pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;""Where is she now?" the blue merman sighed leaning back on his throne exhausted by the rapid change of events still trying to absorb the frightened crustaceans rush of an explanation.
"Ariel is not in town?" Sebastian mused aloud massaging his sore neck. "Didn't Flounder say something about a surprise in her collection…"
The king sat up and shifted his intense stare at the crab. "What?"
Sebastian grimaced as he realized he had given away another one of Ariel's secrets.
"Collection? I didn't say any-"
Triton's trident began to glow as his anger returned. Collection, of course. Humans! If this is what I think it is.
"I'll take you there right away Sire," Sebastian squeaked.
A dark thunder cloud hovered over the king as each passing moment in silence fueled his anger. Meanwhile Sebastian was struggling to have his legs that were still shaking with fear go faster. He was all too well aware of the fact that he was betraying Ariel's trust but with Triton's angry shadow above him his body couldn't decide if it was more afraid of the current that was growing steadily angrier or the guilt he had yet to face.
The rock that covered the hidden caves entrance was out of place and the pair could hear Ariel's excited gasp from inside.
Triton swam past a cowering Sebastian with an angry growl.
"Why Eric, run away with you? This is all so – so sudden…"
Ariel didn't know what made her turn around, maybe it was the way the hairs on the back of her neck had suddenly started prickling - in the bad way - but the moment she did she regretted it. "Daddy!"
He father's glare pierced through the shadow that had fallen across his face and the anger, laced with betrayal pierced her heart.
"I consider myself to be a reasonable merman. I set certain rules and I expect those rules to be obeyed." He swam closer to Ariel and tried to ignore the fact that he was surrounded by human things, things she had collected. He tried to ignore the fact that he had seen her swooning before the statue of some human man and was now backing up against it as if it would protect him.
She bit her lip and looked away but refused to back down...Maybe, if I could just tell him about our love…
"But Daddy!"
"Is it true you rescued a human from drowning?" The betrayal was clear with the question.
Love, love! It was all for love, don't you see? "Daddy I had to-"
"Contact between the human world and the mer-world is strictly forbidden, Ariel you know that! Everyone knows that!" Rules rules! She needs to understand the rules! It's not just about how I feel, rules!
Ariel was getting desperate as the angry growl grew in her father's voice. "He would have died-"
He threw his hands up in exasperation as he turned away from his daughter. "One less human to worry about!"
She frowned, her father wasn't listening and with that blatant statement against the one she loved Ariel's own temper began to rise. "You don't even know him!"
"Know him?" he turned around eyes wide. "I don't have to know him! They're all the same!" Ariel backed up so she was hiding behind the stature now, her lips pursing together with every word. "Spineless, savage, harpooning fish-eaters, incapable of any feeling-"
He had to understand! "Daddy I love him!" Ariel wasn't sure if she regretted those words or loved them.
"No…Have you lost your senses completely! He's a human, you're a mermaid!" The shock at his daughter's confession faded surprisingly fast and anger quickly replaced it.
Ariel shook her head, her words laced with venom. "I don't care!"
"So help me Ariel, I am going to get through to you. And if this is the only way...so be it."
His face looked sinister in the glow of his trident and Ariel's eyes widened in fear.
Later Triton would be ashamed at the satisfaction he felt blasting those cursed human things to bits. His daughter's pleading cries fell on deaf ears as the golden power from his trident struck again and again.
Finally Ariel couldn't stand seeing her collection destroyed and she swam up from her hiding place behind the statue grabbing for the trident but it was too late. Her father took the opening and ignoring his daughter's hands pulling at his arm leveled his trident before letting loose a bolt of energy that shattered the statue with a thunderous explosion.
Ariel fell to the floor where the statue once stood, and wept. Instantly Triton's face fell at the sight of his daughter broken like her things but he quickly turned away before the guilt made him apologize. I have to stand firm! I did what I had to. It was for her own good.
After the cacophony of explosions and shattering glass Ariel's crying was the only thing to be heard and it seemed to make the silence that had fallen even heavier. Flounder and Sebastian, who had hidden at the beginning of the fight hesitantly came back out and approached the princess with downcast expressions.
Sebastian made an apologetic gesture "Ariel, I…"
Her answer was faint and barely able to be made out through her tears. "Just go away…"
As two left, two more appeared, the twins head glancing back and forth between them and the sobbing princess in the room both thinking the same thought.
