A Few YEARS LATER

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In a cell, a lovely young mermaid was sulking. She had long black hair, green eyes, slender face and body. Her skin was very pale with a green tint. Her only attire was a green top and a belt with a pouch. Her fish tail was black with green fins.

The cell door opened. It was a mer-guard. "Come, Shego."

The mermaid called Shego scowled. "What's the catch?"

"Funny. You have a chance for a parole. Now come."

Shego scowled and followed the guard. Making a few twists and turns, they entered a lab. "The one called Shego is present, Dr. DNAmy." The guard announced.

The one called DNAmy smiled. "Well hello sweetie."

Shego froze with her mouth open. DNAmy wasn't like most of the citizens of Middleton. Her lower body had the tentacles of a black octopus instead of a fish tail. Very unusual. She was also plump with a pink sleeveless vest, thick arms. Her face was chubby with glasses, freckles, and there was a gap between her teeth.

"What's the matter sweetie? Catfish got your tongue?"

Shego blinked. "OK, who are you and what is going on?"

"Oh you'll find out soon, sweet thing."

Shego fumed. She was really starting to hate this strange woman. Just then two other guards arrived, moving two mermen in front of them. One had blue skin with a dark blue fish tail. He had a scar under his left eye, and spiky black hair tied in a ponytail. The other was leaner with tan skin, and short black hair with sideburns.

"Ah you two must be Dr. Drakken and Monty. You two are real cuties."

Monty became indignant. "I'm not a cutie!"

"Neither am I." Drakken shouted.

Shego sighed. "Will someone tell me why I'm here?"

DNAmy giggled. "Guards, leave us. I got it from here."

The mer-guards complied while the abnormal mermaid smiled at the trio.

"My name is DNAmy. I'm a royal witch who dabbles in potions. I need some assistants. If you agree, I'll arrange for you to have an early parole."

"You can do that?" Drakken exclaimed in surprise.

"Of course." DNamy said. "I'm a royal witch and have special privileges. Don't worry your little head about it. Now do you three want to help me or return to your cozy jail cells?" She grinned impishly.

Drakken, Monty and Shego cringed. This woman was creepy. But maybe this was an opportunity.

"Well Ma'am," Drakken said, trying to sound like a gentleman. "I'm sure I can be of service."

Monty frowned, disgusted with Drakken's lack of refinement. Then he took on a more professional pose. "What do you wish of me, milady?"

"Oh," DNAmy giggled.

Shego sighed. "OK, fine. What do I have to do?"

"DNAmy smiled. "Well first, how about some cookies." She gestured to a plate of cookies. "I made them myself."

Drakken grinned and proceeded to stuff his face. Monty smiled and took one. Shego frowned. "No thanks."

"Suit yourself." DNAmy said sweetly. "Well we got work to do. But first, your contracts."

"Contracts?" Shego asked.

"Huh?" Drakken said in surprise.

DNAmy took out a piece of paper. It glowed with a golden light and had strange writing on them. "OK, sign your name and then we'll get started."

Shego sighed and signed her name. Drakken swam over and quickly signed his name.

Monty eyed the paper skeptically.

"What are you waiting for?" Drakken asked.

"I'm just wondering what the catch is." Monty murmured. "What language is this?"

"Well if you don't want to work for me, you can go back to your cell." DNAmy said casually.

Monty groaned. "Fine." He signed his name.

"Now let's get started, sweeties." DNAmy said.

Shego sighed in annoyance while Drakken and Monty cringed.

….

King James and his wife Anne were swimming through a sea garden. He glanced at his wife. She wore a white shell top, gold wristbands and a circlet on her head.

Suddenly a young merman swam up to them. "Your Highnesses, it's happened!"

"What?" James asked.

"The eggs have hatched."

"They have?" James exclaimed happily.

Anne smiled. "Wonderful." She swam out of the garden with her husband not far behind.

Before long, both royals reached the nursery. Entering, they saw two servant maids caring for several newly hatched infants.

"Your highnesses." One said solemnly,

James and Ann looked down in the nest. There were six baby girls, lying within. Anne and James noticed the slimy remains of the eggs on one side. But lying next to the babies was one egg.

"Why didn't this one hatch?" Anne asked, fearing the answer.

One of the mermaid servants looked at the Queen. "The egg is fine your highness. Inside are twins."

"Twins?" James exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes. As you know, eggs with twins usually take a lot longer to hatch."

"OK," James said, looking down at his six daughters, cooing and moaning on the watery nest, too young to swim. "So what should we name them?"

Anne picked up a little girl. She had tan colored skin, short brown hair and bluish green eyes. Her tail was red. "Bonnie."

James smiled approvingly.

"You name one, James."

The Sea King looked at the little girls and settled on one with dark hair and dark eyes, her tail dark blue. He gently picked her up. The girl cooed, swinging her tail. "Zita." He named his child.

