After going into a few halls that didn't lead her to Zac, Evie stopped for a breather while leaning on a pillar. She then noticed him walking towards the school exit with his backpack.

"Zac!" Evie shouted as she ran to catch up to him. He didn't stop walking.

They were both at the courtyard by now.

"ZAC!" she yelled louder this time. And this time he did stop.

"What's wrong?" Evie asked once she got close to him. He turned to face her, his face a mixture of anger and sadness.

"What do you think is wrong?" Zac said with a cracked voice. "My mum is not my mum. My dad is not my dad. I don't know who or where my REAL parents are. I'M NOT EVEN A REAL HUMAN BEING!"

He could feel his eyes becoming watery. He pushed the tears back. Evie looked at him with a mix of worry and pity. Zac looked down, while the need to get out of school got more intense.

"I… I just don't know who I am anymore" Zac said. And before Evie could say something, he turned around and ran, leaving her behind. He ran past the parking lot, ignoring the calls of the security guard and into the street, towards his house. It was basicly a miracle that a car didn't run him over as he crossed the streets without looking out.

Once he got to his destination, though, there's was a surprise waiting for him.

"Hi, Zac" Mimmi said.

The day couldn't get any worse, right?


"Sirena, have you seen Mimmi? She wasn't in the moon pool when I woke up" Ondina asked the light blonde mermaid. The two of them were currently in Rita's Grotto.

"No, she wasn't there either when I woke up" Sirena answered.

"Huh" was all that Ondina said as she sat down in one the cushions with a frown.

"Maybe she's swimming, Ondina, there's nothing to worry about" Sirena said in an effort to calm her down.

"That's quite funny, because I went looking for her and she wasn't around the usual swimming area" the mermaid said.

"Then maybe she is taking a walk on land"

However, as soon as the words left Sirena's mouth, the two girls immediately came to the same conclusion.

"Zac" they both said at the same time. The two quickly left the grotto and went to the living room, where Sirena (who had mastered the use of a phone) dialed Evie's number.

"Hello?" Evie's voice answered.

"Evie… it's me. Please tell me that you have seen Zac today" Sirena said as she turned the speaker on.

"I did. He came to school and left near the end of it because Erik sent him over the edge" The mention of Erik raised Ondina's interest.

"Erik did what?" she asked.

"He started telling him how awesome was the fact that he wasn't the only actual merman and that Zac could not deny his heritage"

Sirena and Ondina shared a look before talking again.

"Evie, we need to talk to Zac. We think Mimmi is going to talk to him and we wanted to warn him so he could brace himself" Sirena said. From the other side of the line they could hear Evie curse.

"Great. Here's the problem: when Erik talked to him, Zac went nuts and ran home. I'm pretty sure that if Mimmi gets to him, he is going to explode"

"This is going to end badly" Sirena said with horrified look.

"No kidding" Evie said with sarcasm.

"Yeah, but there's something you don't get Evie. They are siblings, and when mer-siblings get into a fight, things don't end up well. If one of them is upset, their power tends to get a bit out of hand. Believe me, I know it from experience" Sirena said.

"We'll meet you by his house" Ondina added, realizing the urgency of the situation.

"I'm already on my way" and with that said, both girls hanged the call.


Zac didn't know what to think right now. First his 'parents' made him come to school, then Erik comes to remind him about Saturday's events and now Mimmi dares to come to talk to him.

"What are you doing here?" Zac demanded. She was taken aback from the response.

"I wanted to talk to you" Mimmi said.

"Well I don't" he snapped. She bit her lip.

"Zac, please, I know how you feel. You're angry at our mother and-" but before she could continue, Zac interrupted her.

"Okay, first of all, how DARE you?!" he said in a cold tone. Mimmi looked at him, confused. Zac let out a cold chuckle.

"You actually think that I'm only mad at my supposed mother? You don't get it, I was raised here thinking that I was a human all my life and then, IT TURNS OUT THAT EVERYTHING THAT I KNEW ABOUT MYSELF WAS WRONG! DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW THAT FEELS LIKE?!" Zac yelled. Mimmi didn't answer. How could she? She knew he had a point.

It was then when Ondina, Sirena and Evie appeared. They had all heard the yelling from the garden.

"Zac, Mimmi" Sirena said, trying to call the siblings' attention.

"What are you girls doing here?" Mimmi asked.

"Well, we came to prevent you from overwhelming fish-boy here, but it seems that you got ahead of yourself" Ondina said.

"Like that nickname wasn't enough of a remainder" Zac muttered as he glared at the mermaid.

"Hey, I'm not the one who is neglecting his sister, denying his true form and acting like a complete idiot. Let's not forget that we lost our place in the pod because we defended you and decided to be an Ungrateful. Stupid. Merman" Ondina said.

That was it. Now everything was a complete mess for Zac. The word that Ondina said had stung him. And to make things worse for him, the memories came back. Tears formed again in his eyes. Zac officially had enough.

"Ondina!" Mimmi said horrified. Evie walked to Zac, who was looking at the floor as tears slowly went down his cheeks.

"Zac?" she asked uncertainly.

"Get out" his voice came out as a whisper, and it sounded hurt, but firm. Evie flinched, but she stayed in her place. When Zac saw that none had moved, he looked up.

"Get out!" he screamed. The girls took a few steps back, but none of them left.

"Zac, please let's talk about this" Mimmi pleaded. He glared at her.

"I SAID GET OUT!"

And when he yelled, a strong wind that appeared out of nowhere pushed the girls outside, the three mermaids falling to the grass. Evie, on the other hand, crashed against the fence. She moaned in pain. Zac looked horrified at what he had unintentionally done.

"How could you?" Evie whispered with tears in her eyes.

"I- I didn't mean to" Zac said. He stared at her; his brown eyes now red from the crying.

"I'm sorry" he whispered. And without warning, Zac closed the door with a loud BANG!

"I hope you are all happy now" Sirena said to Ondina and Mimmi as she helped Evie out. They didn't say anything. She sighted.

"Let's go to Rita's". None of them complained. The four jumped into the water and left towards their destination.

In the meantime, Zac had fallen on top of his bed, staring at the sealing as the hurtful memories haunted him again and again and more tears rolled down. He couldn't stand it anymore. Didn't anyone care that the events on the chamber were affecting him a lot? Didn't they know that it was impossible to come to terms with the truth in three days? Zac sobbed as he stopped looking at the sealing. It was too much to handle…

Suddenly, he knew what he had to do.

He needed to get away from all.