Hello, viewers! Another thing, Morgana doesn't exist at all in this AU. Oh, I love the second movie, but it's basically a reverse of the daughter wanting to be a mermaid instead of her mother wanting to be a human, and Morgana's great and the rest of it all including Dash and Tip, but I think Ursula is really the villain. And something Ursula said when we viewers was introduced to her in the movie got me thinking.

What if she was really Vanessa in mermaid style before she got changed to her octopi-lady self we see? Food for your thoughts, indeed.. Enjoy on! -Traveler.

Meanwhile, Flotsam and Jetsam was locking up their eyes into crystal ball mode, reporting that they couldn't keep up to Ariel who suddenly changed for a reason, and swimming fast. They couldn't hear the entire conversation of the seagull and Sebastian, through there were some tidbits they caught, but they were still in the dark about it which is clearly pissing off Ursula.

Deep in her lair, Ursula growled lightly as she glanced upon the disappearing silhouette of Ariel, the shadow of the ship moving to shore. "At least Sebastian, that poor crab is heading back to Atlantica by way of that seagull. Flotsam and Jetsam, swim back to Atlantica, perhaps King Triton would know the conversation soon enough from the crab. The princess would be killed by sharks or what else out there, I don't care, as long as I get the throne, and perhaps Triton will be enraged and heartbroken if his little daughter is dead. And princey, that mutt, well, he isn't in the lap of luxury anymore. He must be either starving or lost in the wilderness, struggling to get home!". Ursula cackled, and Flotsam grinned at his brother, Jetsam who nodded, and both eels slithered off into a quick swim back to the underwater city.

-South of the Celtic Sea, around France, on the border of the Balearic Sea-

(Queen Athena's P.O.V.)

I still couldn't believe I am free after all those years in the circus. From what Eric told me, he truly cares for my youngest daughter. It's very upsetting when I realized I lost nearly 11 years, never seeing all my daughters grow into beautiful, amazing ladies and women, or being there for my husband day and night, but now the past is the past, and now I have been grateful for Eric rescuing me, and bringing me back to the sea.

I truly missed the great expanse of the seas, the wonderful colors of the residents and plant life, and speaking Mermish again... I was shocked when I heard Ursula was still around. She had changed terribly much from the one I and Triton knew. She used to be a glorious singer, a beautiful lady, used to have rich brown hair, violet eyes, and a bright purple tail with pale skin. The use of evil magic has changed her so much..

A fierce bark startled me out of my thoughts and I surfaced, gasping in shock when I saw Eric looped by a rope, struggling against a stocky, hairy man. I narrowed my eyes angrily as my savior is clearly in trouble, and I dived down below, grabbing a sharp rock, and surfacing quickly, and throwing it hard and straight at the man's head, and the man groaned in pain, loosing the rope in his hands, and Eric seemed to grin before he snarled, jumping into the man, scratching him badly before leaping off him, and glancing at me, "Let's go!".

I had no problem with that as I swam on furiously, with Eric running hard as he could with the rope around him upon shore, and once we stopped after a few minutes, making sure we lost the man far behind, I quickly came to Eric's side as he sat, tugging the rope off with a paw with no success. "Eric, stop. Let me help you.". Eric sighed deeply, nodded as he held still as I dragged myself out slightly, sitting up for my hands to reach and grasp the rope easier, and I took it off, smiling softly.

"Thank you, Queen Athena. You saved my life.". Eric replied in relief with a bit of embarrassment. I chuckled, seeing why he might be embarrassed. "Not every day that a queen rescues a prince like that. You have rubbed off my daughter, that's for certain.". Eric grinned, "And I don't mind it. Ariel's amazing..".

I raised an eyebrow, hearing the admiration and respect and love for my daughter. "Have you been having thoughts of the future, say, having Ariel as your wife?". Eric widened his eyes at me, gulped nervously, "That obvious?".

I smiled gently, "Eric, when you are married for 30 years like me, things are either very obvious than before, or very interesting as well. You very much care for Ariel, and when you speak of her, it sounds like she clearly cares for you too. I wish I'd known Ariel all those years I lost to time, but I would be happy to have a son-in-law as I almost had..a son.".

Eric gaped at me, then blinked, "Wait, you had a son? Ariel never told me..unless you didn't...". I sighed heavily, "For the first two years we were married, we were trying hard to have a child, I almost thought I wasn't fertile to have children until one day I found out that I was pregnant. Oh, Triton was overjoyed yet so scared just like I was, and with a way to tell the gender, I was happy to find out that I was having a boy.".

"Then there was some trouble at the outskirts. I asked to come along, being so stubborn ever than Triton imagined, and one of the neighbors were telling me the recipe of a dessert I had come to love to eat when eels came in, fighting a shark. It was so fast, I couldn't remember it much except for the sound of Triton screaming for me and the pain in my side.".

"As it turns out, the shark's tail whacked into me, jostling out a rib in my side. It took a duo of nurses, a doctor, and Triton's trident to heal me, but at a great cost. The rib went through my child, killing him. Oh, the rib was fixed right up, but my son..I painfully gave birth to a stillborn son. He was too small to be out, but he had to come out. He was barely halfway formed, yet his eyes, they were purely a terribly beautiful shade of hazel. Triton had commented that our lost son would have been a handsome, strong boy, and I agreed with him..".

Eric licked his lips softly, whimpered in grief, before blinking at me, "What was his name?". I exhaled, tears leaking from my eyes, and cleared the lump in my throat before I spoke softly, "He was to be called 'Tobias'.". Eric took a step closer, and his tail came around to touch my hand which is resting upon the shore besides my tail, "He would've been a great brother for Ariel, and I couldn't mind having a brother-in-law. Would he be next in line for the throne after your husband?".

"Yes, he was to be the heir before he..died. Now it's Attina, technically the firstborn, she's in line for the throne. I am sure she will be a great queen, even if I wasn't there for her so long..". I sobbed lightly with a bittersweet weak smile, and Eric nosed me on the shoulder, "It's going to be alright, Queen Athena.".

I glanced at him, and he looked concerned yet trying to cheer me up. My smile grew stronger, "Thank you, Eric, for listening, and please, it's just Athena. No formalities.". Eric nodded understandingly, and got up from his sitting postiton, "Shall we get going? Denmark, Atlantica, and our families are waiting for us.".

"Yes, let's go home.". I replied, and Eric grinned, howled happily for a few moments, and I laughed as I got myself into the water, welcoming me back into its familiar embrace. I then flickered my tail, and swam on, with Eric leaping into a run as the sunset is showing off her last rays of light, knowing that the night will cloak over us, protect us from unseeing eyes of other people.