A/N: We've now come to The Great Sebastian and what I feel will be an important chapter for Aries going forward. Thank you everyone for the reviews you left, and I feel like in-between trivia I may start answering some of them.

Under the sea, we see Ariel throwing rocks at bubbles, popping them, as Flounder and Aries did the same. Only with Aries it appeared almost as if he had a second talent for this game.

"You're getting good at this game, Flounder. You too, Aries." Ariel says congratulating her friend and brother.

"Thanks Ariel." Flounder responds to the Mermaid. Aries then gets overconfident.

"What can I say? I'm the best at sports."

"Oh great, the great Aries is about to show off his great sporting skills." Ariel mocks her brother, who continues to joke with her and Flounder.

"Now stay back you, guys. I'm gonna throw a good one." Aries says as he is about to launch the shell as Sebastian appears as he swims toward the castle.

"I hope the King's in a good mood today. Sometimes he's crabbier than I am." Sebastian says unaware of the game being played around him.

"Aries, no!" Ariel tries to stop Aries from throwing the shell, but she is too late as he launches to shell toward Sebastian.

"Sebastian, look out!" Ariel calls out to the small crab. He dodges the rock, but his head gets caught inside a bubble.

"Hey! Get me out of this thing!" Sebastian calls out."

"Uh-oh." Aries sees what he caused, as he Ariel and Flounder swim up to Sebastian. Ariel gets Sebastian out of the bubble, and he is dizzy.

"Oh!" Sebastian says as he tries to clear his head.

"Are you okay, Bas?" Aries asks worried about Sebastian. Sebastian groans.

"I'm sorry about that, Bas. Dad would be mad at me if I hurt his right-hand crab."

"That's true Aries. The king counts on me like I was his fingers. Well, I'd better get back to the palace. The king can't find his crown without me." Sebastian says as he swims off.

"Wow, Sebastian must be a very important carb to King Triton." Flounder says as Aries answers him.

"That's because Sebastian is the most important crab in the whole kingdom. "

"Why don't we go see Sebastian in action then." Ariel says as she swims off after Sebastian with Aries and Flounder behind her.

At the throne room, fish blow their horns as King Triton shoes them away, Sebastian grabs a seaweed doughnut and eats it as the Mertwins and Flounder wave at him, Sebastian waves back at them until King Triton gives him a look. Then a seahorse shows up.

"Hear ye, hear ye! First on the royal agenda, the semi-annual cleaning of the royal crown."

"I'll get that for you, your highness." Sebastian says as he starts to clean Triton's crown.

"The royal crown can never be too clean, I always say." Sebastian then drops the crown.

"Whoops." As the crown continues to bounce away, Sebastian screams and swims after it, placing it back on Triton's head.

"Next on the royal agenda, polishing the royal trident." The seahorse says looking at his list.

"Oh! allow me, sire." Sebastian jumps again to help Triton.

"Wait! no!" Triton warns Sebastian but it is too late. The crab goes to polish the Trident and it glows and shoots a blast of lightning. King Triton then grabs the Trident and calls back the lightning. Aries observes the situation and is in awe of his father.

"Wow, Dad is so cool and powerful. Wonder if I can be that great one day." Aries thinks to himself.

"Proceed." Triton declares.

"Next on the royal agenda, the Sharkanian problem. The seahorse announces.

"Oh yes! my greatest wish is to make peace with the Sharkanians. I have been searching high and low tide for an expert on Sharkania. He would be my most prized advisor." Triton says which peeks Sebastian's interest.

"Advisor? Oh, uh, your majesty! I myself am well-versed in the Sharkanian culture." Sebastian responds.

"Really, Sebastian?" Triton wonders.

"Oh, my yes, I know Sharkania like the back of me own head. Spend some time there in my youth."

"Is that so? Sharkanians are devious, you know." Triton tells Sebastian but the crab still goes on.

"Oh yes, most devious."

"And Emperor Shaga is cunning." Triton says as he makes an image of Shaga with the Trident.

"Man, don't I know it." Sebastian answers back.

"Yes, I need someone who can see through Sharkanian schemes." Triton says. Sebastian grabs a doughnut.

"Ha, I can see through them like I see through the hole in this seaweed doughnut."

"I need someone who speaks their language."

"It's a simple language, your majesty. They just go "blarr". Sebastian had now sold himself as Flounder gets spooked.

"Then my search is over. You, Sebastian, shall be my ambassador to Sharkania." Triton says happy to have finally found someone for such an important job.

