For the next few days or so, Ariel, Flounder, and Garret took care of Spot like he was a member of their family. It was a bit difficult considering that they had to keep Spot away from the watchful eye of King Triton, but at the same time it was fun taking care of him. Garret even loved playing and caring for Spot. He had seen a lot of killer whales on TV including "Free Willy" and documentaries, but nothing compared with seeing and touching the real thing. It was an amazing and wonderful experience. So much so, that time seemed to fly by and he forgot all about finding clues about how to get back home.

Three months had now flown by and the day of the Spring Celebration had come. Garret was swimming over to the room where Ariel was keeping Spot hoping to see how he was doing before he joined King Triton's family and the others. The celebration was just about to get underway and Garret could hear the music coming from the concert hall.

"Oh boy. I better find Ariel and Flounder and hurry," he said to himself. "Hopefully, those two are with Spot."

When he got into the room and entered it, Garret saw Ariel and Flounder with Spot covering him up with the blanket. Over the course of the past months, Spot had grown quite a bit. He had now grown so big, that Spot couldn't even fit on the bed anymore. The blanket that was used to cover him up last time could now only cover Spot's forehead.

"Come on you guys," said Garret. "The Big Spring Celebration's about to get started and your dad's probably looking for you, Ariel."

"I know, we're coming," said Ariel. Then she fixed the blanket on Spot's head and looked at him lovingly. "There you go Spot. Mama's got to go to an old Spring Celebration, but she'll be back very soon." She then patted Spot on the head and kissed him on the cheek. "Good night baby."

"Yeah right. Some baby," muttered Flounder. "I don't believe how much he's grown in three months."

"Well that's to be expected," said Garret. "Spot is a killer whale. He was bound to grow bigger sooner or later. I only hope that he doesn't cause trouble or be seen."

"Come on Garret! Come on Flounder!" said Ariel as she swam out the door. "We're gonna late!"

Garret and Flounder then followed her out the door and Ariel looked back at Spot one more time before she left and blew him a kiss.

"You be good now," she said. "We'll be back soon."

Spot smiled sadly as he watched as his mother leaving closing the door behind her. He then sighed wishing that he could with his mother and watch the Spring Celebration with her.

At the concert hall, everyone was gathered there including King Triton and his daughters on the upper level, just as King Triton's seahorse herald appeared on the stage along with various different sea animals with instruments including Sebastian.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" said the seahorse herald. "For the pleasure of your royal highness, King Triton, we present to you the Spring Celebration!"

Fish blasted on their trumpets, while others drummed a snappy beat on their drums. King Triton looked beside him to see that two certain people hadn't shown up yet. He was wondering where he went, but he quickly turned his attention back to the concert. Right then, Ariel and Garret then snuck into their seats without King Triton noticing as the spotlight shone on Sebastian as he began to sing along with three female purple crabs

When I was but a schoolboy
I dreamed I would grow tall
And man, it made me crabby
Dat a crab could be so small

With this I tell my teacher
She say, "But don't you see?
Each and every creature
Is exactly how they should be"

She said we all are special
From jellyfish to king
We all do different t'ings
And with that she start to sing

You got ta be you
I got ta be me
It's simple but true
What else could you do?
Who else could you be?

You got your own style
Now let it come through
And remember no matter what
You got to be you

Meanwhile, Spot was still sitting in his room feeling bored out of hid mind and missing Ariel and the others. Then he heard the music from the concert hall. He couldn't help but wag his tail to the beat. He loved the music so much, that he completely forgot about Ariel wanting him to stay in the room. He then exited the room and followed where the sound of the music was coming from.

Skate fish got to skate
Stingrays got to sting
Catfish got to purr
And Sebastian got to sing

Seahorse have to ride
Flounder got to play
And whale he got to make the trouble
All da livelong day.

Sebastian then looked at Ariel.

Ariel, are you listening to what I'm singing?
Pay attention now.

Ariel could only smile sheepishly as Sebastian continued to sing.

