The heavenly morning has arrived as the little mermaid, Akauriana awoke early to visit her friends at the secret sanctuary. When she stood by the stone door before her, she remembers the password to it and she chants those words.

"Friendship is freedom and freedom is destiny." said Akauriana.

The door opens up for her and she swam inside. The little mermaid glided through the shimmering pathway, with planktons lighting up along with the crystals guiding her. The swordfish guard sees her approaching him. He was happy to see her as well.

"Why good morning, Princess Akauriana!" says the swordfish guard.

"Good morning to you too, Mr. Swordfish." says Akauriana as she hovers elegantly before his presence.

"You're here to visit your friends, eh?" the swordfish remarked.

"Yes I am." said Akauriana, nodding happily. "May I enter the secret sanctuary?"

"Of course, your highness." says the swordfish as he allows the princess to pass. "They'll be happy to see you."

Akauriana enters the sanctuary. As she passes through the bright colorful meadows, the sprites, nymphs and rare fish all greeted her as to welcome her back. From the mermaids cove, Isabella and Lee Lee saw Akauriana approaching to them and is happy to see her. Lee Lee swam as fast as a crescent finned fish, darting at Akauriana filled with joy.

"I'm so glad you're here!" Lee Lee said with joy. "I was actually thinking about the night you saved that human prince from drowning! I was really frightened that something bad might have happen to you. Thank the great Poseidon that you weren't hurt."

"Okay, okay! Calm down, Lee Lee." says Taliah, swimming to join them. "It only happened the night before that."

"Yeah, I know that." Lee Lee responded cheerfully.

"As I were saying, we were just talking about you, Akauriana." said Taliah, flipping her long curly locks. "We're still surprised to the fact that you actually went to rescue that human prince that stormy night. We was pretty scared that you put your life on the line for him and worried that something bad happened to you too."

"I'm so sorry that I worry you guys but I have to do it." said Akauriana. "Otherwise he would've died in the sea."

"That was pretty selfless of you to do what no mermaid or merman would have thought of doing." reassured Taliah. "You really are something else, girl."

"And she meant that in a good way." says Lee Lee, still acting cheery.

They all laughed along with Lee Lee's crazy but bubbly personality. Nixie swims past by them and sees Akauriana laughing along with them. This disgusts her even more. As Will and Paulina joins them, the edgy mermaid swam away. Isabella remains quiet during the conversation, wondering about how her friends will react if she tells them about the night she met Tristan the pirate. As much as she wants to tell them, she hesitated a little. Then Akauriana begins to notice how silent Isabella is while they are talking. The little mermaid wondered if she's okay.

"Isabella?" says Akauriana, wondering. "Are you feeling alright?"

The floral mermaid snaps out of her daze when she heard the mermaid princess's voice. Isabella faces her friends.

"Oh! Sorry, I was lost in some thought." said Isabella.

"About what?" asked Taliah.

"C'mon! Tell us!" said Lee Lee, being nosy. "What cha thinking about?"

Like her friends suggested, Isabella couldn't keep it in any longer. She looks at them with her sad blue eyes.

"Ok. You're not going to believe this." said Isabella as she blurted out her secret. "But I met a human last night!"

"WHAT?!" they all exclaimed in pure shock for they now know about her secret human.

Isabella explained everything that happened while they're all asleep that night after. She went to get some fresh air on the surface, then Tristan came along and they started talking about everything. That is when they begin to fall in love with each other. The mermaids were happy for her, even though they are to believe that humans who sees a mermaid will go fish her out and kill her. But Tristan is different than the others despite of his bounty hunter attire and his masculine odor. Isabella knew it inside of her heart that he feels the same for her as well. After she told them her story, they began explaining their own point of view on human beings.

"Well believe it or not, I happen to meet a human almost three years ago." said Lee Lee as she remembers her past. "He was just floating there in mid water. I tried to talk to him but he didn't respond, let alone, didn't even bother to move an inch. It is almost like he was froze in the same position when I saw him."