"Ah, thank you, your grace. You'll never regret." Sebastian says as he finishes his seaweed doughnut.

"You'll have my decree of safe passage." Triton says as he hands him the decree.

"Oh, you are too generous, your majesty. Aah!" Sebastian falls with the decree.

"But why would I need-" Sebastian starts to ask

"Meet with the Sharkanians." Triton starts

"Meet?" Sebastian repeats as the King continues.

"And bring them into the family of Atlantica."

"Bring? aah." Sebastian now realizes how far over his head he is.

As Sebastian is leaving the Atlantica, Merfolk and fish gathered around cheering him on.

"Go get him Sebastian. Show him who's boss!"

"I'm going to be showing them who's food. Aah!" Sebastian says as he takes off on his peace mission. As Sebastian is leaving Ariel, Aries and Flounder watch him go off.

"Oh, man. I'm crab cakes now for sure. I don't know anything about Sharkania! I just accidentally floated through the place one night." Sebastian says to himself, but the others hear him.

"Oh, poor Sebastian." Ariel says feeling sorry for the crab.

"Bas wants to impress Dad so bad; I feel sorry for the little guy as well." Aries adds.

"Oh, how do I get myself into these situations?" Sebastian wonders.

The three decide to follow Sebastian hoping they can lend him a helping hand. As Sebastian arrives at the gates to Sharkania he looks ahead.

"Oh, my, Sharkania. Be it ever so humble, it's no place like home." Sebastian than notices a shadow which scares him.

"Aah! don't eat me! Never eat shellfish in October!"

"Actually, I believe I'm allergic to shellfish." Aries says cracking a joke for the little crab.

"Hi, Sebastian." Ariel adds lifting Sebastian's spirits.

"Ah! Ariel, Flounder, Aries." Sebastian says happy to see his friends.

"We thought we'd tagged along. maybe we can, you know, help." Ariel tells Sebastian.

"Help? me? hah. nah, I don't need no help. I can get me-self eaten by me own self." Sebastian tries to seem brave but then he looks down and sees lava."

"Sure, you don't want the company, I've been told I'm a really good back up negotiator." Aries adds.

"Come on Sebastian. We'll be behind you the whole way." Ariel says as well.

"Yeah, way behind you." Flounder says showing obvious fear. The four then swim up to a door on the floor.

"Come on Sebastian, let them know the ambassador is here." Ariel encourages Sebastian. Sebastian crawls over and knocks on the door which no one answers.

"Well, nobody home, including us, so let's go home then somebody will be home." Sebastian crawls away afraid.

"Come on, Sebastian. Even I'm brave enough to ring the bell." Flounder says as he rings the bell and something scary is heard as the gatekeeper answers peeking out of the tiny door.

"Who goes there?" The gatekeeper asks.

"We got to go there. In fact, we got to go there right now. Bye." Sebastian tries to leave afraid, but Aries just grabs him and turns him around.

"This my friend is the Royal Peace Ambassador from King Triton of Atlantica." Aries says to the guard. Ariel chuckles.

"And he's got one of these, a decree of safe passage." She finishes. The gatekeeper opens up, gets out, and looks at them with a scary look as he roars.

"Grr!"

"You wouldn't want the powerful Triton to come here personally, would you?" Ariel either shows no fear or hides it. Aries then swims next to her.

"That's right, he'll be mad if you don't let us in after the long journey we took to get here." Aries adds.

"He'd probably bring his trident and-pazow! Fry a few tails around here." Flounder finishes.

The gatekeeper grrs again before taking the decree looking at it and swimming back down the entrance.

"Whew!" Sebastian says hoping it was over.

"Come on Sebastian." Ariel says.

"I'll just wait right out." Sebastian says but is grabbed by Ariel.

"Don't worry, guys. The ambassador will protect us." Ariel says to Aries and Flounder as they follow behind her.

"Oh, thank goodness. Wait I'm the ambassador!" Sebastian realizes she was talking about him.

"Emperor Shaga will see you." A Sharkanian tells them. The group then enters where Shaga is.

"Who dares trespass on Sharkanian territory? Huh? Huh?" Another guard says.

"Boy, those guys don't fool around." Aries whispers to Ariel.

"Crab Candy?" Shaga offers Sebastian who nearly faints.

"No thank you Emperor Shaga. I'm, I'm on a diet." Sebastian answers.

"Me too, a seafood diet. And I'm hungry." This scared Sebastian and he lays down as the Sharkanians laugh at him.

"Sebastian, are you all, right?" Ariel asks.

