A/N: ok so I've been gone for a while but school is like hectic. Well I'm continuing for u now and the people who participated will have had some of their names mentioned. LOL. A showdown this chapter. Ooops. LOL. Oh yea, I think in the show they hold their breaths as mermaids. Well in this they don't. Soooooooo deal! Lol.

Disclaimer: I do not own W.I.T.C.H. Or H2O, aren't you unhappy that I don't?

Something Corny This Way Comes

She flashed her hair, staring at the Gold Coast. Looking at her companion, sitting under her, long scarlet hair blowing in the wind. "I wish I had done this ages ago. If only I had known the mystery of the pool." She chuckled lightly.

"Aren't you elated then? That we shall be the only of our kind? I mean, when the moon comes and we lure the girls here?" Charlotte's voice was warm but the chill of her feelings betrayed her breath. Standing, she looked down the crater and leaped off the ridge in the other direction.

"Wait for me!" she laughed, Linda Denman, like Charlotte, had entered the moon pool and gained all the powers of her predecessor. Laughing, she stood and jumped of the ridge, diving into the crystal screen that guarded the ocean. Within seconds she broke the barrier, a little more and she changed. Becoming the water, she gained a tail and lost her legs. Bright and orange, she paddled deeper looking for her friend.

Swimming deep into the reef, she saw an orange tail and red hair peeking out behind a rock. Lifting her hand, pointing at the rock, she pointed a finger. Charlotte was buffeted by a pillar of bubbles. Smiling, she swam towards Linda and they both touched hands. They were closer than they should have been. Meeting months before online, they were already the greatest of friends, it was only a matter of time before they both came across the secret of Mako Island.

Charlotte pointed toward the shore of the coast. Spending the day at Mako to help Linda practice her powers, they turned and powered their fins. In an instant, they both swirled in a pillar of bubbles, they screamed, trying to power their way out of the whirlpool they seemed to have been caught in; swirling till they found themselves dizzy, in the whirling darkness.

"Wake up." Charlotte opened her eyes to stare at a tall girl, with black hair tied into a high ponytail that slid down her back into a French braid. She wore skin tight black leather that only showed her hands and the uppermost of her neck. The outfit was fitted by calf high black leather heels. Her waist held a mini skirt that tipped her thighs. Her abdomen was covered by a black corset that made her seem more adult than she should've been.

"Who are you?" Charlotte asked, her eyes scanning the area for Linda, who was unconscious by the edge of a pool. The moon pool, she recognized her surroundings instantly. She thought the, not sure if she was a girl or woman, person had a menacingly cold voice, and intense power to bring her and Linda here. She didn't know if she could manage to overpower her but it was worth a try.

"I am, your Mistress. And as such you will do what needs to be done. It is my power that flows through your veins and you will obey me." She turned around and nudged Linda lightly with her foot, causing her to stir. "Wake up…" Linda's eyes opened slightly as she turned over to look at the figure that towered above them.

Her eyes fluttered to Charlotte, seeing the movement of her hand, she got the plan. Charlotte in a split second blasted Irma into the air, throwing her into the pool. Just as she hit the water, Linda's turn came, pointing to the pool, the surface froze over. They looked at each other and laughed, trying to stand and warding off the nausea, they turned to exit the cave through the waterfall entrance.

"You. Don't. Leave." They turned around, the ice exploded about them, chips and chards cut at them as the moon pool became a vortex, massive and swirling, the wind whistled about the cavern. Holding hands, they both aimed their power at the vortex. "That won't work." Irma said stepping out the vortex. It froze, alive yet intensely dead. The water formed itself into two hands and grabbed the girl and woman. Bringing them to Irma, she whispered as softly as possible. "I am your power... and you are mine."

The turquoise glow enveloped the cave as they screamed.

Taranee opened her eyes to the sun, it blazed through the windows. Listening, she heard a Changing Moon song playing in the background. She sat up and took her glasses of the side table. Looking about her she saw Hay Lin in the corner, sitting in a chair. She was asleep, head resting on the wall beside her. Taranee crept out of the bed. She gently walked towards Hay. "Meet me downstairs in a half hour. I need to freshen up, you do too. We're going to Mako Island." She stalked toward the bathroom and got herself freshened. Hay Lin had used the other bathroom, across the hall. She got dressed and went downstairs.

"Are you alright? What happened last night?" Max fired his questions as her foot touched the bottom step of the stairs. He moved from is cup of coffee to her. Looking at her, dressed casually with a pair of jeans and a dark orange tank top that matched the sunny flip flops on her feet.

"I'm fine," she said as she turned to see Hay fluttering down the steps in a warm, yellow sundress that belted at her waist, and frilled out under her thighs. "Max, Hay and I are going to Mako Island. Get in touch with the other girls and Lewis. Tell them to come to the island as soon as they can." She grabbed Hay's hand and dragged her out the house, waving to Max.

"So what happened last night?" Hay asked as she walked casually behind Taranee, the dark blue highlights in her hair seemed to shine.

"Irma is possessed. She is being inhabited by a spirit, from the past. Trapped in the pool, which is where you come in handy. Remember that power you have to tell the history of an object based on the atmosphere about it." She walked over to an old boat.

"So you want me to see what were dealing with? Cosmic." She smiled and looked at her friend. "So you're gonna fix the boat?"

"Nope. You are. Could you freeze the air around the bottom of the boat? Then push it onto the water?" she looked at her friend, who nodded in reply hopping into action. She inhaled and blew at the boat; slowly it moved and drifted into the ocean. The bottom was coated in thick ice. "Let's go." She flew up lifting Taranee and landed them both in the boat.

