H2O: Just Add Water X 5

Summary: Emma, Cleo, Rikki, Jenna, and Shadow were five ordinary human beings before going into the Moon Pool on Mako Island during the full moon. But now every time they touch water, they sprout a tail and gain mystical powers over water. How do you keep a secret this fishy? Let's find out. Season 1 of H2O but with my two OC's added in.

Author's Note: This is literally my first H2O story. I've never written something like this, so here's goes something hopefully. Follow/favorite if you like.

Chapter 1: Metamorphosis

Location: The Gilbert's House, Queensland, Australia, Time: March, 2006, Early Morning

Shadow's POV

I had been having nightmares for the past few months. They started small and were very blurry. But little by little they were getting clearer. And more disturbing. This was the clearest one yet. It was dark. A glistening pool of water was rippling as I saw Emma, my adoptive sister, her best friend Cleo, and Rikki, a student from the school I went to with Emma and Cleo. Jenna, who was Rikki's sister, was there too. But she looked different. They all did. They had what appeared to be orange bikini tops and something behind them which was also orange. I couldn't make out what it was. Then I heard my voice.

"Oi. Let them go."

I look to my left and saw myself. I was looking across this cave and saw a blond haired woman in a t-shirt holding a clipboard.

"Oh, I can't do that. These girls are worth a fortune."

"Let them go..and take me instead."

"Why?"

"Because I have what they have too. Let them go. And take me instead."

"Shadow! No! You can't!" a voice cried.

I saw Jenna, crying her eyes out, and the scene began to darken as loud knocking was heard on my door. I opened my eyes.

"Eric? Wake up! It's time to go to school. Emma's already left."

"Alright, Mrs. Gilbert. I'm getting up."

I sat up and put my legs over the bed. It had been over a week now since the Gilbert's told me I was adopted by them. All of the life I knew was a lie. So, I was left to ponder. Who were my parents? Why didn't they want me? After taking a quick shower, and getting dressed, I grabbed my backpack, and headed downstairs. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert were down there, reading the newspaper and doing the dishes.

"Good morning, Eric."

"It's Shadow."

The two parents sighed as I grabbed a container of orange juice and shoved it into my bag.

"Eric...we need to talk," said Mrs. Gilbert.

"What about? The fact that you lied to me all these years? What about the no secrets rule? Oh, wait that only applies to the children, I suppose."

I headed for the door. Mr. Gilbert called out.

"We're not finished here, Eric."

"We are. I'm not Eric. I'm not your son. I never was. I'm not coming home tonight. Don't wait up."

I stormed out and slammed the door. Deciding to skip school, I headed down to the Marina where my surfboard and my jet ski waited. Quickly pulling off my shirt, I climbed onto the jet ski and took off, the water rippling behind me. Then I heard a voice.

"Cleo! Cleo!"

I groaned inwardly. It was Zane. The most selfish and most irritating person this side of the world. I pulled into a empty dock space, and was just about to tie off when Zane pushed Cleo out the dock on his small inflatable dingy. The engine cover was off and the engine wasn't functioning. Feeling anger, I started the engine of my jet ski and zoomed towards Zane. I pulled the power and slid to a stop, nearly splashing Zane. He and his buddy jumped back.

"Hey. You nearly crashed into me, Eric. Why don't you look were you're going?"

"And why don't you be more nice to people? Zane, tell me. Do you know that if you treat others the way you want to be treated you usually get what you want? Do you know what that's called? Karma!"

I revved the power and sprayed Zane and his buddy in a shower of sea water before speeding off.

"And by the way, the name is Shadow!"

Just then I heard Cleo scream as Rikki and Jenna jumped on board. I zoomed ahead and caught up with the boat.

"Hey, Jenna. Rikki."

Jenna blushed at the sound of my voice and tucked a bang behind her ear.

"H..Hey, Shadow."

"Finally. Somebody gets my name right."

Rikki raised an eyebrow.

"I thought your name was Eric?"

"Not anymore. So..what did you to Zane's boat?"

