Rayman Legends Adventures in The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea/Script

There were being invitations being handed out to go to a certain birthday feast, and where Martin would have agreed to go to the birthday festival but he had a case, but then decided to let his cousin Randolph handle that case this time where he and his family could go to the birthday feast.
"I can warn you that you're emotional about this birthday festival," Teresa said to Martin, "Ariel and Eric are parents..."
"I know, I can't believe it," Martin sighed, "I just hope...a certain person doesn't mess it up."
"Oh, c'mon, who would be---" Teresa was about to ask until she remembered of a certain sea creature, "oh..."
"Yes..." Martin replied.
"Um, I'm sure you won't have to worry about that," Teresa suggested, "let's just try and have a good time...for the sake of the children."
"Alright," Martin nodded.
"He's a boy," Teresa replied.
"I hope Ariel can forgive me for missing Melody's birth..." Martin said as he looked at the invitation, "I also hope Melody doesn't mind hanging out with the children, even though she's twelve now and younger than her."
"I'm just surprised Melody's legs don't turn into a tail fin if she does into the water," Teresa replied, "I mean, it happened to you and it happened to the children if they were going to find Balto's daughter Aleu before you warned them of treason."
"I know," Martin said.
"C'mon, children, what's taking you so long," Teresa called out.
"Lex and Riley are trying to find the perfect dresses for the feast," Tim called back as he wore the scarf that Jenny had for him, which meant a lot to him.
"Ohh," Teresa said.
"I can't make up my mind," Lex said as she took out a purple dress and compared it to a baby pink dress that Darla had for her from Miami, "purple or pink....purple or pink...."
"Pink," Riley said.
"Alright, it's pink," Lex agreed.
Riley grinned as she pulled out her golden formal dress she wore for festivities.
"Do you think Ariel will ever warn Melody about Atlantica," Teresa asked Martin.
"I'm not sure," Martin said.
Sure enough, the children came downstairs where that they could go.
"Well, you're ready," Teresa warned the children, "your uncle and dad should be here at all times with our ride to Eric and Ariel."
"Ooh, I wonder how we're gonna get there," Lex grinned.
"Probably a carriage......" Teresa guessed, "Simon? C'mon, it's time to go! Simon...?"
Simon had a dart in his tiny hand before soon he threw it toward his mother to hit her in the back of her head.
Teresa caught it without looking like Sebastian on Black Butler before glancing back to her young son. "Now, now, there's no need for that."
Soon Simon pouted as he failed to murder his mother until they heard some horses outside.
"This must be our ride," Teresa warned the others.
Everyone came over together to get going where they could make it to Melody's twelfth birthday festival. They could all see that it was a horse-drawn carriage. Forte leaned over and opened the doors. Then everyone came into the carriage, and Martin helped the driver with their luggage where it would get done faster.
"C'mon, Daddy," Lex chuckled, "I want to meet Melody!"
"Before she got a free cake," Jesse teased.
"That, and there's going to be ballroom dancing," Lex grinned.
"Let's just hope we get there on time then," Martin grinned back before taking Cynthia's hand and helping her up into the carriage.
"Oh, what a gentleman," Cynthia chuckled as they were now all set to go.
Once the doors closed, the driver picked up the slacks and had the horses to take them to Ariel and Eric's home. Once settled in, they began to get going where that they could get there soon.
Ariel was anxiously awaiting special guests to come over as she was inside of her new home with Eric and their daughter Melody, and was calling out for her daughter as she didn't seem to be home even if today was all about her while the ballroom was being set up. Soon she saw one of the maids and decided to ask her if she had seen Melody. "Oh, Carlotta, have you seen Melody?"
"Not since this morning, Your Majesty," Carlotta shook her head apologetically.
A familiar seagull seemed to fly in.
"Louis, Melody isn't here, is she," Ariel asked the chef as he was putting candles on her daughter's birthday cake.
"No, Your Highness, but her birthday cake has twelve little candles, it's beautiful," Chef Louis grinned before he almost fell off the ladder, but caught his balance.
Soon Ariel left the kitchen, hoping to find her daughter someplace.
"Whee, it's gonna be kind of a shindig," Scuttle grinned in emotion, "yes, sir, a really class night, as they say. There's just one fact missing; the guest of honor!"
Meanwhile, with the Greenwood and Forte family as they arrived at the castle.
"Oh, wow...looks a lot better than if we had seen the wedding..." Teresa commented.
"It really is," Martin added as he put his arm around Cynthia, "I'm so emotional......I really missed Ariel. She's my favorite cousin."
"What about Jimmy," Cynthia smirked playfully.
"Well, he's pretty good as well, especially if he's replacing with me if the family comes first," Martin grinned bashfully, "although we had some amazing adventures with him after that time in Tokyo with the Teen Titans. Remember, Teresa?"
"Yes, yes, yes," Teresa replied, "the Time-Bombed Skyscraper, the Fourteenth Target, the Last Wizard of the Centry, etc."
"What's a giant wall," Jesse asked.
Martin sighed. "Oh, that's right, I almost forgot about that."
"Mum, why does Queen Ariel have a wall blocking her house from the ocean," Riley asked as she carried a sleeping Simon.
"Morgana..." Teresa and Martin muttered to themselves.
"Who," the children asked.
"Children...I'm sorry, but it's a long story......" Martin sighed, "you see...it was a beautiful day if your cousin Karen was born...everyone came to the celebration..."
"Even King Triton and Ariel's sisters came to meet the new family member, and everything could be as good as it could have been," Teresa added.
"Why do I feel like this is where Morgana comes in," Jesse asked.
"That is," Teresa replied.
"Oohhhh...." Riley flinched with her cousins.
"Morgana..." Martin said, "Ursula's crazy sister...crazy with jealousy and hungry for attention, especially from their mother."
"Wow," the Greenwood siblings said.
"Morgana was determined to try and murder Melody in revenge on Ursula..." Martin warned the children, "Uncle Triton was about to get rid of her, but swiftly shrunk his shark sidekick, Undertow."
"Good," Tim grinned.
"We all knew it couldn't end from there," Martin sighed, "fearing for Melody, Ariel decided she couldn't find out more about Atlantica, or the ocean, or anything under the sea."
Riley and Lex both looked like they wanted to do something to help Melody despite the ocean being forbidden for the birthday girl.
"I just know seeing us will make her day," Teresa said.
"Thanks for agreeing to come, Teresa," Martin said.
"Too bad Auntie Pinkie Pie can't be here," Jesse pouted.
"Yes, what a pity," Teresa smirked.
Soon they walked out of their carriage. The men helped their girls out.
"Ooh, I'd love to go swimming......" Lex said.
The adults went inside the castle to meet Ariel and Eric. The children were about to go with them until they saw Lex and Riley going toward the water.
"Should one of us go with them," Tim asked.
Near the water, a certain crab came onto a rock. "'Seabstian, you watch over her', he said," he muttered to himself, "I'm too old for that! A crab my age should be retired, sunbathing, golfing at sea, sipping a Tuna Colada! Don't babysit another teenager."
"Sebastian," Riley and Lex grinned to each other once they saw the crab.
"Do I know you both," Sebastian asked.
"My mum and dad warned us about you," Riley grinned.
"Yes," Lex added, "my father's Detective Martin Brisby, and her mother is Teresa."
"Teresa and Martin," Sebastian replied like he hadn't said these names in years, which was true for him. "How are they," he asked.
"They came for Melody's birthday," Riley replied, "oh, speaking of which, where's Melody?"
"I think I know," Sebastian sighed before jumping into the water as Scuttle came in for a landing.
"Shall we go," Lex asked Riley.
"Alright," Riley replied.
Soon Sebastian went under the sea to find Melody as the clams shut themselves once he came down to the bottom. A kind dolphin was swimming around before grinning as he was with Melody, who did not have her own tail fin even if she was a mermaid from her mother's side of the family. Then the dolphin gave a seashell that it had found.
"Melody," Sebastian called out to the girl, but she didn't seem to see or hear him as she joined the dolphin before going up to the rock where Annie and Lex were.
"Hey, Scuttle, hey, Sebastian," Melody grinned to her sea creature friends, who were friends with her mother, "what's wrong?"
"Uh, what's wrong," Scuttle replied before knocking himself on the head, "huh...l-let me see...don't rush me..."
"BAH!! You know exactly what's wrong," Sebastian warned Melody, "now c'mon, you're going to be late for the--"
Soon Melody jumped back into the water, incidentally splashing the crab with a chuckle. "I'm sorry, Sebastian," she heard two other chuckles.
"Melody, my child, how many times do I must warn you," Sebastian reminded the girl.
"Hang on, Sebastian, who are these girls," Melody asked until she saw Riley and Lex.
"Hi, Melody; I'm Lex and this is Riley, we're your cousins," Lex grinned.
"Cousins," Melody replied.
"Yes," Riley nodded, "it's so good to eventually meet you. Oh, and, happy birthday."
"What..." Melody asked Riley.
"That's Happy Birthday in French," Lex warned Melody.
"Wow," Melody grinned.
"Anyhow, like I said---" Sebastian began until he and Melody spoke at the same time, "'you're particularly prohibited from swimming beyond the safety of the underwater wall, such swimming is a direct disregard of the rules...don't you know?'."
"Stop that," Sebastian pouted.
"I'm sorry, Sebastian, I love the sea," Melody grinned before diving back into the water.
"Wait," Sebastian yelped until he was splashed again, "come back here!"
Riley took a deep breath and soon went under the water after Melody. Soon Lex followed after them.
"You're just like," Sebastian complained to Melody before sighing herself, "your mother..."
Melody grinned as she swam all around under the sea as she passed by the fish and more even if she wasn't a mermaid. Soon she saw something shining at the bottom of the ocean.
"Hi, Melody," a fish chuckled as he swam past.
Melody picked up the golden shell covered with sand as she looked puzzled and curious about it. Soon she swam back up to the surface with Lex and Riley.
"That's a nice shell, Melody," Lex grinned.
"Sure it's...different..." Melody replied as she wiped off the sand to see more of it, "that sounds a little strange."
"Yes, almost twelve," Lex added.
"It looks like a locket......" Riley said as she saw the string holding the shell like a necklace.
Sebastian looked as though he was hiding something as the girls examined the locket.
"Um...perhaps washing it with water will make it clean," Lex said.
"Yes, that sand's really stuck in there..." Melody agreed.
"Melody, please, if your mum ever found out you were swimming here--" Sebastian began to panic.
"I know, I know," Melody replied before taking another dive, "she'd turn around!"
"And we know why," Riley whispered to Sebastian.
"What are you doing....." Sebastian asked after Melody splashed in the water.
"My mum and dad warned us about everything on the way," Riley replied.
"Don't warn her," Sebastian begged, "Ariel wants her father to turn me into a crab cake!"
"Don't worry, we promise we won't warn," Lex assured him.
"You better not...." Sebastian replied, "I'm quite stressed out about having to take care of Melody from birth, it was bad enough until Ariel wanted to be human!"
"I had a thought here," Scuttle looked puzzled, "now where's she gone? Huh..."
"Has he always been like this," Riley asked.
"Yes..." Sebastian sighed, "and Ariel thought he was an expert if she could just ask Martin..."
"Hey, Sebastian, what does my mum have against the ocean any matter," Melody asked as she did a back stroke before looking out to the sea creatures as the sun was almost starting to set, "I mean...what's wrong with something so......wonderful?"
Sebastian shrugged like he didn't know.
"Not sure," Lex said.
"You know what," Melody chuckled to her cousins and the crab, "sometimes, I even pretend I have fins!"
Soon Sebastian fainted on the rock as he heard that.
"Melody, why don't you warn your mum how you are feeling," Riley shrugged.
"I wish I could," Melody sighed before turning back to her home, "but, she'd never understand......I can speak to crabs, but...not to her."
Soon Scuttle had an idea. "Wait a moment!"
Riley, Lex and Melody looked toward the seagull.
"It just hit me," Scuttle grinned toward Melody, "what if you warn Ariel how you really feel?"
"Didn't I just say that," Riley asked.
"You did so," Lex said.
