While traveling to there next destination, they stopped at a world that was in a seashell and an underwater city.
Clemont: Alright everyone, prepare for landing.
Ash: Wait, you mean in the ocean?
Serena: But won't we drown?
Clemont: You guys forget...the future is now, thanks to GENIE!
Aladdin: Genie?
Clemont: He has magic, right? Meaning he can use his magic to turn us all into fish.
Genie: That's just too easy...but fun!
As he snapped his fingers, smoke poofed all over the ship and Clemont pulled the lever. When Ash opened his eyes, he was underwater. His appearance was comletely different. He had no shirt, his gloves were gone, same with his hat and he had a fish tail. with green fins. Clemont also got the same appearance. He had a fish tail too but his fins were a purple color. Serena and Bonnie were mermaids. Serena lost her hat, had nothing except seashells on her chest and her fish tail has white fins. Bonnie had a toddler bathing top on and her fish tail was yellow. Aladdin and Genie got changes themselves. Aladdin begame exactly like Ash and Clemont. Gaining a red fish tail and Genie became a shark. Even Pikachu got a change. Pikachu was a small round yellow fish, still retaining his red electric cheeks.
Ash: This is amazing, were mermaids!
Clemont: Mermen to be exact.
Bonnie: You look so pretty, Serena.
Serena: Thank you, Bonnie.
Aladdin: It's no so easy, swimming like this.
Genie: No worries, Al. In no time, you'll be swimming like a pro.
Just then, the group saw someone swimming there way. One of them was a mermaid was well. She was a slender mermaid with very thin wrists and hourglass figure waist. She had a green tail with paler green, translucent fins and wore a brassiere made out of purple sea shells. She had bright blue eyes and full red lips. Her most defining feature was her long, bright red hair that altogether is almost bigger than her entire body. The other sea creature was a round, yellow fish (just like Pikachu) that more closely resembles a convict tang than a flounder. He had sky blue stripes along his top side. His pectoral, dorsal, and tail fins had alternating sky blue and dark sky blue stripes. His dorsal fin lines his back and was frayed near the front, vaguely reminiscent of hair. He seemed to have dark eyebrows, a round nose, and a pink, human-like tongue, all dissimilarities to real fish and his eyes were aquamarine. And the last sea creature was is a small crab, despite the numerous dissimilarities between it and real crabs. His design seemed to be a conglomeration of several different animals, though he does vaguely resemble a crab. His claws somewhat resemble those of a lobster, the structure of his carapace was similar to that of a turtle. It had a head and neck separate from it's carapace, which goes against the body structure of all crabs, whose head and abdomen are fused together.
?: Come on Sebastian.
Sebastian: Ariel, wait! Slow down! Don't leave me behind.
As he was swimming came face to face with Pikachu, screaming, in fear. He then quickly swam behind the mermaid.
?: Oh, relax, Sebastian. They don't look like one of them. Right, Flounder?
Flounder: I don't know, there's something weird about them.
Ash: Huh? What do you mean?
The mermaid circled Ash, examining him.
?: Hrm...they do seem a little different. Where are you from?
Ash: Uhhh...it's kind of a long story. You see, were not really use to these waters.
?: Oh, I see. In that case...Sebastian can show you how we swim around here.
Aladdin: Really, you mean it?
Sebastian: Ariel, King Triton will not like this!
Ariel: Oh, don't worry. My name is Ariel. This is Sebastian and Flounder.
Ash: My name is Ash and this is my partner, Pikachu.
Aladdin: My name is Aladdin and this is my friend, Genie.
Genie: How do ya do?
Serena: My names Serena.
Bonnie: I'm Bonnie and this is my big brother, Clemont.
Ariel: It's nice to meet you all.
Sebastian: Very well then, let us get started on teaching you how to swim.
As he explained the steps, Ash and his friends followed Flounder, swimming from up to down and side to side. With little practice, they got the hang of it.
Sebastian: Good job. Now let's move on to self-defense.
Ariel: Sebastian!
She pointed to some jellyfish looking creatures, heading towards them. They were called Sea Neon. Though they have a number of features that distinguish them from their real-life counterparts. While they have a number of small bluish-green tentacles dangling beneath them, they also have two massive pale blue ones in the front that allow them to deal large amounts of damage during their twist attacks. Within their light grayish-blue transparent heads and hidden behind the prominent Heartless emblem there are their sinister Heartless visages, complete with a crooked, toothy smile, bright yellow eyes, and a medium-length plume that ends in a spiral.
Ash: Heartless!
