This chapter is a bit on the short side because most of us have seen the movie and all of that, plus I tend to write better when I'm going a little bit more freestyle
so here's the wedding! I hope you all like it!
Eric walked through the door and out onto the deck of the ship and peeked behind the wooden wall that separated him from the guests. There were two walls, one for him and one for Ariel, both at the back of the area. A good-sized gap in-between them was where they would join each other to walk down the aisle.
He was taken aback by the decorations and the organisation of this entire event.
The neatly aligned seats and the large blue curtains, there was so much detail that they even had wrapped vines around the pillars.
The decorating was beautifully coordinated, he knew Ariel had picked out the right colors and ideas for them. It was perfect.
Here, he could hear the motion of the waves. They were so gentle you could hardly feel the boat was swaying.
Eric breathed in the salty sea air and he was so glad their wedding was outside and at sea.
He couldn't think of any other place he would have it, he had always dreamed it would be on a boat.
Back then, he didn't realize his bride would have been a former mermaid, but that seemed to make the idea all the more convenient.
When he righted himself, preparing for the figure that he would soon see in front of him, he turned away from the wall and stood as straight as he could to make the best impression possible for his bride.
He quickly checked for any faults in his outfit, a missing button, dirt, or anything like that. But then Grimsby put a hand on his shoulder, "Eric, you look fine"
Eric chuckled and turned his head to see the smiling old man looking at him with fatherly eyes. He smiled back and said, "Thanks Grim," he patted his hand and Grim pulled it back down. He was definitely ready for this.
Then the music started playing and that was his cue to walk into view.
Eric took a step forward into the light coming in from the gap, not even thinking of turning to the audience. The only thing he could think about was Ariel.
When he saw her figure in the shadow of the wall, his breathing almost stopped completely. Still he stood straight and tall.
He didn't even need to try to put on his best smile.
The first thing he saw was the white dress as she gracefully walked out into the light. For a second, Eric thought she was an angel. As his eyes traveled up to her face he took in all of her beauty.
The lower part of the beautiful white wedding gown was like a cloud that enveloped her legs and feet and her delicate hands were folded in front of her a bit nervously which was adorable.
When Eric saw her face he could only hope his expression mirrored the awe and excitement that her's displayed.
It was far greater than any he had seen, and far greater than any he had ever shown. But, still, he was sure that this was the biggest smile he'd ever worn.
The makeup, gladly, was kept to a minimum and her hair was luscious and flowing like always. A sparkling, golden tiara was perched upon her head connected to a veil that went all the way down to the tips of her red hair.
Her blue eyes sparkled and her red lips were curved into a huge smile.
It took a moment for Eric to remember what was happening but then held his arm out to her and she took it eagerly.
As they were walking down the aisle, Eric could hardly take his eyes off of Ariel, she didn't seem to want to take her eyes off of him either. He only looked away to see if they were both walking in a straight line towards the priest. Then he turned his attention to her again.
By the time they reached the priest, tears were forming in his eyes, his heart was racing and he had to tell himself to breathe every few seconds.
Everything was mostly a blur, the only thing he could grasp was that when he, himself said, "I do," it was the most sincere thing he'd ever said.
And when Ariel said, "I do," she said it with the same sincerity.
"Then by the power invested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride," and he eagerly bent down to plant a kiss on her lips.
The kiss was broken by Max, of course, giving the both of them kisses and the crowd erupted in cheers and they all celebrated. Hats were thrown, joyful tears were shed, and the odd whistle was heard.
He could hear the merpeople down below cheering as well and he let Ariel go over to the edge of the ship where she said goodbyes and blew kisses to each of her sisters.
Several guests came to greet Eric and wish him happiness, then went down to the large room inside the boat prepared for the reception.
When he looked back up at Ariel, she was giving a bright yellow fish, that he assumed was the famous guppy, Flounder, a kiss on the nose and his eyes widened in shock.
Fish weren't supposed to be out of water, it was nice to know her friend was kind of risking his life to say goodbye.
When her father came to say goodbye, a spiral of water held him up.
He knew that, from now on, whenever anything had merpeople or fish or the sea involved, it would be something magical.
Eric watched them as she hugged her father tightly and heard her whisper, "I love you, Daddy," to him and he knew that her family was extremely important to her, which made him swell with happiness.
He knew that she was now even closer with her family, a characteristic that was always something he knew he loved in a girl.
When she pulled away from the hug, her father, King Triton, turned his attention to Eric and he saw that Ariel's eyes were watery when she turned as well. Eric bowed asking for his approval and Triton nodded back. He took one last look at Ariel and went back down to the water to join his six other daughters.
As Eric walked up to join her in waving goodbye, Ariel blew a kiss down to her father. Then she looked up to him with a satisfied smile and put her arm around the one he was offering. They both raised their hands up high and waved together.
To add the perfect touch to their wedding, King Triton took his trident and sent a brightly colored rainbow into the sky, as if it was his parting gift to the two newlyweds.
Sailing off into the sea, they stopped waving and exchanged loving glances.
Eric felt that his whole life was complete. Ariel was practically his entire existence now and he would never let her forget that, so he pulled her up into another kiss to tell her and she happily returned it.