Greetings, everybody! I have decided to update earlier so that all of you won't have to wait long. Next update will be on next week, I promise. So this chapter is about Lauren, if you have watched The Little Mermaid, you would know how it goes. Anyway, ratings will change to M in a few more chapters, so stay tuned and please enjoy reading :) Hope you like it! Please review, or follow or favourite if you enjoy reading my story. Love XOXO.

Her eyes. Chocolate brown but there's always a spark in them, so many emotions swim in those deep pool of darkness. Then she turns to me in all her glory, eyes full of curiosity but suddenly recognization sinks in and her eyes turn blue, not sea blue but neon blue. Her gaze brings a gasp out of me and a tingling feeling down my spine.

She walks, no, she stalks towards me like a lion to its prey, with a glint in her eyes that's full of lust and hunger, with an extra sway in her moving hips.

Closer and closer she gets as she licks her lips. This is like a game and I'm her willing pawn, stuck in a trance and mesmerized by the queen.

Close, so close...

And I wake up, still trembling from anticipation.

'Oh my God...' I groan and put my face in my hands.

Since I've met the queen, she has been haunting my dreams every night. Every dreams is the same, so close but we never touched. My mind is swarmed with thoughts of her. I can't do anything about it. I know I have to see her sooner than later, this can't continue.

It's driving me insane.

'Are you sure you want to do this?' Flounder, my best friend, is next to me, still trying to prompt me for a thousandth times to not do this.

I know I shouldn't't, my rational thoughts know that Ursula is a wicked witch but my heart knows better. And for once I want to listen to my gut, the constant longing for the queen is torturing me. I have also asked myself and hesitate for a long time but the thoughts of the queen threw all rational thought out the window. I close my eyes and nod.

'Yes, Flounder, this is my final decision. You remember our promise?'

Flounder nods slowly and murmurs.

'Yes...but he will find out soon.'

'I know.' And with that, I look at Flounder and say with a smile.

'Don't worry, I know what I'm doing.'

Flounder opens his mouth to say something but I have already gone in the cave.

The cave is dark and very big, with the witch's back to me.

'I was wondering when you will come in.'

Ursula turns and I can't help the gasp out of my mouth. She is...different. I stay rooted at my spot the moment her eyes meet mine, locking me in place. Her hair is like on fire, a blue luminous flame like the fire at the pot. She has heavy make up: heavy foundation to cover up her wrinkled face; heavy eyeliner together with heavier bright green eye shadow that bring out her dark green eyes.

Eyes that are looking at me hungrily with a glint of amusement.

'I...I...' I stutter, I don't know what to say.

'Shh...'' In a flash of an eye, the witch is infront of me, I glance quickly at her tail and my eyes widen on fear. Ursula has no tail, she has large gigantic tentacles that are swaying against the current, powerful tentacles that enable her to move like lightning; tentacles that are slowly surrounding me, but not quite wrapping me...yet.

I gulp down the bile rising in my throat, the urge to scream is stuck in my throat. I shut my eyes and can't stop the tremble.

'Shhhh...' the witch says again in a whisper, pushing me closer to her, pushing me to her cleavage, so close that I can't breathe but also trying not to choke on her heavy horrible perfume at the same time.

'There, there...look at me now.' Ursula says in a firm, demanding tone that makes me tremble harder, the tears slipping down my cheeks in fear. Then, I feel something slimy slips under my chin and lifting me up to look at her, another tentacle touches my face.

I want to leave, I wanna cry, I don't want to do this anymore...

Then the image of the queen flash in my mind again, again a pair of neon eyes staring at me with a sultry smile; along with a come hither gesture, and I once again ask myself whether she is worth it, but then again I can't stand it anymore and I force my self to open my eyes.

But I don't see the neon blue eyes on my mind, I see a pair of dark green eyes instead, with a different kind of hunger.

'There she is, Lauren Lewis Poseidon.' she pronounces the last name with so much hatred it startles me.

'I know what you want, you want to see the Succubus Queen on land, no?'

I don't dare to open my mouth because I don't trust my voice, so I nodded as the queen comes in mind again.

'You're willing to pay the price?'

I nod again, not daring to back down anymore. I see the witch's lips etches up and now a full blown wicked smile is placed on her face.

'Great!' With that, she swims to her magic pot, her tentacles carrying her in mere seconds

'What do I need to do to become human? ' I ask nervously. Ursula does not answer me, she starts to put in all the ingredients into the pot, the fire now in full force. I stay at my spot, shifting my weight from left to right awkwardly as I stare at her.

Finally, Ursula carries a potion to me and smiles wickedly.

'Well, don't worry, it's not like I want your soul or something. '

My eyes widen in fear as I look at her potion in her hand

Ursula's sickening smile never falters from her face as she once again comes so close to me and wrap me around her with her tentacles.

'All I want is...your voice.'the witch whispers next to my ear and I involuntary shove.

'What do you mean?'I ask, my voice almost inaudible.

Ursula swims away again and say.

'Yes, darling, I want your beautiful voice.'

'How do I...'

'Sing.' Ursula whispers at first, then she roars.

'Sing! Sing at the top of your voice!'

I glance at the potion in her hands and swallow. Then I take a deep breath and open my mouth but my voice seem to be stucked in my throat. Then with one hand gesture from the witch, voice starts to come out from me, a melody soft as feathers and sweet as cotton candy.

I see my voice turns into swirls of pink mist and head towards the necklace that hung around Ursula's neck.

I feel my throat starts to tighten and my voice starts to falter.

Then, it's over.

I look at Ursula as she hands me the potion. I feel so out of my senses so I just accept the potion with numb hands.

'Now drink and swim. You should be a human by the time you reach the shore.'

I want to say something but I find myself can't speak.

'Drink.' Ursula says with a wicked smile. I tip the potion and drink the potion, it's freezing and burning at the same time but all there is is just a sip.

I let out a relieved sigh that I didn't feel any excruciating pain, just a very weird sensation.

'Now listen, if you don't get the Succubus Queen to fall in love with you by the sunrise on the fifth day, you will turn back into a mermaid and shall belong to me. Understand?'

What?! I didn't know that! I open my mouth to argue but once again I found myself "speechless".

'Hahahahahaa, now swim before you drown! ' the witch let out a high-pitch wicked laugh that gives me goose bumps all over.

And before I know it, I found myself outside the cave, there is no longer an entrance.

'Lauren! What took you so long?' Flounder is still outside, rambling to me worrily.

I just shake my head and start swimming towards the shore.

'Lauren? Lauren! What's wrong?' Flounder's hot on my tail but I ignore him.

'Lauren, you're starting to scare me!'

I glance at him and smile appreciately, I gently hold him and kiss him on his forehead. Flounder blushes and is about to open his mouth but with one look of desperation to him, I use my power and shove him away.

Time is running out, I can feel my tail beating with more effort. I can even feel my weight, one thing I've never felt in waters.

So I keep on swimming without looking back, knowing that I won't be able to stand the hurt in Flounder's eyes as I have never used my power on him.

One thing Ursula said was right:

I have to swim before I drown.