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// Duty and Shenannigans 
// Story: Skylanders Chronicles: Little Mermaid 
// by Skylander545 
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While Ariel was home, the six were hanging out near the cave to her grotto as they talked to one another, getting to know each other. Donald asked,

"So all of you are a group of warriors from another world that came here via portal on accident?"

Zap shrugged, "Yep, that's the gist of it."

Goofy asked, "And it was because of a crystal that merged with the portal that sent you here?"

"It was Gill that found it at the bottom of Leviathan Bay. We didn't even know its history until it sent us here."

Donald was curious, "Now that is strange that it sent you to this world." 

Wham Shell mentioned, "The crystal itself was shaped like a trident and I believe that there could be more connections with this world than we can imagine." 

Gill asked, "You think they are connected?" Wham Shell explained, "Ever since the concert, I couldn't help but feel curious about Triton's trident since it possessed the same shape as that crystal." He paused for a moment and stated, "But here's the kicker, in the throne during Ariel and Triton's argument, there was a crest near the throne and when I saw the details of it - it looked exactly like the crystal that brought us to this world."

All five of them shouted, "WHAT!?!?"

"Maybe that's why other Skylanders are here as well."

Goofy knew for sure, "Yeah, that ship isn't something you see everyday. Not to mention the many creatures occupying the ship."

Zap whistled, "The world works in strange ways. But while we're here, we should find information about the crystal and why did it bring us here." After Donald and Goofy understood how important that the Skylanders are and the four continuing their investigation into the crystal trident that brought them here, it was best to tell them who they are and why they are in this world as well. After the duck and dog explained to the Skylanders of their role and importance, Wham Shell stated,

"So you two serve and are great friends with the king in your world." He pointed to Goofy, "You are his Captain of the Guard while Donald is the King's Court Wizard?"

Goofy nodded, "Eyup, that's pretty much our jobs that King Mickey entrusted to us."

Donald sighed, "That palooka is suitable for defense while I have a variety of magic attacks, even healing magic."

Thumpback asked, "So why are you guys here anyway?"

Goofy pointed out, "We're on vacation. King Mickey had given us leave to take a vacation, so we came to Atlantica to visit Ariel!"

"That explains why you two are good friends with her. How often do you guys visit?"

"Twice every month, we were actually here for her sixteenth birthday!"

"Your King must've known that you guys love visiting Atlantica."

Donald spoke, "The King and Queen do what they can to ensure that we get leave. We also share of our adventures to them as well."

Zap asked, "You're next story would be about meeting us, right?"

"Yeah, but it's best not to let my troublesome nephews know about it. They tend to get into some serious mischief."

"Well it's best to keep this to yourselves and a few close people."

Goofy chuckled, "Garsh, the Skylanders are going to be quite the story to tell my son about. Mostly about how you four are of all shapes and sizes, how you guys heroically helped Ariel save the Prince's life..." 

"Even the others showing up to save his crew before the ship went up and I would never forget seeing Swarm save the dog."

Gill laughed, "We were so close to the human, but Ariel was a lot closer."

Wham-Shell finished, "He owes Ariel his life, I bet the prince's field of vision was kind of blurry as he was waking up and if it was the case, he barely saw us when we ran with the exception of a brief glimpse Ariel's lovely face and the sound of her voice as she sang." He changed the subject, "Now we need to find out how to help Ariel out with trying to live on land."

On the ESS Ignitus, Spyro noticed Camo in a love-struck trance. He went up to the Plant Dragon, "Camo, are you feeling alright?"

Camo snapped out of it, "Uh..no...no, I feel fine, just...fine."

Spyro replied, "You're stuttering."

Camo tried to find another way around Spyro's persuasive tongue but decided to admit it, "Isn't it that obvious, Spyro?" He looked around, hoping no one was listening in and whispered, "I have a crush on Fluttershy."

Spyro spoke, "Seriously?"

Camo sighed, "I'm serious. Ever since we first met on the night of the Arrival, I spotted her looking over the crater, following my tracks and getting hit by one of my exploding melons. I couldn't help but feel bad when I saw her cry like that. She was even more scared when I made myself known due to her fear of dragons."

Spyro stated, "Camo, ever since we arrived in Equestria, we have proved to the ponies that even though we are dragons, we're not going to hurt any innocents. Remember when Fluttershy invited you to her cottage to help feed her animals?"

The Plant Dragon remembered that day; When the shy pegasus mare asked for his help with her animals, his growth ability was very beneficial and supplied Fluttershy with a month's worth of food for her animals. Then they had lunch together afterwards and she complimented him on how careful he was to her critters, even her pet bunny despite the little guy's animosity towards the dragon. It was there that she allowed Camo to construct his own garden to grow more fruits and vegetables for her animals. He could never forget what she said to him after he completed his garden,

"You made this possible, Camo. No dragon could have done what you've done... I should be a lucky mare to have you around."

Camo sighed, "Those very words that she said to me really do mean something."

Spyro stated, "As far as I know and thanks to Cynder's female intuition, Fluttershy wants to be more than friends with you." 

Before Camo could ask about it, their conversation was cut short by Flashwing shouting from the helm, "Captain, how are we supposed to bring the four Water Skylanders up here?"

Spyro replied, "I bet you and Bash could send them a message. I'm suggesting that a rock would suffice and Slam Bam has already located them. They are directly below us!" The Gem-Dragon saluted,

"Aye, aye Captain!"

Back under the sea, the group of friends were laughing about an incident that happened Goofy a while back involving him and a bunch of rockets. Goofy added,

"It gets better! When I was flung from the rocket car and landed in a fireworks factory, one of the flames on my ears lit up the place, sending me flying through the skies and back to my bed. Garsh, I couldn't sit right for weeks after that!" The dog laughed as the others joined in about his hilarious adventures as Donald decided to tell about his misadventure,

"Well, two months ago, I was working at a club called 'Ink and Paint' I was to put on a piano performance with a partner. Only to find out that my partner was a big kook!" Zap looked around, "I'm sensing a flashback..." 

 It was a dark night in a world known as Hollywood, a world where toons exist along with real live humans. The toons usually live in an area called Toon Town, that's only if they're on a day off or they retired from their acting career. At the Ink and Paint Club, Donald and his partner/annoyance were playing Hungarian Rhapsody with their pianos, his partner was like Donald, he was a duck, but he was more of a black mallard with a crazy personality. This duck, Daffy was intentionally playing the wrong notes, irritating Donald as he yelled,

"Hey, Hey! Cut it out!" 

Daffy asked, "Does anyone understand this duck is saying?" There was no response from the audience, but they were enjoying the show as Donald grew irritated with Daffy.

"I've worked with a lot of Wise-Quackers! But YOU are Dessspicalble!"

"Dog Gone Stubborn Little...That did it! AHAHAHAHAHA!"

"This is the last time I work with someone with a sppeech impediment!"

That did it as Donald yelled, "OH YEAH!" He grabbed Daffy and tossed him into his piano, slamming the top shut until only the black duck's beak was shown sticking out. 

"This means War!"

