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Chapter 4 Sea Turtles Mate.
Zane smiled as he and Meribella sat on the sand. They both watched the waves crash against the sand before rolling back into the ocean. It was a simple rhythm, but one that made their hearts soar with excitement. They both stood up, dusting the sand off from their clothes They both slipped off their clothes to reveal that they were both wearing swim suits underneath. They both glanced around them quickly, not wanting their secret to be exposed.
"Race ya!" Zane shouted happily as he ran into the waves, diving when it got deep enough. Meribella only smiled and joined him underwater world. Together, they both began examining every single fish, every single piece of coral, anything they could land their eyes on. They both wanted this, especially Zane, he needed it. To be part of the underwater world, his own life. The place he felt he was truly a part of, no not felt but knew he was a part of just like in his dreams.
On the night of their transformation after he got home late in the morning after geting his broken ankle wrapped up in it's cast. He began having weird dreams.
Dreams of the underwater world, of Mako island, and of a gorgous woman who shown as brightly as the moon. Except he could only make out that she had super curly inky black hair while everything else was blurry. Before he could know more about her however, his alarm clock woke him up. It was on that morning he discovered that he was a merman when he decided to take a shower and not 10 seconds later, he knew his life would never be the same again.
Shaking himself out of his reveree, he contiued to swim next to Meribella, simply enjoying himself and her conforting company.
They both swam for a very long time, not really paying attention to how long they were under water. But when their lungs started to burn with the need of oxygen, they both swam to the surface. Zane and Meribella looked over, not realizing that they were that close to Mako Island.
"We better get going. We don't want to be late. We promised to meet the girls at the Juice Net." Meribella said turning around to go back under but Zane stopped her.
"Do we have to? i mean it was you who promised to meet up with the girls, not me." Zane said in a childlike voice.
"Yes Zane we have to. I always keep my promises and I want to keep an eye on you to make sure you don't do anything that'll expose our secret." Meribella said very seriously.
Althought she loved being a mermaid, there were a few times when she had close calls, especially around her family. She wanted to make sure nothing happened to her, her friends, and especially Zane.
She didn't know what it was about Zane but she always felt happier when she was around him. Yet she could never explain why.
"Ugh is there no trust between us?" Zane asked with a sly smirk though Meribella just stared at him. "Fine, fine, let's go." Zane said before they both rushed onto the shore, grabbing their stuff once they were dry. They both ran up the beach towards the location of the cafe.
Lewis, Rikki, and Emma were all sitting at a table when Zane and Meribella rushed onto the outside seating area of the cafe. "Yup, it's pretty cool." Rikki said. Zane and Meribella sat down, placing their bags beside them.
"What's pretty cool? Did you discover a new nail polish color?" Zane asked sarcastically. Causing Meribella to slap him though he just laughed as if she had only patted him.
"These girls held their breath for fifteen minutes!" Lewis said.
"We could probably stay down for longer if we really tried." Emma stated. Meribella only twisted her mother's ring. Zane obiviously picking up on her thoughts and laid a comforting hand on her thigh. As if to say 'i'm here and we won't tell them until you are ready.' Meribella wasn't timing herself or Zane when they both swam together obviously, but their swims this morning felt more than 15 minutes. They were, of course, not going to mention that to the girls.
"You're on!" Rikki said, taking Emma's statement as a challenge.
"You think you can beat me?" Emma asked.
"I know I can." Rikki smirked. "Bring it on!"
Lewis smiled as the girls challenged each other, "You guys must be jumping out of your skin about this stuff."
"Yeah," Emma said while Rikki nodded. Meribella and Zane both shared a smiled as they remembered the dolphins that played with them this morning. "Well, four of us are." Meribella said as she noticed Cleo walking up.
"Hey, Cleo! Guess what?" Lewis said, seeing his best friend slowly making her way towards the group. "These guys can hold their breath for 15 minutes!"
