Return to the Sea

Cherry was in her home, feeling to be in great grief. She had been crying endlessly in her bedroom and then she noticed that to her door, paper was being pushed underneath the crack. Cherry went to the door opened it, looked around, but saw no one there. She then picked up the letter to see it was from her old friends, Prince Eric and Ariel, the former little mermaid. There was an invitation to the celebration of the birth of their new child, a little girl named Melody.

"Eric and Ariel had a kid... Wow..." Cherry muttered, wondering if she should go or not.

It was then decided by herself that Cherry would go, despite her sadness. Maybe this celebration would get her mind off things that had been making her depressed lately. Cherry rubbed the back of her neck, it having been bitten by a vampire, making her age 19 permanent on her birthday. Not only that, but it reminded her of why she was so depressed lately. Even more so than usual.

Cherry stepped out to see the mysterious place she had visited once with her parents and older brother, reading about mermaids and being able to see one. That one was Ariel, who had a similar feeling. Ariel wanted to meet humans and eventually fell in love with one, Eric, even if at first, King Triton disproved of the notion. The sea creatures all sang about Ariel coming. They were so excited and it spread through the ocean. Cherry kept walking as a large ship was also coming to meet King Triton, Melody's grandfather, and Ariel's sisters, Melody's aunts.

Attina, the oldest and responsible and wore a crown once belonging to their mother, Queen Athena. Alana, the next daughter and was said to be the glamorous sister. Aquata, the tough, and obsessive-compulsive sister. Arista, the fun-loving sister. Adella, the most boy crazy, probably jealous of Ariel for being married before her. And finally, Adrina, the witty and practical joker. They were all very excited to meet their new niece as well as anyone else.

Cherry slid off her shoes, then went into the water and joined the merpeople and sea creatures to meet little Melody. She smiled as she reunited with some of the others such as Sebastian and Flounder, then looked up to see Ariel, a little older now, and had her baby daughter in her arms. Melody took after both her parents, she had black hair like Eric, and ocean blue eyes like Ariel. The perfect combination of the two.

It was such a beautiful day and Ariel was singing as she was blessed with her newborn baby daughter. Even Sebastian got emotional over the powerful song. Cherry climbed up on board to meet the baby.

"Hey, there..." Cherry greeted softly to the infant.

Melody cooed and babbled to her, clapping her tiny hands together.

"Her name is Melody." Ariel said.

"That's a perfect name for her." Cherry said softly.

"Are you all right, Cherry?" Eric asked.

"Well, it's not important... I'll tell you later..." Cherry said as knight merman came from the ocean and allowed King Triton to come meet his new grandchild.

The others on board smiled fondly at the Atlantican king as he came to meet Melody. He was lifted by a big ocean sprout of water. Even Ariel's sisters were very happy about the display. Melody giggled once she met her grandfather. Triton lightly stroked her very soft face and was very happy that day, for his daughter to be having a child, for being a grandfather, he was just very happy today.

Triton lifted his best trinket in the air and made a rainbow appear for everyone's joy to continue. The merpeople and sea creatures cheered. A sailor on the top deck threw flower petals down for Melody.

"My precious Melody," Triton took out a locket with a shell charm on it. "I'm giving you this locket, so that you will never forget that part of your heart will always belong to the sea."