Chapter 8: Trouble Under the Sea
The next place that the team headed to was Alantica. In there, the team gained the ablity to swim using new forms. Both Riku and Sora had turned into mermen, while Leon became a sea lion and Cloud became a Levithan. Riku had become a part tiger shark merman, and Sora had become a part dolphin merman. They soon meet up with Ariel, Sebastian, and Flounder. They teach them to swim, and then underwater Heartless appear. Ariel swims off while Sebastian and Flounder hide in a nearby Clamshell. The team fights the Heartless and then frees Flounder and Sebastian from the Clamshell by having Riku whack it with his Keyblade. Ariel looked at Riku and the others.
"Those creatures chased us here," said Ariel.
Sebastian suddenly thought of something.
"Oh, no! Those monsters might be heading for the palace, too!" said Sebastian.
"We'd better head back right away!"
Flounder looked worried, tho.
"But, wh-what if we run into more on our way back?" stammered Flounder.
Ariel looked at Riku's group.
"I'm sorry, but we need your help. Please come to the palace with us. The trident markers on the walls point the way
there. We won't get lost as long as we follow them. Okay, let's get going," said Ariel.
"Right," said Riku.
With that, the team followed the trident markers and fought Heartless along the way until they got to Triton's Throne. There, they got chased by some more Heartless until the the Heartless got zapped with a lightning bolt. The team looked to see where the lightning bolt had come from and saw a large merman with white hair and beard sitting on the throne and holding a trident. They had come face-to-face with King Triton, ruler of Alantica and Ariel's father, tho they didn't know it at the time. Triton looks at his trident.
"That was too close. As long as I have my trident, I will not tolerate those creatures inside this palace," said Triton.
Ariel swam over.
"Daddy!" said Ariel.
Triton looks surprised.
"Oh, Ariel! When will you listen? It's dangerous out there!"
Ariel was about to respond, but Triton interrupted her.
"Strange creatures lurk outside."
It was then that Sebastian cleared his throat and looked to Riku's group.
"Behold. You swim before the ruler of the seas: His Majesty, King Triton," said Sebastian.
Triton looked at Riku's group.
"Who are they?" asks Triton. "They don't look familiar."
"They helped us fight off those creatures," said Ariel.
Riku nodded.
"We came from an ocean far away," said Riku.
Sora nodded.
"We came to find the Keyhole," said Sora.
Triton looks surprised.
"The what?" asks Triton.
Riku slapped his forehead. Apparently, Sora had made a blunder, and now, they wouldn't be able to find the Keyhole without some suspecion. However, it was soon discovered that the King knew something about it and wasn't going to tell them anything. Furthermore, he forbidded Ariel from leaving the palace. Ariel frowned, and the team left the throne room.
After the team left, Triton and Sebastian started to discuss about the Keyhole which Triton quickly ended and asked about where the creatures were coming from. Sebastian told the King that the creatures were coming from his nemesis', the sea witch Ursula's, grotto. This meant that the sea witch was up to no good, and this time, she had help.
After the team got outside, Ariel took them to her grotto to show them all of what she'd collected from the above world and suggested to go looking for the Keyhole despite what her father had said. The team didn't know it at the time, but Sebastian had overheard the conversation, but he wasn't the only one. Ursula had heard it as well thanks to her two flunkies, a pair of twin eels named Jetsam and Flotsam. Ursula laughed.
"Those impudent fools will never find the Keyhole, but the girl could prove useful, and I've got the Heartless on my side. Triton, my old friend... Your day is coming," laughs Ursula.
Meanwhile, the team has found a dolphin that will take them to a new area... once they defeat all of the Heartless. Once they do so, they ride the dolphin to the wrecked ship and find the Crystal Trident. Sora looks a bit curious.
"Hey, doesn't this look a bit familiar?" asks Sora.
Riku nodded, and they head back to Ariel's grotto where they put the Crystal Trident in the slot, but before they could do anything, Triton destroys the Crystal Trident. Ariel is shocked and swims away. Triton then gets mad at Riku and the others before telling them that the Key Bearers will shatter peace and cause ruin. He tells them to leave.
