Lake Locked

Ariel is many things, but silent? Yeah, that's going to be a problem.

When a curse meant for Ariel hits her cousins instead, it's up to her to save them from their feathery fate. That shouldn't be too hard, right? Except, sewing nettles into shirts for her six cousins isn't easy. Doing it while staying silent? That's definitely much harder. And that was all before they decided to migrate halfway across the continent! Now, she has to save her cousins, follow a prince around all day, deal with some uncomfortable realizations about herself, and somehow keep her mouth shut the whole time. Simple!

This is a retelling of "The Little Mermaid" and "Wild Swans" with a few other fairy tales thrown in for good measure. It can be read as a stand-alone but will make more sense in the context of the series.