Aries stares at himself in a mirror looking at the new necklace around his neck.

"This will be much more secure than the bracelet Mom gave me." He thinks to himself as he admires his new necklace. A silver chain wrapped around a purple shell he had found. At first it had surprised him when the Bracelet had changed into a necklace but considering the same bracelet could become a sword his shock quickly wore off.

"Mom was more special than any of us thought." Aries thinks to himself as he can hear his sisters coming down the hall.

"Oh, hi Aries. Nice necklace where did you get it?" Arista is the first to ask him as she swims up to her younger brother. Adella, Aquata and Andrina right beside her.

"Mom's bracelet, I found a shell and turned it to a necklace. I like it better this way." Aries says grabbing the purple shell the necklace is attached to.

"You waiting for Ariel like usual?" Aquata asks her brother.

"Dad wants us both to be there when the Count and the Countess arrive." Aries answers her.

"You'd better get her quickly then; Daddy will be upset if you two are late." Adella says.

"Ariel is late to everything; you'd think Dad would be more understanding of that by now." Aries tells his sisters.

"Or at least tell the both of you the wrong time so when you're late, you'll both be on time." Andrina says.

"Ha Ha, real funny Andrina. Love you girls talk to you later." Aries says as he swims off. His sisters waving back at him. Aries soon sees Ariel and waits for his younger twin. Ariel notices his necklace and immediately swims up to him admiring the necklace.

"Wow, this looks really nice. I like the shell you added to it." Ariel says.

"Thanks, I like this a little more than as a bracelet." Aries adds before remembering why he was there.

"Dad wants us, he says the Count and Countess will be here soon and there is a surprise he wants us to see." Aries says.

"What kind of surprise could Daddy have for us?" Ariel asks. Aries shrugs his shoulders as the two begin heading to their father's throne room.

In Triton's throne room a small seahorse announces the arrival on the important guests.

"Announcing the count and countess of Clambakersfield." The Seahorse announces.

"Ah, my good friends. How long has it been?" Triton asks happy to see the Count and Countess.

"The last time we saw you, your hair was still red." The Count says just as excited to see Triton.

"And you were not yet a father." Triton looks down at the children of the count.

"Are those Ariel and Aries? The last time I saw you two, you were both no bigger than minnows. And I see so much of Athena in you both." The countess says getting a smile out of both twins.

"Come look at the twins, you two." The countess says and Aries releases the surprise his father wanted to show he and Ariel.

"My, what perfect little angel fish." Ariel says smiling at the twins who were sleeping.

"I agree, another pair of Mertwins, nice to meet you." Aries waves at the twins.

"Aries Mertwins are rare, aren't they?" Flounder asks his friend.

"Yep, other than these two cuties, Ariel and I are the first Mertwins in 100 years." Aries answers.

" A little longer than that my son, but yes." Triton corrects Aries before turning back to the Count and Countess.

"Tonight, I shall personally conduct the rite of passage ceremony for your Mertwins. But first, how about a tour of Atlantica?" Triton asks his friends.

"Oh my, sounds like an ocean of fun." The countess says.

"But we have no babysitter." The Count says.

"We'll take care of them." Ariel volunteers herself and Aries.

"Why, Ariel, that would be wonderful." The countess says happily.

"Ariel, babysitting is hard work. And that's just with one baby. Are you sure you and Aries are up to the task?" Triton asks his Mertwins.

"Oh, daddy, we can do it. They'll be no trouble at all." Ariel says.

"Besides, Mertwins have to stick together. We got this dad." Aries says convincing his father.

Aries and Ariel however had no idea how wrong they were as the young Mertwins began crawling and knocking down anything they could see. Ariel and Aries look as one baby knocked over a shell full of treasure which Aries swims over and catches at the last second before it hits the ground. What he and Ariel can't catch are the many scrolls that are knocked over.

"Ariel, Aries, what is going on here?" Sebastain asks the two.

"Oh, just babysitting, Sebastian." Ariel answers.

