The Mermaid Tower. By Chloe C. Once upon a time there was a young girl. named Tiana, and she loved to cook for her mom.

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1 The Mermaid Tower By Chloe C. Adaptation of the Princess and the Frog, Tangled, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast Once upon a time there was a young girl named Tiana, and she loved to cook for her mom. Sadly, her dad was dead and she had to work very hard to pay off the funeral debts. One day as she was looking out her window, she wished upon a star that she could stop working

2 and still have money to buy her restaurant. All of a sudden she heard a croak coming from her windowsill. There was a big, green frog. She slowly picked it up. Brought it to her lips and hurled it back into the forest because she HATED frogs. Then she went screaming to her mommy s room. The Strange Siblings Standing in front of the door to her mom s room stood a tall man in a purple suit and hat

3 next to a woman with blackish, grayish, frizzy hair. Hello little girl, said the man in the purple outfit. I m Dr. Facilier and this is my sister Madame Gothel. Would you like to go to a place where you would never have to work again? Tiana, forgetting the rule, never talk to strangers said, Of course. Then follow us. said Madame Gothel. *Authors note for the strange siblings and the hidden tower. In order to keep the story in balance I cannot include picture for the tower. If you wish to see it just watch Tangled.

4 The Hidden Tower Tiana followed them all the way to a secret grove with a small forest, a pond, a garden, and many other little areas such as a craft station and a woodworking shop. The whole area was bathed in sunshine and cute animals all around. But in the center of all of it was a magnificent tower with stone walls covered in vines with a balcony with railing and purple shingles covering the pointed roof.

5 You can go anywhere in this area as long as you promise to follow a couple of simple rules, said Madame Gothel. You have to promise that you will never leave this grove or try to contact people outside. As well as always wash your hands after you do something particularly messy, and never use the wood working shop or anything like that without one of us. Your bed is in the tower, so you shall sleep there. Feel free to eat outside except when it s raining. Do you know how to cook?

6 Yes, I can cook just about anything. said Tiana. Good. So feel free to use the stove and any of the ingredients anywhere in the grove. If you need more, ask one of us and we can go get some more for you.stairs are in the back of the tower, your bedroom is on the second floor of the tower and the bathrooms across the hall. Because you have the balcony room, always use the railing. Dr. Facilier s and my room are on the top floor so always knock and wait for us before you go in.

7 Kitchen is on the main floor as well as the couch and table. You can explore the rest of the tower but I would advise you not to go in the basement because of the rats. If you would like to go out of the grove on holidays, we can take you to town or to the beach or anywhere like that. You can keep 1 pet in here as long as it s not a pony. And finally, you can call me Mother Gothel and my brother Father Voodoo. The Explanation

8 If you know the story of Tangled you re probably confused by why Mother Gothel is being so nice to Tiana. If you haven t watched Tangled and are completely in the dark then I highly suggest you watch it for it s a great movie. You see, Old Mother Gothel has already learned her lesson with dealing with kidnapped people and so has Father Voodoo, so they decided they would try again, this time being a bit stricter about things. But when they saw Tiana, they wanted her all to

9 themselves so they decided to raise her as their own in the tower giving her more freedom than anyone that has ever been kidnaped has been given. So Tiana grew up in a life of semi- luxury. Now back to the story.

10 Tiana s New Life As soon as Father Voodoo got back with Tiana s stuff, she moved into her new home. To her surprise there were a lot of hair products

11 everywhere. Seeing her surprise, Mother Gothel explained, This place used to be a hotel and the person before you had a lot of hair. Oh. When she was done putting away her stuff, she ran to all the little areas in alphabetical order. After she was done exploring the grove, Tiana went looking for her house pet. As she was sitting in the apple tree, she spotted a small green

12 chameleon stuck in a branch. She quickly untangled it and brought it up to her room. She used some extra cloth she had gotten from the sewing area for its bed. Her mind was made up. This was her new pet. And its name was Pepper. Pepper A major plus of having a chameleon as a pet is you never have to worry about hair everywhere.

