Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.246.36.141-20130212004308/@comment-5655661-20130519140003

Maybe Regina (Vanessa in this stroy) held prince Eric as a prisoner for some reason and Ariel wanted to save him. She couldn't do that because she didn't have legs so she visited Rumple. They made a deal, she would bring him a squid ink (Ursula being the squid) and he would give her legs in return. Since both Regina and Rumple are involved in this story that's why she visited him to discuss about certain mermaid. I guess that Rumple helping Ariel was the reason for their feud, I mean till the events of Skin Deep episode Regina and Rumple were alies but in that episode she took his real love - Belle from him. I guess that was her revenge against him. To get back to Ariel/Eric story, it either had a happy ending or their story is not finished yet - she didn't succed to save him and in the end he was transported in Storybrook while she was left behind in FT Land or more probably in Neverland.