"I stole the spark plug."

Cleo gasped.

"You stole it?"

Rikki smiled as she held up the spark plug and went over to reinstall it.

"Zane Bennett's a pig. Anything me and Jenna can do to get under his skin can't be a bad thing, can it?

Once Rikki reinstalled the spark plug, they started the dingy and sped off. After splashing Zane once more, we headed out to sea before turning into one of the canals. Just then Cleo called out.

"Hey, Emma! Want a ride?"

"There's already three people on that dinghy. There's a limit. And are you even licensed?"

Rikki scoffed.

"Are you my mother?

Jenna smiled.

"That's okay. I can ride with Shadow."

Rikki shook her head.

"Absolutely not. Plus, you don't have a life jacket."

"I'll be fine, Sis."

I backed up the jet ski, so it was along side the dinghy.

"Climb on, Jenna."

Jenna did so as Emma climbed into the dinghy. Soon, we were off. A couple hours later, we ran into a problem. The dinghy ran out of fuel. I was running low as well.

"I'm almost out of fuel too. I don't think I can go back for help. Not without running out of fuel."

"Do you two feel like paddling for that island?" asked Rikki.

Jenna and I looked ahead. We were completely shocked. I turned to look at Rikki.

"You want to go there? To Mako Island? Forget it."

Cleo began to explain that no one goes to Mako Island as it was surrounded by sharks. Rikki sighed.

"Well. It's all we got."

She handed Emma a paddle before grabbing one for herself, and they began to paddle. I gently pushed the power of the jet ski with Jenna clutching her arms around my toned abdomen nervously. I whispered to her.

"Hey. We'll be okay."

Soon, we landed on the island as the sun was starting to set. My jet ski had finally run out of fuel. Jenna and I climbed off as Rikki, Emma, and Cleo pulled the dinghy ashore. I walked over to them.

"So..how do we get home?"

Emma scoffed.

"Good question, Eric. Ask Rikki."

Rikki was indignant.

"Don't put this on me."

"Oh, it was someone else's fault."

I facepalmed.

"Enough. We're not getting off of this rock just by standing around and arguing. Look..maybe the dinghy has flares? We can use those. Someone is bound to be out there and they can find us with them."

I went over to the dinghy and sighed.

"Okay. No flares. What kind of idiot doesn't put flares in they're boat? Spoiled rich brat."

Emma pulled out her cell.

"I can get a signal."

"A cell phone, Em? Really?"

"Of course..wait..I don't have any signal. We should try to get to higher ground."

Emma and Cleo went off, and Rikki, Jenna and I followed. As we continued through the dense forest we stumbled upon a small waterfall.

"Mind your step," said Emma. "It's pretty slick."

She jumped to another rock and Rikki followed next. Cleo stopped.

"I can't do this. It's too slippery. There's got to be another way."

Just then Cleo slipped and fell down a hole. We quickly scrambled towards it, and called Cleo's name.

"I'm okay. I'm fine." she called.

"Can you climb up," asked Emma.

"I can't. It's too steep."

"I got to go down and get her."

Rikki gasped at Emma.

"Are you crazy?"

Emma ignored her and slid down the hole. Suddenly, Rikki jumped in after her. Suddenly, Jenna and I could hear arguing at the bottom. I turned to Jenna.

"Go down. Tell them I'm going to find a vine or something to pull them up."

Jenna nodded and slid down. As I turned away, a piece of the rock I was standing on gave way, and I slid down the hole. I closed my eyes tightly. As I felt myself stop, I heard Emma's voice.

"What are you doing down here? I thought you were going to get a vine or something."

"I was.." I sat up groaning. "I slipped though. Where are we?"

"Some sort of cave. We need to get out of here."

I nodded slowly.

"Okay. As soon as my stomach settles."

Soon, we were feeling are way through the darkness. As we continued, my head began to pound and I felt dizzy.

"Shadow..Shadow!"

"What?"

"Are you okay?"

Jenna had her hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah...I..I'm fine."