Too easy./pre
"Ariel is not in town?" Sebastian mused aloud massaging his sore neck. "Didn't Flounder say something about a surprise in her collection…"
The king sat up and shifted his intense stare at the crab. "What?"
Sebastian grimaced as he realized he had given away another one of Ariel's secrets.
"Collection? I didn't say any-"
Triton's trident began to glow as his anger returned. Collection, of course. Humans! If this is what I think it is.
"I'll take you there right away Sire," Sebastian squeaked.
A dark thunder cloud hovered over the king as each passing moment in silence fueled his anger. Meanwhile Sebastian was struggling to have his legs that were still shaking with fear go faster. He was all too well aware of the fact that he was betraying Ariel's trust but with Triton's angry shadow above him his body couldn't decide if it was more afraid of the current that was growing steadily angrier or the guilt he had yet to face.
The rock that covered the hidden caves entrance was out of place and the pair could hear Ariel's excited gasp from inside.
Triton swam past a cowering Sebastian with an angry growl.
"Why Eric, run away with you? This is all so – so sudden…"
Ariel didn't know what made her turn around, maybe it was the way the hairs on the back of her neck had suddenly started prickling - in the bad way - but the moment she did she regretted it. "Daddy!"
He father's glare pierced through the shadow that had fallen across his face and the anger, laced with betrayal pierced her heart.
"I consider myself to be a reasonable merman. I set certain rules and I expect those rules to be obeyed." He swam closer to Ariel and tried to ignore the fact that he was surrounded by human things, things she had collected. He tried to ignore the fact that he had seen her swooning before the statue of some human man and was now backing up against it as if it would protect him.
She bit her lip and looked away but refused to back down...Maybe, if I could just tell him about our love…
"But Daddy!"
"Is it true you rescued a human from drowning?" The betrayal was clear with the question.
Love, love! It was all for love, don't you see? "Daddy I had to-"
"Contact between the human world and the mer-world is strictly forbidden, Ariel you know that! Everyone knows that!" Rules rules! She needs to understand the rules! It's not just about how I feel, rules!
Ariel was getting desperate as the angry growl grew in her father's voice. "He would have died-"
He threw his hands up in exasperation as he turned away from his daughter. "One less human to worry about!"
She frowned, her father wasn't listening and with that blatant statement against the one she loved Ariel's own temper began to rise. "You don't even know him!"
"Know him?" he turned around eyes wide. "I don't have to know him! They're all the same!" Ariel backed up so she was hiding behind the stature now, her lips pursing together with every word. "Spineless, savage, harpooning fish-eaters, incapable of any feeling-"
He had to understand! "Daddy I love him!" Ariel wasn't sure if she regretted those words or loved them.
"No…Have you lost your senses completely! He's a human, you're a mermaid!" The shock at his daughter's confession faded surprisingly fast and anger quickly replaced it.
Ariel shook her head, her words laced with venom. "I don't care!"
"So help me Ariel, I am going to get through to you. And if this is the only way...so be it."
His face looked sinister in the glow of his trident and Ariel's eyes widened in fear.
Later Triton would be ashamed at the satisfaction he felt blasting those cursed human things to bits. His daughter's pleading cries fell on deaf ears as the golden power from his trident struck again and again.
Finally Ariel couldn't stand seeing her collection destroyed and she swam up from her hiding place behind the statue grabbing for the trident but it was too late. Her father took the opening and ignoring his daughter's hands pulling at his arm leveled his trident before letting loose a bolt of energy that shattered the statue with a thunderous explosion.
Ariel fell to the floor where the statue once stood, and wept. Instantly Triton's face fell at the sight of his daughter broken like her things but he quickly turned away before the guilt made him apologize. I have to stand firm! I did what I had to. It was for her own good.
After the cacophony of explosions and shattering glass Ariel's crying was the only thing to be heard and it seemed to make the silence that had fallen even heavier. Flounder and Sebastian, who had hidden at the beginning of the fight hesitantly came back out and approached the princess with downcast expressions.
Sebastian made an apologetic gesture "Ariel, I…"
Her answer was faint and barely able to be made out through her tears. "Just go away…"
As two left, two more appeared, the twins head glancing back and forth between them and the sobbing princess in the room both thinking the same thought.
Too easy./pre