So how are things going? Ariel mouthed to Flounder from up above on the ship. Flounder gazed at her as her red coral colored hair seemed to be brighter than normal when the sun shimmered through it. The ship had made a stop after what felt like a long while to him, and this meant he was finally able to rest and talk to his best friend. She hadn't been able to talk to him lately because she'd been distracted. Mainly because her and that pirate wouldn't stop flirting with each other.
"They're going good," he answered her. She nodded at him
You're not to tired are you? she asked with a concerned expression on her face.
"No I'm fine," he answered. She smiled at him and Flounder felt all warm inside. He knew it was ridiculous but he couldn't help that he was infatuated with her. Maybe it was the way she smiled at him? Or the way she had always been so kind to him and always stuck around with him, when he was to frightened to do things the other fish weren't afraid to do. He at least knew he felt more affection for her than that man did. Flounder knew that all the notorious Captain Hook wanted from Ariel was her body, isn't that what all humans wanted? Flounder didn't understand why Ariel was so curious about them and enjoyed being a human so much. He liked her much better as a mermaid, he knew the other man would have never loved her if she was still a fish.
Are you alright? You seem sad? Ariel asked, seeming concerned again. He liked how she could just mouth words to him and he'd understand, unlike Killian who had to have everything she said written down for him.
"I'm fine I-,"
"Talking to your fish friend again?" Killian playfully asked as he interrupted Flounder. Ariel turned to him and smiled. Flounder wished she could look at him the same way she looked at Killian. She nodded at him.
"Well if you're so keen on talking to them maybe I should bring you a little closer to them," he joked as he picked Ariel up and dangled her over the side of the ship. She silently laughed and playfully hit him, knowing he wouldn't drop her and Flounder just tread water watching awkwardly. Killian brought her back down onto the boat.
"Put some shoes on, I am going to teach you how to dance," he told her as he twirled her a bit. She nodded as he kissed her on the top of her head and she ran off without saying goodbye to Flounder. That was how must of her conversations with Flounder ended these days. They'd start talking and then Killian would interrupt and whisk Ariel away and Flounder would have to watch as they looked at each other with lovesick expressions on their faces. They hadn't even kissed yet! If they were so in "love" with each other they should've kissed already. If Flounder had been Killian he would've kissed her the moment he saw her. Hang on that was it! That's what Flounder had to do. He'd go to find the witch that gave Ariel her legs, kiss her and then they both could live happy lives together and Ariel could finally see all that he felt for her. Flounder quickly swam away to start his search for the witch.
Just as he had left Ariel came running back.
Sorry Flounder I forgot to say goodbye. I'll talk to you later though Ariel explained but was confused to find him gone. She did her secret knock on the side of the ship that her, Flounder, and Sebastian came up with to see if he would answer to it, but he had left. Ariel was confused for a moment and then shrugged it off. They'd talk again eventually.
Flounder had talked to many fish to find the witch, Cora, when he did he saw her gathering up some special sort of sand along a beach.
"Excuse me?" he shouted, hoping she could understand fish language. Cora looked around as she heard the voice.
"I'm over here!" Flounder exclaimed. She followed the voice and was surprised to find that the owner of it was a yellow and blue fish.
"Aren't you the little friend of that mermaid girl?" she asked him.
"I want legs too," he got to the point. She laughed at him.
"You want legs? You had no interest before, so why now?" she asked. Flounder frowned and the witch started laughing again.
"You love her," she assumed.
"Oh this is brilliant a little fishy in love with a mermaid, who's in love with a human. That's quite the love triangle there. Thank you for humoring me," she said not taking him seriously.
"I can have Triton give you the entire ocean," Flounder snapped knowing that if he made a deal with her, she'd give him what he wanted. Just like how Ariel had given up her voice.
"That's quite a trade there, how can you do that though?" she asked.
"That mermaid you turned into a human, is his youngest daughter. He's been searching throughout all of the sea for her and isn't planning on giving up. If I tell him that you'll bring Ariel to him in trade of the ocean he won't hesitate to agree,"
"So you'll be lying to him then?" she asked. Flounder nodded.
"The whole ocean in exchange for turning a guppy to human. I can live with that," she nodded.
"You have to make mine permanent though," Flounder bargained.
