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"The Little Mermaid?" Sneezy says, giving the group in the big tank a surprised look. "AAACCHHOOOO! I think this one is going to be about one of you." He points at the group. Triton scowls at the dwarf but didn't respond, in truth he was nervous, the King of Atlantas did not want the humans to see their home or learn anything about them. Also these movies have shown really bad things the previous three princesses had gotten involved in and Trition can say with absolute certainty that he didn't want any of his daughters to experience anything like them.
"Oh I can't wait to see what mischief Ariel gets up too!" Alana happily exclaims. Attina, who was right next to her didn't look as pleased with their movie being next but she chose not to say anything, they will just have to see how this one goes.
"You don't know if its about me!" Ariel huffs, trying to hide her smile.
"It's about you." All of her sisters, Sebastian and Flounder say, all with varying degrees of athusiams.
Seagulls are flying through the clouds. Dolphins are jumping out of the ocean. They stop in a group and begin to squawk at each other, happily. A ship sails up behind them and the creatures quickly leave.
Eric couldn't help but smile at the scene of the ocean. He has always loved sailing, the adventure he and his crew goes on as they travel to new lands. Sadly now-a-days he doesn't sail to just sail but to look for a bride. After his most recent meeting with another princess, Grimsby had showed disappointment in not connecting with the girl and she was nice but she didn't really want what Eric wanted. He loved the adventure of sailing and he wanted someone who enjoyed stuff like that just as much as he does and sadly the princess he had just met did not.
Triton crosses his arms with a huff. He isn't surprised to see humans sailing right into a pod of dolphins, they just didn't care for any lives but their own. He ignored the part of his mind that was reminding him of Snow White, Cinderella, and Aurora, the three cared, they were just three in a billion more people.
Th dolphin go underwater and pop their heads back up once the ship passed. The sailors sing 'Fathom Below' as they pull a net full of fish out of the water.
Sebastian gasps at the sight before he glares at the screen.
"Humans, they only think of us as food," he moans to Triton.
"Don't worry Sebastian, I won't let you get eaten," Triton jokes weakly. He wasn’t actually in the mood to joke as he saw his subjects get pulled out of the water and forced onto a plate but he knew his advisor was scared of the day he might get eaten, after all he was just a small crab. Sebastian gave the king a weak smile back but elected to not say anything else.
Eric enthusiastically talks about the sea while Grimsby is getting sick at the side of the boat.
Grimsby lets out a huff of annoyance. He hates being out on sea, he always gotten sea sick but his prince enjoys the open water more than anything, so he never really complains whenever they have to set sail.
The groups laughs at the misfortune of the valet.
"I wonder how well he would do in the bayou," Ray says with a laugh. Their waters weren't nearly as crazy as the oceans but the smell could possibly get to him so who's to say. Louis lets out a loud laugh and nods towards Ray.
Another sailor says the sea is friendly so Triton must be in a friendly mood. Eric helps him pull the fish up and asks about the kind, the sailors explains the he is the ruler of the merpeople. Grimsby cleans himself up and tells Eric not to listen to their nonsense.
"Still think it's nonsense?" Aladdin couldn't help but asks the valet with a raised eyebrow.
"I didn't know-" He lets out a defeated sigh, there wasn't really anyway he could defend himself, not with mermaid actually being the room. “I shouldn't have been so dismissive about it. I just never thought they were real."
The sailors argue with him and a fish was able to escape off the boat and mad it back to the water. They let out a sigh of relief and began to swim. Tittle of the movie is played.
"I am just happy we aren't starting with those long credits," Flynn happily says.
"They weren't that bad," Rapunzel tells him.
"They took forever," groans Flynn.
”They did not take forever,” Rapunzel chastised.
”Felt like it,” Flynn hits back.
Belle tapped her chin in curiosity, "I do wonder why they stopped with the credits at the beginning." She thinks out loud. I should ask when the movie is over, she thought to herself.
The freed fish swim past many different species of aquatic life. Suddenly mermaids Began to swim across the ocean, all of them traveling to a beautiful golden palace underwater.
Everyone was in awe of the ocean's beauty, they already knew mermaids existed, obviously. But to see so many of them in their home and add in the different sea creatures was truly breathtaking. Though what made the scene so mesmerizing was the palace that stood tall.
