ME: Hello people! Just so you know all mermaids - Cleo, Emma, Rikki, Samantha, Bella, and Charlotte- are now 17, and their boyfriends - Lewis, Ash, Zane, Will, and Nate - are all 17. No Samantha doesn't have a boyfriend yet, but she will.
Now on with the chapter!
-Beach-
Cleo, Rikki, and Bella were walking on the beach. When 3 of the guys in the water started to yell at Bella. Trying to get her to come into the water. But when she didn't move one of the guys yelled.
"Snob! " The other two laughed at this point. And he got onto his surfboard.
Cleo and Rikki glanced at each other and Cleo nudged Rikki who smirked, knowing what her mermaid sister was planning to do. Bella was looking at the three morons, she knew that neither Cleo nor Rikki would let what they did go...and if Samantha found out, Bella shuttered at the thought.
So she watched as Cleo and Rikki made a fool out of the guy who called her a snob. She even managed a small chuckle when the guy's surfboard turned upside down causing his friends to laugh at him.
"Don't you just love summer holidays?" Rikki asked as the three mermaids walked away from the three idiots. They all agreed not to mention anything to Samantha, it wasn't worth it anyway. Besides they knew she had other things to worry about.
-Armorel-
"Thank you so much Max. They are beautiful." Sam said and placed her new necklace around her neck. She knew it would glow during the full moon, absorbing the moonlight. You never know if you are going to need pure moonlight.
Max chuckled as he placed the other necklaces on the table. "You are welcome Samantha. It was pleasure make these necklaces, especially since I know who are going to use them." The old fisherman then began to cough into his arm.
"Max! Are you alright?" Sam helped the old man sit down on couch before sitting beside him herself. Her blue eyes were wide with worry over the old man she had come to see as her grandfather.
"I'm not as young as I used to be Samantha. Age doesn't come alone, but I won't let it stop me." Max smiled, but he knew that the leader of the mermaids would worry about him no matter what he said.
Smiling sadly Sam nodded as she helped Max back on his feet. "If you ever need help Max all you have to do is call. And the Armorel's doors are always open for you." She hugged the old man gently. "You are like a grandfather to all of us. Not just us mermaids, but the guys as well."
"Thank you." Was all Max whispered before he left. Samantha went in to the library so she could go over the papers of the the free diving competition she had received this morning. The organizer had given her the names of all the divers that were going to be practicing near Mako Island.
'As long as they stay out of the moon pool.' She sighed. Doing paperwork was boring, but she knew that the sooner she started the sooner she was done.
-Out in the sea-
Small boat was anchored in the waters near Mako Island. Man in his twenties looked at the mysterious island he had heard about so much as he put on some goggles before diving in the water. He needed all the practice he could get to be ready for the competition.
-Rikki's cafe-
Rikki and Zane stood in front of the group, handing out jobs.
"Ash, Emma, Charlotte; your jobs are to serve the customers and make them happy. You get to keep any tips you make. As for your payment it's $20 an hour. You also get 2, 15 minute breaks a day. Sound good?" Rikki asked as she looked at her notebook.
"Sure." "I'm fine with that." "Yes." Came the voices of agreement from the three in question.
"Alright next up is Bella, Lewis and Nate; you guys will be on live music. Bella of course is the singer, Nate you are on keyboard and Lewis you're on the drums. Now meet Nathan and Andrew your two guitarists." Rikki introduced a teen with blonde hair and bright blue eyes known as Nathan and a brown haired bright green eyes guy known as Andrew.
"Now all of you will be getting payed $10 for each song you do a day or night. So for example, if you do 3 songs you each get 30 dollars. There will also be a tip jar that the customers can place money into. You will have to split the money -between the 5 of you- in the jar at the end of each night. Sound fair?" Rikki asked she got nods of agreement out of the 4 band members and the singer.
"Good, now Samantha. I will let you sell the things you make here, but you split the profits with Rikki's cafe 50-50 okay?"
"Sure Rikki, I don't really need the money, remember?" Samantha answered her, because honestly she didn't. The little dent she had in her cash was already filled with some extra added into it...
"Good now let's get started with the grand opening tonight!" Zane told everyone and they suddenly got very busy. In only a few short hours Rikki's cafe would open its door to the public.
