"We did it!" Sal cheered as him and Janka jumped out of the water and did a handshake. Their happiness was cut short when they saw Sofia beside a rock, staring at a wall. Sofia turned as Sal and Janka swam up beside her. "All this time...Altea was never that far away from home" the two followed her gaze to the wall, the palace behind it. "This is your home?" Janka asked in awe.
"It used to be" she said as she caught gazes with the pair. "Whoa! What a pad! Talk about your curb appeal. But, uh, what's with the wall? I know good fences make good neighbors but isn't that a bit much?" Sal asked as he studied the wall. "Yeah. What are you tryin' to keep out?" Janka asked Sofia who stared at the wall angrily. "It wasn't built to keep something out" Sofia said with a frown, before the frown turned into a look of anger. "It was built to keep me in".
"Come on. Let's go" Sofia said leading the two away from the palace, the trident still in her hands. Sal and Janka shared twin smiles before jumping in and out of the water, Sofia eventually giving into the fun and joining in. The trio started the journey back to Cyrenna's lair to deliver the trident.
"You know, kid, the three of us, we make a pretty good team" Sal commented as they headed towards the entrance of Cyrenna's lair. "Once you're a permanent mermaid, we'll be friends forever" Janka said with a smile. "We'll be inseparable!" Sal cried out as he sat on Janka's back. "Nothing will ever come between us" Janka commented, the pair, however, failed to notice the shark fin separating them from Sofia.
"Shark!" Janks yelled as the fin scared them. "Run! Run!" Sal yelled as they swam quickly out of the entrance of the lair. "No, wait!" Sofia called out trying to get their attention "it's just…" Sofia trailed off as the pair were too far to hear her. Myzak laughed as he watched the pair swim away. "Leavin' so soon, boys?" Myzak asked with a taunting tone of voice.
"What can I say? When you got it, you got it. Hey! You got it!" Myzak exclaimed as Sofia pulled the trident out of the water. "Sweetheart, you're my new hero" Myzak said as he jumped out the water and landed back in. He motioned with a small fin for Sofia to follow him "Let's go. It's time for some magic" Myzak said as Sofia slowly started to follow before stopping.
"But…" Sofia started to say as she looked at the entrance "but my friends…". Myzak rolled his eyes "Ha! You mean you call those two yellow-bellied sea slugs your friends?" Myzak asked with a smile. "Come on! You wanna be a mermaid, or what?" Myzak asked with a taunting smile. Sofia stared at the trident before sighing and following the shark.
Back outside the lair, the rays entered through a different way. They had failed to notice Keith, Pidge, and Hunk behind them. The trio hid behind a chunk of ice and watched the rays enter the frozen lair. "So there it is" Keith said as he turned to Hunk and Pidge. "Swim back as fast as you can and tell my father. I'll try to find Sofie.
Hunk groaned "oh, but if that old sea witch is in there, and then there's that mean little shark…" Pidge sighed as Hunk continued to ramble on. "and then those manta rays come, a-and then she takes those-those creepy tentacles... so suction cups stick to your face, and, and…" Pidge took that moment to step in. "I think what Hunk means to say is, no way you're going in there alone" Hunk nodded.
"But, guys, if we all go...who's going to tell Dad where Cyrenna's lair is?" Keith asked the pair who gave defeated looks. It was at this moment that Matt flew up and landed on the ice. "Say, what's all the whispering about? Is Sofie around here? Did you find her yet? If she's…" before Matt could say any more, Keith snapped his beak shut and pulled his face down. "Matt! Get down and be quiet" Keith whispered.
"Wait a minute" Keith said as an idea popped into his head. "Matt can get help" Hunk gave Keith a look and rolled his eyes as Keith turned back to Matt. "Matt, I need you to pay very close attention" Matt nodded and Hunk sighed. "We're doomed" he commented as he slapped his forehead.
