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Post by Ariel on Jan 13, 2011 14:29:38 GMT -5
I love it.Great job
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Post by daytripper on Jan 14, 2011 17:53:35 GMT -5
Chapter 12
Eric drove the carriage out of town (much to Ariels disappointment) and into the…. What’s the word humans use? Woods! Drove into the woods towards Hans house. “Say Hans why do you live out here away from the town? I mean the town is such a wonderful place!” asked Ariel turning around so she could face him. He just smiled at her curiosity she had been asking questions nonstop the whole ride. “I like to think when I write and the town is too noisy so I live way out here” he said pointing to a cozy little house in the distance. “What do you write about?” Ariel asked curiously. “Children’s stories… or fairy tales” he said smiling. “What’s a fairy tale?” Ariel asked. This question caused Hans to sigh. “A fairy tale is a story about something that is make believe” he said trying hard to define a fairy tale. “What was your last story?” Ariel asked with the same face of curiosity and happiness that she had had the whole ride. “The little mermaid” he said softly with a big smile spreading across his face. Ariel tilted her head to the side her face changed to show she was clearly confused. Then she immediately thought for a second and changed her expression to one of excitement. “Was it about… me!?” she asked hoping it would be a good story. “Well it was based on you but I made up the storyline however… it seems that my story actually came true!” “Can you read it to me?” Ariel asked. “No… but you can have the story it is based on you after all” he said with a smile pulling out a shiny red book with gold lettering on the front. He handed the book to Ariel who was taken aback by his kind gesture. “Oh thank you so much!” Ariel cried with joy grabbing the man and giving him a hug. “Were here” Eric said happily as they pulled up to a cottage. They stepped out of the carriage Eric helping Ariel while Hans unlocked the door and stepped inside. There were papers everywhere and a small couch in the middle of the room facing the fireplace. There was a desk in another corner of the room which seemed to be where all the papers came from. There was three other rooms in the small house a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Brushing papers off of the couch he offered them a seat. “So um Ariel… what happened?” he asked as soon as she had sat down. “I became human” she said with a smile as if it was the most obvious question in the world. “Yes well um how?” he asked. He couldn’t take it his excitement was bubbling over he had to know! “I traded my voice to the sea witch and got legs” she said. “But you can talk though?” Hans immediately replied. Ariel sighed and took a deep breath before explaining the story of how she had fallen in love with Eric and traded her legs and the deal she made with the sea witch. She also told him about her adventures in Atlantica and of her sisters and her version of how they first met. “Astounding!” Exclaimed Hans when she was finished “To think all of this happens every day without us knowing!” he said more to himself than anyone. “Yep” Ariel said sheepishly. There was an awkward silence as they stared at the fire that Hans had got started when Ariel was explaining sponge ball to him. “Well its getting late” said Eric standing up. He was expecting more questions from Hans but instead the whole meeting had been Ariel talking about the sea and Hans furiously writing stuff down. Eric stretched and groaned as his body disapproved with the new movement after being inactive for so long. “You should get going” Hans said standing up and shaking Eric’s hand. They turned to Ariel to find to their amusement the girl asleep on the couch. “HANS you talked her to sleep!” Eric said playfully. Hans laughed and offered Eric to help him get her to the carriage. “No its okay” he said picking her up bridal style and carrying her out the door. Hans waved and bade them farewell as the carriage pulled away. “That’s some girl” Hans said to himself walking back into the house
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Post by danielle1982 on Jan 14, 2011 19:01:44 GMT -5
i love it. you might be able to put some chapters up this weekend. but dont forget to study for your midterms because its important for you to pass them.
and it would be really cool if you wrote a fanfictin story on ariels and erics wedding.
