Eloise at the Wedding

chapter 5

After a few rings, he finally got an answer as Atticus's image showed on the crystal ball.

"Ah, Atticus, my boy, it's been too long..." Drell smiled peacefully at first.

"Uh, yeah, what's up?" Atticus sounded rushed. "Sorry, but wedding planning is a lot of work."

"Well, about that, see, the wedding is gonna kinda have to be postponed for a while..." Drell grinned nervously.

"What do you mean?" Atticus asked.

"Well..." Drell rubebd the back of his neck anxiously. "I can't go under the sea to get the groom in place."

"What're you saying?" Atticus sounded hurt. "You won't let my little sister be with the one she loves?"

"No, it's not that it at all!" Drell tried to explain.

"Then why won't you go get Urchin?" Atticus asked.

"I... I can't say..." Drell pouted. "I just... I just can't get Urchin..."

Atticus glared. "Drell, let my sister finally be happy!"

"I just can't right now, Atticus!" Drell replied.

"IT'S BECAUSE VANESSA IS COMING BACK AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!" Penelope yelled.

Drell flinched and glared to his daughter.

"What?" Penelope defended. "If I didn't say anything, you guys would have an argument and misunderstanding, then in the very end, all would revealed, you'd work together, then defeat the bad guy, blah, blah, blah, then you hug and make up like a cliche fairy tale movie, especially what with Ariel and Prince Eric having babies..."

"Wait, what did you just say?" Atticus asked.

"Nothing!" Drell shoved his daughter aside with a nervous grin. "Uh, so anyway, postpone the wedding."

"Not until Penelope repeats what she just said about Ariel and Eric having babies." Atticus said, arms crossed.

"She's grounded!" Drell made up.

Penelope weakly stood up and shook her head. "You mean you haven't heard about Melody?"

"Oh, that, yes, I actually did hear about that," Atticus said. "And have even met her."

"Oh... Then this was totally pointless..." Penelope chuckled nervously.

"Yeah, anyways, who's Vanessa? I thought she was only Ursula's human disguise." Atticus said.

"Well, in a way, yes," Drell explained. "Vanessa is also the name of Ursula and Morgana's mother. About a century after I left Hilda at the altar, I just felt empty and meaningless. I then took a walk on the beach and there, I met a very interesting specimen... Vanessa the Octopid... We became close friends and we even went to places together... It was a lot of fun... Until we ended up into Moonscar Island in Louisiana."

"And let me guess, that's where her crazy and evil side showed, right?" Atticus asked.

"Yes," Drell confirmed. "She grew envious of Simone Lenoir and Lena Dupree. She was jealous that they had all that power and control, it influenced her... That's what made her favor Ursula over Morgana since Ursula was a lot better at dark and evil magic."

"Yeah, so I've heard." Atticus said.

"She tried to make me into her new husband..." Drell explained.

"So, what happened to Morgana and Ursula's father?" Atticus asked.

"He... He was killed by Vanessa..." Drell replied softly.