We continued on and I gasped. It was the pool. The pool from my nightmares. But the girls didn't notice my nervousness. As they were checking the pool out, Emma noticed something.

"Look, tidal rings. The level of the pool rises and falls."

Rikki shrugged.

"So?"

"So, it's connected to the ocean. There might be a way out."

Emma dove into the pool and swam out. Minutes ticked by before Emma returned. She surfaced and turned to us.

"I was right. It's about a twenty second swim to the reef outside. Straight through. Plenty of room. It'll fit all of us."

Cleo didn't want to go. She couldn't swim. Jenna, and I dove in. As Rikki talked with Cleo about getting in, I felt the water differently. It didn't tingle like normal. This was different. Something was wrong. As Cleo climbed in, the water began to bubble and glow. We looked up and saw the moon shine it's light into the pool. Sparkles of light surrounded us and floated upwards. Emma turned to us.

"Now concentrate and follow me."

She dove under the water and swam out of the tunnel. Rikki and Cleo went next followed by Jenna, but I stayed behind and watched the bubbles of the pool dissipate, and the water returning to normal. Even the weird tingly feeling was gone. Shaking my head at the weirdness of the night, I dove under the water, and swam out. I surfaced only to be met by the Water Police. The girls were already on board, and waiting for me.

"Come on, Shadow!" called Jenna.

I glanced behind me and stared at the moon over Mako Island before making my way to the boat. The next morning, I left early and met up with Jenna at our sea side hideout. She was waiting for me, surfboard in hand.

"Hey. You ready?"

I put down my board and kissed her. Breaking the kiss I smiled.

"Hey, anytime. Did you..?"

"No, I didn't tell Rikki we're dating."

"Jenna..I'm sick of the secrets. I don't know how much longer I can keep this one. They're gonna find out. Rikki is gonna find out. And she'll kill me."

"She's not gonna find out. Now come on."

I sighed and grabbed my board. We quickly hit the surf, but ten seconds later. Everything changed. Bubbles surrounded us and we looked down. Our legs had been replaced with tails. We quickly dove under the water, and quickly swam back, hopefully without anyone seeing us. Later we met up with Emma, and Rikki at Cleo's house.

"It was orange, and covered in scales," said Cleo.

"I was a fish when I touched the water when I went swimming this morning," replied Emma.

Rikki shook her head.

"I was water for a second."

Jenna was shocked at what happened.

"What happened to us?"

Rikki looked around.

"Is anyone else here?"

Cleo shook her head.

"No, dad's at work. And Mom took my sister shopping."

Emma sighed.

"What happened to us?"

Rikki sat down.

"About ten seconds after we touch water, we grow these.."

I spoke up.

"Tails. And they vanish when we're dry. What color were yours? What did you look like? Jenna had a orange tail and a matching bikini top."

Rikki raised an eyebrow.

"Wait, why were you with Jenna?"

"He's been teaching me to surf, Rikki. It's nothing."

Rikki stared at us before speaking.

"I had the same thing. Orange tail and matching top. Cleo? Emma?"

They nodded.

"Yes."

Cleo looked over at me.

"What about you?"

"Me? Mine was red...like..something on rag doll. But I was shirtless still. This doesn't make any sense. We look like..."

Rikki smiled.

"Mermaids."

I spluttered.

"What? Why mermaids? For you four, yeah, the name works, but..I'm a guy. So that makes me..."

Rikki smiled even wider.

"A merman!"

Emma groaned.

"I told you before. It's not funny. We can't be mermaids, and he can't be a merman. Mermaids or mermen don't exist. That's just too weird."

Suddenly, someone knocked on the front door. Cleo groaned.

"Oh, no. It's Lewis. I forgot. He's helping me with biology today."

"Cleo!," he called.

Lewis entered the house.

"Cle..oh. Oh...Did I get the time wrong?"

"No, we said nine. But sorry, Lewis, something has come up."

"Like what?"

"Just something important."