Flynn let out a whistle at the scene, all these castles only made his want to have one even more prominent.
"It's so big," Moana gasps. "I never thought something like this was in the ocean."
Her father and mother also watched the screen in awe. All this time Tui had thought of the ocean as a terrifying place, cold, unforgiving, cruel and filled with dangers, he never thought of the beauty that came with it. Sina lets out a gasp and places a hand over her mouth. The sight was just to beautiful. Tala smiles, holding her necklace peacefully she always knew the ocean was a magnificent and magical place but to see it truly warmed her heart. She couldn’t help but wonders if Triton had a hand in choosing Moana to help restore Tahiti's heart.
"Something big must be happening," notes Lumiere, he was watching all the mermaids swim towards the grand home of Triton and his daughters with fascination.
The mermaids swim inside and take their seats in an amphitheater.
Ariel's eyes widen in panic. She totally forgot about the concert that was suppose to happen, oh her dad was going to kill her.
"Ariel?" Flounder looks at her with worry.
"I forgot about the concert!" She panic whispers to Flounder, glancing back at her father with worry.
"That was today?" Flounder asks looking scared. Ariel looked the same way. What's worse is that the two went looking for human stuff, her dad was really going to not be happy.
A group of fish line up. A seahorse clears his throat and announces Triton. The fish play horns and the crowds cheer. The dolphin pull a shell into the room.
"Why does he need to ride that?" Yao asks Ling. "He can swim just fine can't he."
"And we can walk but we still ride around on horses," Mulan mutters under her breath, rolling her eyes at their stupidity. Swimming around all day was possibly just as draining as walking around all day but no one ever says anything about that.
Triton's triton glows and he makes sparks fly out of it and turns the lights on. The room cheers. The seahorse announces Sebastian with a very long tittle. He gets a kazoo and little cheering compared to Triton as he enters.
"I guess no one cares for the wee little guy," Fergus jokingly whispers to Merida. The two broke out into a fit of giggles.
The fish speed up and he meets up with Triton. Triton says is he excited for the performance, Sebastian says that it will be the finest one he has ever conducted and says his daughters will be spectacular.
Six of the mermaid princesses gave Sebastian big smiles while Ariel tries to smile but only manages look at him with guilt.
The fish try to swim away and flip Sebastian.
The room once again broke out in laughter.
Triton is most excited for Ariel.
"Daddy, I'm not little anymore," Ariel complains.
"You will always be to me," Tritons says with a smile. He loves his youngest and, while yes raising her was the most difficult, moments like these always put a smile on his face.
Sebastian agrees, saying that she has the most beautiful voice, as he left Triton's side he complains that she doesn't go to rehearsal.
Ariel chuckles weakly and gives Sebastian a sheepish shrug, it's not her fault that she would rather be anywhere instead of rehearsals. He can sometimes take the joy out of music, but she still loves the crab.
The lights dim, spotlight on Sebastian as he makes his way to the stand. The fish swim away, he pulls out sheet music. Sebastian taps his baton, the orchestra begins to play 'Daughter of Triton'. A curtain of bubbles open up and three seashells rise. They open to the older six sister's singing the song, praising their father and introducing themselves and showing off their vocals.
The six older daughters of Triton all gave each other a happy smile while Sebastian gave the girls a proud look. They are all definitely amazing when it comes to singing, and he was so happy to have the chance to show the rest of Atlantis what they can do.
"It's so pretty," Anna whispers to herself.
"I honestly couldn’t image having six sister," Isabela shakes her head. "I already have issues with one of my sisters."
Mirabel gave the oldest of the Madrigal cousins an annoyed look. ‘If she thinks I’m bad then she must have not met herself’, Mirabel bitterly thinks.
Julieta lays her head on Agustin's shoulder's. She wishes that her oldest and youngest were able to get along, the mermaid sister's look to be able to do it.
The six sisters begin to introduce their youngest sister, Triton looks happy, a final seashell rises but as it open Ariel is nowhere to be seen. They all gasp in shock. Sebastian gives the king a worried look.
"Ariel!" He roars.
Of screen Triton does the same thing. Ariel gives him a frightened look, but tries to calm herself. Flounder of course rushes to hide in her hair.
"Where are you?" Triton asks, crossing his arms.