"Only if you kiss your true love," she stated. Flounder understood.
"I'll be right back," Flounder told her. He quickly went to tell Sebastian of his "plan" and Sebastian quickly scuttled off as word spread throughout the sea. Within an hour or so word had traveled back to Flounder saying that Triton had agreed to the deal.
"He said he'll do it, according to him the ocean is yours now," Flounder told her the moment he got his answer. Within seconds Flounder found himself enveloped in this purple smoke and he felt himself grow taller by the second. When he opened his eyes he found he had human clothes on and his skin was slightly tanned, and he saw that he had short yellow hair. He looked at his reflection in the ocean water and saw that his eyes were still the same bright blue color they were when he was a fish.
"MMMMHmMMm aren't you delectable. If she doesn't fall in love with this, then I don't know what's wrong with her," Cora said. Flounder smiled and saw he had blindingly white teeth. Just then Cora disappeared. It took Flounder a couple moments to learn how to walk on his human legs, but he eventually got the hang of it. He wasn't doing to bad after all with this. He quickly found a ship that would take him to the island where Ariel was. By they time he got there the sun was nearly setting. Flounder kept an eye out for any tavern's, knowing that Ariel would be there with Killian. He eventually found one with loud music playing out of it. Flounder stumbled in and looked around for her. It didn't take long for him to spot the bright auburn hair as he saw Ariel and Killian sitting in a corner of the room chatting with bright smiles on their faces. Flounder made his way over there and watched as many women tried to get Killian's attention but he just simply ignored them. A new song started playing and Flounder saw Ariel bob her head along excitedly to the music with a huge smile on her face, that lit up the whole room. She grabbed Killian's hand and tried to pull him up.
"Five dances in a row and you still want to keep going. I regret teaching you this," he overheard Killian say to her. Ariel jutted out her bottom lip.
"That is not going to work on me, remember incredibly dangerous tough pirate sitting right here. I do not succumb to the puppy dog pout. If you want to dance, just find some other bloke that's less attractive then me to dance with," Killian smiled and then he saw Flounder.
"Like this gentleman perhaps," Killian joked pointing at Flounder. Ariel shrugged and got up and grabbed Flounder's very smooth hand.
"I don't know how to dance," Flounder told her, using his human voice for the first time. Ariel shrugged and tried to show him but it ended up being a mess of stumbling and stepping on feet. Flounder had ended up making Ariel silently laugh which made his insides feel like there were butterflies in them.
"I'm sorry I'm not that good am I?" he asked. Ariel shook her head truthfully. Just then Flounder leaned into her ear and whispered
"Ariel it's me," she backed away from him and gave him a confused look.
"It's me" he repeated again. Ariel looked at him intently for a moment and let out a silent gasp when she realized who he was. She then gave him a confused look.
"I did this to be with you and I just wanted to tell you that...that...that...that I love you," he told her and then he leaned in to kiss her and Ariel started to push away from him. Flounder looked up at her, shocked. She tried to back away from him but Flounder grabbed onto her wrists.
"Ariel, don't go let me explain what I can do for you, that he can't," Flounder tried to tell her and then he felt a hand smack down on his shoulder. Flounder turned around and saw Killian.
"Boy, let go of her. She said no alright," Killian tried to tell him kindly.
"I'm not a boy" Flounder stood up for himself.
"Well if you are man, then you should know how to properly respect a woman. If she said no, she said no, now leave," Killian threatened. Flounder took this is as a chance to prove himself to Ariel of what he really could do and swung his arm at Killian only to find it pulled behind his back as Killian blocked the blow. Ariel put a hand on Killian's shoulder telling him to stop and then gave a disappointed look to Flounder, as if she didn't know him anymore. Killian's hand let go of Flounder's arm and slid into Ariel's. Ariel pulled into him and was nearly hugging her body into his arm. The two started to walk out.
"Ariel" Flounder called for her. She took one last look at him and shook her head as she stayed close to Killian.
Flounder spent the rest of the night walking around the town, looking at everything. When he came across the docks he saw Ariel and Killian were sword fighting and Ariel jumped onto Killian's back playfully. Flounder looked away disgusted as his heart broke at the sight.
"Times up then," Cora's voice said. He turned around and saw her.
