A.N. – I don't own anything from Mako Mermaids!

Chapter 2 Getting Legs & Meeting Rita

I woke up, got dressed and ready then went to the beach. I saw the supposed 'merman' talking to his fishing buddy.

I walked up to the boy and said, 'Hi I'm Makayla and I'm new round here and I was wondering what the water's like round here and where's the best place to go swimming is'

'Hi Makayla, I'm Cam this is Zac and it's really good on this beach but it's best to dive round Mako, I could take you some time' Cam said to me in a flirty way.

'Nah I don't dive really but thanks' I replied.

'By the way, we're recruiting so do you want to become a lifeguard?' Zac asked.

'Nah I'm not that good at swimming, never mind saving anyone whilst swimming' I lied, obviously I'm an amazing swimmer and could definitely save loads of people!

'Ah, worth a try!' Zac joked.

'I'll go now, and thanks guys!' I exclaimed.

'Anytime' Cams said. I walked off for a bit to the café and saw the 3 girls.

'Hey, what are you guys doing here?' I asked them as I sat down next to them.

'Looking for Zac!' Lyla angrily yet quietly replied.

'Oh, he's at the beach you know, lifesaving duty' I said to them.

'Thanks' Sirena said as they all walked down to the beach. I saw Zac up in the chair looking at people through his binoculars and when he saw me he waved. I walked off from the girls and sat on the beach reading old text messages when I saw him run into the water to rescue little girl. I went to the rock pool and saw his tail then he walked by me. I decided to talk to him about it later. I knew I didn't want anybody to know about it except for my friends and even then they found out themselves. I went back home and just thought about what I'd say to Zac as I fell asleep.

When I woke up in the morning I decided, since it was my first day at school, to put my hair down and left it in its natural wavy form. I wore a white top and denim shorts and my normal blue rock necklace. I told my mum I'd get breakfast at the café. I ordered a fruit salad and spoke to Carly a bit then I saw Lyla talking to Zac. I walked up to Lyla and asked her what was up.

'Hi Makayla' Lyla awkwardly replied as she carried on her conversation about lifesaving with Zac

'Hi I'm Evie, is there a problem here?' Evie said.

'Actually there is one, but I'd rather not share it with you' Lyla angrily replied.

'Sorry, but go down to the surf club and see the guard there, okay' Evie came back with.

'Evie, was it? I'm Makayla' I introduced myself to her.

'Are you friends with her?' Evie questioned.

'Yeah' I awkwardly said. We started walking with our breakfasts in our hands.

'What's her deal?' Evie asked.

'I dunno but she is new and is a bit, you know socially awkward' I said because it made sense.

'You can say that again!' Evie joked. 'Hey where's your locker?'

'Number 85' I said off the top of my head.

'Number 86!' Evie said happily.

'Number 87' Carly said coming behind us.

'Hi Carly' I said to her.

'Hi Makayla, Evie' Carly said to us. 'What have you all got first, I've got biology' She sighed

'Me too' Evie sighed as well.

'As do I but is it really that bad?' I asked since I loved Biology, all sciences for that matter, in secondary school back in England.

'Yes!' Carly and Evie replied in unison.

'Especially the teacher!' Carly said.

'O.K. it's just that Biology was good at my old school' I reasoned.

'O.K. we'll show you where the lockers are' Carly said to me.

We went off to the lockers and had my first biology lesson in Australia. They were right and it was so boring. I learnt all of this stuff when I was in Year 7, 11 years old, all about the human anatomy. We then had maths and we did boring stuff so I sort of zoned out; most of the stuff we learned today I learned quite a while ago. At lunch I had a tuna sandwich, yum, and prawn cocktail crisps.

I sat on the grass by the fountain with Cam, Carly, Evie and Zac and we just spoke for a while then Zac started coughing and he didn't seem very good; he was saying how hot it was even though it's been the same temperature for the whole day and blaming it on the prawns he had for breakfast. I saw the fountain act weirdly then all of a sudden the water from the fountain started to chase after him and throw him to the floor. I was able to act weirded out and not get wet myself wet, luckily. Zac ran off and Evie was talking to Cam about where Zac went. We then heard a bang and Evie went into a storage closet and we saw Zac surrounded by paper towels and wiping himself down.

'Yeah,' I thought to myself 'He transformed'.

A.N. – This chapter is a bit shorter than the last one but the first one was quite long