Before she could answer grandmother Fa began to chuck.
"Oh relax on the kid," she tells the king of the sea.
"Mom," Fa Zhou, tries to sit her down.
The older woman pulls her arm away from her son before he could do anything.
"Trust me, young girls are curious and loose track of time, I'm sure she isn't doing anything on purpose to ruin the show." The grandmother says, looking at her own granddaughter . Mulan just blushes but didn't say anything.
Triton glares but before he could argue his eldest placed a hand in his shoulder. "I am sure she is right, dad. Ariel would never miss the show on purpose."
Triton takes a deep breath and calms himself down. "You'r right.”
Ariel gave the two thankful looks, now all she had to do was make sure her dad doesn't freak out when he finds out about the ship wreck she explored.
"You know that song sounds like something Gaston would want to be sang for him," Maurice jokingly whispers to Belle.
"You're right," Belle chuckles. "Though difference is that Sebastian wrote this for Triton while Gaston would write one for himself."
”Assuming he knows how to write a song,” Maurice says back, laughing.
At a shipwreck Ariel looks excited.
"Is that a mast?" Eric asks, loudly. Ariel forgot that her dad was going to be angry at her, she quickly snapped her head towards Eric in curiosity.
"What is a mast?"
"Ariel!" Triton shouts making the redhead princess flinch.
"Daddy, I can explain-" Ariel starts but is cut off by Triton.
"I told you to stay away from that- that stuff!" Triton roars in anger.
"Daddy, nothing dangerous is in there,” Ariel argues while Flounder still hid in her hair. The guppy didn't bother leaving because he knew that Triton was still going to blow up at Ariel.
"It's human stuff, it's all dangerous!" Triton argues.
"What do you know!" Ariel argues. "You never even bother to learn about them!"
"I don't need to!" Triton crosses his arms. "You are not to go anywhere near that stuff, do you understand?"
Tears welled up in the youngest mermaid's eyes, she didn't even bother saying anything, just nodded and turned towards the screen. Triton's anger quickly changed to regret, he hates seeing his daughter like this but what can he do? Humans were dangerous and so were their stuff.
"Was that to hard Sebastian?" Triton asks, as he watches his other daughters quickly move to comfort the crying mermaid.
"No sire, you just have to lay down boundaries or else they will try to do what they want whenever they want," Sebastian told the King. Truthfully he felt bad for Ariel but the young girl needs to understand that Triton was just trying to keep her safe.
"Ariel, are you okay?" Flounder asks the mermaid.
"Yeah, I just wish he can see how amazing all that human stuff really is." She lets out a sad sigh, she wonders if any of the princesses outside of the water ever felt the same way as she does. She hopes so, she is already so different than her sibling, she just wants someone she can relate to.
"Hey Ariel, how are you doing?" Alana asks, wrapping an arm around her.
"I'm fine," She harshly says.
"Dad doesn't mean to yell, he is just worried about you," Arista tells the girl.
"Doesn't feel that way to me," Ariel snaps, rudely.
"That was uncalled for," Attina reprimands her.
Ariel doesn't reply, the six sisters gave her a worried look before silently glancing at each other. They each understood that Ariel didn't want to open up to them and the best thing to do is not push it. She will talk to them when she is read, they can only hope that she doesn't hide her feelings.
Founder calls out to Ariel. Ariel tells him to hurry up.
Triton pinches the bridge of his nose. Of course Flounder was with her, he knew that the guppy was often terrified of well everything so it was clear to him that Ariel dragged her best friend with her on this expedition. He can't say he was all that surprised.
Flounder pants as he swims up to Ariel, he complains that he can't swim that fast. Ariel is amazed by the ship wreck. Flounder quickly agrees that it's great and tries to leave. Ariel stops him and the two go towards the ship.
"Oh, the poor crew that would have been on that ship," Snow sadly says. One thing she can tell you about the ocean, a shipwreck in the middle of it wasn't ever a good thing.
Anna and Elsa could't help but flinch at the scene. They couldn't help but wonder if that's what their parents's ship looks like.
Tui felt like he was going to be sick. Though the boat wasn't the same as the ones the people of Motunui use it was still gut wrenching to see. It reminded him of the friend he lost so long ago.
