Return To Meroway Cove
The royal family had made another visit to Meroway Cove. Roland was on the deck, preparing to fish.
"Slip the line through, and-" He attempted to put a line through the thread of his fishing hook, but missed. "Ugh!"
"Hey, dad." Sofia smiled, as she and Madeline joined him.
"What are you up to?" Madeline asked.
"I am going to do a little fishing." Roland announced. "It's supposed to be very relaxing. What about you, girls?"
"We're going to meet Oona." Sofia answered.
"Well, have fun!" Roland smiled. "But be back in time for the water show. It was so nice of Queen Emmaline to invite us."
"We wouldn't miss it." Madeline smiled.
"Have fun fishing!" Sofia waved as they walked away.
"I will!" Roland nodded. "If I can just get started..." He tried to thread the line, and failed again, accidentally poking his thumb on the hook. "Ow!"
Meanwhile, Sofia and Madeline went over to the lower part of the boat. They placed their feet in the water, their amulets turning them into mermaids, and dived in.
As they swam through the waters, they spotted some mermaids nearby, and joined them at the surface.
Queen Emmaline used her magic trident to make a large fountain rise out of the water, while Oona half-heartedly pushed at the water with her comb. Cora gathered water in a special shell and blew into it, creating a rainbow.
"That was amazing!" Madeline smiled.
"Incredible!" Sofia added.
"Sofia! Madeline!" Oona and Cora declared.
"Hi, girls!" Sven the seahorse jumped out of the water.
"Hi, Sven!" Madeline declared.
"Hi, everybody." Sofia added.
"I can't believe that was only a rehearsal." Madeline said with awe.
"And the real show is going to be even bigger!" Sven announced.
"Did you like my fountain, Sofia?" Cora asked. "Mother is teaching me how to use the Current Conch."
"It was beautiful, Cora." Sofia smiled.
"I bet you didn't even notice my tiny little boring waves." Oona pouted.
"I thought they looked great!" Madeline told her.
"This mermaid comb can do all kinds of amazing things with water." Oona pointed out. "But I'm barely allowed to do anything with it!"
"Oona, I'll teach you in time." Emmaline promised.
"Can't I do something fun for the show?" Oona asked. "Like a water bridge, or maybe a tiny little sea twister?"
"Oh, you're way too young for that." Cora declared.
"I told you, I'll teach you more skills when you're ready." Emmaline repeated.
"But mom, I'm ready now!" Oona protested.
Emmaline sighed.
"Now, Sofia, Madeline, if you will excuse me..." She stated, as her servants carried her clam shell throne away. "Sven, I need you to run some more errands."
"Yes, your highness." Sven followed.
"Don't worry, Oona." Cora smiled. "My big fountain may be the star of the show, but your little waves are adorable."
"Your fountain isn't that big." Oona frowned, before diving underwater.
"Oona!" Sofia called.
"Don't worry." Cora told her. "She'll be okay. She just needs to cool off a little."
Oona was swimming underwater, still upset.
"It's not fair!" She pouted. "My mom and Cora treat me like I'm a little kid! Well, I have the mermaid comb. I can do a lot more than they think!"
Oona: My sister says I am too little
And my mother keeps on explaining
That I have to wait on my training
But I'm old enough to learn a trick or two
Every fish has school so I wish they'd teach me what to do
I'm so much more than what they say
Oh, how they'll see so perfectly all I can be
When I start to make some waves
Like swimming against a strong current
I must stay on course and be steady
Till I prove to mom that I'm ready
With the bit of magic from my mermaid comb
I'll whip up a tiny twister and show them all when i get Home
That I'm so much more than what they say
Oh, how they'll see so perfectly all I can be
When I start to make some waves
How I yearn for this tide to start to turn
Just like the sea
There is so much inside of me
My skills are still unknown
But I have this mermaid comb
So if I make a splash right here
I could be mermaid of the year
Soon I'll be getting cheers and praise
I guarantee Cora will see, Mom will agree
When I start to make some waves
I gotta make some waves
I'm gonna make some waves
Oona waved her comb, creating a sea twister.
