"THEY'RE BACK!" Ariel screamed.

"You've seen these things before?" Alex asked.

"Yes" said Ariel "These things have been popping up all over the place."

The creatures lunged at them but they were able to dodge them.

"What now?" Alex asked dodging another attack.

"Head to the palace!" Ariel cried as she made a break for it.

Ariel lead the way as they swam for the palace

King of the Ocean

The quietness of the sea was shattered as Ariel and Alex made there way to the palace with the black creatures in pursuit. After about five minuets they reached the palace gates, but they weren't out of the woods yet. After they closed the gate on the creatures they turned around to see more of them blocking the way to the palace. Alex drew out the sword and began to fight them off.

"BACK! BACK! ARIEL, DO SOMETHING!" Alex cried as he slashed them.

"I don't work well under pressure..." Ariel said with embarrassment.

"FANTASTIC!" Alex cried in sarcasm.

The creatures began t over power him. And slowly they pulled him to the ground and began to beat on him. Ariel was enraged when she saw this and began spinning around like a top. She spun so fast that it created a whirl pool and the force of it was so strong it pulled the creatures away from Alex and trapped them in the vortex while Alex grabbed onto a rock to avoid being sucked in. Ariel suddenly stopped spinning and the creatures were shot in different directions.

"That was amazing!" Alex said as he let go of the rock. "Since when can ya do that?"

"Since now….I was just winging it" Ariel said with more embarrassment.

Suddenly more of them appeared. The two swam into the palace while the creatures followed. As they made their way thru the halls and into the throne room. A shot of thunder brushed past them and killed the creatures. When Alex went to see who shot it, he saw an older merman that towered him by about 4 feet.

"I will not allow those things in my palace!" The merman shouted as he pointed a three pronged staff at where the creatures were.

Ariel went and hugged the merman.

"DADDY!" Ariel cried as she hugged him.

"That's your father?" Alex said as he looked up at him.

"Oh, right, you two haven't met, Daddy, this is my new friend Alex, Alex, this is my father, King Triton."

Alex waved nervously "Uh, hi?"

"I don't recall seeing you around here before..." Triton said as he eyed him suspiciously.

"I'm not from around here…" Alex said trying not to anger him.

"Yeah" Ariel said "He's from another ocean, he said he was looking for something called "The Syndicate"..."

The king immediately interrupted Ariel. "There's nothing around here like that!" The king stated "Ariel it's too dangerous out there, I don't want you leaving the palace!"

Ariel responded by sighing in anger and swam away, Alex pretended to follow her. But hid behind a wall. He felt is suspicious that the King denied any knowledge of "the Syndicate" so quickly. He listened in on a conversation between Triton and his assistant Sebastian.

"Perhaps I'm being to hard on her" Triton sighed

"No freakin duh!" Alex thought to himself.

"I'm just worried about her. What kind of father would I be if I let "The Syndicate" get her".

"Relax your majesty." Sebastian reassured the king. " Your doing a good job as both King and a father, but now, I'm curious about this "Syndicate" you mentioned."

Alex didn't stay for the rest. He swam away but Triton saw him and called him over.

" YOU! Over here"

Alex did as he was told and swam up to him.

"Yes your majesty?" Alex asked.

"You can fool my daughter, but you can't fool me!" Triton yelled. "Your not from an ocean. You're the one they call the Disney Warrior!"

"My sword gave it away didn't it?" Alex said innocently.

"I don't want you hanging around my daughter." Triton stated.

"MAKE ME!" Alex said in a annoyed tone.

Triton pulled out his trident and took aim at him and fired and got a direct hit but that didn't stop Alex he shook it off and was ready to fight. But Ariel came in and stopped them.

"WHAT"S GOING ON HERE?" Ariel cried.

"He started it!" Alex cried.

Before Triton could explain Ariel left with Alex. That night they slept in Ariel's secret grotto. But that morning Alex woke up to fins Ariel missing.

"Ariel?" Alex called out as he woke up

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CLIFFHANGER! R&R