(No P.O.V.)
When they woke up at dawn on the surface, they were met by the grinning warlock, Urs, and his dogs at his side. Urs was calmly furious as he did some magic, lifting up Eric, who was helpless as he couldn't get out of the grip, being a merman. Urs snarled, ranting about the Trident, and the deal Eric made with him, suddenly thrusting his hand into Eric's chest which pained him greatly, pulling out the fleshly beating heart, and Eric widened his eyes, exclaiming that he couldn't feel anything, panting heavily once Urs changed him back to human only a moment later, binding him to a boulder.
Ariel was horrified, and screamed that she would trade something valuable to make Eric whole again, and Urs actually looked at her, narrowed his eyes, asked her if she would sacrifice that for Eric, and Ariel affirmed it, by vowing upon her father's crown. Urs exhaled softly, slyly smirked, asking for her voice and tail. Ariel realized that she would be human as she dreamed of being, yet she realized that she wouldn't speak or sing anymore, knowing how Eric loved to hear her laugh and her wonderful songs.
Ariel knew she would do anything to save Eric as she loves him, especially a deal with a warlock. She told him that it's a deal, and Urs cackled, conjuring a contract for her to sign, and Ariel signed it, and almost immediately, Ariel was ordered to sing, and she sang Eric's song reverently, and her voice was taken, and Urs gave her a potion which was both the cure for her illness and the spell to make her human, and Ariel drank it.
Urs put Eric's heart back into his chest as Ariel voicelessly screamed from the pain of the transformation, and Urs's magic took Ariel's tail and voice into him, changing him into a very copy of Ariel, from the hair to the fins, yet he changed it back to the green sheen that Ariel had before the bond, not wanting anything to make the Queen suspicious of him.
The Warlock dives into the ocean with a evil laugh as he then transformed his pets into the familiar eels that Eric and Ariel met underwater. Now he has everything: beauty, youth, treasures, and power for his plan is to appear as Ariel, accept the marriage to the prince, and after the marriage by then, Queen Athena shall die in a very tragic accident as well as the groom.
Queen Athena likes the sudden change of her daughter's mind, and so, she prepares the marriage - though Ariel's sisters, and Sebastian and Flounder suspect something, knowing that Ariel wouldn't be this obedient to her mother, for she loves Eric too much.
Meanwhile, Eric is human again just like his loved one, yet he is devastated to see that Ariel sacrificed her voice and tail just to save him yet he's relieved that Urs didn't kill him or Ariel, but they both realize that they are to stay on the surface, never to return back to Atlantica for they are permanently human, and saw that Urs is desperately determined to have the Trident in his hands, for he's maddeningly evil. Is there any hope left?..