Cleo looked over at us and we shook our heads. I inwardly gagged. I wasn't going to let Lewis experiment on me or the girls. Especially Jenna.

Cleo turned back to Lewis.

"But...not so important that you need to know about it."

She quietly led him to the front door.

"Sorry, Lewis. I have to cancel."

"Oh, okay. Maybe some other time?"

As Lewis went to the door, Cleo stopped him.

"Lewis...You're smart. Do you know anything about mermaids?"

I facepalmed. She did not just do that.

Lewis sighed.

"No, not really."

I let out a breath of air that I didn't know I was holding. Cleo sighed.

"Okay, sorry. Bye."

She sent him out the door. Emma, Rikki, Jenna, and I stood up.

"What?" asked Cleo.

Rikki repeated the question Cleo asked Lewis.

"Do you know anything about mermaids? Are you crazy?"

Emma sighed.

"Cleo, this is really serious. If anyone found out about this, we could be in big trouble."

I rubbed the bridge of my nose.

"Emma's right. We could be arrested or worse. Experimented on. I really don't want to be a 5th Grader science project."

"I just thought Lewis could help. He's our friend."

Jenna smiled sadly.

"Look we don't know how or why this happened to us. We can't tell anyone."

Rikki smiled.

"You know there's a way we could find out more?"

I crossed my arms.

"You can't be serious. Go back into the water?"

"Yep."

Emma sighed.

"I hate to say it, but Rikki's right. Cleo you coming with?"

"No way."

She stood up and walked away.

Rikki smiled at Jenna.

"You coming, sis?"

"Sure. Shadow?"

I groaned.

"I'm so gonna regret this."

But I was wrong. We went to the secret seaside hideout and dove in. I waited for about ten seconds and felt a slight tingle before my bright red tail appeared. Rikki, Emma, and Jenna followed suit and we swam around, getting used to our new appendages. I was enjoying every second of it. After we dried off, we headed back to Emma's house. Just then we heard Cleo.

"Wait! You will never believe what just happened."

She dragged us inside. Inside Emma's room, she showed us what had happened. She could control water.

"You have powers over water?"

"Yeah. And it grows even more."

Rikki was confused.

"Where's the extra water coming from?"

Cleo dropped her hand.

"I don't know."

However when she dropped her hand, the water fell. Emma reacted and put her hand up. It froze solid.

"Em..you can freeze water."

Rikki was ecstatic.

"Okay. This is over the top. I'm getting tingles now."

Emma sighed.

"All I did was..."

She pushed her hand forward, and the water in a jar for some flowers froze solid. Rikki flicked her fingers out like Spider-Man. She tried different things but nothing happened.

"It's not fair. Why don't I get to do all the cool stuff?"

Cleo turned to Rikki.

"I don't think cool is the word. What can you do, Jenna?"

Jenna closed her eyes. Suddenly, thunder cracked outside. Standing up, I pulled Emma's curtains back. It was raining.

"Jenna. Stop."

Jenna did and the rain was gone.

"Do it again."

She did and the rain started again. Soon, she stopped.

"Okay. Jenna can make it rain."

Emma looked at me.

"What can you do, Eric?"

"It's Shadow. Why do you insist on calling me Er.."

Suddenly, all of the light bulbs in the room exploded with a loud pop. Everyone looked at me and giggled. Except Emma.

"This is not funny. We got to keep this as a secret. From everyone. We could end up dissected or in the circus or something."

"So this secret.." replied Cleo. "It's just between the five of us?"

Emma nodded.

"Our secret. Our responsibility. Whatever happens, we're in this together."

Rikki groaned.

"It doesn't mean we're married, does it?"

Emma chuckled softly.

"Now that was actually funny."

All of five of us smiled.

Well, that was the first chapter of H2O: Just Add Water X 5. I'll be working on some cover art for this story. If you have any ideas, shoot me a PM and let me know. Also, if you liked this chapter and the story so far, follow/favorite, or shoot me a review. It helps feed the muse. Which happens to be a shark. So..yeah..Bye!