A/N- I'M SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A WHILE! I HAD A LOT OF SCHOOL WORK. I WILL TRY TO UPDATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE NEXT TIME. ENJOY CHAPTER 2.

Stephanie's POV

I snuck out of the palace and went towards the wall. I met Melody there.

"Come on, Aunt Stephanie! Mom and dad are going to see us." I rolled my eyes. I got out of my clothes so I had my swimsuit on.

"Melody why don't you ever wear your swimsuit?" I asked as I wiggled the bar that was loose so we could get to the ocean. She swam out and dove underwater. We saw the Cindy was already there. I smiled and dove underwater.

"Mermaids don't wear swimsuits." Cindy fell off the rock she was sunbathing on. "So I just wear my under clothes." Cindy came up from the water and glared at us.

"There are other ways to get my attention rather than scaring me half to death." She climbed back on the rock. "What are you guys doing out here anyway? Melody don't you have to get ready for a certain party?"

"I have some time. You forget, it takes me less than ten minutes to get ready." Melody answered and dove under water. Cindy tried to shield herself from the splash. She groaned and I laughed.

"I hate you so much right now!" She jumped in and swan to me and pulled me under. I opened my eyes and saw her swimming away. I swam after her but had to come up for air. She's lucky she can swim under twice as long as I can; being that she has the lungs of a dolphin. Okay, I exaggerated there a bit, but you should see her. We were racing when Melody came out of the water with her sack full of sea shells. Where she hides them all, I'll never know. Scuttle fly down and landed on a rock as Sebastian came up from the sea.

"Hey guys, what's going on?" Sebastian groaned as I finished.

"Melody obviously is. Come on now, child you're going to be late for…" He was cut off by Melody jumping off the rock and splashing him; which Cindy and I burst with laughter. We love bugging Sebastian. We only do it when Ariel or Eric isn't around. Melody broke through the surface and giggled.

"Sorry Sebastian."

"Melody, child, how many do I have to tell… it is especially forbidden…" Melody started mimic him.

"… for you to be swimming beyond the safety of the sea wall. Any such woman is a reckless disregard of the rules, don't ya know." She said with a Jamaican accent and batted her eyelashes at him. I covered my mouth with hand to suppress the laughter that was coming. Sebastian glared at her.

"Stop that." Melody giggle again.

"I'm sorry Sebastian I can't help it, I just love that sea!" Cindy and I just stared at each other.

Cindy's POV

Melody is so much like her mother. That last part about her loving the sea is just like Ariel… loving somewhere she can't be. She started swimming around while Stephanie and I sat on a rock and watched her.

"Hey guys, what's my mom got against the ocean anyway, I mean how can there be anything wrong with something so…" She looked at us and smiled. "… wonderful?" Sebastian, Stephanie, and I just shrugged. She started to giggle and came over to us. "You know sometimes I even pretend I have… fins." Sebastian and I fell over in shock. I heard Stephanie laugh nervously. "I wish I talk to my mom. She'd never understand, I can talk to crabs, but not her." I felt my heart ache. If only she knew. Scuttle then came up with a "brilliant" idea.

"How about you tell Ariel how you really feel." Sebastian slid a claw down his face.

"Oh, yes, by all means just walk right in tell her you've been out here SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN! We can all just have a big party." Melody, Stephanie, and my heads all sprang up and we yelled.

"THE PARTY!" We dove into the water and swam toward the wall.

"I mean Melody if you're late, I'm telling Ariel about the ocean." She turned toward me and Stephanie.

"Fine, and I'll tell mom and dad that two let me do it." I growled to myself in frustration at how good that girl got at blackmail.

"We've taught her too much." I whispered to Stephanie.