Chapter 7

Kelly, Nadine, and Chris stuck their heads through a door to make sure the coast was clear before opening it and letting in the rest of the group.

"Go, go, go," Kelly said. Everyone was finally inside. She and Chris closed the door. She sighed. "Let's just get this over with while we have the chance."

"Are you sure it's here?" asked Lexi.

"Positive," said Chris, "My godmother loves power. She'll do anything for it. If a Mermaid goes into the pool in here, she'll be trapped there and die when another person touches the water gets all her power."

"Talk about dark magic," said Daniella.

"Tell me about it," said Chris, "You know, I think that necromancy was already illegal when one of them came along and enchanted it."

"You're kidding!" Daniella said.

"Nope, I'm not."

"Well, where is this pool?" asked Wendy.

"The Pool of Power should be just down this hall somewhere."

"They couldn't come up with a better name than that?" asked Duck.

"Mermaids like to stick to the obvious. A lot of them are slackers, so there's not really a school in the ocean."

"Really?" asked Jack.

"Don't even think about it, kid," said Ace, "There's no way you could hold your breath that long down there, anyway."

"Actually, there's a special weed or berry or something that can allow you to breathe underwater until you surface," corrected Chris.

"Let's just find this pool before your stories give Jack an idea that we're later gonna regret," said Kelly. They walked down a hall. When they arrived at a passage to a room, they pinned themselves to the wall and Chris looked around the corner.

"Yup, that's my godmother," said Chris, "She's already got a victim." She recoiled.

"How bad was it?" asked Sarah.

"I'm not certain whether to say 'ow' or 'ew.'"

"Then let's go stop her," said Nadine.

"No, she hates mortals, remember? I'll go in and give you the signal when I want you to help."

"What signal?" asked Lucy.

"Oh, you'll know." Chris turned the corner. "Aunt Eleanor?"

Chris' godmother stood up straight, withdrawing her hand from the water. "Christiana. What are you doing on the surface?"

"You, of all people, should know. You're the one who trapped me up here."

"Prove it."

"OK, how did this necklace get on me?"

"That's some good proof. But you still can't stop me."

"Oh, yeah?" She whistled. Nothing. "I said…" She whistled again.

"Oh, is that the signal?" asked Sarah, coming around the corner.

"Yes, that's the signal!"

The rest of the group came out.

Eleanor scoffed. "You brought mortals to come in after me? How weak can you get? How come the Siren song didn't work on them?"

"Well, for one thing, girls are practically immune," Chris explained the faults in her godmother's plan, getting closer, "And have you never heard the phrase, 'Befriend and you can't bewitch'?"

"Oh, I guess I missed that part. But, fine, I'll take it for myself." She snapped the necklace off. "And you can just go back where you came from!" She pushed Chris into the water.

"Chris!" Sarah ran up next to the pool. Chris had already grown her tail and couldn't get out of the water. "We've got to keep her godmother from touching the pool while Chris is in there!"

Nadine threw a fireball at Eleanor. She missed. "That didn't go so well."

"Don't let her put the necklace on either," Chris said, "She's an actual Siren."

"At least I was right about something," said Sarah. She motioned for the group to cover their ears and screamed. The scream caused Eleanor to lose her balance and fall into the pool herself. "Who knew they were that clumsy?"

"Get me out!" Chris yelled. Sarah and Robert fished her out of the water (get it, "fished"?) and Chris put her hand in the water just as her godmother grew her own tail. "That ought to get rid of her. Now how am I gonna dry off?"

"Oh, I can fix this," said Nadine.

"NO!" Chris and Sarah both shouted.

Robert did it instead. They helped Chris stand up on her feet and they left.


Sorry the fight scene was so short, but I sometimes tend to have trouble with detail. I hope it satisfies the people who were just hungering for an update. Please read on. I promise that the stories will get better soon.