"No Ariel, I'm all wrong. All wrong for this job." Sebastian answers.

"That's not true, Sebastian. They're just trying to scare you." Ariel tries to encourage him.

"It's working." Sebastian says defeated.

Ariel then looks determined and begins to speak to Shaga.

"Hear me, Shaga. Sebastian is an important official of king Triton's court." Ariel begins. Next Aries speaks.

"He has come all this way to arrange a peace conference with you! And he's not leaving until you make a deal with him!"

"That's right." Sebastian says.

"And he does not care if you chew off his head. And crack every bone in his body!" Flounder finishes.

"That's right - err, chewing off the head would be sufficient." Sebastian adds.

Shaga then turns to his guards.

"I think this fool is presenting us with an opportunity here."

"Now this is your chance, Bas." Aries says.

"To Run." He answers.

"No, Sebastian! to seize the moment! To speak from your heart! You are the king's ambassador of peace." Ariel says which seems to give Sebastian a new confidence.

"Ariel, Aries you both are right. Shaga, if you don't agree to peace, you shall never live in harmony with the rest of the sea." Sebastian says.

"We'll do it." Shaga answers.

"No, no, no, no, now! We must make peace for the sake of the children who live all under the sea!

"We'll do it." Shaga says again

"Peace don't wait for nobody." Sebastian adds still not hearing Shaga.

"I SAID! We'll do it." Shaga finally yells angry.

"You will? Well, I'll be a sea monkey's uncle." Sebastian smiles.

(Outside of the entrance)

"The Sharkanians sure did agreed to peace quickly." Ariel wonders outloud.

"They did, but maybe they realize there's no future in fighting with Atlantica." Aries answers his sister.

"Cool." Flounder adds.

"Well, they was up against the king's right-hand crab. I gave them the hard shell. The Sharkanians are even sending a great treasure to the king to thank him for sending me to them. I like the nickname they gave me "The Great Sebastian" it has a nice ring to it." Sebastian says as the bell them falls on him.

"Well, I better get back to the party. Everybody there want to shake me claw."

"Well don't keep them waiting, Sebastian. Aries, Flounder, and I are going to do a little exploring." Ariel says. Aries just looks to Flounder before the two boys follow, their unofficial leader.

"Great, we can't possibly find anyplace scarier than this. I was wrong, as usual." Flounder says as he gets scared.

"Could be worse, there could monsters or something around here." Aries says.

"There's a light up ahead. Come on!" Ariel says as they swim to where the light is and then they spy on three Sharkanians.

"The light of this eel will be the signal for our army to attack. Once that stupid crab delivers our gift to Triton's palace, one of you steal Triton's trident, and the other signal our army from the highest tower. Wait until everyone is asleep." The commander says.

"But Commander, if you are asleep, you won't see our signal."

"We won't be asleep, you minnow-brain. Triton will!" The commander says.

"Oh." The two lackies respond. The commander then stuffs them into the chest and hid them with Sea Treasure and closed the chest.

"Sharkanians don't want peace. They're using Sebastian to destroy Atlantica." Ariel says in horror. Aries wants to respond but before he can, he gets a bad feeling and pushes Ariel and Flounder out of the way as a net falls on him.

"Aries!" Ariel yells as she tries to pull the net off her brother with Flounder helping as much as he can.

"Ariel, Flounder swim away and warn Sebastian." He tells them.

"But what about you?" Flounder asks worried about Aries.

"What happens to me doesn't matter. Atlantica is the most important thing here."

"No, we're not leaving you so don't even think about asking again." Ariel says. Aries doesn't get another chance as he sees Sharkanian guards appear. Ariel and Flounder surrender.

Inside the shipwreck, Ariel, Aries and Flounder are all chained up.

"I will not write a note telling Sebastian to go on without us!" Ariel says. Aries is extremely upset and then to the shock of everyone Emperor Shaga himself appears.

"Write the note, princess, or my lieutenant will fillet your little friend." Flounder and Ariel are afraid, but Aries shows a quite anger.

"Threatening my sister and my friend, will shorten your days Shaga. It's very bad for your health." Aries tells the emperor. While the Sharkanian guards are enraged, Shaga stays cool and collected.

"Prince Aries, only son of King Triton, I've heard of you. The beauty of your sister here was only matched by Queen Athena. How does it feel knowing you're the reason your mother no longer swims these seas with the rest of us." Shaga's words cut Aries deep and the young Merman loses the anger he previously felt. Shaga turns to head towards where Sebastian is waiting.

"So will your sister join your mother or perhaps your little friend there." Shaga says to Aries.