"Lewis!" The four exclaimed in unison, not wanting 1) the whole Juice Net to hear him and 2) Cleo hadn't embraced the mer-life like they have.
"What's going on?" Cleo asked, shifting her seat closer to the table.
"We've been, you know, swimming." Emma stated.
"It's the best thing." Rikki added. Meribella wished Cleo would swim with the three of them. It's one thing to swim alone, but it brought everyone closer when they swam together. "The reef is truly out of this world." Zane added with a smile.
"You love salt water fish, right?" Meribella asked. "It's beautiful underwater, Cleo. There's so many beautiful fish just right in front of your face." She added.
"That's great." Cleo said, uncomfortably. "So has anyone been able to finish that calculus homework? Question seven's a nightmare."
"We missed you this morning. Why weren't you answering your phone?" Emma asked.
"And that project on geography, that's due Thursday." Cleo said, refusing to change the subject back to swimming and their new life. "We really need to get together on that one."
"Listen, Cleo, whatever's happened to us is incredible. You've got to come out with us. The water is amazing." Zane said, trying to persuade the stubborn girl.
"I'm not doing it, okay?" Cleo snapped. "I didn't ask for any of this to happen to us. So stop bugging me about it, alright?" Cleo stood up and walked away, not saying another word to the four other merpeople and Lewis.
"I can kinda understand, where she's coming from." Meribella stated. "You can?" They all asked in unison.
"This was just thrust onto us out of nowhere without so much as a warning and now we have to lie and keep secrets from everyone close to us. She has a right to be angry. But I think she would feel better if she would just fully embraced the life." Meribella said.
"Where were you and Zane, anyway? We called you both, but neither of you guys pick up." Emma asked.
Meribella and Zane all glanced at everyone around the table, "We were already swimming."
"Really? We didn't see you two." Rikki asked.
"We were both down by Mako, We didn't expect you to." Zane stated. The four shrugged, rising from the table.
They made light conversation as they walked to school. They spoke of all the corals and wild life that can be explored down underwater. How serene it all was under there.
Lewis mentioned how he was going to try to talk Cleo into swimming and Meribella sighed, "You can try, but I don't think she'll listen to you."
The bell rang and everyone made their way to class. As usual, Meribella's mind wandered to Mako and how she didn't realize how long she and Zane could stay underwater. Zane gently nudged her when the bell rang, dismissing the class.
Meribella glanced up before collecting her books. She exited the classroom with Zane and the girls, stopping to talk to Lewis who had spoken to Cleo.
"You're bummed out, right?" Rikki asked.
"She's just taking a little time to-yeah I'm bummed out." Lewis stated. Meribella looked up at the stairs where Cleo was, she gave her a sad smile before motioning to Rikki, Emma, and Lewis. They all turned around to look at Cleo.
"I am pretty sure she doesn't want to talk about it." Lewis told them.
"Forget it Lewis, we can deal with this. It's our thing," Emma said, patting Lewis on the shoulder. Meribella, Zane, and Rikki followed in her wake as she passed Lewis to go up the stairs.
"Yeah, a mer thing." Meribella mumbled under her breath.
"Cleo, about this whole mermaid business." Emma started.
"There are more important things in life than seeing how long you can hold your breath for and frolicking with dolphins." Cleo snapped.
"We don't frolic, we glide." Zane, Meribella, and Rikki stated in unison.
"Whatever, it's not important." Cleo said. "I don't want to talk about it."
"How can you say such a thing Cleo?" Emma asked. "This is the most amazing thing that happened to us. Probably the most amazing thing that's happened to anybody."
"Well, what about the sea turtles?" Cleo asked. Zane and Meribella sent the other girls a look.
"What turtles?" Zane asked.
"Apparently, a sea turtle got caught in a fishing net this morning. That's important." Cleo stated.
"I don't believe this. You're such a hypocrite," Rikki stated and when Cleo asked why, she just said, "Cleo, your dad's a fisherman. His nets are the ones trapping the turtles."
"That's not true, my dad would never do that." Cleo denied it.
