Cherry Meets The Little Mermaid

chapter 8

Cherry bashed against some coral, sharks and other marine biology as the eels kept dragging her. She then tried her best not to scream or gasp in fear as she saw Ursula for the first time, face to face.

"Nice work, boys," Ursula spoke as she watched everything above Atlantica in a crystal ball. "That was a close one." her smile turned into a deep scowl. "Too close! That good for nothing brat! She's better than I expected! And who do we have here? A fish out of water?" Ursula joked and pinched Cherry's cheek as she tried to pull the human girl into her grasp.

Cherry slammed Ursula's hand away from her and she did her best to swim to the surface. She gasped out as she was free from any ocean prison she might have encountered if kidnapped.

"Cherry!" Michelle dashed over and picked up her daughter in her hands. "Thank goodness you're okay! We were worried something might have happened to you!"

"Mom!" Cherry coughed a little.

"Come on, we need to get you inside, you must not swim after bedtime, I know we're on vacation, but please respect my wishes." Michelle took Cherry inside the hut and tucked her in.

Cherry couldn't help but wonder what would happen under water. She then remembered her book was an accurate description of the adventure she was enduring. Thinking quickly, the plucky 10-year-old girl took out her book and flipped through the pages to find the old sea witch in her cupboard.

She read about Ursula taking Ariel's voice and turning into a very beautiful woman named Vanessa with Ariel's voice! Cherry wasn't sure how, but she knew she had to stop this mess! The question was just how. It was very late and she'd probably get into serious trouble if she tried to sneak out of the hut again. The girl then fell asleep, clutching the book in her hands.

The next morning, the family shared a typical breakfast together with scrambled eggs, bacon and juice. Not too long, there came a knock at the door.

"I wonder who that could be." Bud wondered, got up and went to the door and saw it was Grimsby. "Oh, good day sir."

"Good day to you, family." Grimsby greeted warmly. "I'd just like to inform and invite you to the wedding of Prince Eric and his lovely new fiancée."

Cherry's eyes widened and she felt excited as she thought she knew what was going on. Eric was going to marry Ariel and they would all live happily ever after together!

"Would you folks like to come to the wedding?" Grimsby offered.

"That'd be a nice way to end our vacation." Michelle smiled. "We'll be there."

"Count me in!" Cherry said, with excitement.

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Later on, Cherry went to tell everyone the good news and found Ariel. Sebastian couldn't understand what the girl could be going on about since she was so excited she could barely speak.

"What are you babbling about, girl?" Sebastian asked.

"Oh, don't tell me you haven't heard," Cherry was about to say, but then Scuttle flew in.

"The whole town's talking about the prince getting hitched this afternoon!" he squawked.

"Hey, no fair, I was just telling them that!" Cherry sneered.

"I told them for you." Scuttle laughed.

Ariel smiled excitedly and pulled Cherry into a tight hug. The girls then walked down the staircase, but Ariel couldn't believe her eyes as she looked down to see Eric with a different woman. Cherry couldn't believe it either, she was feeling very distraught for Ariel. There was some strange new girl with ebony hair, sapphire eyes, a sea shell necklace and black dress.