I somehow finally managed to learn how to walk on my legs and I was actually getting the hang of it, although I still sort of wobbled every now and then.

"Ariel thank goodness, we've been looking everywhere for you. I- whoa Ariel?" Flounder's voice said behind me I turned around and smiled at him and gestured to my legs.

"You have legs. You're a human now" he said still amazed. I nodded my head excitedly with this huge smile on my face.

"We have to get you back home. Your father can fix this" he tried to persuade me as he turned around. I stayed put. Seriously my best friend wasn't going to be happy for me.

"Come on lets go" he urged me on. He turned around and looked at me all sad.
"So I'll never get to see you again?" he asked. I leaned down and looked at him. I was about to open my mouth to talk but then forgot that I couldn't speak. I just shook my head at him for an answer.

"Are you going to be human forever?" he asked. I held three fingers up.

"THREE YEARS!" he somehow managed to guess. I nodded.
"Maybe I can follow you around. You don't want to be alone now do you Ariel?" he asked. I seriously didn't know how to communicate with him. I tried mouthing words to him.

"You don't have to do that" I mouthed.
"I want to you're my best friend"

"Awww thank you"
"Why aren't you talking?" I let out a sigh before saying.

"I sold my voice to a witch, for my legs" I explained.

"Oh" he just said. I shrugged.
"So what are you going to do now?" he asked.
"You are going straight back home that's what you are doing?" Sebastian interputed me. Flounder and I looked up to the see the little red crab. I rolled my eyes at him in an annoyed manner.
"Look at you. YOU HAVE LEGS! I am going straight to your father little miss" he snapped. I looked at him and jutted my lower lip out trying to look as sad as I could.
"Do not give me that look. I will not fall for it" he looked away from me. I ran up to him and got close to his face.
"Or I guess I could follow you around to make sure you don't get into trouble and not tell him for the time being" he sighed. I smiled at the crab.
"So what are you going to do now?" Flounder asked again. I held my hand up and pointed a finger and then curved it, with a small smile on my face.

"Come on just take one sip" Ruby tried to tempt as she held her martini out towards me.

"No thanks I'm good next year though I'll have one with you" I wrote for her. For some reason Mary Margaret had invited me out for a Girl's Night Out with her Emma and Ruby and I had decided to be the designated driver for the night when they decided to stop by the Poisoned Apple for a drink. It was actually quite nice of her since she was the only other teacher I was friends with at the school besides Finn.
"Awwwww that's cute. You are actually obeying the law" Emma smiled at me.
"Isn't it illegal? Didn't you all wait?" I asked. They all burst out laughing. I couldn't help it, I was a goody good and besides if I came home drunk my mom would kill me.

"Alright I will get you, your first drink Andi. I'm initiating you, after this night you will be a full grown woman" Ruby said as she raised her hand and ordered me something. Oh crap what did I just get myself into. The waiter set down this red drink in front of with a little apple slice on a tooth pick sticking out.
"How cute" I mouthed.
"It's the signature drink" Mary Margret smiled at me.
"Guys I can't do this remember I'm driving you home" I wrote for them.
"Oh what does that matter you are aloud to have fun" Emma tried to persuade me.
"Drink it, drink it" Ruby chanted. I looked at it and then picked it up and took a big sip and quickly back washed it. Yeah it tasted like apples but that was about one percent of it the rest just burned my throat and tasted disgusting.

"I'll just stick to water" I wrote.

"That's fine, first time's always the worst anyways" Mary Margaret understood.

"Andi?" Someone said behind me. I turned around and saw Finn. I waved to him.
"What are you doing here?" I signed.
"I came to pick up my roommate Eugene, his girlfriend Rachel told me to drive them home" he explained. I just nodded.
"Hey are you doing anything later?" he asked. I nudged my head towards the other women that were with me. Finn suddenly noticed their presence and waved. They all waved back at him with sly smiles on their faces.
"Oh alright then" he nodded walking off with his shoulders slumped a bit.
"Wait, Finn!" Emma caught his attention. Finn turned around.

"We can survive without her, she's all yours" she said. I turned towards the girls.

"Go on, he's obviously asking you out" Ruby stated.
"What?" I mouthed.

"That boy has been smitten for you as long as I've known you two" Mary Margaret told me.
I gave her a look that clearly said No he hasn't.

"Yeah he has" they all somehow managed to say to me in unison.

"Go on" Emma urged me. I let out a sigh as I got up and went over to Finn as he threw his arm around my shoulder.

I was lucky to find out that the beach I had been at earlier was actually not that far from the docks, walking distance wise. It was much easier walking now on the cobbled streets instead of the squishy sand. I was also lucky I had found some shoes just lying around...alright I might've stolen them but it's not like they were going to be used again. They had a hole at the toe of the shoe. I had promised to meet Flounder and Sebastian at the docks and that I would get there as quickly as possible but it was just so hard to run past all of these amazing things that I was finally being able to see. Even when I was walking down one of the streets a little girl waved and smiled at me.

When I finally made it to the docks I saw the ship that the hooked man was the captain of. All of the crew members seemed to be moving around it quickly and then I saw the sails go down. It was about to leave the dock.