"Wait! I'll do it." Ariel says hoping to protect Aries and Flounder.

"Release her, just long enough to play pen pals with that cockle-brained crab." Shaga says. As he turns to leave, he pulls his commander to the side.

"After the crab leaves, the whole army moves, leave someone behind to take care of those three." Shaga commands.

While Shaga leaves to trick Sebastian and offer a fake treasure, two guards come in to watch Aries, Ariel and Flounder who are still chained up.

"Aries are you ok?" Flounder asks. His friend having been silent.

"Shaga was wrong to tell you that, Aries. What happened with Mom, wasn't your fault. You know that." Ariel tries to cheer her brother up.

"I haven't thought about that day in a long time Ariel, what if Shaga is right. What if I…" Two Sharkanian guards then enter the room with their swords drawn.

"Well prisoners, unluckily for you, its dinner time." The two guards laugh as they look toward Flounder. The guards grab Flounder as he screams.

"ARIEL, ARIES!"

"FLOUNDER! Please, don't hurt him." Ariel begs as tears began to form in her eyes.

"Hey, let him go!" Aries yells as his bracelet starts to glow on his right wrist.

"Oh yeah, and what are you going to do if we don't. The guard tells Aries. Aries throws his right arm forward but the second he does, the bracelet disappears from wrist and appears in his right hand now in the form of a sword. The Sharkanians are confused and let Flounder go as Aries cuts through Flounder's chains allowing the fish to swim away. Aries shocked but thinking quickly then cuts himself and Ariel free.

The two Sharkanians gasp and one look at Aries causes them to swim away as his raises his newfound sword. When the danger is over the sword glows and reappears on his wrist as the bracelet.

"How did you do that?" Ariel asks.

"I'm not sure, we'll have to figure it out later. Right now, we need to get back to Atlantica." Aries says as he swims off with Ariel and Flounder behind him.

Back at Atlantica, the merpeople cheer as Sebastian arrives

"Oh, I wish the kids could see me now. They'd be so proud they'd flip their tails." Sebastian says. He then heads to the throne room to meet Triton.

"The Sharkanian ambassador's arriving tomorrow, your majesty. Then we ambassadors will be ambassadoring all over the place." Sebastian informs Triton.

"Hmm. You've done well, Sebastian. You have my thanks." Triton says.

"Well, that's nice but I was hoping for a medal or something." Sebastian tells Triton.

"Eh, perhaps. Let me sleep on it." The King begins heading out.

"Where are Ariel and Aries by the way Sebastian?" The King asks.

"Oh, you know them your majesty. Off exploring and will be home later." Sebastian says as Triton accepts the answer.

Outside of Atlantica, the army of Sharkanians are waiting for the attack to begin.

"Look for the light of an eel in the palace's tallest tower, sire." A Sharkanian says to Shaga.

"Then we'll attack and destroy Atlantica once and for all. By the way, how do you like being in the army?" Shaga asks. The Sharkanian nods.

"Can you believe that stupid crab? Any bubble-brain would have seen through that old two guys hidden in a treasure chest trick." Another Sharkanian says. Just then Flounder comes swimming through.

"Coming through! emperor's midnight snacks! Emperor's snacks. Coming through. Keep up the good work!" Flounder says as he pulls a shell behind him. A Sharkania notices him.

"Hey, that little fish looked familiar."

Flounder stops and the shell opens letting Ariel and Aries out.

"Nice going, Flounder." Both twins say.

"I think I've reached my bravery limit for one night. I'll stay here." Flounder says but as he swims, he sees the Army and turns around. Aries looks at the army.

"Shaga, I fell like I could teach him a lesson right about now."

"Aries no, we need to warn Daddy and Sebastian." Ariel pleads. Aries looks at her and closes his eyes.

"You're right. You and Flounder go warn dad, I'll go warn Bas." He says as the three split into two groups.

"You steal the king's trident. I'll signal the army." A Sharkanian says to his partner as they exit the treasure chest. They split, and the first one goes in Triton's room, and he sees the trident as he prepares to steal it. The other one goes up to the tallest tower so he can signal the army, but hears something.

"If I was you, I'd stop right now." Aries says as he pops up behind the Sharkanian with Sebastian on his shoulder.

"So, think you can make a sea monkey out of old Sebastian, eh?" Sebastian says.

