A/N: First of all I want to thank everyone for their reviews and I'm glad you like it.

fantasylunargirl thanks for pointing out my mistake. I didn't know or remember Ash was given a last name and I couldn't find it on any of the sites that I looked. And to your second comment I will say this much. There is a reason why Sarah's dad isn't Lewis and why she doesn't have one. I however can't tell you why or I would have to reveal a lot more of my story, but I will say this much. Lewis will play a roll in my story and he will appear in a few chapters. I hope that answers your questions.

Chapter 2: Discoveries

The next morning Emily woke up at 6:00 like she always did. She put on her bathing suit and got her towel. Walking towards the beach, she thought about what happened last night.

After they were out in the ocean, they were found by Mrs. Rose and the others who were on the boat. Back at camp they got a lecture.

Suddenly Emily, as she past the mess hall, ran into a person carrying boxes coming out of the it. The boxes and the two people crashed to the ground. "I'm sorry," Emily said as she picked up her towel. "No it's my fault," the other person replied. It was a boy who was slightly older than her. He had brown hair and eyes. He picked up his boxes and then helped her up. "I'm Daniel," the boy smiled. "Emily," she replied, blushing a bit, "Are you a councilor or something?" "You could say that. I deliver the food that the camp needs from a local shop and do other small stuff for the camp, but only until I start with college." "I see." "I have to go. I still have a few things to do. Hope I see you again," Daniel told her and left after he winked at her.

Emily felt herself turn red. "No, no. You don't find him attractive and you don't think he's cute. Summer relationships never work out. Think of last year," Emily thought, trying to straighten her mind as she walked towards the ocean. Whenever she needed to think or relax, Emily knew no better cure than swimming. Her mother had often gone swimming with her when she was younger. Emily supposed she inherited her mother's love for swimming. She placed her towel on the beach and dove into the ocean.

Emily did a few quick strokes and then dove under. She felt the cool water and her mind began to relax. Suddenly her body felt weird and she looked down at herself. Her body turned to bubbles and then a bronze mermaid tail took the place of her legs. Emily gasped.

*

At 6:30 Sarah woke up. She wasn't a morning person, but she loved to take a bath in the morning so she got up early to make it to breakfast on time. Grudgingly she grabbed her bath stuff and left the cabin. Arriving at the bath house her mood didn't improve. Instead of a bath tub at home there were only showers. Sarah sighed and got under one. She turned on the water. It was freezing cold.

Suddenly Sarah lost her balance and fell to the floor. "Damn it," she muttered, rubbing her head, which she had bumped on the wall. Then she stared. Her legs were a tail and she wore a bronze bikini top made of scales. Quickly she looked around to see if anyone was there. No one, thank god.

*

Amber awoke at the sound of her alarm. It was 7:00. Too early for any normal person. She turned off the alarm and rolled out of bed. Getting dressed she cursed her mother for sending her here. Looking around she saw her cabin mates were already gone. Probably to breakfast.

With a yawn Amber left the cabin. She headed for the mess hall when she saw a puddle. Looking around she made sure no one was around. Just as she began to splash through the puddle, Amber heard two people cry, "Don't!" From one side Emily came running towards her and from the other Sarah.

But it was too late. Amber's feet had gotten wet. Quickly they each grabbed one of Amber's arms and pulled her towards their cabin. Just as they entered it, Amber's body turned to bubbles. Amber stared at her legs which was now a tail astonished. "What.. Is this?" she stammered. "The same thing happened to me," Sarah told them, "I wanted make sure you guys were alright." "Same here," Emily said.

"It seems if we touch water, we become…," Sarah began uncomfortable. "No, it can't be. It's illogical," Emily muttered. "We become mermaids," Amber said straight out. "But mermaids don't exist. They're mythical creatures," Sarah objected. "Then I guess we don't exist either," Amber joked, still lying on the ground.

