Chapter 4

Vanessa and Ariel's New Lives

The kingdom awoke to the morning sun. When the light hit her skin, Ursula yawned and stretched. She and the eels went to the mirror to see the final changes from the potion. An evil beaming smile appeared on their faces. Her skin was now smooth white, her chest was covered by two indigo seashells, her tentacles were now a purple scally tail, her figure was slim and her hair had become wavey and brown.

"You look magnificent Ursula."

"Call me Vanessa." she chuckled, her voice now matching Ariel's to a tea.

"Oh course, Vanessa."

Before leaving the trio took a peak from behind the doorway to make sure that Ariel's changes were complete.

From out of the shell bed came Ariel. The three grinned as they saw her final look. Ariel had become a cecaelia with purple skin. In addition, her mind had been altered into believing she had been banished from the Kingdom after trying to overthrow Triton. She hummed as she made her way to her bubbling hot tube.

Vanessa and the eels made their way out before the polyps could make her presents known. Just as they got out of their formal home they stopped as they saw Harold swimming toward the lair. He was now in his true form, a skinny, nerdy man. The three quickly got out as the nervous merman came to the foot of the cave. He gulped and then entered the home of the sea witch.

Vanessa, Flotsam and Jetsam watch through a hole as the scene unfolds.

"Harold, Harold, Harold. Dear sweet stupid Harold." Ariel greeted looking over her shoulder. "I see you failed to keep up your end of the bargain."

"I did my…"

"You want to impress the ladies." She reminded as she exited the tub. "I gave you strength and all you had to do was bring me a freshwater lily in three days."

"But I searched everywhere."

"I know. Pity there out of season." She said scratching his chin.

"Y-Y-You, You tricked me!"

She snapped her figures and the contract appeared. "It was all in the contract Harold. Dear sweet stupid Harold."

"Please, please. I just need a little more time." He begged.

"Times up Harold." She cold stated before summoning a golden twister.

"No no please." He desperately pleaded but to no avail. He screamed as the golden magic transformed him into a polyp. Ariel picked up her helpless victim and place him in her polyp garden. "Shame it didn't work out Harold. I like a man with strong muscles."

Vanessa and her pets swam off, making their way to the castle.

"This is your great plan ever." the eels complimented.

"I know and it went better than I could have expected," she stated with a gleeful chuckle. "That gullible princess fell right into my trap and is living my life, will we'll be living it high in the palace."

"And soon, you'll be the queen of the whole ocean," Jetsam added.

"Yes, but only after I deal with the rest of Triton's daughters," she said coldly. "After all, I'm the youngest, I only become queen if the others have an... accident."

A short while later a pair of guards were searching for the missing princess. When Vanessa saw them, she called out to them as she swam towards them.

"Princess Vanessa?" one of them asked.

"Yes, it's me."

"Where have you been?" the other questioned.

"I lost my way when I took a wrong turn when taking a shortcut." she fibbed. "But these lovely eels found me."

"Flotsam."

"Jetsam."

"A pleasure to make your aquatics." both of them holding out their tails.

The guards shock them nervously, before escorting the group home, not noticing the princess's wicked smirk.

In the throne room, Triton and his daughters await, having heard the news of Vanessa finally being found.

Vanessa entered the room with her head held high, followed by her pets.

"Vanessa." The sisters lovely embrace their younger 'sister'

"Vanessa, we were so worried about you." Astria cried.

"You don't have to worry anymore. I'm here now."

Triton swam up to his youngest. "Vanessa, I have been worried sick about you. Where have you been for the last three days?"

"I was out exploring the... shipwrecks." she let a nervous chuckle.

"Vanessa, how many times have I told you to stay away from there? You know that shark's territory." he berated in a mix of anger and concern. "What if one of them caught you?"

"Oh I know Daddy, but I couldn't help myself. I had to see what treasures those ships hold."

"But there is nothing in those ships but human traps!" he yelled.

"I'm sorry Daddy."

Triton signs. "Still, I'm glad your home sweety." he hugged his 'daughter.'


The polyps wallowed in misery as they regretted every minute of their lives from their poor decisions. Harold looked down in self-pity before getting hit in the face by a tentacle. "Don't take it so personally Harold, it's just business." Ariel mocked. "Besides a deal a deal." She put on her lipstick. She hummed a villainous tune to herself as she made her way to the dining table. She opened a large cupboard filled with helpless sea creatures all bound and gagged.

Ariel pondered. "Eeny meeny miny moe." She selected a plump yellow fish. Placing the helpless subphylum on a large smooth rock, she began to prepare her meal. Using her multiple tentacles she flavoured the fish and cut up some seaweed at the same time. Then she picked up a heavy rock with a tentacle. The fish pleaded for mercy with puppy dog eyes, but it was all for not.

"Whoops." She rhetorically stated as she dropped the rock onto the fish's head ending its life. She took her dinner to the table and began to tuck in. As she ate she couldn't help but feel as though something was missing in her life. Although she enjoyed her current home, she did wish there was another of her kind to share it with.


As the moon hung high in the night sky, the sisters were all fast asleep except for one. Making sure they were alone Vanessa explain the next phase of her dark plan.

"Sounds delightfully cruel." They hissed.

"It is. It's gonna take a few weeks, but soon the ocean will be mine."