Chapter 13: She's in Love
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It was peaceful day on the docks as Jumba, Pleakley and Stitch were laying on the beach when Leo and Red walked over with three pink boxes and a 12 pack of soda.
"So Leo what kind of amazing Earth cuture are you gonna share with us today?" Pleakley asks as Leo opened the boxes to reveal malasadas.
"Ooh." Stitch said sniffing them.
"There are Hawaiian Malasadas. I am about to introduce you guys to what us humans call relaxing." Leo said sitting down.
"Leo says that humans do this to escape their problems and find ways to smile." Red said as he used his hands to open the soda bottles.
"Ooh soda." Stitch said about to grab when Leo stops him.
"Oh no, no, no mister I know what caffeine does to you. You get diet soda."Leo said handing Stitch some bottles.
Sighing Stitch shrugs, at least he got to eat the malasadas.
"Mmm Evil Genius Jumba finds this earth delicacy most delicious." Jumba smiles eating some. "You do this often?"
"Just when I need to rest and think about stuff." Leo said.
"Well I find this amazing and this is so delicious." Pleakley said drinking some soda.
Stitch ate an entire box of malasadas before looking to see one was still inside. Looking to Leo he saw Leo was looking out to the sea. Walking over Stitch nudges him before holding out the box to him.
"Thanks buddy." Leo said taking the malasada and eating it before looking back out to the sea.
"So Leo what's got you so interested in the ocean?" Pleakley asks but Leo had zoned out having only thoughts of a certain red haired mermaid on his mind.
Little did he know, Ariel had him on her mind too.
Down in Atlantica, Ariel was humming a melody as she swam around the room.
"Alana you're looking very pretty this morning." Ariel smiles brushing her hair.
"Oh thank you." Alana said before noticing Ariel pick up a flower swim out with it.
"Girls I think something's up." Alana said getting her sister's attention.
"What do you mean?" Andrina asks.
(Play She's in Love from Little Mermaid the Broadway musical)
I'm talking about Ariel, that's who!
What about her?
She sure is acting fishy lately!
I'll say! Swimming in circles! Chasing her tail!
That girl is up to her gills in something!
She's dizzy and she's dreamy
Her head's up in the foam
Her eyes have gone all gleamy
It's like there's no one home
She floats away the days
Mopin' on the coastal shelf
You ask her where she's goin'
She giggles like a fool
She barely sticks a toe in
Down at the tidal pool
It's more than just a phase
Face it, she's just not herself
Is she ill?
Or insane?
Is it water on the brain?
What has got her bothered so?
It's the bends!
It's the flu!Gosh, I wish we had a clue!
Oh, wait! Oh, dear!
Good grief! It's clear...
She's in love!
She's in love!
Pounding heart! Ringing bells!
Look, I think she's even wearing brand new shells!
She's in love!
In love and it's divine!
She's in love!
That girl's on sandbar nine!
Glory be!
Lord above!
Gotta be she's in love!
Hey, Flounder – d'ya notice anything weird about you-know-who?
You mean Ariel? I'll say!
She acts like she don't see me
She doesn't even speak
She treats me like sashimi
Left over from last week
You see her late at night
Tossin' in her ocean bed
Shoop, shoop
Shoop, shoop...
She's moody as a snapper
Oblivious as rocks
You swim right up and tap her—
She lays there like a lox!
As sure as dogfish bite
Somethin's made her lose her head!
She has lost her head!
And she sighs, and she swoons
And she's hummin' little tunes
Even has a sorta glow
What on earth could it be?
Any hammerhead can see!
That sigh!
That glow!
That swoon!
Oh, no!
She's in love!
She's flipped, it never fails!
She's in love!
All hot beneath her scales!
See her hips
How they swish!
Well, well, well
Don't you wonder who's the lucky seafood dish?
She's in love!
She found a deep-sea hunk!
She's in love!
And now she's as good as sunk!
See her blush!
See her grin!
Gotta be love she's in!
Ariel-and-someone swimmin' in the sea!
K-i-s-s-i-n-g!
Her cheeks could not flush pinker!
It's clear as h2o!
She's caught – hook, line and sinker!
Crushed out!
Switched on!
Worked up!
Far gone!
Knocked down!
Hard hit!
In deep!
That's it!
She's in love!
She's in love!
She's in love!
She's in love!
She's in love!
Plain to see!
No mistake!
Look at those moonbeams in her wake!
Obvious what they must be symptoms of—
She's in love!
She's in love!
She's in love!
Shoop, shoop
She's in love!
Yeah, yeah!
(Song End)
Swimming down the hall, Triton looks to see Ariel swim by.
"Morning daddy." Ariel smiles putting the flower in his hair before swimming away singing.
"Oh she's got it bad." Attina said as they swam over.
"Got what?" Triton asks oblivious.