"Oh, yes, by all means; let's just walk over to your mum and let her know you came here," Sebastian said calmly before panicking, "swim in the ocean! We'll all have a great feast."
The word 'festival' caused Melody to gasp in shock as she remembered what the day was. "The feast," Melody gasped.
"Hey, that reminds me of something..." Scuttle replied.
"Faster, we have to get back to the castle," Lex warned them.
Soon Melody dove back into the water to swim back home in time for her birthday festival. Then Sebastian went after Melody to make sure she would make it there in time. Riley and Lex joined her back to the castle. Soon they arrived back at where they came out from.
Soon there was the barking of a dog, which alarmed Melody at first. Ariel came out from the steps as she looked around while Max joined her side as she looked a little homesick. Max began to sniff the ocean water. Melody sneaked off with Lex and Riley as Sebastian followed them. Soon Melody looked up to the window above her and tossed up her duffel bag before climbing into the window as Sebastian climbed up the plant vine next to it. Soon Riley and Lex helped each other next as they went to join Melody.
"Wow, I don't think anyone has seen us yet," Lex sighed.
A butler walked past, without seeing any of them as they stayed silent and soon continued to move in relief as the guests who were around Melody's age joined the feast in their best clothes. Soon Melody incidentally bumped into a girl in an orange dress with her cousins.
"Oh, Y-Your Highness..." Melody greeted the girl before finding seaweed stuck to her dress.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault...I have to go...." Melody grinned hesitantly as she backed off to go up to her room, "I can't go to the festival without shoes!"
"We'll join her," Lex and Riley added.
"Oh, yes, of course..." the girl slightly scoffed as she joined with the boys she was with. "If you ask me, she's a little weird," he warned them about Melody.
"I heard she actually speaks to the fish," the tall boy added.
Hearing him say that caused the other two to laugh. Melody looked a little mournful about the others speaking about her like that, but she had Lex and Riley to console her since they were family.
"Girls," Martin called out, "oh, there you are, girls...your mothers are looking for you...have you two seen Melody?"
"Yes, we just her," Riley nodded.
"Yes, and these children were making fun of Melody behind her back," Lex said.
"Ugh...bullies..." Martin shook his head, "if you face bullies, they almost always retire...now, let's dress you up girls."
Sure enough, everyone met in a guest room, Jesse and Tim wore their best suits while Lex and Riley wore their dresses and their mothers were brushing their hair.
"I hope Sebastian is out of sight of Chef Louis," Lex said.
Teresa chuckled slightly.
"Mum, are you alright," Riley asked.
"Oh, I'm fine, darling," Teresa replied, "your cousin just reminded me of a funny story."
"Yes, the fight between Sebastian and Chef Louis," Martin grinned.
"Oh, my heavens," Lex cupped her mouth.
"That was hilarious," Teresa replied as she laughed the hardest she had ever laughed before, which surprised the children since she almost never laughed anymore nowadays.
"It was so funny," Jesse grinned.
"I guess so," Martin replied, trying not to laugh, only to join in as Teresa's rare laughter was contagious, "Teresa tried to save him."
"Yes, I did," Teresa remembered, "my mother warned me from the story from the book The Little Mermaid."
"Wow," the children grinned.
Soon Teresa tied Riley's hair into her trademark pigtails, but this time with hair bows instead of the buckles.
"Oh, you all look so cute....." Cynthia cooed as she put a bow in Lex's hair.
"Thanks, Mum," Lex grinned.
Jesse pouted as he looked at his hair before taking out a blue fabric.
"Oh, Jesse, don't ruin your perfectly styled hair," Cynthia warned her son.
"Oh, c'mon, Mum," Jesse pouted, "I look silly without my scarf!"
"Just show up without it for one night," Tim said.
Jesse sighed as soon as he folded up his bandana and put it in his pocket.
"That's a good little brother..." Tim smirked as he adjusted his green ascot.
"Hey, wait," Jesse frowned.
"What," Tim smirked, "I'm just doing what my mother intends~"
"But what about the scarf," Jesse smirked.
"Oh, Tim, perhaps you shouldn't wear that," Cynthia advised, "it might be unfair to Jesse."
"But MoooooOOOOM," Tim whined, "Jenny has me this scarf!"
"Yes, but we don't want to be unfair to your little brother," Cynthia said.
"Ugh..." Tim moaned and soon untied his scarf and put it in his pocket, "well, fine!"
"It's alright, we're all ready to go," Cynthia grinned, "we joined the feast."
"Yes," the children grinned.
Martin looked out the window as he saw Ariel putting her feet in the water, which made him sigh for his cousin. "She must miss Uncle Triton..."
"You coming, Martin," Cynthia held out her arm to her husband.
"Yes, we're coming," Martin said.
"It's too bad Patch and the others couldn't come," Jesse said.
"I promise, next time," Martin grinned to his son.
"I'm glad you're here, Dad, and not in another case," Jesse grinned back.
"Yes, luckily, cousin Randolph was available," Martin replied.
"I guess we should go then," Teresa said as soon as she came in a black formal dress.
"Oh, Mum, that's a good dress...." Riley commented.
"Thank you, Riley," Teresa replied, "Sebastian Michaelis made it just for me if I visited Phantomhive Manor."
"That's true," Martin said.
"You met them as well," Annie asked her uncle.
"Who hasn't Daddy met," Jesse and Lex replied in unison before grinning to each other, "damn!"
Riley chuckled with a nod to that. Soon they left the guest room and went to go downstairs to join the festival before Melody would come down.
"If one of us checked on Melody," Jesse asked.
"I'll go," Riley volunteered.
"Watch it, Riley," Lex warned her.
Riley nodded and went to check on Melody as everyone else went down. Then Martin and Cynthia left their children for a moment to speak with the other children of the feast to possibly make some new friends.
The mean girl from before seemed to smirk toward Jesse and Tim and fanned herself as she came toward them, trying to look cute and innocent where that they would dance with her.
'Oh, she can't be serious,' Lex thought to herself.
"Hello~" the girl smirked.
"Um...hi..." Tim blinked.
"Would you like to dance with me," the girl asked.
"Ye-ee-ee-es...no," Jesse and Tim declined.
"WHAT," the girl frowned, "why not?!"
"Because we're already speaking for ourselves," Jesse said.
"By whom," the girl frowned.
Soon Jesse and Tim pulled out pictures of Rae and Dwight.
"Shoo, shoo now," Lex smirked.
The girl seemed to leave with a huff.
"If only Rae and Messmer were here," Jesse said.
Soon Tim sighed with Jesse. Riley knocked on Melody's bedroom door.
"Mum, is that you," Melody's voice asked from the other side.
"No, it's me, Riley," Riley warned the birthday girl.
"Ugh! Go ahead," Melody said.
Soon Riley came in. Melody put on her pink and white dress and had a towel over her head to dry her hair while Sebastian sat with her.
"You're trying to dry yourself off before Aunt Ariel gets here," Riley asked.
"Yes..." Melody replied, "I can't let her know I was in the water."
"Oh, here, try these shoes on," Riley said as she pulled out a pink pair of shoes, "they'll match your dress."
"Thanks," Melody warned her as she swiftly put on her shoes.
"Now for your hair," Riley said.
"Melody," Ariel's voice called.
Melody swiftly tied the ribbon around her waist, incidentally tying Sebastian with it, and she put on her tiara and hid her duffel bag under her bed. "I'm ready," she grinned and bowed to her mother as she came into her room.
"Here, let me help you...." Ariel chuckled as she came to brush Melody's hair.
Soon Eric came in, seeing what was going on. "Well, we're having a bad hair day," he asked.
"If we were, you wouldn't be helping, right~" Ariel smirked to her husband.
"Well, I'm just here to let you know that there are a lot of people downstairs--" Eric began.
"Why don't I join you," RIley asked as she came toward him, "anyhow, this is a time for a mother and daughter."
"Well, if you're sure," Eric said.
"Let's go down," Ariel warned Eric, "just give us two moments."
"Fine, two moments..." Eric chuckled as he shut the door behind him, "now, where have I heard that before?"
"Well, alright," Riley asked.
"I'm going down," Ariel grinned as she brushed Melody's hair.
"Alright," Riley grinned back.
"Mum...put down the brush....it's useless," Melody sulked.
"Oh, you look beautiful," Ariel grinned as she hugged her daughter.
"Do I have to do this? Everyone thinks I'm weird," Melody muttered.
"You're not weird," Riley replied, "we love you just the fashion you are!"
"Oh, darling, everyone has damage adjusting to your age," Ariel coaxed, "I know I did....it was a normal fish out of water."
"You? No way," Melody warned her mother before going away to the balcony.
Ariel frowned in worry and everyone else came to join her.
"I'm just afraid I'm going to make a fool of myself," Melody sulked as she stared out into the ocean.
Ariel looked to her and looked down to Riley and the others. "Why don't you come down to the festival," she suggested, "we'll be there."
"You sure," Tim asked.
"I think Melody needs some alone time," Ariel said.
The others looked to each other and then went to go on their own to the feast, but they couldn't help but listen in.
"Melody, this isn't just about the festival, is that it," Ariel asked her daughter, "is there something you want to speak about? You know you can always warn me of anything."
Soon Melody thought back to what Scuttle warned her to do. "It's something impossible...don't be afraid, but what I dream of more than anything in the entire world--" she began to warn her mother.
Then there was a knock, which distracted her and she saw her father there. "How are you doing," he asked before looking to his daughter, "oh, Melody, is that you? You look beautiful."
"He's right," Ariel chuckled, "we'll speak later, you're going to have a great time tonight."
Unfortunately, the night would not go as planned.
"Trust me," Ariel warned Melody on the road down.
The three children from earlier seemed bored and soon they brought out their own Pokeballs and released their own battle monsters; Mankey, Glameow and Snivy. Unlike this trio of children, the Pokemon seemed nice. Many of the guests shared a dance until then the song ended and they applauded the composers for their music.
"Introducing....Her Royal Highness: Princess Melody," Grimsby introduced the daughter of Ariel and Eric.
Soon Melody came walking down to the room while grinning hesitantly. Everyone clapped to her from the bottom of the stairs. Soon the mean children sipped their tea and smirked as Melody came down as their Pokemon stood past their feet. Lex grinned as she curtsied to Melody and Melody grinned back with her own curtsy. Jesse grinned to Melody as he bowed to her as did Tim.
"Um, hi," a boy grinned as he came up behind Melody and bowed to her, "would you like to dance?"
Lex let out a small squeak as she looked happy for Melody. Melody looked to him before looking towards her parents.
"Go ahead," Ariel grinned silently to Melody.
"Sure...alright," Melody nodded to the boy.
Soon the two joined hands and moved out onto the dance floor as Ariel and Eric grinned and then Ariel crossed her fingers behind her back. The conductor tapped his baton and soon had the musicians play a special song for Melody and her dance partner. Lex just knew that Melody could do this.
"I wonder where Sebastian ended up," Riley asked.
Jesse and Tim shrugged to her while Lex watched Melody happily, and soon where she went wide-eyed as she saw where Sebastian was. "Guys..." she grimaced hesitantly.
"We know..." Jesse and Tim said as soon as they saw with her.
Melody and the boy grinned as they shared a great dance together so far.
"How do we get Sebastian," Lex whispered to her brothers.
"Uh...well...um..." Jesse stammered before shrugging.
"Thanks, that's very helpful," Riley sighed.
The music swelled as the music got bigger and grander and soon the boy held Melody around her waist with a grin before wincing as he was pinched on the fingertips.
"Oh, this can't end well," Lex flinched.
Soon the boy saw Sebastian and yelled out. The conductor looked in worry before dropping his baton in surprise. The boy yelled out and flung Sebastian off his finger and he ended up smashing in the punch bowl while Sebastian landed in the birthday cake as Chef Louis brought it in.
"And I was right," Lex sighed.
The snobby children smirked and laughed at Melody's misfortune while their Pokemon looked shocked.
"Oh, dear," Melody frowned as she came to the cake.
"That's it," Sebastian snapped, "we're booking on a cruise."
"I'm very sorry," Melody frowned to him.
"Well, I should say---" the boy frowned as he was drenched in punch.
"Are you alright, Sebastian," Melody frowned at Sebastian.
