Chapter 11
Balto continued to stare at the former sled dog in utter shock as his rival just grinned at him and greeted him with, "Hey wolf dog, it's been a while." The merwolf watched as Steele took the trident away from him after he had dig some of his claws into his left shoulder causing him to howl in pain. But as the merdog stared at it he added, "So what exactly can this thing do anyway?"
Hearing this question caused the brown eyed merwolf to look over at the sea witch as she replied, "What can it do? Well, if you really want to find out why don't you just try shooting a blast of energy at furball there."
"You know that's not a bad idea." The black and white furred merdog responded with, as Balto saw that the weapon was now aimed at his chest. His eyes widen with fear when he saw that the trident was starting to glow brightly as he looked back up at Steele who just smiled and went on with, "So long, mutt."
Balto closed his eyes after hearing that statement certain the end was near as he thought, "Ariel, I'm sorry."
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Ariel eyes widen with worry when she heard a loud howl. And when she poked her head out from behind the boulder she gasped at seeing a merdog with it's claws dug into Balto's left shoulder. The red haired mermaid also noticed that her father's trident was started to glow brightly as she let out, "Oh no, I have to try and stop him from killing Balto." She then looked around a few times before a sharp looking seashell caught her attention as she added with a shout, "Leave him alone!"
The blue eyed mermaid jammed the sharp end of the shell right into the back of the merdog's shoulder which caused him to howl in pain. Not only that but it also caused him to point the trident in the air and the opposite direction hitting both Flotsam and Jetsam killing them instantly as they then turned into sea foam. To everyone's surprise they then heard Ursula's voice as she exclaimed, "Flotsam, Jetsam, my poor babies!" Ariel then realized that the sea witch was now glaring at her as she swam up to her and angrily added, "Why you little brat! I'll make you pay for that!"
The princess then saw that the white haired sea witch was about to hit her with the back of her hand as she quickly tried to shield herself with her own hands. However, right when the hand was about hit her the mermaid heard the merdog's voice as he said, "Hey, hey now there's no reason to get all bent out of shape over something like that." She then felt the anthro sea dog's arm as it wrapped itself around her waist and brought her closer to his chest as he continued with, "And besides this mermaid looks pretty cute." Ariel proceeded to look at the merdog's icy blue eyes as he ended with, "So how about you forget about that stupid half breed and come hang out with a full breed like me for a little bit." She then noticed an odd look in his eyes as the merdog ended with, "And if you do then I can promise you won't regret it."
Hearing this caused the mermaid princess to let out a light nervous laugh as she replied, "You know that sounds really nice, but I have to decline."
She then lowered her hands towards the ground and grabbed a handful of underwater sand as she threw it into Steele's eyes causing him to yelp in surprise. He also let go of Balto, and as the merwolf gripped his left shoulder in pain Ariel thought quickly and swam up to him. She then grabbed some seaweed in one hand while she held onto the brown eyed merwolf's midsection for support. The two then swam off as quickly as they could while the blue eyed princess tried to patch up the brownish grey anthro sea wolf's wound as best she could.
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Ursula looked on in frustration as the pair swam away soon completely out of sight. The sea witch then swam up to the merdog who was getting the last of the sea sand out of his eyes as she yelled, "How could you let them get away?"
"Me? Don't put the blame on me!" Steele barked back, as he glared at her with venom in his eyes. He then added, "If you hadn't noticed the wolf dog got away because of that mermaid!"
Realizing that the black and white furred anthro seadog had a point the sea witch crossed her arms and replied with, "Yes I will admit that I was not expecting her to follow him here." She then pulled up the trident that was on the ground between them while she continued wtih, "But now that I think about it, it really doesn't matter if they got away. Seeing as I got what I wanted."
"Yeah well that's great, but what do we do now?" The merdog asked, as the two began to swim back to the sea witch's hideout.
Hearing this caused Ursula to let out a light chuckle as she answered with, "Why that's simple, we take over Atlantica. And the best part is there's no one who can stop us."
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Balto's eyes shut tightly from the pain he was going through his body. But he still let out, "I'm sorry."
"Balto, you don't have to apologize." Ariel replied, causing him to look at her as they swam at a slower pace. The merwolf was about to protest, but before he could she added, "But I would like to know why you made that deal with Ursula in the frist place?"
This question caused the anthro sea wolf to let out a heavy sigh as he replied, "I did it because I wanted to be with you, Ariel." A light blush suddenly spread across his face while he went on with, "And I wanted to be with you because I-I love you, Ariel."
Once he had said this though the brownish grey furred merwolf quickly shut his eyes expecting the worse. To his surprise though he felt both of the mermaid's hands place themselves on both sides of his face as she responded with, "I'm glad you feel that way Balto, because you see that's what I was going to tell you earlier before I saw you swim off with my father's trident is that I love you, too."
"You do?" Balto asked, as shock was now on his face.
The red haired princess nodded while explained, "Yes, and that's what my father and myself were talking about." The merwolf then saw that it was the mermaid who was blushing as she continued with, "H-He gave me the okay to marry you."
Balto's face grew with joy over this news. However, he knew that there was no time to celebrate as he placed a hand on her shoulder and said, "Ariel, you have no idea how happy I am to hear you say that. But we need to get back to the palace before it's too late."
"Oh, you're right." Ariel replied, as the two then swam off in hopes that we wouldn't be too late in warning King Triton and everyone else about the danger that could strike at any moment.