Meanwhile under the sea, in the secret sanctuary, Taliah and Lee Lee were inside their cove. They were worried about Akauriana for they both had hoped that she is okay. After all, her father, King Aquarion has forbade his daughter to see her friends again. But it's not just the mermaids who are unhappy with the outcome. The rarest sea creatures of the secret sanctuary too were also saddened by this as well. Taliah swam towards Lee Lee, trying to calm her down.

"What if we'll never see Akauriana again?" cried Lee Lee, sobbing.

The young African mermaid Taliah comforts the not so cheery mermaid.

"Don't fret on it, Lee Lee." said Taliah as she shushed her friend gently. "Maybe in time, the king will come around. I hope he will."

This just in, Nixie swam into the cove and she notices her friends feeling down about the incident a day before. Nixie never seen Lee Lee cry before in years. She swam over to her friends and hovered above them.

"Lee Lee is crying?" says Nixie in a careless tone of voice. "Now that's a first time in forever."

Disgusted by her reaction, Taliah turns to Nixie with an unamused expression on her face.

"What is wrong with you, Nixie?" Taliah asked in pure disgust. "We just lost our new best friend and you're acting like this never happened!?

"Chill, Taliah!" said Nixie, shrugging off the cold shoulder. "I didn't know this could have happened. I didn't think he was going to be that brash."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Taliah wondered. "What are you talking about, Nixie?"

Without a slight train of thought, the careless but edgy Nixie blurted out her side of the story. She went to tattle on Akauriana out of spite and envy that day. Now thanks to her actions, she gave the secret sanctuary away. Shocked and infuriated by
what she heard, Lee Lee rose up to confront Nixie.

"So it was you!?" screamed Lee Lee in a fit of anger. "You tattled on Akauriana, getting her busted with her dad!? How could you!?

"Whoa! Easy there, Lee Lee!" said Nixie, backing away in surprise with Lee Lee's anger. "I never seen you like this before."

"Don't try to change the subject with me!" Lee Lee snapped. "I can't believe you! Akauriana is a nice girl and you went behind her back!? Getting her in trouble with the king!? Her own father!? What did she ever do to you, to make you wanna do what you did
three days ago!? Why do you hate her so much!?

"I just don't like princesses! Okay!?" Nixie fired back at her. "They think they're all that, just because they're born in royalty! They make me sick!"

"Akauriana is not like that!" shouts Lee Lee in defense.

"I don't care!" shouts Nixie. "Like I said! I never want any part of this stupidity! Not even if she's involved!"

Oh is that so!?" shouts Lee Lee, folding her arms. "If you think that everything we do around here is stupid, then you shouldn't be hanging out with us anymore!"

"You... Your just saying that, Lee Lee!" says Nixie, chuckling a little. "You're probably just upset. When you're upset, you attend to blow things out of proportion. You don't mean it!"

Fed up with their bickering, Taliah swam over to take Lee Lee's side on the argument and makes a drastic decision.

"No, Nixie!" scolded Taliah. "She has a good point! You've been nothing but trouble with us ever since you moved into our cove four years ago! I don't know what made you this way but I've just about had it with your attitude! You need to go away! You're
not welcome here anymore!"

Nixie can't believe what she is hearing. Her own best friends is kicking her out of the mermaids cove over her reckless actions in which caused the sorrow of the many creatures dwelling inside the sanctuary. The edgy black haired mermaid retaliated against
her friends' decision.

"Oh come on, gals!" says Nixie, her voice breaking a bit. "You're just joking, right?"

"Does it look like I'm joking around?" Taliah snarled harshly.

"You can't be serious!" said Nixie, retaliating. "You can't just kick me out!"

"We just did!" snaps Taliah, pointing out to the reefs behind Nixie. "You're going have to find somewhere else to live from now on. Your negativity is not wanted here."

She felt hurt by the harsh words coming from the mermaid. Refusing to show emotion, Nixie hovers away from the cove. She faces Taliah once more before she can leave.

"Fine! I'll go!" said Nixie as she turns to swim away, out from the mermaids cove.

Nixie swims by Isabella who has just came back from the Evanorian harbor. The floral mermaid wonders why Nixie leave the cove as she enters the room.

"What happened here?" Isabella asked her friends.