"Oh, there you are, darling!" Cyrenna exclaimed as Sofia came into view. "Oh, I was so worried about you" Cyrenna stood up once she saw Sofia had the trident in her hands. "And look! You've brought back my trident. Clever girl" she said with a smile. "Give it to her! Give it to her! Give it to her!"Myzak repeated as he swam around Sofia.
One of Cyrenna's tentacles grabbed him and pinned him against the chair. "Hey!" Myzak said before the tentacle wrapped itself around his mouth. "Forgive him, dear" Cyrenna said with a smile before sending a glare over her shoulder. "He's got a little size issue" Myzak sent the witch a glare back before Cyrenna turned back to the princess.
"Now, if you'll just hand over the…" before Cyrenna could finish her sentence and grab the trident with one of her tentacles, someone swam into the room. "Sofie don't!" Keith yelled as he swam into the room, following by Hunk and Pidge. "Mom!" Sofia cried out in surprise, "don't listen to her!" Keith continued to say and swam close to his daughter.
Both froze and eyed each other up and down. "You're a mermaid?" they asked surprised and in unison. "Keith, how nice of you to come" Cyrenna said with a smile as she swam behind the merprince. "And you brought Pidgeon and Hunky with you" Pidge and Hunk glared at the witch. "The name's Hunk, and that's Pidge" Hunk said with a glare as he swam towards the witch.
However, before he could, Myzak swam into his chest and pushed him back. "Grrr" Myzak growled with a glare. "'Grrr' yourself, pipsqueak" Hunk replied with a similar glare. "Get that thing and hit me!" Myzak growled towards Cyrenna, signaling for the witch to get the trident. "One bite, and he's shrimp toast!" Myzak said as him and Hunk continued to fight.
Ignoring the two, Cyrenna turned back to Sofia, who still held the trident in her hands. "Sweetheart, hand me my trident now"Cyrenna coaxed gently with an open hand. Sofia turned to Keith with a sad expression. "All this time, and you never told me?" Keith frowned and winced as his daughter's voice cracked. "Kept the most important secret in her whole life from her own daughter" Cyrenna said as she placed comforting hands on Sofia's shoulders.
"Please, give it to me, Sofie" Keith asked gently with an open hand. "No. Hand it to me" Cyrenna fought back against Keith's words "it's for your own good" the witch said with a soft smile. "She's lying!" Keith protested desperately. "I've given you what you've always wanted" Cyrenna replied swimming to Sofia's other side. "He's the one who lied to you all these years" Cyrenna said giving Keith a smile.
"I was trying to protect you" Keith defended as he swam closer to his daughter. "By fencing me in?" Sofia snapped with a glare. "You knew how much I loved the sea. Why did you keep the truth from me?" Sofia asked, Keith shook his head softly and sighed. At this point, Hunk and Myzak had stopped arguing and watched the scene unfold.
"Sofie, listen to me" Keith said as he cupped Sofia's cheek gently. "If there was one thing in my life that I could do over, l…" Sofia pulled away and swam up to Cyrenna. A glare sent towards her mother "too late, Mom" Sofia said as she started to hand the trident over to Cyrenna. "Sofie no!" Keith cried out as Cyrenna grabbed the trident before he could stop it.
The trident glowed green and flashes of green lightning erupted from the trident. Cyrenna laughed and shot off the ground, holding the trident above her head. Keith, Sofia, Hunk, and Pidge watched in horror as Cyrenna now had the trident. "All the power of the seven seas at my command!" Cyrenna cried out with a smile.
"Hello! Can we get with the programme? It's still a small world down here!" Myzak called from his spot on the ground. Cyrenna grabbed Hunk and Pidge with two of her tentacles and tossed the two into an ice cave, the two dazed from where their heads hit the wall.
Cyrenna then used one of her tentacles and grabbed Keith. "Mom!" Sofia called out as she tried to grab her mother. However, she was stopped when Cyrenna thrust the trident in front of her. Sofia backed up and stared at the witch who held her mother hostage. "Your mommy was only trying to protect you from moi!" Cyrenna said with a wicked smile.
