Fishes Tale
Chapter 2 Story
By: Major144
Disclaimer I do not own the Disney version of the little Mermaid or Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid. This is just a story for fun.
The next day everybody was up for breakfast. Ariel, James, Eric, and Crystallina sat around a large table outside the castle.
"James would you like to hear the story on how me and Ariel met?" Asked Eric.
"Yes I would enjoy that." Said James.
"Well it happened a few months ago. I was out on a voyage, when the ship I was on hit a terrible storm and a bolt of lighting set it on fire. I helped everyone get to the lifeboats, but I was struck by a part of a falling mast and knocked into the ocean unconscious." Said Eric.
"I showed up and rescued Eric after that." Said Ariel.
"Wait were you on the same boat together?" Asked James.
"Not...exactly. You...see James I was a mermaid, who saw Eric's ship and decided to come up to the surface and watch it." Said Ariel.
James stared at Ariel confused, while Crystallina eyed Ariel with wonder.
"You...were a mermaid?" Said James.
"Yes I was. I saw Eric was unconscious and in trouble, so I grabbed him and swam to shore. As I stared at him I fell in love and began to sing to him. Eric woke up and I quickly returned to the sea." Said Ariel.
"That's an interesting story, but tell me how you really met." Said James.
"It's not a story James. That's how we met." Said Eric.
"Well if Ariel was a mermaid how dose she has legs now?" Asked James.
"Well after I fell in love with Eric, I desperately wanted to be with him. My best friend Flounder found a statue of Eric at the bottom of the ocean and I took it to my secret grotto. Unfortunately my father King Trident of Atlantica found out about my grotto and my love for a human and destroyed everything with his trident!" Said Ariel.
Crystallina starred at Ariel wide eyed.
"Wait...Atlantica is real? I thought that was just an old fisherman's tail." Said James.
"It is real. I have not seen it, but I've seen the meroeople who live there." Said Eric.
"After my grotto was destroyed two eels named Flotsam and Jetsam approached me saying that a powerful sea witch named Ursula could give me legs and make me human. I was desperate to be with Eric so I went to Ursula and we made a deal. The deal was that I would give Ursula my voice in exchange for legs. I was supposed to make Eric fall in love with me and share a kiss with him in three days. If I succeeded I would remain human, if I didn't I would to back into a mermaid belong to Ursula." Said Ariel.
A look of fear seemed to pass over Crystallina face at the words sea witch. Ariel continued with her story.
"I agreed to Ursula's deal and my voice was taken away. I was turned into a human and with the help of my friends Flounder and Sebastian I made it to the surface and made it towards shore. I was basically naked at the time, but my friend a bird named Scuttle help make some makeshift clothes for me. I latter encountered Eric on the beach, but he didn't know who I was." Said Ariel.
"I thought Ariel was the survivor of a shipwreck. I took her to the castle and had her bathed and clothed. I latter decided to take for a tour around the kingdom the next day. Near the end of that day with a lagoon cruise. It was a beautiful moment and we almost shared a kiss together, but something tipped are boat over and the moment was ruined. We returned to the castle and I was on the balcony, when I heard the most beautiful singing voice. I looked down at the beach and saw a beautiful women with black hair and a dress. Her name was Vanessa and she hypnotize me with her voice and I fell in love with her." Said Eric.
"Wait she hypnotize you? But why?" Asked James.
"Vanessa was actual Ursula in disguise using my voice to get to Eric. It was all a part of a plan to make me fail." Said Ariel.
"What for?" Asked James.
"I'll explain. The next day Ariel was going to marry Vanessa. They took a ship out into the ocean to get married, but Scuttle found out who Ursula was and told me. With help from my friends we swam to the ship and stopped the wedding. A seashell neckless Vanessa was wearing got destroyed and my voice was returned to me and I started to sing. Eric became in hypnotized and realized I was the one who saved him. Unfortunately the sun set and I turned back into a mermaid. Ursula turned into her real self and dragged me into the ocean, where we ended up running into my father and Sebastian. Trident demanded my release, but Ursula explained that we made a deal and that she would not surrender me unless my father surrendered his trident and kingdom. Trident agreed and he was turned into a polyp." Said Ariel.
"I had just dived into the water armed with a spear a few seconds after that happen. I saw Ursula armed with a the trident. I threw my spear at her and managed to scar Ursula's arm. She became angry and ordered Flotsam and Jetsam to hold me why she blasted me with the trident. The eels grabbed me, but Flounder and Sebastian came to my aid and broke me free. Ariel came up from behind Ursula and yanked on her hair making her fire and hit Flotsam and Jetsam and destroying them instead of me. Ursula became angry and grew to gigantic size creating a few whirlpools and raising a few sunken ships. I went to the surface and took control of one of the ships and rammed it's splintered bow right into Ursula killing her. I ended up back on shore unconscious." Said Eric.
James and Crystallina starred at Eric and Ariel in amazement.
"After the battle my father and everyone else who was cursed by Ursula was turned back to normal. I was watching Eric from a rock, when my father thought I deserved to be free to live my own life. Using his power he turned me into a human and I went back to Eric. We go married soon after." Said Ariel.
Crystallina starred at Ariel in admiration.
"That is an amazing story!" Said James.
"It is." Said Eric.
"James...there are a few similarities between...are story and how you met Crystallina." Said Ariel.
"What do you mean?" Asked James.
"We...think Crystallina might be a mermaid." Said Ariel.
James looked at Crystallina, who looked back at him deeply.
"That...can't be right. I was told...that a girl from a nearby temple rescued me. The way I found... Crystallina was just a coincidence. She can't be a mermaid." Said James.
A look of deep sadness appeared on Crystallina's face as she stood up and ran away. James looked shock and confused. Eric and Ariel just gave James a look of contempt.
"Why do..you not believe that Crystallina is a mermaid and that she's the one, who rescued you?" Asked Ariel.
"It's just...a lot to take in. Look the girl who was said to be the one who rescued me is coming here tomorrow. Maybe then we will get some answers." Said James as he left the temple.
"You are blind brother. Hopefully you will see the truth and fix things with Crystallina." Said Eric as he watched his brother leave.
To be continued.