Last time Aaron was about to go into the sunken ship. And if you guys saw the movie you'll know what happens. But beware for twists:)
Also for the song in this chapter, if it's written like this that's Aaron singing. The song they are preforming is "Somebody to love" There will be some lyrics but now the whole song.
Enjoy:)
Scarlett was nervous. Aaron wasn't back yet and the show was about to start! And she was scared that not only will Aaron's absence will make her the laughing stalk of the kingdom she was scared of the queen's reaction will be when she see's that her son did not make it for her birthday. She will be angry and heartbroken.
The curtain rose and she panicked. But she kept his composure in front of the audience, he walked over to the stand and straightened his shell out. She looked at the crowd and looked up at the balcony the queen was sitting on with tension, she looked suspicious at Scarlett at her nervousness, Scarlett gulped.
Then the queen's sons appeared on the stage. All six of them, that scared Scarlett and turned her shell white. Where was Aaron!? But she couldn't stall now, she must preform in honor of the queen.
So she turned her pages of her music book, looking for the song. Then she tapped his stick on the stand and the boys began to sing as Scarlett led her stick.
Scarlett was still scared about the outcome, but still led and the boys continued to sing the chorus. The boys sang as their mother looked at them proudly and smiled.
Then there was a low "love". Scarlett braced herself for the worst. The piano began to play.
Then there was a sudden male voice in the background that made Scarlett's head whip up. The music began to play and what came from the shadows of his older brothers was none other than Aaron himself. He started to sing.
"Each morning I get up I die a little! Can barely stand on my feet!"
His brothers backed him up singing as he and the others danced "Doing to me!?" They exclaimed
"I spend all my years in believing you! But I just can't get no relief Looooorrrrrd!"
Aaron held the last note long as his brothers did the same. Scarlett's jaw dropped but brought it back up. He made it! The queen won't make a crab cake out of her after all!
"Yes Aaron sing man! Sing!" Scarlett exclaimed and Aaron clapped and began to sing again. Aaron clapped his hands and spun around while brothers clapped their hands too but went side to side. He started singing again. Aaron gets down on his tail and made prayer pose as he reached the next lyrics.
Meanwhile queen Tritannia was smiling brightly and had looked like she was about to cry. Her youngest song had the most beautiful voice in all of Atlantica and she was so proud to have a son with such a golden voice.
Aaron starts dancing and puts in more soul that made the audience gasp, even his own mother. That also caused the mermaids to swoon over him, not only was he the best singer he was also the most handsome merman in Atlantica.
Aaron spun around and began to twirl his fingers horizontally on both sides of his head. The stage was silent and it went dark. Scarlett rolled up his sleeves and led once more.
Aaron stopped singing and he was encouraging the crowd to join in,"Come on put your hands and flippers in the air now ladies and gentlemen!" Aaron said to them, then he began to sing once more.
"Oohhhhh, oh oh oooooooo, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Aaron croon.
"Ah! I'm searching high and low!" Aaron said in a sing song tone, "I'm searching HIGH and low!" He said highly and lowly.
"There somebody out there who needs to find me! Somebody! Anybody! Find me! I wanna love somebody! I'm suffering over here!"
Scarlett had a large grin on her face while Tritannia was at the edge of her seat as she saw her little boy. Aaron put his hands on his chest.
Aaron said that not long, then he opened his arms in the air and sang out his heart, "LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!"
Tritannia had tears of happiness rolling down her face. Aaron looked serene and looked at the audience. Flaunder, who was backstage, was practically enchanted by Aarons voice. His brothers sang low again and Aaron started again.
His brothers continued to sing. The girls went insane for him while his mother continued smiling.
"Can anybody, find me find me? Somebooddyyyyy?"
Aaron took a deep breath and finished. The crowd went wild and clapped and cheered, while his mother stood up and clapped herself and shouting.
"That's my boy! That's my boy!" Aaron was then crowded by his brother, giving their baby brother a hug and congratulating him.
"Way to go bro!" said one of them. The curtain went down and Sebastian fainted and landed on a group of instruments.
"Well done my sons!" exclaimed a voice, queen Tritannia came to the stage. Aaron went wide eyed and was happy to see his mother.
"Mom!" Aaron went over to her and gave her a hug, then he pulled away. "How did you like the song?"
Tritannia just smiled, "I absolutely adored it my son! Your voice could even make the angels themselves cry", then his mother gave him a smirk ,"And not to mention you made all the maidens in the kingdom swoon all over you, I have a feeling if you keep up your charm the next celebration will be your wedding."