"What he did, he did out of... love" Cyrenna said as she mashed Keith's face around. Keith glared at the witch and pulled his face out of her grip. Cyrenna smiled and turned back to the princess. "Little Sofie's been a very naughty girl…" Cyrenna taunted as she stepped closer to the girl. "Stealing from her own grandfather" Sofia's eyes widened. "My... My grandfather?" Sofia asked in disbelief.
"King Shiro, ruler of Altea, commander in chief of all of the oceans!" Cyrenna explained as the rest of the tentacle holding Keith, wrapped around his mouth. "Or at least he was until a certain little thief came along" Cyrenna sneered. Sofia turned to the witch from where she had swum up beside her mother. "You tricked me" Sofia said with a glare to the witch. "You've got no one to blame but yourself" Sofia lowered her head, the witch was right.
"Tell me, Sofia, Is being a mermaid everything you dreamed? Was it worth it?" Sofia closed her eyes and sighed. However, with her eyes closed, Sofia couldn't see Cyrenna's tentacle. The tentacle wrapped around her and tossed her into the same cave that Hunk and Pidge were in. "Sofie!" Hunk called as he caught the princess before she could hit the wall.
The three inside the cave flinched as Cyrenna used the trident to seal the entrance with ice. She stopped with a small circle left. "Oh, and by the way, your time as a mermaid has just about expired"Cyrenna said with a smile as she finished sealing the entrance. "Catch you later. I've got bigger fish to fry!" Cyrenna called out as she exited her lair, Keith still wrapped in her tentacles... "Bigger fish! Now, there's an idea!" Myzak called after the witch, receiving no response, Myzak followed.
Meanwhile, the trio inside were trying to break the ice. They banged against the ice, but it was no use. "We gotta keep trying" Hunk said as him and Pidge continued to bang on the ice. "It's no use. It's too thick" Sofia said as she slid down and sat on the ground. Pidge lowered herself and sat beside Sofia as the princess started to cry. Hunk frowned and sat in front of the two "oh, Hunk, Pidge" Sofia called out softly. "I've ruined everything" Sofia said as she buried her face in her hands and began to sob softly.
Meanwhile, outside the frozen lair, Sal and Janka sat on a piece of ice, back to back. "We're guppies, man. Jellyfish" Sal said with a defeated sigh. "The great Sal and Janka, Cowards-slash-losers" Jank said with a sigh. "Well, at least we're alive" Sal said trying to lighten the mood with a half-hearted smile. "Yeah, if you wanna call this living" Janka said with a depressed sigh.
A light bulb went off in Sal's head, the penguin stood up and turned to Janka. "Okay, on the one hand, we can live a long, healthy life" Sal started to say as he held up a fin. "Albeit as disgusting, pathetic, cowardly…uh…" Sal trailed off as he tried to think of his next word. "Worms" Janka finished with a frown.
"That's good. Good" Sal said with a nod "cowardly worms". Sal then stroke a heroic pose "on the other hand, we could gather our courage" Sal said as he climbed up the small hill of ice and snow. "Storm the fortress and be heroes" Janka rolled his eyes "yeah until they hack us up into fish bait". "You're right" Sal said with a defeated sigh as his shoulders slumped down.
Loud sounds caught the attention of the pair and they turned to the entrance of the lair. Green flashes could be seen and the pair turned to each other. "Sofie's in there" Janka gasped out with wide eyes. "She could be in big trouble. She may really need our help!" Janka said as they turned to the entrance. "So what's it gonna be? A lifetime as worms or two minutes as heroes?" Sal asked softly as the flashing continued.
Meanwhile, away from her lair, Cyrenna used the trident to raise an ice throne. The witch still had Keith captive in her tentacles. "All hail Queen Cyrenna!" Cyrenna yelled out with a huge smile. "I'm hailin'! I'm hailin'!" Myzak yelled as he jumped back and ended up getting stuck in a piece of ice overhanging.