"What?" he asked.
"You didn't say how long you wanted to be human, and you haven't kissed her so it can't be permanent. Now it's time for you to go back into your old fish form. Besides she'll be a mermaid again next time you see her" Cora explained.
"What do you mean?" Flounder asked.
"I mean that I'm not that idiotic to lie to the king of the sea, so I am returning his daughter to him so that there will be a new ruler of the seas, me,"
"But why would you want that. I thought you were generous," Flounder muttered.
"Power is the only way you can have control over something the more power you have the more things you can have control of," she stated.
"I'll be right back, I should probably deal with her while she's alone" Cora said. Flounder looked at Ariel again and saw her smiling to herself as she leaned against the ships railing. He then looked down below and saw, through a little porthole window, Killian grabbing a tiny box. In the box there was a sparkling diamond ring. Flounder could hear his heart beating loudly in his ears as he realized what Killian was about to do. However, both men were distracted as they heard a lot of commotion on the deck. Flounder looked up and saw Ariel fighting Cora, the next thing he knew Cora was ripping Ariel's heart out. Flounder quickly tried to run to her and just as he was about to reach the ship he was enveloped in a large amount of purple smoke and everything went dark.
(In Storybrooke)
"So this was fun," Finn said as him and Andi reached the front gate outside her house. Andi nodded as an answer to his statement. She had no idea how much tonight had meant to him. They had been friends for so long and it bothered him that she couldn't see what was right in front of her, whenever she grumbled about not finding "the one."
"We should do it again sometime soon," Finn said as he awkwardly rocked back and forth on his heels. Andi nodded again as an answer to his statement. Finn let out a sigh as he mentally decided something. It didn't matter anymore about waiting for her to make a move. He was going to make his move, in hopes that the outcome would be positive. Andi looked up to him ready to give him a hug and he cupped her delicate pale face in his hands as he leaned down to her height and kissed very lightly on the lips. In that moment Finn saw flashes of his past life. He saw himself as a fish, Andi as a mermaid named Ariel, Andi falling in love with a pirate named Killian while he jealously watched them on the side, him turning into a human and telling Andi his real feelings for her only to be rejected in the end, Andi falling into the pirates arms only moments away from death, and finally he saw the purple smoke envelope him and everything around him. He soon found himself back in the present moment and watched as Andi pulled away from him with this shocked look on her face and she ran inside her house. Finn just stood there for a moment completely confused about what just happened.
The next day Finn had to teach the swim class by himself. Andi hadn't shown up for work today and it hurt him at the thought of the possibility that it was because of him. He blew the whistle as he looked at the clock and saw it was time for the kids to change. They all got out of the pool and speed walked to the locker rooms.
"Hey Finn," a familiar voice called to him, he looked and saw Henry. He had sat out today in class, since he forgot his swimsuit, and spent most of it reading his storybook, Mary Margaret had given him.
"Yeah bud?" Finn answered.
"Do you mind watching my stuff while I go use the bathroom? Last time I left my backpack alone in here one of the kids decided to dump it into the pool," Henry told him. Finn was glad Andi wasn't there to hear that because if she had she would have definitely been handing out detentions right on the spot.
"No I don't mind, go ahead and when you're done you need to tell me who this was," Finn told him. Henry slowly nodded as he ran to the bathroom. Finn let out a sigh as he sat by the backpack. Every now and then he noticed that he had been sneaking glances at Henry's storybook. He didn't know why but he felt like all those visions he saw when he kissed Andi had something to do with that book. Finn quickly checked to make sure no one was looking and opened the book. He flipped open to the story of The Little Mermaid. He glanced at the pictures as he saw illustrations that matched, almost perfectly, what had been in his vision. When he flipped to the next page he accidentally had turned to another story and saw a picture of what looked like Regina Mills, but was actually the evil witch from Snow White. He saw something about the mention of a curse taking everything from the storybook world to a land without magic. Suddenly it hit him. Henry's theory was right, how would he have seen all those things when he kissed Andi. Those had to be memories of some sort, they felt so real.
"Which story are you on?" Henry asked as he noticed Finn reading his storybook, when he got back from the bathroom. Finn showed Henry the picture he had been looking at.