Sebastian: Ah, Clambakersfield twins. Ariel, Aries this is no way to handle babies. You must use the child psychology. Use a gentle voice, the caring claw, koochee-koochee-coo. Koochee-koochee-koochee-coo. Ha ha. see? I know how to handle babies. Stop it! ha-ha-ha-ha! babies! babies! no!" Sebastian begins laughing as the babies play with him.

"I can't believe that actually worked. Bas you really are good with kids." Aries says hardly believing what happened.

"Keep an eye on them, Mr. expert. I'll get some of my old toys for them to play with. Some old unbreakable toys." Ariel says. Aries follows her.

"I'm coming too, I know the really good ones we use to play with." Aries adds.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Ha-ha-ha-ha. no. Flounder, let me tell you the proper way to care for babies. You see, I came from a very large family. Why, during the baby boom, my family nearly exploded. Yeah, I've been watching babies since when I was a baby. What a cute crab child I was. With my little claws and I had big eyes." Sebastian goes on and on not noticing that the babies were gone.

"How are things going with the children?" Ariel asks as she and Aries return with toys.

"Just fine. Notice how quiet they are?" Sebastian says as everyone now notices what happened.

"Aaah! they're gone!" Ariel shouts.

"Gone?!" Sebastian says shocked. Aries drops the toys he was holding.

"They couldn't have gone far. Don't worry Ariel we're going to find them. Together there isn't anything the 4 of us can't do." Aries says including Flounder and Sebastian. The 4 then leave and arrive at a sea market. Aries begins looking around for the twins and then to his shock he thinks he sees his father with the Count and Countness.

"Oh boy, we'd better find those poor babies quick." He thinks to himself as he doesn't tell anyone else what he thought he saw.

"Excuse me. I'm looking for twin merbabies. Have you seen them?" Ariel asks a couple.

"Yeah. they look like this. Only cuter." Sebastian adds as he and Flounder make goofy faces.

"Only Mertwins I have seen around are you and your brother today sorry." The mermaid tells them.

"Oh, it's all my fault." Ariel says blaming herself.

"Don't blame yourself, Ariel." Sebastian tries to comfort her.

"Yeah, you're right, Sebastian. You were the one who lost them." Ariel says placing blame on Sebastain.

"Me? You were the babysitter." Sebastian defends himself.

"Yeah, but you said you were a baby expert." Ariel argues.

"Well, you were the one who listened to me." Sebastian ends the argument as Aries speaks up.

"Arguing with each other is not going to find our fellow Mertwins Ariel. The 4 of us need to stay a united front so we can find them." Aries tells everyone which gets them motivated again. As they swim off The Lobster Mobster and Da Shrimp overhear them.

"Hey, boss, if we get a hold of those twins, we can force their mother to give us her pearls." Da Shrimp suggests.

"Hey, I got an idea. If I get a hold of those twins, I can force their mother to give me her pearls. How do I think of these things?" Lobster Mobster says taking credit for Shrimp's idea.

"That's what makes you the boss, boss." Da Shrimp congratulates him.

"This'll give me a chance to use the new second-hand bubble gun I just took over in the marketplace." Lobster Mobster says as he pulls out his bubble gun.

"Does it work?" Da Shrimp asks. The Lobster Mobster then shoots him capturing him in a bubble.

"It works." Lobster Mobster says.

Just as Aries thought he saw; Triton is showing the Count and the Countess the marketplace.

"And here is the Atlantica marketplace." Triton says.

"Very impressive." The Count agrees.

"Oh, the children would love this. I hope they're getting along alright with Ariel and Aries." The countess worries.

"I'm sure everything's going swimmingly." Triton reassures her.

As the Clambakersfield twins continue to explore they see Da Shrimp still in his bubble float by and it gets their attention. The twins popped his bubble and fall into a shell sled. Eventually the shell sled comes to rest on the side of a cliff. As the twins look over the cliff the ground gives away and the shell sled falls. The twins however are caught and held up by a giant squid who observes what it has caught.

"There they are." Flounder says as he gets afraid of the giant squid.

