a/n: Marcos, Ivan, Julia, Victoria, Paula, Evelin, Carolina(Carol) and Roque are all from the spanish TV show 'El Internado: Laguna Negra'. I love that tv show and I've been wanting to write an H2O/El Internado for awhile now. For those of you who hadn't watched it, it has 7 seasons but some are really short. Here's a resume: El Internado (The Boarding School), also known as El Internado Laguna Negra (The Black Lagoon Boarding School) is a Spanish television drama-thriller focusing on the students of a fictional boarding school in a forest far from the city, on the outskirts of which macabre events occur. Basically the boarding school was based on what used to be an orphanage established by some of the few nazis managed to escape after the World War II. They had built the orphanage to use it as a cover because what they really did was using the little orphans for their experiments. One of those so-called experiments was the 'Gemini' project that is one of the main plot lines explored in the TV show. In the current bording school a couple of the older students are doing everything they can to solve the school's mistery while fighting for their lives.
Anyway if there are any questions you can ask me and I'll answer them.


It was a hot summer day. The sun was shining on the sky. At the Gold Coast a small group of friends was on the beach enjoying their time together.

Lewis, Ash, Will and Zane were playing beach volleyball with Marcos and Ivan. Julia, Victoria, Cleo and Bella had fallen into a deep conversation. Emma and Rikki were on their towels enjoying the sun, with Paula and Evelin having fun not too far from them on the sand. Rikki let her gaze travel beyond the horizon, deep in her thoughts.

"I still can't believe it's finally over." She told Emma.

"Me too. I'm the luckiest girl on the planet to have friends like you!" Emma replied.

They smiled to each other and turned to look at the others getting back in their thoughts to when everything began...

01. Leaving Australia

The small group of two boys and three mermaids was in the cafe at one of their favorite tables and they all were in a deep conversation.

Bella was talking with the girls about some girly stuff and Lewis and Will were talking about if there was any connection between science and magic and couldn't seem to get to a consensus.

Zane was at the office, so Rikki was glad not to be disturbed by him. Cleo was holding a picture of herself Emma and Rikki together with Lewis, Ash and Zane and was discussing it with Bella and Rikki.

"Emma looks really pretty." Bella smiled at the photo.

"Yeah, she is." Cleo said, brushing off a small tear and smiled too.

"Do you remember when she poisoned Ash' horse?" Rikki said laughing.

"Yes, but it's not funny." Cleo said rolling her eyes. "The poor creature almost died!"

"But Emma saved him and it worked out fine, right?!" Rikki said.

"Yeah, right." Cleo sighed at the memory.

Just then Zane walked out of the office and towards their table, with worried expression on his face. When he approached them he pointed towards the office door.

"I know you don't want anything to do with me but you've got to see something."

They all stared at him but eventually followed him to the office.

Rikki was the first to enter the room and stopped dead on her tracks causing the others to bump at her and into each other. She then slowly moved to the sofa, and sat down. Cleo followed her look and gasped covering her mouth with her hands. Lewis opened his mouth in shock, then closed it and covered it with his hand, putting the other one on Cleo's shoulder. Bella just sat down speechless next to Rikki and Will gave everyone a confused look, moving his eyes from them to the TV and back.

On the big screen there was a news report. In the right upper corner there was a photo of a beautiful blond girl and under it was a title "Last seen at the 'Black Lagoon' boarding school, Spain". At the center of the screen there was a picture of the boarding school that soon changed into a live feed from it's yard, showing a tv reporter talking.

Zane who held the remote turned on the volume.

"The eighteen-years-old Emma Gilbert didn't come home last night and this morning was officially claimed 'missing'. She was last seen here in the boarding school, where she's been studying for the last few weeks. Her family is hoping the police will find their beloved daughter and sister."

The image changed into a video showing Emma's parents and her brother Eliot who had visibly grown up the past year. Her parents were crying, but her brother was just sitting speechless next to his mother and father.

Zane walked to Rikki and put his arm on her shoulder knowing that the news had probably shaked her up. She looked at him, then at the others before finally standing up facing all of them.