"Hang on this man you're going after is a pirate?" Sebastian asked as he saw me running for the ship. I looked down into the water and nodded.
"This is going to far child" he said when I stopped at the end of the dock to see the ship was starting to move. I saw the hooked man's back facing towards me. I opened my mouth to shout something and again forgot about the no voice problem.

"Oh well looks like he's gone to bad then Ariel" Flounder said not so enthusiastically. I let out a sigh and started to take off one of my shoes. I focused on my target and threw it at hooked man's back where it landed straight on. He turned around looking slightly frustrated but then saw me and smiled.
"You showed up quite a bit late" he said. I nodded.
"We can't stop" he shouted. The boat was about several feet away now. I held up a finger and then took a couple steps back. I was getting on that ship no matter what. I wanted to see the world with my new pair of legs and that was going to happen no matter what.
"Ariel what are you doing?" Flounder asked. I could do this I mean I had just mastered walking so jumping couldn't be that hard it was just bending the legs then pushing up and in this case leaning forward. I took a couple breathes and then ran for it and jumped when I reached the end. I saw the railing of the ship and then my hand slipped and I started to fall.

Of course that would happen I snapped in my head. I waited to land in the water but somebody grabbed onto my. I looked up and saw hooked man leaning back as he tried to pull me up, seeing as he only had one good arm to use. I swung my other arm up and helped him pull me onto the ship.

"Well then someone's determined to get what they want" he said trying to catch his breath. I nodded at him.
"So I don't believe we have officially introduced ourselves to each other. Killian, Killian Jones" he introduced himself as he offered his hand to me. I shook it and then held up a finger again. I looked at his belt and grabbed a dagger that was attached to it. I gave him a look asking him if I could use it for a moment. He looked confused but nodded. I dug the dagger into the railing as I carved out my name, once I was finished I turned towards him and pointed to it.
"Ariel" he read. I nodded.
"That's a nice name" he contemplated. I signed thank you as I handed him back his dagger.
"Oh by the way I believe this is your shoe that you threw at me?" he asked as he picked up my shoe. I nodded. He leaned down and slid the shoe onto my foot.
"Next time you want to get my attention I would suggest shouting" he said.

Oh yes I'm sure that'll be very easy I thought.

I concentrated for a moment and then swung my arm as I threw the bowling ball down the lane and got a strike. I turned towards Finn with a huge smile on my face. After we had dropped off his roommate we decided to go to the local bowling alley and we were the only two there, making our night very entertaining.

"So when you said you were bad at bowling you were actually..."
"Lying" I finished for him.
"You cheater" he laughed. I stuck my tongue out at him playfully. We played a couple more rounds of bowling and then finished up for the night. As we walked home I noticed him walk closer to me as his hand slid into mine and our fingers intertwined. I didn't really care because it wasn't like we hadn't held hands before but for some reason Finn just kept looking at me. Did he want me to react to this?

"So this was fun" Finn said as we reached the gate outside my house. I nodded.

"We should do it again sometime soon" I nodded again. Why did he seem so nervous? When I looked up at him to give him a hug, he cupped my face in his hands and leaned down to my height to lightly kiss me. He immediately pulled away when he noticed that I didn't react. I didn't know what to do so I did the only thing I could think of. I opened up the gate and ran inside the house leaving him out there alone.

I stood at the front of the ship looking at the sky as my first day of being a human ended. It was so beautiful out here. I had never really seen stars before. They lit up the whole sky making the water look dark and mysterious and beautiful. I heard footsteps behind me and felt someone behind me as there chest pressed into my back. The person placed there arms beside mine and one hand was a hook. I smiled to myself as I knew who it was and felt all of this heat rush to my face for some reason.
"So you really want to travel with me then?" he asked. I nodded my head.
"What happened to your voice?" he asked. I turned towards him only to notice how close to me he really was as my nose ran into his chest. He backed up as he noticed the awkwardness between us. I looked at him and tried to explain to him that I had lost my voice by opening my mouth and catching something in my hand and then throwing it. He laughed at the display which made me chuckle a bit.

"You lost your voice?" he guessed. I nodded.
"Now then if your going to travel with me we have to establish some rules" I crossed my arms and nodded.

"Rule one, no wandering off unless you are done traveling with me and wish to never come back on this ship. Rule two, you have to work to earn your place here but I'll make sure not to work you to hard, you are my guest so I'll make sure you don't get mistreated" he promised. I nodded. That was it? Two rules? I could do that. That was way less than the ones I had to obey back home.

"Alright then" he nodded back. I gave him a short a salute as I headed off to my assigned sleeping quarters.
"Hang on a moment" he stopped me. I turned around right as the moonlight landed on the ship making me look paler then ever.

"Has anyone ever told you, you look like a mermaid?" he asked. If I had a voice I would have laughed very hard right there on the spot, but instead I just gave a big smile before leaving.

Hope you enjoyed it please review if you did. And if any of you guys have ideas or suggestions on what should happen next feel free to tell me i won't mind. anyways have a good day :D