Summery: One night and three words leaves theses two teens siblings. How will this event change the life of one of our mermaids forever? A little research some and some big news leaves this two teens living only rooms away. Will this be just a small problem or a real nightmare? One big fire leaves this mermaid's house in ashes. When she learns who she will be staying with, are things going to be great or nerve raking? Read to find out.

Chapter 1: The Rain and the Sun

"It's just the water running down my face as it falls from the darkened sky, the sound of the drops as they hit the rocks around me. I can't even start to write about the sounds as I close my eyes. The drips and drops compared to the crash and booms. Then I open my eyes and right in front of me, the lightning, flashing so bright. The feel of my wet hair on my back and my wet clothes sticking to my skin, it's all I can think about, to be out in the rain." Their teacher stopped reading.

Lewis looked over to where Emma and Cleo sat. They had their eyes closed. Who knows what went through their minds? It was ether fear or excitement.

"Now like Sophie Gray, I want you to write a described paragraph of a feeling you enjoy. It could be the Sun on a hot day or the snow when you sit in a storm. Just be creative," Their teacher explained their homework.

Just then the bell rang. The class started out the door. Lewis stayed back and waited for the two girls. They were taking longer then usual, spending time talking about the story they just heard.

"Come on you two. It's taking you longer to leave then it did to come in," Lewis complained.

The girls looked over at Lewis and smiled. They picked up their books and followed him out the door. Outside they saw Rikki and Zane coming from the opposite direction. Emma and Cleo waved and ran over to Rikki.

"So remind me why we go to school," Rikki said.

"Because the government wants us to be smart and our parents won't let us ditch," Cleo pointed out.

Emma laughed at her two friends then said, "Look my grandmother is in town and she can be quite controlling. We've already put out scented candles and cleaned the whole house."

"How long did that take you… 5 minuets," Rikki said sarcastically.

"Very funny, I have to go," Emma said starting towered her house. She ran most of the way but slowed down right before she got to the door. She opened the door to find Elliot and her parents sitting with her grandmother.

"Oh my Emmy dear, you've grown so much," her grandmother said giving Emma a big hug.

"Hi, Grandma, how have you been?" Emma asked with a smile.

"I've been fine dear. What on earth is that?" her grandmother asked pointing to her locket. "I want you to take that thing off and put this on." Her grandmother held up a necklace with a pink, mermaid charm.

Emma smiled, took a deep breath, and took her locket off. She gave it one last look and placed it in her jacket pocket. Then she looked at the necklace her grandma gave her and put it around her neck.

Rikki

Rikki walked into her trailer to find her dad sitting at the table with papers surrounding him. When Rikki walked in, he looked up and smiled. Then he went strait back into his work. Rikki sat down next to him and took a look at what he was reading. It just some letters from her aunts. She wondered what in the world her father was doing with letters from his sisters he had not even talked to since he left for college.

"Dad what are you doing with letters from Aunt Katie and Aunt Becky?" Rikki asked pulling over one of the letters he was not looking at.

Her dad looked up at her. Rikki looked back at her dad. She pushed the letter from her Aunt Katie back into the center of the table. Her father still did not move. She gave him a week smile.

"Look, sweetie, I'm going to look for better work in the city, but I want you to stay with one of your aunts. I'm just trying to decide which aunt would be more suitable, Katie, my little sister with brains but no good judgment, or Becky, my twin with 7 kids of her own. Then there is Gabby, my big sister who I was never close to." Her dad looked back down at the letters.

"Who's Gabby? I thought you only had two sisters," Rikki asked.

"I never talked to Gabby. She always seemed in her own world. I think she lives somewhere around here. I believe I have her number around here somewhere," her dad said picking up another letter. He looked at it for a second and shouted, "Here it is!"

Rikki took the letter. It was from Aunt Katie and at the bottom was Aunt Gabby's phone number. It also said she lived in this town, and she had 5 sons. They where 14, 12, 9, 6, and 2-years-old. Rikki saw that this was over 7 years ago, when she was 9. That meant that she had a cousin, who was a boy, lived around here, and was her age. That would be a better place to stay then with an aunt who would ignore her or her 7 other unruly cousins who were ether into sports or makeup.

"I think I'm going to call Gabby. You will love her," her dad said picking up the phone.

Mako

Emma sat next to Cleo and Rikki on the beach at Mako Island. Lewis came running up after he docked his boat. Cleo gave him a sweet smile.

"So how was your grandmother, and where is your locket?" Rikki asked Emma.

"My grandma made me take it off. She told me I had to wear this," Emma told her friends and showed them the mermaid necklace.

"Man it is hot. I'm going to put my jacket in Lewis's boat. Want me to take yours?" Cleo asked taking off her jacket. Emma handed her jacket to Cleo.

"Where's your grandma now?" Rikki asked.

"My parents took her out to dinner. Elliot and are were free to do anything we wanted," Emma told him.

Once Cleo got back to them they all started up with a sand fight, then a chase. They spent hours there just messing around. They didn't even notice the time till it started to get dark.

"Look guys I have to go," Emma said leaving.

"I should be going to. Kim will be home any secant from her friend's, and she and my father would be mad if she is alone," Cleo said giving Lewis a kiss then leaving as well.

Just then Lewis pulled Emma's jacket from his boat and said, "Em left her jacket. You want to take it to her?"

"I guess I'll take it to her," Rikki said taking Emma's jacket, putting it on and leaving.