"That because he was dead." Taliah said to Lee Lee.

"Oh so that's why he wasn't moving." Lee Lee exclaimed in a bubbly tone.

"As you guys can see, humans can't live in our world." said Taliah. "Nor we in theirs. It's been this way for centuries."

"Why not?" wondered Akauriana.

"It's because they're not fish like we are." said Taliah, fixing her curls. "As you can see, Akauriana. Human beings are land mammals. Which means that they need air to live and breathe in."

Intrigued, Akauriana and the other mermaids listen to Taliah's stories about humans. She has so much information on them than the little mermaid could have ever known other than what her own grandmother told her on her side of the tale. Thus making her even more excited about the world among the surface. As the young African mermaid tells her story, Lee Lee hyperly adds her theory to the tale as well.

"You know what else they think of us mermaids?" says Lee Lee as she continues on. "For quite some time now, human sailors told the same stories about us but in a different perspective. Like for example, they always mistaken us for sirens!"

"Sirens?" Akauriana chuckles like an angel.

"Yes but there's a slight difference between sirens and merfolk." said Taliah. "Sirens can look like bird-like hybrids or disembodied spirits of the sea. Either way, we don't associate with those monstrous beings. They don't talk to us, we don't talk to them."

"Oh but still, I wish that I can see it for myself someday." says Akauriana, dreamily glancing up at the surface. "I'd give anything to be where those people are."

"I understand your wishes, Akauriana." says Isabella.

"We all do!" Will stated cheerfully as he swam around in circles.

"But be careful what you wish for, girl." said Taliah. "Not everything is what it seems. Remember that."

The little mermaid nodded happily, agreeing to Taliah's words. As the moments passed on by, Isabella received word from the school of fish that they have found out where Prince Dominick lives. A Evanora palace on a coastal seaside. She thought about Akauriana and finds the perfect time to inform her about her prince. Excited, Akauriana swam with her to see the Evanorian palace. They arrived at the surface near the ships' harbor.

"If what the school of fishes said is correct, he's somewhere in the castle." says Isabella.

"Are you sure this is his home?" Akauriana wondered.

"Well there's only one way to find out." said Isabella as she looks for a opening.

Then she spotted a open waterway entering and leaving exiting out the harbor. The two young mermaids ventures through the waterways, enters the porthole and find themselves underneath a marble bridge where Prince Dominick is now standing on. Akauriana's heart begins to beat very strangely the minute she saw him again. Dominick just stood there, gazing at the sea. The mermaids hid under the bridge to avoid being caught in the sight of him or other human beings. The Prince remembers the voice of a girl that sang to him the night before he nearly died in the stormy seas. He knew she is the one responsible for saving his life. Even though he is to believe that princess Daphne was the girl who found him on the beach days before, but it is not enough to erase the voice that echoed in his head. Can't stand another heartache any longer, Prince Dominick became determined to find the girl with the beautiful voice who save him from shipwreck and wants to make her his beloved woman. After hearing his words, Akauriana felt even more happier than she ever was since that faithful stormy night. Isabella is happy for her too. Upon exiting the Evanorian harbor, the two mermaids happily frolic through the waters and sang their enchanting duet, knowing that their men will love them for who they are. For Isabella, Tristan don't care about her tail. He would do everything for her, even if it means he'll fight everyone and everything just to be with her. Akauriana wondered the same thing. Would Prince Dominick accept her for who she is? Before her doubts could cloud her mind, Isabella encourages Akauriana that it wouldn't matter if she's a mermaid. If Tristan can love Isabella on the inside and out, she's positive that Prince Dominick will love Akauriana the same way, despite that she lives in two different worlds from his own. After their serenely duet, Akauriana and Isabella dive back under the sea. Isabella swam back to the secret sanctuary and Akauriana too swam home to her Mermaidiana palace. Nixie, whom was still awake at the time, saw her two friends part ways and made her even more envious of them than before. Nevertheless, she sought to end the cause of her annoyance the minute she wakes up in the morning.