Hey guys! Sorry for the long absence, but a lot has happened since my last update. I don't know if I will finish Fanged Hearts, but I'm going to continue this in the meantime. Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter! It continues after Season 3, by the way, and is a prequel to another series that I will start on later.

Emma Gilbert, after exhausting flights and taxi rides, looked around her newly redone bedroom with welcome. 'It was great to be back!' She thought, smiling. Her hand went straight to her neck, where a certain blue-stoned locket hung. She was eager to see her friends again, yes, but she was also worried about being forgotten. 'Hopefully… everything will turn out well.'

The blonde stood before the former JuiceNet Café, now turned into Rikki's. She walked through the entrance, the wind making her hair fly behind her as she went. Emma spotted her three best friends at a table to the right, chatting as if everything was as usual.

Emma was about to come forward, but stopped when she saw that her friends weren't alone. Within the group was a blond couple; the man being blue-eyed and tall, having a surfer's build. The girl beside him caught her attention. She was very pretty; her wavy, honey blonde hair went below her shoulders, bringing out her bronzed skin (which wasn't as tanned as Cleo's). Her eyes were ocean blue, matching the hair-and-skin combination she had. The surfer stood up from his seat, kissed the new girl, then passed by Emma as he left.

"Emma!"

The blonde almost jumped in surprise, not noticing her old friends running over to welcome her back. She gave them a hug, before directing her attention back to the confused girl.

"Who are you?" Emma asked, suspicious of the girl. She looked at Cleo and Rikki, who nodded, then turned to the other blonde.

"Isabella Hartley, but you can call me Bella."

"Well, Bella, my name is Emma."

"So, you're Emma! I've heard so much about you from Cleo and Rikki," Bella exclaimed.

"But, what are you doing with my friends?" Emma continued.

"Oh! I didn't realize that… they were your friends," Bella said, looking down. The tension was so thick, someone could cut it with a knife.

"Maybe it would be better to take this somewhere else. My house, anyone?" Cleo suggested.

"I can't. Gotta go check out the moon pool, so I can find a way to save it," Lewis decided, giving a farewell kiss to Cleo.

"What is he talking about?!" Emma worried, not knowing of the damage that came to it.

"We'll tell you when we go there," Bella jumped in, serious about what Lewis had said.

"How do you know about the moon pool?" Emma questioned like a detective.

"Because… she's a mermaid, too," Rikki revealed.

Emma had stopped in silence, millions of emotions clouding her thoughts; betrayal, sadness, anger. She followed the new trio out of Rikki's, demanding answers within her thoughts.

"You two decided to replace me by creating another mermaid?!" Emma accused, hurt by the betrayal.

"No, Emma! Bella has been a mermaid since she was 9 years old, when she changed in a moon pool in Ireland," Cleo explained.

"So, what's her power?" Emma demanded to know, crossing her arms over her chest.

"She can turn water into jelly and make it hard, like glass. We don't know if she has a weather power, though."

"Weather power?" Bella questioned, confused.

"We'll explain later," Rikki assured.

"I guess that she isn't the new me.." Emma wandered off, only to stare at Cleo and Rikki's necks. "Where are your lockets? What's with the blue gems?"

"They're crystals, Emma. We got them from the moon pool, and Bella and her boyfriend, Will, made them into necklaces," Rikki corrected.

"Is our friendship not important to you?!" Emma accused, yet again.

"Of course it is! But, Bella didn't have a locket, and we were her friends-" Cleo tried to say, but was cut off.

"It doesn't matter. You replaced me…" Emma said, heartbroken. She ripped Cleo's locket off, then threw it back at her. "I never want to see you again!" She continued, running out the door in tears.

Cleo ran into her bedroom with Rikki in tow, erupting into tears. Bella touched the pendant at her throat, getting an idea. She left a note for her friends, hoping that they get the message.

"I'll fix this…"

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