Meanwhile, from the dark streets of a far away city, Erica was waking up for the moment and noticed that her head was covered in a potato sack. She tried to get up, thinking that this was all a dream, however, when she stood, something held her feet, body, and arms. Erica struggled to get out, but there was no sign of her getting out.

"Is anyone out there?" she called out.

"She's finally awake." a deep voice replied.

"Who's there?"

"No need for fear, dear Erica, your knight will soon appear." another voice replied.

"What do you want from me?"

"Not from you, apparently," the deep voice stated.

"What?"

"We are in need of something worth our while." the other voice replied.

"Why would you want items?"

"There are things better left unsaid."

"We wouldn't expect a rich spoiled girl to know." the deep voice stated.

"What do you mean?"

As the bag started to be removed from her, she looked and noticed that the man and woman looked strangely familiar to her. The woman looked exactly like Aqua, but more seductive and more deadly to be around with. The man had the same similarities as the warlock, but more evil and scarier than she had ever encountered before.

"Where is he?"

"He?"

"You know who I mean."

"I...I don't know who-"

At that moment, she noticed a photo on his hand. It was Aqua as a merman.

"Where did you get that?" she asked him.

"It wasn't easy for him to find a human, was it?"

"Do...do you know-"

"As I said, there are things better left unsaid."

"Why...why him?"

"He has something that I need. A power that was long gone for many years ago."

"Power?"

A slap was placed on Erica's face.

"Silence, you!" the woman stated.

"Ann Marie." the man stated.

She turned around and glanced at the man. He was placing the photo back on the chart.

"No need to harm her."

"Why?"

"If a single harm comes to her, Aqua will not be pleased."

"Very well."

She started to walk away, leaving Erica on great peril.

"We'll give you time to think about it."

"Think of what?"

"Where he is, of course. If you can tell me where he is, I assure you that no harm shall come to your child."

That surely took Erica off the charts.

"If any harm comes to my daughter in any way possible, I promise you that I'll-"

"You'll what? Use your power from within?"

She stopped for a moment. How did he knew all the secrets that only Aqua, Fowler, Oceana, and her knew about?

"All your information you know was from this book, right here."

She glanced and noticed that it was the exact book she had written on her adventures. Though he must've had all the trouble of getting his hands on her, this was something she never was prepared for.

"You have until the third sunset to tell me where he is. Otherwise, time calls for desperate measures."

Then, the two left the room, leaving Erica in despair.

"Aqua..." she stated tearfully. "Where are you?"

In an instant, from a few miles away, Aqua could hear her cry.

"Erica?"

"What's wrong?" Fowler asked.

"Nothing. It's just...I thought I heard her voice."
"Told you. She hasn't forgot."

"I know. It's just..."

Before he had a chance to explain, he started to hear something. Aqua then tried to follow the direction of the sound.

"What is it, Aqua?" Fowler asked.

Aqua then looked around and noticed that the sound seemed familiar. It was Oceana. As quick as he could, he followed the sound towards the deeper part of the ocean.

"Aqua, get back here! We need to meet up with Evangeline."

As hard as he could, Aqua still followed the sound until he came across Oceana.

"Oceana?"

"Aqua..."

"What are you doing here?"

"It seemed like the time for me has moved on. Do not fear. A new whale has taken my place."

"No...we need to find out what happened to Erica...I think she's in trouble..."

"I know...however, I cannot help you now. You need to save her."

"But how? I don't know where she is."
"Use this."

She handed him an empty bottle. Not knowing what it meant, she explained a bit further of what it does.

"This bottle...contains magic...beyond imagination...use it for...your heart's...content."

"Oceana..."

She started to swim south.

"Wait. Where will you go?"

"To sanctuary, where my family will meet me. So long."

She swam away ever so slowly as he stood there. He then glanced at the empty bottle she levitated and sigh.

"Use it for my heart's content, huh? If this bottle were real, would it give me the opportunity to be human?"

Just at that moment, the bottle glowed ever so slightly as he started to form as well. Fowler noticed him changing and quickly swam towards him.

"Prince Aqua! What's going on?"
"I don't know!"

