Meanwhile, Atticus and Ariel were just beginning on their punishment. Ariel grunted, but she finally got one barnacle loose that she had been struggling with since they started. She groaned as she had a lot more to go, but at least Atticus was helping.
A familiar yellow and blue fish was swimming around. "Live from the Catfish Club, it's Flounder!" he cheered, then mocked a crowd for himself to cheer.
Atticus began to pull off more barnacles and where they were easy for him with his strength as one to two barnacles came off. 'Sheesh, how many barnacles are there?' he thought.
Flounder kept swimming and having fun with the bubbles.
Ariel got bored and came to the fish. "Hey, was that what I think it was?"
Flounder got scared since he had made music and it was forbidden. "What?"
"That sound." Ariel pointed.
"Oh, that sound... I-I was just cleaning these out..." Flounder smiled nervously.
Atticus joined ariel.
"Yeah that sound." Atticus said. "Could you do it again?"
"Please?" Ariel begged the fish.
Before Flounder could do anything, a couple of swordfish came to his sides, looking menacing like police officers.
"Halt, you are in violation of King Triton's acts!" one of the fish snapped.
"All music is forbidden in the kingdom!" the other added fiercely.
"Not good..." Flounder was nervous, then grabbed Ariel and Atticus's hands. "SWIM!" He swam quickly with them to avoid the swordfish.
Atticus and Ariel joined him trying to avoid and escape the swordfish.
The swordfish tried to gain on them, not seeming to care Ariel was and Atticus technically was royalty. There was prickly coral coming up, but Flounder knew how to get by it swiftly, though Ariel and Atticus had trouble with it. The swordfish simply crashed through it. They even went through a cavern, but Flounder got caught in the hole, again, and struggled to get himself out.
"Fish launch!" Atticus and Ariel called out as the swordfish were now getting closer and the two cousins used their tail fins to launch flounder out of the hole.
Flounder squeaked once he got out and smiled up to Ariel and Atticus when they came out the bigger hole and they continued their escape. The swordfish came out from the sides, then spotted their victims, swimming after them to Atlantica's kingdom.
"My name's Flounder!" the yellow fish introduced himself.
"I'm Ariel." the mermaid princess said to their new friend.
"And I'm Atticus." her cousin added, saying to their new friend.
Flounder smiled to his new friends.
Ariel looked ahead and saw an angry Sebastian. "Oh, no!" she cried, trying to stop herself.
Sebastian gasped, but Ariel stopped and her hair flopped onto him as he tried to duck for cover.
'Oh, no, why did he have to be out here now?' Atticus thought while looking at Sebastian.
"Princess Ariel!" Sebastian got himself sorted out. "What is the meaning of this?"
"Princess?" Flounder didn't know Ariel was a princess.
Ariel smiled to them nervously. "Um, we weren't doing anything!"
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The Mermaid Beginning
FanfictionIt's summer vacation, Atticus has been having unusual dreams about being in the water, but not exactly drowning. His family seems to wonder about this, but his mother reveals to him that she is the former Queen Athena's sister and that they are cons...