So why should you be gloomy
Dat you're too big or small
Da sea is very roomy
And dere's plenty room for us all

You heard my little story
Now let it be your guide
Just treat yourself with pride
You'll be more than satisfied

Then there was trouble. As Sebastian went on with his song, the platform on the stage began to rise up and Ariel and Garret's paled as they gasped in horror, for the cause of it all was Spot. Ariel covered her face in her hands while Garret gulped as Sebastian continued.

You got ta be you
I got ta be me
I'll try to be clearer
Look in da mirror
What do you see?

You see what I mean
Now let us review
Let's see now.
Some may be tiny
Some got the claws
Gills may be shiny
Sharks got de jaws
Down in da briny
Dose are da laws
And that is why we sing

That was when Spot let out a musical squeal and that made Sebastian finally notice him making him gasp in surprise. He then looked at King Triton who glared at him with stern and angry eyes. Sebastian gulped not sure what to do. He then looked back at Spot with waved at him smiling. Sebastian then decided to roll along with it and resumed singing.

You got to be you
I got to be me
It's simple but true
What else could you do?
Who else could you be?

You got your own style
Now let it come through
You got your own voice
You've got to rejoice
You got to be you
Don't be so blue

At this point, Spot was now having the time of his life. He danced and sang along with Sebastian even doing a nose spin. At the climax, he let out a deep and bellowing wail. The entire concert hall shook and Spot's wail was so long and loud that the structure couldn't take it. It began to crumble and fall apart. Everyone in the concert hall immediately fled including King Triton, his daughters, and Garret as pillars and bits of the roof fell. Bubbles and dust billowed everywhere. When the bubbles and dust cleared, Sebastian looked around to find himself all alone with Spot who was looking at him like a dog with his owner.

Sebastian sighed. "And dat my friends, is what I meant by bringing down da house."

The very next day, Ariel, Garret, Flounder, as well as Spot were all in in the throne room in with King Triton and Sebastian with the king looking very cross.

"What on earth were you thinking?!" he boomed. "Hiding a whale in the palace!"

"A whale in da palace!" chipped in Sebastian. "Da very idea."

"People could have been killed!"

"Killed!"

"The whole palace destroyed!"

"Destroyed! Da whole palace!"

"We get it Sebastian!" said Garret rolling his eyes. "The king doesn't need an echo, you kiss-up! Geez!"

Sebastian glared at Garret, as Ariel swam forward.

"Spot didn't mean any harm!" she protested. "He just loves music just as much as we do. He was just being happy."

Spot then looked at the king giving him an apologetic smile showing that he was sorry.

King Triton's angry snarl softened. "I don't blame him for his destruction. He's a wild animal. He's not responsible, but you are Ariel, as Flounder and Garret, and even Sebastian." He then looked sternly at the red crab who hid behind the armrest of his throne as he continued. "I know you meant well, but he has to go. He doesn't belong here in the palace."

"But Spot doesn't know how real whales live!" protested Ariel. "He just can't make it in the ocean all by himself. He thinks I'm his mother."

"It's true," added Garret. "And Ariel's taken really good care of him just as a mother should."

"Well, she isn't," said King Triton simply. "And if he can't survive on his own, then you'll just have to teach him how. You, Flounder, Garret, and..." Then King Triton noticed that a certain crab was still hiding from him. "Sebastian, come out of there," he sighed. "And I suppose he thinks that you're his father?"

Sebastian came out of hiding grinning sheepishly. "Eh... more like... his uncle?" he squeaked nervously.

King Triton sighed. "Well... regardless, I'm putting "Uncle" Sebastian in charge. Uncle Sebastian is going to teach this whale how to be what he is "

Sebastian stuck up his chest proudly feeling very important, but that feeling quickly vanished.

"What?! Me?!" he exclaimed.

"Two weeks and then he's out," the king said to Sebastian. "And I'll be holding you personally responsible."

"That's right Crabby," smirked Garret. "And unlike this time, you ain't gonna kiss your way out of this one. You're stuck with us whether you like it or not."