"Really?" Rikki asked. Cleo just gave her an angry glare before walking past her. Zane and the three girls just gave each other looks before shuffling along to their next classes.
Later on that day when Meribella got home, she ran up to her room and locked the door. She threw her backpack on the floor and then sat on her bed. She held her hands up, palms facing up and fingers spread.
She then thought back to that day a few weeks ago when she was getting herself a soda. How she had punched the machine in frustration and seeing lightning cackling around her hand.
'Could that be my power?' Meribella thought to herself. "Only one way to find out." Meribella whispered to herself before looking around the room.
She spotted her lamp on her desk with a broken lightbulb in it that her father had yet to replace.
She held her hand outstreched towards the lamp and concetrated hard. Within seconds lighting began cackling from her hand and shot towards the lightbulb. Making it light up for a few seconds before fizzinling out due to the broken circutry in the lightbulb.
'This is amazing! I've got to tell the others.' Meribella thought happily to herself as she whipped out her phone.
'Get to my house IMMEDIATELY.' She sent the text to the four before sending her address. She raced down the stairs, waiting in the entrance hall. She crossed her arms, tapping her foot against the hard wood floor.
Ten minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Meribella wrenched it open grabbing who ever's was standing there's hand before tugging them in. Zane now stood confused in the entrance hall of Meribella's impressive mansion.
"Meri, what's this all about?" Zane asked.
"Shh! I'll tell you once everyone gets here." Meribella excitedly mentioned, staring unblinkingly at her door. Emma, Cleo and Rikki reached the door at the same time.
"Do you know what this is about?" Cleo asked Rikki.
"I have no clue." Rikki said, reaching up and knocking. Milliseconds later, Meribella opened the door, a crazy look in her silver blue eyes. She grabbed the girls' arms, yanking them in, similar in fashion to what she did to Zane.
"I discovered my power." Meribella said excitedly. The four shared an excited look.
"Really? What is it?" Zane asked.
"Come on, this way." Meribella pulled them up the staires and into her large room, sitting them down on some chairs. Before locking her door.
She then turned back to the old lamp with the broken lightbulb in it. She then held her hands out and began to concentrate. Soon enough lightning began cackling around her hands before flying out towards the lightbulb. Making it light up longer than she tried the first time before fizzling out again.
Meribella put her hands down and turned to Zane and girls, jumping up and down giddily like a 5 year old on Christmas morning. "Isn't it so cool?!"
"Yeah! We all have our powers now!" Cleo said, clapping slightly.
"Uh...not all of us." Zane said, speaking up from his chair.
This caused the girls to all turn to him in shock.
"You still don't know your power?" Emma asked concern.
"I honestly don't know if i even have a power. Maybe the moon pool just grants powers to girls and not boys." Zane said glumly.
"Cheer up Zane, i'm sure you'll discover yours soon enough." Meribella said with a smile. Causing Zane to smile back at her before Cleo interrupted.
"Is there anybody home?" Cleo asked, glancing at the locked door.
"No, my father's always at work and he doesn't get home until late in the evening, while my brother is always away at his sport practices." Meribella stated, sitting on her bed.
"What about your mom?" Rikki asked.
Meribella looked down at her feet, swallowing the large lump in her throat. She got off from her bed and walked towards her desk. She grabbed a picture frame, she smiled at it, brushing some of the dust off of the glass. She walked back over to the girls sitting on the armrest of Zane's chair.
"This is my mom." Meribella said as Zane and girls examined the picture. "And that's me, when I was a baby and that's my brother." Meribella said as she pointed to the bright red haired woman lying in the hospital bed holding a newborn baby Meribella with her older brother who was two years old at the time, sitting on the bed next to the woman. "It's one of the few pictures I have of her." Meribella said with a sad smile.
"Why? Are they divorced?" Cleo asked, handing the picture back to Meribella.