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Sam stood out in the pier, she was taking a break from all the partying going on inside. Earlier she had felt a strange magic nearby so she wanted to know what it is. It wasn't a threatening feeling, more like...something familiar. She couldn't explain the feeling to herself. Her thoughts were cut of by a voice coming closer.
"What are you doing out here Sam? I thought that you would be inside partying like the rest of us." Rikki smiled as she walked to her friend. So far the evening had been a huge success.
"Sorry Rikki, but I really needed a break from all the dancing. And there's this-" Sam saw something rise from the water. "Rikki look out!" She yelled and pushed her friend out of the way before the thing grabbed her and pulled her underwater.
"Sam!" Rikki shouted, alerting the other mermaids that something was wrong.
-Moon pool-
*Samantha's p.o.v*
I don't know why, but when the water tentacle grabbed me I felt safe. But now I just feel so tired, like I've been awake for days and am in desperate need of sleep. Still something is nagging at the back of my mind, reminding me of something, I just can't put my finger on it.
"Sam! Samantha! Open your eyes!" Someone is yelling at me. Or more likely someones.
"What?" My eyes finally snap open as the water tentacle was forced to lose its hold on me. Before it was gone I felt like it tried to apologize. But why? What did I miss?
*No p.o.v*
"Are you alright Sam?" Bella asked as all the mermaids gathered together in the pool.
"I'm fine. But-" Sam cut off when she heard groaning coming from the sandy part of the cavern. "Oh no." She whispered when she recognized the man as one of the participants of the free diving competition. "I hope he didn't see anything."
All six mermaid got out of the water and dried themselves, thanks to Rikki and Samantha as they used their powers to dry up faster. They then approached the groaning male.
"Oi! Sleeping beauty!" Rikki nudged the guy on the shoulder with her shoe.
"Rikki!" Cleo pulled her friend away as the guy finally woke up and sat up with a gasp. He backed up, looking scared.
"What are you doing here?" Emma asked as the brown haired man, Carlos Jameson, according to Sam shakily stood up.
"I came in here diving but-" Carlos moved closer to the moon pool and looked at the water. He then spoke something about the wall being different like a big waterfall, but none of the girls didn't really believe him. But when he said that something come for him from the pool it made them uncomfortable.
"What are you guys doing here?" Carlos asked and looked at the six girls. "And why are you in party clothes?"
Sam stepped forward. "For you information I own this island. We come here from time to time to get away from the stress of the mainland. This is a place we come the relax. Normally I would say that Mako Island is off limits, but because of the oncoming competition the divers have a permission to use the surrounding waters for their training. As long as they don't harm the environment." She admitted to herself the guy was cute, but at the same time she couldn't stand him.
"You are Samantha Sertori! I've heard so much about you!" Carlos exclaimed and looked at Samantha up and down, like pervert. Her outfit wasn't helping.
"Hey! Eyes up here! Pervert." Sam snapped, causing Cleo and Charlotte to take hold of her arms so she wouldn't attack the guy.
"Sorry." Carlos said and dived in the water, leaving the girls in the cavern.
-Next day-
Samantha came to sit next to the girls with a long face.
"So, what did Luna have to say?" Emma questioned first.
"Nothing, she has no knowledge, of why the moon sent water after us. She did say that she didn't think it meant any harm to us, so that explains why I got the feeling that it was sorry before it vanished. But other then that, not a clue." Samantha answered honestly, playing absentmindedly with the sleeve of her jacket. She made mental note to give the others their necklaces after they got back home.
This made the others want to hit their heads...that water had almost killed Sam, but if it didn't mean any harm to them then what the heck did it want?
Just then Lewis came up to them. He too had a long look on his face.
"Anything?" Zane asked hopefully.
"Nothing. Max was as shocked as the rest of us. He had no idea what this could mean." Lewis flopped down between Cleo and Sam. "Still he promised me that he'll keep an eye out if he can find anything."
"We'll just have to be careful. I have a feeling that what ever the water tentacle wanted has something to do with Mako Island and that it is important." Sam said as she stood up. "Charlotte, Nate can you two help me? I need to buy groceries and with most of us living in the same house we need a lots of food. Next thing we know is that we all live together in the Armorel."
"Sure." The couple followed after Sam. Others looked after them hoping that nothing bad wouldn't happen to them. Knowing their luck something was bound to happen sooner or later.