After that it was nothing but back and forth, duck vs duck, Donald vs Daffy, two equally crazy ducks having their little war of the pianos and giving the crowd a ton of laughs as the ducks were having this war. At some point, Donald would be knocked into the opposite piano while Daffy played his part until Donald decided to strike back. When he appeared, the looney duck zipped back into the black piano while Donald used his tail feather as a second pair of hands on the white piano while playing on the black one. He stated,

"This is hot stuff!" Donald transitioned to using his webbed feet on the white piano as he enjoyed doing his part until Daffy popped out the black piano with a red punching glove and socked the duck in the face, sending him flying into the white piano as Daffy took over. The duck played the ending of the tune as he hit the keys on the piano. But as Daffy played, there was movement coming the white piano as the lid of the piano opened to reveal a cannon pointing directly at Daffy and right next to the cannon was Donald, sporting a malicious grin and a pair of Devil Horns as the duck chuckled. The cannon brought up a bit of shock with the audience as Daffy finished his piece. As soon as the song finished, Donald had his ears plugged and the cannon fired. It missed Daffy and punched a hole through his piano as the kick from the cannon knocked over Donald's piano. The crazy duck still stuck his head out of the hole in his piano and let out a few 'wahoo' sounds before two canes came out and yanked both pianos away as the curtain came down to a thunderous applause.  The group were laughing at the amount of craziness that Donald went through with Daffy as Goofy added, "And to make this even more hilarious, Daffy's co-star, Bugs Bunny is actually a friend of Mickeys and whenever Bugs visits, that looney duck would always be around!" 
Gill Grunt was laughing so hard to imagine what would go on with those two ducks as he said, "Those two are so funny, they would never get to finish the act!" But soon enough, he was hit in the head by some sort of rock. He picked it up and noticed that there was a message carved into it. He read, "Guys, we need to talk to you. The Ignitus is right above you."

Thumpback spoke, "Then let's go up and talk to them."

The Water Skylanders breached the surface and came right next to the ESS Ignitus. Their friends were on the deck when they climbed up. It was a sort of a friendly reunion, Whirlwind hugged Zap saying that she missed him, Wham-Shell High-fived Terrafin, although he was in a wheel barrow because of the Tree Rex High-5, Thumpback group-hugged his fellow Giants, and Gill Grunt was reunited with the Aloe and Lotus, who have became lightcore Skylanders. Gill was amazed,

"It looks like Celestia found you two worthy of the title because of all the things you do when you two are united."

Aloe spoke, "I handle the water attacks." Lotus finished, "And I handle the Lotus Mines."

They both spoke, "That fits in with 'Wash and Boom!"

The Reunion has ended so they could get some answers from their Illustrious Water Skylanders, Spyro asked, "What happened to you guys?

Gill Grunt went first, "We were trying to get to Skylands, but an accident on the Portal sent us here. But we made a new friend while we're here."

Wham-Shell continued, "Her name is Ariel, she's a mermaid who is fascinated by the surface. But her father, King Triton believes that the inhabitants of the surface, the Humans are a danger to them. I find that hard to believe since Master Eon was a human."

Zap continued, "When we saved a human from drowning, we brought him to shore and waited until he woke up. We believed that Ariel has a little crush on the human."

Thumpback finished, "That's when we decided to find a way to make Ariel go on land, so she could find the prince. We are not going home until we get those two together."

Ignitor decided, "I'll pass that information to our Portal Masters." He looked up, "Pull me out!" Ignitor disappeared in a flash of light.

Spyro spoke, "Then it's settled. But Eye Brawl will have to keep his eye on you four if you go unto shore."

Gill Grunt replied, "It's nice talking to you but we have to go."

Spyro yelled, "Come up for air sometime!"

When the Water Skylanders reached Ariel's grotto, they bumped into Flounder, who was already leaving the cave. Gill asked,

"Flounder, what were doing in the grotto?"

Flounder replied, "I saw something in there and that something could make Ariel very happy after what happened."

The six peaked into the cave as their eyes widened at what they saw. Donald's lower beak was open as he said, "Whoa!" 

Goofy look shocked and spoke, "Garsh!"

The Skylanders were amazed by the object that Flounder found as Gill said,

"We gotta find Ariel and show her this!"

The Skylanders followed Flounder throughout the sea and found Ariel sitting in the middle of a musical about life under the sea, composed and sung by Sebastian. Zap went with the kid fish to reach the mermaid, the whole area was a whole concert as sea creatures were dancing around to the tune 'Under The Sea' as the fish and water dragon attempted to weave through the dancing sea creatures. Although they were caught up when one of the dancers used them in a net rubbing until they slipped out of it and swam up to her and signaled her to follow them back.

Sebastian was in a groove as well as the other sea creatures in his performance, completely oblivious to the fact that his target audience had left as he sang with the chorus following,
"Yeah, under the sea (Under the sea)
Under the sea (Under the sea)"

He followed a school of sardine,
"When the sardine
Begin the beguine
It's music to me (It's music to me)"

The crab dove under the sand before surfacing,
"What do they got? A lot of sand
We got a hot crustacean band" As the pointed out the band playing before pointing out certain animals,

"Each little clam here
Know how to jam here
Under the sea"
(slight pause with music)
"Each little slug here
Cuttin' a rug here
Under the sea"
(Another pause)
"Each little snail here
Know how to wail here
That's why it's hotter
Under the water
Ya we in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea!!" 

When he finished his song with all the sea creatures pointing at the rock where Ariel was supposed to be sitting, it was only now that he noticed that she was gone. Every sea creature, saddened to see their target audience was absent, they left Sebastian as he sighed,

"Someone has got to nail that girl's fins to the floor." The bright and cheerful demeanor of the sea soon turned dark and depressing as signified Sebastian failing to convince her through song. His moping was interrupted when he heard a new voice call out, "Sebastian!"

The crab turned around and saw the small seahorse from the concert acting as a messenger. "Sebastian, I have been looking all over for you, I have an urgent message from the Sea-King."

Sebastian cautiously asked, "The Sea-King?" The seahorse continued, "He wants to speak to you right away, something about Ariel."

The crab gasped at the fact that the king wants to speak to him about Ariel and only came to one conclusion, "HE KNOWS."

King Triton was sitting on his throne looking at the flower that his youngest daughter gave him earlier this morning. At first, Triton was confused about her odd behavior, the other six daughters understood the trance that their little sister is displaying. When he expressed his confusion about what his daughters were saying, one of them pointed out the obvious conclusion - Ariel is in love. Now here he is, chuckling at the same flower that she gave him, wondering who is Ariel's Secret Admirer. He sent out a message to Sebastian to meet with him to ask about the young merman who won the heart of his youngest daughter. As he waited for Sebastian to arrive, the king gazed at the flower and asked himself, "Now who could the lucky Merman be? Or one of Ariel's friends might be the lucky one." The Sea-King noticed his advisor enter the room, "Come in, Sebastian."

Sebastian silently talked to himself about breaking his promise to the Skylanders and won't having to face the wrath of Gill's Harpoon gun, Wham-Shell's Mace, Zap's electricity, and Thumpback's Anchor. King Triton talked to his advisor about many things, although as he politely pressed him for information, it almost felt like an interrogation as the crab tried not to break under the pressure. But one part made Sebastian lose his edge when the King asked,

"Do you know anything about Ariel...in love?"

The Crab couldn't take the pressure due to Triton pressing him for answers on Ariel's secret admirer and shouted, "I tried to stop her, sir! She wouldn't listen, I told her to stay away from humans, but her friends have a close relation to them! "

King Triton was surprised by this, "Humans?" But when Sebastian was talking about Ariel and her friends in contact with humans, he sat up and yelled,

"WHAT ABOUT HUMANS!?"

