Plot

When Ariel was a little boy, he met someone that most people never get to meet--a mermaid, the same age as he. He only sees her one time and never again. Years later, Ariel goes to the beach to find inspiration as a painter. While out snorkeling, he nearly drowns, and he is rescued by a beautiful girl. He wakes up groggily to find out that the girl is a mermaid. She quickly jumps back into the sea, disappearing instantly. He tells his friends about this experience but no one believes him except for Patty, his fiancée. What Ariel doesn't know is that Patty was also a mermaid. She was banished from sea because of something she had done. And this is why she believes his story. Under the sea, we meet Maya a mermaid with a mission. She has to find the Green Pearl, stolen by the evil mermaid, Ara. Ara left the sea and went into hiding on land. It is up to Maya to recover the Green Pearl from Ara. Thalia, queen of the mer-folk, gives Maya a magic oil which turns her mermaid tail into legs. Maya finds herself drawn to Ariel's beach house. She watches Ariel from afar and falls in love with him. She even saves him from drowning one time. Yes, Maya is the same little mermaid he met as a child! Is this coincidence or destiny? How can Maya convince Ariel that she is 'Ms. Right'? And should Ariel fall for her, there is one more problem. Does he stay on land and bid goodbye to Maya, or does he go with her and bid goodbye to humanity? And, to complicate matters, could Ara and Patty be one and the same person, er, mermaid?—newton20032004