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A few days later, Skye was still dreaming about Chase, and her sisters had taken notice.

"Have you noticed anything fishy going on with Skye lately?" Sienna whispered.

"How could we not?" Sandra replied. "The dreamy eyes, the swishy tail, everything!"

"Not to mention, it's like she forgot we exist." Serenity added

"I think it's pretty obvious she's in love!" Scarlett declared.

"For sure!" the rest of the sisters agreed.

Meanwhile, Zuma was pacing around, hyperventilating.

"Twiton's gonna be steamed!" he muttered to himself. "I gotta talk some sense into Skye!"

At that moment, Skye swam up.

"Hey, Zuma! What's up?" she asked. Zuma shook his head and snapped out of it.

"Listen, Skye." he said. "I have no idea why you love the Land-Pup wowld so much. Life undaw the sea is so much bettew. Up there, it's a mess. It's all hot, and the Land-Pups do nothing but wowk, and…"

While Zuma babbled on, Rocky swam up.

"Oh, hi Rocky." Skye said.

"Hi. Uh, I have something to show you." Rocky replied. "Come on."

With that, Skye took Rocky's paw, and the two swam away.

"And that's why you should fowget all this Land-Pup stu…" Zuma said, before looking up to see that Skye was gone. "Oh, why do I even bothaw?"

Zuma suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see Triton directly behind him.

"Zuma, do you have a moment?" he asked.

"Oh, um, yeah. What is it?"

"Well, It's come to my attention that Skye has found her first love interest. Tell me, do you have any sort of clue who the lucky…"

"I had nothing to do with it!" Zuma interrupted. "It all happened so fast… The Land-Pup, he…"

"Hold on. Did you just say Land-Pup?"

"Oh, me and my big muzzle." Zuma mumbled, slapping himself in the face. He then looked the king in the eye and said, "Yes, yes! Skye went up to the suwface, saved a Land-Pup from dwowning, and now she's in love with him!"

"WHAT!?" Triton roared. "Stay back, Zuma. This is going to get pretty ugly."

He then swam off to find Skye. Meanwhile, Skye and Rocky were swimming to the grotto.

"So, what did you want to show me, Rocky?" Skye asked.

"Well, you know that statue of the prince that fell overboard? I managed to find it and bring it over. Take a look."

Skye looked into the grotto and gasped. Sitting right in the center was the statue, miraculously still in one piece.

"Thank you, Rocky! I love it!"

"You're welcome. I wanted to sort of apologize for getting you in trouble with your dad."

"In that case, apology very much accepted!"

Just when it seemed like nothing could ruin the moment, Triton swam in. At the sight of him, Skye and Rocky froze.

"Skye, a little Lab told me that you…" Triton started to say, before freezing himself when he saw all Skye's Land-Pup items. "Skye! What is this?"

"It's… my Land-Pup stuff." Skye answered quietly. Rocky quickly swam away

"Princess Skye! How many times do I have to tell you, Land-Pups are nothing but vile, irredeemable beasts! And you think you can just hoard their articles? I thought I raised you better than this!"

"But Daddy! I've met a Land-Pup! I saved him! And I… I love him!"

At the words "I love him", Triton froze. He stared at Skye in horror for a moment, then scowled.

"Skye, I didn't want to do this, but you leave me no choice."

He then held up his trident, activated its power, and aimed. Skye gasped when she realized what he was about to do.

"Daddy, no!"

Triton ignored her. He blasted at the walls, destroying all the Land-Pup things. As he continued, Skye went into hysterics.

"NO! NO NO NO NO NO! DADDY! NO!"

Finally, Triton shot one last blast, this time at the Chase staute, which shattered into dust. This proved to be too much for Skye, and she fell to the sea floor, sobbing. Upon seeing Skye in tears, Triton was suddenly hit with extreme remorse, and quietly swam away. After he was gone, Zuma and Rocky slowly swam up to take his place.

"Skye?" Rocky gently asked.

"Leave me alone!" Skye snapped. Zuma and Rocky quickly swam away. As Skye continued to wallow in her misery, two pairs of eyes emerged from the darkness.

Chapter complete, and no prizes for guessing what's coming up next! Stay tuned!