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Post by daytripper on Jan 14, 2011 20:25:28 GMT -5
and it would be really cool if you wrote a fanfictin story on ariels and erics wedding. thats what this is im writing about what happens before during and after the wedding
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Post by Ariel on Jan 14, 2011 22:01:15 GMT -5
Wonderful chapter! Looking forward to the next chapter
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Post by daytripper on Jan 15, 2011 18:11:09 GMT -5
Chapter 13 Ariel woke up in her fluffy bed in the castle. She was in her pink nightgown but didn’t remember putting it on or coming back to the castle. That’s weird Ariel thought to herself. Just then there was a quiet knock on her door. “Come in” Ariel said in a sweet heavenly voice. She was hoping that it was Eric who was knocking even though they hadn’t been separated for the past two days she still felt all giddy and happy around him. The door opened to reveal her prince standing there with a smile on his face. “Good your awake” he said walking in to the room. He walked over to Ariels bed and sat down next to her. “You fell asleep yesterday and Carlotta couldn’t wake you up to get you to put your nightgown on so she had to do it herself” He explained. Ariel finally realized why she didn’t remember anything after they finished their conversation with Hans. Hans! The book he had given to her! Oh she couldn’t wait to read it… or have Eric read it to her. “Oh Eric yesterday was wonderful… but we didn’t get to see much of the town” Ariel said disappointed. They had only gone to two shops the “TOY” shop and “BOOK” shop. Both were amazing and had been full of wonderful human things. “If you want we can go to see the rest of the town again after lunch” Eric suggested. He knew that Ariel really wanted to go back to the town and that was her own way of dropping the hint. He felt a smile tug at the corners of his mouth when Ariels face light up like fireworks. She looked up at him with the same look of happiness she had when he asked her to marry him. “Of course I do!” Ariel exclaimed giving him a hug. She was sitting upright in bed the covers were still covering her lower body and for a moment Eric imagined her as a mermaid. He smiled as he remembered how beautiful she looked. Mermaid or human he decided that he would have asked her to marry him even if her father didn’t change her into a human. “Well ill leave you to get dressed” he said standing up. He heard the sound of bed sheets being thrown around and something moving quickly behind him. But before her could turn around to see what Ariel was doing he was spun around and felt a pair of soft feminine lips make contact with his own. He smiled while kissing her and then let his hands wrap around Ariels waist as she wrapped her hands around his neck. They broke apart sometime later gasping for breath and smiling like little kids. “I should get going… see you in a little while my little mermaid” Eric said to her as he walked out of the room still smiling. As soon as he closed the door Ariel gave herself a hug and spun around in the room elated with happiness. Oh she wished she could have kissed him like that forever! The way his rough face had felt on her smooth small hands made him seem more… handsome. She thought to herself as she fell on her bed and sighed. Nothing could ruin this morning she thought to herself as she closed her eyes and started to fall back to sleep. “ARIEL?” Carlotta’s voice rang from behind the door. OH NO Ariel thought to herself quickly opening her eyes. before she could say a word the housekeeper burst through the door and put her hands on her hips. “Just what are you doing still in bed young lady?” came her (annoying) motherly voice. Her tone was soft, stern, caring, and determined. She wasn’t mean or unhappy but she did her best to make sure that she did what she was supposed to and everything and everyone followed the rules. There was really no way to win an argument with her… at least Ariel had yet to find a way. she knew Eric knew his way around the castle and the staff… including Carlotta and that he could pretty much get himself out of sticky situations. Much like Ariel when she was a mermaid back in Atlantica. “Um… nothing?” she said shrugging her shoulders and putting on a cheesy smile. She knew it would never work as an excuse even for the most oblivious person. But she wasn’t thinking and had blurted out the first thing that came to her mind. She had had a plan to talk the housekeeper into letting her sleep longer but now her chances were pretty much gone. “Nothing is right! You need to get dressed and eat something! You don’t want to starve do you?” she asked walking over to the wardrobe and pulling out dresses. “Oh deary me we need to get you some dresses of your own! Not too many of the queens old dresses fit you and even so most are out of style!” she said. Ariel didn’t know what she meant by out of style but assumed it wasn’t good. “What’s wrong with the dresses I think they’re pretty” Ariel said getting out of bed. She walked over to the housekeeper and took a look inside the wardrobe for the first time. She saw dozens of pretty dresses some were fancy and yet most were plain and boring compared to the fancy ones. “AH HA” Carlotta said pulling out a nice green dress. It looked almost like the dress she had worn on her second day as a human. Oh how she missed that blue dress… except for that bow in her hair! She liked wearing her hair long and free she was the only one of her