"You know, kid, the seven of us, we make a pretty good team." Tip said to the group.
"Once you're both permanent mermaids, we'll be friends forever." Dash smiled to Melody and Felicity.
"We'll be inseparable." Tip smiled as he did a back stroke.
"Nothing will ever come between us." Dash added until they saw a shark fin in the water.
"Now, Tip, Dash, don't-" Felicity started.
"SHAAAAARK!" Tip and Dash panicked before swimming for their lives.
"Don't! Wait! It's just..." Melody tried to call out to them, but stopped as it was pointless now.
"Leavin' so soon, boys?" Undertow chuckled. "What can I say? When ya got it, ya got it."
Akito soon showed him the trident.
"Hey, you got it!" The tiny shark beamed before doing a flip in the water. "Buddy, you're my new hero. Let's say hello to some magic!"
"But... But our friends..." Melody frowned about Tip and Dash.
"Ha!" Undertow smirked. "You mean you call those two yellow-bellied sea slugs your friends?!"
"Yes." Estelle nodded.
"They are... In a way..." Felicity added, softly and shyly.
"Come on!" Undertow growled. "You wanna be mermaids or what?!"
"Alright, alright." Felicity said.
"You don't have to let people push you around." Vincent told Felicity.
"I know..." Felicity sighed softly. "I just wish I could be brave like my maman and papa."
"And you will someday." Estelle said.
"I hope you are right..." Felicity frowned as she felt bad about herself.
Meanwhile, the adults continued to follow after the manta rays to see where they were going. Flounder felt nervous about this, but it was nowhere near as bad as when he was younger. They then soon saw where the manta rays had went.
"Awesome..." Cherry said about the dark and gloomy atmosphere.
"So there it is," Ariel whispered before looking to Flounder. "Swim back as fast as you can and tell my father. We'll try to find the kids."
"And at the same time trying not to get caught ourselves." Cherry said.
"But if that old sea witch is in there, and then there's that mean little shark, and then those manta rays come, and then she takes those creepy tentacles... So suction cups stick to your face, and, and..." Flounder said to them as he began to panic for them. "No way you're going in there alone."
"Take it easy, Flagtail." Cherry told Flounder.
"It's Flounder!" Flounder told her.
"Anyway, one of us has to inform King Trident, as well as Eric." Mo said.
"What's with all the whisperin' about?!" A certain seagull's voice called out which surprised them. "Is Melody around here? Did you find her yet? What about the others? If they-"
"Scuttle, will you be quiet?" Atticus whispered as he closed the seagull's beak before getting an idea.
"Wait a minute..." Ariel said.
"Scuttle can help!" Atticus and Ariel then said together.
"Nice to see you two in sync," Cherry smirked. "But you two can't be serious about him." She then deadpanned.
"I have to agree with Cherry here." Flounder added as he looked unimpressed.
"Scuttle, we need you to pay very close attention." Ariel told her seagull friend.
"Mm-hmm?" Scuttle muffled.
"We're doomed." Flounder soon face-finned.
"You said it." Cherry added.
Meanwhile...
"Oh, there you are, darlings!" Morgana smiled. "I was so worried about you, and look! You brought back my trident! Clever children~"
Akito was about to hand over the trident.
"Give it to her! Give it to her!" Undertow demanded.
Morgana soon grabbed Undertow with a tentacle to shut him up. "Forgive him, dears, he's got a little size issue," she then told them before smirking. "Now, if you just hand over the-"
Akito was about to give the trident to Morgana once more.
"AKITO, STOP!" Atticus yelled out as he soon swam in with the others.
"Dad?!" Akito, Estelle, and Vincent gasped.
"Don't listen to her, I-" Ariel was about to say until she looked to her daughter and her daughter looked back to her, and they were both quite surprised at what they saw. "You're a mermaid?!"
"How in the world?" Mo asked.
"Ariel, how nice of you to come," Morgana smiled. "And you brought Flopper and Anakin with you."
"It's Atticus and Flounder!" The two corrected sharply.