"Well..." the boy frowned as Melody wasn't even paying attention to him.
"Who is she speaking to,~" the girl in the orange dress smirked.
"She's speaking to a crab," the fat boy laughed with her and the tall boy and soon, almost every child was laughing at Melody.
"At least it can't get any worse, at least the chef hasn't seen Sebastian yet," Tim grinned hesitantly.
Soon Chef Louis looked right at Sebastian and frowned. "YOU!!"
"I'm going to stop speaking right now," Tim moaned.
Soon Chef Louis chopped his ax down and went to go after Sebastian, and where the chase scene looked funny, but Melody's situation didn't listen to them. Soon was Jesse was heard laughing. Melody looked to him, feeling hurt.
"Oh! I'm not laughing at you," Jesse promised, "I'm laughing at Sebastian and the chef."
Melody felt relieved to hear that and could see why he was laughing at that and felt herself joining in. Grimsby just sighed and shook his head at what was going on.
"Do you think Sebastian will be alright," Melody asked.
"I'm sure it will be," Riley grinned, "my mother warned me this has happened before, and Chef Louis never makes it."
The children Pokemon were also laughing at the chase scene. Melody looked to them and soon laughed with them as she had to admit, it did look pretty funny, and she felt happy to know that Sebastian would be just fine in the end. Soon Sebastian flew on a salad dish before zipping past the conductor and the older man's wig flew away. Soon the Pokemon with the snobby children looked mad with their trainers for laughing at Melody just for speaking to an animal like it was weird and soon gave them a taste of karma by using their attacks.
"Diane, you should be embarrassed," Glameow scolded.
"You as well, Robert and Blake," Snivy and Mankey added.
"Are they speaking to us," the fat boy asked, pointing to their Pokemon.
"They seem to be...." the girl replied, looking a little annoyed.
Soon the three Pokemon used their battle moves to punish their trainers for being mean, and their attack moves ruined their clothes.
"Glameow, how could you," Diane cried out in grief, "you know Mum wants us to look our best!"
"Mankey, I'm going to be a lot of damage," Robert frowned.
"I'm disappointed in you, Snivy," Blake added.
"Us as well with you three," the Pokemon replied in frustrated unison. Then soon the three Pokemon left their owners out of frustration.
Soon the three yelled to their Pokemon and ordered them to get out of there, but their Pokemon ignored them as they joined the other group.
"Your trainers are petty asses," Vulpix said.
"Yes...I guess I never realized how rude they can be..." Glameow replied.
"Until Princess Melody was laughed at instead of the chase scene," Mankey added.
"We're sorry about them......" Snivy said, "I don't know what just happened to them."
"Perhaps I should go speak to them," Teddy narrowed his eyes.
"They won't understand you," Glameow sighed.
"I guess your people aren't like us," Teddy suggested.
The Pokemon shook their heads.
"We're very sorry you laughed at that girl..." Mankey said, "they just don't know how to have fun."
"Sometimes I feel like they just use me for the show and how pretty I am..." Glameow sighed and rolled his eyes, "while I'm quite beautiful, I'd like to play and explore, but Diane usually stays indoors and looks in the mirror all day, looking like she's the most beautiful girl on earth."
"She's not so pretty," Glen scoffed.
Then Annie nudged her brother, but the other boy Pokemon couldn't help but snicker to this.
"Uh...yes, she certainly thinks she's the most beautiful and that she should be a princess," Glameow smirked out of amusement.
This caused all of the Pokemon to share a good laugh out of this.
"I don't think that boy likes me too much," Melody frowned about the boy she danced with.
"Pfft," Jesse rolled his eyes, "it's his loss. He's probably an idiot any matter."
"Probably," Tim shrugged.
"I wouldn't think about him too much," Jesse warned Melody.
"Oh, you guys are so sweet....." Melody replied.
"No problem," Lex grinned.
Melody sighed though.
"Are you alright," Riley frowned.
"What if I never fit in," Melody frowned back, "I can't be perfect like my mother."
"No one said you had to do it," Lex said.
"But I want everyone here..." Melody frowned, "they're not like you."
"They're just royal snobs," Lex warned her.
"Well, you can speak to us then," Glameow asked.
Riley nodded with her cousins.
"Um, how," Mankey wondered.
"We...we don't know...we always have...." Tim replied.
"I don't know why I can't either..." Melody added, "I mean, it's not like my parents can do that."
This caused the Greenwood siblings to grin hesitantly.
"I'm, sorry your feast was ruined..." Snivy warned Melody.
"Oh, thank you..." Melody sighed, "I'm concerned that I'll never belong anywhere."
The children tried to stop her, but soon Melody went upstairs to her room as she felt isolated.
"I wish there was something we could do for her," Lex frowned.
"What have we done," Tim replied, "we better not intrude on someone else's life."
"But this is our cousin," Jesse warned him.
"Well, that's true, but..." Tim said, unsure how to back that up.
"Then it's decided," Jesse grinned.
"But..." Tim said before sighing, "alright...for Melody."
"For Melody," everyone else agreed.
Diane, Blane and Robert were yet complaining about Melody until Teresa came right behind them with a cold death frown.
"You three want to keep complaining," Teresa asked with an icy frown towards them.
The children grinned hesitantly.
"I suggest you apologize to Melody if she comes back," Teresa said firmly.
"Y-Yes, ma'am," the children nodded.
Teresa nodded back and soon let them go.
"Uh, you didn't have to do that..." Cynthia said.
"They'll get over it," Teresa said mysteriously.
"Perhaps," Cynthia said.
Martin, Cynthia, Teresa and Forte stared upstairs as soon as Ariel decided to go and speak to Melody as Jesse, Lex, Riley and Tim were going there themselves with their Pokemon. As well as the royal children's Pokemon.
Melody had taken off her dress and was curled up on her bed as she felt like she couldn't fit in anywhere. She looked at the locket she found and decided to hold onto it.
"Oh, darling, I'm very sorry," Ariel frowned to her daughter.
"What's wrong with me," Melody asked through her tears.
The children frowned to their cousin as they came to the door.
"Oh, nothing's wrong with you," Ariel consoled.
"Mum...I'm the Princess of Disaster," Melody sulked.
"No, you're not," Lex soothed her cousin.
"Being a teen is rough.....and all children your age......are a little embarrassed..." Ariel consoled, it was a little hard since she never really got to grow up with her own mother, but Martin's mother did help whenever necessary during visits over the summer, "and..."
"Melody..." the girl said her name once she uncovered the locket and saw her name on it. "What's this? My name is here," she took the locket and opened it up to see a golden glow and heard a beautiful song, which showed the land of mermaids with it in a bubble, "that song...where did you hear it?"
"This is amazing," Lex grinned at the image the bubble showed.
"It's Atlantica. With mermen and everything," Melody said in amazement, "Mum, you always said it was just an old fish story."
"Where did you get this from," Ariel gasped as she took the locket from her daughter.
"I...I found it..." Melody said softly.
"And, uh...me and Riley might have helped her find it," Lex added.
"You've crossed over the wall, haven't you," Ariel asked.
"Actually, we went downhill," Melody clarified, "I hate this foolish wall."
"Melody, you know you're not allowed to enter the sea," Ariel reminded.
"But why? And why does this locket have my name on it," Melody asked her mother.
"Melody, listen to me." Ariel frowned.
"You're hiding something from me..." Melody frowned back as she stood up on her bed.
Ariel looked soft for a moment before she scolded her daughter. "You deliberately disobeyed me! I don't want you to go out again, can you hear me?! It's dangerous at sea!"
"Aunt Ariel, can you blame her?! After all, she's just like you," Lex warned her aunt.
Riley cupped her mouth as Lex spoke out like that.
"She broke my rules, and you shouldn't speak like that, Lex," Ariel warned her.
"I'm sorry, Aunt Ariel, but Melody seemed so happy at sea," Lex replied.
"You all shouldn't have gone out here..." Ariel frowned, "it's dangerous out there."
"How did you know," Melody cried out in despair and soon swiped the locket before running out of her room and weeping, "you've never been in it before!"
"Melody, please wait," Lex called out.
Soon Eric opened the door and watched as his daughter ran out of the room and came in with the other parents.
"Oh, dear..." Ariel frowned as soon as she sat down on the bed.
"Uh, we have to go," Jesse said as he and the others left.
"Ariel, darling, we knew this day would come," Eric soothed his wife as he sat down next to her.
"Oh, Eric. You're right," Ariel sighed, "it's time I trusted her with the truth."
"Didn't you ever warn her," Cynthia asked.
"I was always waiting for the right time," Ariel replied.
"Well, you did a good job of this..." Teresa muttered.
"I certainly enjoyed every bit of this," Martin replied.
"Who said I should help," Teresa replied.
"Teresa..." Forte frowned to her.
"I guess I should've warned her from the start," Ariel frowned.
Meanwhile, with the children....
"Melody? Melody! Melody, where are you," the children called out as they went to find their cousin.
"Guys, I found her," Riley called out.
"Oh, thank heavens," Lex sighed.
"Oh, now, my child, this will be alright," Sebastian warned Melody as she stormed away to a boat in the water. "You know, if I was a teenager, you wouldn't be able to get me out of my shell for nothing. I had this loud, squeaky voice and these little bandages. Then one day, boom! I look like Caruso and these whopper value meals exploded," he saw that Melody was pushing a kayak canoe into the ocean. "Young lady, just where do you think you're going," he asked, scolding her in a fashion that wouldn't feel different until Ariel was a teenager.
"I have to understand this," Melody said as she rowed out into the water, "this necklace means something, and if no one warns me, I'll find out for myself."
"We'll come with you, Melody," Lex grinned.
"Guys," Melody looked over to her cousins.
"You can't do this alone," Riley warned Melody, "I may not be a strong swimmer like you guys, but you can't do it without us."
"That's right," Jesse nodded.
Soon Sebastian tried to stop them, but he didn't have an entire lot of luck.
"Alright, guys, then c'mon," Melody said as she knew that she could trust them.
Soon the Greenwood cousins joined her. Riley felt hesitant about being in the water, but soon got comfortable and joined them. Then the children returned their Pokemon into their Pokeballs for a safer journey out to the sea.
"Melody, please wait," Sebastian panicked, "you're making a huge mistake!"
Unfortunately for them, someone evil was watching this from a secret lair. "Oh, this is delicious.....that's my girl," the being cackled evilly.
A puny shark was also watching this with her. "C'mon, fiatsos," he warned the sting rays before swimming away with them.
"Faster, Undertow," the woman smirked, "there is a little girl who needs our help~"
Sebastian was seen going back to the castle while trying to calm down. "Well, Sebastian, you must remain calm," the crab warned himself as he looked like he was going to have an anxiety attack, "it's not your fault. All you have to do is go over there and calmly explain...that Melody has run away. There's no reason to lose your head. Whatever you do, you're absolutely, positively....you shouldn't panic."
Soon the adults came outside and looked around.
"Melody," Ariel called out, and where that one voice caused Sebastian to have an anxiety attack.
"Sebastian, relax, you look worse than Teresa in the Magic Class finals," Martin warned the crab.
"What are you doing here anyhow--" Ariel began to ask.
"It's all my fault," Sebastian cried out in grief, "I tried to stop them! I don't deserve to live!"
"Sebastian, calm down," Cynthia warned him.
"The children are gone," Forte asked, "did you go where?"
"Out...to the sea," Sebastian wept and blew his nose in Ariel's dress skirt.
"What do you mean," Ariel asked, "where can they go?"
The parents began to wonder that themselves.
"To Morgana's...." the tiny shark smirked to the children in their row boat.
"And she can warn us what this locket means, and why my name is written on it," Melody asked.
"Oh, sure, girl," Undertow chuckled, "Morgana's the best! She'll help you."
"Um, well, alright," Lex said.
"Well, then...let's go," Melody added.
Then the sting rays tugged the boat and pulled it to take them to go see the one named Morgana. The children began to have a bad feeling about this.
"Guys, I'm feeling cold," Riley said.
"You're cold-blooded," Jesse and Lex warned her.
"No, I mean, I'm hesitant," Riley said.
"Also here," Tim replied.
