[A/N: I think this chapter was a lot better than the previous one. Think of Chiyo and Triton's relationship like Wormtongue and Theoden's in Lord of the Rings since that's where I got the idea. Virtual cookies to those of you who can guess the who the shadows are at the end of the chapter. Reviews are appreciated. Enjoy the chapter!]

Atlantica was not the way Clementine remembered it. The normally clear sparkling ocean was dark and gloomy looking. Above the sea the ocean was full of rough choppy waves. Clementine peeked around the corner of the grotto they'd landed in. "I guess this is to be expected with King Triton being the way he is. Hopefully we can get to him." She was about to swim out of the grotto when someone shot past her.

The mermaid had ignored Akio and Clementine and had gone straight for Juliet throwing her against the wall of the grotto. "What are you doing back here? I don't want you anywhere near my Father."

Clementine grabbed onto the mermaid's shoulders to pull her off. "Ariel, stop it we're here to help."

Ariel looked back at Clementine then back at Juliet. "She doesn't have any business being here not after what she did to my Father."

"Ariel you have to believe me I just want to help. I know I messed up I think I have a way of fixing this."

Slowly Ariel released Juliet and swam back. "I still don't trust you. You were in league with Ursula."

"Yes, I was, but not anymore. Just take me to your Father."

Ariel led the way out of the grotto when a dark shadow swam past.

Akio had been the only one who'd seen it, but he was too far back to say anything. That almost looked like Ursula. But isn't she dead? It was probably just a trick of the light.

Atlantica looked completely deserted. Even the dolphin that normally swam around the courtyard was gone.

Juliet swam a little faster to catch up with Ariel. "What's your Father been doing exactly?"

"He's been making the seas impossible to sail on he's been driving all the other merpeople away. No one is allowed inside the palace. Not even his own daughters. And there's this woman who has been visiting him a lot lately."

"What does this woman look like?"

"Black hair, grey eyes, she has very cruel eyes actually."

That must be Chiyo. "We need to get her away from your Father. She's probably been manipulating him."

Even the tritons on the walls seemed to have lost light that they'd given off.

Akio saw the shadow pass by again and tapped Clementine on the shoulder. "I just saw something swim past."

"Could have been a merperson."

"No it looked like an octopus. I think it could be Ursula."

"But Ursula is supposed to be dead."

"I just saw her. She's down here somewhere."

Clementine swam back over to Juliet and Ariel. "Me and Akio are going to go check something out. Go on without us." She didn't wait for an answer and swam off again. She remembered very clearly where Ursula could be found there was just the problem of getting there and not getting spotted by anything unfriendly.

Once Ariel and Juliet had gotten into the pathway that led to the palace Ariel was starting to hang back. "What if that woman is in there with him?"

"She probably is in there, but there's no time to be scared now." She could see two guards posted outside the palace. "Ariel you should take care of the guards. They know you maybe they'll listen."

Ariel looked a bit pale, but went over to the guards. "I want to see my Father."

"Sorry princess, but the King won't see anyone right now."

"I only want to see him for a minute."

"He won't see anyone."

One of the guards looked around Ariel at Juliet. "Who's your friend?"

"She wants to see my Father too."

"Well neither of you can see him."

Juliet had noticed that this wasn't going the way she'd planned and swam over to Ariel. "Why can't we see the King?"

"Because he's very busy."

During this Clementine and Akio had swam through the tunnel of rapidly moving water and were in the area that was outside Ursula's grotto. Akio saw a shadow swim out of the sunken ship, but it didn't look like Ursula. It looked bigger and fishier. "Didn't you say that there was a shark down here?"

"I thought it would have gone when Ursula died."

"Well I think it's down there."

Clementine grabbed his shoulder when he started to swim towards the ship. "What are you doing swimming towards it?"

"Shouldn't we just get rid of it?"

"Have you seen this shark? It could eat us easily."