"Flounder. decoy plan number one." Ariel says.

"Oh, I hate plan number one." Flounder complains. Aries then speaks up.

"Hold that thought, I'm calling an audible." Aries says as he grabs the purple shell around his neck. The necklace beginning to glow as his sword appeared in his right hand. Aries then swims toward the giant squid who is about to eat the Clambakersfield twins as he swats the squid on the head.

"Hey squidy, wouldn't you rather have a full meal like me and leave those two alone." Aries taunts. Angry at getting hit and seeing a larger meal the Squid drops the twins and chases Aries who leads it away. As the twins fall Ariel quickly catches them.

"Ariel look." Flounder points toward the squid who is chasing Aries.

"Keep an eye on the twins." Ariel says as she and Flounder swim to aid Aries.

"Woe is me. what else could go wrong? This has possibilities." Sebastian says as he is hit and trapped in a bubble.

"I'm taking over these twins, see? They're mine. All mine. All right, shrimp. let them have it." Lobster Mobster says as he and the Da Shrimp arrive. Shrimp then pulls out two lollypops and begins leading the twins away.

"Kids! don't ever take candy from strangers!" Sebastian cries as the twins are led away.

Aries continues leading the squid on a chase as he zips around using his smaller size to fit through tighter spaces. When the squid throws its tentacles toward Aries, he bats them away with his sword, but the squid gets lucky and knocks the sword out of his hand before grabbing him. Aries struggles but then hears his sister.

"Yoo-hoo! Hey, you big bully. Why don't you pick on someone your own size? Or even one fourth your size- like me." Ariel says. The squid begins going after Ariel as she swims around eventually tying the squid in knots. Flounder returns the sword to Aries who swings down hard getting the Squid to let him go.

"That sword really doesn't cut anything?" Flounder asks looking at Aries. Aries holds the sword close to his chest returning it to necklace form.

"Only inanimate objects. Nothing living." Aries says to Flounder as he, Flounder and Ariel return to Sebastian.

"Waaaaa!" Sebastian screams as he is being chased by a Shark still trapped inside his bubble.

"Aries, Flounder, look!" Ariel lets them both know Sebastain is being chased. The Shark eventually bites Sebastain's bubble popping it as Sebastain gets finds safety in a cave as the Shark's head gets stuck.

"Yaaaa! That was a close one. Yaaaaa! That'll teach you to stick your nose where it don't belong. Ha ha ha!" Sebastian taunts the shark. Ariel then grabs Sebastain.

"Sebastian, where are the twins?" Ariel askes concerned.

"This time it was not my fault." Sebastian says upset.

Later the group is sitting down disappointed as Ariel blames herself for the twins missing.

"Daddy tried to warn me. As a babysitter, I'm a big flop." Ariel says.

"Don't feel bad, Ariel. We're just as big a flop as you are." Flounder tries to cheer her up.

"Flounder's right, Ariel. we're all a bunch of flops." Sebastian adds on.

"Thanks. I wonder where they could be?" Ariel wonders.

"Bas, you said the Lobster Mobster took the twins, right?" Aries questions.

"Yes, he and his Shrimp sidekick." Sebastain answers.

"Well did he say anything. Lobster Mobster is two things, overconfident and dumb." Aries says. This gets Sebastain thinking.

"You know, I heard the Lobster mobster tell Da shrimp to head for the hills." Sebastian says. Ariel and Aries light up.

"Come on!" Ariel says knowing she, Aries and their Friends could still fix this. The group then swims for the hills as Sebastain said. Once arriving they hear the Lobster Mobster.

"After them!" Lobster Mobster says.

"They're heading for that whirlpool." Ariel says as the twins are pulled into the whirlpool. Lucky they were safely inside of a bubble, so all the twins knew where they were having fun.

"I got them. I got them. It's got me! it's got me!" Lobster Mobster yells as he tries to save the twins only to get caught in the Whirlpool.

"I gotcha. I gotcha." Da Shrimp says, Lobster Mobster grabs on to his tail only for them both to be drawn in.