Meribella hugged the picture frame to her chest, "No, my mom died shortly after my fifth birthday." She sighed. "My mom and my dad were incredibly in love. They were actually old childhood friends. They started dating when they were both 15 years old. My dad propossed to her after they had both graduated college. They got married that same year and three years afterwards, my brother Luke was born. And two years after that, i was born." Meribella said a sad smile.
"So...What happened to her?" Rikki asked a little hesitant on the answer.
Meribella closed her eyes tightly as to stop her tears from escaping. She took a few deep breaths before continuing.
"When I was really young, I had a near drowning incident. We were all living in Ireland at the time. One day we were all exploring the sea caves when i had slipped and fell down a long tunnel which dropped me into a large pool of water. All i can remember is thrashing and calling out for help. My mother came sliding down the same tunnel and into the water with me. She pulled me out and got me to safety. However a month after the incident she began to get sick. She only got sicker and sicker until she finally had to be hospitalized. She passed away shortly after my 5th birthday. Which i celebrated in the hospital with her." Meribella said before her voice cracked and she began to sob.
"Oh Meribella, we're so sorry," Emma said. Zane and the three girls surrounded the curly inky black haired beauty in a group hug. Meribella sobbed for a while before finally beginning to calm down, wiping her cheeks.
"This is all I have left of her" Meribella said.
"What?" Cleo asked, looking at her friend.
"This is all i have left of my mother. My father gave it to her when they were 15 before they started dating." Meribella said as she took off her mother's ring to show Zane and the girls. The gold band of the beautiful ring featured a gold mermaid tail on one side and five shimmering pearl accent stones on the other. A 4x4mm aquamarine heart-shaped gemstone complimented the mermaid tail for an added touch of sparkle. On the inside of the gold band, the words Friends Forever in cursive could be seen.
"That's really pretty." Cleo said looking at the ring.
"It's gorgous." Emma stated as she looked at the ring, a little jeolous.
"Why is it a mermaid tail?" Rikki asked a little supscious.
"My father used to always say that my mother had a deep love for the sea. Just like my grandmother did. They both used to tell me stories of the sea when i was younger." Meribella said as she slipped the ring back on.
"Anyway," Meribella sniffled wiping her tears away. "I just wanted to show you my powers. But does anyone want to stay and watch a movie?"
"No, I have to go talk to my dad," Cleo said, standing up.
"I've got homework today, sorry Meribella," Emma said, Meribella nodded, turning to Zane and Rikki.
"Well we've got nothing to do." Zane and Rikki said in unison. Meribella smiled, after she lead Emma and Cleo to the door, she moved Zane, Rikki and herself onto her bed, where they put in the first Nightmare on Elm Street. They all laughed at the terrible and cheesy effects but still jumped at the suspension.
Meribella noticed that Zane had his arm around her shoulder during the entire movie. 'So 1950's' Meribella thought to herself, however she made no attempt to shrug the arm off.
Zane, Rikki and Meribella enjoyed their movie date before going to bed. Rikki stayed over, not seeing the point in heading back home while Zane left. Obviously not wanting Meribella's father to get the wrong idea of a boy sleeping in his daughters room. When Meribella and Rikki woke up, they texted Emma and Zane seeing if they wanted to go for a swim.
Meribella and Rikki both smiled as they met Emma and Zane on the beach, moving towards the water before the four dove in, transforming.
The four loved being underwater, loved watching as the bubbles flew past them as they quickly darted through the water. The swim started off serenely, them swimming around the coral, interacting with the wild life. But it soon turned into a competition to see who could swim the fastest.
Zane was in the lead with Meribella following very closely when he saw something. He stopped and not even seconds later Meribella, Emma and Rikki stopped too. They shot him confused looks before he pointed towards the fishing net that was just a head of them. Zane's brows furrowed in anger and sorrow. A sea turtle was all tangled up, trapped in the net.
Zane clenched his fists swimming closer towards the surface and the net with Meribella following closely behind him, they were next to the boat when they saw the shadow of a man place, what presumably was a knife, onto the edge of the boat. When he walked away, Meribella suddenly reached out of the water while Zane closely watched what Meribella was doing, grabbing the knife before sinking into the water.
