The Little Mermaid

AN: I do not own Card Captor Sakura or The Little Mermaid

Chapter 6

I stand aside as I watch my father. He is mixing the potion that will seal my fate. He is mixing the potion that will make my legs fins again. I look at the cabinet I broke into several years ago. The lock has changed and I am sure that there is magic protecting it now.

My dad walks up to me with a knife in his hand. "I need a lock of you hair, dear." I nod in understanding. The blade slice through my hair. Another piece of my soul stolen. I watch him put it into the potion and the mixes it again. It's going to take at least another hour before it is finished.

I drag my toes over the floor. The texture is odd. I have never felt it before, I couldn't with fins. It was strange, ruff, yet smooth. Almost a mix between concrete and marble. "What are you doing, starfish?" Feeling, I sign to my father. "You enjoy having legs, don't you?" I look at him. Yes, I nod.

He turns back to his potion and I turn my attention to other things in the room. A portrait of my mother. Her long hair is flowing, her eyes are dark and her smile warm. I wish I knew her, maybe then I would be happy here. Maybe…

"Sire." I turn around to look at the soldier who just entered. "We found an intruder." And as if on queue, two soldiers came in dragging as struggling man between them. He looks up and my breath gets caught in my throat.

"Sakura."

I walk towards him, but my father pulls me back. "Who are you?" My father demands him, curiosity in his voice, not the loathing I expected.

"Prince Xiao-lang Li, form the lands on your shore."

"What are you doing here?"

"I've come to take Sakura home." He came for me.

"She is home." Despite the odds he found a way and came for me. He risked everything to come after me.

"She belongs with me. You cannot take her away from me."

"What makes you think you have any say in my kingdom and, above all, over my daughter?"

"I love her." He looks my father straight in the eye. "I spent years looking for her, the girl I love. I am not about to give her up with out a fight."

"She is not of your kind boy. She does not belong in your world."

"She belongs perfectly. I don't care what she is. I care about who she is. Maybe… Maybe she doesn't belong in my world. Maybe she doesn't even belong in yours, but she belongs with me." I look at him as I walk closer. My dad grabs my arm and forces me back. I close my eyes in shame as I sit on the floor.

"She is my daughter! Sakura belongs here. This is where she grew up and no human is going to take her away from me. Take him to the dungeons.

No! I jump up and run to him. My father can't stop me this time, I won't allow him. I flung my arms around Li's neck. He presses his face in my hair and I can feel him smiling slightly. "I love you, Sakura."

I love you too. I mouth at him even tough he can't see my face. "Sakura, get away from him." I refuse. I hold onto him and he onto me. "Sakura, I am not telling you again." I turn around to look at my dad. He isn't angry, he is desperate, pleading. "Sakura…"

I love you daddy, but I can't stay your little girl forever.

AN: Hey guys. Next chapter and Li is back in the picture. Yes, our handsome young prince has come to save his princess. Will he be able to take her back to his home? Will Fujitika let go of his little girl? Will Sakura ever be happy again? Read the next thrilling chapter of The Little Mermaid next on for all the reviews!

Tella