"Yes, I did it!" She cheered. Then she realized the twister was moved. "Uh, wait Sea twister, stop! Stop!"
Oona chased after the sea twister, which tore through everything in its path.
"Not the seaweed garden!" Oona yelped. "Lookout for that school of fish! Oh, no, I can't let mom see this! Wait!" She kept chasing the twister. "No, no, no! I have to stop it!"
Up on the surface, Cora was practicing with the Current Conch.
"Oona's been gone a while." Madeline frowned.
"Oh, she's fine." Cora shrugged. "She just gets like this sometimes."
"Maybe we should go check on her." Sofia told Madeline.
"Right." Madeline nodded. "See you at the show, Cora!"
Sofia and Madeline dived back into the ocean.
"Oona?" Sofia called, as they searched around.
"Oona!" Madeline called.
They stopped by a small cavern.
"Oona?" Sofia said tentatively. "Oona!"
"Are you hiding?" Madeline added as they swam inside.
As they looked around, a silvery fish suddenly popped up.
"Boo!" He yelled.
"Ah!" Sofia and Madeline yelped.
"Did I get ya?" The fish asked. "Are you scared? You are scared, aren'tchya?" He chuckled.
A rope suddenly wrapped around the fish. It belonged to a mermaid with an Enchantlet.
"Hey, what ya doin'?!" The fish protested.
"I think the better question is 'what are you doing'?" The mermaid retorted.
"I wasn't doin' nuthin'!" The fish claimed.
"No?" The mermaid frowned. "You weren't trying to scare anyone?"
"Nah, I'm a sweetheart!" The fish grinned. "Everybody loves me! I got a charmin' personality. Ask them!" He pointed to Sofia and Madeline.
"Are you alright?" The mermaid asked the girls.
"We're fine." Sofia answered.
"He just startled us." Madeline added.
"Look, I'm a Scare-acuda." The fish declared. "It's what I do. Whattaya want from me?"
"That's an Enchantlet!" Sofia noted.
"That means you're a Protector!" Madeline smiled.
"I am indeed." The mermaid nodded. "My name is Nerissa. And this is Rhona."
"Hello." The blue and yellow striped first smiled.
"Can I go?" The Scare-acuda asked.
"Hush." Nerissa said harshly.
"I'm Sofia." Sofia announced. "And this is Madeline."
"Why did you go in that cave?" Nerissa asked. "Every mermaid knows not to go in a cave like that."
"We're not really mermaids." Madeline admitted.
"Wait... Princess Sofia and Princess Madeline?" Nerissa mused. "As in, Chrysta's Protector trainees, Sofia and Madeline?"
"That's us." Sofia nodded.
"So you know Chrysta?" Madeline asked.
"Know her?" Nerissa smiled. "I was in training at the same time as Chrysta. "We had more fun than a school of Monkeyfish!"
"I like Monkeyfish." The Scare-acuda grinned. "They scare easy!"
"Excuse me." Nerissa told the girl, before turning to her captive. "Scare-acudas agreed to stay in the north end of the grove."
"Yeah, but-" The Scare-acuda started.
"Are you in the north end of the cove?" Nerissa asked.
"No, but-" The Scare-acuda replied.
"Then where do you need to go?" Nerissa urged.
"North..." The Scare-acuda said meekly.
"That's right." Nerissa released him. "You can go now. But if I see you here again..."
"I'm goin', I'm goin'." The Scare-acuda groaned, swimming away. "Ah, these mermaids. Can't scare anybody..."
"So what brings you to Merroway Cove, girls?" Nerissa asked.
"We're visiting a friend." Sofia answered.
"Why are you here?" Madeline asked. "Are you on a Protector mission?"
"I am: To find one of the Wicked Nine and take it to the Mystic Isles for safe keeping." Nerissa revealed.
"One of the Wicked Nine?" Sofia gasped. "Which one?"
"Ursula's magic shell necklace." Nerissa revealed. "It's been hidden in the kelp forest here for years."
"The one she captured Ariel's voice in?" Madeline asked.