Meribella handed the knife to Rikki who started to slice the net, trying to free the turtle. Emma used her powers to freeze the net machine while Rikki tried her best to free the turtle of it's tangles.
Rikki swam up and placed the knife back where it belonged and the four watched as the turtle swam away from the net and to freedom. They smiled at each other before heading back to shore. They needed to keep up appearances, although they would have loved to stay in the water longer.
After Rikki steam dried their tails, they clambered back into their shoes and stalked towards the Juice Net, where they selected a table and ordered their drinks. The TV was on and playing on low volume, but when a news reporter came on, standing on the docks, Wilfred, the owner of the Juice Net Cafe, turned the volume up.
"Local fisherman today have been confronted with a possible menace from the deep." The reporter said. "Commercial fisherman have reported incidences that may involve a rogue shark. They were lucky to escape injury, but-"
Cleo interrupted their concentration on the TV. "Hey guys, what's going on?"
"Hey, Cleo, your dad's on TV." Byron who was sitting behind them said, pointing towards the screen. Cleo's dad stood next to the reporter, proud to represent the fishing community.
"I've fished these waters for a long time. And there's only one thing that causes damage like that. A huge, rogue shark." Don said. Zame, Meribella, Rikki, and Emma shifted uncomfortably in their seats, shooting each other looks.
"Poor dad," Cleo said.
"Sorry to have to tell you this, Cleo, but your dad didn't catch a shark." Rikki said, leaning in to whisper. "It was a sea turtle."
"We cut the net to set it free." Zane added.
"No way, my dad wouldn't catch turtles." Cleo said, not believing either of them. Zane, Meribella, and Rikki looked to Emma, knowing Cleo would listen to her.
"It's true, Cleo. I'm sorry." Emma said, giving her friend an apologetic look. Cleo looked really disappointed, her beliefs falling apart. Zane, Meribella, Rikki and Emma all looked at each other as Cleo rose from the chair, stalking off towards the docks.
Zane, Meribella, and the other girls walked out to meet Cleo after she texted them. Meribella sighed as she brushed a piece of her curly hair away from her face. Cleo walked them back into the Juice Net, but this time they made their way to a booth.
"He denied everything. It's really awful." Cleo said. "I mean, what could I say? I know you're lying, dad. Because my mermaid friends saw you fishing close to the nesting beach."
"He was using illegal nets, too." Rikki said.
"It's true. And they didn't have those grid things in them." Emma said.
"This just gets worse and worse. My dad." Cleo said, shaking her head.
"Well, to be honest, we didn't actually see your dad." Zane said looking over at the three mermaids who were with him to confirm his statement. Rikki, Emma and Meribella nodded.
"But it was his boat, right?" Cleo asked. They nodded and Cleo leaned back into the booth, disappointed in her dad. "I'm going to go," Cleo said, standing up using the table as support. The four others nodded.
"Let's check out the fishermen, see if they got any lead on their 'shark'." Meribella said,
They all nodded, standing from the cushion red leather booths before exiting through the bead curtains that made up the doors. They walked down to the pier, astonished from all of the shark fisherman that were having a hay day over this.
"It's like Jaws all over again, but with less fish murder." Zane said, Meribella giggled a little which made Zane smile towards her. They walked to the end of the dock, not liking what they were seeing.
"Great. Every fisherman on this side of the planet is getting psyched to catch that stupid shark." Rikki said putting her hands in the pockets of her pants. A fisherman who was sharpening a hook, caught wind of their conversation and turned around.
"Shark? Don't you kids worry, if it's still out there," He held up the sharp hook. "It's sushi."
Meribella grimaced. Although sharks have 'attacked' people, they didn't deserve to be killed like this. They are just animals looking for food. They weren't any different from any other creature on the planet who needed to eat to survive.
"What a circus." Emma said as they walked away from the creepy man."They'll be searching everywhere." Zane said.