Ariel, meanwhile, is confronted by Flotsam and Jetsam. Ariel talks to Ursula who tells her that her new friends did in fact come from another world thanks to their Keyblades. She then tells Ariel what to do. While the team headed back to the throne room, Ursula asks Ariel to take her there as well. Ariel does so, and Urusla steals the trident and laughs. Ariel realizes she's done a bad thing. Meanwhile, the twin eels report that they cannot find the Keyhole. Riku's group appears, and Ursula disappears. Ariel discovers that her father has been injured by Ursula as well.
"Daddy!" said a shocked Ariel.
"The trident... We must get it back," said a badly injured Triton.
Riku nods.
"Come on, guys! Let's get that Trident back!" said Riku.
The others nodded. Ariel, knowing that he father got injured because of something she wanted, asks to go along with them which they agree. Sebastian comes along with them as well. Triton gives them some advice before they leave as well as to how to defeat Ursula.
"Ursula draws power from her cauldron. To defeat Ursula, you must strike her cauldron with magic," said Triton.
The team nods and heads for the Sunken Ship where they first defeat a Shark before Sebastian would help them find the way to Ursula's lair. Riku notices something from behind a boulder, but he can't reach it. Sebastian looks at Riku.
"Need some help? I'll show you how it's done," said Sebastian.
He pushes the switch that was out of Riku's reach, and the team heads towards the Den of Tides, Ursula's hiding spot. After defeating more Heartless and healing up, the team soon appears in Ursula's Grotto where the sea witch is about to come out of her hiding spot. Riku looks around.
"Come out! You can't run!" said Riku.
"Your time has come!" said Sebastian.
The sea witch comes out with a mean scowl on her face scaring Sebastian. After that, the team fought Ursula, Jetsam, and Flotsam. Remembering what Trident had told him, Riku started to attack the cauldron with magic. Ursula tried to attack Riku, but Cloud protected him using spells like Shield, Barrier, and Wall. When the cauldron exploded, Ursula was stunned, and the team would attack her until she regained her senses. When Riku and Cloud ran out of Magic Power, Sora and Squall took over until Riku and Cloud gained their Magic Power back. This was easily done by attacking Ursula's twin flunkies. Soon, the sea witch was defeated for now. Her two flunkies disappeared. Ursula glared at the team.
"You'll pay for this!" said Ursula as she disappeared with the Trident.
Ariel looked at the others.
"The Trident!" said Ariel. "We must get it back!"
The team nodded. Now that they had the Mermaid Kick ablity, they could swim through the strong currents that they originally would have to use a dolphin to get through to a mysterious area. There they encounted a HUGE Ursula head with a crown on it. Ursula looked at the now-puny heroes.
"You pathetic fools! I rule the sea now!" said the Giant Ursula. "The sea and all its spoils bow to my power!"
Riku chuckled.
"Now her head really DOES match her ego!" said Riku.
Ursula didn't think that was too funny, and the battle began. Soon, Ursula was defeated and disappeared in a whirlpool as Riku caught the Trident. They then headed back to Triton's Throne where Ariel presented the Trident back to her father. She sighed sadly.
"Daddy, I'm so sorry," said a sad Ariel.
"Don't blame her, okay?" said Riku.
"It's my fault. You followed Ursula because...I wouldn't let you follow your heart, and when you found that crystal, I lost my temper and destroyed it," said Triton.
"Why did you destroy the crystal?" asks Cloud.
"That Crystal had the power to reveal the Keyhole," said Triton. "The Keyhole is dangerous. I had to keep it hidden from you at all costs."
"Daddy..." said Ariel.
Triton looked at Riku and Sora.
"Key bearers, I have one more request: Seal the Keyhole. My Rrident also holds the power to reveal the Keyhole. Will you do it?" asks Triton.
Riku nodded.
"Of course," said Riku. "That's what we were going to do once we got here."
"But, where is the Keyhole?" asks Sora.
"It is in Ariel's Grotto," said Triton.
Ariel takes the Trident as the team's Thundera is upgraded to Thundraga. The team heads back to Ariel's Grotto, and Ariel uses the Trident on the trident mark to reveal a Keyhole. Riku and Sora then pointed their Keyblades at the Keyhole and locked the world. After that, Ariel asked about their worlds, and the team tells them about their worlds. Ariel told them that someday she'd come and visit them and gave Sora a Crabclaw Keychain from her collection. Saying good-bye to Ariel, Sebastian, and Flounder, the team exited the world and headed for the next world that was taken over by the Heartless.