"Mom stop!" Aaron said playfully, then he remembered something important. "Oh I almost forgot!" Aaron pulled something from behind. He pulled out the clam and his mother was surprised, he put it in her delicate hands.
"Open it." Aaron says, queen Tritannia did as her son asked, she opened it gently and gasped at what was in it.
The pearl that Aaron found was inside, but now the the silver chain he made it into a necklace for his mother. She looks up at him in disbelief.
"Aaron? Where did you find this?" Aaron didn't answer, but instead he took the pearl necklace out and puts it around his mothers neck. Aaron smiles at his mother.
"..Happy birthday mother." Tritannia didn't say anything but hugged her son. It lasted for a few moments until a guard came to view.
"Your majesty! We have a problem! One of the mermen in the city has committed treason!" Tritannia looks at the guard.
"What crime is it?" she asked, The guard looked at her with uneasiness.
"...He brought a human item into Atlantica." That made Tritannia go wide eyed, the her expression turned angry. Tritannia broke her hug from her son.
"Bring him to the palace at once!" She left her sons embrace, that made Aaron sad.
"Mom wait!" Tritannia looks back at her son.
"I'm sorry Aaron" she apologizes "I have important business to attend to, maybe another time alright" before Aaron could say anything to his mother she disappeared. Aaron sighed in defeat, he knew that once his mother made up her mind there was no changing it.
"Aaron!" exclaimed a voice, Aaron looked around and then he saw Scarlett with a angry look on her face.
"Where have ya been boy!? Ya nearly gave me a heart attack!" Aaron was startled, but then began to apologize.
"Oh, sorry Scarlett, but hey I made it on time didn't I?" Aaron said with a smile, Scarlett still looked unimpressed.
"...Don't scare me like dat again man!" Scarlett said. Aaron looked at his mother who was still leaving, she looked furious and would hate to be the person she was about to scold and punish. Scarlett noticed that look on his face, it softens a bit and she goes on the boys shoulder.
"Your mother is the queen Aaron, she cannot control the things that take her away from her family."
Aaron looks at Sebastian and then turns away with his arms crossed with a look of sadness.
" I know she's the queen Scarlett and that she has responsibilities...but..." Aaron looks back at her. She looked like she was still seeing red.
"Boy she looks pretty steamed huh?" he asked Scarlett, the crab looks at Tritannia and whistles.
"I'll tell you this now Aaron, I hate to be the guy who your mother is about to face. If there is one law she cannot stand people breaking is having human items."
Aaron was nervous by Scarlett's words, then he just looks at his mother as she keeps fading away.
In the dark corners of the ocean everything was horrifying. Volcanoes were everywhere and in the deep depths there were creatures waiting to for helpless prey to come by and devour it.
In the distance there was a mountain that looked like a gigantic skull. Fumes were coming from the multiple chimneys, and inside there was a individual that was watching Aaron in his crystal ball.
"Oh, poor prince Aaron," said a dark male voice, "You got back in time for your mothers birthday celebration and she just left you there alone? Ha!" he said in disgust, "and for something as petty as having a human object? Please!"
The figure was a octopus like creature, he had purple skin and was hiding in the shadows. He reached into a bowl of guppies to eat.
"Tritannia was always like this, always losing her temper at the smallest things. Even in my days in the palace." A scared guppy met his mouth and he devoured him.
"And now look at me," he said dramatically, revealing himself from the shadows. He had purple skin, a strong buky built and white hair that stood up on top, "because of her so called rules I'm wasting into complete nothingness."he hung himself from his bed, then he growled.
"Banished for one little mistake and practically starving!" he clutched her hands, "While she is loved by her people and gets to have a life of luxury!" he jumped out and landed on the ground.
The Octopus man, goes by the name Ulysses. Many years ago he used to be a warlock for the king and queen of Atlantica, that is until he tried to take over and was banished forever.
"Well Tritannia, two can play this game." he whips her head to look at two female eel creatures.
"FLORA! JEENA!" The two eels bunked their heads into each other and looked at their owner as they blinked with their long eye lashes.
"I want you two to keep a close eye on that handsome little son of hers." he had a evil grin and was putting her fingers together as well as his tentacles.
"He may be the key to Tritannia's undoing."
Aaron quietly hid in his mothers throne room behind the plants. He watched with concern as he saw the guards drag in the prisoner towards his mother, who was sitting on her throne with her Tritant In her hand and Scarlett was on the arm rest on her throne. Flaunder swam up to him.
