The Little Merman

The "Wedding"

The wedding boat departs from the dock. Ariel stands at the docks watching. He sinks to the ground, burying his head and cries. Sebastian looks up at him and sadly bows his head. A tear rolls down his cheek and falls in the water. Nearby Flounder cries too.

Over the ship, Scuttle swoops down over the sky.

What a lovely little bride I'll make, my dear I'll look divine

Things are working out according to my ultimate design

Soon I'll have that little mermaid and the ocean will be mine

Scuttle peeks through a porthole to see Vanessa singing to herself. She throws a hairpin at the Angel figure in her mirror. He gulps, realizing the bride is not Ariel. Vanessa steps onto her vanity, crushing a bottle. She twirls around and pulls the mirror towards her. Scuttle sees her reflection is that of Ursula.

"The sea witch! Oh no... She's- I gotta..." Scuttle panted worriedly.

In a rush to leave, he bumps his head on the porthole. He flies back to Ariel.

"Ariel! Ariel! Ariel. I was flying, I wa - of course I was flying - An' - I s- I saw that the watch - the witch was watchin' a mirror, and she was singin' with a stolen set o' pipes!" Scuttle stuttered.

Scuttle picks up Sebastian and clanks him against the ground repeatedly.

Scuttle yelled, slamming Sebastian on the dock, "Do you hear what I'm tellin' you? The prince is marrying the sea witch in disguise!

Ariel drops his jaw, looking back to the boat.

"Are you sure about this?" Sebastian asks, rubbing his head

"Have I ever been wrong? I mean when it's important!" Scuttle corrected himself.

"What are we gonna do!?" Flounder panicked.

Ariel looks to the setting sun and hears Ursula's voice in her head.

Before the sun sets on the third day...

Ariel leaps into the water and splashes around helplessly. Sebastian cuts free some barrels for Ariel to hang onto.

"Ariel, grab on to that. Flounder, get her to that boat as fast as your fins can carry you!" Sebastian ordered.

"I'll try!" Flounder confidently said, looping himself onto the rope and pulls Ariel along to the boat.

"I've gotta get to the sea king. He must know about this." Sebastian muttered, jumping into the water.

"What - What about me? What about me?" Scuttle asked Sebastian.

"You - find a way to stall that wedding!" Sebastian demanded.

"Stall the wedding. Wh- what am I - what - that's it!" Scuttle had a lightbulb moment.

Scuttle squawks and takes off for the lagoon, alerting the other birds. Bluebirds and flamingos follow him. Starfish, lobsters, dolphins, and sea lions look up. The animals follow Scuttle.

"Move it, let's go, we got an emergency here!" Scuttle yelled, the animals following him to the boat.

Vanessa and Wren walk down the aisle. Max snarls at her as she passes by and she kicks him, Max whimpering. A short bishop stands at the end of the aisle.

"Dearly beloved . . ." The bishop begane, not noticing the anxious crowd.

Flounder pulls Ariel, gasping, "Don't worry Ariel. ugh - we - we're gonna make it. We're almost there."

"Yes, um, do you Eric, take Vanessa, to be your lawfully wedded wife, for as long as you both shall live?" The bishop continued, blind to the chaos and anxiety.