

"Well, if you like, I can call you mistress, if that's alright."

"Thank you."

"Oh, I almost forgot. I need to bathe you two."

"Bathe?"

"Yes. You have been requested to dine with the young masters tonight."

"Oh...Okay."

As Carlotta led both of them to wash, Lena and Carlotta had became close friends for a while. At the same time, Ariel was enjoying the tub so much she intended to play more than wash. Several hours passed, the three familiar people were discussing the two mysterious guests and their quest to find the girl who saved their life.

* STEPHAN'S POV *

After telling Grigsby the coincidence of the girls at the dining hall, he didn't believe it for a moment. Eric and I knew that they may have been the ones who saved our lives.

"Oh Eric, be reasonable." Grigsby scoffed in disbelief, "Nice young ladies just don't - swim around rescuing people in the middle of the ocean - and then - flutter off into oblivion, like some -"

"I'm telling you, Grigs, they're real!" Eric interrupted, "We're going to find these girls and then, we'll marry them."

"Do you believe this, young sire?" he then asked me.

I thought about choosing my words carefully to Grigsby.

"Even if what we say isn't true, those girls saved our lives. We owe our lives to them."

Before he could utter another word, we heard Carlotta coming from the entrance hall. She was ushering the two to enter inside. When they appeared in front of us, we were both in shock. They were beautiful in our eyes.

* Reader's POV *

As Lena and Ariel walked graciously to the dining hall, Eric and Stephan were astonished by their appearance. It's as if their life intertwined with each others.

"Isn't she breathtaking?" Grigsby mentioned to Eric.

"You both look wonderful."

"Thank you, Prince Eric."

Ariel nodded in agreement as her eyes couldn't take away his. While Grigsby led the two young ladies towards the table, Ariel was surprised with a certain utensil. As soon as she grabbed hold of it, she started to brush it with her hair. It took not only a few seconds as Eric, Stephan, Grigsby, and Lena glanced at her fork brushing. With a sad embarrassed expression on her face, she placed the fork down. Lena, recalled that particular moment, started to look for something which can help her remember. Just in that exact moment, Grigsby was puffing out a smoke from his pipe.

"Excuse me?" she asked as she pointed towards the pipe, "May I?"
"Yes, of course. It is a rather fine..."

Without finishing his sentence, Lena blew so hard on the pipe, causing the smoke to cover his entire body. Everyone in the area started to chuckle, even Stephan.

"Sorry Grigsby," apologized Eric as he tried his best to calm down.
"Why, that has been the first time I've seen you two smile in weeks." Carlotta stated.
"Yes, very amusing." Grigsby stated as he wiped his face. "Carlotta, my dear, what's for dinner?"
"Ooh, you're going to love it! Chef's been making his specialty: stuffed crab!"

Hearing the word 'crab' made Ariel realize something. Where was Sebastian?! Just as if fate responded to her wishes, the noise in the kitchen began to grow.

"I think I better go see what Louis is up to." Carlotta replied with such concernment.

While walking away, Eric and Stephan started to make a discussion, but their mind was elsewhere. As Ariel blushingly stared into Eric's, Lena seemed to pay attention to the lovebirds in general. As Carlotta starts plating the meal for the evening, Grigsby started to concoct an idea.

"You know what, Eric? Perhaps you two can show these ladies some of the sights of the kingdom. Something in the way of a tour?"
"Hmm. What was that?"
"Eric, you can't spend your all your time and your cousin's moping about, you need to get out."

While Grigsby continued to bicker more and more, Ariel seem to notice a certain crustacean creature surrounded by lettuce. As he ushered her to not make a notion, Ariel quickly opened her lid quietly as he ran towards the other side of the table. As he was almost there, Stephan watched the entire situation and only seemed to chuckle. Lena, however, looked at his direction, only to realize the crab they left at the beach was running on the table in front of humans. She finally closed the lid

"Well - whaddaya say? Would you and your friend like to join me and Stephan on a tour of my kingdom tomorrow?" Eric asked Lena.

Not knowing what to say, she turned towards Ariel who was nodding with such happiness. Knowing this may be her only chance to chase her dreams, it would be worth it.

"Wonderful! Now, let's eat before this crab wanders off of my plate."

In an ironic moment, he placed his fork right where the crustacean was meant to be but the creature wasn't there. Both Lena and Stephan laughed about the irony, but failed to mentioned the situation from both Grigsby and Eric. Ariel couldn't explain either due to her voice not being available for the moment. As dinner soon came to a close, the two returned towards their room for the night, pondering of the day they had endured so far. While Sebastian tried his best to relax after the incident in the kitchen, Ariel tried her best to tell Lena all that she knew, but nothing rang a bell for her. The memories of Lena were wiped clean from the spell. While she cried with such empathy, two strange creatures flew from above.

"Do not cry, princess of the sea." one sympathized, "we know about your worries and your struggle."
"Wait. Who are you?" Lena asked.
"Don't be scared of us." the other assured, "we're creatures from the air above."
"The air above?"
"Why yes. We see things from the earth below and reside along with the humans here. My name is Jay and this here is Blu."
"Nice to meet you. This here is Ariel and I'm-"
"Lena. We know about you."
"How?"
"Your friend from the world below: Vinc, was it?"

The name started to shine upon Ariel's face. She started to nod happily and tried to summarize Vinc with her body movements. However, it still resulted with the same matter.

"Don't worry, princess of the sea." Jay replied, "I'm sure her memories will return soon."
"But if you like, we can help you two have your happily ever after come true."
"Our happily ever after? What are you talking about?"
"That'll be for another time, dearie," Blu suggested, "Right now, we must depart. I'm sure Sebastian can help you two with a plan."
"And why should we trust you?"
"If you didn't trust us, then this princess of the sea may end up losing all hope and never be human again and never regain their memories." Jay responded.

He paused for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"We hope to see you soon, princess of the sea."

At that moment, the two flew into the night sky, dancing the night away. Ariel, who was watching them fly, noticed Eric playing with Max. Stephan also was there, but he was relaxing on the side, watching them play. When Eric noticed her from below, he waved at her with a smile. Blushed at the embarrassment, she waved and returned back in her room. With the fork she used at the dinner service, she started to brush her hair with it. Sebastian then continued to plan an idea for the tour. Sadly, the plan was soon forgotten as the two fell right to sleep.