Sebastian stared frighteningly at the King, realizing that he blew their cover, "Humans?"

He laughed as he backed away trying to make his outburst about humans look like a joke, "Who said anyting about humans?" Although his attempt to make the situation sound like a joke was in vain when the angry, suspicious sea king grabbed the crab and pulled him back to get answers from him.

Ariel, Flounder and he Skylanders returned to her secret cave, and Ariel saw the statue of Prince Eric sitting in the middle of the cave. She turned to her friends and hugged them,

"You guys are the best."

She turned to the statue, "It looks just like him and even has his eyes!"

She began talking to it, "Why Eric, run away with you?" She began to flirt with the statue and laughed around until Gill Grunt spotted something in the shadows. He pulled out his Harpoon gun,

"We've got an intruder!" Ariel turned to Gill and was shocked to see who it was in the shadows, "Daddy!"

The Skylanders saw King Triton in the cave along with Sebastian, who they knew ratted them out. Goofy and Donald, not wanting to get caught in the crossfire should things go south, hid with Flounder. The Skylanders realized that their cover was blown and stood in defense in case a fight were to break out. There was no doubt that this wasn't going to be a friendly conversation since Ariel had went up to the surface against her father's wishes and made contact with a human.

The Sea-King calmly stated although with a hint of anger, "I consider myself a reasonable merman." He emerged from the shadows, "I've set certain rules and expect those rules to be obeyed."

Gill, who still had his harpoon gun trained on the king stated, "Well those rules have flaws and you know it." The king shot a glance at the marine before confronting his daughter, "Is it true you and your friends rescued a human from drowning?!"

Ariel defended her choice, "Daddy, we had to!" Triton stated, "Contact between the human world and the mer world is forbidden! Ariel, you know that! Everyone knows that!"

Zap declared, "Not us and since we've had contact with humans before, your rule doesn't apply to us!"

Triton understood this as he turned to the Skylanders, "I understand that you four are from another world. But you can't swim around my ocean and do whatever you want!"

Ariel shot back, "He could've died!"

Triton shrugged his daughter's concern by saying, "One less human to worry about!" 

Wham Shell was shocked by this, "That's cruel, Triton! Just cruel!"

Ariel yelled out, "You don't know him!" 

Triton scoffed, "Know him? I don't have to know him! They're all the same: Spineless, savage, harpooning fish-eaters, incapable of any feeling!" 

Gill stated, "That's kind of weird for me, considering that I'm a fish holding a harpoon gun and those things about humans being savages sounds pretty racist." Ariel couldn't stand hearing her father say these things about humans. It was because of her father's words which made the mermaid lose it and shout,

"DADDY, I LOVE HIM!" Ariel gasped, realizing what she had just said in front of her father. This also brought a shock to Sebastian as the Skylanders voiced their shock with an, "Oh Carp!" 

The Skylanders were now in battle formation because like it or not, the Sea-King's temper and shock of hearing this would no doubt warrant a fight. Gill, in fact knew that when it comes to enemies with a temper, a fight would be to subdue the enemy. Gill saw how the king's shock and anger upon hearing his daughter confess that she was in love with a human. The marine and the others knew that it was fight as Gill Grunt flipped the safety of the harpoon gun to off - it was going to be a fight.

"Have you lost your senses completely!? HE'S A HUMAN, YOU'RE A MERMAID!"

She leaned on the statue, "I don't care!"

Triton was beyond angry as he yelled, "So help me, Ariel, I'm going to get through to you!" Gill's prophecy came true as the king's trident powered up, "And if this is the only way, SO BE IT!" A single shot from the trident destroyed a large portion of Ariel's collection as she shouted,

"DADDY!?!" 

Gill shouted, "SKYLANDERS, SUBDUE HIM!" The marine fired a shot at the king, the harpoon hit the trident, catching his attention as Triton attempted to retaliate, but Gill's power attack, the Anchor had him in his sight, "You're going to have a bad day, your majesty. Anchors away!"

He fired his Anchor at the Sea-King which slammed into his chest, knocking the merman towards the wall of the grotto. Gill dodged a blast from his trident. Zap used his electric abilities to get the King's attention, Zap deflected a blast from the trident and directed it back at the king. The Sea King was hit in the chest as Zap yelled,

"Ride the Lightning!"

Wham-Shell challenged King Triton, the old fashion way with a duel.

Wham-Shell and King Triton collided their weapons with an amazing force. Two Kings battling it out in a cramped cave filled with Human stuff. King Triton said as he collided his trident with Wham-Shell's mace,

"I should have been more vigilant ever since you four arrived!"

Wham-Shell broke the collision and struck the pommel of his mace at Triton's head, "And we should have known that you wouldn't take my advice on being so hard on your own flesh and blood! Time to Brace for the Mace!" Wham-Shell swung his mace which knocked Triton to a wall. But before he could subdue him, a ton of human relics fell on top of him due to the Sea-King's impact on the wall. Upon seeing Wham Shell buried and the king back in the fight, Thumpback decided to go in,

"You hurt my friend, You Hail to the Whale!"

King Triton yelled back, "This isn't your fight!"

Thumpback did what he should've done long ago, he drops anchor on the Sea-King. He wrapped the chain around the king, disarmed him of the trident as the anchor sank the sea-king to the grotto floor. The giant angrily said, "You are under arrest, Your Majesty!"

Triton struggled and asked, "Why? Why are you doing this!?"

Gill swam up to the subdued king, "If you think destroying her collection would let you get through to her, you're wrong. You see, it's not only our duty as Skylanders to protect others, we're also Ariel's friends and we support her choice."

Zap swam up, "Although, placing kings under arrest isn't our forte, you need to calm down. We told you about not being so hard on her, but you didn't listen." The giant, dragon and marine left the king anchored to the floor as the dragon stated, "So why don't you stay there for a while until you calm down."

The three Skylanders looked around the now-ruined grotto as Gill apologized,

"Sorry about you collection."

Ariel replied, "You four did no harm to the statue, so its okay."

Gill Grunt pointed to the Crustacean buried in human stuff, "We should get Wham-Shell out of there."

But what they didn't know is that when they were finished helping Wham-Shell, King Triton got free of Thumpback's anchor chain. He grabbed his trident and pointed it at the statue. Ariel noticed and yelled,

"Daddy, No!" Their attempt to stop him was in vain as the trident fired directly at the statue - only to deflect the shot upwards and standing between the king and the statue was Goofy who had emerged from his hiding spot to block the shot. Triton fired again, only for Goofy to deflect the shots with his shield. 

"Okay, you may have that little fork, but now I sacrifice my Goofy to summon my Dark Magician!" Spoke a strange human wearing a red suit, red mask, was outfitted as a mercenary while wearing a duel disk with five cards in his hand and all in all, a total bad-
 (*record scratch* "Wade! What are doing in my room? Why are you on my tablet?" I asked while walking into my room seeing the nutcase with my tablet 

Wade turned to me, "Well, while you were watching Aquaman, I decided to have a little fun with editing this story with a little Deadpool and Yu-Gi-Oh action in this scene."

I groaned, "Wade, when I said I was going to edit previous projects, I didn't say anything about doing anything Deadpool-related and besides I still need to remember the scenes from 'The Little Mermaid', I can't have it stray apart now."