The next place that the team headed to was Alantica. In there, the team gained the ablity to swim using new forms. Both Riku and Sora had turned into mermen, while Leon became a sea lion and Cloud became a Levithan. Riku had become a part tiger shark merman, and Sora had become a part dolphin merman. They soon meet up with Ariel, Sebastian, and Flounder. They teach them to swim, and then underwater Heartless appear. Ariel swims off while Sebastian and Flounder hide in a nearby Clamshell. The team fights the Heartless and then frees Flounder and Sebastian from the Clamshell by having Riku whack it with his Keyblade. Ariel looked at Riku and the others.
"Those creatures chased us here," said Ariel.
Sebastian suddenly thought of something.
"Oh, no! Those monsters might be heading for the palace, too!" said Sebastian.
"We'd better head back right away!"
Flounder looked worried, tho.
"But, wh-what if we run into more on our way back?" stammered Flounder.
Ariel looked at Riku's group.
"I'm sorry, but we need your help. Please come to the palace with us. The trident markers on the walls point the way
there. We won't get lost as long as we follow them. Okay, let's get going," said Ariel.
"Right," said Riku.
With that, the team followed the trident markers and fought Heartless along the way until they got to Triton's Throne. There, they got chased by some more Heartless until the the Heartless got zapped with a lightning bolt. The team looked to see where the lightning bolt had come from and saw a large merman with white hair and beard sitting on the throne and holding a trident. They had come face-to-face with King Triton, ruler of Alantica and Ariel's father, tho they didn't know it at the time. Triton looks at his trident.
"That was too close. As long as I have my trident, I will not tolerate those creatures inside this palace," said Triton.
Ariel swam over.
"Daddy!" said Ariel.
Triton looks surprised.
"Oh, Ariel! When will you listen? It's dangerous out there!"
Ariel was about to respond, but Triton interrupted her.
"Strange creatures lurk outside."
It was then that Sebastian cleared his throat and looked to Riku's group.
"Behold. You swim before the ruler of the seas: His Majesty, King Triton," said Sebastian.
Triton looked at Riku's group.
"Who are they?" asks Triton. "They don't look familiar."
"They helped us fight off those creatures," said Ariel.
Riku nodded.
"We came from an ocean far away," said Riku.
Sora nodded.
"We came to find the Keyhole," said Sora.
Triton looks surprised.
"The what?" asks Triton.
Riku slapped his forehead. Apparently, Sora had made a blunder, and now, they wouldn't be able to find the Keyhole without some suspecion. However, it was soon discovered that the King knew something about it and wasn't going to tell them anything. Furthermore, he forbidded Ariel from leaving the palace. Ariel frowned, and the team left the throne room.
After the team left, Triton and Sebastian started to discuss about the Keyhole which Triton quickly ended and asked about where the creatures were coming from. Sebastian told the King that the creatures were coming from his nemesis', the sea witch Ursula's, grotto. This meant that the sea witch was up to no good, and this time, she had help.
After the team got outside, Ariel took them to her grotto to show them all of what she'd collected from the above world and suggested to go looking for the Keyhole despite what her father had said. The team didn't know it at the time, but Sebastian had overheard the conversation, but he wasn't the only one. Ursula had heard it as well thanks to her two flunkies, a pair of twin eels named Jetsam and Flotsam. Ursula laughed.
"Those impudent fools will never find the Keyhole, but the girl could prove useful, and I've got the Heartless on my side. Triton, my old friend... Your day is coming," laughs Ursula.
Meanwhile, the team has found a dolphin that will take them to a new area... once they defeat all of the Heartless. Once they do so, they ride the dolphin to the wrecked ship and find the Crystal Trident. Sora looks a bit curious.
"Hey, doesn't this look a bit familiar?" asks Sora.
Riku nodded, and they head back to Ariel's grotto where they put the Crystal Trident in the slot, but before they could do anything, Triton destroys the Crystal Trident. Ariel is shocked and swims away. Triton then gets mad at Riku and the others before telling them that the Key Bearers will shatter peace and cause ruin. He tells them to leave.