"Wanna risk a swim?" Rikki asked, knowing the answer will be having to quite for a little bit.
"No way, too dangerous with these guys out there." Emma stated.
"Let's face it, until this cools down, we're grounded unfortuantely." Meribella stated, giving a longing look out to the water
They returned to their respective homes, ready for a good night's sleep. However Zane, on the other hand, couldn't settle down. The ocean seemed to be calling to him and he needed to experience his tail again. It was liked he was hooked and couldn't stop.
Better than risking himself getting mistaken for a shark that didn't even exist, he walked into his joint bathroom. He filled up the large tub with hot water.
He stepped into the bath after he quickly stripped off his clothes. He quickly sat down before his tail could catch him by surprise like the first time he discovered his transformation. Zane enjoyed his bath, flicking his blue green tail every now and then. The girls, and himself still didn't understand why he and Meribella had different colored tails. He also couldn't understand why he didn't have a power. 'Is there something wrong with me? Am i not ment to have any powers?' Zane thought silently to himself before relaxing some more.
After being completely relaxed, Zane rolled out of the tub, shimming towards the towels that hung on the wall a few feet away. He rubbed himself dry before wrapping himself in a warm fresh towel. He changed into some pj's before getting into bed.
He fell into a deep slumber dreaming such strange dreams again.
"You must protect her my son. You are both the keys to this world's survival.
A deep baritone voice said speaking to Zane.
"Wait, what do you mean? How can i protect her?!" Zane shouted but the voice was moving away.
"You must protect her" The voice said as it faded.
"Wait!!!"
However Zane was awoken from the strange dream by his phone buzzing. He fumbled for the small device, his eyes still closed. When he opened them, he was met with a text from Meribella saying 'Meet at my place, Emma and Rikki are coming too.'
Zane sighed before getting changed. He ran over to Meribella's house quickly knocking on the door only three times before Meribella opened it.
Zane went up to Meribella's room and saw Emma and Rikki were seated in Meribella's bedroom chatting about all the wonderful things that have happened in the past few months.
"So Meri, what is the emergency that i had to come over and listen to you girls chat away about boys, and make-up and..oh what the devil do girls talk about? Boys." Zane said sarcastically with a smirk. Meribella blushed and was about to answer when a shout and a slam from downstairs caught their attention. They walked down the stairs seeing Lewis freaking out.
"Guys! Guys! Cleo!" Lewis said.
"Well, where is she?" Meribella asked.
"She's-she's in the water." Lewis gasped, he had ran all the way here from the docks and was extremely out of breath.
"At last!" Emma exclaimed, excited that her friend was getting interested in the mermaid stuff.
"No!" Lewis mumbled something while he was gasping for air.
"Lewis! Speak! Like a normal person." Rikki and Zane shouted in unison.
Lewis just shook his head, motioning for Zane and the girls to follow him as he ran out of Meribella's house. They all looked at each other before running after Lewis as he shouted what had happened behind to them.
Zane, Meribella, Rikki, and Emma all dove into the water, understanding how much trouble Cleo was really in. The swam as fast as they could, using their super speed they found out they had underwater, to get to Cleo as soon as possible.
When they arrived, they all saw Cleo tangled in the fishing nets, unable to escape. She wasn't moving and she looked unconscious. They sent each other worried glances before swimming up to her. They tried shaking her awake, but she didn't open her eyes.
The net started to rise, which worried the girls. Emma split from the four before using her powers to freeze the pulley machine again, which ceased its movements.
Zane, Meribella, and Rikki had worked on removing the net from Cleo. When Emma returned, they almost had her out. They pushed the net away before pulling Cleo to the surface, away from the boat. When they reached the air, Cleo gasped for breath.
"You alright?" Rikki asked, concern for her friend.
"Yeah! I panicked. I didn't know you could hold your breath for so long." Cleo stated, glancing around at her mer friends. Meribella and Zane both sighed in relief "But then I remembered what you guys said. And you know what? I lost count at sixteen and a half minutes."
