pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"Ariel looked over the mast of the sunken ship, fixing her eyes in wonder on a sunken ship not too far away.
She was a strikingly beautiful girl of about sixteen. She had an hourglass figure and fair, healthy skin. From the waist down, she had a green tail with paler green, translucent fins and wore a brassiere made out of lavender seashells. She had large, deep aqua blue eyes and full red lips. Her most defining feature was her long, red hair that matched the color of her lips, which reached her waist. A small yellow and blue striped fish panted as he tried to catch up. "Ariel, wait for me!"
"Flounder! Hurry up!" Ariel called waving for her friend to go faster.
"You know I can't swim that fast," he whined.
"There it is," said Ariel pointing a larger ship they hadn't explored yet. "Isn't it fantastic?"
"Yeah, sure…it- it's great. Now let's get out of here." He turned to leave the creepy old shipyard but Ariel caught his fin.
She dragged him back and started towards the dark wreck.
"You're not getting cold fins now, are you?"
Flounder scoffed and followed her. "Who, me? No way. It's just, it, err…it looks…damp in there. Yeah! And I think I may be uh…" he shivered. Up close the looming old ship was every scarier. "I think I'm coming down with something. Yeah, I've got this cough."
Ariel was peering in through one of the broken stern windows and rolled her eyes at her friends fake coughing.
"All right," she said looking at him. "I'm going inside. You can just stay here and watch for sharks." She easily fit her slender frame through the window.
"O.K. yeah, you go. I'll stay and- what?! Sharks!" Flounder looked around quickly in a panic before deciding it was safe to turn his back on the outside. "Ariel!" He gasped trying to squeeze in the window "I can't…I mean- Ariel help!"
She laughed and turned back around to help her stout friend who got stuck in the narrow porthole. "Oh Flounder."
He grunted and with one last strong tug and he went through the window with a small pop. The two continued through the ship. Flounder looked around, practically vibrating in fear. Staying close beside his friend, he wshipered, "Do you really think there might be sharks around here?"
"Flounder, don't be such a guppy."
"I'm not a guppy…" he muttered following Ariel who had swum down into a lower level.
"This is great - I mean, I really love this," he said looking around at all the old trunks and debris trying to keep his teeth from chattering. "Excitement, adventure, danger lurking around every corn-"
Suddenly he was face to face with an old skull. "YAAAAHHHHHHHH! Ariel!" Flounder threw himself back away from the frightening object and crashed into a pillar. There was a loud crash as the old beam started to fall tearing a hole into the deck above. He jumped forwards crashing into a surprised Ariel's arms knocking her over.
"Aw, are you ok?" she cooed holding the small trembling fish in a hug.
"Yeah sure, no problem," he stuttered "I'm okay…" He said slowly floated out of Ariel's arms regaining control over his self.
"Shh!" said Ariel as if she could hear his thoughts and they were distracting from this search for treasure. Looking up at the hole Flounder made when he hit the pillar, it only took a second for her to decide to skip the rest of the hull and go up to the next level.
She peered over the edge of the hole and her eyes swept around examining the new space. It was large and open, the sides were all made of glass so you could see out into gloom of the ocean and sitting in the middle of the room on a pile of over turned boards was-
"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" Ariel swam over and picked up the shining item in question. "Have you ever seen anything so wonderful in your entire life?" It was a bright shining silver in the low light. A stick with three prongs on it, not unlike her father's trident.
"Wow, cool!" said Flounder more happy that his friend had found the treasure she was searching for than anything. "But, errr, what is it?"
Ariel shook her head with a thoughtful smile "I don't know. But I bet Scuttle will." She put the fork in her bag when something else caught her eye, failing to notice the dark shadow that swam past the windows. Flounder however, didn't and his dorsal fins stood up as he turned catching only a glimpse of the shape in the corner of his eye.
"What was that? Did you hear something?" he swam towards the window peering out but couldn't make out much in the gloom.
"Hmm, I wonder what this one is?" Ariel said distractedly looking at a pipe on an old broken desk.
"Ariel…" Flounder stuttered nervously turning away from the windows trying to get his friend to notice him.
