Epilogue

Gabriella smiled as she swam to Urchin's home. She took a deep breath as she got closer to the cave. Ollie was spending Christmas with his family today so she and Urchin were going to be alone. She closed her eyes as she lifted her hand to knock.

Urchin punched his sponge pillow. He let out a low moan. He was so mad! He had tried to go to the Cave of Magic, but it refused to turn him into a sea hunter because there was not a full moon. What was a full moon anyway? How was he supposed to get Gabriella's gift if he could not do it by…. Of course why had he not thought of that before?

A loud knock interrupted his thoughts. His eyes widened. Gabriella was here and he still had to make sure he was going to be able to give her the gift he wanted to give her. He grabbed a squid pen and started to write on a scroll that King Triton had given him. He was going to have to move quickly! He took a deep breath and opened the door.

Gabriella smiled once the door opened. She swam inside Urchin's home. A confused look came across her face. Urchin was not here. She began to look around his small house. Where was he?

Urchin quickly swam out of his house. Thank goodness Gabriella had left his door open or he never would have escaped. He had stayed behind the door, then when the pink tailed mermaid had swam further in his house he quickly swam out. He was going to have to get the palace quickly. He just hoped King Triton would do it.

Gabriella looked at the letter she had found. It was from Urchin. It said for her to stay at his house because he had to go to the market because he had left something there. The black haired mermaid sighed and sat on the floor. She sighed. She hated waiting.

"Your Majesty!" Urchin yelled as he swam through the palace.

King Triton smiled as he heard the voice of the blond haired merman. He sat up straighter on his throne. "I'm in here," the king said.

The young merman panted. He had not swum that fast in a long time. He coughed and took some deep breaths. "Your Majesty, there is something I need to ask you…"

Gabriella swam from one end of Urchin's house to the other. She hoped her friend would get back soon. She was getting bored.

Urchin smiled as he went into his house. He had Gabriella's gift in his hand. He could not wait for her to open it! "Hey," he signed.

"Hey," she signed back.

"I am sorry it took so long."

"It is okay." She handed him his gift.

Urchin opened the gift and grinned. It was a glow shell. He now had a way to see at night without swimming into something. "This is for you," he signed.

Gabriella took her present and opened it. A confused, hurt look came across her face. There nothing in it. She dumped the box upside down, and gold dust came out of it. She coughed then sneezed.

"Do you like your gift?" Urchin asked without signing.

The black haired mermaid's green eyes widened. She could hear! She hugged him.

"Try to talk," he whispered.

Slowly Gabriella started to move her lips. "T-th-tha-thank you!" she exclaimed. She gave him a hug. "This is the best Christmas ever!"

"It isn't yet," Urchin said.

"What do yo-"

Her sentence was interrupted because Urchin kissed her. She closed her eyes and deepened the kiss.

When they broke apart, the green tailed merman smiled at her. "I love you," he whispered then he kissed her again.

"So two years later, we got married then a year and a half later we had Ryan," Gabriella said concluding the story.

Ariel and Eric smiled. "That is s-" Ariel began.

A knock on the door interrupted her sentence. Ryan opened the door. "Hey guys come on in," he said.

"Thanks, Ryan," Flounder (with his family), Sebastian, and Ollie said at the same time.

They each swam inside the house.

"Hey look what I brought!" Sebastian exclaimed. In his claw he had mistletoe. He held it over Melody and Ryan. The two merteenagers looked at each other and blushed. Ryan gave Melody a quick kiss then backed up.

"Do you think they will get married when they get older?" Eric whispered to the adults.

The merfolks shrugged. Who knew what the future hold?

Well I hope you all enjoyed the story. Oh, in the last chapter, I said Urchin was supposed to turn into a sea sorcerer. I was wrong it was a sea hunter so I fixed that in this chapter.

Merry Christmas everyone but let's not forget the true meaning of Christmas. Giving and receiving gifts is great, but remember folks the true meaning of Christmas is the birth of Jesus. Have a great Christmas everyone!