Lily's POV
"Lily." My Mom said, swishing her long golden tail in the water. "I'm still here. You and your friends are the only ones that can find me. They're all loyal and trustworthy." She smiled, her eyes twinkling. "Even Charlotte's daughter." "But where are you? I asked, glancing away for a moment. When I glanced back, I saw a gold and black fish in the place of my mom.
I bolted awake and shuddered. That had been the most disturbing dream ever. It couldn't have been real. It couldn't have… right? I mean, that's impossible… isn't it? My train of thought was distracted by a gentle knock on the door. "It's Amy… is anyone awake? "Amy whispered from outside of the room. I got up and opened the door. "Lily! Can you wake up Jayne and Mya for me?" Amy asked quietly. "Yeah." I whispered back, and walked over to Jayne's bed, which was next to mine. "Jayne." I whispered "What" she whispered back. I jumped back, surprised she was awake." Amy wants us." I said. I walked over to Mya's bed. She opened her eyes before I said anything. "I'm up." She said, getting out of bed. What the hell? She usually tried to sleep until 1:00 PM, not only during school breaks like this one, but during school days, too. Seeing my confused expression, she said, "Bad dream." I nodded. "Amy wants to see us." I whispered. Mya got out of bed and walked over to the door where Jayne and Amy were waiting. We followed Amy outside, where she closed the door. "I was sent these today. They were your mothers's." Amy held up 3 silver lockets. They each had a little stone on the top, and three waves in the back. They were beautiful. I could instantly tell the one with the blue stone was mine. "Jayne, this is yours." Amy said, handing her the necklace with the white stone. "Mya, this is yours." Amy handed her the necklace with the red stone. "And Lily, this is yours." She handed me the necklace with the blue stone. I ran my hand over the back, which was smooth except for the wave indents. Amy smiled. "I hope the other girls don't get too jelous, because those things are cute!" She said, and walked away. When we walked back into the room, the other girls were wide awake. "Hey guys!" Kat said. "I had the weirdest dream!" "Me, too!" I said. "My mom was there, with a mermaid tail, and- "And she said she was still here." Jayne said. "And that we were the only ones who could save her." Mya said. "And that we were all trust worthy. And then-" Kat paused, looking at Meredith. "And then… the dream was over." "No, it wasn't." I said. "Did you have the dream? It's OK if you didn't." Meredith shook her head. "I had a dream with my mum, and she said," Meredith paused, chewing on her lip. "She said you were all liars, and cheats, like your moms, and that I should make sure you never, ever, become mermaids, and I should… get rid of you." There was a small silence. Meredith quickly continued, "I told her you were my friends, and that she wasn't a worthy mermaid, and that she deserved to lose her powers. Then she disappeared, and was replaced by a red and gold fish." Meredith looked really nervous, like we were going to kick her out or something. I broke the silence by saying, "It's alright, Meredith. We don't blame you for what Charlotte was like. Obviusly, your nothing like her. Now, next topic. Cleo, Rikki, and Emma all had matching lockets, and Amy gave them to us this morning. They're lockets." I pulled mine out of the pocket, and put it on. Jayne and Mya did the same. "Oooh! Pretty!" Kat said, looking at my locket. "You should open it!" I did, and was shocked at what I found. On one said, there was a picture of a young girl who looked a lot like me, who must have been mom, and on the other side, there was a picture of mom with two other girls who must have been Emma and Rikki. The pictures were totally normal, except for one thing. All the girls had long, golden fish tails. "They're mermaids, all right." I said, showing Kat and Meredith the picture. Meredith gasped. "We need to find out more about this! We have to go to mako, like, now. But, how? Do we have to sneak out? I mean, this is an orphanage, for god's sake. How are we going to be able to get out?" "This is not really an orphanage, because, technically, Amy adopted us. That's why where in a house. And that's why we all have books and phones. Amy buys it for us. She's rich." I explained. Meredith nodded. "OK, cool. So, we just tell her were going. Mya nodded. "Yup, pretty much."
"Amy, can we go to the beach?" Mya asked, standing next to me, Meridith, Kat, and Jayne.
"Sure!" Amy replied. "Just don't get eaten by any sharks!"
"Deal." Mya said.
"Oh, I almost forgot! Meredith, this is for you." Amy said, handing Meredith a box. Meredith took it and opened. Everyone else already knew what it was: A blackberry. When Meredith opened it, she squeled in excitement.
"A phone? For me?"Meredith asked.
"Yup." Amy said. "Well, bye girls!"
"Bye!" We all said, and walked out of the door, heading to the beach.
"Hi! Can we rent that boat?" Kat asked an old man who had a boat reting place on the beach.
"60 bucks." He replied. Kat frowned and dug inside her pocket. "If you don't have the cash, then scram." He said, which got me really mad. I always hated when people were rude to kids about money. Kat looked up, and handed him 6 Ten Dollar Bills. The man smiled. "Your boat's right there, sweety." He said, hugging the money close to his chest. We walked over to the boat, and pushed it into the water. Mya got in front, and started the boat. "Off we go!" She yelled. "Do you have any idea on how to drive that?" Meredith yelled over the roar of the engine. "No!" Mya yelled back. I let out a small groan. This was going to be a long ride.
"We're here!" Mya announced, parking the boat. "Let's explore!" Kat said. "I want to find the moon pool!"
"Which way first?" Jayne asked. I thought for a moment. "Forward" I decided. We walked around for about and hour, but had no luck. Suddenly, Jayne screamed. "My necklace! It fell down that hole!" She said. "I need to go down there to go get it." She said. "You can't." I replied. "You"ll die." But it was too late. Jayne was already half way down."Jayne!" I yelled,, and plunged into the hole. Meredith tried to grab me, but I weighed too much and I ended up pulling her down with me. I fell on the floor, screaming. My hand stung really bad. When I looked at it, I was cut. I heaved a sigh and put my hand in the water, being carefull not to fall in. "Hey guys!" Kat said, landing on the floor. "Here I come!" Bellowed Mya, and she came down, too. Suddenly, I felt a shove on my back, and I fell into the water. Mya sat at the edge of the pool. "I can't swim!" I screamed. "I can't swim!" My arms flailed at the top of the water, desperately trying to keep me afloat. "Mya, you idiot!" Jayne yelled, diving into the water. Jayne began to pull meup, but wasn't strong enough. "Mya, help me!" She yelled. Mya jumped in, and Meredith and Kat followed. Suddenly, the full moon floated up above the top of the cave, and the water in the pool bubled. I gasped. "This is the moon pool!" Mya, Meredith, Kat, Jayne and I all said in usion. "This means-" I began.
"This means we're going to become mermaids." Meredith finished.