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Alright then, I'll keep writing this story, and just to say, I'm following Season 2, but I'll also be writing about Alyssa's backstory when she was little in flashbacks like this one in the beginning because this takes place 11 years after the Prologue. I don't own Mako Mermaids, I only own my OC!
I stared in awe at all of prawns that Zac brought us to eat. I quickly took one and put it in my mouth, chewing it. Zac was staring at me a bit surprised. "You don't eat that part?" he laughed. I realized what he was aiming at.
"Oh, but us mermaids love it!" I explained, joining the laughter as well. Zac then took out something silver. "This is a fork." He pointed at a weird thing with three sharp ends. "Fork?" I asked curiously. "And this is a spoon." I took another object, this so called 'spoon' and looked at it. I could see my reflection in it! "And this is a knife!" Zac brought out a third object, something sharp and also silver.
I decided to see this so called 'knife' better. However, while I was looking at it, I accidentally cut my hand. I yelped in pain. "Lyssa, are you alright?" Zac jumped up and asked me worriedly. "I'm fine!" I brushed it off quickly. Just one question. What was with the nickname?
"Stay here, I'll be right back!" Zac was running towards his house. I looked at my bleeding right hand. Blood was still coming out of it, but it was my fault when I decided to be curious. I smiled a bit. Ever since that night, Zac and I've been meeting up when I sneaked out, and he was telling me about land people. I was telling him a bit about mermaids as well, but I wasn't willing to tell him how we lived on Mako yet.
Zac came back three minutes later with something white which I learned was a paper. "Give me your hand." He instructed and I did so. He put the paper on my hand. I winced a bit because it hurt, but I smiled appreciatively. "Thanks Zac."
"You're welcome." Zac smiled back in relief. I looked at my hand which had paper on it. That would teach me to be more careful now!
I smiled to myself at the memory. It's been six years since I've last seen Zac and the land, which made me sad. What was he thinking? Did he think that I just ditched him like that? It wasn't my fault though. A lot of things happened recently.
While Sirena, Nixie and another mermaid called Lyla were guarding Mako during our ceremony for Aquata and other mermaids that received their Moon Rings, a land boy somehow fell in the moon pool during the full moon, which meant that he was a merman! Sirena, Nixie and Lyla were banished from the pod, but Sirena who was allowed to return was supposed to meet with the Mermaid Council today to discuss about the current situation. I missed both her and Nixie. Sure, I had Mimmi, but her best friend was Ondina, and she and I didn't really get along. My best friend was on the land, and I didn't know anything about him.
It's been three months since the incident after all. The rest of us mermaids had to find another place to call home, and Nixie and Lyla decided to join the search recently. I wanted to hear what the Mermaid Council had to say though, so did Mimmi and Ondina.
All of the mermaids were in front of Mako. Mimmi, Ondina and I were near the Mermaid Council which was talking to Sirena. "I know what we were taught about mermen, but you have to believe me." She told them. I didn't know what to think about this merman. I looked down. If he was harmless, why should we worry about him?
"Zac's not threat, he's harmless!" At hearing that name, I quickly looked at Sirena in shock. What did she say?! I must have misheard the name. But, she said Zac. I heard it loud and clear… "Sirena, we've had this discussion, if he wasn't a threat, the pod would have not fled Mako!" That Veridia was driving me crazy. Zac was not a threat for God's sake! I've known him since I was six!
I wanted to tell that to her, but I had a feeling it wouldn't help at this moment. Sure, she knew about me sneaking out when I was little, but if she knew about me befriending land people, she would… I didn't want to think what she would do.
"But he's our friend, just ask Nixie and Lyla!" That was when the Mermaid Council explained to Sirena where the two of them went. I zoned out of their conversation only to hear how someone destroyed a trident and that there were some things that Sirena didn't understand.
"Tonight the merman will enter the Seventh Cycle of the moon. His connection to Mako will deepen, he won't be able to help himself! Like it or not, he's an enemy!" I wanted to object at Zac being an enemy, but who was I to tell that? One, they didn't know about my friends, two, that was a long time ago.
Zac has grown up. He's the same age as me, but the last time we saw each other was six years ago! I didn't know if he remembered me at all. Why would he remember a mermaid like me when he's met three mermaids on land? Did he change? What did he look like now? Did he still like swimming and prawns? And how could I miss that he was the merman that has caused us so much trouble?
I didn't know what to think anymore. Maybe I should just forget it? It was in the past after all. Suddenly, I felt someone pushing me towards Sirena. Mimmi, Ondina and I were then swimming towards her. "Sirena!" I hugged my friend who hugged me back.
