At the palace, everyone is having fun enjoying the music and watching their kids play. Ariel talks with Urchin while keeping a watchful eye on her daughter.
"Mom? can we go outside to play?" Melody asked with Tip the penguin and Dash the Walrus right behind her.
"Yes, but don't go too far" Ariel warned.
"I won't" Melody responded swimming off.
Why does that worry me? Ariel thought out loud.
"Why what worries you?" Urchin asked.
"Melody, she saw a ship pass by and was curious about it, just like I was. I'll be right back Urchin, I've got to follow her and make sure she doesn't go up to the surface" Ariel said worriedly before swimming off in a hurry.
Meanwhile, Melody, Tip, and Dash were playing and she was telling them all about her morning.
"My mom showed me her secret cove this morning after breakfast, she collected a lot of neat stuff, oh and then this shadowy thing blocked out light and when I went to investigate, I got told to never go up to the surface, because it's dangerous" Melody said before taking a deep breath.
"Wow, sounds like you had an exciting morning" Tip said.
"Yeah, but I still wanna know what that shadowy thing was" Melody sighed.
"Let's go find it!" Dash said.
"My mom told me to stay close, but I guess if we swim close to the surface but not go above it, I don't see why we can't," Melody said starting to swim upward.
"MELODY ANNE! GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!" Ariel shouted.
"Uh oh, coming mom" Melody said sulking.
Ariel and Melody swam back to the palace.