sisters to do that too! “Its very pretty” Ariel said as she studied it. It was exactly like the dress she had worn that day! Only difference was indeed the blue was a ocean green. Carlotta helped Ariel out of her nightgown and into her dress only after she was presentable did she leave to attend to other matters. Ariel sat down and studied herself she picked up her… hairbrush and began to tackle the chore of getting her hair under control. She usually left her hair in a braid but since she was asleep last night Carlotta didn’t know she braided her hair so she had simply left it alone and tucked her in bed. Now her hair was a disaster from her tossing and turning in the night. A few minutes later she was ready and put the brush down. She got up and walked out of her room closing the door behind her. She looked down the hallway and tried to remember which way the dining room was. Years of exploring under the vastness of the sea where there weren’t many things to mark where you were meant that she had a great memory and had no trouble. Eric’s castle had so many objects and features she had no trouble of finding markers she had took note of yesterday. She made her way to the stairs and heard a loud crash then the sound of Louis yelling gibberish. She then ran downstairs to see what was happening which wasn’t the best idea because halfway down she tripped over her new legs and fell. She finally reached the bottom of the steps… in one piece that is. She was banged up but okay she sat up on the bottom step and looked in the direction of the noise which seemed to be getting closer. That’s when she saw Sebastian come flying around the corner and heading straight towards her. “ARIEL HELP!” he screamed jumping into her hands. Not a second later the chef came running around the corner with a wild mad look in his eyes. upon seeing the princess with the crab in her hands he calmed down a little. “Madam there appears to be a crab on you… here let me… get rid of it for you” he said walking over to them. Ariel looked down at Sebastian who was terrified and shaking in his shell. “LOUIS” Ariel said with a stern tone. “STOP” the chef came to a sudden stop and Sebastian stopped shaking. “You don’t understand that crab-…” he started “Is King Triton ADVISOR” she said with a stern and annoyed tone. She wanted to know why he wanted to utterly destroy Sebastian. She could tell he didn’t want to eat him which is why she was confused. “Now tell me why you’re chasing my best friend” she said in a hurt and angry tone. Sebastian looked up at her with a smile and she smiled back. “Dat CRAB! Made a fool out of me and gave me three bruises on my head as well as a burn on my hand” he said angrily remembering his first encounter with the crab. “Dats cause you was tryin to cook me mon!” Sebastian said pointing his claw at him. The chef seemed to mentally slap himself as his face went blank. He raised his finger and in a small scared voice asked “Did um dat crab just talk?” “Yes he did and his name is Sebastian not CRAB” Ariel said angrily. “Uh… HE HE HE… I’m um sorry… Sebastian it uh wont happen again” he said backing out of the hallway and back towards the kitchen. Ariel smiled and shook her head and stood up. “Come on lets go get some breakfast” Ariel said walking towards the dining room with him in her hands. “As long as it’s not me” he said laughing a little. Ariel burst out laughing at his absurd statement. “Don’t worry Sebastian he won’t bother you again and if he does then come find me and I’ll make sure he gets punished” Ariel said thinking of how Carlotta would scold him. She walked into the dining room to find Eric sitting at the head of the table… as always. Grimsby was also there sitting to the right of Eric. He was smoking on his pipe (as she had recently discovered it was called and used for) and talking with Eric. Ariel put Sebastian on her shoulder and walked into the light over to her chair. Eric’s face immediately lit up with joy and he jumped out of his chair to help Ariel into hers. His face turned to one of confusion and shock as he saw Sebastian on her shoulder. He was sure he had seen that crab before… with the king! “Um… Ariel? There’s a crab on your…” Eric started. “His name is Sebastian and he one of my best friends and is daddy’s advisor” she said before he could finish. Eric and Grimsby gave each other a look of shock and then turned their attention to the crab. “So um Sebastian… you want anything to eat?” Eric asked not really expecting an answer from the little red crab. “Actually mon… I tink tat I would like some of tat brown stuff tat Arielle had yesta day” he said rubbing his chin with his claw. He then smiled and looked at Eric expecting him to agree. But Eric just stood there with his mouth open at what the crab had just said. Ariel looked down at him with one eyebrow raised. “You mean toast?” she asked. “Yhea mon only before you put it in dat thing that turns it brown” he said. remembering what he saw in the kitchen and what Eric had told Ariel yesterday. “You mean bread?” Eric asked his voice a little shaky. “Yhea mon dats it” he said. “Oh and how did you know what I ate yesterday I don’t recall ever telling you” Ariel said suspiciously. “Oh um dat… well you see your fadder umm told me to watch over you until the wedding” he said sheepishly. How is it he always got caught no matter what it was or what he was doing. “DADDY TOLD YOU TO SPY ON ME?” she said upset that her father would do something like that. She then thought for a second and was actually happy that her father still cared about her enough to send Sebastian to watch over her. “Well at least he still cares” she said softly but still loud enough so everyone in the room could hear. Ariel put Sebastian down on the table and then sat down in her seat while Eric pushed her chair in for her. Sebastian crawled around over to Eric. “So um… do I still get my bread mon?” he said smiling. Eric now realized that this sort of thing would happen to him a lot as long as Ariel was around so he might as well get used to it. “Sure thing” he said with a smile patting Sebastian on the head.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 15, 2011 20:23:06 GMT -5