"Daddy, Ariel's in love." Aquata said.
"And before me." Adella sighs.
"Ariel? In love?" Triton smiles looking at the flower.
Attina looks at Ariel with her curiosity getting the better of her and she swam after.
On the outskirts of Atlantica, Sebastian was pacing back and forth as petals fell in his direction.
"Okay, so far so good. I don't think the king knows. The only thing is I don't know how long we can keep a secret like this from him." Sebastian mumbles as on the rock above him Ariel was picking petals.
"He loves, he loves me not, he loves me. I knew it!" Ariel smiles.
"Ariel, stop talking crazy." Sebastian said.
"I gotta see him again." Ariel said sitting up.
"Ariel stop. Get your head out of the clouds and back in the water where you belong." Sebastian said.
"I'll swim up to docks he always goes to and Flounder will splash around to get his attention and then we'll go—"
"Down here is your home." Sebastian interrupts swimming in front of her. "Ariel listen to me. The human world is a mess, life under the sea is better than anything they got up there."
(Play Under the Sea by Samuel E. Wright)
The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin' for?
Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea
Down here all the fish is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain't happy
They sad 'cause they in their bowl
But fish in the bowl is lucky
They in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry
Guess who's gon' be on the plate?
Under the sea
Under the sea
Nobody beat us
Fry us and eat us
In fricassee
We what the land folks loves to cook
Under the sea we off the hook
We got no troubles
Life is the bubbles
Under the sea (Under the sea)
Under the sea (Under the sea)
Since life is sweet here
We got the beat here
Naturally (Naturally)
Even the sturgeon an' the ray
They get the urge 'n' start to play
We got the spirit
You got to hear it
Under the sea
The newt play the flute
The carp play the harp
The plaice play the bass
And they soundin' sharp
The bass play the brass
The chub play the tub
The fluke is the duke of soul
(Yeah)
The ray he can play
The lings on the strings
The trout rockin' out
The blackfish she sings
The smelt and the sprat
They know where it's at
An' oh that blowfish blow
Yeah, under the sea (Under the sea)
Under the sea (Under the sea)
When the sardine
Begin the beguine
It's music to me (It's music to me)
What do they got? A lot of sand
We got a hot crustacean band
Each little clam here
Know how to jam here
Under the sea
Each little slug here
Cuttin' a rug here
Under the sea
Each little snail here
Know how to wail here
That's why it's hotter
Under the water
Ya we in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea
Finishing the big number they look to see Ariel was long gone.
"Ariel? Ugh someone's gotta nail that girl's fins to the floor." Sebastian groans.
"Sebastian!" Looking over he saw a seahorse heading towards him. "Sebastian I've been looking all over for you. The sea king wishes to speak with you right way. Something about Ariel."
"He knows." Sebastian gasps in horror.
In the throne room, Triton was laughing as he looked at the flower.
"Let's see, who could the lucky merman be?" Triton laughs when he notices Sebastian about to walk in and quickly hides the flower. "Come in Sebastian."
"I mustn't overreact. I must remain calm." Sebastian said walking up to the throne. "Your majesty." He bows.
"Sebastian I'm concerned about Ariel. Have you noticed she's been acting peculiar lately?" Triton asks.
"Oh uh peculiar?" Sebastian asks nervously.
"You know, mooning about. Daydreaming, singing to herself. You haven't noticed?" Triton smirks.
"Oh uh well." Sebastian stutters.
"Sebastian." Trion said gesturing for him to come closer. "I know you've been keeping something from me."
"Keeping something?" Sebastian gulps.
"About Ariel? In love." Triton grins excited to hear it.
"I tried to stop her! But she wouldn't listen! I told her to stay away from the surface!" Sebastian breaks confusing her.
"Surface? What happened?" Triton glares.
"Uh oh." Sebastian gulps realizing this was not what he was talking about.
Nearby Ariel was swimming with Flounder to her hideout. "Where should we look next?" Flounder asks.
"I was thinking maybe we look—" Ariel stops seeing Attina with her back to her hideaway. "A-Attina? What are you doing here?"
"So this is why you've been swimming off all the time." Attina said opening it to reveal the human things.
Looking around frantically, Ariel grabs Attina and brings her inside. "Attina please don't tell daddy." She begs.
"Ariel, interacting with humans has been outlawed since father was our age." Attina said.
"Yes and maybe back then was when it was necessary but things are different now. Look at all this stuff. Attina the human world is amazing." Ariel said gesturing to her collection.
"Ariel I just don't wanna see you get hurt what if this goes wrong? Do you really want to risk everything over a crush?" Attina asks.
Ariel swims back to think when a shadow covers her and Attina. Looking up they saw Trtion had found them.
"Daddy." Ariel gasps as Sebastian pulls Attina to the side.