"Exactly." Nerissa nodded. "So I really should be on my way. Goodbye, girls. I'm sure we will meet again soon. Come on, Rona."
"I hope so!" Sofia called.
"Bye!" Madeline waved.
After Nerissa left, Oona swam by.
"Oona!" Sofia smiled. "There you are!"
"Oh, hi, girls." Oona said awkwardly.
"Are you okay?" Madeline asked.
"I'm fine, really." Oona nodded. "Have you two maybe seen a tiny little sea twister kind of swirling by around here? It's kind of like an underwater tornado. But it's no big deal." She chuckled oddly. "Forget it!"
"No big deal?" Sofia frowned. "Oona, what happened?"
"Remember how I said the mermaid comb could make all kinds of things with water?" Oona asked.
"Yeah?" Madeline nodded.
"Well... I tried a new skill with it." Oona confessed.
"Oh, no..." Sofia groaned.
"I made a little sea twister, and it kinda got away from me..." Oona cringed.
"Oona!" Madeline yelled. "Let's tell your mom! She'll know what to do."
"Oh, we don't want to do that." Oona stopped her. "I know what to do. I'm sure I can make it disappear! Maybe... you can help me catch it?"
Sven swam over.
"Sven!" Sofia gasped.
"What's wrong?" Oona asked.
"We have a sea twister!" Sven announced.
"It's okay." Madeline smiled. "We know about that."
"What?!" Sven yelped. "Did it come by here already?"
"No." Oona shook her head. "We know because... I made it."
"Oona, how could you do such a thing?!" Sven groaned.
"Sven, that's not important right now." Oona told him. "What's important is that we stop it."
"Well, we have to tell the Queen!" Sven urged. "She'll know what to do!"
"No!" Oona yelped. "We don't need mom! We can stop the twister ourselves."
"I hope by 'we', you mean 'you', because I do not know how to stop a sea twister!" Sven declared.
"Maybe he's right, Oona." Sofia suggested. "What if it's too big for you?"
"That's why I'm asking fro you and Madeline to help me." Oona pointed out. "And if it's too big for us, then I'll tell my mom, okay?"
"Okay." The girls said reluctantly.
"So... how do we find it?" Madeline asked.
"The twister was last seen moving towards the kelp forest." Sven told her.
"Nerissa was heading to the kelp forest!" Sofia realized. "Come on!"
They all swam towards the forest, which they saw was a total mess.
"Look at the kelp forest." Madeline frowned. "The twister;s already been through here!"
They followed the trail of destruction.
"Excuse me!" An upturned hermit crab called. "Down here! Do you mind? Could I get a little help?"
"Here you go, little guy." Sofia turned him right way up.
"Thank you!" The crab waved.
"There sure is a lot of damage." Madeline mused.
"And the longer we take to get your mom, the more damage it's going to-" Sven started telling Oona.
"Look out below!" A voice from above called.
"Look out!" Sofia pulled Sven out of the way, saving him from a falling anchor.
Up above, a small octopus was tangled in seaweed wrapped around the anchor.
"Sorry, sorry, everyone!" He called. "Are you okay?"
"Are you okay?" Oona asked.
"I got caught up in a sea twister." The octopus explained. "Can you believe it?"
"Was it ginormous?" Sven inquired.
"I didn't see it all that well." The octopus admitted. "I was swimming along, and then everything was sploosh! Kablam! Splash! What? Crash! Smash! Is that an anchor? Yes it is! Kapowey! And here I am."
"Here you go." Oona removed the last of the seaweed. "That should do it."
"Thank you so much!" The octopus swam around, glad to be free. "I would've been in real trouble, but out of nowhere, this super-strong mermaid came and saved me!"
"Nerissa!" Madeline gasped.
"I didn't catch her name." The octopus shrugged. "But she pulled me away from the twister."
"Oh..." Oona gasped.
"'Oh' is right." The octopus nodded. "She got me out of danger, but then she got caught in the twister. I tried to grab her, but I only got this bracelet thingy."
"That's her Enchantlet." Sofia realized.
"Where did you last see her?" Madeline asked.
"At the shipwreck." The octopus answered.
