Pakali pano, kutali ndi kumeneko, mphamvu zoipa zikugwira ntchito mu ufumu wa pansi pa madzi. Ursula, Witchi wa Nyanja, yemwe ankakonda kulamulira ufumu pansi pa madzi pamaso pa Triton, anali kufunafuna njira yoti agonjetse Triton. Kudzera mu mpira wake wa kristalo, amatha kuona Ariel akulira. Iye analandira lingaliro lakuti, "Ine ndikhoza kugonjetsa Nyanja ya Nyanja kupyolera mwa mwana wake."
Ursula anatumiza antchito ake a eel, Flotsam ndi Jetsam, ku phanga la Ariel. Iwo amatha kutsimikizira Ariel kuti Ursula angamuthandize kupeza Prince wokondedwa. Ariel anali wokhumudwa kwambiri moti sananyalanyaze chenjezo la Sebastian ndipo anapita ndi Flotsam ndi Jetsam kukakumana ndi Witch of Sea.
"Ndili ndi mwayi kwa inu, mwana wokoma," anatero Ursula pamene Ariel adalowa chisa. "Ndikufuna?" Ariel anafunsa osalakwa. "Inde," anatero Witch, "ndikupangitsani kukhala munthu kwa masiku atatu ndipo mudzakumana ndi Prince wanu. Ngati mungathe kumupangitsa kukupsompsonani dzuwa lisanalowe, mudzakhala pamodzi kwamuyaya, monga munthu. Ngati sangakupsopsompseni, mutembenuka mukhale chiyanjano, ndipo mudzakhala wamndende wanga! Ndipo mphotho ya zopereka izi ndi mawu anu, "adatero wizere. "Liwu langa?" Ariel anafunsa kuti, "Sindidzatha kulankhula kapena kuimba. Kodi ndingatani kuti Kalonga agonane ndi ine? ". "Ukadali ndi nkhope yako yokongola," Ursula anayankha.