Behind giant mountains of coral, the princesses witnessed a beautiful palace with a village down below.
"Girls," said Ariel, "Welcome to Atlantica!"
The girls couldn't believe their eyes even more than they could believe they were breathing underwater.
"It's beautiful," Snow White whispered.
Ariel nodded. "No time for sightseeing. We've got our hubbies to save!" and she zoomed off toward the castle.
"Finally, she's being serious," Jasmine said.
In the castle, the girls got to meet Ariel's father, King Triton, for the first time.
King Triton hugged his daughter. "Ariel, it's great to see you after all this time..."
"I missed you too, Daddy," and for the first time, Ariel didn't look like her bubbly self. "But we didn't come for a reunion. Gaston has captured our princes!"
"Ah, I heard. That fool."
Sebastian looked disapprovingly at the princesses. "You girls are always looking for de worst tings!"
Ariel laughed. She missed his Jamaican accent.
"Do you know where he is?" Cinderella asked.
Triton sighed. "I'm sorry, girls, but I'll hold a search throughout my kingdom!" He rubbed his daughter's head. "And I'll escort you to your castle."
Triton got off of his throne. "Ready girls?"
The girls nodded, and were off to the surface again.
"I don't see anything wrong," Ariel commented as the girls heaved themselves on the sand. "Everything looks the same as I had left it this morning."
"We must check inside," Mulan decided.
They all glanced at the trident hopefully.
"Oh, yes!" Triton cleared his throat. "I'll transform you." He pointed it at them, and two seconds later, they were their regular humanselves.
"Being a mermaid was fantastic!" Aurora ran her fingers through her hair. "But I missed wiggling my toes."
Ariel pointed at her castle. "Come on!"
They all ran inside, and found the castle a gigantic mess. Carlotta was sweeping pieces of broken glass. "Your Highness! We were waiting for you!"
"What happened here?" Pocahontas asked dully.
Carlotta put her broom aside and wiped her brow. "A muscular man attacked the castle with a troop of goons and captured Prince Eric!"
Ariel bit her lip. "Was anyone hurt?"
"Sadly, many of the guards received tremendous wounds. The doctor is healing them at the moment."
Ariel faced her friends. "We'll have to split up and search for clues!"
"Where have I heard that before?" Tiana recalled.
Aurora, Tiana, and Cinderella climbed up to the highest floor and tried to look for clues.
"The biggest clue we have is all the broken glass," Cinderella murmured.
"Gaston must have be in a hurry to capture Eric," Aurora added. She knelt down and poked at a purple feathered hat. "Goodness! This is Phillip's hat!"
Tiana and Cindy ran to her side. "Looks like Gaston likes playing dress-up," Tiana said quietly.
"He has Phillip!" Aurora choked. She held the hat tightly to her chest.
"Don't feel down, now, Aurora. We'll find them soon!" assured Cinderella.
Aurora sniffed. "I hope so."

Pocahontas stepped on a small bag of gunpowder. "What's this?" she said to herself. She picked it up and examined it closely. "It looks like the one Ratcliffe's men had brought to my land."
Belle sniffed it. "It's Gaston's. He won't go anywhere without his gun."
Ariel rubbed some between her fingers. "I hope he didn't shoot anyone with it."
Belle spotted a trail of black powder that led to a room. She started following it, with Pocahontas and Ariel close behind.
Belle opened the door slowly. The room was filled with portraits of Ariel and Eric on their honeymoon.
"Perhaps Eric was here when Gaston came," Ariel mused.
Pocahontas looked through the window. "Look here," she said. "There's a bullet hole in the glass."
"But there isn't any blood!" Belle exclaimed.
Ariel picked up a sword from the ground. "Gaston missed, and Eric had time to get his sword..." she was deep in thought for a moment. "I got it! Gaston must have something magical to zap Eric to wherever he's hiding!"
Pocahontas raised an eyebrow. "What is this magic you speak of?"
Belle shook her head. "It's complicated. Come on, we have to go tell the others."

"Ooh, a seashell!" Snow White admired a shiny shell sitting on a throw pillow.
"Focus, Snow," Mulan told her. She threw the covers off a bed and crawled under it. "I don't see anything under here," she called.
Jasmine crossed her arms. "This is hopeless. We've looked through this whole floor and STILL haven't found anything!"
"Don't give up yet!" Snow White tweeted. She found a silver handle on the floor. She pulled it up with all her might. "Can't...get...this...open!" she groaned.
Mulan and Jasmine joined her and helped pull the door open. When they did, they dropped it beside them. Under the door, was a show of lights swirling around together.
"What is this?" Jasmine mumbled.
"It...it looks like a portal!" Mulan stated.
Snow White put her hand through it. "Something's pulling me!" she screamed.
Mulan and Jasmine held onto her and tried to pull her back with all their strength, but in only a matter of minutes, Snow White was gone...
And so was the magic portal.

Tune in to "Disney Princess: The Quest to Find the Missing Princess, Chapter Six" to find out what happens next!