"Hey Aar.." Aaron covered Flaunder's mouth and gently shushed her, the Flaunder whispered.
"Whats happening?" she asked, Aaron just looked at the scene, his mother had a dark and angry look on her face. The guards dropped a middle aged mermaid to the ground, his gray hair covering his brown eyes that showed fear as he saw the queen.
"Oh, your highness, you look lovely this evening. Turning fifty didn't take away your beauty one bit!" the man said desperately to the queen in hopes to appease her to avoid her wrath.
Her Tritant slammed to the ground and made the floor shake, and made him shake.
"Silence!" Tritannia exclaimed angrily, "Do you have any idea of what you just done!? This is treason!"
The merman winced a bit as she angrily said those words. Even Aaron gasped a bit while Flaunder hid behind the red headed boy.
"What item did he have with him?" The queen asked her guard man, he brought over an object covered with a cloth. He takes it off to reveal it, the queen was in pure horror.
A human made sword that had a blood stain on the blade.
Aaron went wide eyed in horror as well as he saw the sword that was obviously used in battle. Flaunder paled a bit as she saw the weapon.
"This man has been using this human object to threaten the citizens at the market place during your sons performance. The fish said he would kill them if they didn't give him their corals."
Tritannia looked at the sword. She studied it for a while, and looked at the blood stain on the human made sword. Something ended up popping into her head.
Black ripped flag with a skull in front.
Tritannia snapped out of it and she was furious and horrified.
"How could you do such a thing!?" Tritannia demanded, the merman was terrified by the queens reaction.
Aaron gasped as he saw his mothers panicked expression that was mixed with rage, Flaunder shook in terror and gasped. As she looked back at the sword and saw the blood as it sheered in the light, she fainted. Aaron saw Flaunder passing out and caught her, he took a piece of leaf from the plant they were hiding behind and began to fan her.
"Your majesty! Wait I uh...can explain!" The pointed end of the Tritant was facing him now, he gulped while queen Tritannia glared at him darkly. Scarlett did the same at the prisoner.
"Not only did you threaten the lives of innocent people in my kingdom," she said darkly, "You dared to bring a weapon of destruction from the human world...a weapon of those barbarians!"
"Come on! Its like a sword you guys have here in this place! Whats the big deal!" the prisoner defends himself. Queen Tritannia's last nerve was struck with that.
"Don't you back sass at me you scum! As long as I rule this kingdom as queen, anyone who who holds possessions that belong to humans will be punished swiftly and severely!" the prisoner tries defending himself again.
"Just listen its a sword!"
"NOT ANOTHER WORD!" The prisoner, the guards, Aaron and Flounder and even Scarlett winced from the queens risen voice of anger.
"AS PUNISHMENT FOR NOT ONLY BRINGING THAT ABOMINATION INTO MY KINGDOM AND THREATENING THE LIVES OF MY PEOPLE! YOU ARE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT!" Tritannia finished, the prisoner was in fear, while Aaron looked at his mother with a sad look.
"Mom" he said silently, Tritannia points to the guards.
"Take him away! I don't want him in my sight!" the guards took the man away as he begged for mercy. Queen Tritannia sat on her throne and pinch the bridge of her nose. Flaunder was horrified by the queen's anger.
"Wow, your mom is really scary when she's mad Aaron...Aaron?" Flaunder saw Aaron sneak away quietly, soon She followed.
Queen Tritannia was still stressed out. Scarlett thought it be best to leave her alone for a while in her state so she can calm down.
Scarlett was walking through the ocean floor. She was steamed about the criminal who upset her queen. If there was anything Scarlett hated in her life was people offending queen Tritannia.
"The nerve of that man!" Scarlett said angrily, "Bringing a sword into the city and threatening people! And a human sword for that matter to!" Scarlett picks up a stick and imitates the criminal"
"I'm a dumb merman who is threatening you with a sword that came from the human world!" She sees a dark shadow over himself. She looks up and see's two familiar figures.
"Aaron? Flaunder?" Scarlett says to herself, she see's them swimming towards somewhere. So being naturally curious she followed.
It was a while as she swam after them. It was until the teen and fish stopped in front of a boulder. Aaron opened it as no one else was around, Flaunder slipped in first then Aaron. Scarlett saw this and swam quickly as the boulder was closing on her. She managed to get through but was stuck in the crack, she was struggling to get out. She ended up popping out and crashed threw the sand, she dusted herself off and went wide eyed at what she saw.