"What shipwreck?" Sofia turned to Oona. "Not your shipwreck?"
"No, mine is on the other side of the forest." Oona pointed out. "He must mean the stormy shipwreck."
"That's right!" The octopus nodded. "It's back thataway!"
"Come on!" Madeline urged. "We have to try and help Nerissa!"
"Maybe this is a good time to tell your mother?" Sven suggested to Oona, following them. "Hello? Wait up!"
They followed the trail of destruction once more.
"Look, over there!" Sofia pointed.
They found the shipwreck, and swam over. There, they found Nerissa, trapped under the fallen mast.
"Sofia! Madeline!" She called. "You're a sight for sore eyes!"
"Are you alright?" Oona asked.
"Yes, yes." Nerissa nodded. "I'm just stuck here."
"What can we do?" Madeline asked.
"This mast is very heavy." Nerissa declared, as the octopus tried to lift it. "I don't think your Enchantlets can lift it."
"Maybe if we bond our Enchantlets together, they'll be strong enough?" Sofia suggested.
"Great thinking, Sofia." Nerissa nodded. "But unfortunately, I lost my-" Madeline returned her Enchantlet. "My Enchantlet!"
"This friendly octopus found it." Madeline smiled.
"I'm Octavio!" The octopus declared. "Remember me?"
"Yes, I do." She shook one of his tentacles. "Octavio, thank you." She gave Sofia the Enchantlet. "You'll need this. Do you know how to do the bond?"
"I think so." Sofia nodded, putting the Enchantlet on her other wrist. "Chrysta taught us."
"Ready, Nerissa?" Madeline asked.
"Ready." Nerissa nodded.
"Alright." Sofia nodded. "One, two... three!"
Sofia and Madeline fried the rope from the Enchantlets one after the other. Once all three were wrapped around the mast, they were joined together.
"Wow!" Sven gasped.
With all their strength, Sofia and Madeline lifted the mast enough that Nerissa was able to free herself.
"Wow!" Oona beamed.
"Handled like true Protectors, girls." Nerissa smiled as Sofia returned her Enchantlet.
"Who knew?" Sven shrugged.
"Thanks." Madeline beamed.
"Did you find Ursula's necklace?" Sofia asked.
"I did." Nerissa confirmed. "It was in a chest, buried under that shipwreck. Unfortunately, the sea twister took the chest with it."
"Then we have to catch up to that twister!" Madeline declared.
"And get that necklace back!" Nerissa added.
"Can I lend a tentacle?" Octavio offered. "I've got eight!"
"Thanks for all your help, Octavio." Nerissa smiled. "You've been so brave. But I think you'd better go home now."
"Ah, I guess you're right." Octavio admitted. "If my mom hears about this, she'll be like 'Octavio, a twister? What?! Wipe your tentacles! Eat your seaweed! Go to bed!' Bye, you guys!"
"Bye, Octavio!" Sofia waved as Octavio swam away. "Thank you!"
"I'm going too." Oona swam off. "I've gotta make this right!"
"Oona, wait!" Madeline yelled.
"Oona!" Sven followed her.
Oona soon caught up to the twister, the others right behind her.
"Oona, Get away from that thing!"" Sven urged.
"I'm okay, Sven!" Oona replied. "I'm not too close!"
"Look, there's the chest!" Sofia pointed at the middle of the twister.
"Why isn't it spinning like crazy?" Sven asked.
"It must be in the eye of the twister." Nerissa realized. "It's a place in the center of the twister where the water is calmer."
"So, how do we get the chest out of there?" Madeline frowned.
"I'll take care of it!" Oona declared. She swam over and held up her comb. "Sea twister, I command you to go!"
A beam of green light fired out of the comb, causing the twister to become even bigger.
"No, not 'grow'!" Oona yelped. "I said 'go'!" She tried again and again. "Go! Go! Go!"
The twister kept getting bigger. Soon, it started pulling Oona in.
"Ahhh!" Oona yelped.
Nerissa swam over to help, pulling Oona free, and carrying her to safety. Sven was almost pulled in too. Madeline grabbed him, but ended up getting pulled along with him.