Wade stated, "Then watch the clips or the actual movie!" I went up to him and snatched the tablet from him, "Give me that." I looked at the tablet and sighed, "And right in the process of Triton destroying the statue and here we go. Their efforts were in vain as Triton fired at the statue...")
It was too late to stop him as the king destroyed the statue of Prince Eric. The Skylanders felt that they failed to protect the very thing their friend loved. This defeat struck further when Ariel placed her head down on where the statue once stood and cried. They shot King Triton an angry stare as the king realized the repercussions of his actions and left the grotto, both saddened over what he had done. Sebastian asked as he and Flounder approached the weeping mermaid, "Ariel?"

She silently said, "Just go away."

The Water Skylanders saw her friends leave and Gill decided,

"I think we should leave her alone for a while."

Zap said, "I agree."

The team of six soon vacated the area, but Zap stopped when he heard a voice that sounded like one, but spoke as two. He looked back at the grotto to find two eels surrounding the weeping mermaid, "Poor child. Poor, sweet child. She has a very serious problem. If only there was something we could do. But there is something."

Zap's mind could easily think that those eels were up to no good, but from the way they spoke about Ariel having a serious problem, he immediately thought about her and the prince. If there was anyway for her to be with the prince, these eels know the answer. The dragon motioned the other five to join him as they eavesdropped on the conversation as Ariel asked the eels,

"Who are you?"

The eels replied in a calm fashion, "Don't be scared. We represent someone who can help you. Someone who can make all your dreams come true. Just imagine you and your prince together forever."

Gill whispered,  "Someone who can help her be with the prince?"
Zap nodded,  "These two seem to represent the only chance she has."
Wham-Shell asked,  "Isn't it strange that these two just show up after Ariel loses her collection and the statue?"
Goofy nodded,  "It does seem too convenient for these two to just wait for the battle to be over."

After their whispered conversation, they noticed Ariel ask the eels, "I don't understand."

One of the eels stated, "Ursula as great powers."

Ariel and her whispering eavesdropping friends realized, "The sea witch?" While her friends were shocked, Ariel stated, "Why that's... I couldn't possibly..." She decided, "No! Get out of here! Leave me alone!" As she placed her head back down on the rock, her friends face-palmed at the thought of her denying her one chance. Apparently the eels were not happy with the result as the first eel sighed, "Suit yourself."

As the eels swam away, "That was only a suggestion." One of the eels slapped the remains of the statue, the face. Ariel saw it, she picked it up and looked back at her friends who she realized had listened in on her conversation. She saw them nod in agreement to change her mind about their request. She called out to the eels, "Wait"

The eels turned around, "Yes?"

Outside the cave, Flounder and Sebastian were talking about what went down in there in the fight between the Sea-King and the Skylanders. Sebastian was also in grief over the fact that the king resorted to destroying Ariel's collection of human artifacts. Until they saw Ariel and the Skylanders travelling with the Twin Eels, The crab swam up to the group and asked,

"Ariel, What are you and your friends doing with these two?"

Ariel replied, "We're going to see Ursula."

Sebastian yelled, "No, no, She's a demon, she's a monster!"

Gill pointed his Harpoon gun at the crab, "Why don't you go tell Ariel's father? You're good at that rather than keeping a promise." They swam away leaving Sebastian and Flounder. The crab didn't want to go back and warn the king, he decided to check it out. He looked at Flounder,

"Come on!"

Ariel and the Skylanders followed the eels to a very creepy part of the sea filled with underwater heat vents and more sights that are terrifying for them. When they saw that the eels were leading them to a mysterious skeleton hut, they followed after them and into the entryway through the jaws of a once great sea beast. What the group found in the entryway was rows upon rows of creepy plant-like creatures that looked like as though they were in pain and were trying to tell them something while one of them grabbed Ariel's wrist until she pulled away. This place was giving Donald the creeps as he said, "I've got a bad feeling about this." 

Until they heard a voice speak, "Come in, come in, my child. We mustn't lurk in doorways."  They found the center chamber of the hut as the sea-witch herself who is an Octopid, appeared from the door in the back of the room, "It's rude."

She moved over to a nearby vanity as she guessed why they were here - in any case, why Ariel came here. To get the attention of the prince. So Ursula told her the only way to do it,

"The only way to get what you want is to become a human yourself"

Ariel was curious about this sea-witch and her powers before asking, "Can you do that?" Gill spoke, "I've seen shape-shifting at most times, but it could be possible. But could you help her?" 

She turned to the marine as he felt a urge to just pull out his harpoon gun and shoot her, but this is for Ariel,"My dear, sweet gillman, that's what I do. It's what I live for! To help unfortunate merfolk like your friend. Poor souls with no one else to turn to." Soon enough, music started playing out of nowhere which they fought the urge to check if Pinkie Pie was around with a radio again as the sea-witch began to explain her occupation through song,

"I admit that in the past I've been a nasty
They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch
But you'll find that nowadays
I've mended all my ways
Repented, seen the light, and made a switch
To this..." She went over to a nearby cauldron or what looks like one as she sang again, 

"And I fortunately know a little magic
It's a talent that I always have possessed..." The cauldron opened as it began to show a projection,
"And dear guests, please don't laugh
I use it on behalf
Of the miserable, the lonely, and depressed." She conjured up an image of thin, lanky merman and a bloated, depressed mermaid as she turned to her eels, "Pathetic."

"Poor unfortunate souls
In pain, in need
This one longing to be thinner." She gestured to the bloated mermaid,
"That one wants to get the girl." She gestured to the lanky merman,
"And do I help them?
Yes, indeed." With a snap of her fingers, the two projection soon changed from depressed to strong and fit as the merman and mermaid embraced. The Skylanders thought that this would be a piece of cake as the sea-witch continued to sing,

"Those poor unfortunate souls
So sad, so true
They come flocking to my cauldron
Crying, "Spells, Ursula, please!"
And I help them
Yes I do." Although now it looks like she was going through a fine print of her assistance and judging by the frightened projections; it was bad,

"Now it's happened once or twice
Someone couldn't pay the price
And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals." She soon used her magic to turn the couple into those plant-like creatures that they saw in the doorway.

"Yes I've had the odd complaint
But on the whole I've been a saint
To those poor unfortunate souls!" Her shadow brought the other plant creatures or polyps to be frightened of her. Even the Team of Six were a bit cautious and freaked out when she did this as Gill Grunt pointed,

"Did you just see that? She just...She just..." Gill fainted, but was easily woken up by Zap's electricity ability. Ursula made her a deal, 
"Now here's the deal, I can make you a potion to turn you human for three days. Three Days." She brought her to the cauldron and shown a projection of her deal, "Before the sun sets on the third day, you have to make dear old princey to fall in love with you." The holograms shown three suns, three days, a crown representing the prince and a heart representing love, "That means, he has to kiss you, not just a kiss. The Kiss of True Love, if he kisses you before the Sun sets on the third day, you will be human permanently." The image shown a human girl, representing Ariel running, "But if he doesn't..." The human turned into a mermaid, "you turn back into a Mermaid again and..." The mermaid image slipped back into the cauldron, "You belong to me."

What the group didn't know is that Sebastian and Flounder followed them to Ursula's lair, he tried to holler to get their attention, but the eels sealed their mouths so they would not hear them as their boss offered her hand to the mermaid,

"Have we got a deal?"

Ariel was nervous about this, "If I become human, I'll never be with my father or sisters again."