"Henry, that woman right there, that's Regina right?" Finn asked as Henry sat down next to him.
"Yeah," he answered.
"And she's the one who supposedly cursed everyone?" he asked trying to make it sound like he didn't believe him so Henry wouldn't get excited about this. Henry nodded. The warning bell rang signaling kids to start heading to their next class. Finn handed Henry back his storybook as Henry quickly grabbed his backpack.
"Hey are you going to tell me who that kid was that dumped your backpack?" Finn asked Henry.
"It was nothing, don't tell Andi, she'll get really overprotective about this," The bell rang again telling the kids to be in there classroom now.
"I've got to go bye Finn," Henry said quickly running off. The kids for Finn's next class came in. The class seemed to pass by like a blur and when he was finished he quickly ran to the mayor's office and knocked on the door. He didn't wait for an answer as he walked in to find Regina working at her desk.
"Finn what are you doing here?" Regina asked as she filed some papers.
"I need to talk to you about something," he told her
"I think I'm the wrong person to talk to about this. If you want to apologize I suggest you go tell Andi in person a-"
"I know about the curse," Finn interrupted her.
"What?" she paused looking frightful for a moment.
"I know about it and I'm willing to keep it a secret if you help me out with something," Finn bargained.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Regina tried to lie.
"Was that the same thing you said when people asked you if you killed Snow White's father?" Finn asked. Regina looked at him and then her smile turned slightly evil.
"You promise to keep it secret, fine then I'll help you out as long as you give me something in return," she bargained.
"What?" Finn asked.
"I think Andi is starting to remember her old life as a mermaid. I want you to make up with her and have her forget all about that,"
"That's it?"
"If she ever figures out who she is, she'll go to Henry and then they'll team up, and work together to bring me down from the inside," Regina explained.
"So then fish lips do we have a deal? You help distract Andi and make her forget about being a mermaid and in return she'll fall in love with you?" Regina asked
"How'd you know that's what I wanted"
"It's what all of us want isn't it?" she asked holding her hand out. Finn nodded and shook it as they made an agreement.
Killian sat there for a moment in utter shock at what had just happened. Ariel had disappeared right before his eyes. He was alone again. He turned to the witch and saw she was still there with him.
"What did you do to her?" he asked as he stood up feeling anger running through every nerve in his body. He no longer had Ariel to hold him back now and calm him down. He had turned back into the bloodthirsty cold blooded pirate he used to be. He stepped towards the woman and she restrained him with her magic.
"I wouldn't be so threatening if, I were you if you haven't noticed I still have her heart" the witch reminded him. Killian couldn't answer, he was to angry.
"She's still alive if that'll help calm you down. However, if I were to squeeze her heart hard enough, because you did something I didn't like, she would be dead," the witch threatened.
"Where is she?" Killian asked through gritted teeth.
"In another world where there is no magic and she has forgotten all about you," she smiled at him evilly.
"She wouldn't," he snapped.
"Oh but she has magic can be very strong,"
"How'd this happen?" he asked.
"All because of my lovely daughter, who wanted revenge on her stepdaughter. I didn't think her silly curse would reach us all the way out here but surprisingly it did. Everyone you know is gone," she explained.
"So why are we still here?"
"I'm not sure, there might be others stuck here as well, but I don't care. All I know now though, is that my daughter is weak and there is now no better time to get my revenge than right now,"
"So you know how to get there? To where she is?" Killian asked as he found some hope in this situation, hoping Ariel would be wherever this witch was planning to head off to.
"Not now but I'll find a way, tah tah sailor boy," she smirked.
"Wait I can help you," Killian offered desperately.
"Hmmmmm I guess I could use someone like you not to mention now that I have you under my control, it's nice to know that I have back up," she said as she brandished Ariel's heart which was still clutched in her hand.
"I'll speak with you soon," she shrugged as she started to walk off the ship and picked up the ring Killian had dropped when he went to save Ariel. She tossed it to him and he caught it expertly in his hand.
"Planning to propose?" she asked playfully now that she knew she was toying with his emotions and knew how to hurt him.
"I was," he answered looking down at the ring.
Awwwwww sorry for the somewhat sad ending there guys. Anyways hope you liked it and review if you did. I think I'll be updating again very soon.