"It's got us! it's got us!" Lobster Mobster and Da Shrimp both yell.

"Hang on, everyone!" Ariel says as she grabs Flounder who has Sebastain holding on to his tail.

"Ariel, surely you aren't going to- aaaaaah!" Sebastian yells as Ariel enters the whirlpool with Aries right beside her.

"Come back here, you little coral climbers." Lobster Mobster says as he reaches for the twins. He is blown away by the whirlpool as Ariel swims past him and reaches for the twins but the bubble bounces right out of her reach. The twins bounce around the Whirlpool eventually knocking themselves and everyone out of the Whirlpool. Aries grabs Ariel as the two where last to exit the Whirlpool and calls his sword using it to slow their fall by sticking it into the ground as they flew by, they land in soft patch of plants.

"You, ok?" Aries asks his sister.

"I'm fine thank you. Are you ok?" She asks back. Aries nods to her and she looks for their friends.

"Sebastian! Flounder!" Ariel calls hoping her friends are ok.

"Over here!" The twins hear Flounder call them.

"Sebastian, Sebastian, Sebastian. Wake up. Wake up!" Flounder tires to wake up Sebastain. The yell doing the trick.

"Oh, Sebastian, this is no time to rest." Ariel says.

"The king's never going to trust you again. And my job- ha!" Sebastian says.

"No, Sebastian, it was my responsibility. The important thing now is saving those babies." Ariel says determined.

"It was our responsibility Ariel, but you are right about saving the babies. We're going to save them, and they won't be missing a hair on their pretty little heads." Aries says just as determined as his sister.

The twins continue floating in their bubble with the Lobster Mobster and Shrimp chasing them. To the shock of the two they see the twin's bubble pop and the babies fall into a dark abyss. As they look sad, they see a large whale rise with the twins safely on its back.

"Don't let that whale make a getaway. Those little sea slugs might get hurt. And, uh, nobody's going to pay for damaged goods - right, Shrimp?" Lobster Mobster says concerned before trying to save face.

"Oh, yeah. Nobody, yeah." Da Shrimp agrees.

"You know, this would be much easier if we could grab a ride on a fish too." Lobster Mobster says as he and Shrimp get tired following the whale.

"How 'bout that shark, boss?" Da Shrimp answers.

"Yeah. well- shark!" Lobster Mobster screams seeing a shark chase them before it crashes into a rock.

"Sebastian, go back to the palace and stall. Aries, Flounder, and I will save them." Ariel says. The three then follow the whale as the twins fall off onto a rock that is about to fall. Lobster Mobster and Shrimp finally catch up.

"We ain't going in there, are we, boss?" Da Shrimp asks scared.

"Yeah. why not? Them mertwins is worth a fortune to us. Come on." Lobster Mobster says. The rock the Mertwins were on then gives way.

"It's ok, kids. we've got you. we've got you." Lobster Mobster says as the rock crushes him.

"Don't worry, boss. The kids is perfectly safe. Nobody's going to get hurt. Ouch ouch ouch." Da Shrimp says as Lobster Mobster hits him with his hat.

"These twins are mine. all mine, see?" Lobster Mobster says.

"Yeah." Da Shrimp agrees.

Ariel notices the shark from earlier and signals Flounder and Aries. Aries nods his head and follows her.

"I don't know what was worse - taking care of these little mud guppies or dealing with that shark." Lobster Mobster says.

"The shark." Da Shrimp tries to warn his boss.

"I say the twins were worse." Lobster Mobster says not getting what Shrimp is trying to tell him.

"No, no, boss. the shark. The shark!" Da Shrimp tries to warn him again.

"I disagree, the twins was much worse than - the shark!" Lobster Mobster finally notices the Shark as he and Shrimp swim away.

Ariel and Aries each grab one of the twins who wave goodbye to Lobster Mobster and Da Shrimp.

Back at Atlantica, Triton, the count and the countess have arrived back to the throne room.

"Well, it's time to dress the children for the ceremony." The countess says.

