A/N: I hope you enjoy the new chapter.

Chapter 4: Full Moon

The girls were getting ready to go to the city. "Say, Jessica, Sarah, have you ever been to the city?" Emily asked. "I have, but not often. My mom seems to have something against it," Sarah answered. "Well, I live there," Jessica replied, "I'm going to visit my family. How about you?" "We'll see," Amber said, "Maybe we'll go shopping or something." "There's a good mall near the amusement park," Jessica told them. "The amusement park? I think I've been there before with my class. They had that dolphin act with a dolphin called Ronnie, right?" Sarah asked. "Well, Ronnie is dead now, but yes, that's the one. His daughter does the shows now," Jessica answered.

*

After a bus ride in a noisy bus, the campers stepped off the bus. "We will meet here in 5 hours. You may do whatever you like, but do not get in trouble or be tardy," Mrs. Rose told them and gave especially Emily, Sarah and Amber a look. Then the campers scattered in all directions. "Looks really nice here," Emily. "It's not as nice as Melbourne," Amber commented. "So where do we go?" Sarah asked. "I think we should try to find some stuff out about you know what," Emily suggested. "And where do you plan to do that? Ask people on the street if they know anything about mermaids?" Amber asked. "Very funny. No. We're going to the library," Emily told them, "How far is it to the library, Sarah?" "Not far. A short walk," Sarah replied. "This will be fun. Unlike most people, we will spend our free day stuck in a boring old library," Amber muttered. "We aren't exactly normal, you know," Sarah pointed out. Amber rolled her eyes, but followed her friends down the street.

*

The library was a gigantic building made of stone and right next to the ocean. The girls sat at a table surrounded by books of legends. They had been looking at books for hours. "I give up," Amber groaned, closing her book, "I found nothing." "Same here," Sarah agreed. Emily looked up from her book. "Okay, I admit I found nothing too," she said, "But I'll read that book before we leave." "Fairytales of Mermaids by MC," Sarah read. "A book of fairytales. It's a book for kids," Amber objected. "It can't hurt," Emily replied and opened it.

After a while her eyes widened. "Listen to this tale. At a certain time and place, people can get the ability to turn into mermaids," Emily began and looked at her friends. "You mean… The pool," Sarah said. "Come on. It's a tale. This person just made it up," Amber replied annoyed. "If the mermaid looks at a full moon, she will be controlled by it and not realize what she's doing. That will stop when the moon goes under. The mermaid won't remember anything," Emily continued. "Now you're telling us the moon is evil. Come on," Amber objected. "Okay, you're right. This is just silly," Emily agreed and they put the books away. Sarah stared at the book Emily had read out of for a moment and then put it away.

"So where do we go now? We spent half out time in the library," Amber asked. "Lets go shopping for the party tonight," Sarah suggested and the other girls nodded. So they spend the rest of their time shopping, each one finding the perfect outfit for themselves.

*

That night Sarah sat on her bed. What was written in the book didn't leave her alone. For some reason it made her feel uncomfortable. "I must be crazy. It's a book. A fairytale book. It's all made up. So what if it was true about the pool," Sarah thought. Soon after she gave up and went outside. The almost full moon shone over Mako, bathing it in a mysterious light. Sarah didn't know why, but for some reason looking at Mako made her feel safe. "The place where it all began," she thought.

Just then Sarah noticed the speed boat was once again gone. She didn't get it. Why did someone keep on taking the speed boat? Sarah shook her head and went back inside. Sooner or later she fell asleep.

*

Emily stood on a ladder, putting up lanterns. "You need help?" someone asked her. "Ah, no," she replied, but then saw it was Daniel, "Well, I guess some help wouldn't be bad." He handed her a lantern. Their hands briefly touched and Emily blushed. "Thanks," she said, after putting up the last lantern and then got off the ladder. "I heard about Ryan," Daniel told her. "Oh," she muttered, uncomfortable.

"What happened?" he asked. "We fooled around on the dock, Ryan slipped and got injured," Emily answered. "You're not the type to do such things," Daniel objected. "How do you know which type I am?" she questioned. "I just do," he replied, "Excuse me. I still have stuff to take care of." "Getting the food ready?" Emily asked. "Among other things," Daniel answered and left.

"Who was that?" Amber asked as she and Sarah came up to Emily. "Daniel. He's helping out at the camp before he starts college," Emily replied. Amber and Sarah gave Emily a look. "I'm not interested in him," Emily told them. "Of course you're not," Amber answered.

"He seems nice," Sarah said. "He is, but he's too nosey," Emily replied, "He asked about Ryan." "The whole thing with Ryan attracted too much attention to us, already," Amber agreed, "We can't have Daniel, Jordan, Ryan or Riley get too close too us." Emily nodded and Sarah also nodded after a moment of hesitation.

