Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20141224185559/@comment-24386552-20150312215153

Maybe Ariel happened to be innocent in whatever mess that happened and didn't meet Ursula, and had suffered, so Ursula did Ariel a favor which led to that huge storm that occurred while Prince Eric was on the ship and Ariel saved him. One issue though with my theory, the actor so far is not set to appear, so in some way, Ariel will appear and I think she holds a big key in order for the storyline to move forward.