Zap spoke, "But you'll have the prince. That's the very reason why we came here, right?"

Gill added, "I noticed a look of guilt in your father before he left the grotto. Hopefully he'll understand.

Wham-Shell offered, "We'll be with you every step of the way until we see you and the prince together. Isn't it right, Thumpback."

The whale stated, "That's right."

Goofy stepped in, "You know us, Ariel. We won't let you be miserable."

Donald stated, "It's why we always visit you and go on those adventures."

Ursula sported a brief evil smile as the Skylanders spoke in support of Ariel, encouraging her to take the deal as she said, "Life's full of tough choices, isn't it?" She ended with a chuckle as Ariel looked a bit nervous until the sea-witch mentioned something,

"Oh, and there is one more thing. We haven't discussed the subject of payment."

Ariel was surprised by her asking for payment, "But I don't have-" She interrupted her as she turned to her, "I'm not asking much, just a token really, a trifle. What I want from you is - Your Voice

Ariel asked while placing her hand on her throat, "My voice?"

Ursula replied, "Yes, no more talking, singing, Zip."

Zap asked, "But without Ariel's Voice, then how would she..."

She ignored the dragon as she stated to the mermaid, "You'll have your looks, your pretty face." She turned away as she said, "And don't underestimate the importance of body language, ha!" She went up to a nearby cabinet as she sang again, 

"The men up there don't like a lot of blabber
They think a girl who gossips is a bore
Yet on land it's much preferred for ladies not to say a word
And after all dear, what is idle babble for?"

She began throwing vials and jars of alchemical ingredients towards the cauldron, 
 "Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation
True gentlemen avoid it when they can." The jars soon fell into the cauldron as they blew upon impact.

 "But they dote and swoon and fawn
On a lady who's withdrawn
It's she who holds her tongue who gets a man." She literally threw a tongue into the cauldron as it erupted in a orange explosion, shocking Ariel and the Team of Six.

 "Come on you poor unfortunate soul
Go ahead
Make your choice
I'm a very busy woman and I haven't got all day." Ursula conjured up the image of the prince as Ariel looked at it with her love-struck stare,
"It won't cost much
Just your voice!" And the prince's image shattered as Ursula poked her head through it.

 "You poor unfortunate soul
It's sad but true
If you want to cross the bridge, my sweet
You've got the pay the toll." A yellow scroll appeared that showed a binding contract as a pen appeared near her. Although, she was conflicted about it, the Team of Six were with her, no matter what.

"Take a gulp and take a breath
And go ahead and sign the scroll."

She whispered to her eels, "Flotsam, Jetsam, now I've got her, boys!"

 "The boss is on a roll!" Now with determination, Ariel grabbed the pen,
 "This Poor..." and signed her name on the contract, "Unfortunate Soul!" As soon as she was done, the contract flew into the sea-witch's hand and disappeared while she sported a smile. She began to work her magic,

 "Beluga sevruga
Come winds of the Caspian Sea." The cauldron soon erupted as it felt like a huge maelstrom was taking place underwater, 
 "Larengix glaucitis
Et max laryngitis
La voce to me!" It was at this moment that two ethereal green claw-like hands appeared from her magic as the witch stated.

"Now, sing."

Ariel began to sing the opening tune of 'Part of Your World' only the tune as Ursula yelled,

"Keep singing!"

About a foot away, the Team of Six saw as Ursula moved those magical hands down Ariel's throat and pull out a ball of light, singing the same music. They knew that the light ball was Ariel's voice as it was soon sucked into the Sea-Witch's shell necklace as the witch grinned.

The Skylanders saw as their friend was consumed by Ursula's magic. The power of the sea-witch's magic caused her tail to split in two and obtain human legs. As soon as the spell was complete, she wasn't a Mermaid anymore and because she wasn't a mermaid, she lost her ability to breathe underwater. The Team of Six quickly swam towards her with the help of Sebastian and Flounder and got her up to the surface, so she could breathe. Whirlwind was in the air when she saw them break the surface. Zap called out,

"Whirlwind, you need to tell Spyro that we managed to have Ariel turn into a human, but we have another problem."

Whirlwind replied, "I'll do that, Zap!"

The Skylanders brought Ariel near Prince Eric's castle, they were exhausted from all that swimming. When mid-day came, Ariel regained consciousness, Wham-Shell even proclaimed, "She may have turned Ariel human, but that Sea-Witch is now numeral uno on our hit-list." The others couldn't agree more on that sea-witch's status.

 On the other side of the beach, Hot Dog was sniffing about the shore, although being a Fire Skylander, he couldn't get close to the water. Ever since the storm, the Ignitus has kept close to Eric's castle whether docked or in the vicinity. The majority of the Skylanders were either on the ship or out on patrol. Hot Dog was with Eric and Max as the prince played his flute, hoping that the girl of his dreams would hear it and appear. But thanks to updates from the Water Skylanders, his dream girl is actually a friend of theirs. But they don't even know when they would show up with her and Hot Dog would always talk with Max about it and thanks to him being a dog, he could read his fellow canine's body language and barks. Max always stated that the girl fled when she saw him coming and he would always try to get Eric's attention drawn to the sea.

As Eric looked out to the sea, he sighed, "That voice. I can't get it out of my head." He looked at the two and said, "I've looked everywhere, guys. Where could she be?"

 As she woke up, Ariel was checking her surroundings and was surprised when she noticed her knees emerging in the water. She raised one of them up and noticed that she doesn't have a tail anymore, instead she has two five-digit feet and two human legs. Her amazement was interrupted by Scuttle who was followed by Eye Brawl's flying Eyeball. The seagull tried to guess what was different about his friend as the bird guessed from hair to shells until and irritated shout from Sebastian told him the reason as Scuttle asked the eyeball,

"So Flying Eyeball, whats happened here?"

The Eyeball said, "I believe our friends should be able to answer this."

Flounder said, "Ariel's been turned into a human. She has to make the prince fall in love with her and he has to kiss her."

Thumpback finished, "But we have a three day time limit."

Their conversation was interrupted by a splash when Ariel attempted to stand and keep her balance. Sebastian yelled,

"Just look what I saw...On legs. On human Legs!"

Sebastian was having a nervous breakdown, “My nerves are short! This is a catastrophe! What would her father say? I'll tell you what her father'd say, he'd say he's gonna kill himself a crab, that's what her father'd say!" He starting to march towards the water, "I'm gonna march meself straight home right now and tell him just like I shoulda done de minute..." Ariel grabbed him before he went deeper, "And don't you shake your head at me, young lady!" 
He attempted to persuade her, "Maybe there's still time. If we could get that witch to give you back your voice, you could go home with all the normal fish, and just be... just be..." 

Her desperation and sad eyes made the Jamaican crab understand if they went with his plan, "Just be miserable for the rest of your life." He sighed as he stated, "All right, all right. I'll try to help you find that prince.” In joy, she kissed the crab and set him back on the ground leaving the crab wondering,

"Boy. What a softshell I'm turning out to be." Eye-Brawl's body arrived and the eyeball touched down on top. Both Scuttle and Eye Brawl found a loose piece of cloth from a derelict dinghy, so they could dress Ariel.

 On the other side of the shore, Eric, Max and Hot Dog were taking a stroll when the fire dog spoke, "You just need to look hard enough and soon you'll find her." Eric knew that it was the same thing that Grimsby said to him, but having Hot Dog around was good since he and Max talked through barks, the two became best friends afterwards. It wasn't until they noticed Max taking off towards the other side of the shore as Eric shouted,

" Huh? What? Max!"

