The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning Page #3

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# Endless sky

# Waves try to measure the days

# That we treasure

# And I

# I remember

# I remember music

# And I'm never going back

to the silent law they wrote

# I will sing in every tempo

Every last chromatic note

# For I, I remember her

# I remember music

# And I remember

- # Love

- This can't happen!

- # Love #

- Your father is the king!

Swifty.

Do you promise to jump, jive, wail,

groove, rock steady,

and lend a helping hand

to your fellow music lovers?

- I do.

- She's in.

Good morning, Your Highness.

Sebastian. Marina.

- [gasps]

- Good morning, Your Majesty.

I have a problem.

- It's Ariel.

- Ariel? I...

Finally! So you see it, too? Oh, yes.

She's rebellious, insubordinate,

headstrong.

We need to immediately implement

a series of checks and balances

designed to crush her spirit.

What? Too harsh?

Absolutely! Your Highness,

she is young, going through a phase.

I don't remember having this much

trouble with any of her sisters.

I do! They're all a handful.

We should shave their heads.

- [yelps]

- Just kidding.

- Alana wasn't difficult at all.

- Yes, Your Majesty.

But Arista and the blowfish incident,

remember?

Oh! It took weeks

to clean up the palace.

And how about Aquata

and that stingray?

- I can still feel it.

- Well...

Or the time Attina got her head

stuck in the conch shell.

That was me.

Well, perhaps you're right, Sebastian.

Still, it seems Marina

could use some help.

I want you to look after Ariel.

No offense, Marina.

None taken.

- Soft shell. Stick eye.

- Tardy girl. Fish lips.

- Backstabber. Bottom feeder!

- Fashion disaster. Babysitter!

Dismissed.

[humming]

# La, la, la, la, la

What?

What?

- Uh... You were humming.

- [gasps] I was?

- Out loud.

- Don't worry.

- It was just a dream.

- I'll tell you what wasn't a dream.

- We woke up at midnight.

- And your bed was still empty.

- Really?

- Yeah. That is two hours past curfew.

- Oh.

- Ooh, was it a boy?

- If it's a boy, I'm gonna die.

- Ugh... Drama.

I mean, I'm happy for you, Ariel.

It's just that I'm two years

older than you,

and the only one I've come

even close to kissing is Stevie.

- Ew! Squid-Lips Stevie?

- It was on a dare.

- Whatever.

- Girls, let's stick to the subject.

Well, it wasn't a boy, OK?

I was just helping a friend.

Out past the kelp forest.

Ooh! Past the kelp forest.

It wasn't a boy.

- It was a bad boy.

- [gasping]

- Oh, Ariel.

- Simmer down there, sister.

- So you were just helping a friend?

- Um... Yep.

Then, where'd you get... this!

[all gasp]

[Attina] Can you imagine

what'd happen if Dad found it?

- He's never here.

- Don't get cute with me.

This is serious. Where were you?

I was just... listening to music

in an underground club.

OK, where were you really?

- [gasping] Listening to music?

- No way.

- What was it like?

- Come on. Spill it.

[laughs] Oh, it was amazing.

The energy, the dancing, the music...

Just makes you feel like...

Like what?

Like when Mom was here.

[murmuring]

Ariel, I wanna hear it, too.

- You do?

- Me, too.

- OK. Me, too.

- Me, too! Me, too!

- Not without me.

- Yeah. Everybody does.

Please, Ariel. Please?

- Well...

- Oh!

- We'll go tonight.

- I'm so excited!

- Music!

- What should I wear?

So you think there'll be boys?

- One way to find out.

- This is not happening!

You go again and I...

- Oh, lighten up.

- Come on.

[all] Mmm?

- OK.

- [all cheering]

Come on, girls. Uppy-up.

- Morning.

- They're early.

Yes. But why?

Get your sea kelp. Salty or extra salty.

Hey, Ray-Ray. You gonna

rock the house tonight?

Well, wouldn't be here

just for the halibut.

- Oh, Ray-Ray.

- This is so exciting!

Hey, you're in my personal space.

- Stop pushing me.

- OK, bossy. Whatever.

[up-tempo music plays]

- [all] Music!

- I know! Isn't it fantastic?

- And we're here together!

- Yeah!

Boys, here I come!

[chuckling]

Wow. This really is... fantastic.

- Yeah. I'm scared!

- Me, too.

- I thought I was the only one.

- No, no, no, no...

[Swifty] Ladies and gentlemen,

The Catfish Club is proud to present...

Let's just go!

...the original rock lobster.

The one, the only, red tornado!

[all cheering]

# Chick-a-chicka, chick-a-chicka, hey!

- # All right, mon

- [both] Sebastian?

- Way to go, Sebastian!

- I love you, Sebastian.

- Hi!

- Whoo!

OK. Where are the boys?

Are you a boy? Good enough.

Whoa! I'm Adella.

This is the most exciting thing

that's ever happened to me!

- Would you like to dance?

- No, thanks.

- Let's dance.

- No, thanks.

Would ya like to dance?

[growls] I can't dance, OK?

I'm a mermaid with no grace.

I look like a spastic piece of kelp.

Let's go.

Seriously. No, I mean it.

You guys, I can't...

Come on.

- That's it!

- You've got it!

She really can't dance.

- Oh, wow!

- Yeah!

There ain't no problem with that.

Ah-cha, cha, cha.

Thank you.

You were right, Ariel.

Mom would've loved this.

- Yeah.

- [both] Thanks!

- You're the best.

- Really.

- [yelling]

- Ha!

[all] Whoo-hoo! [laughing]

- Huh?

- Whoo!

Ha!

We be jammin', mon.

That's right!

- Good night, Ariel.

- Good night, Andrina.

Zap-it-y-do-dah, zow!

- [laughs] Night, Arista.

- Sweet dreams, Ariel.

- You, too, Alana.

- Good night, Adella.

I still didn't get to kiss a boy.

- Good night, Aquata.

- Night.

[snoring]

Good night, Attina.

Your Highness.

We need to talk.

[up-tempo music plays]

- [door thudding]

- [all scream]

Jumpin' jellyfish!

- [all yelling]

- Quick! This way!

- [swordfish grumbling]

- Hi.

[all sighing]

This is how you watch over

my daughter?

- Sire, I...

- I trusted you.

Sire.

Guards! Lock him away.

- What? No!

- Lock them all away!

- But, Your Majesty, please!

- Come on. Let's move it.

- I'm with the band.

- Sure you are, kid.

Marina, you will take over

Sebastian's duties immediately.

As you wish.

- Attina, take your sisters home.

- Yes, sir.

- Father, you can't do this!

- It's already done!

Aah!

- You are all confined to the palace.

- Yes, Father.

Why don't you just lock us in jail?

Ariel, you are confined to the palace

until you understand what you've done.

What did we do? Tell me, Daddy...

- Ariel, leave it alone.

- No.

We haven't done anything wrong.

All we did was listen to music.

- Which you know is forbidden!

- But why? Why can't we have music?

- This discussion is over.

- Just tell me!

I do not have to explain myself to you.

I don't understand. We love music.

I will not have music in my kingdom!

I may not remember much

about my mother,

but I know she wouldn't have

wanted this.

[sobbing]

Attina?

You just don't know when to quit.

What?

It's over, Ariel.

But... we were finally happy.

Look around, Ariel.

No one's happy.

Yahoo!

- Who is that?

- I don't know, but she scares me.

Whee!

Uh! Don't touch me.

Benjamin, tear out those puny windows.

- Rip down those narrow walls.

- Oh, no.

This is just the beginning.

I want a balcony

so I can wave down

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