"Maddie!" Sofia tried to help, but was also pulled in.
"Sofia! Madeline!" Nerissa gasped.
"Sven!" Oona yelled.
"Can't... swim out!" Madeline struggled to fight the twister.
"Must... swim in!" Sofia urged.
"In?!" Sven gaped.
Sofia and Madeline swam into the eye of the twister.
"Look, there's the chest!" Madeline smiled. She opened the chest, and retrieved Ursula's necklace.
"Good." Sofia nodded. "We have Ursula's necklace."
"Okay, great." Sven nodded. "But how do we get out of here?"
"What are we gonna do?" Oona asked Nerissa.
"I have an idea." Nerissa readied her Enchantlet. "I just hope the girls realize what I'm doing."
"What are you doing?" Oona frowned, as Nerissa fired her rope. "What is that?"
The rope flew into the twister, and was spotted by Sofia and Madeline.
"The bond!" Madeline realized.
"Of course." Sofia smiled. "Hold on tight, Sven!"
Sofia grabbed Sven, and both she and Madeline fired their ropes at Nerissa's. The ropes connected.
"Gotcha!" Nerissa smiled.
Nerissa managed to pull the girls out.
"Look!" Madeline pointed. "The twister is moving towards the palace!"
"Oh no." Oona cringed. "Everyone is gathering there to get ready for the water show!"
"Oona, you know what you have to do." Sofia urged.
"I tried to make it right, but that turned out awful." Oona sighed. "And I don't know how to fix it." She groaned. "I have to go get my mom. I should've done it sooner..."
"Sofia, Madeline and I will try to slow the twister down." Nerissa declared. "Swim like an Arrowfish, Oona! Find the Queen!"
Oona and Sven swam off as fast as they could.
"Now, let's see what we can do." Nerissa told Sofia and Madeline.
Shortly after, Oona swam into the palace throne room. Emmaline wasn't there, but Cora was.
"Cora, I'm looking for mom!" Oona announced.
"She's not here." Cora shrugged. "She's helping set up the show. Why?"
"Because I need here!" Oona yelled.
"Uh-oh." Cora frowned. "What did you do?"
"Nothing!" Oona lied. "This is between me and mom! Is she in the cove?"
"Oona, tell me what's going on." Cora insisted.
"I... I can't." Oona sighed.
"There's a sea twister!" Sven announced.
"Sven!" Oona yelped.
"A sea twister?!" Cora gaped.
"That's why we need mom." Oona explained. "It's heading straight for the palace!"
"Where did a sea twister come from?" Cora asked.
"I... kinda... made it." Oona admitted sheepishly.
"You what?!" Cora screeched.
"I was trying to rehearse a new skill for the show tonight." Oona declared.
"No, you were trying to do something you shouldn't have!" Cora corrected her.
"I know." Oona sighed. "And if I wanted to take it back, I would. I just wanted to do something amazing for the show. ...Like you."
Cora looked at Emmaline's trident.
"You know... maybe we don't need mom." She smiled.
"What?!" Oona gasped.
"I know how to use the trident." Cora declared. "...Mostly."
"Mostly?" Sven frowned.
"At least, I've seen mom use it." Cora pointed out. "And this way, we wouldn't have to tell her what you did, would we?"
"No, we wouldn't." Oona agreed.
"Oona, this is a bad idea!" Sven protested. "She's doing the same thing with the trident that you did with the comb!"
"Sven always worries." Cora scoffed.
"It's true, I do." Sven admitted. "But this is still a bad idea, adn I'm not going to be a part of it!" He swam out of the palace.
"Cora, can you really handle the trident?" Oona asked.
"Of course I can." Cora said confidently. She tried to lift up the trident, but it was heavy. "With... a little... help!"
Oona helped her lift the trident.
"Oh, we have to hurry!" Oona urged.
Meanwhile, Sofia, Madeline and Nerissa were following the twister, which was nearing several rock formations.
"Nerissa, let's pull those big rocks down, and block the twister!" Sofia suggested.
All three of them used their Enchantlet ropes, wrapping them around the rocks and pulling them down, creating a barricade. They then hid as the twister approached.