Later on, they seemed to travel for a while and soon huddled in blankets as they passed through the cold fog. Soon Melody awakened and looked around with a gasp as they seemed to come into an ice cave.
"An ice cave," Lex asked out of confusion, "is this where you live?"
"Angel Face, meet the only one: Morgana," Undertow introduced.
The children looked over with Melody as a mysterious octopus woman, who appeared after spinning in a clam shell chair.
"Oh, hello, my darling," Morgana grinned warmly, "oh, don't be shy. C'mon. Come out of the cold."
Soon the children got out of the boat.
"Sit down, sit down. Put your feet up," Morgana grinned as she let them sit down before offering them some snacks, "hungry? Afraid all I have is a McDonald's happy meal. Double cheeseburger? French fries? Chicken nuggets?"
Riley looked a bit sick to her stomach.
"Um, no, thank you," Lex declined.
The others gave polite grins, but also declined to the offer.
"I was hoping you could warn me about this necklace, and why it has my name on it," Melody said to Morgana as she held the locket, "my mother wouldn't warn me. She just doesn't understand."
"Oh, you're not the only one who has or doesn't understand you," Morgana cooed as she took the locket. "Believe me, I know exactly how you feel. Dear child, have you ever thought that it bears your name because it contains your destiny," she opened the locket.
Melody looked curious while the cousins watched with her.
"Oh, deep down, you know you weren't supposed to be such a humble human," Morgana warned Melody as they watched Atlantica, "what you are is a much more charming fact."
"A mermaid? But that's not possible," Melody replied.
"Baby, anything is possible," Morgana warned her.
"Can you turn me into a mermaid," Melody asked.
"A piece of fish cake, darling," Morgana grinned sweetly.
"That's right," Undertow muttered.
Soon Morgana went to get something to help and soon found a special potion. Riley put her feet in the water, gently splashing since she wasn't a strong swimmer like the others.
"Ah..." Morgana grinned as she found a goblet and blew the dust away, showing a very familiar old face.
"Ursula's magic," Undertow growled at Morgana, "where'd you get this?!"
"I saved it for a special occasion," Morgana chuckled as she sat down with Melody and her cousins, "one drop of this, and bada-bing, bada-boom! You're in an upscale city! Whee!"
"Really," Melody beamed.
"Come, my love," Morgana said as she took Melody's bare foot and lowered the potion, "your fate awaits you~"
Soon Melody remembered how Riley wasn't a good swimmer and had an idea. "Miss...could Riley be a mermaid as well," she asked.
"Huh," Riley blinked and turned over.
"She doesn't really know how to swim," Melody warned the woman.
"Oh, why then, of course you could be a mermaid as well, my darling," Morgana grinned.
"Me...a mermaid..." Riley muttered to herself.
"Yes," Melody grinned.
"Oh, Melody, you don't need to...." Riley grinned bashfully.
"C'mon..." Melody warned her.
Then Riley shrugged and scooted over to have some of the potion for her own feet. Soon Morgana let two drops from Ursula's magic touch both of Melody's left foot and Riley's right foot.
"Ooh...cold..." Riley shook a chill.
Soon Morgana laughed and by the magic, the girls grew their own tail fins. They were both quite amazed by this. Soon Morgana laughed out of victory.
"Well, that laugh is kinda eerie," Lex commented.
"I don't believe this," Melody gushed, "I'm a mermaid!"
"You're both mermaids," Lex grinned.
"Incredible...." Riley whispered as she touched her tail fin and grinned brightly, the biggest grin she had ever had.
"Sing it loud, say it proud," Morgana beamed.
Then Melody and Riley jumped into the water and they began to swim around Undertow, having the time of their lives. Soon Jesse, Lex and Tim joined them.
"You've had this all along," Undertow complained to Morgana, "you could change me again. Why, you should--"
"Keep your scales, little one," Morgana smirked to him, "I'm yet reeling from her."
Meanwhile, back with the parents.....
"Oh, Daddy, I'm so concerned," Ariel frowned as she spoke to her father in the first time in what seemed like years.
"All will be well, Ariel," Triton soothed his youngest daughter, "we have research groups scouring the ocean. I'll share them now myself."
"We must join them," Martin said.
"I think he's right," Eric agreed.
"But, guys-" Ariel said softly.
"I need to stay here and lead the search on land, but you know this water, and you know our daughter," Eric grinned to his wife, cradling her face in consolation, "you must go."
"He's right," Cynthia said.
"It may be dangerous," Triton reminded since it had been years since Ariel was underwater.
"They're right, Dad," Ariel replied, "I should've known I couldn't keep Melody off of the sea. It's part of her. It's part of me. I must be going now."
"We're going with," Teresa said.
"Teresa," Forte asked.
"It's time for me to start being a mother to my child..." Teresa said, "she's spent eight years of her life without ever knowing me...it's time to spend some time with me."
"You're right," Forte nodded.
"Stay here with Eric....." Teresa said to him before giving him a surprise hug.
"I will," Forte replied.
"I know I don't say it often...but...I care about you....." Teresa whispered before letting go of him.
"Uncle Triton, if you don't mind...." Martin said to his uncle.
Ariel looked over while hugging Eric before she would let him go.
"Alright, boy. Here we go," Cynthia said.
"Bring her home," Eric warned Ariel.
Ariel nodded and soon stood out in front of her father. Soon Triton's trident glowed and it sent its magic around Ariel to turn her into a mermaid once again. Soon Martin, Cynthia and Teresa jumped into the water.
"C'mon, Ariel, the water's alright," Martin grinned softly.
Ariel grinned back and soon jumped into the water with them.
"I almost forgot how great it feels to be a mermaid," Cynthia grinned.
"Yes...it's beautiful...." Ariel had to admit, "well, after a long time any matter."
"I have to say it," Teresa had a small chuckle before grimly looking serious, "now let's get the children."
Soon they went under the sea to start the search.
Meanwhile, with the children, Melody was having an entire lot of fun being a mermaid.
"What a totally cool feeling," Melody beamed.
"I am swimming," Riley added, "I love swimming!"
The Greenwood siblings grinned at their cousins. Melody chuckled as she floated on her back before bumping her head into something, or rather, someone. A big seal turned around to see her before a few pups came out.
"Oh, excuse me...I'm sorry, ma'am..." Melody grinned sheepishly. Soon she swam from the mother seal as her babies were looking at the mer-children.
"Alright, get a grip, get a hang of this flipper, it's like slipping two feet into one big huge slipper, this fashion is left which fashion is right, oh, now I'll be circling in circles all night~" she sang to herself while the seal family seemed to watch her.
The seal puppies watched her and one of them got dizzy.
"Oh, then this is straight forward, no problem," Melody said to herself. Soon she went underwater as she saw Riley using her tail fin like feet on the ocean floor.
"I can't believe I can do this and more, to swim in the sea like I walk on the shore~" Riley sang with a grin.
"Out of our shell, not closed up like a clam~" Melody and Riley sang as a clam closed, "look at the sea, this is us, here we are~"
Narwhals were swimming through the rushing waters a lot like dolphins normally would until the girls joined them.
"For a moment all of me, is alive and at home in the sea~" Riley sang.
"I'm swirling and twirling, so graceful and grand, not stubbing my toes getting stuck in the sand~" Melody added.
"For a moment, life is cool, we're a splash in the world's biggest pool, this is more than our thoughts ever thought it could be~" Melody and Riley sang as they chuckled, "for a moment, just a moment lucky we~"
"If only for one moment, I have shared with you all I know~," Ariel sang as she seemed to be in her old grotto, "the sea wouldn't be a mystery, oh, why did you have to go?~"
Teresa and Cynthia looked around as they hadn't seen it before unlike Martin since he was Ariel's cousin. After they left the grotto, they continued their search.
"Everything's newer, and brighter and bluer, and truer to life than before, watch me soar~" Riley sang and Jesse, Lex and Tim looked very happy for her.
"For a moment I can shine, got a smirk and a fin, it works fine~," Melody sang while swimming behind a whale. "My fingers are wrinkly, I really don't care, if all my curls are curled out of my hair~" she swam up to the top of the whale. "For a moment I can feel, all the dreams I've been dreaming are real~," she continued to sing as she held onto her locket, "wish my mother could hear it, the sea is my song, for a moment, just a moment, I belong~"
"I will find you my darling, and the moment that I do so, I'll hold you close, my Melody, and sing the song of the sea with you~" Ariel sang as they swam around to look for Melody and the others.
"For a moment, just a moment, I beloooooOOOONG~" Melody sang as she was yet on top of the whale.
Soon Riley did a flip after jumping into the ocean. Then Jesse, Lex and Tim held out random score cards. Soon the children swam back to Morgana. Riley and Melody came to Morgana and hugged her, much to her surprise.
"Oh, thank you," Melody beamed, "thank you so much!"
"Thank you very much," Riley added, "this is the funniest time I've ever had!"
Morgana grinned before looking emotionally disheartened.
"What's wrong," Lex frowned.
"Oh, I knew this would happen," Morgana pouted, "one try, and you're hooked."
Undertow wiped his eyes with a tissue and handed it to her.
"Oh, Undertow, I'm a failure, like..." Morgana pouted and then wiped her eyes and blew her nose, "oh, my precious, there was no potion enough for this to be a spell forever."
"Please, I don't want to go back to being an ordinary girl," Melody pouted to Morgana, "isn't there some fashion I can keep being a mermaid?"
"Me as well, me as well," Riley added.
"Oh, I'm afraid there's absolutely no possible fashion," Morgana replied before thinking about it for a little bit, "well, there is a fashion. What was she thinking? It's too dangerous."
"What is this," Lex asked, "what's too dangerous?"
"Well, I could make the spell last longer if I had my magic trident," Morgana replied before making a random shape, "oh, but it was stolen years ago by a deranged kleptomaniac, and there's no one to retrieve it for me."
"What have we done," Tim asked.
"Would you do that for me," Morgana grinned.
"If we did so, would you make me a mermaid," Melody replied, "forever?"
"Perhaps more if you want," Morgana chuckled before taking out a map of Atlantica, "now, this is where the bastard lives!"
"Atlantica," the children grinned.
"You mean, it's not just an ancient fish tale," Melody asked, "does it really exist?!"
"Of course there is, darling, whoever warned you otherwise," Morgana coaxed, "they won't get anything to eat."
"My...mother..." Melody frowned.
"Well, I'm sure she didn't mean to be cruel and deceitful," Morgana soothed.
Jesse, Lex, Tim and Riley didn't think their Aunt Ariel was being cruel or deceitful.
"Alright, let's bring your trident back," Melody promised before swimming away with the tablet, "you can count on us!"
"Let's go," Riley grinned.
Jesse glanced to Morgana before going with the others.
"Now if we follow the map, we'll get there in no time," Lex grinned at Melody.
"You're right," Melody grinned back.
Soon they were on the back of the whale while looking over the map Morgana gave them.
"Huh, let's see..." Melody said as she examined the map, "South to Two Circles Pass, but, uh, north to...no, no, um, east...to, uh, heh..."
The whale swam against some seaweed and soon sniffled.
"Allergies..." Tim noticed before panicking, "SHE'S GOING TO BURST!!"
Soon the whale sneezed, which sent the children flying and where as they landed on an icy slope. The map shattered, which was bad news for them.
"Our map! It's ruined," Melody pouted, "now how are we going to find our road to Atlantica?"
"HEEELLLPPP," a voice called out.
"Did someone ask for help," Jesse asked, sounding like a superhero in old-time cartoons.
"Looks like it came from that direction," Riley said while pointing to where the voice called out.
They looked over and they saw a female penguin, who seemed to be in distress.
"Someone, please! Help," the female penguin frowned down below, "oh! Oh, hang on, darling! We'll save you!"
"HEEEELP," a penguin chick cried out in despair as she was on an icy patch and a shark passed by in the water, "Mum! Hurry up!"
"Should we help," Riley whispered to the others.
"Who else will," Jesse narrowed his eyes, "never refuse a danger call!"
"Oi..." Tim whispered about Jesse's over enthusiasm, "you're not in the Justice League!"
"Perhaps someday, I'll be..." Jesse grinned, "hang on, penguins, we're coming!"