Hot Dog ran after his fellow canine, "Max!" The dog barked as the fire dog realized what he was saying,  "She is near! She is near!"

 Scuttle whistled and said, "You look good, kid and sensational." 

Eye Brawl added with an 'Okay' hand gesture, "As beautiful as ever." Ariel was outfitted into a torn up sail and thanks to her friends, she looked as if she was involved in a shipwreck. Although, considering that she signed her soul to Ursula, turned human and nearly drowned if not for her friends. It wasn't until they heard a dog bark as Eye-Brawl recognized it, "His dog is on his way here right now."

Everyone except the Skylanders fled as Max the dog showed up and started barking which startled her, making her climb on a nearby rock. Prince Eric arrived on the scene accompanied by Hot Dog as the young man asked, 

"What's gotten into ya, fella?" That was when he noticed Ariel on the rock as he realized, "Oh." The prince assumed that Max frightened her, although he knows his faithful companion didn't mean to, so he apologized to her,

"Oh, I see. Are you OK, miss? I'm sorry if this knucklehead scared you. He's harmless really, uh..." That was when he felt a sense of familiarity with her as he asked,

"You seem very familiar to me. Have we met?" This question made Ariel nod in joy which made the prince know why she was so familiar since he remembered a glimpse of his dream girl's face. He was happy,

"We have met. I knew it. You're the one, the I've been looking for. What's your name?" All he needed was to know her name, but when Ariel tried to speak, she couldn't even let out a single word remembering that she lost her voice. Eric noticed how sad she looked.

"What's wrong?" Eric noticed her put her hand on her neck, which looked like she was telling him something as he asked. "You can't speak?"

The realization that she couldn't speak shot down his hopes that she was the one, believing that he made a mistake,"Oh, then you couldn't be who I thought."

Ariel felt a bit hurt from what he said as the dog let out an irritated sigh along with her. Although she made motions to know that she's hurt which the prince noticed and to him, if someone is hurt then it's best to help. While trying to communicate through body language, she nearly fell off the rock, only for the prince to catch her,

"Whoa, whoa, careful! Careful, easy."

Gill Grunt spoke, "We just found this girl in a shipwreck. So we were trying to find help and figured that since our ship is here, we could bring her here as well."

Eric looked at the marine and then at the others with him as Hot Dog pointed out, "Gill, guys, it's great to see you again!"

Eric asked, "You know them?"

Eye Brawl introduced, "Prince Eric, this is Gill Grunt, the Crustacean is Wham-Shell, the Water Dragon is Zap, but don't let his name fool you."

Eric replied, "And the Giant Whale?"

Eye Brawl continued, "That is Thumpback. These are the missing Skylanders we were inquiring about." Eric nodded as he helped Ariel, "The Skylanders helped me out." He assured the girl, "Don't worry, I'll help you." The Skylanders joined Eric as they helped Ariel to the castle also about time for a reunion with their fellow Skylanders.

When all introductions were taken care of between Donald, Goofy and the rest of the Skylanders, they held a meeting in the castle study. The duck and the dog were now their true selves thanks to Donald's magic as Gill Grunt decided to start the meeting.

"We all know what we are now up against, fellas. Ariel made a deal with Ursula, the Sea-Witch, she was turned into a human, but lost her voice as a result."

Ignitor spoke, "I talked with the prince about his dream girl and the most important thing he mentioned was her voice - she had the most beautiful singing voice that he ever heard. But considering that Ariel doesn't have her voice, he won't be able to recognize her."

Sunburn added, "What's more suspicious is that the witch would give her a three - day limit to make the prince fall in love with Ariel."

Stealth Elf knew this, "There's no doubt that Ursula intentionally wants Ariel to fail. You take away Ariel's singing voice, you would only leave her as a mute when the one person who is interested in her could only identify her by her voice."

Spyro understood this, "Stealth Elf has a point, guys. It's impossible for Eric to recognize that Ariel is the one without the voice to prove it."

Zap sighed, "Nothing is impossible unless you try." He pointed out, "We did get them to meet."

Goofy nodded, "True, but she's only a guest like us."

Donald stated, "If we can get the two alone, we can figure out a way to make them kiss."

Eye Brawl remembered something that the prince told him after they brought Ariel into the castle, "The prince told me that he would be taking her out to see the town, he's going to be with her until dusk. I had figured that the best way to ensure that they kiss is something to lighten the mood."

Wham-Shell spoke, "And I have just the crab to help us with that."

Sebastian appeared on the Crustacean's shoulder and said, "I could be able to help...as a redemption."

Goofy spoke, "Sebastian, you know that we'd do anything for a friend." 

Donald spoke, "We've known Ariel for a long time and when I see that when a friend is in need, we go above and beyond to help them."

Twilight spoke up, "That's some nice words of encouragement, Donald."

Donald spoke, "We've been doing this a lot, so we have a 'Friend in Need' Situation." There was a knock on the door as Zook entered the room,

"Prince Eric has requested us to join him for dinnah along wit his guest."

Spyro knew that it was almost dinner time, "Okay, we'll head for the dining hall. But it's only going to be a few of us due to our large numbers."

Zook nodded, "Pick a team to go with you to da dining hall." The dragon thought it over for a moment before deciding, "Gill, Wham, Zap, Donald, Goofy, Cynder, Whirlwind and I will go to the dining hall. Everyone else, head back to the ship on grab something to eat. Fruits, veggies, meat, hayburgers, you name it."

Thumpback decided, "Meeting is on hold until after dinner." The Skylanders left the study to either return to the Ignitus, or went to meet with Eric and Ariel at the dinner table. The trek from the study to the dining room was kind of a twist since some of them almost got lost. But as they rounded a corner, Zap separated from the group and wandered into the kitchen by accident. Inside, he saw various things that gave him a chill, mostly dead fish, a hatchet, a chopping block, a stuffed crab which kind of reminded him of Sebastian, but what gave him the ultimate shock was the large rack of stuffed eels and considering that he was once raised by electric eels, he fainted.

 Upon regaining consciousness, the dragon stuck his head out and saw Chef Louie singing in French as he brought out a bowl full of fish. The chef paused for a moment while adjusting his bow tie, Zap on the other hand was making sure not to get caught as the chef began to sing,

 "Les poissons, les poissons
How I love les poissons
Love to chop and to serve little fish..." Zap could only watch as the chef pulled out a knife and chopped the fish in half, sure he's a dragon and eats fish, but watching the frenchie chop the fish with a knife almost frightened him. As the chef sang while performing how he cooks,

 "First I cut off their heads
Then I pull out their bones
Ah mes oui, savez toujours delice." Zap thought that it was interesting, but the dead eels brought him back to reality as he looked up from his hiding place to see the chef still in his own little world as he sang, 

 "Les poissons, les poissons
Hee hee hee, haw haw haw
With a cleaver I hack them in two..." Zap attempted to sneak away until a fish head got in his path as the fish head's eyes stared up at him, like out of a horror movie.