They explain everything to her. They had kicked Nixie out of the cove after she spilled the beans on getting the little mermaid in trouble behind her back as well as everybody else's. Isabella is quite shocked of the information. But then again, this is not a surprise to her whatsoever. When the other mermaids are done venting on Nixie's behavior, it is Isabella's turn to share the information that she's been longing to fill her friends in with. She told them everything that happened right after King Aquarion took Akauriana away from the secret sanctuary. Then she and her friends, Will and Paulina, followed Akauriana when the strange mutant eel-men took her to the sea witch, Eraza. There, she witnessed Akauriana trading her voice for a potion that gave her human legs. Not only that, she also agreed on the fact that if she doesn't win over Prince Dominick's heart and he gave his heart over to someone else, she will be Eraza's prisoner for eternity. The mermaids were shocked by this unbearable news.

"What!? Akauriana sold her voice for legs?" says Lee Lee in shock. "That mean ol' sea witch! She tricked her! I knew she is bad news."

Taliah is now beginning to worry about the little mermaid even more. The young African mermaid is oddly disturbed by what Isabella said is true.

"This is really disturbing." said Taliah as she hovers down onto the rock. "I've heard of this witch, Eraza. She is one of the most dangerous witches of the sea. It can't be true..."

"But isn't she supposed to be banished from Mermaidiana?" Lee Lee remarked.

"She is, Lee Lee." said Isabella. "But she's up to no good again. And Akauriana has become her victim recently."

"Where is Akauriana now, Isabella?" asked Taliah.

The floral mermaid points up at the surface above.

"She is up in the human world." says Isabella as she continues explaining the rest. "At the prince's palace. All she has to do is to make the prince fall in love with her. If he falls for someone else instead, she's doomed!"

"Should we let her dad in on this?" suggested Lee Lee.

Then suddenly, Will and Paulina arrived at the mermaids cove.

"Absolutely not!" Paulina objected. "If we do that, only Poseidon knows what the sea king will do if we tell him."

"Yeah, I agree with Paulina on this one." said Will. "Especially when we all knew what happened the last time he came here."

"So what should we do?" Isabella asked in concern.

The young African mermaid Taliah has an idea. She turns to her friends with a strong woman's pride from within the girl.

"The only thing we can do now is to help Akauriana in any way possible." says Taliah, being a strong girl that she is. "We are going to have her back, no matter what. We are going to make sure that the prince guy is falling for her and then we could save her from her fate."

"How are we going to do that?" wondered Lee Lee.

"We'll find a way." said Taliah.

"We have to." said Isabella.

So from that moment on, the young mermaids planned on keeping watch on their friend and hopefully if there's something they can do to help her win Prince Dominick's heart. As each day goes by, the mermaids are keeping tabs on the little mermaid and her prince. Thanks to Isabella who led her friends to the Evanorian harbor, where they can watch from the rocks, they saw Akauriana combing her hair from the window above the castle's west wing. They were relieved to know that she's okay. During these times, Isabella can't help but think about Tristan for she hasn't seen him for a long while. They made a promise to see each other again but then things got in the way of their love. Like finding a way to save her friend, Akauriana and helping her out with her prince. But in the same time, she felt torn by her promises she had with the bounty hunting pirate. The flower mermaid missed him so much and she knows that he too feels the same way about her. From time to time, Isabella can't stop thinking about Tristan and lost focus on saving Akauriana from her fate. Driven by the same madness of a feeling that Akauriana had felt for Prince Dominick, the flower mermaid Isabella plans to take matters into her own hands, even if it means doing something she'll regret. The only way for her to ever see Tristan again is if she has to go to the source of solution in the form of the wicked demonic sea witch, Eraza. She will suffer the same fate as the little mermaid Akauriana. As night fell upon the sea, Everyone is asleep, except for Isabella who is still awake. From that time, she made her daring move by sneaking out of the secret sanctuary without anyone noticing that she's leaving. Without informing her mermaid friends and even Will and Paulina, Isabella proceeds with her plan. She swam out to the sanctuary and went into the kelp forest. It is dark and frightening but Isabella summons her courage to venture on into the dark trench of the seven seas. The floral mermaid remembers the way to the sea witch's lair and there she hovered before the entry. When she knocks on the door, it immediately opens. Now there is no turning back for Isabella as she enter the lair. When passed the prisoner plants, she found herself in the same center of the room where Akauriana was once been before. Then all of a sudden, black tentacles popped out of the shadows. Alas Eraza has a new visitor.