"Let's get this boat a floatin'" Taranee laughed and sat at the edge. Holding out her hand and firmly grasping the boat, she fired a blast of heat instantly propelling the boat towards the island.

"It would have been easier if I did it." Hay Lin laughed and flew out of the boat towards the island. Zooming ahead she lowered close to the surface and touched the water, rippling under her fingers she dived under the surface. Taranee knew not to worry, Hay Lin was just relieving stress how she knew to. Getting closer to the island, the ice under the boat began to break away. With a sharp mind, she blasted the boat apart; staying on a plank piece, she fired more energy, jet surfing straight to shore.

Balance seemed vital at this point. Falling wasn't an option. Every angle she held her body in could cause her to fall and take a plunge. Being an ace at geometry using her intellect wasn't an issue.

(I found an underwater entrance to the moon pool. It is so beautiful. Hurry and get here.)

(I'll be there soon enough. I just made it to shore, I'm already trudging through sand and now the jungle. Gimme five minutes.)

Walking through the jungle, she recalled the location of the waterfall. Just past some trees in a southward direction, breaking to a clearing by a stream, she saw it.

Looking around the cave, it seemed different now. This was only her second time here but it felt different, more than the first. She felt a presence in the cavern, she felt Irma, but it was weird. Hovering about she looked down. The sand had been moved recently, footprints and body shapes lead everywhere. Looking at the water, she realized that small blocks of ice floated about.

(Taranee hurry and get in here. She was here. I'm not sure if it's safe but she was here with some other persons.)

(I'm sliding down the chute thing, I'll be right there.)

Hay Lin heard the thud and looked about towards the hole in the wall as Taranee's figure came through it.

"People were here with Irma. Well, maybe the other two mermaids? I said mermaid." She stifled a laugh as she looked at Taranee. "Look at the sand. There are footprints and body shapes everywhere."

"Body shapes? That's worse than your catchphrase." She looked at Hay Lin who shrugged it off. "Well get crackin' focus on the water and use your power. I'll tap into your mind to see what you should be seeing." She looked at Hay as she lowered herself over the water. Crossing her legs and focusing, she became still.

(Mary-Ann)

"Aaah!"

Hay Lin was thrown from the pool. She was blasted unto the sand as the pool came alive. From the top of the cavern, a girl and a woman fell from the sky, drifting slowly above the water. Taranee ran to Hay Lin.

"Mary-Ann doesn't like you to be in her business." Taranee looked at the stirring Hay Lin; she got up and turned to the red head and blonde.

"So you must be Charlotte. Wow, when you're a mermaid are you like the only sea cow? I mean jeez get a summer body." Taranee looked at her blonde friend she seemed young as well but she was significantly aged. "You're Linda Denman, the mermaid hunter. This is too good. You're friends with the sea cow? " Charlotte seethed with anger at the comments. Linda merely laughed.

"Well then, Fire guardian, you should experience her power. She has empowered us." Laughing Charlotte raised her hand; a shard of ice flew past Taranee, brushing her braid. Cocking an eyebrow, she checked Hay Lin who was pissed and rising.

"This is why I fainted. She drained the energy from those people…. To power you two idiots?" Taranee extending a hand helping her up; the air sizzled with heat.

"My turn." Hay Lin jumped and blew. The women hovered their air. Unphased by the onslaught, looking at each other they raised the water from the pool and it rained shards of ice.

Taranee laughed as the ice melted before it even gained inches from the pool. "Thermokinetic barrier, works well with everything except idiots." She jumped and fired a pulse of heat at the water, returning it to its previous state. Hay Lin twirled her hands and a tornado formed around the two.

At first they were buffeted by the wind but soon gained their composure. Charlotte flew upwards and raised her hands. Lightning screamed into the cave, making contact with Taranee's barrier. Linda flew forward and blasted the barrier with balls of flame. Hay Lin looked around but her eye caught something else. The pool, it was glowing with life. In an instant, Charlotte was unconscious. The next moment Linda turned to see what was happening.

"Excuse me." She turned to see a blonde floating above the water, tall and flowery she was radiant. "Leave my friends alone grandma!" with a wave of her hand Linda was thrown into the moon pool.

"CORNELIA!" Hay Lin rushed to hug her friend. Taranee did the same.

"Stay back. They aren't themselves. I have to explain what's happening, why the oracle sent you here." She turned to the pool, her hair floating gracefully. She lifted Charlotte telekinetically throwing her in the water as well. She waved her hands; they floated out of the pool and into the wall, they were being trapped, sinking to their necks.

"Let's go before she realises her minions aren't kicking ass." Taranee said and went back to the entrance; they climbed out and came across the other mermaids. "Glad you guys are here but we need to go in the other direction." She pointed and led them.

"My boat is on the shore it can take us to Max's. And who might I ask is this fair maiden?" Lewis stated.

"I'm Cornelia, now let's hurry and get back to the old man's home. I need to tell you guys what's happening." She stepped forward and flew off.

"I'll go with her." Hay Lin said and took off as well.

"Let's go." Taranee nodded towards the shore as the five ran. She and Lewis jumped into the boat, and the girls took to the sea.

Minutes later, they touched the shore, heading to Max's.

Ok please review and tell me what you think. I'm Really sorry for the absence guys. I've been like heck busy. Tell me what you think. And yes. She is possessed. By what? You can guess or you can just leave it to fate to tell you lol.