The light grew so slightly as both Fowler and Aqua started to form completely. The light then dimmed and the ocean remained quiet. Evangeline, meanwhile, was walking towards the docks to find a few fishermen who could lead her to a boat. As she finally came close to the sand, Evangeline sat down in defeat.

"It's hopeless." she complained. "Not only can I be able to see any men to help me, I can't be able to find a way to find my mother."

Before she could cry, she started to hear something: a groan. Was it the man she met before? With her stick, she guided her way towards the noise and felt a touch of a human face.

"Excuse me, are you okay?"

Eyes were open as the human started to arise.

"What in the name of Poseidon just happened?" a voice replied.

"Are you alright, sir?" Evangeline asked.

The human turned around and noticed a little girl. He backed away quickly.

"Human! What are you doing here?"

"You were barely breathing, lying down in the sand."

The human, who actually was Fowler the dolphin, didn't believer her for one second and started to squirm towards the water. As hard as he could squirm, he didn't move very far.

"What? Why can't I-"

As he looked, his body was all human-like that he started to feel a bit frightened.

"Are you alright, sir?"

"What...where...how...wait. Aqua!"

"Wait. You know Aqua? Where is he?"

"I don't know, but if I don't...wait a minute. How can I trust you?"

"What do you mean?"

"You could be fooling me, but I won't fall for it."

"Fine then. I'll go find him myself. Excuse me."

She used her stick to find him from a distance. Fowler noticed that she was trying to use a stick as her eyes as if she was blind or something. Though he didn't want to jump into conclusions, Fowler tried to follow her footsteps since he was full grown human. As he started to get up, Fowler kept falling down.

"This is harder than I thought."

"I believe you don't need help, do you?" Evangeline asked.

"No, I'm fine. I'm just...warming up."

"Sure."

She continued walking as Fowler was standing on his two feet. As he started to walk slowly, a few miles away, Aqua laid restlessly in the shallow area. He just got up from the water when he noticed legs.

"What? Could it be?"

Thinking that he was dreaming, he raised his right leg to move his foot. In response, the right leg obeyed his command.

"So, this is what human legs look like."

"Isn't that a beauty?" a voice called out from a distance.

As Aqua looked above, he noticed Shack, the leader of the seagulls.

"It's been a long time, hasn't it, prince-y?"

"Well, I'm no longer a prince. I'm now a king of the sea."

"Really? That's amazing!"

"Yeah, but now, I need to get up and go towards..."

As he rose up from his seat, it started to become hard for Aqua to stand on two legs when he was use to his fins. When he stood up again, he started to force one leg towards him and see if it started to work.

"This body is harder than I had ever imagined."
"Well, you'll get use to it, king-y!"

"I do not need help!" stated a voice which caught Aqua's attention.

"Well, if you do not need help, then you should be able to get access to move." another replied.

"Evangeline..." Aqua thought. "...and Fowler!"

He quickly walked towards the sound, but fell down due to a log that came between him and his sail clothing. He groaned in pain as he felt a stick touch him.

"Ouch! Germaine! It's me."

"Aqua? I thought you stated that you couldn't come."

"I guess I was able to find a way to do so."

"Well, are you able to help me find my mother then?"

"I know that I mentioned about meeting someone about this matter, but if we go to your home first and find some clues, it will lead you directly towards your mother."

"Oh. Of course."

She turned aside and walked towards her home. Before Fowler's mouth opened with complaint, it was covered from Aqua's hand as he glanced towards Evangeline. Aqua sighed and glared at Fowler.

"Sorry I didn't state your name, Fowler, but if I said something to Ms. Germaine here, I-"

"Wait a minute." Fowler interrupted. "Let me get this straight: that human we were talking to is none other than Erica's daughter."

"Yes."

"Wow. She's nothing like her mother."
"Not the point."

"Fine, but how are we going to get back to normal? I miss being a dolphin."

"I know this seems scary. The bottle that Oceana provided is the only way for us to return to normal. Please continue what we are and don't mention my royalty to her."

"Why not? I mean, you are royal after all."
"I know, but...if any human known that I came from a different world, then our people will be in great danger."
"Fair enough."

As they started to walk slowly towards Evangeline, Aqua held on to the bottle and tied it carefully by his sash. He was close of finding clues to his friend's peril.