The twister simply tore straight through the rocks.
"Oh, no!" Madeline gasped. "Now it's heading straight for the palace!"
As the twister moved closer, Cora and Oona arrived. Together, they pointed the trident at the twister. Cora fired off a blast of energy, but the sheer force caused her to miss. They moved in closer, hoping for a better shot, but got too close, and were almost pulled in. Barely managing to free themselves, they tried again, and missed again.
"Hold it up!" Oona urged.
"I'm doing the best I can!" Cora struggled.
Suddenly, Emmaline arrived, grabbing the trident and holding steady for the next blast, which struck the twister dead on. She then took the trident, and fired. A stream of energy emerged, wrapping around the twister and making it disappear.
"Queen Emmaline!" Sofia smiled.
"Oh, I'm glad to see you again, Queen Emmaline." Nerissa declared.
"And I'm glad to see you in one piece." Emmaline nodded.
"You got here just in time." Madeline grinned. "Thanks for getting your mom so fast." She told Oona.
"She didn't get me." Emmaline revealed. "Sven did."
"Yeah, I did." Sven grinned.
"If you'll excuse me, your highness, I must take this to the Mystic Isles right away." Nerissa held up Ursula's necklace.
"Go, with our gratitude." Emmaline smiled.
"Sofia, Madeline, I wouldn't have Ursula's necklace if it weren't for you two." Nerissa declared. "You're going to make wonderful Protectors." She swam away. "Until next time. Come on, Rona, let's go!"
"Bye, Nerissa!" Sofia waved.
"We'll tell Chrysta you said 'hi'! Madeline added.
"Why didn't you come get me right away?" Emmaline asked her daughters.
"I thought I could control the trident!" Cora admitted.
"Cora..." Emmaline groaned. "You must never touch the trident without my permission! Is that understood?"
"Yes." Cora nodded. "I'm sorry, mother."
"Mom, it wasn't Cora." Oona declared. "It was me."
"What do you mean?" Emmaline asked.
"I made the sea twister." Oona confessed.
"What?!" Emmaline gasped. "Why would you do that?"
"I wanted to do a special skill for the show tonight." Oona explained. "Something just as amazing as Cora's. You said you'd teach me when I was older, but I wanted to try it now." She hung her head. "I'm sorry. Please don't blame Cora."
"You should have known better." Emmaline scolded. "Both of you. I'm afraid you're both confined to the palace."
"Does this mean we can't be in the show tonight?" Cora asked.
"Well, since you told the truth, and owned up to your mistakes, I suppose you could start being confined to the palace tomorrow." Emmaline declared.
"Really?" Oona smiled.
"Yes!" Sofia and Madeline cheered.
"As long as you make sure this never happens again." Emmaline declared.
"We promise." Cora nodded. "Thank you, mom."
"Thank you, mom!" Oona repeated, as she and Cora both hugged her.
"Good." Emmaline smiled. "Now, it's almost time for the show. We don't want to keep your guests waiting, do we, girls?" She asked Sofia and Madeline.
"That's right." Sofia nodded.
"Especially since we're among the guests!" Madeline added.
Sofia and Madeline made their to the surface.
Shortly after, the rest of their family took their seats for the show.
"Um... where are Sofia and Madeline?" Roland asked.
"Right here, dad!" Sofia smiled, as she and Madeline rushed over.
"How was your fishing?" Madeline asked. "Did you catch anything?"
"Ah-ha, yes!" Roland nodded. "A nice, long nap!"
Trumpets emerged from the water, playing a fanfare.
"The show is about to start!" Roland realized. "I'm glad you didn't miss the excitement."
"We wouldn't want that." Sofia chuckled knowingly.
"No, we wouldn't." Madeline grinned.
A enormous water fountain rose out of the water, followed by some smaller ones, all with merpeople on them. Most of them had Current Conches, and were using them to current rainbows.
"Beautiful!" Roland declared, as the family applauded.
Oona pushed the water with her comb, while Cora used her Conch to create a rainbow wave. Dolphins started jumping out of the water, adding to the show's wonder.