A/N: This character was recreated, original name was Joe, I didn’t like the name so I changed it to Ezra instead! I do not own this character or the rights to them! Just for fun! Going more off the original story rather than the Disney version.
“BOYS!” Ursula called as she lay in her half shell tossing shrimp into her mouth, “BOYS!” she impatiently shouted again just as they rounded the corner; tentacles crawling down the side of the wall first and as they grew in size the sight of her young nephew came into view. He was slender with the similar hair to ursula’s, he yawned with a tentacle in front of his mouth as he stretched his arms out.
“Yes master?” he asked through his yawn and the two eels slithered through the water rubbing themselves around his torso.
“What is the status of our dear little princess?” Ursula asked, her eyes glowing yellow through the darkness of the castle,
“I uh-” the young Cecaelia stammered
“EZRA YOU’VE BEEN SLEEPING ON THE JOB!” Ursula’s voice boomed through the potions room and sent shivers down his spins. The eels snickered as they slid around him and over to Ursula
“No good” Flotsom hissed, Jetsom twirled around his brother “Not if he can’t do one simple task, why keep him around?” they snickered again, Ezra shot them an angry leer “Shut it, you water snakes”
“They are not wrong, boy; and since you seem to have such a hard time watching over our little princess, I’m sending you to the world above.” Ursula spoke with disappointment folding
her hands in front of her mouth.
Ezra’s tentacles began to fold and split into the form of legs, he stood up and clothes appeared as if from nowhere, deep blue pants with a sea shell buckle, tentacles up his black suit jacket with a dark purple silk shirt and a black bow tie. He licked his lips, “Boys, now… you’re in charge.” Ursula announced, Ezra walked toward her fixing his collar, “Alright, leave it to me. I’ll make sure nothing goes right, my master” with a sneer he swam through the opening in the roof to the surface world.
Ezra stepped out of the water right next to the castle. He spotted the princess in her window brushing her hair with a fork, he licked his lips “Hello, little mermaid” hissing came from behind him and he turned his head slightly, looking back to the water where the eels lurked in the shadows of the night “You’re on the clock” they bubbled below the water, he needed no reminder, he was fully aware of his task; eyes intent as they disappeared below the surface. Ezra sighed and cracked his neck from left to right, stretching as he did so, he hated being under surveillance but it was what auntie wanted and he would sooner chop off his own tentacle rather than upset her.
Ripping a branch off a nearby bush he snapped the twig in half and started towards the village.
“Humans are such vile creatures, I’ll never understand them” Ezra walked down the paved road candle light to guide his way, the ground was dirty and there was a putrid smell in the air. He hated the way the air hurt his lungs, the salt from the ocean never gave him a sore throat. He honestly could not understand the adoration that the little princess had with this world. He especially hated the way the birds would circle him, burying his hands in his pockets he walked a little faster, ducking into an alley. He looked behind him to see where the birds had gone and bumped into a metal trash can that made a very loud noise as it toppled over, spilling into the alley which attracted his second least favorite thing about this world, cats. They meowed innocently backing Ezra into a corner where a strange bead of water ran down his temple, he tried hissing at them but it fell on deaf ears they were too preoccupied with the garbage that had spilled.
Unsure of how to handle the situation Ezra stayed frozen in the corner of the alley waiting for them to finish. Enraged hissing came from down the alley and all the cats began to disperse as a furry dog came tumbling down the alley, tail wagging and tongue hanging out the side of his face, barking and seeming to be high on life as he chased all the cats away releasing Ezra from his corner of terror. The dog jumped on the fences to where the cats fled to, then he gave up after only a few seconds, Ezra watched him hesitantly as the dog inspected the garbage then finally noticing Ezra off in the corner. Unable to control his excitement the dog barked and ran to him jumping up and down “Ahh STOP!” Ezra yelled more disgusted that scared, there was slobber everywhere and it was getting all over his suit.
“Max! Where are you boy?!” a young man ran by the alley where they both stood and Max perked up and ran off in that same direction. Ezra wasted no time leaving the alley, he did not want to get trapped by the cats again.