Your amazing Great story! Sebastian is funny i love it
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Post by daytripper on Jan 16, 2011 0:18:08 GMT -5
Chapter 14
After everyone including Sebastian had finished breakfast Eric got up and told Ariel that he had work that needed to be done and he would take her to town after lunch. He then walked out of the dining room leaving Ariel and Sebastian who was talking with Grimsby. Ariel walked outside wondering what to do for the next few hours. She kept walking not really paying attention to where she was going. She was too wrapped up in thought about what she could do when suddenly she realized that she was at the beach. She looked at the sea longingly and wishing that her friends could be here with her. Looking around to make sure no one was looking she lifted the bottom of her dress and slowly stepped into the cool clear water. “I miss you guys” Ariel said softly. Ariel began to walk out of the water when she heard a splash in the distance. Spinning round Ariel searched the horizon for whatever made the splash… nothing. “That’s funny” Ariel said softly. Just then she saw something moving in the water in front of her and before she could react it jumped out of the water at her. “HI ARIEL” flounder yelled jumping into Ariels arms. Ariel laughed at her yellow and blue friend. “It’s great to see you flounder” Ariel said to the little fish. “Oh Ariel” he said as Ariel put him back into the water. “Everyone misses you and wishes you were back home. I know you’re happy here but… I mean you didn’t even say goodbye!” he said. He was a little hurt by the fact she hadn’t told him she was leaving and he wanted to go on adventures again with her. “Oh I’m sorry flounder but I didn’t even know daddy would change me into a human!” Ariel said to the unhappy little fish. “It’s so boring being here without you I want to go on an adventure!” the little fish said. Ariel was surprised that flounder was saying that he actually WANTED to go on one of her crazy adventures. Ariel thought for a moment before a large smile spread across her face. “Maybe you CAN go on an adventure with me!” Ariel said to the little fish. She had a huge smile on her face that flounder knew all too well. “How?” Flounder asked eyeing the former mermaid suspiciously. Unless she became a mermaid again they couldn’t BOTH go on an adventure and flounder knew that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon. “Wait here I’ll be back in a few minutes okay… wait here!” Ariel said getting up and running towards the castle to go and find a large bowl. When she got to the castle she ran into Eric who asked her where she was running to. “Um Eric you wouldn’t mind if I brought a friend over would you?” Ariel asked in a sweet and nervous tone. Eric didn’t know if she had anymore crab friends but he was sure that Ariel wouldn’t make a mess of the castle… and he couldn’t deny her when she asked like that. “Of course sweetheart” he said. “Also do you um have a large… what’s the word? Container… that I could fill with water?” she asked. Eric raised his eyebrow and looked at her trying to find out what she was planning. “Why?” he asked. “So my best friend and I can go on an adventure” Ariel said guiltily. She expected Eric to disapprove of her doing something so childish but instead she saw him smiling. After about twenty minutes flounder saw Ariel running down with a large glass bowl with rope handles. Running into the water she quickly filled it up with seawater. Flounder jumped inside and swam around a little though it wasn’t the ocean it was still better than not spending time with Ariel and that made it perfect. “So want to see the castle?” Ariel asked eagerly. “Why else would I be in this thing?” he replied smiling.
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Post by josh89 on Jan 16, 2011 13:30:37 GMT -5
aww i love the last chapter ! keep it up =)
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Post by Ariel on Jan 16, 2011 17:24:06 GMT -5
I can't wait to read more
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Post by daytripper on Jan 16, 2011 22:33:54 GMT -5
okay so recently ive started using this new program called mudbox which is a 3d character modeling software used by proffesionals in school. my hope is to get a better computer and buy the software so i can not only make cool movies but also my own little mermaid animations. btw i also have a youtube account where i post cool animations please subscribe or post a comment my username is>>>> nuclearfallout 217<<<<<<
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Post by daytripper on Jan 17, 2011 22:47:17 GMT -5
okay ive got some pretty bad news...................... microsoft office home and student 2007 trial expired and now im without a word program dont worry ill think of somthing but if worse comes to worse ill use wordpad or notepad. but be ready for terrible spelling and grammer.