"I am a reasonable merman. I set certain rules and I expect them to be obeyed." Triton said swimming towards her.
"But daddy I—"
"Why do you keep doing this, Ariel? You went to see that boy?" You saved him?" Triton asks.
"He would have drowned. His leg was tied up by seaweed." Ariel said.
"And the knowledge of Atlantica would've died with him." Triton said.
"How can you talk about Leo like that after what he's done for us? Do you even care?" Ariel asks.
"Of course I do, I'm grateful for what he did but he's gone. I can't risk you getting hurt by them." Triton said.
"Leo would never hurt me." Ariel said.
"Your mother thought the same thing but look what happened to her when she tried to save them!" Triton snaps causing them to stop. "I was with her the day that vile contraption went down. I begged Athena to look the other way and leave it alone, but she didn't listen. Humans will always kill merpeople even if they don't mean it. They are not worth interacting with. You can never see that human again." Triton said.
"But daddy I love him!" Ariel declares before gasping along with everyone else at what she just said.
"No. Have you lost your senses completely? He's a human. You're a mermaid." Triton said.
"I don't care." Ariel said.
"I couldn't save your mother but I will not make that same mistake letting you swim off after him. If this is the only way to get through to you, so be it!" Triton roars firing blasts from his trident destroying Ariel's collection.
"Daddy no! Please stop!" Ariel screams but it was too late.
Swimming out, Attina, Flounder and Sebastian look to see Ariel hunched over a rock sobbing.
"Daddy, how could you?" Attina asks looking to her father who frowned swimming out.
"Ariel I—" Sebastian said trying to apologize.
"Just go away." Ariel sobs.
Frowning the three of them swam out leaving Ariel all by herself. Or so they thought.
Peeking inside, Floatsam and Jetsam swam out.
"Poor child. Poor, sweet child. She has a problem." Floatsam said.
"If only there was some way we could help. Oh wait, there is." Jetsam said.
"Who…who are you?" Ariel asks.
"Don't be scared. We represent someone who could help you." Floatsam said.
"Someone who can make all your dreams come true." Jetsam said.
"Just imagine, you and your human. Together forever." They both said.
"I don't understand." Ariel said confused.
"Ursula has great powers." Floatsam said.
"The Sea Witch? No…I couldn't possibly. Get out of here. Leave me alone." Ariel said.
"Suit yourself. Just a suggestion. Besides that human will probably find another." They said getting inside her head.
"Wait!" Ariel said.
"Yes." They both grinned.
Outside, Attina, Flounder and Sebastian were sitting by the front waiting for Ariel.
"Poor Ariel." Flounder pouts.
"Sebastian how could you tell on Ariel? Especially when we kept your music club a secret." Attina asks.
"I didn't mean to tell. It was an accident." Sebastian said when they saw three shadows swimming over them and saw Ariel swimming off with Floatsam and Jetsam. "Ariel? Ariel what are you doing with this riffraff?"
"I'm going to see Ursula." Ariel declares shocking them.
"Ursula! Ariel no she's a demon, a monster!" Sebastian gasps.
"Why don't you go tell my father? You're good at that." Ariel said swimming off.
Attina's eyes widen at the mention of her name. Ariel was too young to remember Ursula but as the oldest Attina had a pretty good memory of her.
Flashback:
A young Attina was swimming to the throne room when she heard yelling.
"Stop?! Why on earth would I stop?!" Attina peeks down the hall to see Ursula with Queen Athena and Trtion.
"Ursula you're out of control. You can't keep doing these crazy spells. The merpeople are getting scared." Triton said.
"Oh please, it's nothing you can't cover up." Ursula brushes off.
"Ursula I mean it. No more attacks on humans. If you keep sinking ships, they'll start to get curious and they'll find us." Athena said.
"And when they do we'll get rid of them." Ursula said.
"No. We're not monsters Ursula. I can't allow you to put the citizens of Atlantica at risk anymore. Y-You're banished from Atlantica." Athena declared.
"What?!" Ursula roars in anger.
"Ursula I agree with Athena. Unless you stop these harsh methods, we have no use for you in my kingdom." Trtion declared.
"You'll pay. You'll all pay!" Urusla roars causing Attina to hide behind the table in fear as Ursula swam by in anger. "Just wait Athena. You'll be sorry. You and your entire family."
Coming out of hiding, Attina saw Ursula swim off and part of her hoped it was the last they ever saw of her.
Flashback End:
"We gotta stop her." Attina gasps.
"Come on." Sebastian said as they swam past the royal garden and Attina spotted her mom's mirror. Seeing that with something this dangerous she could use a little extra insurance. Swimming down Attina scoops it up and swims after Sebastian and Flounder.
At Ursula's lair, Floatsam and Jetsam lead Ariel to the creepy horrific cave filed with polyps Swimming through she saw a small gold crown.