"We have to do something about this merman." Ondina then said. I must have paled at the mention of Zac. "We've tried, he was in the moon pool during the full moon and he didn't lose his powers!" Sirena said from next to me.
"Maybe he wasn't there long enough…" Mimmi started. "You may have tried, but Mimmi, Alyssa and I haven't." Ondina said firmly, looking at Mimmi and me. Why did she include me? "Ondina, whatever you're suggesting, the Mermaid Council will never agree!" Mimmi stated. Exactly! We should just leave Zac alone. Who cared about what the Mermaid Council thought? They didn't know Zac!
"I know, that's why we're not going to ask them." She declared. Sirena only looked at us questioningly. "No, I can't do this!" I told Ondina firmly. "Why not?" she raised an eyebrow. Because I didn't want to see Zac! I didn't know whether he would recognize me and what his reaction would be! "Are you scared?" "No, I'm not!" I retorted. Ondina sighed. "Such a pity to hear that coming from a six year old mermaid who had had guts to sneak off to the land." But I was still that mermaid! I wasn't a coward. "I'm not afraid!" I exclaimed. Ondina looked at me. "Then what are you waiting for?"
Sirena was leading us somewhere underwater. I smiled at Mimmi who smiled back. Fishes were swimming around us, making this a beautiful sight. That's what I liked about being a mermaid. Being able to swim, dive and explore!
We were inside some sort of weird looking cave. "What is this place?" Ondina asked. "Somewhere safe." Sirena answered simply. "Is Za… the boy here?" I quickly corrected myself. I saw Ondina looking at me questioningly. "No." Sirena put the Moon Ring up where it was dry, saying how we had to do something before we met him.
She jumped out of the water, and on the ground, and after a few seconds, she had legs! I felt a bit happy. I was going to feel my legs again! I followed Sirena's lead, using my powers to dry my tail. However, it didn't seem to work. Maybe because I haven't been on land for many years? Sirena then used her Moon Ring on me, and after a few seconds, I had legs too!
I looked at my Moon Ring. It was the source of moonlight. That explained how I got legs nine years ago! "Thanks Sirena." I smiled, trying to stand up. I nearly fell in the water but Sirena stopped me from falling in. "Legs?" Mimmi asked, both she and Ondina looking horrified.
"How else were you thinking to get on land? You wanted to just fly over?" I asked a bit sarcastically. "If you want to talk to Zac, you've got to get them." Sirena agreed with me. Luckily we found some nice clothes after Mimmi and Ondina got legs. I put on a violet shirt with short sleeves, short blue pants and purple sandals.
It was a bit unusual walking again, but I quickly got used to it. It was like swimming. You forget it, but you also remember it easily. However, Mimmi and Ondina weren't that lucky. "I don't understand how land people can move like this!" Ondina groaned. "How can you walk Lyssa?" Mimmi asked, trying not to fall while we were going downstairs. Lyssa? Zac called me that as well…
"Alyssa? Can you hear me?" "Oh, sorry!" I shook my head to get rid of my thoughts. "I was on the land before, or have you forgotten?" Apparently, a woman named Rita Santos lived here, and she was Sirena's friend. Suddenly, I could see a white cat approaching us!
Mimmi and Ondina screamed frightened and bumped each other, falling on the ground. Sirena and I looked at each other before bursting in laughter. Seriously though, cats weren't that scary! At least in my opinion.
Sirena then walked up to the cat and picked it up. "His name is Poseidon." She explained and let me pet it. I loved cats! "Just follow my lead and try not to do anything to stand out." Sirena stated. "Sir, yes sir!" I saluted.
We were walking near a familiar café. "That's him!" Sirena pointed at someone. "Who?" I asked because I didn't see. "A guy in a blue and black shirt." She explained. My eyes widened at seeing him. Zac hasn't changed much! He still had that dark brown hair and brown eyes, and he still seemed to like reading. At least from what I could see at this moment.
"He's not going to be a problem." Ondina stated. "I'll introduce you." Sirena was about to do that, but a guy with curly dirty blond hair and blue eyes stopped her. Was that… David?! "Oh, did we meet before? You look awfully familiar." David looked at me. "Oh, no, I'm just passing by." I decided to try to run away, but Ondina had my arm in her grip.
"Let's go Miss scaredy cat." I was forced to sit next to Ondina on a third chair, much to my annoyance and horror. Zac was there, he was sitting across us! Luckily, he didn't seem to pay any attention to what was happening near him. "Sirena says you're harmless." Ondina said.
