Ariel's POV
I couldn't believe how my father had reacted. And I attempted to make that clear but he didn't seem all that interested. He just shrugged my complaints off and argued each time i tried to prove Eric wasn't like the others.
He continued to ignore me till we arrived back at the palace. That's when he really let everything out. "My daughter, talking with that, that, that Creature. How could this have happened?" He then turned to me. "What else happened?"
I was about to answer when my stomach did a complete back flip. I swam past him, as fast as i could to my bedroom. I couldn't hold it in and reached for the waste basket near me. Flounder came bursting in, shouting something but had stopped half way as he found me.
"Areil! Are you okay?" I picked my head up and wiped my mouth.
"I don't know," I sat back and sighed. "What's up?"
"It's about that human, Evan or Edward.."
"You mean Eric," my heart jumped at his name.
"Yeah thats it. I just swam by him. He's rowing this way int hat small ship."
"Is he really," I sparng from my floor and swam as fast i could out my door. I was stopped, however, by Sebastian and most of the Royal Guards.
"Sorry Princess, but you aren't going anywhere."
"And why not?"
"You're father has instructed us not to."
"But what about Er-" I stopped in midsentence as i reliezed that it was a bad idea to bring up Eric. "But what about the erchin fields?"
"The what?"
"I promised to help with the erchin fields when i got back." Sebastian glanced up at the guards, who looked down at him. They all the same look on there faces.
"I suppose you can go as long as there is some sort of protection near by."
I swam as fast i could between the guards while Sebastian began to have second thoughts about allowing me an ounce of freedom. I could hear him yelling from below and Flounder attempting to follow me. I made it to the outer reef and snatched Flounders fin, pulling him into a cave that was tucked nicely in the side of the cliff. I clapped my hand over his mouth and forced my breathing to settle as i heard the gaurds swim past us.
Once I was sure they were far enough away I took a deep breath and relaxed. Flounder looked at me with wiide eyes. "What are you doing," he managed to accent each word.
"I'm not sticking around here if all I'm going to do is be treated like a clueless child. At least up there I was treated the way I should've been."
"But Ariel you can't go up there! How will you not be noticed? You have a tail!"
"Thank you Flounder for reminding me of the obvious," I sighed once more and looked up at the passing shadow. It was shapped like the small row boat Eric was in. I smiled and looked to Flounder. "Wish me luck."
I took off for the surface before he tried to talk me out of it. I reached the boat and cautiously looked over the edge to be sure it was Eric. His smooth, black hair and piercing blue eyes proved that it was him. I gripped the edge of the small boat and hoisted myself into it.
Eric seemed to jump but his worried look turned to happiness as soon as he realized it was me. I smiled back at him and wrapped him in a hug.
I promise next time it will be ALL Erics POV... Leave some love?