"Well isn't this a pleasant surprise." crackled Eraza as her tentacles carry her across the floor. "Another mermaid has come to seek help from moi?"

"Y...Y... yes, ma'am." Isabella replied in a shaky voice.

"Oh what do I owe such pleasure?" asked Eraza with a following crackle.

The flower mermaid faced the demon witch with a strong brace face but with fear in her heart.

"You may not know me but-" says Isabella but she got interrupted.

"I know who you are, sweetie." said Eraza, interrupting her. "You're the flower mermaid who is a friend of that little mermaid. I know you were there to witness your friend become a human, right before your very eyes."

"How do you know I was here before?" asked Isabella in fear.

"My sweet darling! Like I said, I know everything." says Eraza. "And I know why you come to me, young lady. You have also fallen in love with a pirate! Oh you all are making this too easy for me!"

The sea witch lets out a wicked laugh for she is amused by how things are turning out for her grand plans. Isabella felt slightly uneasy and unaware of what is to become of the result. She doesn't know what Eraza is going to do with her. After all, she
remember what happened to Akauriana when she makes a deal with the devil, which is Eraza the demonic sea witch. During this time, Eraza reach for the cupboard and took out what was left of the potion she had conjured the last time. She turns to Isabella
with the vile in her hand.

"Luckily for you, I still have some leftovers in my cupboard." said Eraza as she holds the vile of the remaining potion. "This is what you seek, is it not?"

"Yes, I do." says Isabella as she reaches out for the potion.

Eraza pulls away the potion and teased the mermaid, thus making a new deal.

"Nu uh uhh! Not so fast!" teased Eraza, gripping onto her potion. "You didn't really think that I was going to give you this potion for nothing? You have to pay for it, angelfish."

"Do I have to give up my voice, just like Akauriana?" Isabella asked hesitantly.

Eraza has other plans for Isabella. She will share the same fate as Akauriana but not in a way she would expect it to be possible.

"Give up your voice?" says Eraza in a cruel wicked tone. "Oh no, my sweet child. I thought of something even better. Instead, you'll give me your pendant!"

Isabella holds onto her pendant for it is a gift from Tristan. It'll break his heart as well as her own. So she slightly retaliated in fear.

"My pendant? But Tristan gave it to me as a promise, to our love for one another." says Isabella in fear.

"Which you will never have unless you got legs." reassured Eraza in a manipulative tone of voice. "You can't keep a promise if you choose not to go on land, can you now?"

Isabella lowered her head for she is going to make a difficult decision of her life. She cherishes her gift but to stay a mermaid forever. She must do it for Tristan and Akauriana. So the floral mermaid is forced to give up her pendant to the sea witch. Eraza grinned ominously for she has manipulated Isabella in the same way she did to the little mermaid Akauriana. Now she has both young mermaids at her mercy. With Akauriana's voice and Isabella's pendant, Eraza has all the power she can muster in order to exact her revenge on King Aquarion. But only when the time has come. In order to seal the deal, Eraza created a duplicate scroll and made Isabella sign away her very soul. The bargain has been made and so the witch gave Isabella the potion.

"Now off with you, my dear sweet child!" said Eraza as she creates a dark watery portal that leads to land. "Go and find your pirate man! But you will tell no one of this encounter."

Isabella nods to the agreement. With the potion in her hand, she enters the portal, leaving Eraza's lair. Isabella found herself on the beachside of the kingdom. She glances down at the potion, wondering about Akauriana and Tristan. For both of her lover and her friend, Isabella drank the potion and then she undergoes the same painful transformation as the little mermaid when she went through it once. The floral mermaid's flowery tail split into legs after a long agonizing ten minutes. Meanwhile, on the road to the beach, Akauriana and Prince Dominick are riding on horses, playfully racing through the hillside. They explored the town along the way. To Akauriana, she never knew that riding a land horse would be as fun as if she rode a giant seahorse back under the sea. She had a great time with Prince Dominick and he too is enjoying the same. They raced towards the beach and they both has stopped to look out at the sea.

"I have to admit, you are a natural when you ride your horse." says Prince Dominick, smiling at Akauriana. "You're pretty amazing, Akauriana."