Then there was singing heard and they all looked around before seeing another penguin with a walrus.
"Looks like these two are coming to save the day," Tim said.
"A walrus in a family of penguins," Lex wondered.
"More powerful than a locomotive! Peskier than a mosquito," the penguin announced as he flung against a glacier and fell into the snow with it, but used it as a sword, "faster than a speeding bullet! It's the fearless adventurers--"
"Cutting explorers," the walrus added.
"Titanic Tip and his daring sidekick, Dash," the penguin concluded as he came to the penguin mother, holding other penguins to get her baby back.
"Oh, dear..." one of the penguins complained.
"Not them," another penguin added.
Soon the walrus climbed down, which made the penguins very hesitant and worried.
"We'll eventually be real heroes," the penguin beamed.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Lex said.
"You as well, right," Jesse replied.
The mother penguin fought with carrying the extra penguins, including the walrus as they tried to save her baby to look like heroes. They began to swing over to the baby while noticing the shark fin.
"I should do something," Jesse sighed.
Soon the penguin and walrus panicked and climbed up the penguin chain while the baby was impatiently left behind. Soon the mother penguin let go and the penguins piled up on the ice and the walrus fell with them, which catapulted the penguin baby into the air, but soon she was safe back in her mother's flippers.
"This is a fashion to rescue a baby," Tim said.
"I'm glad the baby is safe," Lex grinned to her brothers.
Soon the other penguins were squished from the walrus and they turned the other road around and soon, a hammerhead shark came for them and hit the ice, which sent the other penguins flying in the air and they all got stuck into the snowy cliff face.
"Well, that wasn't too bad," Tip muffled.
"He's right," Tim shrugged.
Suddenly, the cliff edge began to break and soon it smashed down into the water, making the penguins shriek. The shark growled before looking up, only to get smashed by the ice as they all splashed in the water. The penguin mother and her baby came out together and soon embraced each other since they were both safe.
"Well, that just happened," Lex said.
"Another plan perfectly executed," Tip smirked with Dash.
"He calls that the perfect plan," Jesse deadpanned.
"What about your plan to shove the cookie jar in our playpen if we were little," Lex smirked.
"Sensitive," Jesse moaned.
"What do you think you're doing here," the mother penguin frowned with the others in the colony.
"We were just trying to be heroes," Dash pouted.
"You call my baby's heroic abandonment," the mother penguin mocked, "you two boys almost murdered us all!"
Soon the other penguins mocked Tip and Dash, finding them useless. The children found that to be mean.
"Go ahead, laugh at your smell tuxedos," Tip frowned as he left with Dash before looking mournful, "we'll show you...someday."
Soon Dash followed after him.
"Uh, excuse us," Melody spoke up, which alarmed the two.
"Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you," Lex assured.
"Afraid," Tip scoffed, "who said anything about being frightened? You don't know an evasive maneuver if you see one?"
This made the children chuckle to him.
"Hi, I'm Melody," Melody grinned to Tip and Dash.
"And we're her cousins; Jesse, Lex, Tim and Riley," Forte introduced.
"This one's Tip and I'm Dash," the walrus grinned.
"Excuse me, Mr. I-Spilled-My-Intestine-To-Complete-Strangers," Tip frowned at him, "you just ruined our cover!"
"I was just trying to be friendly," Dash pouted.
"Uh, guys," Lex spoke up.
"We really need to go, if you could just let us know how--" Riley added.
"Aww, you see," Dash pouted, "now they're leaving and it's all your fault!"
"My fault," Tip gasped, "t-t-they're probably allergic to fat!"
"Are they really going to argue," Lex asked Jesse.
"Yes? Well, perhaps they don't like BIRDS THAT CAN'T FLY," Dash retorted to Tip.
"Yep," Jesse replied.
"Guys," Melody called out.
"Yes, well, you can't fly either," Tip frowned at Dash.
"GUYS," the children yelled.
"Yes? You walk funny," Dash frowned at him.
"Yes? Well, you can't--" Tip frowned back.
"GUYS," the children tried again.
Soon Tip and Dash stopped and looked at them.
"Do any of you know how to get to Atlantica," Melody asked, "we don't have much time."
"Why do you have to go to Atlantica," Dash wondered.
"We need to recover something that was stolen from a friend," Lex said.
"If not...I'll come back to...." Melody frowned softly, looking at her tail fin as she backed up.
"A what," Dash wondered, "go back to what?"
"A girl who can't swim....." Riley pouted mournfully.
Tip gasped before frowning. "I knew there was something strange about you," he turned around to abandon them, "hard break, children! Speak to us, let us know how it all worked out!"
"Let's get you," Dash grinned at the children.
"You will," Melody grinned back.
"We will," Tip added.
"They're some children in danger, it's our big break," Dash whispered firmly.
Tip looked to his best friend before looking at the children. Melody and Riley looked quite hopeful.
"Ooh, oh, boy, I can't believe I'm doing this," Tip sighed to himself, "someone stop me! Alright then, we're in."
Dash grinned and jumped into the water.
"Let's go to Atlantica," Tip proclaimed before jumping on Dash's back.
Lex began to do an Amazon battle cry. Jesse and Tim chuckled to that as they got ready. Then Melody and the others swam after their new friends to begin their journey.
"Atlantica, here we go," the Greenwood siblings grinned.
They swam away with Tip and Dash.
"Taming the tides, swarming the seas~," Tip began to sing as he came into the water, making karate moves against a goldfish until a barracuda came behind him and frightened him off, "beware, barracudas drop to your knees, defending our friends and anemones, as big as a whale~"
"And a much smaller tail," Lex chuckled slightly.
"Facing the foes with our fearless flukes, daring the dastards to put up their dukes, great globs of gore we'll storm the shore, and seek the unknown~" Tip sang, passing various fish as he jumped into the surface and used a jellyfish as a parachute.
"Then can we go home," Dash asked.
Soon they were seen riding a wave.
"Titanic Tip and Daring Dash, Adventurers/Explorers, Titanic Tip and Daring Dash, Adventurers slash explorers~," Tip and Dash sang together, "our gallant quest to do our best, and grin for our adorers, we'll save the day, and make a splash, Titanic Tip and Daring Dash~"
Soon Melody and the others chuckled as they began to have a lot of fun with Tip and Dash.
'This sure is fun,' Riley thought to herself.
"We'll clobber these crabs with their crammy claws~" Tip sang as he sword-fought with a crab as they ended up on a sunken pirate ship.
"We'll shatter these sharks with their savage jaws~" Dash added as he looked through binoculars.
"The battle is fierce," Tip yelped as a treasure chest ran down the deck, bringing the ship down.
"And mercifully brief," Dash added, holding onto the ship's mast.
Soon the ship sank and where the treasure from inside soon it dumped out.
"The conquering heroes return as Kings of the Reef~" the cousins sang together.
"We'll dine with the best dressed as a flair, climb every mountain because it's there, c'mon, follow me, we'll make it history~" Tip sang as he and Dash sat at a table together, dressed like aristocrats. Soon Tip treated the table blanket as a cape. "To give us courage," the penguin grinned.
"The trident," Melody grinned back.
"Or fail," Dash added.
"Titanic Tip and Daring Dash, Adventurers/Explorers, Titanic Tip and Daring Dash, Adventurers/Explorers~" they all sang together.
"We'll save the day~" Tip grinned.
"And make a splash," Dash added.
Then everyone said their names, but Dash called himself 'Daring Dash'.
"All for seven and seven for one~," everyone sang as soon as they came up to the underwater kingdom, "Atlantica, here we coooooOOOOME!!!!"
"There it is," Lex grinned, "let's go."
"I knew it! It's real," Melody gasped, "Atlantica!"
"Let's start looking," Jesse grinned.
The others nodded as they swam into Atlantica to find the trident for Morgana.
Meanwhile, with the parents....
"Have you heard everything, Daddy," Ariel asked her father. "We looked everywhere, but we--Flounder," she beamed and swam up to the small fish and hugged him.
"Daaaddy," the fish cried out in grief and swam off, hiding behind a rock.
"That didn't sound like Flounder," Martin said.
Soon an older fish came out to see what frightened the guppy.
"I'm sorry," Ariel grinned sheepishly.
"Ariel," the fish replied.
"Flounder," Ariel beamed.
"Flounder," Martin grinned.
"Martin, is that you as well," Flounder asked.
"Sure is, mate," Martin grinned to the fish.
"Oh, I missed you," Ariel grinned as she hugged Flounder, "boy, you sure aren't a guppy anymore."
"He sure isn't," Martin grinned back.
"You can say this again," Flounder grinned to them.
Soon one of the guppies caught Sebastian and they all kicked him around like he was a toy. Seeing this caused Cynthia to chuckle.
"Children, what did I say about playing Kick the Clam on the reef," Flounder asked the guppies.
"I'm sorry, Dad," the guppies warned him.
"Children..." Flounder grinned and shook his head.
Ariel frowned at that however, feeling even worse about Melody now. Cynthia frowned, feeling the same as she was concerned for the children.
"I'm sorry for Melody," Flounder softly said to his best friend.
"Flounder, is that it? We really need your help," Teresa said to him.
"Wild seahorses couldn't stop me," Flounder grinned.
"Great," Martin grinned back.
Flounder looked to his guppies and then gestured for them to come along. Soon they swam off just as Melody came with Tip, Dash and the others.
"This is so great," Tim grinned.
Melody swam and explored while taking in all of the sights and sounds that was Atlantica. "It's so beautiful," she grinned before bumping into a merboy in front of her without noticing him until now.
"Hey! I'm sorry, my fault," the two spoke at the same time.
"Hi," the merboy grinned to Melody.
Melody waved while looking unsure what to say.
"I don't think you saw here," the merboy asked her, "what's your name?"
"I'm Mel-Mel..." Melody said, a bit hesitant about saying her name to this boy.
"Hey, guys, meet Mel-Mel," the merboy warned his friends as they came to see him.
"Hi," one of his friends greeted.
"Hey, you want to hang out with us," the other friend added.
Melody grinned and nodded as that sounded like a lot of fun.
"OK, that's it. Break it. Disconnect it on," Tip frowned as he swam in front of Melody and shooed them off before taking her hand and dragging her off, "there's nothing to see here. Move away. C'mon, Miss Popularity. We have an earlier commitment. Do you remember?"
"He's right," Jesse said.
Melody frowned and turned back to her possible new friends.
"Perhaps I'll catch you later," the blonde merboy grinned and waved.
Melody grinned and waved back.
"That's what happens if you bring a land fish into the city," Tip sighed to himself.
"I think I know where to find the trident," Lex said.
"Oh, trust me, I know exactly where I'm going," Basil replied.
"Then where are we going," Riley asked.
"We-uh...um..." Tip stammered slightly.
"You have absolutely no idea where the trident is, do you," Tim asked, unimpressed.
"Uh, you warn me where you think, and I warn you if you're right or not," Tip said to Lex.
"It's in the throne room," Lex warned him.
"Uh, yes, she's right, follow me," Tip replied.
Lex just rolled her eyes to that and shook her head.
Soon they came into the throne room in wide wonder.
"Wow...nice cot," Tip grinned.
"You said it," Tim nodded.
Soon they went to hide for shelter as merpeople were organizing some furniture inside of the throne room.
"C'mon, follow me," Melody whispered to the others.
Soon they swam in and hid underneath a table with a tablecloth. Triton looked miserable as he came to the throne and came to sit down. Soon the group sneaked a peek to see Triton miserable.
"This must be him...." Melody said, but couldn't help but frown, "he looks so mournful. He doesn't look like a thief."
"They never do so," Tip whispered to her.
"But he looks so miserable," Lex frowned.
"Look! There it is," Melody gasped once she found the trident behind Triton's throne, "let's go."
"A fork," Tip scoffed, "we risk our tails for a fork?!"
"I feel like it's more than just a fork," Tim said.
Triton was looking at something, which looked like a picture of a baby girl with black hair. Then he looked to the other merpeople at work and soon complained to them. "We don't have time for this. I want every available merman searching," he demanded, pounding his fist on the table and whacking it out of the road, but never saw Melody with her group as he stormed away, "ROCKO! ROCKO!!"