I wanted to face palm. You want to talk to him, and this is the first thing you say?! "Excuse me?" Zac looked up and asked us. That didn't sound like Zac. His voice was now deeper. He didn't seem to be interested in us, much to my relief. "If you do what we tell you, you'll be fine." Ondina assured him.
"And then everything can go back to normal." Mimmi added. I didn't say a thing. Instead, I was playing with my charm bracelet and my Moon Ring, and I noticed Zac looking at all of the Moon Rings. Oh crap. He knew what we were. "Aha, so you're…" "I'm Ondina, she's Mimmi." She then pointed at Mimmi. "And this is..." "Not important!" I cut her off.
"Anyway," Ondina rolled her eyes at me. "We've come to solve your problem. You go back to being a land boy, our pod returns and everyone is happy!" "Except that I'm happy the way I am." Zac told them. I mentally cheered. Go Zac, tell them!
Suddenly, a waiter with blond hair walked to us. "Hi, what can I get you?" he asked. "Fish burger, thanks." Zac told him. "Ladies?" "Prawns and an orange juice, please." I told the waiter. "What?" Ondina asked completely clueless. "Something to eat, something to drink?" he then offered to bring them something but I didn't really catch what.
I looked up to see Zac staring at me. "Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked. "Prawns and an orange juice?" he raised an eyebrow. That was when I realized. Crap! I used to order that every time Zac and I were at this restaurant, so of course he was going to start suspecting something because in his opinion, they didn't go well together! To be honest, no one really ate two of them together here from what I remembered. "We're not here to eat, we're here to talk." Ondina said.
"Well the talk is done." "No, as I was saying…" "Guys, I appreciate you coming all this way, but there is really nothing to worry about." Zac tried to assure Mimmi and Ondina. "Tell that to the Mermaid Council." I muttered, which made him look at me for a moment before walking away.
Mimmi and Ondina looked at each other before standing up; the latter pulling me by my hand and making me follow them. "Great timing, thank you!" Zac took a shirt to try when we entered a shop. I looked up to see a girl with brown hair in a ponytail.
Mimmi then wanted to talk to Zac so she opened the door to a changing room where he was in. "Are you out of your mind?!" I pulled Mimmi away when she started talking to Zac. One thing that bothered me for some reason was seeing Zac without a shirt… Why was that?
Zac told the girl how he'd try the shirt on later before walking away. Sirena entered the shop. I saw the girl looking at us questioningly. "Teenagers, what can you do." I laughed nervously before following Ondina outside.
Finally, I could see that the prawns arrived. I quickly sat and was about to start eating them when Zac stopped me. "I've told you that I don't need your help!" he said now a bit annoyed. "I'm not here to talk, I'm here to eat my prawns, is that a crime?!" I demanded angrily before taking one and chewing it.
Ondina then decided to join us and teach poor Zac a lesson. He was about to stand up but she made him unable to move with her powers. "You're gonna do exactly as we say." "The thing is, I like to make my own decisions, I don't take orders from you." Zac and Ondina were having a power fight by the table discreetly.
Meanwhile, I was just sitting there like a third wheel, eating the prawns and watching their argument. "Enjoy!" the waiter finally brought us our drinks. "Thanks." I smiled and nodded, trying not to stand out like those two. "Um, guys…" I started when the drinks started shaking because of their powers. Everything was shaking because of them!
Then, what I knew eventually would happen happened. The drinks were coming out, sprinkling Zac, Ondina and me! This was just great. Now I wouldn't be able to finish my prawns. Ondina and Zac looked at each other before looking at me. I knew what this meant.
This was a situation where you could either sit and let the others see you turning into a mermaid, or you could start running towards the water. I was going to be smart and use those ten seconds wisely, and I hoped those two would do the same.
"Away?" Ondina started. "Yes!" Zac and I agreed. We then quickly ran to a bench before jumping off it and over a rail, falling into the ocean. So much for not standing out… After the bubbles cleared, I looked at Ondina and Zac underwater.
Zac made 'what' hand gestures. Ondina only shook her head before swimming away. I then observed Zac's tail. It was blue instead of our golden ones. Zac then looked at me with the same expression he showed Ondina, but I shrugged my shoulders and rolled my eyes at where Ondina went. In my opinion, she was way too stubborn for her own good sometimes.
I decided to swim away because Zac apparently didn't recognize me and I wanted it to stay that way. I knew one thing though. I've been on land for less than a day, and I already manage to have fun and get in trouble.
That's the first part of 'The Seventh Cycle'. Reviews are much appreciated. Until next time!