"Wait a minute…I've seen this somewhere before." Ariel said reaching out to touch it.
"You know it's rude to touch things without permission." Ursula said startling her. "One might question your upbringing." She chuckles floating over to a mirror. "Now then you're here because you have this thing for a human boy. Not that I blame you. I'd want a man too who has enough guts to stand up to Triton. "Well Angelfish, the solution to your problem is simple. The only way to get what you want is to become a human yourself."
"Can you do that?" Ariel asks as Ursula smirks.
(Play Poor Unfortunate Souls)
As Attina, Flounder and Sebastian arrive the three of them freeze in horror at the presence of Ursula. Honestly, could you blame them?
My dear, sweet child, that's what I do
It's what I live for
To help unfortunate merfolk like yourself
Poor souls with no one else to turn to
I admit that in the past I've been a nasty
They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch
But you'll find that nowadays
I've mended all my ways
Repented, seen the light, and made a switch
True? Yes
And I fortunately know a little magic
It's a talent that I always have possessed
And dear lady, please don't laugh
I use it on behalf
Of the miserable, the lonely, and depressed, pathetic
Poor unfortunate souls
In pain, in need
This one longing to be thinner
That one wants to get the girl
And do I help them?
Yes, indeed
Those poor unfortunate souls
So sad, so true
They come flocking to my cauldron
Crying, "Spells, Ursula, please!"
And I help them
Yes, I do
Now it's happened once or twice
Someone couldn't pay the price
And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals
Yes I've had the odd complaint
But on the whole I've been a saint
To those poor unfortunate souls
"Now here's the deal. I will make you a potion that will turn you human for 3 days. Got that? Three days. Now listen this is important. Before the sun sets on the third day you've got to get this boy to fall in love with you. That is, he's got to kiss you. But not just any kiss, the kiss of true love. If he does kiss you before the sun sets on the third day, you'll remain human permanently, but if he doesn't, you'll turn back into a mermaid and you belong to me." Ursula explains.
"Ariel don't do it!" Sebastian and Attina yell but Floatsam and Jetsam stop them from interfering.
"Have we got a deal?" Ursula asks.
"If I become human, I'll never be with my father or sisters again." Ariel realized.
"That's right, but, you'll have your man. Life is full of tough choices, isn't it?" Ursula cackles. "Oh, and there is one more thing. We haven't discussed the subject of payment."
"But I don't have—"
"I'm not asking much, just a token really, a trifle. You'll never even miss it. What I want from you is your voice." Ursula states.
"My voice?" Ariel asks.
"You got it sweetcakes. No more talking, singing. Zip." Ursula clarifies.
"But without my voice, how can I—"
You'll have your looks, your pretty face
And don't underestimate the importance of body language, ha
The men up there don't like a lot of blabber
They think a girl who gossips is a bore
Yet on land it's much preferred for ladies not to say a word
And after all dear, what is idle prattle for?
Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation
True gentlemen avoid it when they can
But they dote and swoon and fawn
On a lady who's withdrawn
It's she who holds her tongue who gets a man
Come on you poor unfortunate soul
Go ahead
Make your choice
I'm a very busy woman and I haven't got all day
It won't cost much
Just your voice
You poor unfortunate soul
It's sad but true
If you want to cross the bridge, my sweet
You've got the pay the toll
Take a gulp and take a breath
And go ahead and sign the scroll
Flotsam, Jetsam, now I've got her, boys
The boss is on a roll
This poor unfortunate soul
Grabbing the pen, everyone looks in horror as Ariel signs the contract sealing it.
Beluga sevruga
Come winds of the Caspian Sea
Larengix glaucitis
Et max laryngitis
La voce to me
Now, sing
Aa-aa-aah, a-aa-aah (keep singing)
Aa-aa-aah, a-aa-aah
A pair of pale green hands came from the smoke and pulled a ball of golden light from Ariel's throat causing her voice to disappear before it went into a shell Ursula was holding.
With the process complete a golden light surrounds Ariel. Gasping Attina swims out to try and save her but they both end caught in the bubble as the light zaps them both causing their fins to turn into legs.
When the light fades away both Ariel and Attina gasp as they had no idea how to swim with legs and with human lungs they were struggling to hold their breath.
Swimming up Sebastian and Flounder grab them both and the four of them swam as fast as they could to the surface with Ursula's evil laugh echoing behind them but when Ursula saw Athena's mirror hanging Attina's side Ursula stopped laughing.
"No…it can't be. That thing should have been destroyed." Ursula said confused as she floated over.
"What's wrong?" Floatsam and Jetsam ask.
"It's an old royal pain is still trying to annoy me even in death." Ursula glares picking up the crown before letting out a scream of rage throwing it out of her cave.
As the crown sank to the bottom a Hunter Shark scooped it up in its teeth before swimming away.