Killian remained in the balcony, looking at the city. He had to come up with some way to make Ariel feel better; to fix this mess he put himself into, but how? He thought that she would get over it, but she was so stubborn, it didn't seem like she was going to let this go. She started calling him "Captain" again for heaven's sake. He turned back around and saw Aladdin and Jasmine had left, and he didn't see Ariel anywhere either. He decided to walk around the palace and think.

He walked around for a few minutes until he saw an odd bulky wooden door in the corner. He looked at it curiously and decided to walk towards it. He opened up the door and entered a very dark room, made of strong stone walls, with a dungeon like atmosphere. He saw a strange red light coming from the back of the room. He heard some cackling, mixture of liquids, a small poof here and there. He walked towards the noise, trying to remain as quite as possible.

He then saw this tall man in a long black outfit with a red cape, and a black turban. He had a parrot perched on his shoulder. He was making some kind of spell. He tried to get closer to see what he was doing, but instead he accidently hit his foot against one of the chairs, making a whole lot of noise. The man quickly turned over to him, his eyes fiery and furious. He then raised his hand and Killian was flying, hitting his back against the wall. He then felt a bunch of ropes tightening around his body, making it extremely hard for him to move.

The man walked over to him, eyeing him curiously.

"Well what do we have here Iago?" he said.

Ariel sat on a chair in one of the many rooms of the palace. She was drawing a rough sketch of the beach in her notepad. She missed the beach a lot. She was actually somewhat considering going back. But to what? A family that hated her guts for what she did. Sure her father acted like he cared about her safety, but as much as it pained Ariel she knew he didn't want her there. That is why he had finally let her come to the surface, to get rid of her. He was probably hoping something horrible would happen to her. Ariel had always felt like her father didn't truly love her for some reason. Like there was some dark, twisted secret that he was keeping from her, like she was a reminder of something bad from his past.

Ariel shaked her head slightly, erasing these thoughts from her head. Suddenly, her sight changed, and she wasn't seeing her notepad on her lap anymore, but instead she saw a dark room, and it looked familiar. Of course, she thought, it was that room where she had stumbled upon Jafar earlier today. He was smiling a wicked smile, holding up his hand. Ariel got a bit scared. She had those recurring dreams of her mother and now of Killian, thinking that they were some sort of vision of the future, but this? This felt like it was happening right now, at this very moment. She then heard a scream and she knew immediately who it was. Killian! He was screaming, clearly in pain. What was Jafar doing to him?

Without even thinking she got up, letting her notepad and pencil drop to the ground as she ran out of the room in search of the Sultan, or anyone who could help her really. She stopped in the middle of the hallway, hearing some noise but quite sure where it was coming from. She was panicking, her heart racing, her head turning in all directions as her hair flashed in the wind, forming a fiery circle in the air. She finally saw Aladdin and Jasmine approaching her, hand in hand. Wow that escalated quickly, she thought to herself. No wait, Killian, I have to save him she thought.

As soon as Aladdin and Jasmine saw her their faces went from happy to worry. Jasmine quickly walked over to her, followed by Aladdin. "Ariel what's wrong?" asked Jasmine, grabbing a hold of her arms, trying to calm her down. She shivered slightly at the touch of Ariel's skin, it was cold.

"It's Killian. He's in trouble. Jafar has him!" she said, trying to calm herself down so as not to appear like a lunatic.

"Jafar!" said Jasmine. "We have to tell me father."

Jasmine walked past Ariel and Aladdin, the later following her hastily. The Sultan was in the throne room, sitting in his throne playing with these little trinkets he had on the table next to him. He was stacking them up into a tower, but as soon as the noise of the door slamming open was heard, the tower erupted and the trinkets fell to the ground. The Sultan frowned, and then looked over to see his daughter running towards him, her face full of concern.

"Jasmine darling what's wrong?" he asked.

"It's Jafar. Ariel says he's back and he's got Killian" she said.

"OH my" said the Sultan. "Where is that scoundrel?"

"He's in this room that looks like a dungeon. It must be his lair or something" said Ariel.

"Guards! Guards!" yelled the Sultan. The guards came rushing in. "Jafar is back! We must stop him before he does anything. Ariel where is this room that you're talking about?"

Ariel quickly ran out of the room, everyone else following her. It took her a few minutes to get there, as she took a wrong turn at one point, but she was able to lead them to the room where Jafar was. The guards went up in front of them, pushing Ariel aside. One of them took a couple of steps back as he fiercely kicked the door, rushing inside. The room was dark, except for a soft red glow coming from the other side of the room. Jafar quickly turned around, and Ariel saw that Killian was just as she had seen him, tied up, held against the wall. His eyes quickly met hers, and she could see fear and sadness in them. He was afraid, afraid that he might die. Jafar was a very powerful wizard, and even though he didn't have his staff, he was still dangerous. Ariel saw something else in Killian's eyes though, she saw a bit of desperation. He was pleading for forgiveness, she could see it in his eyes. His big, blue sky eyes that she loved so much, slightly tearing up. He mouthed "I am sorry" to her, and all Ariel could do is just stare right back at him, tearing up a bit herself. She forgave him, she had to. She couldn't be mad at him forever, she loved him. But hopefully now he would not be so overprotective.