"Not funny," Emily told her, seriously. "But how or why did this happen?" Sarah asked. "What's to know? When we get wet, we turn into mermaids," Amber answered and turned back to normal, "And when we are dry again, we turn back to normal." She stood up. "But something must have happened at that cave last night to have made us become this," Emily speculated, "We should see if we find there."

Suddenly the door opened and Jessica came in. The three girls stared at her. "Something wrong?" Jessica asked. "No," Sarah answered, maybe a bit too quickly. "Why are you here?" Amber asked. "Besides the fact that I also live here. Mrs. Rose is looking for you. She seems quite annoyed," Jessica answered. The girls followed Jessica to the mess hall. "We have to keep this a secret," Emily whispered to Amber and Sarah, who nodded.

After breakfast the three girls sat in Mrs. Rose's office. "I know this is camp and you are supposed to have fun, but you can't keep disregarding the rules. If you keep this up, I will have to take action," she told them and then dismissed them.

The girls walked down to the beach. "We have an hour before the activities start. Lets go to Mako," Emily suggested. "Agreed," Amber said. "Ah, I think I'll stay here," Sarah objected. "Why?" Amber asked. "We're only checking out that cave," Emily told her. "No, I'll stay here in case Mrs. Rose asks for you. We don't want to get into more trouble," Sarah said. "Good idea. Thanks, we'll tell you what we find," Emily replied. Both Emily and Amber felt a gap to Sarah at that moment. "If that's what you want," Amber added and then Sarah hurried off.

The two blonds dived into the ocean. There they were met by a breath taking underwater world. Through the corals and schools of fish they swam. Finally they surfaced in the moon pool. "That was amazing," Emily said, astonished. "The coolest experience I've ever had," Amber agreed, "This is really relaxing." "I wish Sarah were here." "We can't change it." "True. Lets start looking around."

*

Sarah slumped on a table in the mess hall. The whole mermaid thing was too much for her. "Hey, what are you doing here?" she heard someone ask her. It was Ryan. "Nothing," Sarah muttered. "Doesn't look like nothing." After a moment of thought, she asked, "You know a lot, don't you? What do you know of about mermaids?" "Mermaids. Well, they are mythical sea creatures with the upper body of a female and a fish tail. Their voices are said to have killed many sailors." "Is that all?" "I can look up something. I'll talk to you later," Ryan said and then left.

Sarah stared at a glass of water in front of her. She reached out for her glass, but suddenly a gust of wind blew it from the table. Just as she pulled her hand back, the wind stopped. Carefully Sarah stretched her hand out again and the wind blew again. Then she reached her hand out to pick up the pieces of glass, but suddenly the water started rise by itself. Sarah turned her hand a little and it kept rising along with the movement of her hand. She stared astonished.

Suddenly the bell to sound the starting of the activities rang. She lost her concentration and the water splashed back into a puddle on the floor. Unfortunately a drop landed on her leg and after 10 seconds she transformed. "Great," Sarah muttered, lying on the floor annoyed and waited to dry.

*

"Where is Sarah?" Emily asked, standing next to Amber. They had made it just in time for today's hiking expedition. Amber shrugged as the others followed Mrs. Rose into the woods surrounding the camp. Just as Emily and Amber were about to follow, Sarah came running up to them and exclaimed, "You guys! You won't believe it!" "First we have to tell you something," Emily replied. "It was amazing. You have to come with us next time," Amber told her. "Maybe," Sarah said, "But you won't guess what just happened. I made…" "Are you coming?" an annoyed Mrs. Rose asked, coming up to them. Quickly the girls hurried after the others and Sarah couldn't tell of her discovery.

Having walked through the woods for hours, Mrs. Rose led them to the beach. "We'll rest here for half an hour and then head back," she told them, "You may do what ever you wish, but don't stray off to far." "Thank god," Riley groaned, "I'm so exhausted and my top of the line sandals will be ruined after this. They cost over $100." Amber was about to tell her to shut up, when Emily and Sarah quickly pulled her further up the beach. "She's not worth it," Emily told her.

