Hi this is my first fanfic on H2O, and my 2nd fanfic and I haven't exactly mastered it, so please be nice. :-) In order for this fanfic to work, (it's kinda like season 4), it will be set on the last year of school. Won't be too big of a deal :/ So season 3 was just their 2nd to last year :-) Anyways, bear with me :D
3 reviews= new chapter, please be honest with reviews, I wanna make this fanfiction good! :)
Chapter 1: The News
"Can you believe school starts in a week?" Rikki groaned. "All that learning, that studying!" She continued complaining. "How horrible will it be? It's our last year of school!"
Bella and Cleo rolled their eyes. Bella had good studies, and so did Cleo. Rikki could get good ones to if she actually tried. "You know, Rikki, you could actually try to get good grades!" Cleo said, relaxing on the sandy beach. "You might as well enjoy the summer as it lasts, only one more week, Rikki."
"Plus, you survived 12 years of school already, you could do with this year," Bella reassured. "It won't be too bad."
"That's what they all say." Rikki said shaking her head jokingly. Bella and Cleo continued to roll their eyes. Rikki laughed.
"Wanna go for a swim?" Rikki suggested. Bella looked at her curiously and Cleo stared out at the open water. They hadn't been on a swim together for the whole summer. Even alone they only swam once or twice the whole summer. During the school year, they used to do it daily. Rikki sighed, "Come on! It's been so long since we got a swim, just because Mako's a bit... well... you know, broken... It doesn't mean we have to avoid the water!"
Bella sighed, "I guess," they both looked at Cleo which nodded and shrugged, "What could go wrong?"
In the Ocean (5 minutes later)
All of the mermaids smiled at each other. It felt so good to be in the water at last, together. They suddenly gave each other a look which asked them to race to Mako. At the end, Bella won the race. Second was Cleo, and Rikki was third by a split second.
"Guys, look at the Moon Pool. Doesn't it look... Different? Doesn't it look normal, like the way without scattered rocks, and well, doesn't it look like it healed?" Bella asked. She struggled to climb out of the moon pool with her heavy tail. She made a motion with her hand to her tail and the water droplets on her tail turned into gelatine. She brushed them off and got her legs back. Rikki and Cleo did the same except Rikki heated the water off her tail while Cleo just controlled the water droplets and set them off back into the pool.
"Did someone fix it, or... Something?" Cleo suggested, having nothing in her head.
"Probably not, it's like," Rikki stopped. "It's like... As if Mako healed by itself, as if... It needed to heal to," Rikki was interrupted by Bella.
"-protect itself from something upcoming!" Bella realized, eyes widening.
"NO!" Cleo slmost yelled. "We've dealt with saving Earth from a comet, how much more do we have to do? Life shouldn't just depend on us! It depends on others too. Mako isn't giving us any answers. That's a reason to believe there's nothing going on." There's nothing happening to Mako, and there never will be again, Cleo tried to convince herself. But every time, she found it harder to believe it.
Bella and Rikki exchanged worried glances. They both knew Cleo was stubborn at times, and she would convince herself that nothing was going on.
"Cleo, something is going on around here, it may not be the comet, but we have to prepare ourselves, we have to protect Mako, and each other," Rikki noted. Bella nodded in agreement.
Bella looked at her watch, "Guys I gotta go down to the cafe for a sound check," she said hurriedly, "Bye guys!" She rushed off and dove into the Moon Pool splashing Cleo and Rikki.
Cleo laughed and Rikki gave an annoyed look and they both dove into the water as well.
At the Cafe
"Bella!" Nate's voice rang through the cafe. Bella whipped her head around to Nate. "You were meant to be up for a sound check 30 minutes ago!" He almost yelled.
Bella rolled her eyes, "Coming," she said.
"1, 2, 3," Nate counted down motioning for the band to start.
I thought that life was kind, just a state of mind,
Then I found you and the sun shone brightly,
It's like when your alone, just pick up the phone,
I hear your voice and I don't feel so empty,
I, I- you can do anything, I-I-I
Cause I, I, I believe in all that I can be,
And I, I, I feel like the air now I can breathe,
now think about love, 'bout love,
now think about you...
"Sounds great, Bella!" Nate complimented.
"Thanks," Bella replied, she rushed off stage to get a juice.
"Hey, Bella!" Will called.
Bella turned her head around, "Hey Will."
"So..." Will started the conversation awkwardly. "How's things?" He sounded like he was questioning himself then questioning Bella.
Bella laughed at Will's question, "Great, I guess."
"You need any help with the full moon tonight? Because, I'd be glad to help," Will suggested.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I'm having a sleepover at Cleo's tonigh," Bella answered.
Bella recieved a text from her phone-
Cleo- full moon rises at 6:52. meet at mine about 6:00, k?
Bella- sure, cya there.
Bella read her watch... It was already 5:37. "I gotta go Will, I'm suppose to meet at Cleo's at 6:00, ok? Bye!" Bella waved and rushed off.
"Bye," Will said, but she was already gone. He smiled to himself, Bella was always in a hurry like that.
At Cleo's House
"Hey!" Bella greeted as Cleo walked in the room. "So... Rikki here yet?"
"Nope, she doesn't take full moons as seriously, so she's a little late sometimes. Never too late though," Cleo added. They both knew what that meant.
Just then, Rikki came in the door. "Hey guys, sorry I was so late."
"It's okay," Cleo said, "Come in. Kim, my dad and Sam are gonna come back about 10 minutes later. They're expecting us to be reviewing stuff, after about at 6:10 ish they are leaving to see a relative," Cleo stated.