Ariel, Sebastian and Flounder took shelter. The group worked together to eliminate the Heartless. Sea Neons have limited abilities, and are basically restricted to weak melee attacks using their tentacles. In their home world of Atlantica, they have no elemental resistance. A Sea Neon's most helpful ability is its relative agility in Atlantica, where Sora and his friends has a harder time moving around but they pulled through. They eventually defeated them, as Ariel, Flounder and Sebastian returnd to there side.
Ash: Are you guys okay?
Ariel: Yeah. Thanks.
Clemont: How did you guys run into the Heartless?
Ariel: Those creatures chased us here.
Sebastian: Oh no! Those monsters might be heading for the palace, too!
Ariel: We'd better head back right away!
Flounder: But, wh-what if we run into more on our way back?
Ash: We'll go with you!
Ariel: You will?!
Ash: Of course, you taught us how to swim, it's only fair that we help you out too.
Ariel: Great. Let's go! The trident markers on the wall point the way there. We won't get lost as long as we follow them.
Ash: Then let's get a move on!
They swam there way through the wide open sea, following the markers. Flounder wasn't kidding, when he said they'd run into more Heartless, on there way. It was a difficult trip, especially, when they had to fight against the Heartless. Luckily, they made it to the palace but the Heartless were right on there tail. They were saved by a sudden shock of lightning.
?: It will never end, will it?
Ash and the other looked upon a merman sitting on a throne. It was an old, large merman with bushy, light grey eyebrows and long, white hair. He had a thick, white beard and mustache and a widow's peak hairline. He was well muscled and wore gold gauntlets with several studs on them on each wrist. As a merman, his lower body is that of a dark blue fish with cyan, translucent fins. As signs of his royal status, he wore a yellow, five-pointed crown that somewhat resembles a sea star on his head, and carries the legendary trident, a golden, three-pronged weapon with powerful magical abilities.
?: It appears that young mans job did not eliminate those creatures entirely.
Ariel: Daddy.
Serena: Daddy?
Ash: Then that means...
Clemont: She is his daughter!
?: Ariel! Thank heavens that your safe. The Heartless still roam, in this ocean.
Sebastian: Behold. You swim before the ruler of the seas: His Majesty, King Triton.
King Triton: And who are they?
Ariel: They helped us fight off those creatures.
King Triton: More outsiders, I assume.
Clemont: We're new here, your majesty. We don't mean to intrude.
Ash: Yeah and how do you know about the Heartless?
King Triton: We are very familiar with them.
Ariel: Our friends helped us fight off those creatures. Sora, Donald and Goofy were there names.
Ash: Sora, Donald and Goofy were already here?
King Triton: I see that you know them as well...now it makes sense as to how you could easily defend ourselves against them.
Ash: Yeah, there our friends too.
King Triton: Then I take it, you are a Keybearer yourself?
Ash: Yeah, that's right.
Ariel: Since there gone, daddy, Ash and his friends have been protecting me from the Heartless.
King Triton: So I see. Very well, just steer clear from danger.
Ariel: Yes, I know. Come on!
Ariel grabbed Ash's arm and swimming off.
King Triton: And there she goes again.
Leaving the palace, Ariel led Ash and his friends to a hidden cave. Inside, there was thousands of shining object hidden, inside.
Ash: Wow, look at all of these things.
Ariel: They're pretty neat, aren't they? Flounder and I collected them. There from the outside world. I've always wanted to see what was out there...the outside world. I'll bet it's amazing.
Ash: I use to know what that felt like.
Ariel: Really, your traveling to other worlds too?
Ash: Yeah, I'm looking for someone. A friend of mine. I'm going to find her.
Ariel: Sounds like fun. I would give anything to see the outside world.
Ash: Hrm, I know a way you can.
Ariel: Really? How?
Ash: You could come with us.
Ariel: What?
Aladdin: He means, you can come wit us, see the other worlds, make your dreams come true.
Ariel: You'd really allow me to do so?
Bonnie: Of course we would.
Clemont: It will be fun having another member of our team.
Ariel: Okay then. Flounder, what do you think?
Flounder: I'm in.
Sebastian: Oh no you don't. King Triton would be furious.
Genie: Which is why you won't be saying anything.
Sebastian: What do you mean by that?
Everyone seemed to have a siniser smile on there face, as they drew closer too Sebastian. All you could hear, was the sound of his screams. At King Triton's palace, he was reading a letter...from his daughter.
Dear daddy, by the time you read this letter, It will be to late. I have left with Ash and his friends to see the outside world. I know you would have been against this but if I am going to learn about the dangers that your so concerned about, I need to see them and handle them for myself. I'm sorry if I disappointed you but this for the best. I love you daddy, I'll see you, when I come back. Take care.
-Ariel
TO BE CONTINUED...