Undertow soon growled to Atticus and Flounder. Atticus simply glared at Undertow with a hint of The Stare.
"Grr yourself, pipsqueak." Flounder glared at the tiny shark.
"Aw, he's kinda cute~" Cherry smirked as she picked up Undertow, pinching his cheeks. "He looks more like one of those underwater Pocket thingies the kids are so fond of."
"Yeah, he sure does." Mo added.
"What tricks do you know, My Little Sharky Warky?" Cherry smirked.
"One bite and you're shrimp toast!" Undertow growled, feeling quite annoyed with her.
"Not while my husband is here." Mo smirked.
"Sweetheart, hand me my trident now..." Morgana told Akito.
"All this time, and you never told me?" Melody frowned to her mother.
"How could you not tell Melody?" Akito asked.
"Kept the most important secret in her life from her own daughter." Morgana frowned to Ariel in blame.
"Please, give it to me, Akito." Ariel gently told the boy as he held onto the trident.
"No, hand it to me~" Morgana told him. "It's only for your own good."
"Don't listen to her." Mo told her son.
"She's lying!" Ariel added.
"I've given your friends everything they've ever wanted," Morgana smiled sweetly before glaring to Ariel. "She's the one who lied all these years."
"Aunt Ariel, why didn't you tell Melody about being a mermaid?" Akito frowned.
"Why do you think? Because of her!" Cherry told him while pointing to Morgana.
"By fencing me in?!" Melody frowned out of hurt. "You knew I loved the sea! Why did you keep the truth from me?! Morgana's actually helped me and Felicity with what we want!"
"Melody, listen to me, if there was one thing in my life I could do over, I'd-" Ariel frowned, trying to comfort her daughter.
"Too late," Melody glared before looking to Akito. "Akito, give it to her."
Akito frowned as he was about to give Morgana the trident before noticing the picture of her and Ursula and someone who must have been her mother.
"Akito, no!" The adults cried out as this looked like it was it.
Since Morgana was now impatient, she took the trident from Akito while he was distracted from looking at the picture.
"Who is this...?" Akito wondered as he looked at the picture.
Morgana soon laughed as she had the trident.
"The ocean's new overlady..." Cherry muttered to Akito. "Nice going, kid!"
"The one next to her would be Ursula and the one with them must be their mother." Atticus told him.
Akito soon went face-palm as he just handed the trident to the sister of the evil sea witch.
"You fool!" Cherry glared at Akito.
"I-I'm sorry, Aunt Cherry..." Akito said, a bit shyly.
Morgana soon grabbed Ariel and Mo with two of her tentacles.
"Mom!" Melody cried out.
"Your mommy was only trying to protect you from moi!" Morgana mocked Melody as she pinched Ariel's cheeks. "What she did, she did out of... Love."
"You let them go right now!" Atticus ordered Morgana.
"Oh, but Little Melody's been a very naughty girl, stealing from her own grandfather~" Morgana smirked.
"My... My grandfather...?" Melody repeated out of confusion.
"King Triton: Ruler of Atlantica, commander in chief of all of the oceans!" Morgana revealed. "Or at least he was, until a certain little band of thieves came along."
"You tricked us." Akito glared.
"You've got no one to blame but yourselves. Tell me, girls," Morgana said as she looked to Melody and Felicity. "Is being a mermaid everything you dreamed?"
"Well... A little..." Felicity said softly as she felt insecure again. "I could never properly swim until now."
"Release Mo and Ariel now!" Atticus told Morgana.
"No, I don't think I will." Morgana smirked before grabbing the kids by her tentacles and threw them aside.
"HEY!" Cherry glared, looking like an angered mama bear.
"Bad move." Atticus glared at Morgana.
"Kids!" Flounder cried out and swam after them before glaring to Morgana.
Morgana soon trapped them where they had landed with a laugh. "Oh, and by the way, your time as a mermaid has just about expired," she then reminded before sealing up the hole and swam off. "Catch you later. I've got bigger fish to fry!"
Atticus and Cherry soon both tackled down Morgana out of rage.
"Try getting past us!" Cherry challenged.