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Post by daytripper on Jan 17, 2011 23:02:18 GMT -5
YES I FOUND SOMTHING!!!!!!!!! ITS CALLED OPENOFFICE AND ITS FREE AND DOES EVERYTHING AND I MEAN EVERYTHING MICROSOFT WORD DOES.
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Post by daytripper on Jan 19, 2011 0:17:05 GMT -5
Chapter 15
Ariel carried the container with her friend up to the castle. She was excited to be able to talk to her best friend and to be going on adventures again. “Wow” Flounder said looking around at the room. he had never seen anything of land unlike Ariel who had once or twice been able to sneak a peek at life on land as a mermaid.
“This is where I live” Ariel said to flounder with a smile. She looked around the room trying to take in the fact that she will be queen and this castle will be hers. She let out a sigh of content. “Its so big” He said as they walked along the corridors. Ariel introduced flounder to a startled Carlotta who couldn't get over the fact that flounder could talk. “HEY I MAY BE A FISH BUT IM NOT DUMB” an angry flounder said to Carlotta. “Its not that its just that I've never seen a talking fish before and its just a little too much for me” Carlotta said in a soothing tone. “But there's one thing I don't understand” Carlotta said to the little fish. “Whats that?” Flounder asked curiously. “Why haven't you fish said anything when we caught you? I mean you never argued or showed any signs of intelligence” Carlotta said. Ariel laughed at her statement. The answer was obvious to her and she thought that someone as smart as Carlotta would figure it out. “That's because only fish that live in or near Atlantica” Ariel said with a giggle. “Atlantica?” Carlotta asked curiously. She thought that mermaids just live in the ocean swimming around, not living in a city! Ariel remembered that she had yet to tell her about life under the sea. She had told Eric about it but failed to mention it to the housekeeper. “Yeah its where I used to live” Ariel said putting flounders bowl down on the table. They were in the dinning room (Much to Flounders discomfort) and Carlotta had sent a servant for some bread for Flounder. “Its a... city?” Carlotta asked curiously. She had a hard time imagining a city underwater. “Of course” Ariel said dismissing the silly question. “Yeah its lots of fun especially if you hang with Ariel. There's sponge ball, hide and seek in the palace, art classes with Sebastian, and and and” the little fish said trying to remember other things. “Flounder” Ariel said giggling. “I'm sure Carlotta wouldn't like to listen to you go on all day about the fun things we did” Ariel said in sweet voice. “Its quite alright dear” Carlotta said putting her hand on Ariel's shoulder giving her a smile. Flounder had been trying to drop the hint to Ariel that things in Atlantica weren't the same without her all day... and she kept ignoring his hints. A few seconds later a servant came in with two trays. He placed them on the table then promptly left to attend to other matters. “Well I should get going and leave you two to your little snack” Carlotta said walking away. “Bye” Flounder said in a cute high pitched voice. “Bye sweety” she said. Once she had left Ariel uncovered one of the trays to find a loaf of fresh bread. Breaking off a piece she gave it to flounder who happily took it with his fins and tried it. “This is delicious!” he exclaimed a second later. Ariel gave a big smile and broke off some smaller pieces and dropped them into his mouth. Ariel then uncovered her tray and smiled when she saw a delicious salad. She had asked them to surprise her with a snack since for one she wasn't really hungry and two she didn't know a lot of human foods. “Whats that?” Flounder asked curiously. “I don't know but this green stuff looks like seaweed” Ariel said pointing at the lettuce. “Whats that red circular thingy?” he asked pointing at the tomatoes. “Flounder once again I don't know” Ariel said tasting the salad. It tasted sweet, fresh, leafy, and cool or in other words really, really good. “Wow this stuff is amazing!” Ariel said turning to Flounder. Ariel noticed something seemed odd with the little fish. Like he seemed sad or upset but that wasn't what was bothering her. It was the fact that he wasn't telling her he was upset that was bothering her. “Flounder whats wrong?” Ariel asked in a sad cute voice. “What! Nothing!” Flounder said realizing he was caught. Ariel gave him an are you kidding me look and flounder realized there was no way around it. Sighing he spoke his mind. “Ariel you NEED to come back to Atlantica” the little fish said sadly averting his gaze away from Ariel. Ariel sat there staring at the fish with a blank expression trying to process what her BEST FRIEND had just said. She felt her eyes water and tears start to fall down her face. “Flounder! Your my best friend you should be happy that I'm happy!” Ariel said standing up. “But Ariel its not the same without you! Atlantica is acting like you died! Its no fun anymore!” the fish said trying to defend himself. Ariel sighed and thought for a moment before looking at the clock. “Its noon anyways ERIC is taking me to town” Ariel aid emphasizing Eric's name. She took the container and bread and walked outside into. It was a beautiful day and the sky was clear. Not a single whats the word? …. cloud in sight. Sighing again Ariel reached the waters edge and gently dumped the water (and flounder) out into the ocean. “Bye Ariel” he said softly avoiding eye contact. He slipped beneath the waves and swam off leaving Ariel standing on the beach with tears running down her face.