She ignored him still trying to figure out the object in her hand. "Flounder, will you relax. Nothing is going to happen."
Flounder felt a strange feeling and a shiver up his spine told him to turn around just as a massive shark was opening its mouth to break through the windows. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Run! Run!" he shrieked as the shark chased him around the room crashing into the floor and ceiling.
"We're gonna die!" he screamed slamming into Ariel again. Her pretty eyes went wide with shock and fear as she quickly pushed the old desk into the sharks snapping jaws. It blocked the way out and she swam back into the room, pushing a nearby barrel into its mouth before taking a different path, up the stairs and out.
They were half way along a hallway when the shark burst up through the floorboards catching Flounder halfway down its throat and almost catching Ariel too. They both backtracked quickly, the little fish able to swim out before the sharp trap closed.
The shark crunched through the floorboards, making the two smaller swimmers faster. They were almost to another staircase when Ariel's bag was caught on a piece of broken wood that was sticking out. Ignoring the gnashing jaws of the shark Ariel dove back and up as the sharks jaws closed around where her back used to be. She just couldn't leave her treasures behind.
"Oh no!" said Flounder bracing himself as he hit a porthole and once again got stuck halfway through. The shark forced its way up just as Ariel pushed the little fish out and she quickly followed. The swam away nearing an old mast as the shark smashed through the wall of the ship and chased them up around and around. As they neared the top Flounder turned back smashing into the top cross-bar of the mast sinking down with a dazed look on his face. Dropping her bag Ariel swam back, reaching through the hole of an anchor to catch her friend.
The shark was blind with rage, gnashing its teeth as it drew closer and closer to its prey on thinking about the anchor. Ariel pulled back at the last moment and the shark slammed into the anchor hole, effectively trapping itself.
Ariel smiled and picked up her bag that she had dropped trying to save her friend. Flounder who had regained his sense taunted the shark, no longer afraid now that it was subdued. "You big bully!" he blew a raspberry and the shark angrily lunged at the small fish sending him running back to Ariel who was headed towards Scuttle and the surface.
Ariel just laughed, "Flounder, you really are a guppy."
"I am not!"/pre
She was a strikingly beautiful girl of about sixteen. She had an hourglass figure and fair, healthy skin. From the waist down, she had a green tail with paler green, translucent fins and wore a brassiere made out of lavender seashells. She had large, deep aqua blue eyes and full red lips. Her most defining feature was her long, red hair that matched the color of her lips, which reached her waist. A small yellow and blue striped fish panted as he tried to catch up. "Ariel, wait for me!"
"Flounder! Hurry up!" Ariel called waving for her friend to go faster.
"You know I can't swim that fast," he whined.
"There it is," said Ariel pointing a larger ship they hadn't explored yet. "Isn't it fantastic?"
"Yeah, sure…it- it's great. Now let's get out of here." He turned to leave the creepy old shipyard but Ariel caught his fin.
She dragged him back and started towards the dark wreck.
"You're not getting cold fins now, are you?"
Flounder scoffed and followed her. "Who, me? No way. It's just, it, err…it looks…damp in there. Yeah! And I think I may be uh…" he shivered. Up close the looming old ship was every scarier. "I think I'm coming down with something. Yeah, I've got this cough."
Ariel was peering in through one of the broken stern windows and rolled her eyes at her friends fake coughing.
"All right," she said looking at him. "I'm going inside. You can just stay here and watch for sharks." She easily fit her slender frame through the window.
"O.K. yeah, you go. I'll stay and- what?! Sharks!" Flounder looked around quickly in a panic before deciding it was safe to turn his back on the outside. "Ariel!" He gasped trying to squeeze in the window "I can't…I mean- Ariel help!"
She laughed and turned back around to help her stout friend who got stuck in the narrow porthole. "Oh Flounder."
He grunted and with one last strong tug and he went through the window with a small pop. The two continued through the ship. Flounder looked around, practically vibrating in fear. Staying close beside his friend, he wshipered, "Do you really think there might be sharks around here?"
"Flounder, don't be such a guppy."
"I'm not a guppy…" he muttered following Ariel who had swum down into a lower level.
