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From my fanfic, 'Lily the Little Mermaid,' this is the scene where Daisy is reprimanding Lily for missing the concert and going up to the surface..

'Lily knew that when she eventually got home, her mother would be furious at her for missing the concert and denying the kingdom the chance to see her debut and to hear her beautiful voice that they had waited for so long.

And she was right, although Daisy hadn’t actually said anything yet, as Lily stood in front of her in the throne room of the palace.

She had many disappointed and angry eyes of the merpeople staring at her, as well as hearing muttered words and whispers when she had made it back to the kingdom and it made her feel ashamed and foolish, as she kept her head down, not wanting to look at her mother.

As if the kingdom’s stares, silent anger and mutterings about her and the ruined concert weren’t bad enough, she was soon about to face the reprimand of her mother and Senna about her behaviour today and her sisters would no doubt share the same feelings and Aurora was proving to be no help at all as she cowered behind, rather than supporting her for fear of the queen’s temper.

Lily may be her mother’s favourite daughter, but even she wasn’t immune to being reprimanded by her which didn’t happen as often but today turned out to be one of those exceptions.

At first there was an uncomfortable silence which made the atmosphere so thick that not even the sharpest of knives could cut it, as Lily’s tail twitched nervously while she was thinking of what she was going to say to her mother and explain why she had unintentionally missed the concert.

Eventually, Daisy broke the silence as she took a sharp breath while remaining calm, cool and collected as usual, although her anger was raging inside her and said,

‘I don’t know what else we’re going to do with you, young lady,’ while pinching the bridge of her nose as Senna peeked out from her crown, staring angrily at Lily.

‘Mum, I’m…’ Lily said, but Daisy cut her off.

‘As a princess of Aquaria, you knew that today was an important day in our kingdom and that you were expected to sing in the concert like your sisters do and all the princesses have done before you.

The entire kingdom was really looking forward to hearing you sing in your musical debut, it was all they had been talking about for weeks and it’s what they only get to hear once a year.

After years of begging me to let you take part in the concert and when you finally get the chance to do so, you don’t even turn up! Why did you do that, Lily? What was so important today that made you miss it?’ Daisy said.

‘Mum, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to,’ Lily said, ‘I really wanted to be there today but I totally forgot about it, okay? It was a complete accident but you’re acting like I did it on purpose!’

‘That’s because you did!’ Senna said, before Daisy shushed her.

‘I’ll deal with this, Senna, thank you,’ said Daisy, ‘I honestly believed that this was going to be the best national day concert in our proud history, but as a result of your careless and reckless behaviour..’

‘Your very careless and reckless behaviour, might I add!’ Senna said, chiming in and she was clearly angry at the young mermaid for nearly wrecking her career and ruining the kingdom’s celebration.

‘The whole concert was..how can I describe it?’ said Daisy.

‘It was completely ruined!’ Senna said, ‘This was to be the most important concert in my distinguished career and the finest one in Aquaria’s history.

I was hoping to impress the high society of my fellow crabs and music lovers, but thanks to you, my career nearly came to an end, my reputation is hanging on by a thread, I’m in your mother’s bad books and I’m now the laughing stock of all of Aquaria!

I don’t think that I’ll be able to show my face in public for months because of that fiasco!

And not only that, you hung your poor sisters out to dry on the stage and they were on the receiving end of the audience’s disgust by having their flowers thrown at them! I bet that they will have a few words to say when they see you!

What do you have to say for yourself, Lily?’ said Senna.

‘Senna, please stop yelling at her!’ Aurora said, having finally decided that she was fed up with the crab scolding her friend and wanted to defend her, ‘it wasn’t her fault!’

Realising that she was in the presence of the queen, Aurora shook nervously as her new-found confidence had gone as quickly as it came and with the queen and Senna looking expectantly at her, she knew she had to give them answers.

‘Is there something that you would like to tell us, Aurora?’ said Daisy. Knowing better than to not answer the queen, Aurora cleared her throat and said, or rather stuttered,

‘You see, we were exploring, yeah..that’s it and..it was fine until..this really mean and scary shark chased us. It was really hungry and we thought we would be its dinner..’

Aurora growled as she did a very poor imitation of the shark but it was enough to convince Daisy and Senna as they looked at each other, while Lily was signalling to her to keep quiet but Aurora kept talking, giving them far more information than she was supposed to.

‘And we managed to get away, but then we went to see the seagull and she was like ‘this is this and that is that and…’

Realising what she just said, Aurora gasped and put her fin over her mouth as Lily stared at her but it was too late as the fish had unintentionally told the queen everything and she was smart enough to come to one conclusion.

‘A seagull,’ Daisy said, ‘ If you managed to see one, that must mean…you went up to the surface again, didn’t you, Lily?’ as her barely contained anger was starting to show, which was sensed by Aurora as she hid behind Lily shaking, which was also shared by Senna.

‘Oh, no, here we go again,’ she said.

‘Tell me the truth!’ Daisy practically shouted, her anger finally erupting in spite of her best efforts to control it.

