Ariel

[ariel]

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.:Name:. Ariel
.:Nick Name:. The Little Mermaid
.:Affiliation:. Good
.:Status:. Hero, Nobility (Princess)

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.:Physical Appearance:. Red hair, tall, blue eyes, fins.
.:Height:. 5'7
.:Portrayed by:. Johanna Garcia Swisher

| ~ • ~ | Personality | ~ • ~ |

.:Personality:. Smart, ah yes so I suppose I would be considered smart because even though I have the capacity of getting into trouble I usually can figure a way to get myself out of it. It's not the typical book smarts though, as it's so much more than that.



Musically inclined- I can sing with every fiber of my being, and it sounds almost angelic. It is my voice that Eric was able to recognize first, before he had known what my face looked like.



Warm- Despite being from the sea, one would think that mermaids such as I would not be as warm to others, given what people think of us, it's not that we are "bad" or anything. I am warm to anyone who deserves to be treated with the respect they have given me.



Honest- I have never been one to outright lie to anyone. (although sometimes I have a hard time saying the truth because I'm afraid of rejection especially from someone I love.)



Loving- When I love, I love with everything that is within me. This goes to whether I love you as a friend, as a family member or like in Eric's case, someone whom I'd travel the world in order to be with again.



Trusting- This can either be a good thing or a bad thing, but I'm willing to trust anyone that will help me. No matter what it is, this is especially a dangerous quality given in Storybrooke one can never be one hundred percent certain who to trust and who not to.



Courageous- When it comes to doing things that are dangerous I have a tendency to run right for it instead of against it. Which doesn't help due to my adventurous spirit. Flounder always tried to reign that in, but he never could.



Brave- Even in the face of danger when someone I care about is in trouble, I'm not going to just sit on the sidelines and do nothing about it. If it means risking my own life for them, so be it.

.:Strengths:. Compassionate, strong, Loyal
.:Weaknesses:. Eric, my tail (at times), Not knowing enough about humans (such as objects), The belief that there's good in everyone.

| ~ • ~ | History | ~ • ~ |

.:Birthplace:. Atlantica
.:Family:. King Triton. Athena, 6 sisters
.:Occupation:. palaeontologists (study all life forms)
.:History:. Before the Curse:

They say that no one knows the sea’s calling better than a mermaid herself. And if this is true, this is my story. I was born in Atlantica. I was the last of seven children, all daughters. My sisters were each a year a part so we were all relatively close in age. As a small girl, I stuck close by my mother. I idolized her voice, her music. Did I forget to mention I’m a princess? Yes, my father is King Triton, and my mother, is Queen Athena. They’re loving souls, friendly to all who meet them. They of course inspired so many around the kingdom, myself included. Music was something that was always encouraged. My mother liked it, she said it gave her the happiest feeling in the entire world, aside from father and of course my sisters and I. Stories were always told and there was nothing I loved more than hearing my mother sing. The stories that were shared had made me develop an interest in humans. Especially hearing all that they could do. How they didn’t live in the water but up on land. How they walked and did everything.



But life wasn’t always to be as serene and peaceful as it had been. When I was a young mergirl, my mother and father were celebrating their anniversary. They took my sisters and I along with them, as a family celebration. My father had given my mother a music box that had been filled with their song. Everything was fine up until pirates showed up. My father scooped all but my eldest sister and was able to swim away with us. My mother realized that my sister was going to die, because her tail was stuck between two rocks. So my mother pushed the rock out of the way allotting for my sister to get away. My mother, realized that she had left the music box and so she went back to get it. It was then that the pirates ship grew too close to her and she was lost to us forever. Her death signified the end of everything that was truly happy. Music was banned from the kingdom. We all were upset having lost my mother. But we were as upset that we no longer had music. My sisters and I were all displeased at this rule. We wanted to be able to sing and to dance just like before. But father refused it. He just didn’t understand that we all wanted to keep the tradition that mother started alive.



When Sebastian and a few others snuck away to the Catfish Club, where they were part of the band they had to do so without letting my father know. I was the first to discover what Sebastian and the others were doing. They all ran at the sight of me, thinking I was going to tell my father. I was initiated into their little club, and I did so after singing a tune about how I would always love music and to honor my mother with it. But I never did tell anyone. I kept going, without father knowing. Then one day, my sisters seemed to catch on to what I was doing and followed. On that day my sisters and I were curious and had followed them. We didn't tell father of what we had seen because we were having fun. I was able to be with Sebastian and Flounder, as well as my sisters. It was all great fun.



Of course this was not the only time that I would find myself breaking the rules that my father had laid down. He didn't want any of us to have any contact with anyone not from the sea. Said it would get us killed. But of course, I was stubborn and curious. And I fell in love with watching the boats. The people. One particular human turned my world upside down. It was the day a ship had wrecked. There was a man that had fallen into the sea, and I rescued him. I took him ashore and I thought that would be the last I would see of him. But it was then, looking into his eyes however briefly it was, that I had truly fallen in love with him. I also had been able to sing to him, something of which later I'd learn he looked for me, for my voice. After returning back into the sea, I think it was easy to say that I had changed, that saving this man had changed me. I wanted to learn more about humans, and to keep taking little trinkets that I found upon the ocean floor. I put them in my secret cave, one that only I went to. One that I was sure my father would never find.