"This is great - I mean, I really love this," he said looking around at all the old trunks and debris trying to keep his teeth from chattering. "Excitement, adventure, danger lurking around every corn-"
Suddenly he was face to face with an old skull. "YAAAAHHHHHHHH! Ariel!" Flounder threw himself back away from the frightening object and crashed into a pillar. There was a loud crash as the old beam started to fall tearing a hole into the deck above. He jumped forwards crashing into a surprised Ariel's arms knocking her over.
"Aw, are you ok?" she cooed holding the small trembling fish in a hug.
"Yeah sure, no problem," he stuttered "I'm okay…" He said slowly floated out of Ariel's arms regaining control over his self.
"Shh!" said Ariel as if she could hear his thoughts and they were distracting from this search for treasure. Looking up at the hole Flounder made when he hit the pillar, it only took a second for her to decide to skip the rest of the hull and go up to the next level.
She peered over the edge of the hole and her eyes swept around examining the new space. It was large and open, the sides were all made of glass so you could see out into gloom of the ocean and sitting in the middle of the room on a pile of over turned boards was-
"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" Ariel swam over and picked up the shining item in question. "Have you ever seen anything so wonderful in your entire life?" It was a bright shining silver in the low light. A stick with three prongs on it, not unlike her father's trident.
"Wow, cool!" said Flounder more happy that his friend had found the treasure she was searching for than anything. "But, errr, what is it?"
Ariel shook her head with a thoughtful smile "I don't know. But I bet Scuttle will." She put the fork in her bag when something else caught her eye, failing to notice the dark shadow that swam past the windows. Flounder however, didn't and his dorsal fins stood up as he turned catching only a glimpse of the shape in the corner of his eye.
"What was that? Did you hear something?" he swam towards the window peering out but couldn't make out much in the gloom.
"Hmm, I wonder what this one is?" Ariel said distractedly looking at a pipe on an old broken desk.
"Ariel…" Flounder stuttered nervously turning away from the windows trying to get his friend to notice him.
She ignored him still trying to figure out the object in her hand. "Flounder, will you relax. Nothing is going to happen."
Flounder felt a strange feeling and a shiver up his spine told him to turn around just as a massive shark was opening its mouth to break through the windows. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Run! Run!" he shrieked as the shark chased him around the room crashing into the floor and ceiling.
"We're gonna die!" he screamed slamming into Ariel again. Her pretty eyes went wide with shock and fear as she quickly pushed the old desk into the sharks snapping jaws. It blocked the way out and she swam back into the room, pushing a nearby barrel into its mouth before taking a different path, up the stairs and out.
They were half way along a hallway when the shark burst up through the floorboards catching Flounder halfway down its throat and almost catching Ariel too. They both backtracked quickly, the little fish able to swim out before the sharp trap closed.
The shark crunched through the floorboards, making the two smaller swimmers faster. They were almost to another staircase when Ariel's bag was caught on a piece of broken wood that was sticking out. Ignoring the gnashing jaws of the shark Ariel dove back and up as the sharks jaws closed around where her back used to be. She just couldn't leave her treasures behind.
"Oh no!" said Flounder bracing himself as he hit a porthole and once again got stuck halfway through. The shark forced its way up just as Ariel pushed the little fish out and she quickly followed. The swam away nearing an old mast as the shark smashed through the wall of the ship and chased them up around and around. As they neared the top Flounder turned back smashing into the top cross-bar of the mast sinking down with a dazed look on his face. Dropping her bag Ariel swam back, reaching through the hole of an anchor to catch her friend.
The shark was blind with rage, gnashing its teeth as it drew closer and closer to its prey on thinking about the anchor. Ariel pulled back at the last moment and the shark slammed into the anchor hole, effectively trapping itself.
Ariel smiled and picked up her bag that she had dropped trying to save her friend. Flounder who had regained his sense taunted the shark, no longer afraid now that it was subdued. "You big bully!" he blew a raspberry and the shark angrily lunged at the small fish sending him running back to Ariel who was headed towards Scuttle and the surface.
Ariel just laughed, "Flounder, you really are a guppy."
"I am not!"/pre