Sebastian could only sigh in resignation as he along the rest of the gang swam out of the palace to get started teaching Spot.

Outside of Atlantica, the five friends went to the open space of the reef where they first found Spot. They then got started training him. They tried their best to train him on how to act and survive like a the killer whale should, but sadly Spot didn't seem to understand no matter how hard they tried. This made everyone worry.

"My friends, it's time to face facts," said Sebastian. "De boy is not getting it."

"He's just gentle. He doesn't know how to be mean," said Flounder. "I like him the way he is."

"So will da sharks, man!" said Sebastian. "Out dere, it's every fish for himself!"

"Sebastian's right," said Ariel. "If Spot doesn't learn how to defend himself, or he'll die."

"Well then, we might as well try again," sighed Garret. "And we're gonna have to keep trying until Spot understands."

Sebastian then whistled to Spot calling him. "Spot! Here, Spot!"

Spot heard Sebastian and then swam up to them.

"Alright den, dis time Flounder is going to be da shark," Sebastian spoke to Spot. "And you're going ta butt him on de head, and swat him with de tail, just like you always do ta me." He then turned to Flounder who was a few feet away from him. "Are you ready dere, Flounder?" he called.

"Ready, Sebastian!" Flounder called back.

"Now remember, Spot," whispered Ariel to the baby. "Flounder's just a pretend shark. You be gentle."

"Ariel, quit coddling him," chided Garret. "He's never gonna learn if you keep babying him like that."

Then Sebastian gave the signal.

"CHARGE!" he yelled.

Flounder then sharpened his fins and barred his teeth trying to be as intimidating and fearsome like a shark as much as he could. "Here he come, he terror of the deep, Flounder the tiger shark!" he growled.

Considering that Flounder was pretending to be a tiger shark, and the fact that he was a tropical fish, he wasn't all that scary and couldn't scare anyone. Everyone that was except for Spot. When Spot saw Flounder, he tried his best to be brave, but in the end he became frightened and immediately swam away kicking up dust and pebbles everywhere.

"Spot?! Spot, come back!" called Ariel.

But it was no use. Spot had raced into the distance and was gone.

"Was I too scary?" asked Flounder.

"I don't know, Flounder," sighed Ariel. "I don't know he's ever going to understand."

Sebastian shook the dust off of his eyes and sighed. "Much more of dis ting man, and I'm going back to de island. Get work in da steel band."

"Come on guys, we can't quit now," said Garret. "We still have plenty of time to teach Spot. It's like I've been saying before, we have to keep trying." He looked at Ariel. "Didn't a certain someone say that it takes practice?"

Ariel looked at Garret. "Well... that was when I as teaching you how to swim," she said. "That was one thing, but this is different."

"And take a look at me," said Garret. "I'm swimming around like a normal merman after not knowing anything about swimming like a merman at all. I didn't even know how to use this thing. You shouldn't give up. Keep trying and I'm sure Spot will pick up fending for himself in no time."

Ariel then gave Garret small smile. "You're right. Let's keep trying," she said. "And thanks Garret."

Garret smiled. "Anytime. Now let's find that whale."

The group continued training Spot all day, but Spot still wasn't able to learn. Eventually, it was soon dark and it was time for them to head back to the palace. Everyone felt tired and exhausted.

"Man... what a day," sighed Garret.

Spot let out an groan in agreement. It would seem that the day had worn him out too. Ariel then gave him a reassuring pat.

"I'll say. Even poor Spot's tired out," she said. "Don't worry Spot, we'll be home in just a minute."

"Oh no, no, no, no!" injected Sebastian. "One ting's for sure anyway, from now on, Spot's staying outside at night."

"No!" cried Ariel indignantly.

"Yes! Your daddy put me in charge Ariel," said Sebastian sternly. "I'm telling you, it's the best ting for everybody."

"Please Sebastian," begged Ariel. "Tomorrow, I promise!"

Sebastian was not standing for it. "No! How you going ta teach him how to live in de sea if he still thinks he's a baby?" he said firmly. "Whales sleep outdoors and dat's final!"