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Post by josh89 on Jan 19, 2011 0:26:08 GMT -5
what a sad chapter =( if only eric had gone to atlantica instead
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Post by daytripper on Jan 19, 2011 16:37:30 GMT -5
what a sad chapter =( if only eric had gone to atlantica instead then it wouldent have been as interesting
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Post by Ariel on Jan 19, 2011 19:39:47 GMT -5
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Post by daytripper on Jan 19, 2011 23:00:46 GMT -5
Chapter 16 Ariel walked back up towards the castle feeling really depressed and upset. Part of it was what Flounder had said about Atlantica treating her like she died. Another part was that she realized that she hadn't thought much about how this would affect everyone else. All her friends, her father, sisters, Urchin, Simon, Thor... everyone must hate her Ariel thought. Now shes one of the enemy and is getting married to one. Ariel pondered these sad thoughts and without realizing it walked into the castle. When she looked to see where she was she was surprised to find herself in the common room. Sighing Ariel pushed her thoughts to the back of her head for later. I should try to find Eric now Ariel thought turning around. She had half expected Eric to sneak up on her but was still surprised to see him smiling at her. “Hi” He said in his sweet loving tone. He was really happy for some reason Ariel could gather that much but she didn't know why. Eric had been excited to go to town today partly because he was going to be with Ariel but also because he had gotten her a ring and wanted to give it to her at the village square in front of all the townspeople. Eric was excited and couldn't help but show it. But when he saw Ariel and how sad she looked he grew worried. He was afraid she had got bored of land and missed the sea. And he didn't think he could take losing her. “Ariel whats wrong?” He asked walking over to her and placing his hand on her cheek. Ariel looked away from him only to have his hand move from her cheek to her chin and lift her head to face him. “Nothing Eric... I'm fine honestly” Ariel said putting o a smile. Eric didn't believe her but he knew that he would never find out unless she wanted to tell him. Sighing he smiled and gave Ariel a kiss. “Well my little mermaid you ready to go to town?” Eric asked. Almost immediately he regretted saying something stupid like that but was relived when Ariel smiled at his little nickname. Eric smiled back and together the two of them made their way to the carriage. Once they got to town Ariel was like her old self again..... REALLY curious. She couldn't help but point at stuff and ask what it was and what it was for. Eric smiled the whole time and laughed when Ariel climbed into a tree to see a birds nest. “AWW there's little baby birds in here” Ariel said pointing at the three small birds. Just then Ariel head a creaking groaning sound and a second later a loud snap as the tree branch she was standing on broke. Ariel felt a weird sensation of rushing Air and heaviness as she plummeted towards the ground. “ARIEL” Eric cried running to catch her. Ariel knew this couldn't end well and prepared herself for the impact. But Ariel never touched the ground. Right before she landed belly up on the ground someone caught her neatly between their arms. Ariel looked up to see Eric smiling down at her. “You NEED to be more careful Ariel” Eric said in a sweet voice. “Oh Eric. You saved me” Ariel said in a playful happy tone. Ariel wrapped her arms around Eric's neck and leaned in to kiss him. Eric leaned in to accept his prize only to have something catch Ariel's attention. “OH DANCING” Ariel cried happily slipping out of Eric's grasp. She grabbed Eric's hand and began jumping up and down like a kid. “Can we go Eric oh please can we dance?” Ariel said pleadingly. Eric sighed he wanted to give her the ring right now but it could wait perhaps while their dancing. “Alright alright” Eric said with a sigh. There really was no way to say no to Ariel. Ariel smiled happily and dragged Eric over to where the other couples were dancing. Eric took Ariel's hand and bowed. “May I have this dance?” Eric asked standing up straight. “You certainly may” Ariel said with a giggle. And with that the two began to dance. Ariel was a little better than before but still didn't know what she was doing and messed up a few times. But Eric just kept on smiling his white teeth flashing in the sun. About halfway through