"Jafar what are you doing?" asked the Sultan, in his most authorative voice.

"Your Highness" said Jafar mockingly, semi-bowing down to him. "I was just gathering a few of my things, when I caught this insolent thief stealing one of my potions!" As he said this, he pointed at Killian, and his parrot Iago flew over to Killian, hovering over his head saying "brah, Thief! Thief."

"That's not true!" screamed Ariel. "Jafar was doing something suspicious Killian was only trying to see what it was."

"And how would you know that little girl?" asked Jafar, giving her a menacing stare.

"Because I saw it!" she stared back at him, trying to match his deathly stare.

"Well it doesn't matter. My potion is complete! You will all now bow down to me!" he said eerily, and he took the potion in his hand. It was this thick reddish-gold liquid, and it was sparkling slightly. He took a handful of it and threw it right in Ariel's face. She closed her eyes shut, as she heard Killian's voice screaming "No!". She then sneezed; apparently she was allergic to sparkly magic stuff. She then opened up her eyes again and just stared back at Jafar. She wasn't sure exactly what that potion was for, but she didn't feel any different.

"HAhahah" cackled Jafar. "Now you must obey my every command!"

So that's what the potion was for, Ariel thought. She was pretty sure however, that it didn't work, at least not on her.

"No Ariel, don't do it!" shouted Killian, trying to remove the rope that was restraining him, but he was unable too.

"Ah Ariel" said Jafar. "Ariel I command you kiss me." As he said this his lips formed into an evil smile. Ariel knew that she didn't have to do what he was telling her, but she figured that the others might end up being affected by the potion. She decided to play along. She stepped closer to Jafar, until she was just inches away. She raised herself on her tip toes and just as she was about to place a kiss on his lips, she raised her right knee and kneed Jafar right in the crotch. Jafar bent down in pain, and Ariel pushed him down to the ground. She then took the potion out of his hand and stepped away from Jafar.

"Insolent girl!" he yelled. "Why the hell aren't you doing what I told you to."

"I guess your little potion didn't work after all" she said with a smirk on her face. Killian was relieved; he really thought Ariel was under Jafar's spell.

"Now, release Killian or I will drop this potion and you will have nothing" she said, dangling the potion from her fingers.

Jafar mumbled something incomprehensible, but he didn't let Killian go. He just sat there and then yelled "Iago!"

The parrot came flying towards Ariel, sharp tallons scratching at her face. Ariel put her free hand up trying to block the bird. Aladdin came from behind and quickly grabbed Iago. Despite Iago's best attempts, including biting Aladdin's hand, Aladdin and Abu would not let the parrot go.

"Come on Jafar give it up, you have nothing left" said Ariel. "And don't even try to use any magic on us because I will see it coming." What she just said, Ariel thought to herself. But it was the truth, for some reason it was as if she could look into Jafar's mind and see exactly what he was planning to do next. This was getting weird she thought, she kept getting these weird magical powers out of nowhere.

Reluctantly, Jafar raised his hand and magically released Killian from his bonds. Killian fell to the ground, touching his sore wrists. He walked over to where the others were, having half-a-mind to kick the shit out of Jafar, but he decided against it. Ariel gave him a welcoming smile, as he stood next to her, intertwining his hand into hers. Ariel looked back to Jafar and just as she was getting up she took the rest of the potion and threw it in Jafar's face. Jafar stood there, stunned, motionless. "Well your highness, he's all yours" said Ariel.

"Ah thank you child" said the Sultan, walking over to Jafar. "Guards, take him to the dungeon!"

The guards obeyed and they took off with an unmoving Jafar.

"Well my dear that was quite impressive" said the Sultan. "I didn't know you had magical properties."
"Neither did I" said Ariel, smiling at the Sultan.

"Well thank you again. If it wasn't for you I am afraid we would all be under Jafar's control. Well I am off to bed, it's been a very long day. Goodnight."

Ariel and the rest of them watched as the Sultan scurried out of the room. Aladdin and Jasmine were holding hands, and they chatted with Ariel and Killian about the events of the day. After a few minutes Killian and Ariel decided it was time to get back to the ship. They said their goodnights and headed back.

Killian opened up the door of his cabin, moving aside to let Ariel in. She eyed him curiously and playfully, walking past him into the room. He then closed the door and turned to her, asking her "So, you have magical powers then, besides the whole dream thing?"

"Yeah, it would appear so" she said, shrugging her shoulders.

"Well whatever it is, thank you for saving me" he said, giving her a small, genuine smile. He then walked over to her, till he was a few feet away from her. He put his hands gently on her shoulders and looked down into her eyes. "And Ariel… I'm sorry for the way I have been acting, how I've treated you. I just… I can't stand the thought of losing you. I… I love you Ariel."

Ariel smiled at him, placing her hand on his cheek. "I know Killian."

She then raised herself up on his tip toes and kissed him gently, softly on the lips. It was a short, quick kiss that left Killian wanting more. But he could see that Ariel was tired, and as much as he wanted to just sweep her off his feet and take her to his bed, he decided not to. It might ruin the moment. Instead they walked to the bed hand-in-hand, laying down in it. Ariel rested her head on his chest and he wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly. They fell asleep under the pale light of the moon.