Cherry Meets The Little Mermaid

chapter 9

Cherry was in her pink and fluffy wedding dress handed down from Eric's family. She held a woven basket in her hand full of beautiful flowers. Everyone looked at her with wonder and awe as she looked the most adorable, even though she was 10 years old and probably too old to be a flower girl. Then again, she was always a little short for her age. She gulped hard as she looked up to see Ursula in the persona of Vanessa in the wedding gown as she linked arms with Eric as the sun was about to set.

Cherry tossed flowers anxiously as Eric and Vanessa followed her down the aisle. However, the disguise was detected by the sheep dog Max. He seemed to have some evil detection in him as he growled menacingly at Vanessa. The dark-haired girl was not amused and kicked the dog and continued to walk down the aisle with her soon to be husband. Cherry went back to sit with her parents and brother as the priest greeted the bride and groom.

"Dearly beloved," he cleared his throat.

Cherry looked back to see if anyone could stop this wedding since she couldn't clearly do it herself. The sun was setting closer and closer. Vanessa looked back with an evil snicker.

"Now, do you, Eric take Vanessa as your lawfully wedded wife, for long as you both shall live?" the priest asked.

"I do." Eric droned, still under a trance.

The priest was speaking with Vanessa and Cherry looked down with bitter sorrow. Her eyes then lit up as she looked up to see seals, starfish and seagulls invading on the wedding, mainly to attack Vanessa. Cherry laughed at the unfortunate events on the old bridezilla and her parents glared at her.

"By the power vested," the priest stopped for a moment in confusion. "Is this part of the wedding?"

"Get away from me!" Vanessa ripped a starfish off against her mouth. Ariel then made it on time as Scuttle squawked loudly in the wicked witch's face. Vanessa then grabbed the seagull by his throat. "WHY, YOU LITTLE-"

Cherry then got from her seat, despite her parents' and brother's protests and yanked off Vanessa's seashell necklace. Vanessa growled at her.

"Give that back, you little brat!" she demanded.

"No!" Cherry cried, running with it.

"Cherry, you give that back to the bride right now!" Cherry's father demanded in a stern voice, surprised that he would actually have to scold his daughter.

Cherry didn't listen and smashed the necklace against the floor. The necklace shattered all over and everyone gasped in shock. The adults were about to ground Cherry, but then, something amazing happened. The shattered pieces were in front of Ariel, and Ariel let out a song in her heart, just pulling Eric out of the trance. Everyone looked with shock and Vanessa was seething angry.

"Ariel?" Eric wondered.

"Eric!" Ariel exclaimed as Max licked her face.

"You can talk?" Eric went to the red-head. "You're the one!" he ran up to her and hugged her tight.

"Eric! Get away from her!" Vanessa said in Ursula's voice, causing her to cup her mouth.

"Looks like the cat-fish is out of the bag." Cherry chuckled at the villainess.

"It was you all the time." Eric said happily.

"Oh Eric, I wanted to tell you..." Ariel took his hands.

"ERIC, NO!" Vanessa's voice was like Ursula's and she was slowly weakening back into her.

The sun setted and Ariel turned back into a mermaid. Just like in the deal. Cherry's family looked with surprise that Ariel had indeed been a mermaid and they looked back at Cherry with astonished looks. Cherry had been right about mermaids and their existence after all. Especially Ariel.

"Ariel, you're a mermaid?" Eric glanced at the sudden mertail and disappearance of the legs.

"Yes." Ariel responded, sadly.

"You're too LATE!" Vanessa smiled evilly. "YOU'RE ALL TOO LATE!"

Lightning flashed through the sky and Vanessa transformed back into Ursula. Cherry rushed to her family and shivered with sudden fear and alarm. Ursula laughed evilly and her booming laughter shook all around the ship and she grabbed Ariel.

"Ariel!" Eric cried as Ursula pulled Ariel under the sea.

"Oh, no!" Cherry moaned, wondering what to do next.