"You! I've been waiting for this. You think you two can stop me." The Sharkanian says as he begins to lunge toward the two. Aries almost as if second nature now raises his right arm as his new sword blocks the Sharkanian's blade. Aries had never fought before but against this opponent it felt like his arm and the sword were moving on its own and he not only disarmed his foe, but he shattered the blade he was using. The Sharkanian then swims away as fast as he can.

The other Sharkanian prepares to steal Triton's trident, but Triton wakes and points his trident at him, knowing that he was there, as Ariel and Flounder had arrived.

"Needless to say, we escaped." Ariel tells him as Triton blasts him with the Trident.

Outside of the palace, the Sharkanian see a flashing light

" Err, was that an eel flashing?" Shaga wonders. The Sharkanian duo swims off in pain out of Atlantica.

" Don't think so." The commander tells Shaga. Then, King Triton appears, and he uses the trident to force the Sharkanians out of Atlantica, leaving Emperor Shaga in defeat.

Later at the Palace Sebastian is talking to King Triton.

"You're right your majesty, I was a terrible ambassador. The great Sebastian is not so great." Sebastian feels as though this was all his fault, but Ariel and Flounder are there to cheer him up.

"What are you talking about, Sebastian? You're the greatest ambassador who ever lived. Even though you almost didn't." Flounder says.

"You should've seen him, daddy! He marched right into Sharkania, and he told them, "We must make peace, for the sake of the children." Ariel adds.

"I did say that. Didn't I?" Sebastian starts to cheer up.

"Ooh, it gave me goose bumps!" Ariel says.

"Well, Sebastian does have a bigger heart than any crab I've ever known." Triton says.

"You know what they say, "soft shell, soft heart." Sebastian is now completed ecstatic again.

"And he was brave, too! Sharkania was all "grr" and I was "oh no", but Sebastian he was "I am going to make peace man." Flounder says.

"Oh, well, thank you, Flounder." Triton looks at the little fish.

"Please give Sebastian another chance, daddy." Ariel asks her father.

"Well, He did show a lot of nerve." Triton thinks.

"Yes. I got more nerve than I deserve." Sebastian adds.

"And your friends believe in you, ..all right, Sebastian. You're still my right-hand crab." Triton decides.

"Cool." Flounder says.

"All right!" Ariel adds.

"Oh, you will not regret this your majesty. You know, I've been thinking, your majesty. Maybe you should have a personal bodyguard. I would look good in a uniform. And if I had a uniform, you would have something to pin that medal upon." Sebastian says but Triton notices his son has not said anything yet.

"Aries is everything ok?" Triton asks. Ariel, Flounder and Sebastian now stop and turn to Aries. The young Merlad raises his hand out front and calls upon his sword with a mental command.

"When the Sharkanians threatened Ariel and Flounder, I got so upset my bracelet started glowing and this sword appeared. It almost happened once before but I think this time we were in greater danger. Do you know what this is Dad?" Aries asks wanting any information. Triton thinks for a moment before answering.

"To answer your question son, that bracelet and sword originally belonged to your mother. I'm afraid I don't know much about it as Athena didn't share much prior to her arriving in Atlantica other than the sword doesn't cut living beings and the weapon is made not to an attack an enemy but to protect loved ones." Triton explains what little he knew.

"So, Mom had this the day she…" Aries stops as he remembers the worst day of his life. He then for the first time since his mother died takes the bracelet off and gives it to his father.

"Mom gave me this, if she would have kept it, she could have used it to save Attina or… she would still be…" Aries can't finish his statement.

"Aries son no, don't think like that, please." Triton tries to console his son, but Aries just shakes his head.

"I'm ok, and I'll put that back on someday, just not today." Aries says as he swims off. Triton looks down as the bracelet is in his hand. Ariel informs Triton of what Shaga had said to Aries before she and Flounder swim off.

Triton sits on his throne as Sebastian looks the sea king both of them sad. Aries when he stops swimming had made it to the grotto where his mother's statue is.

"You said you'd always be there for me! But you're not. It's because of me, it's because of me." Aries says to his mother's statue, and he holds his head down.

"Aries." He hears Ariel call him. Upon hearing his sister's voice, Aries finally breaks and lets the tears fall as Ariel and Flounder hug him. His mother was gone, but he still had his sister.

Sorry for the sad ending there but this was essential to how Aries will grow through this story. This chapter was the first where I decided to diverge a little from the plot of the TV series and I will do that for time to time. Triva for this, Aries's sword is based on the Keyblades from Kingdom Hearts and the Tensega from Inuyasha. It can't cut people as it isn't for that and it is less powerful than the Trident. Next chapter will be back to fun. Thank you everyone for the reviews and thank you everyone.