"And good luck with that! And what did you mean by Melody and Felicity's time as mermaids has just about expired?" Atticus added.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Morgana smirked before zapping them with the trident to get them off.
A giant hand soon stopped the shot as a giant figure came out.
"Gangway!" Cherry warned.
Morgana growled from that, looking quite irritated.
"Morgana." A familiar voice spoke.
"Evil Manta or is it just Manta?" Cherry asked.
"For the 8,000th time, it's just Manta..." Atticus grumbled slightly.
"You?!" Morgana glared slightly at the formerly evil manta ray who used to terrorize Atlantica.
"Now, where are their children?" Manta glared.
"I don't have to tell you anything." Morgana glared back as she held the trident, looking like she was going to use it against him.
"Don't even think about it, Morgana." Manta smirked.
"You wanna try and stop me?" Morgana glared.
Manta glared back and soon grabbed a hold of her and took the trident out of her hand.
"Why don't you join me?" Morgana asked. "We could rule together!"
"Ha! You really think he'll rejoin dark side?" Cherry smirked.
"Hmm..." Manta hummed in thought. "This is a tempting offer."
"Um...?!" Cherry panicked.
"Manta, think about the time at Skull Shores!" Atticus told his former enemy of the sea.
"But I'd rather die than go back to being evil." Manta glared at Morgana.
"Excuse me?!" Morgana glared back.
Manta soon held the trident against her.
"Whoa, whoa, take it easy with that thing!" Morgana then panicked.
"Trust me; I know how to use it, I've used it before." Manta told her.
"Give it to me, it's my destiny." Morgana glared.
"Oh, Morgana, you are nothing but a wannabe," Manta rolled his eyes. "You're just mad because you have to live in Ursula's shadow."
Morgana glared before she smirked as she swam over and brought out a potion.
"Here you go, Atticus." Manta said as he handed the trident over.
"Thanks, Manta," Atticus smiled. "Uncle Triton will be happy to have this back."
"Oh, no, no, no..." Cherry panicked as Felicity and Melody were beginning to lose their tail fins. "Quick, one of you punch this ice wall!"
Akito looked over and tapped on the ice wall, then nodded and soon headbutted against it to smash it, but the ice wall seemed to be stronger than he thought. He then rubbed his head, looking annoyed. Atticus soon came to the ice wall and went to punch it to let the kids out, but then he looked at Manta and decided to let his giant friend do the honor.
"Daddy! Hurry!" Estelle cried out.
"Help is coming!" Atticus promised before turning to Manta. "Would you, please?"
"With pleasure." Manta told him before his right hand tightened into a fist before he punched a giant hole into the ice wall.
Suddenly, the kids hurried out as Felicity and Melody were running out of oxygen and they had their legs now instead of tail fins.
"Let's get you out of here." Manta said before a potion was thrown at him.
The others smiled to him. Manta yelped as he was suddenly hit by the potion and he soon growled.
"Uh, what was that potion that just hit Manta?" Estelle gulped.
"Oh, nothing special, just a little alternative identity..." Morgana smirked. "Just making him like the way he used to be."
"You didn't!" Atticus growled at Morgana.
"Oh, but I did~" Morgana smirked. "I am Ursula's sister after all."
"Manta, you can fight it, don't you remember that time we became friends back in Skull Shores?" Cherry spoke up.
Manta growled to them.
"SWIM AWAY!" Cherry called out and they soon swam off, away from him.
"We have to get these two to dry land anyway." Vincent frowned, worried about Melody and Felicity.
"And we better hurry." Estelle added.
They soon went to swim off for right now, not realizing that they left the trident so that they could have Felicity and Melody breathe.
"Oopsy... I better pick that up~..." Manta smirked like his old self as he soon picked up the trident and went to go with Morgana and Undertow.
"Ready to do evil things again?" Morgana smirked at Manta.
"I thought you'd never ask." Manta smirked back.
"Oh, this is going to work out just fine~" Morgana chuckled darkly.
They soon went off to surface. Melody and Felicity both seemed quite breathless once they came to dry land.
"Finally." Akito said.