Just then, a ship started to float into the area. Matt leading the charge. "Hold on Keith!" Matt yelled as he flew "the cavalry's comin'!". Lance, from his spot at the wheel, glanced up towards the witch. He gasped with wide eyes as he saw his husband captive in Cyrenna's tentacles. Keith caught his gaze and squirmed around trying to get free, but was unable to.
"Keith!" Lance called out. "Ah! Prince Lance. Come to join the party? We're having a blast!" Cyrenna said as she used the trident to cut a glacier in half and caused it to fall towards the ship. The crew jumped to one side and landed on a chunk of ice. Lance, holding Blue, ended up on the other side. The group watching as the ship sunk. "Oh, how dear Haggar would have adored this" Cyrenna said with a smile as the ship continued to sink.
"Cyrenna!" Shiro thundered as he, along with Slav, and the royal guards swam up. "King Shiro!" Cyrenna called in a mocking greet, "Oh, please! Is that the best you can do?" Cyrenna asked with a laugh. "Release my son, surrender my granddaughter" Shiro demanded with a glare "and I shall spare you".
"Ooh! What you gonna do? Throw the crab at me?" Cyrenna mocked as she backed away in mock fear" Slav huffed as Cyrenna laughed. Myzak chuckled as he swam up to the king "Face it, Takashi. You're all washed up!" the shark said with a grin. That grin, however, faded when Slav approached "uh oh!" Myzak said as Slav pinched his claws at the shark.
"I'm gonna be teachin' you some manners!" Slav said as he chased after the shark, pinching his claws at the same time. "Now look at me. I'm bait!" Myzak moaned before being hit with the trident's magic. The shark disappeared under the water and Cyrenna blew steam off the tips of the trident. Slav watched the spot where the shark had gone under.
Bubbled appeared and suddenly the small chunk of ice that Slav was in, ended up being inside of Myzak's mouth. The shark had now been returned to his full size. Slav shrieked and jumped out of the mouth just in time, Myzak chomped down and landed on his side towards the water. The guards and Shiro moved out of the way just in time to avoid the shark. "Oh, yeah! Look out!" Myzak cheered with a smile.
Lance stood up and grabbed out his sword "where's Sofia?" he demanded angrily. "What have you done with her?" Lance growled out with a glare to the witch. "Oh, you want to join your daughter?" Cyrenna asked as her manta rays tails wrapped loosely around his ankles. "Well, I think that can be arranged" the witch said with a smile. The tails tightened and Lance found himself dragged under the cold water.
"Lance!" Keith cried out as he pushed Cyrenna's tentacle away from his mouth. Slav jumped into the water and swam after the rays and a drowning Lance. Cyrenna's smile faded when Matt started to pull on her hair with his feet. "You are a very bad lady!" Matt said as he winked at Keith. With Cyrenna distracted, Keith was able to squirm out of Cyrenna's tentacles. He then dove into the water and swam under the water.
Cyrenna hit Matt with the trident and Matt froze in the air. "Very bad" Matt grumbled as he fell to the ground.
Keith swam down to where Lance was being dragged deeper down the water. The rays seeming to be heading to the underwater part of Cyrenna's lair. Keith grabbed Lance's arm as Slav swam towards the tails of the rays. Going in between the two, Slav pinched their tails at the same time. The rays cried out and their tails unraveled from Lance's ankles.
Keith pulled Lance into his ankles and quickly swam to the surface. Slav, however, had forgotten to let go of the tails and ended up being dragged as the rays fought back against him.
Sal and Janka swam into the entrance of the frozen lair, glancing around nervously. The pair failed to notice the huge shark swimming up behind them. The two froze when the cave went dark and laughter came from behind them. "Goin' somewhere, boys?" Myzak asked with a huge toothy grin.