Soon the group split up into separate directions. Tip and Dash went to hide back under the table. Soon Melody went to hide behind a plant as Triton was about to storm away until he saw that the table was shaking. That was, indeed, very bad news for Tip and Dash.
"Dash, if...if that's the end, I wanted to obey Triton, I'm sorry I said that about the gibberish," Tip frowned.
"Well, I'm sorry for the fish breath," Dash replied.
"Wait, you never said anything about fish breath," Tip warned him.
"But I thought so," Dash grinned sheepishly.
Tip frowned at him, but soon they both shivered as they were about to be exposed.
"King Triton," a seahorse swam in with a grin, "your daughter and nephew have returned."
Soon Triton followed the seahorse to greet his daughter and nephew. Soon Melody swam towards the trident once the coast was clear.
"Something doesn't feel right......" Riley said to herself, "she's stealing..."
"But he stole first," Melody defended, "Morgana said it."
"Yes, but I just have a bad feeling about this," Jesse said.
Melody reached for the trident, but found herself hesitating.
"Oh, sure, that's it. Take your time. Lean back. Relax," Tip warned her calmly before snapping, "let's all stay here and die!"
Jesse knew this was wrong, but since this was stolen from Morgana, he knew that this had to be the right fact to do, where she caught hold of the trident and took it while also incidentally bumping into Melody as the trident cut her locket free.
"I'm sure they'll show up soon," Triton soothed his daughter and nephew as they came towards the throne room.
"He's coming back," Dash panicked.
"My necklace," Melody gasped, about to go and get it until Tip and Dash moved her out of the road now that they had the trident.
"They have to be somewhere," Cynthia said.
"Yes, but where," Martin asked.
Soon Teresa gasped before panicking as she saw the trident was missing.
"Use your words..." Martin warned Teresa.
"The trident is GONE," Teresa blurted out.
They all saw that Teresa was right until the trident was missing.
"But that's not possible," Sebastian gasped, "nobody can remove the trident out of the concession stand, except for you, Sire. You or one of our offspring!"
"Martin, how could you," Teresa asked.
Martin looked unimpressed with Teresa with that question. Soon Cynthia saw Melody's locket. Then she picked up the locket and showed it to Ariel.
"Melody..." Ariel whispered as she held the locket.
"Who I should have been watching," Sebastian moaned before falling flat on his back in misfortune, "c'mon, open me up. Make a crab cake out of me, Sire."
"But how did she get here," Cynthia asked.
"Morgana..." Triton grumbled as he had a suspicion. "If she gets her hands on my trident..." he thought about it before looking horrified and soon commanded to his merman army, "double the refreshment stands! I want every creature in the ocean to be on patrol!"
"Yes, sire," the mermen replied before swimming off.
Soon Ariel, Martin, Cynthia and Teresa noticed two manta rays. Teresa seemed to shake a chill from the rays until she had a bad feeling, but tried to hide it.
"Wait a moment....I know them both," Ariel said before swimming after the manta rays.
Soon Martin and Cynthia followed after her, along with Teresa.
"It's all my fault," Sebastian pouted, "if I'd just paid a little more attention...instead of blubbering on and on again."
While he kept sulking, the parents were following after the two manta rays.
"From now on, your Majesty, nothing goes past----" Sebastian continued until he noticed he was alone, "huh? Me."
"Are you sure that the Evil Manta guy won't come out," Teresa asked Martin, "he yet frightens me somehow."
"He's changed too well, remember," Martin reminded.
"I know...but I just want him to take care of me..." Teresa smirked, "I might've been afraid back then, but I could deal with him now."
"Teresa, watch out," Martin gasped.
"What?! WHAT," Teresa panicked, "what is this?"
"A bubble," Martin smirked.
"You sick merman," Teresa frowned.
"I'm sorry," Martin chuckled sheepishly.
Cynthia frowned a bit.
"Oh, Cynthia..." Martin frowned back to her to console her, "it's alright, I'm sure the children are fine wherever they are."
"I hope so," Cynthia sighed.
Martin gave her a consoling hug as they continued onward.
"Your children know where they come from, right," Cinderella asked her cousin.
"Yes," Martin nodded.
Ariel frowned as she felt worse for not warning her daughter about hers.
"Oh, Ariel, don't let this bother you......" Martin soothed.
"Let's go back to these two manta rays," Cynthia suggested.
Ariel wiped her eyes. Soon Martin hugged her with a small grin and she gave one back before following.
Meanwhile, with the children....
Soon Tip heavenly-rocketed out of the water as they came out onto the surface. Then Dash joined him and they both splashed among the water.
"We did it," Tip grinned before low-fiving Dash.
Soon they saw that the children weren't celebrating. Soon they swam up behind them with small grins to cheer them up.
"The entire time Atlantica has never been so far from home," Melody said to the penguin and walrus while looking to her home.
"I guess it was closer than we thought," Tim said.
"Is this your home," Dash asked out of amazement.
"It used to be like this," Melody said softly.
"Wow, what a pad," Tip grinned, "speak about your curb appeal. But what about the wall? I know that good fences are good neighbors, but isn't that a bit much?"
"Yes, what they try to keep," Dash added.
"It didn't try to keep anything out," Lex said.
"It was built to hold me," Melody added before declining to ignore it for now, "c'mon! Let's go."
Dash looked worried, but soon he and Tip followed after Melody with the trident at hand. Soon they made their road back to Morgana's place.
"You know, girl, the seven of us are a grand team," Tip said to the group.
"Once you're both permament mermaids, we'll be friends forever," Dash grinned to Melody and Riley.
"We'll be inseparable," Tip grinned as he did a back stroke.
"Nothing will ever come between us," Dash added until they saw a shark fin in the water.
"Now, Tip, Dash, don't-" Riley started.
"SHAAAAAAARRRK," Tip and Dash panicked before swimming for dear lives.
"Don't! Please, wait! It's just..." Melody tried to call out to them, but stopped as it was pointless now.
"Leaving so early, guys," Undertow chuckled, "what do you say, fellas? If you have it, you've had it."
Soon Jesse showed him the trident.
"Hey, you did it," the tiny shark beamed before doing a flip in the water, "man, you're my new hero. Let's say hello to some magic!"
"But...but our friends..." Melody frowned about Tip and Dash.
"Ha," Undertow smirked, "you mean you call these two yellow-bellied sea snails your friends?!"
"Yes," Lex nodded.
"They are...in a fashion...." Riley added, softly and shyly.
"C'mon," Undertow growled, "do you want to be mermaids or what?!"
"OK, that's it," Riley said.
"You don't have to let people make fun of you," Tim warned Riley.
"I know..." Riley sighed softly, "I just wish I could be as brave as my mum and dad."
"And someday you will," Lex said.
"I hope you're right...." Riley frowned as she felt bad about herself.
Meanwhile, the adults continued to follow after the manta rays to see where they were going. Flounder felt hesitant about this, but it was nowhere near as bad until he was younger. Soon they saw where the manta rays had went.
"Aha, that's a grand sight...." Teresa said about the dark and gloomy atmosphere.
"Then there it is," Ariel whispered before looking to Flounder, "go back as fast as you can and warn my dad. We'll try to find the children."
"And at the same time trying not to get caught," Teresa said.
"But if that old sea witch is in there, and there's that bad shark, and then these manta rays come, and then she takes these creepy tentacles...then the suckers stick to your face, and then..." Flounder said to them as he began to panic for them, "there's no fashion to go there alone."
"Calm down, Flagtail," Teresa warned Flounder.
"It's Flounder," Flounder warned her.
"Anyhow, one of us must inform King Triton, as well as Eric," Cynthia said.
"What's all that whispering," a certain seagull's voice called out, which surprised them, "Melody's around here? Have you found her yet? What about the others? And if--"
"Scuttle, will you be silent," Martin whispered as he closed the seagull's beak before getting an idea.
"Wait a moment...." Ariel said.
"Scuttle can help," Martin and Ariel said together.
"Nice to see you in sync," Teresa smirked. "But you two can't be serious with him," she deadpanned.
"I have to agree with Teresa here," Flounder added as he looked unimpressed.
"Scuttle, we need you to pay close attention," Ariel warned her seagull friend.
"Uh-huh," Scuttle muffled.
"We're doomed," Flounder face-finned.
"You said it," Teresa added.
Meanwhile...
"Oh, there you are, dears," Morgana grinned, "I was so concerned about you, and look! You brought my trident back! Smart children~"
Jesse was about to hand over the trident.
"Give it to her! Give it to her," Undertow demanded.
Soon Morgana caught Undertow with a tentacle to shut him up. "Forgive him, darlings, he has a little size problem," she warned them before smirking, "now, if you just give him the-"
Jesse was about to give the trident to Morgana once more.
"JESSE, STOP," Martin yelled out as soon as he swam in with the others.
"Dad," Jesse, Lex and Tim gasped.
"Don't listen to her, I-" Ariel was about to say until she looked to her daughter and her daughter turned back to her, and they were both quite surprised by what they saw in front of them, "are you a mermaid?!"
"What the hell," Cynthia asked.
"Ariel, how nice of you to come," Morgana grinned, "and you took Flopper and Anakin with you."
"It's Martin and Flounder," the two corrected sharply.
Soon Undertow growled to Martin and Flounder. Martin simply frowned to Undertow with a hint of The Stare.
"Grr yourself, pipsqueak," Flounder frowned at the tiny shark.
"Aw, that's pretty cute~" Teresa smirked as he picked up Undertow, pinching his cheeks, "looks more like one of these underwater pocket facts that children are so fond of."
"Yes, he sure does," Cynthia added.
"What tricks do you know, My Little Sharky Warky," Teresa smirked.
"One bite and you're a toast of shrimp," Undertow growled, feeling quite annoyed with her.
"Not while my husband is here," Cynthia smirked.
"Darling, hand me my trident now......" Morgana warned Jesse.
"After all this time, and you never warned me," Melody frowned to her mother.
"How could you not warn Melody," Jesse asked.
"She kept the most reluctant secret of her life from her daughter," Morgana frowned to Ariel in blame.
"Please give it to me, Jesse," Ariel gently warned the boy as he held onto the trident.
"No, pass it to me~" Morgana warned him, "it's only for your own good."
"Don't listen to her," Cynthia warned her son.
"She's lying," Ariel added.
"I've given your friends everything they've ever wanted," Morgana grinned sweetly before frowning to Ariel, "she's the one who's been lying all these years."
"Aunt Ariel, why didn't you warn Melody that she was a mermaid," Jesse frowned.
"Why do you think? Because of her," Teresa warned him while pointing to Morgana.
"Fencing me off," Melody frowned out of hurt, "you knew I loved the sea! Why did you keep the truth from me?! Morgana really helped Riley and me with what we wanted!"
"Melody, listen to me, if there was one fact in my life I could do, I-" Ariel frowned, trying to console her daughter.
"Too late," Melody frowned before looking to Jesse, "Jesse, give it to her."
Jesse frowned as he was about to give Morgana the trident before noticing the picture of her and Ursula and someone who must have been her mother.
"Jesse, no," the adults cried out in grief as this looked like that was it.
It's too late since Morgana was now impatient, she took the trident from Jesse while he was distracted from looking at the picture.
"Who is this..." Jesse wondered as he looked at the picture.
Soon Morgana laughed as she had the trident.
"The new lady of the ocean..." Teresa muttered to Jesse, "have a nice trip, boy!"
"The one next to her would be Ursula and the one with them must be their mother," Martin warned him.
Soon Jesse went face-palm as he just handed the trident to the sister of the evil sea witch.
"You foolish dog," Teresa frowned at Martin.
"I-I'm sorry, Aunt Teresa...." Jesse said, a bit shyly.
Soon Morgana caught Ariel and Cynthia with two of her tentacles.
"No," Melody cried out in despair.
"Your mum was just trying to protect you from me," Morgana mocked Melody as she pinched Ariel's cheeks, "what she did, she did it for....love."
"Let them go now," Jesse ordered Morgana.
"Oh, but Little Melody's a very bad girl, stealing from her grandfather~" Morgana smirked.
"My...my grandfather," Melody repeated out of confusion.