Cherry pressed down on her daughter's chest a few times.
Felicity soon coughed and spat out some water and looked up wearily. "Maman...?" she asked.
"Oh, thank goodness." Cherry sighed.
Felicity soon hugged her mother.'
"Oh, my baby..." Cherry whispered as she hugged Felicity back. "You're not hurt, are you?"
"I am sorry..." Felicity sniffled. "I just wanted to swim like the others..."
"And I should have given you a special object that could give you that ability." Cherry frowned.
"Un objet spécial?" Felicity repeated out of curiosity.
"Yeah, you know, like a special necklace." Cherry said.
"You have that?" Felicity asked.
"Well... Um... I kinda had to make a deal with someone in order to get it, but... Yes..." Cherry replied. "I should've given it to you sooner, I should've known this would happen by now."
They soon felt the area shake as ice grew out of the water. Cherry soon held onto Felicity as they both looked in horror.
"All hail Queen Morgana!" Manta proclaimed out of victory.
"I'm hailing! I'm hailing!" Undertow cheered as he jumped up and down before his shark fin got stuck.
"Hold on, sweetie!" Scuttle called out as he flew in front of Eric's ship as it floated across the icy landmark. "The cavalry is comin'!"
Eric narrowed his eyes as he steered the helm before gasping to his mermaid wife held hostage. "Ariel!"
"Ah! Prince Eric. Come to join the party? We're having a blast!" Morgana smirked before zapping the trident against an iceberg.
"Hope you don't sink!" Manta added.
The iceberg then sliced and came to crash down on the ship. Everyone soon jumped to abandon ship so that they wouldn't sink or drown with the ship. Eric soon swung out of the way with Max as he held onto a rope before landing on an ice patch.
"Oh, how dear Ursula would have adored this." Morgana smirked.
"Yes, she would." Manta smirked.
"MORGANA!" Triton growled as he soon came with his army and Sebastian.
"King Triton?" Morgana scoffed. "Oh, please! Is that the best you can do?"
"Release my daughter, surrender my granddaughter and descendants, and I shall spare you." Triton demanded.
"Ooh, whatcha gonna do?" Manta mocked. "Throw the crab at her?"
Atticus soon informed his uncle why Manta was back to evil.
"Is your family alright?" Triton asked him.
"Uh... More or less..." Atticus frowned.
"We're so sorry, Uncle King Triton." Estelle frowned.
"We let play us like a fox and she out-fiddled us..." Felicity pouted.
"That's now how you say those things, but don't beat yourselves up." Cherry told her daughter and all of the kids at the same time.
"We should have never trusted Morgana." Vincent frowned.
"Face it, Triton... YOU'RE ALL WASHED UP!" Undertow mocked the king.
Sebastian soon came over to pinch him which actually startled him. Manta simply rolled his eyes at how pathetic that was. Sebastian continued to chase Undertow, and finally, the tiny shark was zapped by the trident and brought back to his original, scary huge size. Morgana blew the trident with a smirk as Sebastian was now scared, along with Triton's army at the big shark.
"Much better." Manta smirked.
"Oh, yeah!" Undertow laughed as he enjoyed this. "Look out!"
"Where's Melody?!" Eric glared to Morgana, drawing out his sword. "What have you done with her?!"
"Oh, you wanna join your daughter? Well, I think that can be arranged." Morgana smirked as she began to lower him into the ocean since he was a human.
"Perfect way to get rid of him." Manta smirked.
"Eric!" Max barked for his human.
Sebastian soon swam after Eric as he was dragged underwater by the manta rays. He then decided he was going to use his claws on the manta rays' tails.
"You are a very bad lady!" Scuttle glared as he grabbed onto Morgana's hair and pulled on it.
Morgana glared and soon slammed him with the trident.
"Very bad..." Scuttle muttered before falling in a daze.
"That bird was always annoying." Manta rolled his eyes.
Ariel soon saw Eric in trouble and came to save him. Sebastian then pinched his claws on the manta rays which made them both yell out in pain and let go of Eric, but they soon took him for a ride instead.