Chapter 9
"Did you see her?" Eric asked, turning to his first mate. "Did you hear her?"
"Of course we heard her Captain," Roger nodded. "We all heard her, that voice was haunting."
"It was a mermaid!" Eric exclaimed. He had always wanted to meet a mermaid. He knew they come to shore every now and then. The Sea King only allowed them a few days at a time. But they never told anyone they were mermaid unless they were royalty. His father had met the Sea King before and a few of his daughters, but Eric was never allowed to meet them. "I have to find her."
The Queen grinned at the last words that Eric spoke and waved her hands in a sweeping motion around her body. Red swirls surrounded her, slowly her appearance began to change. Her face became younger, her hair become a light brown instead of the raven black it had once been, her brown eyes changed to green. Her features softened, and yet she smiled a smile so evil you would think the mirror would have broken.
"Stunning Your Majesty," the mirror suddenly flashed. The face inside it was grinning. "Where do you go from here?"
Regina spun, getting a good look at herself. "I find myself in the ocean, with a fin of course. Helping that little fish girl realize her true dream of walking out of water."
The Sea King looked down at his daughter as she clutched his hand. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "My daughter, I love you more then anything else and I would do anything for you," he paused, knowing Ariel looked up in hope. "But I will not grant you the permission to walk on land. Ever."
Ariel pulled away from her father, her tears falling from her eyes. "NEVER!" She gasped, her perfect voice was still and clear as it always had been, even in a fit of rage.
He shook his head. "I will not allow evil to possess you. You are never to leave this castle without my presence or permission again," he moved his trident that he held towards her. It glowed with a golden light and enveloped her.
"No, father! You cannot do this!" Ariel gasped, trying to quickly swim away from the light.
Try as she might she could not pull away, it surrounded her, and in an instant she was gone.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Ariel screamed, bashing her hands against the rock that enclosed her. She began swimming around fra
nticly, trying to find a way out of this prison that held her. Above her was a small opening, just wide enough for her to fit her arm through but no wider.
The shelves in the cave held trinkets, books, things that would keep her company. Her father was locking her away with his other precious trinkets. On the bottom of the floor lay a shell that glowed pearly white. Ariel swam to it, knowing from the stories that this shell had brought her mother and father together.
She grabbed it, then grabbed a chain hanging from one of the goblets beside her. She linked the shell with the chain and hung it around her neck. Finally she sang, a song so sad that even the humans far above her stopped and fell to their knees in tears.
Eric gasped, his heart pounding, he and the other men on the ship fell to their knees. Some began wailing, other just sobbed in silence. The grief that consumed him was heartbreaking. He knew that the same mermaid he had heard earlier was now singing a song of loss and grief.
Sorry about the choppy bits, it will all make sense in the end. Hope you liked the last 2 chapters. More to come tomorrow and in the next few days! Also, if you're wondering what sort of music Ariel was singing I was writing while I listened to "Exile" By Enya.