When Cleo arrived home, she found her family watching TV. They didn't even turn around to greet her. After pondering for a bit on who would be the first victim of mind-reading, she chose Kim. Maybe she could invade HER privacy for a change.

Ugh, this show is so stupid. Who cares about squid? I want to watch a show about girl cops, fighting crime and then getting their nails done. I could so be in a show like that.

Cleo had to cover her mouth to mask her laughter. She moved her focus to her father next.

I wonder why Cleo never says hello to me anymore. Am I being a good father? I must not be…

Cleo looked down at the floor with guilt. She made a mental note to start saying hello to him more often. Not at that moment, however, because he might get suspicious. Cleo didn't even bother reading her mother's thoughts. She walked out of her house, ready to search for new people and their thoughts that she could obtain so easily. It felt different for Cleo, having this much power over people. However, it was a nice change.

"Cleo, if you're here to steal the Zodiac again, you can just-"

"I'm not," Cleo told him nervously. "I just need t-to ask you something..."

Oh no, she must've found out about me and Rikki...

Cleo squinted her eyes in confusion. Him and Rikki? What was going on between him and Rikki?

"Have you seen Rikki?" Cleo asked strategically. She wasn't going to straight up ask him about him and Rikki. She had to ease him into telling her. She must know. Why else would she ask ME where Rikki is?

"Uh, I don't know," Zane lied. Yeah, that's right, don't reveal anything. She'll walk away eventually.

"Zane…"

"All right, all right," he said. "I think I saw her going towards the beach, but I'm not 100%-"

"Thanks Zane!" Cleo called as she ran away. However, she wasn't running to find Rikki. She was going to find Ms Chatham.

"Ms Chatham!" Cleo called as she saw the old woman. She sprinted up to her. "Ms Chatham."

"Hello, Cleo," said the woman.

"I have a question," Cleo told her. "Do you know anything about… colorful stones?" Ms Chatham looked at her with confusion. It was obvious that the answer would be no.

"Not really, no. But I must be going now," Ms Chatham said in her mysterious tone. Cleo always liked that about her. In less than three seconds, she was gone, and so was the sun. Cleo figured it would be best to just go home, and to try to learn more about her new power in the morning. Mind reading was exhausting.

When Cleo awoke the next morning, it felt like she had slept for a week. She felt great. A few moments later, she remembered that she had an awesome new power she had to practice on. And who better to practice on, than her own little sister? However, when Cleo descended down the staircase and reached the kitchen, she did not hear any thoughts. She stared at Kim, for twenty seconds, at least. The only thing she got was a funny look and a bratty "what are you looking at?"

Why wasn't her power working? Cleo slept with her skirt on, and didn't take the stones out of her pocket. She even checked them to make sure they were still the same as they were when she found them, and nothing changed. So why did they suddenly stop functioning?

"It's about time you woke up," her father said from the couch. Cleo looked at the clock. 11:58 am. No wonder she felt like she got too much sleep; she slept for 18 hours! After pouring herself a tall glass of orange juice and gulping it down as if she hadn't drank a thing in years, she tried reading someone's mind again. This time, she chose her father. Nothing. All of the sudden, she felt the vibrating in her pocket again.

Before Cleo could wonder why she kept feeling these mysterious vibrations, Kim tried to pour honey in her orange juice.

"Stop!" Cleo commanded, and her stomach did a flip when she saw what happened next. Her sister froze. Her father froze. Even the ceiling fan froze. Nothing was moving, and yet Cleo could. She tried moving Kim's arm, but it wouldn't budge. Same with the cup of orange juice, and the refrigerator door. What had she done?

"Uhh…" Cleo said. "Go?" Right as she said it, everything started moving again. Some honey dripped into her orange juice, but she didn't care. She ran straight out the front door and towards the Juicenet. This was just too weird for Cleo to handle.

As soon as Cleo arrived at the Juicenet, the first person she saw was Zane. He was also the only person there that Cleo actually knew; Rikki, Emma, and Lewis were nowhere in sight.

"Zane," Cleo said, walking up to him. He tilted his head and smirked.

"You again?"

"Zane, I need you to do me a favor," Cleo said. She grabbed an abandoned cup of juice on the counter. "I need you to pour this on the floor." Zane gave her a funny look.

"What?" He half-said, half-laughed. He probably thought this was the most ridiculous task in the world. Cleo huffed in frustration.

"Just do it Zane, trust me." Zane shook his head and began to tilt the cup towards the floor. As it started to pour, Cleo said "stop!" Everything froze again. Cleo touched the falling juice. It wasn't frozen, but it was solid. It didn't break when she hit it, or kicked it. When she tried running out of the Juicenet, she found that she couldn't, because the beaded doorways were stuck. It was the most bizarre thing Cleo had ever seen; besides the first time she saw her mermaid tail. She could still smell the utter shock that swarmed her head when that happened.

"Go," Cleo shouted, and everything was back to normal. She ran out of the Juicenet, bumping into a few people on the way, and not even bothering to apologize. She was too focused.

A few minutes later, Cleo found herself at the beach. When she got as close to the water as she could without it touching her, she said "stop." The ocean stopped moving. It was as if someone hit the pause button during a movie, except this was no movie. This was something Cleo was living in, for real. She touched the water, and it was solid. She walked on the water, and it didn't move, but Cleo did slip a little. Cleo could walk across the whole ocean if she wanted to. However, she had no desire too, and would probably tire very quickly.

"Go." Cleo fell straight into the ocean, and soon after turned into a mermaid. She swam slowly underwater.

"Stop." The water surrounding her froze, trapping Cleo amongst it. This made her quite claustrophobic, and she said "go" immediately. Cleo decided that she liked the mind-reading power a bit better than the time-stopping power.