 "I pull out what's inside
And I serve it up fried
Cause I love little fishes, don't you?" The chef flung the finished fish onto the plate as Zap sighed knowing that he wasn't caught. He needed a cover so he could escape the kitchen, that's when he found a large dish of lettuce,

 "Here's something for tempting the palette..." Zap quickly hid under the plate and slowly began to move towards the door,
 "Prepared in the classic technique
First you pound the fish flat with a malette
Then you slash off their skin
Give their belly a slice
Then you rub some salt in
'Cause it makes it taste nice..." He reached for the lettuce dish, exposing Zap as the dragon looked up with wide eyes while the chef was surprised and since he had his legs to his sides, the chef thought he was an eel,

"Zut alors, I have missed one!" He grabbed Zap as he sang,
 "Sacre bleu, what is this?
How on earth could I miss
Such a sweet little succulent eel..." Zap was struggling to get free as the chef continued,
 "Quel Domage, what a loss
Here we go, in the sauce..." He tossed Zap into the sauce bowl,
 "Now some flour I think just a dab..." The dragon was covered in flour which was more than a dab as Zap sneezed,
 "Now I stuff you with bread
It don't hurt cause you're dead!
And you're certainly lucky you are..." Just like he said in song, Louie had stuffed Zap's face with bread, believing that Zap was dead and wouldn't risk choking him. After he was done, Zap spat out the bread as the chef finished his song,

 "Cause its gonna be hot in zat big silver pot!
Tout-aloo mon poisson
Au revior!"  Louie had tossed the dragon into the large silver pot that was on the stove with boiling water that would spell out 'Doom' for any crab, lobster or even him if he landed in there. But luckily for Zap, he held on to the rim of the pot, electrified himself and launched himself out and back onto the table, which caught Louie's attention. He grabbed the Water Dragon by the tail and looked at this strange thing,

"What is this?" At that moment, Zap, with an angry face bit Louie in the nose which made him release his grip. Zap landed on another pot on the hot stove after his first strike. The chef attempted to grab him, but Zap jumped back, making the frenchie's hand hit the hot stove instead as he reeled back in pain. It wasn't over yet since the pot that was on the stove fell off and hit his foot as the chef jumped while clenching his foot. After that was done, Louie spotted the dragon, grabbed his knives and hurled them at the retreating Zap. The dragon managed to avoid becoming a dragon kebab and slipped under the table. When Louie looked underneath for Zap, he was hit in the head by the sauce bowl that was pushed by Zap as the chef's eyes no doubt show a huge amount of rage underneath that sauce.

The Chef uber-chopped the table in rage, half hoping to kill the Dragon, but when he didn't see the dragon in pieces. He looked to his right and saw Zap retreating as he threw the hatchet. The weapon only made Zap run the other way while shocking the chef as he ran underneath him. The dragon ran to a large spice rack in hopes of taking cover from the crazy chef. He looked behind him and saw said Chef charging at him, armed with a mallet and had murder in his eyes. Zap knew that this was not going to end well, so he hid as Louie made a jump for the rack with a shriek of rage.

A large crashing sound was heard as the Skylanders were waiting at the table and chatting with either Eric and the others. Although the crashing noise caught the attention of a few of them. The maid, Carlotta noticed the noise and calmly said,

"I think I better go see what Louie's up to." A crashing sound was heard again as Carlotta ran into the kitchen with a speed that let's you know that something was wrong in the kitchen. At the same time, Louie, who's outfit was torn and looked like he was in an accident or a shipwreck was tearing the entire cabinet apart trying to find Zap, now acknowledging that he  was a dragon,

"Come out you little dragon and fight like a MAN!" He dove in again, but was interrupted by Carlotta as she shouted,

"Louie!" The chef bumped his head as her voice caught his attention. He pulled his head out of the cabinet and turned his attention to the lady as she demanded, "What are you doing!" The Chef tried to work his way around his scuffle with Zap while the effects of the dragon's power gave him a few jolts of shocks every now and then before saying,

"Eh, sorry madam." He snuffed out a small fire on his mustache with his fingers before giving Carlotta an apologetic smile before the maid stormed off with the food.

 As Grimsby suggested that Eric takes Ariel out for a tour of the kingdom, Whirlwind was wondering why Zap wasn't at the table which Gill Grunt noticed as well. Goofy noticed the absence of their electric friend as they all realized what happened and Whirlwind didn't take it too well,

"Zap got lost!?"

Wham-Shell explained, "We didn't know he was missing until we were already at the table."

Gill added, "And plus, this castle is more of a twist than a troll pretzel factory." 

Whirlwind was not having this, "That doesn't change the fact that Zap could be anywhere by now!" It wasn't until Carlotta returned with the food and overheard their conversation,

"There's no need to be worried, dear. I'm sure he'll turn up soon." The Unicorn/Dragon Hybrid sighed as the maid set her meal on the table. Carlotta noted on how heavy Whirlwind's plate was and thought that the chef made a rather large amount of Stuffed Eel. Whirlwind sighed again as she prepared to open the lid,

"I'll probably save a few for Zap when we find him." Her sorrow would soon turn to shock at the very moment she lifted the lid off her plate. What she saw would not only shock her, but surprise everyone else in the dining hall. 



Whirlwind saw her boyfriend, crouched down with his eyes shut tight and an apple in his mouth while shaking a bit. Everyone at the table was shocked to see their missing friend on a plate. Upon hearing them gasp, Zap opened his eyes, looked around at his surroundings and noticed Whirlwind in front of him with her eyes and mouth wide open. He dropped the apple out of his mouth and asked while slightly smiling,

"LOL What...are..you..doing tonight." He let out an embarrassing chuckle before face palming himself. Whirlwind asked,

"So you were under there the whole time?"

"I just got in here recently."

Carlotta realized, "I wondered why it was heavy."

Prince Eric said, "Well you seem to show up in strange places."

Zap replied, "I was once a prince, so showing up in strange places is what I do."

Goofy looked at Spyro, "This is more strange than when we invited Bugs and Daffy over for dinner."

Spyro chuckled, "Donald probably wasn't happy to see him again after what you told us about their feud over the pianos." 

"Mickey was happy to see Bugs because they go skydiving once a month. As for Daffy, we were lucky for Daisy and Tina to keep them in check." 

After Zap's embarrassing dinner, The Skylanders regrouped in the study and continued their meeting. Eye Brawl asked,

"So, the plan is make Ariel and Eric fall in love with each other and they have to kiss?"

Chill pointed out, "Eric decided to take her on a tour of the kingdom tomorrow. We also requested a few Skylanders to patrol the area around the kingdom."

Thumpback replied, "The flying Skylanders would be patrolling the skies above the kingdom and scouting out for the carriage that Ariel and Eric will be in."

Spyro looked at Sebastian, "Sebastian, you know a thing or two about romance, right? You write songs and symphonies when the idea hits you?"

Sebastian had an idea, "Yes, I do. But I could have done dat if I wasn't looking out for Ariel. But, I do know what to do when it comes to romance, music wise."

Whirlwind came up to the crab, "We'll need all the help we can get if we're going to get those two together." 

Donald spoke, "In the meantime, I suggest that you stay with Ariel. It will be nice since you want to help."

The Jamaican crab sighed, "Dat girl can be a handful." 

 Meanwhile at Atlantica, the news of Ariel's disappearance has struck everyone in the kingdom. King Triton had felt personally responsible for driving his daughter to run away from home. Even now, he's been sending out search parties for any signs of Ariel and the Skylanders. When the tiny seahorse returned, he asked,

"Any sign of them?" The seahorse reported, "No, Your Majesty. We've searched everywhere. We found no trace of your daughter or Sebastian or the Skylanders." 