their silly dance a crowd had gathered around Ariel and Eric. Good Eric thought twirling Ariel around and in one swift move got on one knee and looked up at Ariel still holding her hands. Ariel was so giddy and happy from the dancing it took her a few seconds to register what was happening. “Eric what are you doing come on get up and dance” Ariel said laughing. When she realized what was happening she gasped covering her mouth with her hands. “Ariel I know I already proposed but I want the townspeople to this” Eric said softly so that only she could hear. “But also because I wanted to give you... this” Eric said pulling out a beautiful diamond ring. Ariel gasped again but this time so did everyone in the crowd. Everyone held their breath except Ariel and Eric they already knew the answer. “Oh Eric YES” Ariel said embracing him and giving him a kiss. The crowd erupted into cheers and congrats. Satisfied Eric embraced Ariel in another kiss only this time they held onto it for a while. Their tongues intertwined and saliva's mixed as they deepened the kiss passionately. When they finally broke it was only because they needed air. They looked into each others eyes smiling before turning to the crowd and exchange greetings. After they had spoken to everyone they made their way to the carriage to head back home. But there was still one thing that Eric still wanted to know. “Say um Ariel” Eric said. He looked at his fiance to see her admiring her ring. “Yes sweetheart?” Ariel said never taking her eyes off the ring. She had never seen anything more beautiful in her life. It was prettier than her fathers most valuable jewels “How old are you?” Eric asked carefully. The more he thought about it the younger she seemed. “I'm sixteen” Ariel said with a smile. Oh she couldn't believe all her dreams had come true. She was so happy right now that she failed to notice Eric's dumbfounded look. “SIXTEEN!” he yelled. It was a good thing they were out of the town and in the woods otherwise everyone would be looking at them. “Oh..........crap” Eric said putting his hands on his head. “Whats wrong?” Ariel asked nervously she didn't know why he freaked out but it definitely had something to do with her age. “Your still a kid Ariel” Eric said softly. His face was buried in his hands. He didn't usually get upset but there was a reason he couldn't do this to Ariel. A reason that he lived with and didn't want her to live with. “IM NOT A KID!” Ariel said angrily. She hated being called a kid or child or baby. She became human so she would be treated as an adult not being called a KID! “Ariel your 16 your still a kid I mean you probably just finished going through puberty” Eric said he was on the verge or tears he couldn't call off the wedding now that the townspeople saw him propose. But Ariel still had a life to live he couldn't take the rest of her childhood from her. Like his had been taken away when his parents died and he took on the responsibility of the kingdom. “I'm no kid I'm a mature adult!” Ariel said getting very defensive. Deep down inside though Ariel didn't know why he was doing this she just wanted to run away somewhere quiet and cry to herself. But she didn't because she wanted to first find out why he was acting like this. Plus she had nowhere to run to she didn't know the forest at all and would probably get lost. “Don't Raise your tone at me I'm trying to protect you!” Eric said getting annoyed at how childish she was acting. “PROTECT ME?” Ariel yelled frustrated at the whole situation. “Ariel we cant get married your too young you still have a life to live I cant take that away from you I would feel awful” Eric said trying to explain why he was doing this... but Ariel only heard cant get married. “Wha-wha-what?” Ariel said trying to understand what he just said. “We cant get married” Eric said sadly and softly. It pained him to do this but he knew it was for the best. “Eric.... no” Ariel said softly. She couldn't believe what was happening. It was all coming undone just like everyone had said. “Sorry Ariel” Eric said as they pulled up to the castle. Ariel tried her best to conceal the tears that were threatening to overwhelm her.
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Post by josh89 on Jan 20, 2011 6:25:32 GMT -5
i literally teared a lil bit =(you never fail to amaze me
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Post by Ariel on Jan 20, 2011 20:44:29 GMT -5
that was an wonderful chapter. Cant wait to see what happens next
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