John Smith looked away from the ship. It wasn't unusual for ships to be lost at sea. oceans can be very dangerous, but to see a ship wreck was definitely a disheartening thing. He loves the adventure of sailing and exploring new lands but to be reminded of the dangers is hard.
Flounder tries to come up with excuses as to why they should leave. Ariel gives him a look and tells him she is gong inside while Flounder watches for sharks. Flounder agrees not realizing what she suggested at first but once he realized he began to panic. He quickly tries to follow but gets stuck it the window. Ariel laughs as she goes to help him.
Many of the rooms occupants also laugh at the scene, it was entertaining. Flounder blushes, embarrasses at what transpired.
Flounder asks if she thinks there are sharks there, a shark swims across the screen, Ariel replies don't not to be a Guppy.
"Ariel..." Aquata shakily says.
Ariel and Flounder both gulp, Flounder went right back to hiding in Ariel's hair.
Fa Li gasps in fear for the poor girl. No girl so young should be in this kind of danger.
Flounder argues that he isn't one and tries to convince himself he isn't afraid. He sees a skeleton and panics, backing up and knocking something down before he swims into Ariel's arms for comfort.
"Oh no, I hope he's okay," Antonio whispers to himself in fear.
"I'm sure he will be fine, Tonito," Pepa comforts her son, trying not to let what is happening on screen upset her. She was getting tired of her Mama reprimanding her.
Anna and Elsa both cringe at the sight of the skeleton, they were having a hard time not putting their parents in their place. Elsa felt ice begin to form under her once again. Fredrick and Arianna both cringe at the sight, thinking back to the lost King and Queen of Aridelle. They hope Anna and Elsa are alright.
Ariel asks is he is okay, he says he is while shaking in fear. Ariel doesn't seem to notice as she shushes him, looking up. She swims up to a whole in the ceiling, Flounder follows.
"You could be kinder to Flounder, after all he is scared but he still is going with you," Pocahontas tells the redheaded mermaid. Ariel blushes and looks down, it was obvious to her that her interest in human stuff made her completely ignore Flounder and his feelings. He was such a great friend, she definitely needs to do better with him.
She is excited as she finds a fork stirring in the middle of the room.
Ariel perked up at the new human thing she found. She wondered what it was, she can't ask anyone in the room or else her dad will get mad, but she also hoped that her on screen self didn't go to asks scuttle or else her dad will be really mad.
Ariel swims up to it excitedly asking if he ever saw something so wonderful, Flounder is also fascinated.
Many in the room began to laugh, while others didn't look at any of them with amusement.
"That looks like dad's triton," Adella whispers to her sisters. The five of the nodded, Ariel didn't hear what she said, she was actually ignoring the entire room. She was far too amazed with the trinket she found.
"She thinks a fork is something special?" Naveen asks, confused.
"Well," Genie says turning into a salesman and summoning a fool into his hands."Of course she does, after all this one of a kind utenzil is nothing but the finest tool in the kitchen. It can do anything like pick up food, defend your food, or even just for show. It's the perfect appliance to also help cook, Don't believe me? Well the mermaid will tell you everything I said is true."
The younger kids laugh at the Genie while the cooks in the room gave him an amused look.
Flounder asks what it is. Ariel replies that she doesn't know but she thinks Skuttle will.
"Who is Skuttle?" Boun asks, looking confused.
Flounder sees something pass the window and ask what that was but Ariel wan't paying attention. Flounder asks if she heard something while Ariel found more stuff. She picks up a pipe in curiosity. Flounder looks scared, trying to get Ariel's attention. Behind him a shark swims up, Ariel tells him to relax. Flounder turns around and the shark attacks him.
Gasp and panicked yelps were heard around the room.
"Corre!"
"Oh non!"
"Hai,"
"Look out!"
Several more shrieks were heard around the room. Delores quickly puts the earmuffs on, she was relived that the noise was being toned down. This room can definitely get really loud.
"Ariel, kom ud derfra!" shouts her dad in fear. His youngest was going to give him a heart attack one of these days.
The shark chases Flounder, he panics but was able to make him crash into a wall. Flounder swims into Ariel, she gras him and the two swim around the shark and try to escape. They swim away but the shark swims up, blocking them from escaping and chases after them. Ariel's bag gets caught, making her stop swimming away.
