pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"Flounder sniffed, the sound of his friend crying had died down a while ago but neither of them dared venture in or leave the cave.
"Poor Ariel. It's your fault you know…"
"I didn't mean to tell, it was an accident!"
Three shadows passed overhead snapping the two of them out of their guilt and sadness.
"Ariel?" They swam to catch up with her, Sebastian eying the two eels warily. "Where are you going? Ariel what are you doing here with this riff-raff?"
She stuck her chin up at the tone of Sebastian's voice. "I'm going to see Ursula."
He fell back for a moment in shock grabbing her fin as she tried to swim on. "Ariel no! No, she's a demon! She's a monster!"
The mermaid sneered as he tried to pull her back, just like my father. "Why don't you go tell my father? Your good at that." With a flick of her tail she dislodged the guilt ridden crab and hurried after the two eels.
"But…but I…" Flounder swam up looking at him. Like I'm actually going to go back! Hmpf! "Come on!"
Past the Ships Graveyard, past the Canyon of Rocks, down, into the ravine filled with purple geysers that spewed noxious gas, a skeleton of a monster long forgotten sat. A pair of jaws large enough to swallow a whale gaped as if frozen in its last dying scream. Ariel stopped right in front thankful that the jaws were so large so there was plenty of room to swim between the dead, but still razor sharp, teeth.
She bit her lip as her heart and courage flutter for a moment.
"This way."
She took a deep breath before following them into the jaws and down the dark tunnel of its throat. They passed quickly but once again Ariel hesitated. Rows and rows of shriveled brown polyps coated the walls of the tunnel. Moaning and groaning Ariel's face twisted into one of horror as the polyps turned to stare at her with tortured eyes. One lashed out managing to capture her arm in a surprisingly strong grip and she panicked, pulling back with all her strength she managed to free herself before any more could latch onto her.
"Come in. Come in my child," a low husky voice called as she reached the end of the terrifying gauntlet. She peered around the corner, strands of pink seaweed hung from the ceiling and there was a large shell, chair hanging from the ceiling.
"We mustn't lurk in doorways." A larger Cecaelia, octopus woman, with black tentacles and lavender skin floated down from the shell landing on the floor in a puff of bubbles. "It's rude."
Ursula.
An orange seashell necklace hovered over her rather large bust.
Ursula strutted towards a vanity in the corner and her words brought Ariel out of her amazed stupor. "One might question your upbringing." She chuckled and sat down examining herself in the mirror.
"Now then. You're here because you have a thing for this human. This er-" one of her long black tentacles squirted some foam from a shell onto her hands. Red nails ran through short white hair. "Prince. Not that I blame you, he's quite a catch isn't he?"
Red lips puckered as she applied lipstick. "Well angel fish, the solution to your problem is simple." She finished the phrase with a pop of her lips.
"The only way to get what you want, is to become a human yourself."/pre
"Poor Ariel. It's your fault you know…"
"I didn't mean to tell, it was an accident!"
Three shadows passed overhead snapping the two of them out of their guilt and sadness.
"Ariel?" They swam to catch up with her, Sebastian eying the two eels warily. "Where are you going? Ariel what are you doing here with this riff-raff?"
She stuck her chin up at the tone of Sebastian's voice. "I'm going to see Ursula."
He fell back for a moment in shock grabbing her fin as she tried to swim on. "Ariel no! No, she's a demon! She's a monster!"
The mermaid sneered as he tried to pull her back, just like my father. "Why don't you go tell my father? Your good at that." With a flick of her tail she dislodged the guilt ridden crab and hurried after the two eels.
"But…but I…" Flounder swam up looking at him. Like I'm actually going to go back! Hmpf! "Come on!"
Past the Ships Graveyard, past the Canyon of Rocks, down, into the ravine filled with purple geysers that spewed noxious gas, a skeleton of a monster long forgotten sat. A pair of jaws large enough to swallow a whale gaped as if frozen in its last dying scream. Ariel stopped right in front thankful that the jaws were so large so there was plenty of room to swim between the dead, but still razor sharp, teeth.
She bit her lip as her heart and courage flutter for a moment.
"This way."
She took a deep breath before following them into the jaws and down the dark tunnel of its throat. They passed quickly but once again Ariel hesitated. Rows and rows of shriveled brown polyps coated the walls of the tunnel. Moaning and groaning Ariel's face twisted into one of horror as the polyps turned to stare at her with tortured eyes. One lashed out managing to capture her arm in a surprisingly strong grip and she panicked, pulling back with all her strength she managed to free herself before any more could latch onto her.
"Come in. Come in my child," a low husky voice called as she reached the end of the terrifying gauntlet. She peered around the corner, strands of pink seaweed hung from the ceiling and there was a large shell, chair hanging from the ceiling.
"We mustn't lurk in doorways." A larger Cecaelia, octopus woman, with black tentacles and lavender skin floated down from the shell landing on the floor in a puff of bubbles. "It's rude."
Ursula.
An orange seashell necklace hovered over her rather large bust.
Ursula strutted towards a vanity in the corner and her words brought Ariel out of her amazed stupor. "One might question your upbringing." She chuckled and sat down examining herself in the mirror.
"Now then. You're here because you have a thing for this human. This er-" one of her long black tentacles squirted some foam from a shell onto her hands. Red nails ran through short white hair. "Prince. Not that I blame you, he's quite a catch isn't he?"
Red lips puckered as she applied lipstick. "Well angel fish, the solution to your problem is simple." She finished the phrase with a pop of her lips.
"The only way to get what you want, is to become a human yourself."/pre