Inside was a long hovel with a dozen shelves. And to Scarlett's horror they were human items, she looks all the way down until she saw Aaron stroking the silver object with three points on it.
While the young boy had a sad face.
"Aaron are you okay?" Flaunder asked him, Aaron continued looking at the item.
"I have seen mom like this many times," Aaron says quietly "..but this time its worse..I've never seen my mother this furious before, well not since that day..." Aaron turns his head to look at Flaunder, while Scarlett hid behind a rock and listened.
"Flaunder..remember you asked me why my mother hated humans and that I told you that they took something she loved away?"
Flaunder nodded."Yeah?"
"Do you know what they took from her...and from me and my brothers?"
"Who?"
"...My father..." Flaunder was shocked while Scarlett gasped a bit, then she put her head down with a sadness.
"Your father?" Flauder said. Aaron sat up and looked at him.
"I was six years old when it happened. Me, my brothers and my parents were on the surface at the rocks the other mermaids would gather to play their music, sing and have a good time, on that day my dad gave my mom a music box as a gift. They were so in love Flaunder, and back then mom always had a smile on her face and laugh, but then.." Flaunder anticipated for Aaron to answer. Scarlett knew where this was heading since she was also there on that terrible day.
"Humans," Aaron said, Flaunder was flabergasted, "There were these humans who called themselves 'pirates', they came through our path on a giant, wood build ship, I think that's what its called. It was coming our way and our dad was getting us all out of there before they spotted us and capture us. Then he got stuck between a rock, my mother tried to swim as fast as she could to save him...but then the ship crashed into the rocks...and before we knew it..it was too late." Scarlett sighed and shook her head while Flaunder looked sad and looked like she was about to cry.
"Aaron I'm so sorry." Flaunder said sympathetically, while Scarlett looked at Aaron with sadness.
"Ever since that day my mother hated humans, because of those pirates they killed Atlantica's king, my father...and my mothers husband. She made a vow that if a human were to come near Atlantica, she will finish them off and if any mer folk had anything that came from the human world or associated with humans will be put in prison immediately...those humans broke my mothers heart, and she still carries that grief about father's death to this day, and she will never forgive those monsters, not even me".
Flaunder frowned."...No wonder she hates humans, because they killed the person she loved."
Aaron swam up and got something from the shelves of his collection. There was something in his hand, Flaunder saw this and so did Scarlett.
Aaron opened a tiny little box and music began to play.
"Do you know why I collect these human items?" Flaunder shook his head.
"Because despite the fact that those humans killed my father, I know that not all humans are evil. These are the good things that humans created to help their world." Aaron looks at Flaunder with a serious expression.
"The sword that man had was an example of the horrible things that heartless humans like the ones who killed my father create in the nme of greed and power. But these things like the music box from the human world, with this beautiful melody playing... it always reminds me that we mermaids and humans can live together in peace, and I hope that someday my mom will see that and let go of her pain." Sebastian was flabbergasted, Aaron spoke again.
"But it's not just that reason why I collect them Flaunder." Flaunder looks at Aaron again as well as Scarlett.
"Why Aaron?"
"...Because I want to become human."
Scarlett gasped in horror while Flounder as floored, "What!? Aaron are you serious!?"
Aaron nodded and stokes the music box gently, "I am, I want to be where the people are, and I want to see them dancing, walking around those...what were they? Oh feet!"
Scarlett was shaking and took a bag and breathes into it.
Aaron continued, "Besides flipping your fins won't you far, with legs they are perfect jumping, dancing and strolling down the streets. And you get to be in the sun and just lay in the sand...with no care in the world, "Aaron lays down with a content look, "..If only my mother can see the amazing things humans make...and be happy again."
Flounder looks at Aaron, "But what about you becoming human...what will she think of that?"
Aaron would freeze, then he would head to the stone and lay there, "I don't know..I wish I can tell her...but, she'll never understand...I can talk to you but...not to her. But still."
Aaron and Flounder look up into the skylight. Fluander was filled with wonder while Aaron had a dazed look on his face. He made it his goal that someday that he would become a human and explore the lands. Meet the humans and show his mother that they are not all barbarians.
Aaron said confidently with a smile.
"I will be on land someday, I just know it!"
Aww...well now we know why his mother hates humans, then again (spoiler alert) in the third movie we saw the kings wife get killed by humans so that explains why he freaked out. It wouldn't be the Little Merman with the classic song:) Don't forget to review:)