"Later guys," Zane and Meribella said before diving underwater. When everyone joined them, the five of them started swimming back towards the mainland.
It was nice to have the whole mer crew together and swimming as a pack. Zane, Meribella, Rikki, and Emma couldn't be happier that Cleo was finally embracing the sea life and was unafraid of swimming and the vast ocean. Both Zane and Meribella could sense that Cleo was going to become a great mermaid. They knew everyone was. However both of thier gut feeling were strange, but somehow they knew that this was only the beginning of the struggles and challenges they were going to face: and over come.
Later on that day, when Meribella returned home, she felt inspired by the days events. She wanted to create a gift for Cleo for finally embracing the mermaid lifestyle. She wanted to create something spectacular to demonstrate the beauty that their unexpected gift provided to each of them. Meribella immediately rushed to her art studio pulling out her sketch book and began to draw.
Cleo texted everyone saying to meet her and Lewis at the beach the next morning, so Meribella only had a few hours to work. And work she did, Meribella worked all night on the gift, only stopping to guzzle down 3 cups of coffee and sugar energy drinks. Meribella finally finished in the early hours of the morning. She only stayed up so late because she wanted to be sure every detail was perfect. Only then did Meribella change into her pj's and fall asleep.
However what only felt like 5 minutes have passed, Meribella's alarm clock on her phone began to ring. She glanced at the clock, it was already 7 o'clock. So Meribella got up and dressed into a bikini and pulled on a short sleeved hoodie. She grabbed her sketch and some sandals before heading down to the beach.
Meribella met Zane, Rikki, Cleo, and Emma at the beach. They all greeted each other with a smile and wave before walking over to Lewis who was digging in the sand.
"Guys! Look, turtle eggs!" Lewis said, motioning towards the small eggs he dug up.
"Oh! Little turtles are so cute." Cleo said, sinking down to the sand with Lewis. "I hope they all make it."
Lewis smiled, reburying them all. He stood up, wiping sand off his hands. He turned to face them, "So, you wanted to show me something."
"Yes. Yes, I do." Cleo said, "Ready?"
"Yes, but before that," Meribella said. She shifted stuff around in her hands before turning to Cleo. "I made something for you, i really hope you like it. I stayed up all night working on it." Meribella smiled as she passed the sketch to Cleo, upside down. Cleo shot her a confused glance before turning it upside down. The sketch was of four mermaids and a merman gliding next to sea turtles and sea lions. Cleo smiled and gave Meribella a hug.
"It's beautiful! I love it! But you didn't have to do this for me." Cleo said.
"Oh it's no problem, I wanted to." Meribella smiled, she then turned to Zane, Rikki, and Emma, "Don't worry, I'll draw something for all of you." She said with a smile.
Zane, Rikki, and Emma all rolled their eyes before nodding to the water, "Now are we ready?" Rikki asked.
Meribella nodded and they took off. They set their stuff down on a dry spot of the beach, Cleo carefully placed the sketch in her back pack. They took off their clothes before racing into the waves.
They dove together when their tails transformed. They flicked their tails at Lewis before swimming off towards Mako island together. As friends, friends brought together by a strange yet not unwelcomed gift given to them by the moon and sea itself. Zane and Meribella couldn't wait to explore everything that this gift had to offer. They knew that what ever challenges or struggles the moon or the sea threw at them, they'd only bounce back, stronger than what they were before.
Nothing could break them apart, Zane and Meribella would make sure of that.
And finally done with this chapter. My oh my it looks like strange things are a happening. Espcially to Zane. Who is the mysterious voice talking to him and will Zane ever discover his power? All of this and more will be answered in future chapters so keep reading my awesome readers! :-) I am so sorry it took so long to update. I've just been so busy with school that it is hard to really sit down and write. However the next update should be coming a lot sooner. With that in mind i'll see you next time my awesome readers. So until then, Read and Review! :-)