"Well we have the element of surprise on our side." Akio shrugged Clementine's hand off and went down towards the ship. He could see the shark swimming around and squeezed through a hole in the ship to get a bit closer.

I think Juliet is rubbing off on him with this whole diving in head first thing. "Akio this really isn't a good idea."

"Be quiet you'll give us away."

The shark wasn't paying any attention to them and instead swam back out of the ship.

Akio continued to follow it when a dark mass began to accumulate in front of him.

The shadow had taken the form of Ursula, but she was armed with the triton.

"Oh that's not good."

Clementine had just joined him in the belly of the ship, but went rigid when she saw the Ursula shadow. "What is that?"

"It looks like Ursula, but it's only a shadow."

Ursula didn't give either of them a parting glance before swimming out of the ship going in the direction of the palace.

Instead of continuing to talk to the guards Juliet had smacked them both hard enough upside the head to knock them out. "Problem solved let's go."

Ariel was staring at her with wide eyes. "Why did you hit them that hard?"

"Well they wouldn't listen to words. They obviously listened to force."

King Triton was seated on his throne rubbing his temples; his eyes dark. At his side was a dark haired mermaid with a black tail.

Ariel looked ready to tear Chiyo apart, but felt Juliet grab her by the tail. "Why are you stopping me?"

"Because Chiyo is very dangerous. I wouldn't take her lightly."

Chiyo didn't look that surprised to see them and leaned down to whisper something in Triton's ear.

Triton stopped rubbing his temples and looked up at them. "What are trespassers doing in my palace?"

"Daddy we're not trespassers we're here to help you."

Chiyo went back to Triton's shoulder. "Your daughter has been disobeying your orders, sire. Maybe you'll want to leave these miscreants to me."

"Do you think I am too feeble to defend myself? I can get rid of them on my own." Triton rose from his throne with his triton in his fist.

"Daddy stop it this isn't you. That witch has you under a spell."

"Watch who you're calling witch, little girl."

You know Chiyo could easily get rid of you if the mood suited her.

I'm not going to give her the chance. Juliet was snapped out of her thoughts when Triton stabbed at her. He's fast and strong for an old guy.

Ariel had launched herself at Chiyo, but nearly fell against the wall when the witch simply got out of the way. "Why are you doing this?"

"Because I hate the light."

Triton sent a bolt of magic at Juliet hitting her in the arm. He went to stab her again successfully pinning her to the wall with the triton pressing into her neck. "You can either leave now or face the consequences."

"I'll go, but first I need to do something to you." Juliet rammed the Keyblade into Triton's chest only to get knocked aside.

Chiyo's eyes went wide when she saw this. She wasn't paying any attention to Ariel who had recovered, but did feel a hand grab onto her hair and yank her back.

Triton's eyes were no longer black, but had gone back to their healthy blue color. "What happened? The last thing I remember was this black eyed girl." He looked down at Juliet who was recovering from being smacked with the triton and seized her around the throat. "You little witch it was you."

Ariel grabbed onto her Father's arm to pull him off. "Daddy, its ok she just fixed you. The witch is over there."

Triton looked over at Chiyo releasing Juliet. "You've been giving me poisonous advice for long enough."

Chiyo saw the triton rise and quickly darted from the throne room much to the confusion of the now conscious guards.

"Should we go after her, sire?"

"Let her go. She'll be dealt with another time."

Akio and Clementine had just gotten into the throne room in time to see Chiyo disappear into a dark portal. While they'd been chasing the Ursula shadow it had disappeared as well.

Juliet was massaging her neck when she saw them enter the throne room. "So did you guys find what you were looking for?"

Clementine looked back at where they'd seen Chiyo. "There was this shadow. It looked like Ursula, but it got away."

"Chiyo probably created it. We need to find her and get rid of her."

In a dark remote world Chiyo was cutting her lose. "So I lost King Triton big deal. And the puppet maker was useless anyway. There's plenty more for her to play with." Behind her were six shadows.