And with that Sebastian swam away leaving Flounder, Ariel, and Garret feeling worried and a little upset.

Later that night, Garret was lying in his bed in the room where he was staying in Atlantica, but he couldn't sleep. He kept thinking about Spot. He knew that it was for the best for him to sleep outside, but it still worried him about how he would fare sleeping all alone. As he rolled to his back staring up at the ceiling, he continued to think about Spot which made him let out a sigh.

"Oh man, I know I shouldn't be... but... I can't help but be worried about the guy," he said to himself.

Then he heard. It was the sound of a familiar wail. The moment he heard it, he knew exactly what was the cause of it. He tried to ignore it, but the sound ate and ate away at him until he couldn't take it anymore. He got out of bed and swam out of the room heading down the halls trying to be as quiet as he could. As he swam around the corner, he slowly peeped out making sure that no one saw him. He was just about to swim on, when he saw a certain a crab swimming just ahead of him. Garret was surprised, but also very amused to see him.

"Guess I'm not the only one," Garret said to himself. "Looks like Crabby's worried too."

He then was about to catch up with Sebastian when he bumped into someone causing him to jump. Garret soon found that it was Ariel along with Flounder that he bumped into.

"Garret, it's you!" gasped Ariel. "What are you doing here?"

"The same reason as you and Flounder, Ariel," said Garret. "And it seems we're not the only ones that are worried."

"What do you mean?" asked Flounder.

"Take a look," smiled Garret as he pointed ahead.

Ariel and Flounder looked and they saw Sebastian swimming ahead of them.

"Is that Sebastian over there?" asked Flounder with surprise.

"Who else would it be?" chuckled Ariel.

Sebastian swam outside looking around wanting to make sure that no one saw him, especially Ariel and the others. If he got caught, there was no doubt that Ariel and the others would never let him live it down. Then he felt a tap on his shoulder. He immediately let out a high pitched shriek and immediately turned around and to his horror, there were Ariel, Flounder, and Garret all wearing amused expressions.

"Ariel! Flounder! Garret! F-fancy seeing you kids here," he said smiling nervously.

"And what are you doing here, Sebastian?" asked Ariel teasingly.

Sebastian stammered. "Well... uh... I was... just going out for a midnight stroll," he said. "Yeah! I was having trouble falling asleep and I figured I would go for a midnight stroll."

"Yeah, you really expect us to believe that, Crabby?" Garret asked smugly. "Admit it, you're worried about Spot."

"No I'm not!" insisted Sebastian. "And stop calling me dat boy!"

Ariel giggled. "Well alright then," said Ariel. "You can go on your midnight stroll while Flounder, Garret, and I go sleep with Spot."

"What?! You can't do dat!" said Sebastian indignantly.

"Why not? We're just going to sleep with Spot," said Garret smirking. "You said Spot had to sleep outside, but you didn't say anything about us sleeping outside."

"But-" protested Sebastian.

But Ariel, Garret, and Flounder had already swam out of the palace heading outside. Sebastian was about to call to them to stop, but he remembered that everyone was asleep.

"Oh brother. Why do I have to do deal with all these crazy kids?" he sighed as he followed the three.

Outside of the city, Spot was all alone trying his best to fall asleep, but he couldn't. He missed his mother Ariel, his two brothers Garret and Flounder, and even his Uncle Sebastian. But he knew that his Uncle Sebastian wanted him to stay outside because he was no longer allowed to sleep in the palace. All he could do was try to endure until the next time he saw them. He sadly went sleep.

Unknown to him, Ariel, Garret, Flounder, and Sebastian all snuck up beside him and snuggled up with him. Ariel and Garret slept on Spot like his was a pillow while Flounder and Sebastian slept under each one of his large fins. Soon enough, the happy family was fast asleep. However, unknown to them at the time, the shark that Spot previously encountered before was sneaking around in the darkness. This time, it had two companions. They may have had no luck, so far but they would find prey very soon. It was only a matter of time.