‘Mum, chill out, everything was fine,’ said Lily, ‘Yes, I did go up there but I was very careful and I managed not to be seen. Nothing happened to me and I came back home safe and sound.’

‘Don’t get smart with me, missy,’ said Daisy.

‘If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times, the surface is forbidden for a very good reason and that you weren’t to go up there! You could’ve have been seen or killed by one of those..barbarians! Those things…those h..hu…hu..’

‘Humans, Your Majesty,’ said Senna.

‘Yes, humans,’ Daisy said, like it was a disgusting swear word.

Although Daisy was the ruler of Aquaria and had control over the entire ocean, the human world was out of her reach and it was one that she abhorred and considered dangerous and hostile to merpeople.

Ever since the death of her husband Hollis, who was also known as Holley, at the hands of modern-day pirates, Daisy abhorred humans and their artefacts and forbade any one to go up on the surface or make contact with humans or have any of their artefacts in the kingdom.

The pain of losing her beloved Holley and Aquaria’s well-loved king consort had been too much to bear for Daisy and she did not want to lose Lily or any of her other daughters to humans.

But Lily didn’t see it that way.

‘Mum, how can you think that?’ Lily said, ‘Not all humans are barbarians, you know, there are many that are gentle, kind and loving. They wouldn’t dare hurt us, if only you would give us the chance to know them.’

‘Don’t be ridiculous, Lily!’ Daisy shouted, ‘How can those barbarians have even one shred of kindness in them if they do the things they do to sea life here?

They are very dangerous and the ones that called themselves ‘pirates’ took your father away from me! Poseidon forbid that I want to see my youngest daughter face the same fate or being snared by some fish-eater’s hook!’

‘Mum, leave Daddy out of this!’ shouted Lily, ‘and I’m sixteen years old , I’m not a little child anymore, I should be allowed to do what I want!

If you wouldn’t be so ignorant and actually listen to me…’

‘Don’t you raise your voice to me, young lady!’ shouted Daisy, ‘You’re still a child and as long as you live in my ocean, you will obey my rules and you are NEVER to go back to the surface again! Do I make myself clear?’

‘Yes, Mum, I won’t go near the surface again,’ Lily said, somewhat insincerely but Daisy luckily didn’t notice.

‘This is your last chance to straighten up and be the proper princess you are so don’t mess it up again,’ Daisy said, now calm, ‘now, I believe that you have some sisters to apologise to, don’t you?’

Lily nodded and swam away disappointedly with Aurora faithfully following her, while Queen Daisy slumped back on her throne, sighing heavily.'

Chapter 3: Reprimanded, Lily the Little Mermaid

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From my fanfic, 'Lily the Little Mermaid,' this is the scene where Daisy is reprimanding Lily for missing the concert and going up to the surface..

'Lily knew that when she eventually got home, her mother would be furious at her for missing the concert and denying the kingdom the chance to see her debut and to hear her beautiful voice that they had waited for so long.

And she was right, although Daisy hadn’t actually said anything yet, as Lily stood in front of her in the throne room of the palace.

She had many disappointed and angry eyes of the merpeople staring at her, as well as hearing muttered words and whispers when she had made it back to the kingdom and it made her feel ashamed and foolish, as she kept her head down, not wanting to look at her mother.

As if the kingdom’s stares, silent anger and mutterings about her and the ruined concert weren’t bad enough, she was soon about to face the reprimand of her mother and Senna about her behaviour today and her sisters would no doubt share the same feelings and Aurora was proving to be no help at all as she cowered behind, rather than supporting her for fear of the queen’s temper.

Lily may be her mother’s favourite daughter, but even she wasn’t immune to being reprimanded by her which didn’t happen as often but today turned out to be one of those exceptions.

At first there was an uncomfortable silence which made the atmosphere so thick that not even the sharpest of knives could cut it, as Lily’s tail twitched nervously while she was thinking of what she was going to say to her mother and explain why she had unintentionally missed the concert.

Eventually, Daisy broke the silence as she took a sharp breath while remaining calm, cool and collected as usual, although her anger was raging inside her and said,

‘I don’t know what else we’re going to do with you, young lady,’ while pinching the bridge of her nose as Senna peeked out from her crown, staring angrily at Lily.

‘Mum, I’m…’ Lily said, but Daisy cut her off.

‘As a princess of Aquaria, you knew that today was an important day in our kingdom and that you were expected to sing in the concert like your sisters do and all the princesses have done before you.

The entire kingdom was really looking forward to hearing you sing in your musical debut, it was all they had been talking about for weeks and it’s what they only get to hear once a year.

After years of begging me to let you take part in the concert and when you finally get the chance to do so, you don’t even turn up! Why did you do that, Lily? What was so important today that made you miss it?’ Daisy said.

‘Mum, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to,’ Lily said, ‘I really wanted to be there today but I totally forgot about it, okay? It was a complete accident but you’re acting like I did it on purpose!’

‘That’s because you did!’ Senna said, before Daisy shushed her.

‘I’ll deal with this, Senna, thank you,’ said Daisy, ‘I honestly believed that this was going to be the best national day concert in our proud history, but as a result of your careless and reckless behaviour..’