"That's a nice name." Anne said, putting Bonnie down and looking at another little girl. She had light blond hair, blue eyes, very pale skin, and her tail was light blue. Scooping up the little girl, the Sea Queen looked thoughtfully into her child's face. "Tara."

Putting Zita down, James picked up another baby girl with short dark hair, tan skin, dark eyes, and a red tail. "Yori."

Anne put Tara down and picked up a baby who had red hair like her mother whose eyes and tail were green. "Kim."

James smiled, eyeing his little girls. He then turned to the last one. She had very dark skin and short black hair. Her tail was dark purple. "Monique."

Anne put Kim down and touched Monique's head. She suddenly cried out.

"Shhs." James said, racking Monique in his arms. "Your doing fine."

Monique relaxed in her father's arm.

SURFACE WORLD

Meanwhile, in a castle on the shore, a King stood by a bed, looking at his wife who was holding a newborn baby in her arms. The baby was fast asleep.

The king smiled at his wife and the child she brought into the world.

His wife was tired but smiled up at her husband. "What shall we call him?"

"How about Ron."

"That's good," She sighed, wearily.

A nurse took the new baby and laid him in a crib nearby.

UNDER THE SEA

It was late in the evening. Drakken and Monty were working on some mixtures. DNAmy was in front of a large vat full of some kind of molten substance.

"OK, we completed the mixtures but we need that coral you mentioned." Drakken said.

"Oh wonderful." DNAmy said happily as she looked at her own concoction.

Monty scowled. "Shouldn't Shego be back with it?"

"Oh I'm sure our little angelfish will be here soon." The Sea Witch said offhandedly. "In the meantime, let's try another test."

She took her concoction and introduced it to a fish in a cage.

The fish twitched, groaned and got a little bigger, even growing horns on the sides of its head.

"Oh you are so beautiful." DNAmy cooed.

Monty and Drakken cringed. Their boss was disgustingly sweet and her concept of "Cuddle Fish" was disturbing.

"Too bad I can't keep this one around." DNAmy said sadly, eying the altered fish.

"Yeah, because this kind of experimentation is illegal." Drakken grumbled.

She looked at her hired help. "Well they just don't know how to have fun."

"You're not going to turn it loose, are you?" Monty asked skeptically.

"Well, it must be free." DNAmy said.

"Shouldn't you change it back first?" Monty asked.

DNAmy scowled. "Now Monty poo, how could you suggest such a thing?"

Monty Fisk fumed, hating the nicknames his boss gave him. "If you keep releasing unnatural things out in nature, the authorities could trace it back to us."

"He's got a point." Drakken concurred.

"Oh don't be silly."

Then a mermaid with long dark hair entered the lab. "I got the stuff you wanted." Shego said before noticed the fish. "OK, what kind of freak is that?"

"Just another Cuddlefish." DNAmy answered. "But for now, let's focus on the task at hand."

Scowling, Shego gave her boss the stuff she was asked for.

DNAmy took the stuff and put them in her mixture. The substance in the vat glowed. Drakken and Monty eyed the substance in amazement. Shego noticed it.

"Do either of you understand what is happening?"

"She is setting herself up to be a god." Monty said.

"Say what?" Shego asked sharply.

"In simplest terms, she is trying to access the primal energies of the universe." Drakken explained.

Shego eyed her coworkers. "How do you know that?"

Monty took a condescending posture. "I'll have you know, I'm an adept in magic."

"I am a genius." Drakken retorted.

"I thought you were a scientist." Shego countered.

Drakken pouted. "Magic is a form of science."

Shego eyed the whole affair. "And she just happens to be the first to access this power?"

"Oh no," DNAmy said gleefully. "Others have tried and succeeded."

"Then why do I have the impression you might be the first?" Shego asked.

"This is a forbidden art," Monty explained. "Few have used the skill, only for the knowledge to be destroyed and lost by extreme believers in ethics." He scoffed. "What a real waste."

"Well, soon I'll be a great sea witch." DNAmy said with a smile as she resumed her experiment.

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To Be Continued

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Author note/behind the scenes.

1, the hatchday of princesses was based on a scene taken from the movie, Ariel Beginning. As for the twins, I wanted them to be preteens while Kim and other girls are teenagers so I came up with the idea of twin mer-folk stay in their eggs longer then non-twins.

2, In the Movie, Urusla says she used to live in the palace till she was exiled. In this fic, DNAmy is currently a respected scientist/witch. Her exile has yet to be revealed.

3, Drakken, Shego and Monty will somewhat play the role of the eels though there are a few big differences.

4, Science and Magic are innately the same.

5, This story is more about the Little Mermaid aka Kim then Ron. But I thought Ron should make an appearance though it was brief.

I hope you like this chapter though it's short. The others will be longer.