She pulled out her notebook and her laptop, she searched something up quickly, wrote down some notes, and told Bella and Rikki to do the same.
"Alright then, after they leave we should be all set."
Cleo's House, 6:04
"Kim!" Don called. "Your going to hold us back!" He turned to Cleo, "Are you sure you can't come with us?"
"Yeah, me, Bella and Rikki have to review these school stuff, if we don't, we might fall behind," Cleo lied and apologized.
Don nodded, "Of course."
Kim came down. "Finally! What took you so long, Kim?" Don scolded.
"Let's just go," Sam suggested. With that Don and Sam said goodbyes to Cleo and set off.
"Well, now what do we do?" Rikki asked.
"Let's go upstairs and set up," Cleo suggested.
"We don't even have a problem with the any mermaid stuff this time, why meet up at a full moon and have a sleepover?" Rikki complained.
"Hey hey, mermaid or not we're still friends aren't we?" Bella pointed out.
"Uh-huh..." She muttered.
Cleo rolled her eyes. "Plus, what if we start howling at the moon? What if all of us start staring at the moon?" Cleo asked.
"Well, if one of us do, the other non moonstruck mermaid could call Will or Lewis, now that he's back," Bella answered. "It'll be fine."
Cleo got a text message from Lewis:
Hey cleo, just letting u know that the full moon is rising in 10 minutes :)
Cleo smiled, then replied quickly.
Thanks, Lewis, I'm already prepared with the girls, I got to go.
The three girls suddenly heard a knock on the door. "I'll get it," Cleo said to the girls.
"Who is it?" Cleo opened the door to see Bella's mom. She had seen her once or twice before to recognize her but not familiarize with her. "Oh, are you here to see Bella?"
"Yes, I need to talk with her," Mrs. Hartley said.
"I'll get her, she's upstairs with Rikki," Cleo ran upstairs. "Bella, your mom's here."
Bella's eyes widened. "What?" She was shocked. "Tell her I'm already asleep."
"Bella, it's 6:30, she's not gonna believe that, I already told her you were upstairs with Rikki."
"Fine," she ran down the stairs. "What is it, mom?"
"A word in private, Isabella," Mrs. Hartley said. Bella hated how her mom called her Isabella instead of Bella.
"Didn't I say to call me Bella?" Bella said, annoyed.
"Fine, Bella, a word in private."
They got into a seperate room. "As you might already heard, we are moving back to Ireland," Mrs. Hartley said.
"No!" Bella said. "I want to stay here at Australia with Cleo and Rikki."
"We are moving back to Ireland, Isabel-" She stopped herself. "Bella. You will be back there with your old friends just like your friends here, Bella," Mrs. Hartley spoke softly.
They aren't mermaids, though. Bella's old friends had never knew about her secret. None of her friends when she moved around knew her secret but Rikki and Cleo. Cleo, Rikki, Will, Lewis, and Zane were the only ones that ever knew about her. "I want to stay here, mom! I like it here. I don't want to move back to Ireland!" She almost yelled, but she didn't want Cleo and Rikki to find out about it.
"Well, we're going to talk about this sooner or later, Isabella. Tomorrow afternoon, we're talking about this again," Mrs. Hartley stated, she then closed the door leaving Bella thinking. I wouldn't go back to Ireland! I wouldn't!
She got back upstairs.
"What was that all about, Bella?" Rikki asked.
"Nothing, it was just... Just that she wanted to make sure I was alright at Cleo's and I was coming back tomorrow afternoon," She lied. The least thing Bella wanted was Rikki and Cleo bothering her about it.
"M-hmm..." Rikki said.
They slept through the night, without anyone being moonstruck or having problems. Before they slept, they were talking about Mako, and how it magically restored itself. Cleo was the only one having trouble believing it.
Later at the Cafe (Morning to Afternoon time)
"Hey Bella!" Will called. "Rikki, Cleo," he greeted.
"Hey Will," Bella replied.
"How'd you guys take the last full moon?" Will asked. Though over the summer, know one had troubles with the tentacle, there was that one time the mermaids all got moonstruck and swam to Mako. "You didn't get moonstruck, did you?"
"No, we were fine."
Bella recieved a text:
Isabella, come home now.
It was from Mrs. Hartley, again.
"Guys I gotta go," Bella said quickly. "I'll, uh... See you around. Bye!"
"What's up with Bella?" Will asked.
"I dunno, yesterday, she was acting kinda quiet after her mom came over to Cleo's and had a talk with her," Cleo answered. "It's probably nothing anyways."
At Bella's House
"Isabella Hartley!" Her mother called. "Our family is leaving to Ireland next week, you have to start packing. Your dad, Lucy and I have already finished packing!"
Lucy was Bella's little sister. Lucy was 13 years old and extremely annoying according to Bella. "For the last time, I don't want to go to Ireland! I love it here! I can't just leave Will, Cleo, and Rikki behind!"
"Well, that's not your decision to make, Isabella. Lucy, your dad and I are leaving next week. You're not going to be left behind here, so pack your bags, Isabella," Mrs. Hartley said firmly.
Mr. Hartley came in too. "Isabella, I know it's hard for you to move again, but you'll find new friends."
There's no one like Cleo, Will, and Rikki! Bella complained in her thoughts. "But I finally found some friends that understood me, and I've understood them!"
"You're leaving to Ireland next week, Isabella Hartley!" Bella's dad yelled. "That's final."
That's all. Hope you enjoyed, this is my 1st fanfiction so... Well, I didn't master it yet :) PLEASE REVIEW AND SAY WHAT YOU THINK! Suggestions are always welcome. :D
-Elysa