‘Your very careless and reckless behaviour, might I add!’ Senna said, chiming in and she was clearly angry at the young mermaid for nearly wrecking her career and ruining the kingdom’s celebration.

‘The whole concert was..how can I describe it?’ said Daisy.

‘It was completely ruined!’ Senna said, ‘This was to be the most important concert in my distinguished career and the finest one in Aquaria’s history.

I was hoping to impress the high society of my fellow crabs and music lovers, but thanks to you, my career nearly came to an end, my reputation is hanging on by a thread, I’m in your mother’s bad books and I’m now the laughing stock of all of Aquaria!

I don’t think that I’ll be able to show my face in public for months because of that fiasco!

And not only that, you hung your poor sisters out to dry on the stage and they were on the receiving end of the audience’s disgust by having their flowers thrown at them! I bet that they will have a few words to say when they see you!

What do you have to say for yourself, Lily?’ said Senna.

‘Senna, please stop yelling at her!’ Aurora said, having finally decided that she was fed up with the crab scolding her friend and wanted to defend her, ‘it wasn’t her fault!’

Realising that she was in the presence of the queen, Aurora shook nervously as her new-found confidence had gone as quickly as it came and with the queen and Senna looking expectantly at her, she knew she had to give them answers.

‘Is there something that you would like to tell us, Aurora?’ said Daisy. Knowing better than to not answer the queen, Aurora cleared her throat and said, or rather stuttered,

‘You see, we were exploring, yeah..that’s it and..it was fine until..this really mean and scary shark chased us. It was really hungry and we thought we would be its dinner..’

Aurora growled as she did a very poor imitation of the shark but it was enough to convince Daisy and Senna as they looked at each other, while Lily was signalling to her to keep quiet but Aurora kept talking, giving them far more information than she was supposed to.

‘And we managed to get away, but then we went to see the seagull and she was like ‘this is this and that is that and…’

Realising what she just said, Aurora gasped and put her fin over her mouth as Lily stared at her but it was too late as the fish had unintentionally told the queen everything and she was smart enough to come to one conclusion.

‘A seagull,’ Daisy said, ‘ If you managed to see one, that must mean…you went up to the surface again, didn’t you, Lily?’ as her barely contained anger was starting to show, which was sensed by Aurora as she hid behind Lily shaking, which was also shared by Senna.

‘Oh, no, here we go again,’ she said.

‘Tell me the truth!’ Daisy practically shouted, her anger finally erupting in spite of her best efforts to control it.

‘Mum, chill out, everything was fine,’ said Lily, ‘Yes, I did go up there but I was very careful and I managed not to be seen. Nothing happened to me and I came back home safe and sound.’

‘Don’t get smart with me, missy,’ said Daisy.

‘If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times, the surface is forbidden for a very good reason and that you weren’t to go up there! You could’ve have been seen or killed by one of those..barbarians! Those things…those h..hu…hu..’

‘Humans, Your Majesty,’ said Senna.

‘Yes, humans,’ Daisy said, like it was a disgusting swear word.

Although Daisy was the ruler of Aquaria and had control over the entire ocean, the human world was out of her reach and it was one that she abhorred and considered dangerous and hostile to merpeople.

Ever since the death of her husband Hollis, who was also known as Holley, at the hands of modern-day pirates, Daisy abhorred humans and their artefacts and forbade any one to go up on the surface or make contact with humans or have any of their artefacts in the kingdom.

The pain of losing her beloved Holley and Aquaria’s well-loved king consort had been too much to bear for Daisy and she did not want to lose Lily or any of her other daughters to humans.

But Lily didn’t see it that way.

‘Mum, how can you think that?’ Lily said, ‘Not all humans are barbarians, you know, there are many that are gentle, kind and loving. They wouldn’t dare hurt us, if only you would give us the chance to know them.’

‘Don’t be ridiculous, Lily!’ Daisy shouted, ‘How can those barbarians have even one shred of kindness in them if they do the things they do to sea life here?

They are very dangerous and the ones that called themselves ‘pirates’ took your father away from me! Poseidon forbid that I want to see my youngest daughter face the same fate or being snared by some fish-eater’s hook!’

‘Mum, leave Daddy out of this!’ shouted Lily, ‘and I’m sixteen years old , I’m not a little child anymore, I should be allowed to do what I want!

If you wouldn’t be so ignorant and actually listen to me…’

‘Don’t you raise your voice to me, young lady!’ shouted Daisy, ‘You’re still a child and as long as you live in my ocean, you will obey my rules and you are NEVER to go back to the surface again! Do I make myself clear?’

‘Yes, Mum, I won’t go near the surface again,’ Lily said, somewhat insincerely but Daisy luckily didn’t notice.

‘This is your last chance to straighten up and be the proper princess you are so don’t mess it up again,’ Daisy said, now calm, ‘now, I believe that you have some sisters to apologise to, don’t you?’

Lily nodded and swam away disappointedly with Aurora faithfully following her, while Queen Daisy slumped back on her throne, sighing heavily.'

Chapter 3: Reprimanded, Lily the Little Mermaid