The Little Mermaid (Mako Mermaid style)
Summary: Ariel flees her home after her aunt Ursula takes over the kingdom and captures her father and sisters. she goes to Mako Island which has always been her hideaway only to see a boy fall through the moon pool and turn into a merman. she wonders if he can help her locate her father's trident which has been hidden on land to keep it away from Ursula. (since this story takes place in Australia I am changing Ariel's kingdom from Atlantica to Oceania and this is definitely modern day) it also might have elements from Barbie in a mermaid take and Once upon a time
Ariel and her best friend Urchin were playing tag along with Ariel's fish friend Flounder.
"See. So much faster than you" Urchin said laughing. Ariel rolled her eyes.
"You are so not" She retorted.
"Ariel!" Ariel turned to see the eldest of her siblings, Aquata. she looked worried.
"Aquata, what's wrong?" Ariel asked.
"Ursula has rallied an army" Aquata said nervously. "They are headed to Oceania"
"Oh No!" Ariel gasped. "We must fight her"
"Ariel, Listen to me" Aquata said sternly. "You must go to land and find father's trident, it is the only thing that can stop her"
"Father's trident?" Ariel asked. Aquata nodded. "Yes, father hid it on land when he found out Ursula was planning to overthrow him" Ariel was about to refuse when they heard a shout.
"There's the crown princess, get her!"
"Swim!" Aquata urged Ariel, "Swim" Ariel turned and swam as fast as she could. She heard the fight behind and knew that Urchin and Aquata had been captured. Terrified she kept on swimming. finally, Ariel reached a place that she always went to when she wanted peace and quiet. It was called the Moon pool. She hadn't used it in a few years, not since three human girls had fallen in a become mermaids. Ariel had kept an eye on them and realized that they had no idea that there were real mermaids out there. But now they were gone and the moon pool was hers again. She didn't think Ursula knew about Mako Island or the Moon Pool, but she also knew that she couldn't just stay there and do nothing. The fate of the entire kingdom rested on her shoulders.
However, Ariel had no idea that there were two humans currently headed towards Mako for a weekend camping trip.
as they landed, Cam turned to his friend and said,
"I caught the fish you do the tent" Zac rolled his eyes, but pulled out the tent and began setting it up. After eating a hearty dinner of fish the two teenagers decided to crash, however, shortly after Cam fell asleep, Zac got up to find a spot to go to the bathroom. as he was walking through the woods, he saw an eerie glow and followed it. Suddenly the ground crumbled under his feet and he began falling.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" He fell straight into the moon pool startling Ariel. she quickly noticed he was unconscious and dragged him out of the pool, not wanting him to drown. not wanting to leave him there unconscious, she decided to try something she had only heard about. she sat fulling out of the water and to her amazement as she dried off, legs appeared. she searched for a way out of the cave and when she found it she went back to the unconscious young man and began trying to wake him up. Finally the young man slowly opened his eyes and gasped when he spotted the beautiful red head leaning over him. she was wearing a purple top that looked kind of like a bikini top and a green skirt that looked like it was made out of seaweed but was still beautiful and she had pearls that seemed embedded into her stomach. she was also barefoot.
"Are you alright?" she asked him, concerned.
"I'm fine" he replied. "What happened?"
"I was relaxing in the pool and you fell in from up there" Ariel said, pointing up. Zac nodded and got to his feet.
"I'm Zac" he said holding out his hand. She looked at him curiously.
"I'm Ariel" she replied.
"Like the mermaid?" he asked. The Little Mermaid had been a favorite of his girlfriend's. Ariel froze and stared at him.
"How did you know that?" she demanded. Zac held up his hands.
"relax" he said, "you have the same name as the mermaid in my girlfriends favorite movie and you kind of look like her" Ariel didn't want to look stupid so she didn't ask him what a movie was.
"I see" she said. "Well, we should probably get out of here"
The two of them exited the cave and found Cam who was frantically looking for Zac.
"Zac what happened?" Cam asked, "Who is she?"
"I just fell and hit and my head" Zac replied. "She helped me" Cam shook his head.
"Lets get some sleep" he said. the two boys went back to the tent, and when Zac looked back, Ariel was gone.
the next morning, Zac and Cam headed home, unaware that they were being followed by a red headed mermaid.
after Cam left, Zac decided to take a swim and jumped into the ocean, however, his legs transformed into a tail. Ariel watched this happen in awe. she had thought it might after what happened to the three girls a while ago. Ariel contemplated revealing herself, and realized that there was no way he'd rat her out now that he also had a tail.
"its fun isn't it?" Zac was so shocked to hear a voice underwater as he was experimenting with his tail that he spun around. his mouth fell open to see Ariel and that was when he realized he could breath underwater.
"I am sorry I didn't tell you before" Ariel said. "Land people aren't supposed to know about us"
"So, are you like me?" Zac asked. Ariel shook her head.
"No, I am Princess of Oceania, the merkingdom" she replied. Zac gaped at her.
"What are you doing away from home?" he asked. Ariel looked down.
"I can't go home, not until I find my fathers magical trident" she said. "My father and sisters have been captured by my aunt who has taken over the kingdom"
"Wow, I am so sorry" Zac replied. "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"I'm not sure" Ariel replied. "I have no idea where the Trident is. But promise me this, promise you wont tell anyone about this, no one can know about the existence of merpeople"
"I promise" Zac replied. "where will you stay?"
"I don't know, If I stay a mermaid Ursula will surely find me" Ariel replied. Zac nodded.
"You can stay with me for a few days until we figure something out permanently" he replied. Ariel smiled.
"Thank you" she said. "Thank you so much"