Ariel, meanwhile, is confronted by Flotsam and Jetsam. Ariel talks to Ursula who tells her that her new friends did in fact come from another world thanks to their Keyblades. She then tells Ariel what to do. While the team headed back to the throne room, Ursula asks Ariel to take her there as well. Ariel does so, and Urusla steals the trident and laughs. Ariel realizes she's done a bad thing. Meanwhile, the twin eels report that they cannot find the Keyhole. Riku's group appears, and Ursula disappears. Ariel discovers that her father has been injured by Ursula as well.
"Daddy!" said a shocked Ariel.
"The trident... We must get it back," said a badly injured Triton.
Riku nods.
"Come on, guys! Let's get that Trident back!" said Riku.
The others nodded. Ariel, knowing that he father got injured because of something she wanted, asks to go along with them which they agree. Sebastian comes along with them as well. Triton gives them some advice before they leave as well as to how to defeat Ursula.
"Ursula draws power from her cauldron. To defeat Ursula, you must strike her cauldron with magic," said Triton.
The team nods and heads for the Sunken Ship where they first defeat a Shark before Sebastian would help them find the way to Ursula's lair. Riku notices something from behind a boulder, but he can't reach it. Sebastian looks at Riku.
"Need some help? I'll show you how it's done," said Sebastian.
He pushes the switch that was out of Riku's reach, and the team heads towards the Den of Tides, Ursula's hiding spot. After defeating more Heartless and healing up, the team soon appears in Ursula's Grotto where the sea witch is about to come out of her hiding spot. Riku looks around.
"Come out! You can't run!" said Riku.
"Your time has come!" said Sebastian.
The sea witch comes out with a mean scowl on her face scaring Sebastian. After that, the team fought Ursula, Jetsam, and Flotsam. Remembering what Trident had told him, Riku started to attack the cauldron with magic. Ursula tried to attack Riku, but Cloud protected him using spells like Shield, Barrier, and Wall. When the cauldron exploded, Ursula was stunned, and the team would attack her until she regained her senses. When Riku and Cloud ran out of Magic Power, Sora and Squall took over until Riku and Cloud gained their Magic Power back. This was easily done by attacking Ursula's twin flunkies. Soon, the sea witch was defeated for now. Her two flunkies disappeared. Ursula glared at the team.
"You'll pay for this!" said Ursula as she disappeared with the Trident.
Ariel looked at the others.
"The Trident!" said Ariel. "We must get it back!"
The team nodded. Now that they had the Mermaid Kick ablity, they could swim through the strong currents that they originally would have to use a dolphin to get through to a mysterious area. There they encounted a HUGE Ursula head with a crown on it. Ursula looked at the now-puny heroes.
"You pathetic fools! I rule the sea now!" said the Giant Ursula. "The sea and all its spoils bow to my power!"
Riku chuckled.
"Now her head really DOES match her ego!" said Riku.
Ursula didn't think that was too funny, and the battle began. Soon, Ursula was defeated and disappeared in a whirlpool as Riku caught the Trident. They then headed back to Triton's Throne where Ariel presented the Trident back to her father. She sighed sadly.
"Daddy, I'm so sorry," said a sad Ariel.
"Don't blame her, okay?" said Riku.
"It's my fault. You followed Ursula because...I wouldn't let you follow your heart, and when you found that crystal, I lost my temper and destroyed it," said Triton.
"Why did you destroy the crystal?" asks Cloud.
"That Crystal had the power to reveal the Keyhole," said Triton. "The Keyhole is dangerous. I had to keep it hidden from you at all costs."
"Daddy..." said Ariel.
Triton looked at Riku and Sora.
"Key bearers, I have one more request: Seal the Keyhole. My Rrident also holds the power to reveal the Keyhole. Will you do it?" asks Triton.
Riku nodded.
"Of course," said Riku. "That's what we were going to do once we got here."
"But, where is the Keyhole?" asks Sora.
"It is in Ariel's Grotto," said Triton.
Ariel takes the Trident as the team's Thundera is upgraded to Thundraga. The team heads back to Ariel's Grotto, and Ariel uses the Trident on the trident mark to reveal a Keyhole. Riku and Sora then pointed their Keyblades at the Keyhole and locked the world. After that, Ariel asked about their worlds, and the team tells them about their worlds. Ariel told them that someday she'd come and visit them and gave Sora a Crabclaw Keychain from her collection. Saying good-bye to Ariel, Sebastian, and Flounder, the team exited the world and headed for the next world that was taken over by the Heartless.