"King Triton; ruler of Atlantica, commander-in-chief of all the oceans," Morgana revealed, "or at least he was, until a certain little band of thieves came along."
"You tricked us," Jesse frowned.
"You have no one to blame but yourselves. Warn me, girls," Morgana said as she looked to Melody and Riley, "is being a mermaid all you dreamed of?"
"Well...a little..." Riley said softly as she felt insecure again, "I probably never could have swum until now."
"Free Cynthia and Ariel now," Martin warned Morgana.
"No, I don't think I will," Morgana smirked before catching the children by her tentacles and throwing them aside.
"YOU," Teresa frowned, looking like a frustrated mother bear.
"Bad move," Martin frowned at Morgana.
"Children," Flounder cried out in grief after them before frowning to Morgana.
Soon Morgana trapped them where they had landed with a coop of chickens. "Oh, and by the road, your time as a mermaid is almost up," she reminded before sealing up the hole and swam away, "I'll catch up later. I have a bigger fish to fry!"
Soon Martin and Teresa both tackled down Morgana out of range.
"Try to outdo us," Teresa challenged.
"And good riddance by that! And what have you done by Melody and Riley as mermaids is almost out of date," Martin added.
"Wouldn't you like to know," Morgana smirked before zapping them with the trident to get them away.
Soon a giant hand stopped the shot as a giant figure came out.
"Catwalk," Teresa warned.
Morgana growled from that, looking quite irritated.
"Morgana," a familiar voice spoke.
"Evil Manta or is is just Manta," Teresa asked.
"For the 8,000th time, it's just Manta...." Martin grumbled slightly.
"You," Morgana frowned slightly at the formerly evil manta ray who used to terrorize Atlantica.
"Now, where are their children," Manta frowned.
"I don't have to warn you," Morgana frowned back as she held the trident, looking like she was going to use it against him.
"Don't even think about it, Morgana," Manta smirked.
"You want to try and stop me," Morgana frowned.
Manta frowned back and soon caught a hold of her and took the trident out of her hand.
"Why don't you join me," Morgana asked, "we could rule together!"
"Ha! You really think he'll go back to the dark side," Teresa smirked.
"Huh..." Manta hummed in thought, "this is a tempting offer."
"Um..." Teresa panicked.
"Manta, think of that time in Skull Shores," Martin warned his former enemy of the sea.
"But I'd rather die than be evil again," Manta frowned at Morgana.
"Excuse me," Morgana frowned back.
Soon Manta held the trident against her.
"Hey, wait, relax with that fact," Morgana panicked.
"Trust me; I know how to use it, I've used it before," Manta warned her.
"Give it to me, it's my destiny," Morgana frowned.
"Oh, Morgana, you're nothing more than an aspirant," Manta rolled her eyes, "you're just frustrated that you have to live in Ursula's shadow."
Morgana frowned before she smirked as she swam over and brought out a potion.
"Here you go, Martin," Manta said as he handed the trident over.
"Thanks, Manta," Martin grinned, "Uncle Triton will be happy to have this back."
"Oh, dear, oh, dear..." Teresa panicked as Riley and Melody were beginning to lose their tail fins, "faster, one of you punches this wall of ice!"
Jesse looked over and tapped on the icy wall, but nodded and soon headbutted against it to smash it, but the icy wall seemed to be stronger than he thought. Then he rubbed his head, looking annoyed. Soon Martin came to the icy wall and went to punch it to let the children out, but then he looked at Manta and decided to let his giant friend do the honor.
"Dad! Hurry up," Lex cried out in despair.
"Help is on the road," Martin promised before turning to Manta, "would you, please?"
"With pleasure," Manta warned him before his right hand tightened into a fist before he punched a giant hole into the icy wall.
Suddenly, the children hurried out as Riley and Melody were running out of oxygen and they had their legs now instead of tail fins.
"We'll get you out of here," Manta said before a potion was thrown at him.
The others grinned to him. Manta yelped as he was suddenly hit by the potion and soon he growled.
"Uh, what was this potion that just hit Thrax," Lex gulped.
"Oh, nothing special, just a little alternate identity..." Morgana smirked, "just doing like he used to live in Antarctica."
"You didn't," Martin growled at Morgana.
"Oh, but I did~" Morgana smirked, "I'm Ursula's sister, after all."
"Manta, you can fight it, you don't remember that time we became friends in Skull Shores," Teresa spoke up.
Manta growled to them.
"SWIM AWAY," Teresa called out and soon they swam off, away from him.
"We yet have to get these two to land," Tim frowned, concerned about Melody and Riley.
"And we better hurry," Lex added.
Soon they went to swim away for right now, not realizing that they left the trident where that they could have Riley and Melody breathe.
"Oopsy...better take it...." Manta smirked like his old self as soon as he picked up the trident and went to go with Morgana and Undertow.
"Ready to do bad facts again," Morgana smirked at Undertow.
"I thought you'd never ask me," Manta smirked back.
"Oh, everything will be fine~" Morgana chuckled darkly.
Soon they went away to surface. Melody and Riley both seemed breathless once they came to dry land.
"Eventually," Jesse said.
Teresa pressed down on her daughter's chest a few times.
Soon Riley coughed and spat out some water and looked up wearily. "Mum..." she asked.
"Oh, thank heavens," Teresa sighed.
Soon Riley hugged her mother.
"Oh, my baby..." Teresa whispered as she hugged Riley back, "you're not wounded, are you?"
"I'm very sorry....." Riley sniffled, "I just wanted to swim like the others..."
"And I should have given you a special item that could give you that ability," Teresa frowned.
"A special object," Riley repeated out of curiosity.
"Yes, you know, like a special necklace," Teresa said.
"You have that," Riley asked.
"Well...um...I had to make a deal with someone to get it, but...yes..." Teresa replied, "I should've given it to you first, I should've known it would happen by now."
Soon they felt the area shake as ice grew out of the water. Soon Teresa held onto Riley as they both looked in horror.
"Hail to Queen Morgana," Manta proclaimed out of victory.
"I'm calling! I'm calling," Undertow cheered as he jumped up and down before his shark fin got stuck.
"Hang on, darling," Scuttle called out as he flew in front of Eric's ship as it floated across the icy landmark, "the cavalry is coming!"
Eric narrowed his eyes as he steered the helm before gasping to his mermaid wife held hostage. "Ariel!"
"Ah! Prince Eric. Come and join the festival? We're having a blast," Morgana smirked before zapping the trident against an iceberg.
"I hope you don't sink," Manta added.
Then the iceberg sliced and came to smash down on the ship. Soon everyone jumped to abandon ship where they wouldn't sink or drown with the ship. Soon Eric swung out of the road with Max as he held onto a rope before landing on an icy patch.
"Oh, how darling Ursula would have loved that," Morgana smirked.
"Yes, she would," Manta smirked.
"MORGANA," Triton growled as soon as he came with his army and Sebastian.
"King Triton," Morgana scoffed, "oh, please! Is that the best you can do?"
"Free my daughter, deliver my niece and my descendants, and I will spare you," Triton demanded, "that dragon will no longer threaten the bridesmaids!"
"Ooh, what are you going to do," Manta mocked, "throw the crab at her?"
Soon Martin informed his uncle why Manta was back to evil.
"Is your family alright," Triton asked him.
"Uh...more or less..." Martin frowned.
"We're very sorry, Uncle King Triton," Lex frowned.
"We let us play like a fox and she tricked us..." Riley pouted.
"Here's how you say these things now, but don't beat yourself up," Teresa warned her daughter and all of the children at the same time.
"We should have never trusted Morgana," Tim frowned.
"Admit it, Triton...YOU'RE ALL LEFT OUT," Undertow mocked the king.
Soon Sebastian came over to pinch him, which actually alarmed him. Manta simply rolled his eyes at how pathetic that was. Sebastian continued to chase Undertow, and eventually, the tiny shark was zapped by the trident and brought back to his original, eerie huge size. Morgana blew the trident with a smirk as Sebastian was now afraid, along with Triton's army at the big shark.
"Much better," Manta smirked.
"Oh, yes," Undertow laughed as he enjoyed this, "watch out!"
"Where's Melody," Eric frowned to Morgana, drawing out his sword, "what have you done with her?!"
"Oh, do you want to join your daughter? Well, I think it can be done," Morgana smirked as she began to lower him into the ocean since he was a human.
"The perfect fashion to get rid of him," Manta smirked.
"Eric," Max barked for his human.
Soon Sebastian swam after Eric as he was dragged underwater by the manta rays. Then he decided he was going to use his claws on the manta rays' tails.
"You're a very bad woman," Scuttle frowned as he caught hold of Morgana's hair and pulled on it.
Morgana frowned and soon hit him with the trident.
"Very bad..." Scuttle muttered before falling in a daze.
"That bird has always been annoying," Manta rolled his eyes.
Soon Ariel saw Eric in danger and came to save him. Then Sebastian pinched his claws on the manta rays, which made them both yell out in pain and let go of Eric, soon they took him for a ride instead.
"Mum, what have we done," Riley frowned to her mother.
"Right now, let's stay away from the water," Teresa said.
"Alright..." Riley said softly, "I know you'll think of something, you're very smart."
Teresa gave a small grin to that, but as Riley looked away from her, she began to look hesitant as she hadn't in so long.
"The last time I saw this face was at graduation," Cynthia commented.
"What are we going to do," Teresa asked, "Morgana is the enemy of Martin's family!"
"Well, one of us will have to use a spell to change Manta back for good, and the others will have to fight Morgana while getting the trident back," Cynthia said.
"Mum, can't you," Riley asked, "you're very brave and not afraid of everything."
"Everyone gets afraid, Riley, even mums..." Teresa said.
"But not you..." Riley said, "Daddy says you have nothing to fear."
"Um, that's not totally true," Teresa said.
"I'll try to change Manta back before we learn to fear Evil Manta again," Martin decided once he came with the children who soon ran to Cynthia, huddling to her.
"If anyone can change him back to good, it's you," Teresa warned her best friend.
"That's what I was thinking," Martin replied, "protecting the children."
"Don't die," Teresa replied.
"I don't," Martin said.
"Just not..." Teresa said before letting him cut off.
"I just wish Aunt Ariel warned Melody everything," Jesse sighed, "none of this would've ever happened if she did!"
"This doesn't help," Lex replied.
"Well, that's true," Jesse replied.
"Shut up, Baby Martin, there's no fashion Ariel could've known this was going to happen," Teresa replied.
"WILL YOU STOP CALLING ME SO," Jesse snapped, "I'M SICK AND TIRED OF ALWAYS BEING CALLED SO, JUST BECAUSE I GIVE AS A FATHER IF HE WAS AT MY AGE DOESN'T MEAN I ALWAYS WANT TO BE CALLED SO!!"
Teresa winced slightly.
"I'M SO TIRED OF ALWAYS BEING CALLED BABY MARTIN; JUST BECAUSE OF MY STRENGTH, I WANT SOMETIMES I JUST WERE A NORMAL BOY," Jesse shouts until crystal spikes suddenly show up.
"But you're not a regular boy, now just calm down...." Teresa warned him, "I always thought it was a compliment. You always speak about being like your father."
"Jesse, just calm down, I understand this situation is stressful and dangerous, but we can get through this together," Cynthia warned her youngest son.
Jesse just crossed his arms and looked frustrated.
"Sit down..." Teresa warned him, "nothing good comes from frustration."
"And these crystal spikes are a perfect example," Tim said.
Jesse frowned, but soon he calmed himself down.
"Uh...I'm very sorry if you get upset calling yourself Baby Martin..." Teresa said, "you just remind me so much of your dad until we were younger."
Jesse now felt horrible for snapping at his aunt.
"I'm ever so sorry, if it bothers you so much...I'm quitting," Teresa promised.
Jesse didn't say anything, but was glad to hear she would stop if he really wanted her to.
"CHAAAAAAARRRGE," Martin called out, going towards Manta like Rainbow Dash would for any danger.
Manta looked at Martin before smirking as he was going to crush him in his hand. Martin let out a loud, anguished shriek and soon got hit, which made some of the others wince.
"Don't let him come to you," Teresa called out.
Soon Martin flew straight up at Manta's face before being smacked between Manta's hands.