Ezra sped around the same corner and walked back towards the ocean where he felt more safe than in the city, as he walked toward the familiar water he heard a high pitched squeak “Mommy, I wish I could go to the princes ball” a small child cried and she and her mother walked by a poster announcing a formal ball, Ezra stopped in his tracks and went to inspect the poster.
“A formal masquerade ball” a smirk playing at the corners of his mouth “Now that does sound delicious” he looked over to the castle “Absolutely delicious” biting his lower lip.
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Ezra was busy checking his reflection in a store window, cleaning his teeth with his tongue and straightening his new suit he put together for the ball.
“Ezra…” he heard a familiar voice, unsure of where it was coming from, “Ezra!” the voice called again, “Hello?” He called back to the voice, “OVER HERE BOY!” that was definitely auntie. Following the angry voice Ezra noticed a reflection in a fountain in the square and there she was, “Master?” Ezra asked quizzically
“How are things progressing?” She asked rippling in the water,
“Just fine, I’m all over it, doubting my abilities already, master?” he grinned sheepishly,
“You forget why you were sent to the surface in the first place, boy. Disappoint me again and I’ll leave you there.” a fate worse than death Ezra swallowed hard and placed his hand over one of his three hearts.
“I assure you master everything is under control.” bowing slightly to the water he watched her disappear. Biting his thumb Ezra felt hot with worry, straightening himself out he knew he would need to get this over with as soon as possible.
Walking up the entrance of the castle Ezra noticed guests handing invitations to the guards as they walked up, eyeing the guards, Ezra slipped into the shadows absorbing the color and shrouding himself in it. One of his more useful skills he picked up from his mother (much like an invisibility cloak), he was able to walk through unnoticed. Making his way to another shadow he was able to reappear in the hall, straightening his bow-tie Ezra began following the crowd into the ballroom.
The ballroom was grand, large white marble with gold accents all around, shaded in sheer that hung over the lights adding a small amount of mystery to the crowd; he began scanning the room. Surely that bright red hair would be easy to find and sure enough there she was, huddled in a corner looking like a fish out of water (literally). She was frantically searching for something or more likely someone; Ezra licked his lips and made his way through the crowd. People were standing all around laughing with drinks in their hands, some were dancing, others were sneaking off out onto the balcony where the sun was setting.
Ariel was playing with her gloves, twisting her fingers together and rubbing her arm as if to comfort herself. Ezra was nearly to her when he noticed a young man with black hair walking toward her as well, the prince no doubt Ezra sped up to reach her before the prince did.
“Your highness” he announced sheepishly bowing to the little mermaid, she turned with eyes wide, she tried to ask him a questions unable to as her voice was still trapped in the sea shell that he wore on his belt. She looked at him quizzically,
“Hello, are you a friend of hers?” Eric asked from behind the little mermaid assuming Ezra was bowing to him. “I am” he replied not looking at the prince, instead he raised his head and tried to capture her eyes with his, however her eyes were darting back and forth between him and the prince,
“How nice, I was afraid she was the only one left from the shipwreck” he stepped closer to her as did Ezra.
“Shipwreck?” Ezra repeated unfamiliar with the cover story, “Ah, Yes that’s why I’m here” draping an arm over her shoulders “We have all been so worried about our dear girl, would you mind terribly if I steal her away for a moment?” Ariel flushed red as Ezra slid his hand down her arm and placed it comfortably on her hip. “Oh, of course.” Eric gave a disheartened sigh and Ariel stepped toward him arms out with sympathy, Ezra gave a frown and yanked her into him as he walked off in the opposite direction. Her heels clicked on the ground as he strutted off still holding her by the arm, she stumbled once or twice trying to keep up.
“Must you wear those excessive shoes?! They are loud and impractical!” Ezra came to a sudden halt, Ariel pouted and shrugged, “How far have you gotten with the prince?” She looked like a kettle about to blow, her face was beat red and her mouth dried up.
