Chapter 3

Oroceus emerged from the shadows and saw his dead pets. He then turned slowly to the merfolk and formed a devilish grin.

"Well then…it appears you have no problem at all with killing," Oroceus said in a low angry voice.

"You monster!" King Triton thundered.

"Monster? I am the monster?! You decided to kill my pets ruthlessly!" Oroceus snarled.

"They were eating our food supply!" A guard said.

"And you couldn't have simply scared them off?" Oroceus said, his eyes glowing.

"NO! It wouldn't have worked with sharks!" The guard said.

"Well then…a life for a life I always say," Oroceus said, now snapping his fingers and Arista was gone!

"ARISTA! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER!" King Triton called in horror. But all he saw was Oroceus give him a smirk and soon he disappeared.

At the volcano…

Arista squirmed hard as her tail was tied down to some boulders. She pulled so hard that she cut into her tail.

"OW!" She yelled.

"Oh, now look what you did," Oroceus cooed, now swimming into view. "You're hurting yourself."

"S-Stay away from me!" She begged. "Don't hurt me!"

"Arista calm down," he cooed, now trying to get closer to her.

"No! You're going to hurt me because of what they did to your sharks!" She said in horror, now trying to get away.

"Arista…," he said, now swimming up to her and grabbing her. But she squirmed so much that they were tangled in the sea weed. Now that she was getting even more trapped, she panicked even more! He then used his tentacles to pull her to him and caressed her head. "Hush, little one. Why are you so frightened?"

"B-Because you're going to hurt me." She said in a shaky voice. He gave her a gentle smiled and leaned forward, making her squirm again! She was about to scream when she felt him kiss her forehead.

"If I wanted to hurt you, why did I kiss you?" he said gently.

"B-But why?" she asked.

"It's because I'm not a monster, Arista. I know they killed my sharks, but I would never harm you. You tried to befriend me and have us live in peace, did you not?"

"Y-Yes?"

"And that's why I won't harm you. Now come…your family will be looking for you," he whispered.

But before she could say anymore, he teleported her back to where King Triton and the others were looking for her! King Triton aimed his triton for him, but Arista stood in front of him.

"Father, no! He didn't harm me! He only wanted to speak to me!" Arista said.

"About what?!" The king snapped.

"About peace! He wants peace and he reigns over a kingdom of kind octopids," she said happily.

King Triton was unsure until he and Oroceus had a long talk. And come to find out…everything was true.

Oroceus even showed him his kingdom and King Triton saw for the first time that he was not the evil monster he believed him to be. He was a kind ruler and was nothing like Ursula or Morgana.

"How is this possible?" King Triton whispered.

"It's because not all of us are the same. I wouldn't have thought we could be allies if your daughter had not come to me," Oroceus smiled.

Arista smiled and pet a few of his tentacles in a friendly way. "I just want us to live in peace," Arista smiled, now swimming around him in a friendly manner.

"It appears my daughter has taking a liking to you," King Triton smiled.

Oroceus appeared to blush slightly as Arista gently pulled his arm. "Come on. We have to introduce you to the rest of Atlantica."

"I am not sure if that is the best idea," he whispered.

"Hey, don't worry about it…you all are going to join us and we are all going to live in peace," Arista smiled.

What happened next you say? It was better than anyone could have hoped. The kings still ruled their own kingdoms, but the kingdoms met and united! There was peace and joy finally restored to both sides!

"See! I told you that it would all be alright," Arista smiled, now seeing him lay down.

"Yes, it did work out alright. Peace is finally restored," he said, now sitting up and nuzzling her in the neck. "And I will also enjoy getting to know you better," Oroceus whispered.

"R-Really?" she said in surprise.

"Of course. You are responsible for bringing our kingdoms together Arista," he smiled, now pulling her to him in a hug.

"And I would really like to get to know you more too." She whispered, hugging him tightly back.

What happened next? Well, let's just say they all had a beautiful ending!

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