Flounder was the only one to support my "strange" obsession with human things. He even gave me a statue of the man I rescued, whom I later learned was named Eric, and he was a prince too. Of course, my sisters and flounder did the best they could to cover for me when I was acting "strange" according to my father. Flounder was always looking out for me, something of which I appreciated. He tried to protect me, and for that he's a good friend. Although he wasn't the "best" protector, he did his best despite so many things scaring him.



One day while swimming in the sea, I met Snow White. A woman who would have been killed, by an evil queen nonetheless, and the two of us soon become friends. Snow of course tried to convince me that I should have been upfront with Eric about how I felt, but I didn't. I was too afraid. I didn't want to be rejected and how could I tell him about what I truly was? But Snow White and I went to a ball that was being hosted by Eric and his family. Snow taught me about the various human things that were on the table including a "fork" which I thought was a mini trident. I stuck it in my pocket as a keepsake. I was shy at first but Snow White told me to go talk to him. So I did, and we danced. Eric invited me to travel with him. I wanted to go, really I did.



It was then that the evil Queen "Regina" whom I thought was Ursala, attacked. She did it in a clever way. Said that If I wanted to be with Prince Eric then all I had to do was put this bracelet on Snow White. So I did. Only later did I realize that it was me betraying Snow. And it also made me realize that the woman I had believed wasn't who she said she was either. I ended up stabbing her with the fork I found at the party and needless to say it got chaotic. And I didn't want to do that, I didn't want to abandon my friend, no matter what it would cost me in the end. I was able to get the bracelet off of Snow and we were able to swim away. I was given back my fins and she retained her legs. It cost me the chance to really be with my true love. It cost me my voice. I was left alone while Eric sailed away.



After the Curse: I left and went into the sea. I don't remember how long I was there, just by myself. (About 29 years) When Regina summoned me. Needless to say I wasn't so pleased to see her. But she gave me a chance to go find Eric who was apparently living in this town called Storybrooke. I was the only one who could "help" her because mermaids like myself were able to cross the worlds as Regina put it. I didn't want to trust her and I didn't. But she gave m the bracelet the same bracelet she had tried to give Snow, and it would give me the ability to have legs. She was only doing this because she wanted me to procure a weapon that would help stop Pan. I first got the attention of a man named Leroy who was with six dwarves. Leroy let me borrow his jacket to cover myself with. He brought me to this diner where I was met by Belle. I gave her the sand dollar that Mr. Gold had given me. Belle figured out Mr. Gold's riddle and soon brought out the weapon he spoke of, Pandora's Box. My curiosity was more linked to an item, a button, that was eerily familiar to one that Erik once had, and I was sure it was his. I found this while changing into more "appropriate clothing" as Belle had said.



We were soon kidnapped by John and Michael, two men who were under Pan's orders. They wanted Pandora's box destroyed on Pan's behalf. Belle was able to take the bracelet off of me which allowed me to wiggle free of my binds since I again had my tail. Something of which you can't stand if you have. Once we were free, I was given back my legs and we went to the mine in order to stop those two. Eventually we were able to convince the two men that their only chance was if they helped us stop Pan. Whom they were afraid would hurt their sister, Wendy.



After Pan was successfully taken out as Belle said, we returned the box to Mr. Gold. Regina praised me for my 'good work' and uses her magic on the bracelet which I still was wearing, to allow me to have control over being human. I made a promise that I would help save Wendy. I returned to Storybrooke and was soon given information that my price, Eric, was working as a fisherman.



I worked up my courage, to talk to him after I saw him chopping up fish. A fact that I was displeased with as I was sure I knew many of them. But Eric and I shared a passionate kiss, and all was right again. Of course this was not to be the only kind of circumstance that would lead us into trouble. While undoing the first curse, as it were, Regina caused a mayhem of things to occur. Including to lead all of us into the enchanted forest. I was apart from Eric once again which frustrated me to no end. I later learned he was kidnapped by Black Beard, after having procured his blade. I had gone to Hook hoping that he could help me, but he was a coward. When Hook wouldn't give up claim on his own ship the Jolly Roger, after Blackbeard asked him to; it was evident that Black Beard had information about Eric's whereabouts and wouldn't say where. But when Hook wouldn't do it, he told me he was saving me from a never-ending torture of always searching for my loved one. Last I saw Hook I told him he'd never be happy and would never find love before diving once again back into the sea to find Eric. I even was able to save Black Beard from death without Hook even noticing. I still have not seen Flounder, and have no idea what had happened to him. I miss my little friend, and all the chaos we have gone through together. More recently I have chosen to live on an island known as Hangman's Island.

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