"We have to go there and look for her." She was looking straight at Cleo and Lewis when she said that, although she hoped Bella and Will would join too. "The police may be looking for her but they don't know Emma's secret. If Emma's in trouble and there's anyone that can help her, that's us."

Cleo and Lewis only nodded silently. The first one to break the silence was Zane.

"I'll buy us plane tickets and we'll fly to Europe tomorrow."

Rikki turned to looked at him.

"We?" She lifted her eyebrows questioningly.

"You don't think I'll let you go there alone, do you?!"

"I don't need a babysitter, Zane, I can take care of myself very well, thanks!"

"I'm coming there and that's that."

Rikki rolled her eyes and sighed but she knew it wasn't time for arguements.

"Fine."

"I'm coming with you too." Bella said. "I may not know Emma personally but she's one of us and your best friend so I'm coming there. We're in this together"

Rikki gave her a small smile of gratitude.

"Thank you."

Will was the next one to speak up.

"I'm going to Spain too. There's no way I'd leave you all go there alone. It might be dangerous and you might need back up."

"Then it's settled." Rikki concluded, looking all of them straight in the eyes. "We need five plane tickets -"

"Six." Zane corrected her.

She shot him with a look. "Fine, we need six plane tickets for the first possible flight tomorrow."

Zane quickly interrupted her.

"Leave that to me.I'll take care of it."

Rikki didn't even look at him, only nodded to aknowledge his words.

"I suggest us to go home and pack our stuff. Tomorrow morning at 7 we'll meet here and will go together to the airport."

A group nod followed and everybody went straight home.

Cleo knew her father and Sam would never let her go if she asked them, so I decided to write a letter to let them know where she was going. She put all her feelings in it and hoped they'd forgive her for leaving like that. Because Rikki was right. Emma was their best friend and fellow mermaid and they had to go and look for her. Putting the note in her pocket the dark-haired mermaid started packing up some of the things she was going to take with her in Spain. When she was ready she walked downstairs.

Her father was reading his fishing magazine, Kim was watching TV and Sam was making dinner. However noticing her expression the older woman frowned.

"Cleo, honey, are you ok?"

"I'm fine, Sam, thank you." Cleo responded, giving her a small smile. After pouring herself a glass of orange juice the brunette went back upstairs to her room. That night she didn't have much sleep. She tossed a lot for most part of the night and when she finally fell asleep it was near the time she had to get up. She woke up at five o'clock thanks to her alarm. She put her clothes on, took her suitcase and went quietly downstairs. Looking around the house she left the note for her family at the kitchen table and finally walked out of the house.

When she reached 'Rikki's' it was half past six so she sat on one of the empty tables, waiting for her friends to come.

The first one who did was Lewis. He had packed a little too big suitcase, full of supplies not only for him but for the girls too. After him Bella and Zane came. The next one was Will and Rikki was the last to arrive. The curly blond decided to take charge and give them some last instructions.

"When we arrive at Spain the first thing we should do is go and talk to her parents. Then we'll aply for that Black Lagoon' boarding school that Emma had disappeared at. It's important for all of us to always stick together and watch each other's backs!" And she gave them an encouraging smile. "We'll find Emma and we'll go be heroes!"

The last was suposed to be a joke but no one laughed. Rikki's words however definately helped. If not to calm everybody down then to just give them some hope. When they were ready to go, they took a cab to the airport. Once there they checked-in and made sure to find their way to the gate leading to the plane. Once they were settled on the board they could relax a bit.

"Finally I can get some more sleep." Rikki said while yawing. "It's going to be a long flight."

Her seat was the one to the window. Zane (no suprise there) was on the seat next to her, Bella took the seat on her other side and Cleo, Lewis and Will occupied the seats opposite theirs. The flight was going to be around seven hours so all of them could rest and get some sleep. Cleo put her head on Lewis' shoulder and closed her eyes. Rikki leaned her head to the window quickly drifiting up followed by Zane who had leaned backwards on his seat. Bella's head was leaning helplessly on one side as she was already lost in the land of dreams. Will was the last one to fall asleep.

The plane took off with all of them unconscious taking them to one wild adventure full of danger, excitement, adrenaline and finding some new, good friends.

All in all rescuing Emma was going to become both the biggest nightmare and best experience in our lives.

Literally.