"I can't see this...." Teresa said, showing even she had standards.
"Hey, you big idiot," Jesse yelled out, "let my dad be alone!"
"Jesse," Cynthia whispered sharply.
"Get lost, little boy, the grown men are speaking," Manta smirked as he smacked Jesse off with his tail.
Jesse fell back, but growled out of even more frustration.
"Jesse, stay with your mother and aunt," Martin warned his youngest son.
"Eventually, I shall get rid of you," Manta smirked as he now held Martin in his right hand before tightening it into a fist, starting to crush Martin.
"Aunt Teresa, do you know of a reforming spell," Tim asked.
"Huh..." Teresa paused in thought, "I know your Aunt Twilight had one before Discord ate it."
"Wow," Lex said.
"Manta, think about what you've done," Teresa called out, "you don't have to help Morgana!"
Soon Manta frowned right at her.
"Uh, I may not know you very well, but we can be friends," Teresa warned him.
"And they say she's going to be eerie," Morgana mocked Teresa, going to zap her next.
Soon Martin got himself free and used his magic to reform Manta back to good. "'Everything has go according to the book, turning Evil Warren from bad to good'," Martin recited, which freed him.
"This doesn't rhyme...." Teresa said.
"Hey, it worked any matter," Martin shrugged in defense.
"Huh..." Teresa shrugged back.
"What's going on," Manta asked them.
"You went back to your old self..." Teresa said, "you also almost hurt our children during development. I'm very frustrated."
Manta was confused at why he did that until he remembered the potion Morgana had thrown at him.
"We're fine now," Teresa asked.
"I'm very sorry, Martin, I'll take it back to you, and I think I know how," Manta said, "by helping you overthrow Morgana as you did before with Ursula."
"And I think I only know these who help us overthrow her," Martin warned him.
"You do," Manta asked him.
Soon Martin whispered to Manta the two girls that would be able to overthrow Morgana.
"This might have to be that," Manta said.
"I'm glad you liked that, because I think this is going to work," Martin replied.
Soon they looked at Melody and Riley.
"Riley..." Teresa said.
"Yes, Mum..." Riley replied softy.
"I need you to be brave and bold..." Teresa warned her, kneeling down to her height and put her hands on her shoulders.
"W-What," Riley gulped.
"Your uncle is right, you have to do this," Teresa warned her.
"I...I cannot," Riley gasped and shook her head, "I'm not strong or brave enough! I'm not like you, Mum, I'm not brave..."
"Yes, you are," Teresa said.
"I...I cannot," Riley frowned, "I'm ever so sorry, Mum...unlike you, I'm always afraid, I'll never be afraid like you."
"Yes, you will," Teresa warned her.
"But, Morgana---" Riley frowned.
"Oh, Riley, listen to me," Teresa warned her, "I know Morgana seems eerie to you, but believe me, I've met eerier than this. She's basically an underwater Vignette Valencia, fully barking, but no biting. That means she just makes herself look big and loud and eerie-looking, but inside she's just weak, and you're not. I may not spend much time with you because of my job and life, but I believe in you......I've since carried you for six months, and you'll make me proud, no matter what you say or do."
Riley grinned as her mother had faith in her.
"DOLLS," Morgana snapped, which made a storm happen in the heavens, "I have the trident now, and all the creatures of the sea are in MY POWER!!"
"You yet think like she's Vignette," Martin asked.
"Yes, just a wannabe ranger, but nothing interesting," Teresa replied.
"You're right," Cynthia said.
"I'M THE QUEEN OF THE SEA," Morgana yelled out until she controlled everyone with the trident, "AND YOU WILL BEND DOWN FOR ME!!"
"This can't be good for the lower back," Tip cried out in grief as he was forced to bow down.
"Pathetic fools! Look and see how incredibly powerful I can be," Morgana continued, "the end begins for you all with fins!"
"Alright, Melody, I don't know how, but my mother's right, we have to fix this," Riley warned Melody.
"No arguments there," Melody nodded as soon as she and Riley rushed away to fix their mistake.
Triton watched as his army began to fall and his granddaughter was off to save the day.
"That was all, Triton," Morgana laughed until she was about to succeed where Ursula failed, "bow down! Bend down before me!"
Triton tried to fight his own powers used against him, but he wasn't having much luck. Melody and Riley were almost close to Morgana as they used the icy pillars as their road to get closer.
"No, Your Majesty, you can't," Sebastian cried out in despair.
"I'm sorry, Sebastian, I have no choice," Triton frowned as soon as he bowed down to the purple dog.
"Oh! Wishes do come true~" Morgana cooed before smirking wickedly, "do you see this, Mum? Who's your favorite now?"
Soon Melody and Riley arrived.
"It's over, Triton," Morgana continued to mock, "I condemn you to oblivion!"
"Well...Morgana wins the battle, and it's an unfortunate ending for everyone," Riley muttered. "Evil is rising.....and no need for good guys......no longer reluctant......no longer needed....." she suddenly looked frustrated, which was something that never happened before. "I DON'T BELIEVE THIS," she tackled down Morgana with unholy strength as Melody took the trident.
"Yes! That's my girl," Teresa cheered.
"You," Morgana frowned to Melody and Riley, "what do you think you should do with this?"
"Stand back," Melody warned as she held out the trident, though not at the right fashion.
"Wrong end, darling," Morgana laughed to that before catching her with a tentacle.
"Melody," Riley yelped.
Melody growled, but soon stabbed the other tentacle with the trident. Soon Morgana yelled out to that and held her tentacle.
"Grandpa? I think this belongs to you," Melody called out before tossing the trident down to its rightful owner.
"NoooooOOOO," Morgana shouts as she shoves Melody and Riley away.
Soon Melody and Riley shrieked as they fell together.
Soon Dash dove in and slid on the ice, saving them both on his stomach.
Then Triton caught his trident, returning to its power for himself. "Never again will you or yours threaten my family. There will never be any escape for you," he shot a blast at her, trapping her in an icy prison.
"Serves her right," Cynthia smirked.
"Can we break the ice," Teresa suggested morbidly.
Soon the ice pillars broke down and Morgana was going down with them.
"Not what I had in mind, but alright," Teresa shrugged.
"And she's going down," Jesse smirked.
Soon Tip ran across the ice to push Dash off at what was going on. Soon a huge wave washed all the ice off since Morgana was defeated, who growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "STEELE!!"
This yell was so loud that it echoed across the Atlantic. "Say hello to Marina for me," Manta grumbled as Morgana was going down, down, down into the sea.
"You both did it," Teresa grinned at Riley and Melody.
"Mum...your face..." Riley whispered hesitantly.
"I'm grinning..." Teresa said as she hugged Riley, "I'm so proud of you, darling."
Riley was surprised by this before hugging her mother back, hearing the frustrated Sea Witch shout his name.
Soon Eric carried Melody in his arms in consolation and support.
"Dad," Melody asked softly.
"Oh, Melody~..." Eric coaxed, "I was so frightened we'd lose you."
"You both did it," Jesse grinned.
"I'm very sorry, Mother," Melody frowned and hugged her mother.
"Oh, dear, darling, we're ever so sorry," Ariel frowned and hugged back, "we should've warned you of the truth."
"Yes, you should have," Teresa nodded before Cynthia nudged her.
"I didn't mean to hurt anyone," Melody frowned, "I was just hoping.....I'd be a better mermaid than a girl."
"Oh, Pistol, darling, it doesn't matter if you have fins or feet," Ariel consoled, "we love you for who you are on the inside of our very brave little girl."
"Just like your mother," Triton grinned softly.
"No doubt about this," Martin grinned.
"Oh, Grandpa...Uncle Martin...." Melody said to the adult men.
"Melody, I don't blame you for willing to join the merfolk," Triton advised, "and because you're my grandchild, I give you a most precious gift a choice. You can come to Atlantica with me or you can return to your home on land. It's up to you."
Riley had a suggestion for Melody and she had a feeling the black-haired girl would make the right decision. Ariel and Eric wondered what their daughter would choose.
Melody looked at them before grinning once she had a respose. "I have a better idea."
"You think what I think," Riley grinned at Melody.
"I think I am," Melody grinned back to her.
Soon they were back home as Melody was given the trident and she used it to break down the wall, separating her from the ocean. Once she used the trident, the wall was no more.
"Now we can all be together," Melody and Riley cheered.
Everyone grinned as this was a very happy day.
"I feel a final number coming on," Lex grinned.
Sebastian cheered as he rode some waves while beginning to sing. "I hear the music playing, it's swinging and it's swaying, a little rhapsody, today we're so delighted, today we're all united, here on the land and sea~"
Everyone was happy that the wall was gone as the merfolk came out of the water. Then the humans came to meet the merfolk.
"I think the sails are sailing, even the whales are lamenting~," Sebastian continued happily, "they're swimming fancy-free, we're feeling better now~"
Soon Melody came out of the water and playfully tackled her grandfather into the water.
"We're feeling better now, we sing together now, here on the land and sea~" Sebastian sang.
Soon Eric picked up Ariel bridal style and ran and jumped into the sea.
"We sing together now, here on the land and sea, la-dee-da we've had the beat, move your fins and move your feet~" Sebastian sang.
Soon Ariel moved up against Eric and kissed him on the lips. Soon Teresa fell into the water. Forte stood over to help her up, but she smirked, catching his arm and pulling him in with her, which made him yelp in surprise. Soon Teresa splashed him while laughing and he splashed her back, laughing along with her. Riley grinned, feeling so happy to see her parents having fun together.
"Life is sweet, life is grand, though we rumbas with the bass brass band~" Sebastian sang, "everybody now!"
Diane, Blake and Robert stared down into the water as Melody held Sebastian in her hands.
"Come in," Melody invited them, even if they were mean to her before, "there's enough water for everyone!"
Soon the royal children Pokemon encouraged their trainers by jumping in themselves. The children looked to each other and soon they came into the water and soon, eventually had fun with Melody. This made them all very happy. Three water Pokemon came out to see what was going on and they were Oshawatt, Mudkip and Quagsire.
"Wow," Jesse grinned.
Soon the blonde merboy and his friends came out in front of the Pokemon and collected them.
"You guys have Pokemon as well," Lex asked.
"Yes, we do so," the merboy grinned and nodded with his best friends.
"Cool," Jesse grinned.
"I'm Alex, by the way," the blonde merboy said.
"You look familiar, weren't you at Melody's birthday," Tim asked.
"Who's Melody," the merboy asked.
"Uh...well, 'Mel-Mel', but her real name's Melody," Lex explained.
"Oh...your cute friend..." Alex said with a small grin.
"Yes, and you looked a little serious, until she apologized to Sebastian instead of you," Tim said.
"I'm not sure I know what you mean," Alex grinned innocently.
"Huh..." Jesse and Lex both looked suspicious and curious.
"You're drenched in what looked like punch," Tim said.
"This sounds like a funny story," Alex replied.
"Yes..." Riley said as she took a look at him, "funny indeed...."
Soon Lex knew exactly how to get the truth out of him.
"I really don't know what you're speaking about," Alex shrugged before turning back to his friends, "what about you, Lucy and Scott?"
The other merchildren just shrugged to Alex.
"This should do it," Lex said as soon as she used the truth spell she learned and forced it on Jamie.
"Perhaps he's just a look, have you ever thought about this," Lex asked Riley.
"Oh," Lex said, now feeling sheepish.
"I'm very sorry, but I really don't know what you're speaking about..." Alex said to them.
Oshawatt clung to Alex with a small grin to him before looking to the others in the water.
"Heh..." Lex grinned bashfully.
Soon Alex bumped into Melody. Melody looked to him and blushed.
"We must stop meeting this fashion," Alex chuckled before blushing back to her.
"Where have I seen this before," Teresa hid a small smirk.
"Princess Twilight Sparkle and Flash Sentry, maybe," Cynthia added.
"Oh, right~..." Teresa said with a light chuckle, "or as I like to call them a flashlight."
Everyone was happy now as they could now live together on the land and sea.
"We're feeling better now, we sing together now, here on the land and seeeeeeeaaa~" everyone sang together.
Soon a rainbow appeared as there was harmony there now. It was a very happy ending for everyone.