The little mermaid smiles back at her prince. As they were both getting ready to ride some more, Akauriana paused when she spotted a girl, covered in seaweed, washed ashore. The young girl has long wavy brunette hair with flowers in it and she has a softer tan skin tone. Before she knew it, the girl is her friend, Isabella. This sight alerted the little mermaid. Without a slight hesitation, Akauriana quickly got off her horse and ran towards the unconscious Isabella. Prince Dominick follows behind Akauriana
after seeing her rush to the beautiful victim. He came to girls' side as Akauriana wonders if Isabella is alright.

"Oh my dear god! It's another girl washed up ashore." exclaimed Prince Dominick as he examines Isabella's lovely features. "Barely nude like you once were when I found you days before."

Akauriana looks at her prince with sadness in her eyes. Prince Dominick knew of these signs when turns to her.

"Is that girl a friend of yours?" Prince Dominick asked.

The little mermaid Akauriana nodded. Then the prince took undo his long coat and he covers Isabella's body with the elegant robe. He helps Akauriana carry Isabella to the horses.

"Don't worry, Akauriana." Prince Dominick reassured her. "Your friend is going to be alright. Let's take her back with us to the palace, where she can be taken care of. I promise."

Prince Dominick holds onto Isabella for Akauriana when they both got on their horses. Not a time to waste, they both headed back to the Evanorian palace. When they arrived at the stables, the prince ordered his servants and noblemen to carry Isabella to the same guest room where Akauriana resided in. There, the hand maidens nursed her back to health every day. From time to time, Akauriana sat by Isabella's bed, hoping for her friend to feel better. Prince Dominick watches the girls from the doorway and then he turns to take his leave. Morning has arrive and Isabella awoke from her restful sleep. She noticed that Akauriana had been watching over her while she heals from the painful transformation of the bitter potion. The flower mermaid utters her name in relief.

"Akauriana? Is that you?" Isabella uttered in a weak voice.

The little mermaid smiles for she is happy to see her again. Isabella got up from her bed and hugs Akauriana out of pure joy. Akauriana is just as teary-eyed as Isabella as the two mermaids reunited at last.

"Oh Akauriana! You have no idea how much I missed you!" cried Isabella. "I was really worried about you. So I thought I come join you and now look at us! We are in the human world. Just like we've been always dreaming of!"

Akauriana nods happily, agreeing with Isabella with glee. She wanted to let her know that she is happy to see her again but again, she remembers that she has no voice. Isabella tries to cheer up Akauriana.

"Oh please don't fret, Akauriana." said Isabella, giving off an angelic smile. "Even though you don't have your voice, I am still happy to see you. And don't worry! I will help you with the prince and maybe in the same time, I could be able to find Tristan. Only with your help. So let's help each other. Ok?"

Akauriana nods happily for she is delighted to help Isabella find her man, Tristan. The two mermaids made a promise to each other that they will help one another win over the hearts of their young men in order for the both of them to get a human soul. This just in, Prince Dominick went to the guest room, to check on his guests.

"May I come in?" Prince Dominick asked politely, knocking on the door.

The beautiful girls allowed him to come in. The young tall prince is happy to see that Isabella is in good health. He bows royally to show his well mannered gratitude towards the flower mermaid.

"I am Dominick" the prince introduced himself. "I'm a prince of Evanora. It is my pleasure to meet you, miss."

"Wow! He is so formal." Isabella whispers to Akauriana, giggling. "You are so lucky, Akauriana."

She turn to introduce herself after the prince.

"Please to meet you, Dominick." says the floral mermaid as she introduced herself as well. "My name is Isabella."

"What a lovely name, Isabella." says Prince Dominick. "Let me guess, you're also far away from home, if I'm mistaken?"

Isabella choose to keep her mermaid side a secret, not only for her sake but for Akauriana's as well. So she makes up a story and Akauriana went along with it.

"Yes I am." Isabella answered.

"Oh I see." said Prince Dominick. "So then, I take it that you're both far away from home?"

"Yes, that's right." says Isabella as she comes up with a good story. "My friend Akauriana and I were both from a kingdom far from your own. I was worried about Akauriana when I heard that she was lost at sea. So I went out to find her and then I found myself in a same dreadful storm upon the sea. Somehow, I ended up here."

Prince Dominick believe her words. He could relate to their situation since he too nearly died while out on the stormy sea. He didn't knew that Akauriana is the same girl who saved him from drowning that day, though the little mermaid wish he knew it
was her. The noble prince thought of something, then he suddenly had an idea. He turns to Isabella.

