First royal trip

Just one of my own :). I know OUAT's version was different, but for ease of writing, we're sticking to Disney's version of the little mermaid for this haha.

"No, nope. I really don't like this Snow." Charming groaned, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly as he tried to keep a calm composure. King Triton had just transformed Emma into a mermaid for her trip to Atlantica for royal relations. Emma hadn't long turned eighteen, she had been working with her parents for around year now, building up her diplomatic skills and knowledge on the different issues that needed discussed. She had been begging her parents to give her a kingdom to be in charge of dealing with relations. Emma only ruled out Ella and Thomas' kingdom, as she felt that would be too easy and cheating on her parents' part since Ella and Thomas were like family to her. Since Emma said no to their first choice, Snow and Charming decided the second best would be working with Atlantica. The two kingdoms had excellent relations, and due to the species difference, King Triton always came to them so there would be no long distance travel involved. So Snow and Charming made Emma in charge of dealing with Atlantica. Of course, it was a couple of days after that when the people of Atlantica decided that it was unfair they were always left without their king for a couple of days for the meetings. That's when King Triton requested that Emma be transformed into a mermaid for a couple of days to be able to conduct the meetings in his palace. Emma of course jumped at the chance. Who wouldn't love to be a mermaid for a couple of days?! Snow and Charming reluctantly agreed, a little frustrated that their plan had backfired. Emma was still so young, it was only natural they still worried about her. It didn't help when Emma joked that if she was assassinated she had four little replacements in her siblings. Still, the parents softened towards the idea. Emma might be young, but she was responsible and had learned a lot in her year of shadowing them. That was all until the day came and Charming realised with dread that Emma transforming into a mermaid meant Emma dressing like a mermaid. That bit he wasn't so keen on.

"Charming, relax." Snow told him. "All mermaids dress like that. It's not like Emma's going to stick out."

"We could get her a vest from her room to wear? It could be enchanted not to get wet?" Charming suggested. Snow sighed.

"You know as well as I do only children wear vests in Atlantica. Emma will not be taken seriously. Plus, Triton will probably be offended that we assume all the men in his court will be eyeing up our daughter. She's fine."

"I'm not though." Charming pouted. "Can't we have a change of plans. Can't we go? I don't mind seeing you dressed like that." Charming pointed out. Snow rolled her eyes playfully.

"I can dress like that for you when we get home, right after we see our daughter off." Snow told him. Charming's pout grew. "Come on, the people of Atlantic are right. We can't expect them to continually do things our way when we never embrace their culture and way of life. It's our turn. Emma will be fine. She's smart and she's strong. We done a good job with her." Snow said, resting her head against Charming's shoulder as they stayed back and allowed Triton to teach Emma the basics of swimming with a tail. Charming knew deep down that she'd be fine, it was just hard letting her go.