Given the fact that we were in an area my magic wasn’t going to work in, we had to swim all the way. The princess was naturally faster than I was, but I managed to keep up with her since she couldn’t go too far from my view. We managed to make some progress, whilst also getting information from the princess. This meant I finally got a gist of the state of affairs in Atlantis.
Her father, the King of Atlantis, announced that he would be stepping down as King to allow one of his children to take charge. Naturally the right to succeed would be passed down to the first born, however she was more popular than her brother, so the people wanted her to become princess. Basically, those in support of her brother were trying to get rid of her.