Under The Sea
"What can I do? Triton is just too powerful!" Ursula collapsed on her jellyfish bed. She whined all day and her eels were growing restless. "Why, he shouldn't even be the king of the seas! Well I suppose since he is the older twin, he should be but still! We should be co-leaders! Isn't that right my dears?" Floatsam and Jetsam nodded agreeably. "I should be my former self, a slender mermaid with silky brown hair and a lavender tail! But no, as if it weren't enough for Triton banishing me from Atlantica…He turned me into this!" She grabbed her chubby sides and fat tentacles, shaking them for emphasis. Her minions snickered, and then stopped immediately after their master gave them a piercing glare. "All that happened was a few experiments going wrong!" The eels rolled their eyes, ready for another tale.
"Attina, you suppose Ariel and Eric will get married soon?" Arista asked.
"But I'm older, I should get married first!" Adella complained.
"Yeah, if you ever settle down with a boy." Alana scoffed.
"We'll probably be fifty and Adella will still be between boys!" Aquata snickered.
"Nah, but that time the only boys that would swim after her would be the ones in the retirement home!" Andrina chimed, giggling with Aquata.
"No boy wants a girl with freakishly large fins, Aquata." Adella shot back. Just before Aquata could respond, Attina stopped them.
"Girls, we should be worrying about Ariel right now, not who's gonna marry who! Ursula could return any moment to try to destroy her 'happily ever after.' We've gotta stop the witch."
"Uh, haven't we done enough for the baby princess?" Alana asked.
"Yeah, its not like Ursula has any power to stop her or anything." Aquata revised.
"Maybe not, but mother told me….mother told me one day that if you want to be a good queen, you have to go out of your way for people." Attina said solemnly, wincing at the thought of her mother.
"Oh Attina," Arista said softly, lovingly. "If mother said we should help Ariel and stop Ursula we will." Her sisters nodded in agreement. After heart warming reassurances, the sisters sought out another plan.
"Oh your majesty, why do you look so glum?" Sebastian asked the obvious question.
"Ariel, how I miss her!" Triton sighed. "I miss her bubblyness, and even her reckless adventures. Sebastian, how will I cope with the marriage of all my daughters if I could barely handle one?"
"One issue at a time, sire! We are all saddened at Arielle's absence, but this was going to happen sooner or later. Dat's life!" His advisor glanced at the king awkwardly. "Even though you are grieving the loss of the gem of the sea, you can't abandon your duties!"
"You are right Sebastian, but it is hard." Triton cried.
"There, there, I miss da child dearly as well." Tears began to from in the crab's eyes. Although he could visit Ariel whenever he had the chance he knew she would always be out with Eric. "But we just gotta stay strong. For Arielle!"
"Your Highness," A messenger boy floated in the doorway.
"Yes son," Triton looked at the boy meekly. The young merboy never knew Triton could cry. He was the mightest man in Atlantica!
"Er-yes, sir, your daughter, Princess Ariel, requests your presence in a cove tomorrow?"
"Really? How do you know this? What is it about?"
"I am not sure what it is about but Flounder was talking to Princess Ariel and she told him to tell me to tell you that she wants to meet with you about something important."
"Very well, summon Flounder here, I would like to have a word with him.