Ladyhawke

Chapter 4: No one Understands

Late that night everyone in the castle was asleep as Ariel slipped in through the large opening into her bedroom but had a hard time falling asleep all she could think of was Eric she tossed and turned several times before she finally couldn't take it anymore and sat on the seal of the opening until morning when her sisters called her down for breakfast. She slowly swam downstairs to the eating area that had a large table seated for eight underneath a large shell chandelier as she took her seat on close to the end between her father and her sister Alana "Oh my gosh...

Cinderella slept fitfully. Her room was far larger than she was used to. The soft blankets and bed helped calm her... a little, but the unfamiliarness of the room made her uneasy and her sleep erratic.

She dreamed of a castle dark and mysterious. It was empty except for her. She wandered the halls aimlessly with no directions just to go forward.

"Beast." She mumbled. She didn't know why but she kept seeing his face in her dream. Something in the castle was calling to her but she couldn't figure out who or what it was. She new it was important but she couldn't grasp what it was or why it was...

The next morning in Atlantis, Ariel heads out to surface, even though she's forbidden to do so. "Ariel! I told you dis was a bad idea!" Ariel's companion, Sebastian exclaims. "Sebastian, this is only a one-time thing. I promise you, that we will make it back to Atlantis by sunset." Ariel tries to calm her red crab. "Alrighty then I guess- SUNSET?! NO NO NO NO! This is unacceptable!" Ariel had already left the minute Sebastian started yelling again. She had just seen a young man's body laying on the sandy beach. Ariel arrives near him and she checks if he is still alive. "He's still breathing."...