Story One

What if Nixie, Sirena and Lyla told Zac they were mermaids when they first met him?

Set in Season 1, Episode 6: Dolphin Tale

"Well done," Lyla said, standing up as Nixie arrived back at their table. "You sure handled that."

Nixie had been trying to befriend Zac, in order for the girls to gain his trust and get rid of his powers, but as just shown by Lyla's sarcastic words, it hadn't gone very well at all. Lyla confidently walked over to Zac and Cam's table and picked up the box of seafood that Carly had just placed on the empty chair next to the boys. "Let me give you a hand with this."

"Uh, I think I can manage," Zac replied, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.

"No, really, it's no problem." As Lyla exited the Ocean Café, Zac and Cam followed her, wondering what was going on with these strange new girls.

Nixie rolled her eyes. "Come on," she said to Sirena. "Let's go give Lyla a hand."

"First time I saw this place, I liked it." Lyla was referring to Zac's place as she walked around, studying the furniture in the clustered room.

Zac frowned and looked up from where he was storing the seafood into a cupboard. "This is the first time," he said, beginning to get a little suspicious.

Luckily, Lyla was quick enough to come up with an excuse. "Right, I mean-"

But then Nixie cut her off. "Lyla, just shut up. Stop trying to cover it up." Lyla and Sirena turned to her, eyes widened.

"What? If we want to get the pod back, we need to get this done. We can't waste our time telling stupid lies to a land boy."

"What are you talking about…?" Zac asked. He was starting to think these girls were actually delusional.

"We know you're a merman," Nixie stated.

Now it was Zac's turn to widen his eyes. "Merman? Th-They don't exist. I'm n-not a merman…" he stuttered. "That's just a… a myth. Yeah, it's all just made up."

Lyla sighed, grabbed Zac's arm and pulled him outside. Zac tried to free himself from her grip, but for a teenage girl, Lyla was quite strong. Nixie and Sirena followed their friend outside, just in time to see her pushing Zac into the water.

"What are you doing?" Sirena hissed.

"What's done is done," Lyla replied. "It's Nixie's fault." With that, Lyla jumped in after Zac, and the other two were quick to follow.

Zac was about to swim away when he heard the sound of three splashes, which were clearly the three girls diving in after him. He knew they had already seen him - it was too late. But Zac got a shock when he turned around to see Sirena, Nixie and Lyla behind him with tails.

"So, you were born as mermaids?" Zac asked in amazement. The three girls nodded.

"And it's my fault that your family - I mean, pod - cast you out?"

Lyla placed her hand over his to comfort him. "No. It's not your fault. You didn't mean to fall into the moon pool. It was just a matter of wrong place, wrong time."

Zac gave a watery smile. "So if I get rid of my powers, your pod will come back?"

The girls nodded once again.

"Well then, let's figure out how to turn me back into a normal guy again."

A/N: In my opinion, Nixie, Sirena and Lyla would have been much better off if they had just told Zac they were mermaids in the first place. The only reason they became enemies was because the girls let Zac believe they were normal girls.

-Emmy