"Maybe you can stay here, with your friend." said Prince Dominick, offering her a place to stay. "Since you both are a long way from your kingdom. I just thought you can both stay here for a while longer, until you feel better. And someday, I will arrange a ship to take you two back to your land."

Akauriana doesn't want to leave Prince Dominick, so she slightly retaliated for she wanted to be with him. The prince calms her down a bit.

"Hey, don't worry, Akauriana." reassured Prince Dominick, holding her gently. "We are in no rush here. Like I said, you both are always welcome to stay here as long as you like."

Akauriana was relieved to hear these words. This just in, one of the noblemen came up to the prince, informing him of his requested audience from his advisors. The young prince acknowledged the information. He politely bowed to the girls and he exited
the room, leaving them to have their girl time. As the days have past, Isabella is struggling to walk. She suffered the same excruciating pain, just like Akauriana when she went through it. Even that her feet bleeds, Akauriana helps Isabella push through the pain in order to get use to walking. The redhead Akauriana teaches her floral friend to take one step at a time and overtime, Isabella finally got used to walking. She is ready. This one day, she went out to the town. There were a lot of people from all the lands coming to buy food, items and everything else. Most of the townsfolk paid their taxes for their workers. Entertainers thrilled the young children and the tough blacksmiths makes weapons for the kingdom. The floral mermaid Isabella could not believe her eyes for she is now seeing the wonders of the strange but fascinating human world. She strolled through the town square, where she is stopped by the baker who offered her a sample of the freshly baked blueberry bread. Isabella tried the sample blueberry bread. It is so delicious, she wanted to have the whole lofts of the bread. Thanks to the gold Prince Dominick gave her, Isabella bought the food. Then suddenly, she heard a man yelling from across the town. It appears that someone must've stolen from his shop.

"Stop! Thief!" yelled the man.

Isabella notice the thief is running from the royal guards who are after him. She recognized the young man's face. He is the same guy who captured her heart from a day ago. He wore the same bounty hunter attire, a long sleeveless coat, a long rag on his head and gold pierced ears. The young man is the bounty hunting pirate, Tristan. Isabella has finally found him. She decided to help him escape the guards. The beautiful girl saw a wagon of barrels and then she has an idea. Before the guards can catch up to him, Isabella finds a knife on the wagon and she uses it to cut the barrels loose, instantly cutting the guards off Tristan trail or knocking them down. Surprised by this, Tristan stops to see this and he turns to notice that the girl whom is Isabella. She approaches over to him for she is happy to see her brooding pirate again.

"Isabella?" Tristan exclaimed in surprise.

"Tristan..." uttered Isabella happily.

The young pirate was shock to see his beloved mermaid in her human form.

"Well look at you, little lady!" says Tristan, happily examining her from head to toe. "I never thought I'd see you again. But not in a way I honestly thought it would be. You look different."

"I came to land just to see you." said Isabella, being innocent.

"So you got legs, eh?" Tristan says in a charming manner.

"Mm hmm!" Isabella nodded.

"You're very beautiful, with or without a tail." said Tristan, smirking.

"Thank you." says Isabella, blushing from the pirate's charm.

Tristan took her hand and kisses it. He really did miss her as does she.

"I've been thinking about you lately." said Tristan.

"I was thinking about you too." said Isabella.

One of the guards are getting up from the ground. Tristan knew he couldn't stay for long. He must carry on or he will be caught by them. He turns to Isabella one last time and he offers her an invitation.

"Here is the map!" Tristan says, giving her the map.

"What's the map for?" Isabella wondered.

"To the seaside town port!" says Tristan as he prepares to leave. "Meet me at the Davy Jones Tavern! I'll wait for you there!"

"You promise?" asked Isabella.

"Scouts honor!" Tristan said, promising his beloved mermaid now a human.

The tough rebellious pirate got onto his black horse and rides away from the scene. He looks back at Isabella who is watching him go.

"It's nice seeing you again, Isabella!" Tristan shouted from afar.

The guards chased the pirate on their horses. Isabella shrieks with joy for she is meeting Tristan tonight at the seaside town port. She knew he'll keep his word. He has not forgotten about her since the day they met on the shore. After this moment past, Isabella starts heading back to the palace, knowing that she will indeed get a human soul and she sure hoped that Akauriana would get one too. So the rest is entirely up to them now.