He wasn't going to give up on his daughter and stated, "Well keep looking, leave no shell unturned, no coral unexplored, let no one in this kingdom sleep until she's safe at home."

The seahorse knew what the king has been going through as he bowed, "Yes, sire." As the leader of the search party left, the Sea King sat on his throne, he was filled with grief, sadness and on top of that - guilt. He felt guilty for not listening to Ariel, guilty for not being reasonable as he considered himself to be and he felt guilty for battling the Skylanders at Ariel's grotto. All he could ask was,

"Oh, What have I done? What have I done?" "A mistake that will no doubt pin you as the villain in your daughter's eyes." Said a new voice which caught Triton's attention. The king looked at the entrance to his throne room and spotted a peculiar sight. It was a human, wearing a silver helmet with three spikes on each side, blue eyes, white beard, he wore a blue robe with a sash that had different symbols on it. But the most peculiar thing about this human was the ethereal aura surrounding him. Triton was surprised,

"You're...a spirit?" The spirit stated, "I am indeed a spirit, your majesty. My name is Eon and we have much to talk about."

Triton recognized the name, "The Skylanders mentioned you when I warned Ariel about the dangers of humans." The spirit chuckled,

"A Skylander can be extremely loyal to their friends and comrades. I'm sure you've experienced how they fight and I assure you that they did it out of defense." The king knew that this was Master Eon, the same Eon that the four mentioned. He already had enough guilt over destroying Ariel's human relics, so he wouldn't turn down the human spirit because of it as said spirit noticed his mood,

"I understand what you are going through, your majesty. You have made a mistake and now your youngest daughter ran away."

"I understand that she hates me for it. I failed to listen to her, to her friends and destroyed everything that made her happy."

"The life of a single father of seven is a burden to bear when the youngest is the most adventurous."

"I just want her home and to tell her I'm sorry."

"There's no need to send out search parties. I can assure you that your daughter is safe and sound under the protection of the Skylanders."

"You mean..." "She's safe with the Skylanders, but I sense a sinister plot at work and whatever is going on, the Skylanders will be ready."

"I'm happy to know she's safe and seeing how those four fight to protect her, I'll have to put my faith in the Skylanders to keep her safe."

"You have my word and that extends to the rest of the Skylanders." Triton was relieved to know that should anything happen to Ariel, she'll be protected by a group of honorable heroes, wherever she is. 

But the king had a feeling that Eon had more than just telling him that the Skylanders will protect his youngest as he asked the spirit, "What made you decide to talk to me?"

Master Eon snapped his fingers as a crystal appeared between the merman and the human spirit, "This crystal attached itself to the Portal of Power and served as a key to entering this world. Most scholars and investigators have figured out that this crystal was responsible for sending the Skylanders to this world and due to its appearance being the prongs of a trident, I sought you out for answers." 

Triton was surprised by this, not only was he talking to a human spirit from the same world that the Skylanders came from, he was surprised by the object that he was asked about. The Merman pointed out, "I know that crystal and all my years as King, that crystal has only ever existed in an old merpeople legend told throughout the ages."

Eon was curious, "I am interested in hearing this tale."

The Sea-King waved his trident as an image appeared between the two, "This story was of an old friendship between land and sea, the symbol of that friendship and how it was lost due to a betrayal. This is the legend of the crystal named 'Poseidon's Trident.'" 

The next day came as Eric and Ariel left as the Skylanders departed for their kingdom patrol. Stealth Elf shadowed the couple, watching the former mermaid notice with wonder. She had seen her with things, from a puppet show to Ariel and Eric dancing, all while being asked by Flounder and Scuttle if they had kissed yet which she replied with, 'Not yet.' The flying Skylanders have noticed that the carriage left the town and was heading to a nearby countryside. But to make matters bad, Eric had given Ariel the reins as she took control of the horses pulling the carriage - making it go faster and bumpier. The fast moving carriage had jumped a chasm which almost made them hold their breath on it. But the couple landed safely on the other side of the chasm as the ride began to smooth out to the relief of the patrolling Skylanders. Afterwards as the evening rolled around, the Skylanders spotted the couple on a rowboat. Although, it didn't look like they were doing anything. Scuttle suggested that they sing in a way to compel the two to kiss. But when that seagull attempted to sing which was horrible to say the least and with Eric suggesting that someone should find that bird and put him out of his misery. Sebastian decided to take matters into his own claws which the Skylanders agreed. 

Thy needed to set up the mood and with the local aquatic wild life, Sebastian had composed his number as he sang,

"There you see her, 
Sitting there across the way.
She don't got a lot to say, 
but there's something about her.

And you don't know why, 
but you're dyin' to try, 
you wanna kiss the girl."

Thumpback pulled Sebastian away when Prince Eric heard his voice, "Did you hear something?"

The Skylanders were hiding in the trees, the Water Skylanders were hiding in the water as they sang,

"Yes, you want her, Look at her you know you do.
Possible she wants you too, There is one way to ask her.
You don't take a word,
Not a single word, 
Go on and Kiss the Girl."

Sebastian said, "Sing with me now."

"Shala-la-la-la-la, My,oh,my, 
look like the boy to shy 
He ain't gonna kiss the girl.

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, Ain't that sad?
Ain't it a shame?
Too bad, He gonna miss the girl"

When Prince Eric was trying to find out her name and kept randomly guessing, Gill popped up from the water and whispered,

"Ariel, her name is Ariel."

The Prince asked, "Ariel?" She nodded. He asked again, "Ariel?" She nodded again. He decided, "That's kinda pretty." Wham-Shell and Sebastian began singing as the boat made its way into the shade of a tree,

"Now's your moment,
Floating in a blue lagoon,
Boy, you better do it soon,
No time will be better."

Spyro hid in the branches above and sang,

"She don't say a word and she won't say a word until ya kiss the girl."

Every fish and Skylander made the boat rotate as they sang,

"Sha-la-la-la-la-la, Don't be scared,
You got the mood prepared,
Go on and Kiss the Girl.

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, Don't stop now,
Don't try and hide it how you wanna Kiss the Girl.
Whoah, Whoah,

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, Float along and listen to this song.
Song say Kiss the Girl.
Whoah-Whoah.

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, Music play,
Do what the music say,
You gotta Kiss the Girl."

Everyone was getting excited because Ariel and Eric were actually going to kiss. The Skylanders were hoping to complete what they were doing so they can go home, back to their Portal Masters. They still continued to sing,

"Kiss the Girl

Why don't you, Kiss the Girl."

The Flying Skylanders were amazed how this well this all turned out.

"Go on and Kiss the Girl."

Wham-Shell was with Sebastian and Scuttle when the crab shook the seagull and both sang

"Go on and Kiss the Girl."

But their success was in a downfall when they saw the boat tip over. Sebastian face-clawed, well almost every Skylander followed Sebastian's face claw, well since half were Equestrian Skylanders, they face-hooved. But what they didn't know is that the boat tipping over wasn't an accident - it was intentional since nobody noticed two familiar eels snickering fiendishly. Donald, Goofy and Zap noticed them for a split second before they swam away. The dragon noticed,

"Those looked like the eels that serve Ursula." 

Goofy nodded and said, "But what were they doing out here?"

As the dragon, dog and duck turned to see Eric helping Ariel up and then back to where the eels disappeared, Donald could only say,

"I've got a bad feeling about this."