13 Also chameleons are very capable of getting their own food and water. However, they are chameleons so if you plan on keeping them make sure you have a keen eye for things that aren t there. Luckily for Tiana, Pepper seemed to love her and was very helpful to her. For example, if she was in the kitchen with her hands full she might need Pepper to grab a faraway ingredient or turn the page to a recipe book. And when she was

14 messy (for she often was) Pepper could go upstairs and turn on the water in the bathroom tub. Christmas

15 Tiana lived happily in the tower and soon forgot all about her previous life. And then there was Christmas. Tiana had never really enjoyed Christmas before because her family was too poor to afford anything special. But now that she lived with Mother Gothel and Father Voodoo, holidays were a time of merriment. She got to go

16 into the town near the grove and buy Christmas gifts for her, M.G. and F.V.D. After that she got to go to the pine tree forest and Father Voodoo cut down the biggest, greenest pine tree and brought it back to the grove. On Christmas Eve Tiana helped decorate the tree with lights, tinsel and ornaments of all sort. Then she went to work in the kitchen creating the most delicious, melt in your mouth, chocolate chip cookies for Santa. That evening she sat before the fire with hot

17 chocolate and cookies until she fell asleep. The next morning Tiana raced downstairs to a tree full of presents. She spent the best half-hour of her life opening those presents. She had her favorite chocolate pancakes for breakfast and spent the rest of the day making snowmen/women, snow angels, snow forts and having snowball fights. The Mermaid

18 One day in the spring, as Tiana was swimming in the pond she spotted a colorful flash under water. Taking a big breath, Tiana dove under water and swam to where she saw the flash. She was expecting a colorful fish or piece of coral, but what she found was much different. What she found was a mermaid with red hair, a green tail

19 and purple seashell bra. Hi! I m Arial and this is Flounder! she said, energetically gesturing to a blue and yellow striped fish hiding behind her. H-hi, the fish stuttered. Oh you look like you re running out of air! Tiana was bright red and becoming limp. Here, have this necklace. Arial quickly fastened a seashell necklace around Tiana s neck but she kept getting redder and redder until she finally passed out.

20 When she woke up she found herself in a giant seashell with Arial and promptly barfed all over it. Sorry. What happened to me? Where am I? Why does my mouth taste like barf? Well, you ran out of air and passed out, so I brought you to the hospital in Atlantis, next to my palace. And your mouth tastes like barf because you just barfed all over my expensive seaweed sheets. Sorry. I guess I m not in heaven then, because I m pretty sure in heaven you can t

21 barf and there aren t any critical mermaid angles. I should probably return you to the surface now. Will I ever see you again? Well I usually hang around that spot so probably. Can I ask you 1 more question? Sure. I thought at the end of your movie your father gave you legs. All he did was give me a fish bowl to put my tail in and a wheeled platform for it to rest on. Tiana visited Arial many times after that.

22 The Dream One night Tiana had a dream about a strange woman who looked a lot like her. In the dream the woman was her mother, and when she woke, she remembered that fateful night many months ago. The night where she had broken the number one rule: don t talk to strangers. She remembered

23 her mom and her dad, her house and her former friends. She was very tired and confused. That morning she causally mentioned it to Mother Gothel, what she was hoping for she did not know. Please Tiana, let me explain. No! So it is true! You re not my parents! Then she went sobbing out to the pond, clutching Pepper and the seashell necklace. She jumped in as soon as she reached the pond bank.

24 She soon met Arial near the place where they first met and sobbed out all that had happened and how she wanted to go home to her mother but she loved M.G and F.V.D. and the tower and Pepper and she just sobbed until she ran out of tears to cry. When Arial could talk she said, Do you want to see your mom through this magic mirror I found? Oh that ship was so much fun to explore. I also found an old set of china, a candle stick an

25 old clock (She went on for a bit about that ship but I won t include that) but any way you can see your mom in this thing. Isn t that neat? So Tiana returned to the surface, dried off, and went over to her tree house to try out the magic mirror. To her delight it worked and in the mirror she saw her mom smiling up at her. The Mirror

26 Now you might be surprised if you were Tiana s mom to see your lost daughter s face in a mirror. Then clearly you are not from New Orleans. This stuff happens all the time there for do not forget, voodoo is apparently a typical magic to come across in the streets. So no, Tiana s mom was not surprised.

27 Now Tiana and her mom had a long talk about what happened and decided that Tiana would ask her non-parents if her mom could come live with them. So at dinner that evening, when everyone was there, Tiana asked the question and, still feeling guilty about it, her non-parents agreed. The trip

28 For her birthday on Saturday, they decided to go to Tiana s old house to pick up her mother. When they came back her mother moved in, choose a tabby cat for her pet, and they all lived happily ever after. The end

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