The girls sat down on the beach. "You wanted to tell us something, Sarah," Amber reminded them. "Right," Sarah began, but suddenly a bigger wave rose over them. Protectively Emily put her hand up while the other two jumped aside and then the wave froze.

"Was that me?" she asked, making sure no one saw them. "So you can also do something like that," Sarah answered. "Also?" Amber repeated. Sarah made a stream of water come up from the ocean. "Cool," Amber muttered. "Cool. It's weird," Sarah objected, but Amber wasn't listening. She was trying out several hand signs, but nothing happened. "That's unfair. Why don't I get a cool power?" she wondered.

Just then Jessica came up to them in her bikini. "Hey, guys. You want to go swimming?" "Swimming. No, thanks. After last night I've had enough of swimming for a while," Emily lied. Amber and Sarah nodded. "You can't hide from your fears," Jessica objected. "We're not scared. We just don't want to," Amber replied, firmly. "Suit yourself," Jessica said and left.

*

Returning back to camp Emily, Sarah and Amber went back into the cabin. "I still don't see why I don't get a power," Amber complained. "Be glad. That makes you half normal at least," Emily replied. "You do realize we can't use moisturizing cream now," Sarah pointed out and made a drop of water float up, "Could you, Emily?" "I think that's the least of our worries," Emily said and froze the water drop. Sarah thanked her with a smile and put the ice cube into her mouth.

"You guys are impossible. Look what you just did. I bet any other person would love to have these powers. They're wasted on you," Amber told them annoyed and stormed out of the cabin.

Amber walked into the bath house, where she met Riley and her friend. "Not only are my shoes ruined, but also my designer outfit and the salt water is ruining my hair," Riley complained. Amber was easily annoyed by such people. "Did Ryan get all the intelligence between you two?" she asked.

"What did you say?" "I guess he did. You do know we are in a nature camp." "So." "Any other person wouldn't have brought designer clothes with them." "I get what's going on here. You're jealous of me." "Me of you. Dream on." "You're jealous of my looks and cool clothes, but I guess I can't blame you. Who wouldn't be jealous?" Riley said and went under the shower, "Too bad your mother couldn't have been prettier. Then maybe a decent guy would look at you."

That was too much for Amber. She could take insults about herself, but not about her mother. Her hand at her side balled to a fist. Suddenly Riley jumped out of the shower screaming, "Hot! Hot! Hot!" "What. That's impossible," Jessica replied, who had witnessed the whole thing and held her hand under the shower, "It really is hot." Amber unclenched her fist and stared at it. She didn't know how, but she knew she had done it.

Amber hurried out of the bath house and into the woods. There she slowly balled her hand again. Suddenly a bush near her went up in flames. Shocked Amber jumped back, but then quickly extinguished the fire. With a smile Amber returned to the cabin.

"Everything alright?" Emily asked. "Everything's fine," Amber smiled. "I was thinking we could go swimming before dinner," Emily suggested. "Definitely," Amber agreed. "I don't think so," Sarah replied. "What's wrong, Sarah?" Emily questioned. "It's nothing, I just don't want to," Sarah objected. "Why?" Amber asked. "Don't worry, Sarah. Trust us. It's so much fun," Emily told her. "No, I don't want this. I'm not a mermaid!" Sarah cried and then ran off. "Sarah!" Emily exclaimed and wanted to run after her, but Amber held her back. "Let her. She needs time to get use to this. She'll be fine, trust me. Come on. I have to show you something"

*

That night at dinner Sarah sat at the other end of the table. There was a weird tension between her and Emily and Amber. They hadn't spoken to each other each other since that afternoon. After dinner Mrs. Rose made one last announcement. "Don't forget that tomorrow we will start swimming." With wide eyes Amber, Emily and Sarah stared at each other.

A/N: Once again I hope you enjoyed my chapter. What will the girls do against swimming? Will Sarah be able to face the facts and accept her fate? Find out in the next chapter. Please review so I know what you think.