"Ariel I swear, this human stuff are not worth you life," Attina says, giving her sister a stern look. Ariel lets out a weak chuckle, knowing perfectly well that she wasn't going to leave the bag behind.
The shark keeps chopping but Ariel grabs the bag at the last minute and swims away. The Shark hits their head at first but break through the wreckage and follows them. Flounder panics as they get to the window, he gets stuck in them again. Ariel pushes him out before she follows.
Everyone's hearts were racing, watching Ariel try to escape fa creature like this was nerve wrecking. Many of the parents in the room grabbed a hold of their kids. Triton clenches his fist is fear and anger towards the shark.
The shark break through the side of the ship and chases the two around the wreckage. Flounder runs into the mast, and passes out.
"Ouch," Kristoff winces in understanding. He has definitely ran into his fair share of things and understood that kind of pain.
The Shark turns and follows Flounder. Ariel noticed him and quickly swims to catch him, dropping her bag in the process.
"Thank you, Ariel," Flounder says, peaking out from inside her hair.
"Of course," Ariel tells the little fish. She wasn't not going to save him, Flounder was her best friend.
Ariel was in the top o the anchor, she shark quickly comes towards her, she moves and traps him in the anchor.
"Impressive," Eric smiles towards the mermaid. He definitely wishes that he could have gotten to know her better last night but he hopes in time the two can actually get to know each other.
Ariel smiles and picks up her bag. Flounder calls the shark a bully and blows a raspberry at him. Ariel swims away, the shark chomps at Flounder, scaring him and he chases after Ariel.
"What are you doing going towards the surface?!" Triton nearly shouts.
Ariel shift uncomfortably in her seat, her dad was definitely going to yell at her for every little thing she does.
"Excuse me, Kind Triton," Cinderella speaks up.
"What?!" He angrily asks the girl.
"It's unfair of you to keep yelling at Ariel, we are watching her future at the moment and the things she’s doing in the movie, well… she hasn't done then yet."
"This does not concern you human," Triton says, annoyed. What gave her the right to judge how he deals with his daughter.
"It does when all you have been doing is upset the poor girl," Cinderella sternly says.
Triton opens his mouth to argue but before he can Attina, his eldest and most reasonable child.
"She is right dad," the oldest mermaid says. "You screaming at Ariel is doing nothing but upsetting her, if you want Ariel to listen to you, you need to talk with her."
Triton at first didn't react but after a few seconds he lets out a sigh of understanding. "Oh alright." His oldest gave him a smile, which he returned. He looked at his youngest but before he could say something Sebastian stopped him.
"Sire, if I may."
"Yes Sebastian?" He looks at the crab curiously.
"You might want to wait until you are both more cooled down, your last fight was definitely a bad one and I don't know if she is ready to talk to you yet."
Triton glances at his youngest, she still hasn't even looked at him since their last argument. Sebastian is right, until the two calmed down completely a talked wouldn't be in their best interest, not unless he wanted to make everything worse.
"Are you okay?" Snow White asks the youngest mermaid. Ariel nods and gives her a forced smile. "If you ever need anyone to talk to, you can come to me."
"I might just take you up on that offer." Ariel smiles despite knowing that she couldn't, her dad will definitely not be happy if he found put she was telling a human her worries and issues but it was nice to see Snow care. Snow gave her a sweat smile and turns back towards the screen.
On a rock, with a mast of a ship on it. Skuttle was messing around with a telescope. He is singing to himself and stops when he hears Ariel call out to him. He jumps in the air and uses the telescope backwards exclaiming that a mermaid is there.
"That is backwards," Narmarri deadpans.
"Port and bow are terms that are on a ship, you don't use them when you aren't on one," Eric says, looking at the screen confused.
"What do they mean?" Rapulnzel asks, Ariel perks up at the question and looks at Eric with curiosity.
"A port is the left side of a ship and a bow is the front of the ship," Eric explains. Ariel looks excited to have learned that new information, while Rapulzel nods and gives him a small 'thank you'.
Through the telescope Ariel looks father away but when it pans back to the whole scene we see that Ariel is right next to Skuttle. He screams/asks how Ariel is doing and puts the telescope down to see Ariel right in front of him. Skuttle comments that she made quite the swim.
The room broke out in a fit of giggles once more, the seagull is definitely entertaining to watch.