"But the whole thing concerns Ryan too much. We should tell him the truth," Sarah told them. The blonds glared at her. "We can't, you know that. If he doesn't keep quiet we'll end up under a microscope," Emily objected. "Plus he's a lot like a scientist," Amber added, "It's too dangerous." Sarah gave up. Her friends were right.

*

The girls looked into the mirror one last time. They all looked amazing. Amber wore a black dress with straps. Sarah wore a purple dress and Emily wore a blue dress. They all had their hair open. "How do I look?" Sarah asked. "Perfect," Emily smiled. "Lets go. The party already started," Amber urged them on and they headed to the beach.

Arriving there they saw people dancing, talking and simply having fun. Sarah saw Ryan sitting on the sidelines. "I'm going to talk to Ryan," she excused herself and walked over to him.

"Hey," she greeted him, "Having fun?" "Depends what you call fun. With my injury I can't do much yet so I can only sit here and watch the others having fun." "I'm sorry." "Why are you apologizing?" "I don't know. I apologize a lot for things."

Ryan smiled at her and then said, "The sky is so beautiful tonight. The stars are shining so brightly." Sarah looked up. It was true. She scanned the sky and looked towards the ocean. Having just gone up, she saw the moon. The full moon. Sarah's heart pounded hard once as he gaze met the moon and then she got up. "You alright?" Ryan asked her. With a smile Sarah left without a word to Ryan.

*

Meanwhile Amber and Emily danced on the dance floor. Just then Amber saw Jordan, who waved her over. Amber excused herself and walked over to him. "What do you want?" she asked him. "You owe me an explanation." "For what?" "For the accident. Why did you take the blame?" "That's none of your business."

Jordan led her away from the party into the woods. "Something weird is going on here," he told her. "I don't know what you're talking about," she denied. "Oh, really," Jordan replied, closing the gap between them. Amber looked up at him. "You just want to kiss me," she accused him. "Maybe," he muttered as he leaned down to kiss her.

Just as their lips were about to touch, Sarah appeared. "There you are," she said in an unemotional voice. Amber walked up to her and asked, "What are you doing here?" "Lets go to Mako," Sarah said, but thankful only so loud that Amber could hear it. "Are you crazy?" Amber hissed. "Come on. The pool will look so beautiful in the moonlight," Sarah tempted her. "Are you okay?" Amber asked and waved her hand in front of the brunette's face, "We got to find Emily." "I got to go," Amber told Jordan and pulled Sarah behind her. Just as she stepped out of the shadow of the trees, Amber looked at the moon. Then she looked at Sarah and they nodded.

*

After Amber had left her, Emily had gone to Jessica. "Fun party, isn't it?" Jessica asked. Emily nodded. "It's the perfect weather too. No clouds or rain. Just stars and the full moon," Jessica said. Then she was asked to dance and left.

"What are you doing here all alone?" someone asked Emily. It was Daniel. "Nothing really," she answered. "Mind if I join you?" he questioned. "Not at all." "The party seems to be a lot of fun." Emily nodded and looked at the lanterns in the trees. "I think so too. The lanterns are so pretty," she replied. "I talked to Ryan. He doesn't remember anything," Daniel changed the subject. "I know," Emily replied. "You're different from the other girls," he said. "How?" she asked. "You're mysterious. Secretive," Daniel answered. "Really?" Emily questioned.

Just as Daniel was about to say something, Amber and Sarah appeared. Emily saw the weird look on her friends' faces. "Amber. Sarah," she said, "Oh, Daniel. These are my friends, Sarah and Amber." "I've heard of them. Nice to meet you," he told them. Amber and Sarah completely ignored him and said, "We need to talk to you." "I'll see you later," Daniel told Emily and left. "What do you want?" Emily asked, slightly annoyed. "Lets go to Mako," they answered. "Mako?" Emily repeated, confused, "What do you want there?" "Look," Sarah said and pointed up. Just above them the moon shone. Immediately Emily also fell into the trance of the moon.

"Coming?" Amber asked. Emily nodded and they headed for the water. Quickly they swam to Mako. Arriving at the moon pool, the water had just stopped bubbling. The moon was still visible above. The three mermaids raised their hands to the moon and did their hand signs that activated their powers. They stared at the moon in a trance.

*

The sun woke the three girls the next morning. They laid in their beds. "It's about time you woke up," Jessica said, coming in. "What time is it?" Emily asked. "9:00," Jessica answered. "Too early for me," Amber yawned. "Where were you last night?" Jessica questioned. "Last night? We were at the party," Sarah replied. "But when the storm hit you didn't come in," Jessica pointed out. "Storm?" the three girls repeated. Jessica pointed outside. Amber, Emily and Sarah stepped outside and saw the beach looked like a battlefield. Everything was destroyed. Lanterns, branches and tons of other stuff littered the beach. Astonished they first stared at beach and then at each other. They didn't know how, but they knew it. They knew they had done this.

A/N: How will the girls handle things having seen what their powers can do? Will they be able to handle it? Please review.