The pair turned around and gave nervous smiles. "Um, we're just lookin' for the little penguin's room" Sal said with a nervous chuckle. Seeing no change in the shark's grin, Janka turned to Sal with a smile. "Well, it's been nice knowin' ya" Janka said as he turned to Myzak with a determined glare.
The walrus let out a battle cry and jumped onto the sharks back, holding onto the dorsal fin. Myzak started to buck and jump trying to get the walrus off. "Now, that is one brave hunk of blubber" Sal said in awe and amazement. "I'll hold him! You go find Sofie! Janka yelled as Myzak dove in and out of the water. Sal nodded and sped off "hurry!" Janka yelled out after his friend.
The sun had started to set. Sofia, Hunk, and Pidge were still trapped in the sealed cave. Hunk and Pidge looking around for another way out. Sofia cried out as she felt her sides and legs started to hurt. The pair turned to Sofia in surprise as the princess moaned in pain. "What's... What's happening?" Sofia asked as she started to feel short of breath.
Green magic surrounded her fins and soon Sofia found that she had legs again, her clothes from before turning into a mermaid were back on her. "Oh, no!" Sofia cried out as she clutched at her throat. "Oh!" Sofia called out before she had to hold her breath, her ability to breathe underwater disappearing.
Meanwhile, Sal was busy swimming away from a fast approaching and chomping Myzak. "I thought you were gonna hold him!" Sal called out to his friend who was holding onto the dorsal fin. "I am holding him!" Janka yelled back as Sal jumped on Myzak's nose to avoid being chomped on. "Nice fishy" Sal cooed as the shark grinned at him.
"Ooh. Big fishy".
Pidge and Hunk had turned into their fish and dolphin forms, which had grown over the 12 years. The two, along with Sofia, were banging against the ice. Sofia trying her best to hold her breath. "Hold on, Sofie!" Pidge called out as she and Hunk continued to bang on the ice. "I'm gonna bust us outta here" Hunk said as he ran into the ice. "if it's the last thing I…" Hunk ran into the ice and ended up hitting it to hard.
"...do" Hunk said as he fell to the ground. Pidge panicked and went to check on her friend.
Myzak had dove down into Cyrenna's underwater lair and flicked Sal off his nose. Myzak chomped and Sal ended up in Myzak/s mouth. Janka's eyes widened "Sal!" Janka cried out as he jumped on Myzak's eyes, blocking his vision.
It was at this moment, that Sofia ended up losing her breath and slowly fell to the ground beside Pidge and a recovered Hunk. Just in time to, within seconds of her falling, Myzak crashed through the ice causing it to break. Myzak hit the wall and knocked himself out. Janka swam through the broken entrance and swam to the shark's mouth.
The teeth shattered to reveal a scared and shaken Sal sitting on the tongue of the shark. "Another plan perfectly executed" Sal said as him and Janka high fived. "Sofie!" Pidge and Hunk cried out as Sofia was nearly unconscious now. The two struggled to keep her afloat, Janka swam on the other side of Sofia and helped Pidge swim Sofia up to the surface, Hunk and Sal following
Slav was still being dragged by the two angry rays. The rays smiled seeing a low hanging icicle and separated so Slav would be hit by the ice. Slav saw the icicle and quickly tied their tails together in a knot. Slav then let go and watched as the two rays swam by the icicle, not realizing their tails were tied.
The pair ended up being pulled back and wrapped around the icicle tightly. The two blinked at each other in surprise and then glared at Slav who headed back to the surface.
The group jumped out of the water and landed on the ice. Sofia coughed up water as she rolled out of Janka's fins and sat on the ice. Sofie looked up and gave her mother a small smile, Keith gave her one back as he held Lance in his arms.
"Fools! I have the trident now. And all the creatures of the sea are in my power!" Cyrenna exclaimed with an evil laugh as spears of ice began to rise out of the water. The merfolk and humans careful not to be stabbed by one. "I'm the queen of the sea!" Cyrenna yelled as she used the tridents magic to force merfolk after merfolk to bow, one after another. "And you will bow down before me!" the witch called out as she forced Sal and Janka to bow as well.