"Oh Skuttle," Ariel laughs to herself.
"He doesn't seem to totally understand what he has," Amaya says, looking at Ariel.
"Oh no, he is an expert on human stuff," Ariel waves her off.
"An expert," Chi-fu incredulously asks. "He wasn't even using the telescope right!"
Ariel tells him to look what she found, Flounder talks about the ship with enthusiasm. Skuttle ask to look at it. He drops an anchor but falls down with it.
"I think he just likes playing sailor sir," Grimsby tells his prince. Eric nods, noticing that too.
He gets up, runs towards the bag and steps on Flounder.
"How did he even mange that?" Ray asks, looking confused.
"Oh, are you okay?" Snow asks the fish.
"Uhhh- yeah. It's the- the future so it- it hasn't happened yet," Flounder says. Snow blushes in embarrassment.
"You're right, I just don't like seeing animals get hurt no matter how small it seems to be," Snow says to the fish.
Skuttle looks through the back and picks up the fork, he calls it special. Ariel gets excited and ask what it is to which Skuttle says it's a dinglehopper.
"Okay he has to be pulling your leg," Camillo says through a fit of giggles.
"I don't have legs," Ariel looks at the boy confused.
"That's just an express, he isn't actually pulling your leg it just means that Skuttle is messing with you," Belle explains. Ariel nods but then looks at Camilo again.
"Why would he be messing with me?" Ariel asks.
"Ariel stop talking with these humans!" Triton jumps in. "Just because we are watching your movie right now doesn't mean you are allowed to converse with them."
"That's a fork, you use it to eat food," Camilo explains, mouth watering as he thought of the breakfast he just ate.
"Ohhh," Ariel nods but doesn't say anything else. She didn't want her father to yell at her.
Skuttle explains how they are used to fix their hair. He demonstrates it by using it on his feathers.
Flit who was sitting on top of Meeko cringes at the sight of Skittles feather being pulled like that.
"Yeah, that is definitely not what they are used for," Gabo rolls his eyes.
Ariel laughs and looks at it amazed. Flounder asks about the pipe and Skuttle explains that he hasn't seen it in years and calls it a banded bulbous snarfblatt.
"Seriously he has to be making all this up," Aladdin says. "There is just no way he believes any of this."
Both are amazed, Skuttle explains that it goes all the way back to prehistoric times and humans would only sit around and stare at each other. He explains that it was very boring.
"Ariel, I don't think he understands a thing about humans, sugar." Charlotte says looking at the bird weirdly.
"Well he is the only one I can ask about this stuff," Ariel sighs. "What is that anyway?"
"You shouldn't be anywhere near humans stuff or near the surface to ask him about it anyway," Triton crosses his arms.
"It's called a pipe and humans use it to smoke," explains Belle. "Personally I don't like the habit but many do." Grimsby sighs, he likes the habit but who knew many were against that kind of stuff.
"Ohhh," Ariel nods in understanding.
"Humans never actually sat around and stared at each other like that," Maurice also explains. "Ever since we could, we found new ways to improve life."
Ariel looks at him curiously, she wants to ask more about that but she knew her father would just get mad at her so she doesn't.
He explains that pipe was invented to make music and tries to play it but a bunch of gunk comes out of it. Ariel realizes that she missed the concert while Skuttle tries to figure the pipe out. Flounder panic as he realized the concert was that day.
"And of course you missed it by being in your own little world," Alana teases her sister.
Ariel blushes, "It's not like that."
"Oh but it is like that," Adella giggles, Aquata, Arista and Adriana join in.
"Enough," Attina says, giving them all a stern look.
"We were just teasing her," huffs Adriana says, crossing her arms.
"I don't care, I said enough," Attina tells her young sister. Ariel gave her a thankful look.
Ariel quickly grabs the pipe and thanks the bird before leaving back into the ocean. Skuttle is happy to help her whenever she wants.
"You know, despite his lack of well knowledge, you can tell that he really wants to help Ariel," Merryweather says with a soft smile.
"Oh yes, it is quite commemorable attribute of his," Fauna says happily watching the scene.
""Im curious as to what happens next and what it has to do with Eric," Charming says, gesturing towards the other prince.
"I guess we will just have to wait and see," Eric shrugs.