chapter ten: Let The Games Begin
Morgana
Excitement bubbles up inside of me as I watch my decoy swim out of my lair. My plan is simple, my decoy will pose as Melody and pretend to have made a daring escape. King Triton and his brat of a daughter will be so overjoyed, that they won't notice anything, until it's too late. When no one is looking, my creation will steal the trident and bring it back here. The best part about my plan, other than it being fool-proof of course, is that Ariel will not be around when I receive my trident. That girl always seems to find a way to foil plans. The whole point of changing plans is so that she won't be able to interfere this time. I glide over to my shell cauldron, and look into my magic bubble. It shows me the black hair and long red tail of the girl everyone will believe to be Melody. She swims quickly and cautiously through the water, as though something was chasing her. I smile. So what if it took me four hours to find those two potions of Ursula's, this creation was perfect! She's not around anyone, yet she is acting as if she really was an escapee. The triton is as good as mine. There's no way anyone could possibly discover that she isn't the real Melody. At least not until it's too late. I cackle loudly, I can almost see the devastated look on Ariel's face after I become ruler. The thought makes me laugh even harder.
"Uh Morgana what should we do about the girl?" undertow asks. Talk about timing. He just ruined my fantasy.
"What about her?" I snap. He quivers a little.
"Well I just thought that since we have the creamenture, that we don't have any reason to keep her around, and I was kind of hoping that I might get to eat-"
"Silence!" I screech, slamming my fist against the side of my clamshell. "You will not be eating her! How am I supposed to get revenge on Ariel if we kill her daughter beforehand? No we will wait until Ariel is present before disposing of little Melody."
"Whatever you say Morgana" undertow mumbles moodily, before swimming away. I sigh, that little sardine is really starting to get on my nerves. I shake my head and return my attention to my magic bubble. My creamenture is nearing the border of the arctic. I watch as she intentionally collides with a mermaid. A mermaid with bright red hair and an emerald-green tail. Ariel. One of Ariel's older sisters is there as well, the one with blond hair and a purple hued tail. What was her name again? Beside her was that little yellow and blue guppy that hangs around with Ariel, floaty or flapper or something. The little fish gasps and Ariel groans slightly from being smacked into. I smile and curl my tentacles in excitement. This is the moment I've been waiting for.
"Let the games begin!"
For those of you who were wondering creamenture is the name I decided to use for the type of creature the clone of Melody is. Don't ask I use weird names.
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