"I'll summon Ariel and Aries. Ariel. Aries." Triton calls his children.

"Oh, your majesty. I'll fetch Ariel, Aries, and the children, but first, I simply must offer you some plankton pate." Sebastian says stalling for time.

"Sebastian, both sets of twins please? Triton asks Sebastain.

"And what adorable babies they are, sir. But first, did you know that there are 101 ways to prepare plankton? Yes. Recipe number one: you see you take some plankton and you put a little..." Sebastian continues to stall.

"Sebastian." Triton says

"You look like you could use a good rumba, ma'am. Come on. I learned this step from a cute little crayfish who had a thing for me." Sebastian grabs the countess and begins to rumba with her. The Count looks at Triton upset than back to Sebastian. Triton laughs and then grabs Sebastian.

"Sebastian, where are they?" Triton asks this time starting to get upset.

"Here we are, father. We got them all dressed for the ceremony." Ariel says as she and Aries appear with the twins dressed. The count and countess are happy as Triton is glad nothing bad has happened.

Later Triton is holding both the twins as the ceremony begins.

"I offer these merchildren to the four currents. Soon they will swim. And soon they will speak the words of the merpeople." Triton says as he performs the ceremony.

"When they do learn to speak, I hope they won't talk about what happened today." Ariel whispers.

"You can say that again." Aries whispers back as Flounder and Sebastian nod. After the ceremony the twins then begin swimming as they head toward Ariel and Aries.

"Oh, my gosh. you just took your first swim." Ariel says as the twins hug her before swimming over and hugging Aries.

"Thanks for the hugs, guys and congrats on taking your first swim into a larger ocean." Aries says.

"Ariel, you, and Aries have done such a wonderful job. I do hope you two will babysit for us every time we visit." The countess asks the older twins.

"No way they're going to do that." Sebastian whispers to Flounder.

"Babysitting was, uh..." Ariel starts

"Exhausting." Sebastian says.

"Scary." Flounder says.

"I'd love to do it again." Ariel says.

"We'd love to. After all, mertwins gotta stick together after all. The four of us or a rare package deal from now on" Aries adds. Sebastian hears this and faints as Flounder catches him.

Later that night Aries is yawing as he gets into his bed, Ariel is across from him also getting into her bed.

"Ariel when we have kids one day, please tell me watching them will be easier than today." Aries says as he lays down exhausted.

"I can't say it will be easier, but it will definitely be more fun. I hope I have a baby girl that I can sing with and go on adventures with." Ariel says daydreaming.

"Well, if the ocean is blessed enough to get another Mermaid like you sis, atleast there will be more than enough love and kindness to go around." Aries says.

"Thank you, Aries. I'd also like to have a little boy too. He'd be as wise as daddy and as brave as his uncle Aries." Ariel says giving Aries praise.

"I'm only brave when I have to be Ariel." Aries responds.

"We'll you've been brave my entire life, and you make me feel safe as long as you're with me." Ariel says making Aries smile.

"And I know as long as my sister is with me the two of us can solve any problem." Aries tells Ariel.

"Goodnite Aries."

"Goodnite Ariel." The twins says as they begin to drift to sleep.

"Ariel really sees me as this brave person huh. Well, if that's the case I promise I always be there to protect you little sister. I was too little to protect Mom, but I promise I'll always be there for you Ariel." Aries thinks to himself as he finally drifts off to sleep.

A/N: Well, that is another chapter down. Double Bubble was always an intreating chapter to me because it featured two sets of Mertwins and I wanted Aries to joke about he and Ariel having a connection with the baby twins as a result. So, for the next chapter what is most likely going to happen is I will skip Message in a Bottle and maybe do something with Aries. If not, the next chapter will be charmed, and I have a lot for that.

So as everyone knows this story is a result of me seeing gender bent art of Ariel on the internet. The idea of switching the bracelet switching to a necklace came from art of male Ariel having a purple shell attached to a necklace to match Ariel's purple seashell bra. Anyway until next time.