"Oh, this can't be good for the lower back!" Sal groaned as he bowed down. "Pathetic fools! Watch and see how utterly powerful I can be!" Sofia turned as she watched Keith forced to bow down as well, powerless under the trident's magic. "Mom!" Sofia called out with wide eyes. "The end begins for all of you with fins!" Cyrenna called out with a cackle.
Sofia glanced down and a smile grew as she saw feet instead of a tail. With determination, Sofia got a running start and jumped onto ice spear after ice spear. As Sofia climbed, she couldn't help but hear each strike of the trident as the merfolk were forced to bow down. Sofia almost slipped as she tried to hold on, gathering her strength, the princess managed to pull herself up and climb the rest of the way.
"That's it, Shiro. Bow down!" Cyrenna said as she forced the trident's magic onto the king, who was trying his hardest to fight back. "Bow down before me!" Slav looked to his right to see the king struggling, though the crab had also been forced to bow and couldn't help. "No, Your Majesty! You mustn't!" Slav said as Shiro slowly started to give up the fight. "I'm sorry, Slav" Shiro said as he was forced to bow down. "I have no choice" the king said with a defeated sigh.
"Oh! Wishes do come true" Cyrenna said with a sniffle as she hugged the trident close to her. "See that, Ma? Who's your favourite now?" Cyrenna called out as she glared at the sky. Unknown to the witch, Sofia was crawling the little way up to the platform. Avoiding the witch's tentacles as she maneuvered her way up. "It's over, Shiro!" Cyrenna called out with a smile, oblivious to the princess behind her. "I sentence you to oblivion!" Cyrenna yelled just as Sofia jumped up, grabbed the trident, and fell on his back on the ice.
"You!" Cyrenna growled out as the trident stopped glowing. "Just what do you think you're going to do with that?" the witch asked as she stepped closer, Sofia crawling backward until she reached the edge. "Stay back!" Sofia yelled as she pointed the non-pointy end towards the witch with a glare. Cyrenna stared at the end for a moment before laughing. "Wrong end, sweetheart" Cyrenna snarled as she pushed the end away from her, and grabbed the princesses ankle.
With another tentacle, the witch tried to grab the trident but Sofia saw her opening. With the sharp end of the trident, Sofia stabbed the trident into Cyrenna's tentacle. The witch cried out in pain and let go of the princess, holding her hurt tentacle close to her. "Grandfather?" Sofia called out as she spotted the sea king, Shiro glanced up hearing Sofia call out. "I think this belongs to you" Sofia said as she tossed the trident in Shiro's direction, hoping the king would catch it.
"No!" Cyrenna yelled out as she reached out an arm as if to grab the flying trident. As a result of moving forward, the witch ended up pushing Sofia off the edge of the ice platform. The princess screamed as she fell through the chilling air. Janka bounded forward hearing Sofia scream and seeing her falling. The walrus landed on his back and Sofia ended up landing on the stomach. The princess closed her eyes and ended up passing out from exhaustion.
Shiro caught the trident and the trident glowed golden sensing his anger. "Never again will you or yours threaten my family!" Shiro thundered as Cyrenna tried to use her tentacles as a shield in fear. "There will be no escape for you... ever!" Shiro said as he hit the witch with a blast of magic from the trident.
Cyrena yelled as she found herself encased in ice. With the witch frozen, and her no longer having the trident's magic, the ice kingdom she had built began to break apart. The block of ice she was encased in broke at the bottom and the frozen witch crashed into the sea. Sal quickly pushed Janka towards where the others were safely put just as a giant chunk of ice fell where they were.
The ice finally fell down and sunk to the bottom of the sea. "Mommy" Cyrenna said, but her mouth didn't move. The witch continued to sink to the bottom, followed by the picture of her sister Haggar. Never to be seen again.