Right, let's keep going. Thanks for all your reviews and suggestions, SilverWriter0927, Gage the Hedgehog, Bloodylilcorpse, Heather, and guest reviewers. So far, I have three more ideas you've helped me with – Mulan Gwent-style, Frozen (although I'd rather make the Sisters Anna and Elsa and have "Kristoff" end up with the other sister), and Princess and the Frog Aleheather-style (although will definitely need help with deciding villains, sidekicks, etc...Lindsay would definitely be Charlotte, though).

The girls weren't completely alone. Alejandro seemed to have started trying to pick one of the girls. Sierra, Gwen and Eva were all glaring at him, but Izzy was staring into space, Dakota was watching him, and Heather was trying not to look interested, but he was focusing mainly on her and it was hard for her not to.

Bridgette went into the room unnoticed, and, like most of her sisters, watched as Heather carefully kept her composure.

"Yeah, I got the impression that Mom thinks you're perfect and you get to choose who you want," the dark-haired mermaid said impatiently, "But you've been in this room for five minutes and you've already managed to turn three girls against you just by flirting with them. You think me or Dakota would be any different? Why?"

"Every girl is different." Alejandro told her in a soft tone. "Besides, you're far more mature than they are. You can see that it's inevitable that I will be with one of you. But I know that I should treat whoever I choose like the princess they are. Why not you, Heather?"

Heather flicked her dark red tail, similarly coloured to his own. "Get lost. Leave me alone!"

When Alejandro complied and left the room, the girls immediately noticed their youngest sister at the back, staring at the ground.

"Bridgette, you moron!" Heather snapped. "How could you make such a dumb decision? Do you realize what Mom's going to turn this kingdom into?"

"What happened, to make you do something so stupid?" Dakota added, her voice not as harsh, but still angry. "You're usually more level-headed than this!"

Eva said nothing, but Izzy spoke up. "Bridgette, you know, you are so lucky that I couldn't get a license to kill. You'd be my first victim!"

Gwen's dark eyes were more disappointed than anything, and her voice was quiet. "Mom's had the idea to turn herself into a giant and declare herself queen tomorrow, stirring up a storm. And she's going to stay like that until everyone in the kingdom bows to her. It makes me feel sick – I don't like her any more than anyone else."

Surprisingly, it was Sierra who rushed to Bridgette's defence. "Leave her alone, guys!" she said. "Don't worry about them, Bridge. I get why you did it. True love is love – you have to follow your heart. It'll work out one day, you'll see."

But Bridgette didn't see things that way. "Thanks, Sierra, but the others are right. It was stupid of me to make that deal. We have to stop her."

"And how do you expect to do that?" Heather said, still looking irritated. "She's got the trident. She's got minions. She's going to create a storm tomorrow!"

"And that's when we have to strike." The girls jumped at the new voice. Courtney glided into their room. "No one can see that well in a storm. We can use that. Attack her while she can't see us properly."

Bridgette's green eyes lit up. "It'll be like the hurricane where I rescued Geoff, won't it?" she said. "What if we enlisted his help by getting him to impale her with a ship?"

This bloodthirsty idea made Izzy smile. "Awesome! What if we put dynamite on the ship? Explosivo might have some. BOOM-BOOM!"

Everyone ignored Izzy's outburst (they all knew about her imaginary friend Explosivo and her love for blowing things up), except for Dakota, who grimaced. She quickly asked "Do we have to kill her? I mean, she's our mom!"

"She scammed hundreds of people and turned them into polyps." Courtney said sharply. "It's either her or them. That includes Chris. Who would you rather have? Your mom, or your dad?"

The seven girls all knew that Courtney was right. They all nodded, before the brunette spoke again. "I have to go before I get caught speaking to you all. Bridgette, don't leave this room – you'll be in major danger if Blaineley knows you've left. I'll tell Geoff the plan. Gwen, you come with me. If I can't get to him tomorrow, you'll have to do it, and Blaineley won't suspect you. Oh, and Izzy, no explosions."

The pale mermaid with the midnight-blue fins rolled her eyes, but followed Courtney out of the room. Meanwhile, Izzy blew bubbles and flicked her electric-green fins, but didn't say a word.

Courtney only just managed to get Gwen introduced to Geoff, but they only had a minute to let him know of the plan. "One of us will let you know with further plans." she said. "Stay away from the ocean until tomorrow, though. It's not safe for anyone to be out while Blaineley's in power." She paused and added "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Of course I do!" Geoff said without a second thought. "Even if I hadn't fallen hard for Bridge, I don't want the ocean to be unsafe for us humans and you guys! The sea's a major part of my life – I don't wanna lose it."

While they were speaking, Gwen was watching Geoff with narrowed eyes. She'd dated a couple of times (in fact, she was the one who ended up dating Courtney's ex), and neither time had it worked out. She wanted to be sure that her youngest sister wasn't going to get hurt, because she could tell how deep Bridgette's feelings went when she was told about the deal. But this last statement, said with such conviction, made her feel better about it. If Geoff showed up the next day, risking his life, she'd know that he was likely to stay true to everything, including the girl he fell for.

Courtney gave him a few more instructions, telling him exactly how to impale the giant they knew Blaineley would become. "Just...now you've said you will, you HAVE to show up tomorrow." she said firmly. "If you don't, we're all screwed."

"I swear." Geoff said firmly.

"Good." Courtney said. She turned to her stepdaughter. "Gwen, go back now." she ordered. "I have a suspicion that you seven are going to be locked in your room for the night. You don't want to be caught hanging around outside. And I better get back down there."

Courtney was right. Half an hour after Gwen got back, the room was locked, but none of the girls had thought about leaving it. They were all too depressed. Well, Izzy had talked about leaving (possibly to find explosives) but the other girls had stopped her.

Now, all they could do was wait. Gwen told them what they'd planned, so far, but whether it would work was yet to be seen. And, although the seven mermaid princesses wouldn't admit it to themselves, they all knew that there was a good chance of it backfiring.

Be fair – there was a lot of luck on their side in the movie. I can think of a million ways it could've gone wrong.