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Full Moon Crazy Part 2

Late Tuesday, almost Wednesday

We did not have to think twice to understand what was happening. Rikki+ cackling in the distance+ her powers+ the full moon= disaster. We all shuffled to the back door, and pressed our ears against the firmly covered door. Yep, defiantly cackling.

"What are we going to do?" asked Emma.

"What can we do?" I asked. "She's moonstruck for crying out loud. There's nothing to do. She's unstoppable."

"But if she keeps up that raging forest fire, none of us are going to be around to tell the tale," Cleo said. I gulped.

"Maybe if we can move it," started Emma slowly.

"That's it!" cried Cleo. "Avery, do you think you can move the fire into the gardening bucket that my dad left out? It's full of water, so it will easily go out!"

"But she can't look at the moon!" said Emma. "How can we be sure she won't get moonstruck?"

I took a deep breath and said, "I'll do it with my eyes closed. But that doesn't guarantee I'll be able to do it, since I'll be blind."

I readied myself, and told everyone to closed her eyes. Behind the inside of my eyelids, I felt around for the window. Gripping the sheet of cardboard that was held in place in front of the glass with pieces of duct tape, I ripped it off.

I felt the moons pull, very strong. I tried to ignore it while twisting my hand. I felt the fire with my powers; it was Rikki's fire. It felt like Rikki's fire, no other felt just like it.

I lead the fire to the bucket (after a few failed attempts, I might add), and it was drenched in no time. I carefully placed the cardboard back in place, and told everyone to open her eyes.

Then we heard it—footsteps. Crunching in the autumn leaves.

"She's coming!" cried Cleo. "What if she hurts us?"

"She has more control than that," I insisted, even though I probably didn't believe it myself.

The door suddenly swung open—the shut just as quick as it came. Rikki stood right in front of the door.

"The moon," she breathed, as if each word was a harmony, "it's beautiful, no?"

"There are more important things," I told her, stepping up. "Like your friends." I nodded to Emma and Cleo.

She narrowed her cat-like eyes at me, and motioned to the sink. A fire then broke out in the sink.

Rikki POV

To: Cleo

From: Rikki

Heyyy,

On my way! BRT (be right there)!

My thumbs flew across the keypad as I wrote the text to Cleo. I was running a little late packing my things, but I made sure to get out of the house before the moon was up.

I walked a little faster, hoping Cleo, Emma, and Avery wouldn't worry. I wasn't worrying much myself until my cell bleeped.

I took it out of my pocket and stared at the screen—a pretty decent picture of a full moon. Wait, I had set that up to beep when the moon was up. But, that couldn't be true, because then…

I looked up into the cloudy sky—oh, no. The moon's half-hidden form was peeking out beneath a cloud. The clouds parted, and all that was left was the moon.

I dropped my phone. I really had never seen anything more majestic in my life. I had to repay it for showing me its beauty.

I stood there, with my mouth open, forming undecided words. The moon whispered to me, as if it had read my mind. I closed my open mouth. I knew what I had to do.

I turned and stalked down the road as more and more worried texts popped up from Emma, Cleo and Avery. I didn't even think about them as I pushed past to Cleo's house. That was where they were.

I stopped in Cleo's yard. I stared at the moon for some time, smiling and giggling at its majesty. How had only a few hours ago my only thought is to what to eat for lunch when this was in the sky? This, this—this beautiful, spectacular circle. And what had been blocking myself from it? School? My life? My friends?

My mind froze. My friends. Of course, that was it! They were in there right now, hiding from the moon. But why hide?

I got so angry at them for shying away so easily when a little danger would occur with looking at the moon. Why did they have to be so spineless?

I was so mad at them that I waved my hand and a burning fire started in Cleo's yard. See what I mean? We have these amazing powers that could help us live life to the fullest, and what do they do? They hide! When there's something out here that no one else could see. It was a secret that was only to be shared with the four of us, no one else. Not even that blonde headed scientist, or that spoiled rich kid, or that dark haired horse rider. None of them. Just us.

Suddenly my fire moved. It moved wobbly over to the bucket of water on the edge of Cleo's yard, calming the flames and having them die out. I shot a glance at Cleo's window, where cardboard was just being taped into place. I narrowed my eyes and started stalking to Cleo's house, the leaves crunching under my feet. I heard a few panicked voices from inside the house; probably someone had heard me and was trying to keep down their voices. But they didn't fool me.

I swung the door open and stepped inside. There they were, huddled together, like in a pack. I only had to say a few things.

"The moon; it's beautiful, no?" They had to agree!

"There are more important things," Avery said, stepping up to me. "Like your friends." She nodded to Emma and Cleo.

I narrowed my eyes. Of course they'd say that, they're the ones that were cowering in fear of something so beautiful! I needed to teach them a lesson that they should never play with fire.

With a strong wave of my hand, I lit a blazing fire in the sink. I couldn't help smiling in admiration at its flames.

Avery POV

I yelped and took a step back. What the heck did Rikki think she was doing?

A spiral of water was sent hurtling towards the sink. I smiled gratefully at the culprit—Cleo.

"What a nice companion you have there, Avery," she said icily. Then in one fluid motion, she lunged for my arm and caught it gracefully. I held up one of my hands to her face—threatening to hurt her with my powers.

"Oh, Avery," she said when I didn't let my hand drop. "You would never hurt me."

"Is that so?" I asked. "I might as well."

She slyly smiled, and threw me to the ground. Pain bounded up my arm, but the thing that hurt the most was the thought that she'd ever want to hurt me.

Snap out of it, girl, my mind urged me. She can't control herself.

"You're not acting like yourself," I said. "I know you won't harm me."

"I'm not acting like myself?" Rikki shrieked. I immediately cringed back. I guess I tugged on the right strings.

"What about you? Huh? We know nothing about you!" she boomed. "And you're questioning who's not acting like themselves?"

I bit my lip, and shot back, "You know plenty about me!" I turned to the terrified Cleo and Emma. "Right?"

They looked at each other.

I was sort of offended. "You guys know my deepest, darkest secret! That I'm a mermaid, for crying out loud!"

"Well, that's because we're mermaids, too," pointed out Emma. "But…I was kind of thinking the same thing. What do we know about you?"

"You know…" I started. Then I stopped. What did they really know about me? Slowly, ever so slowly, I got up.

Truth be told, they knew nothing. Absolutely nothing.

"Avery," Cleo said softly, "Maybe we can get Rikki to stop pestering us if you told us something. For instance…what are your parents jobs?"

I sagged a little. "Uh…my dad…he's…uh…a rodeo clown." It sounded more of a question that a statement.

Rikki raised her eyebrow. "A rodeo clown? That was the best you could come up with?"

"Rikki," I said fiercely. "Will you leave them alone if…if I go out and look at the moon with you?"

Emma gasped, and Cleo clung onto me.

Rikki grinned. "Yes," she said. "Yes, that would be remarkable."

I figured anything would be better than standing around talking about my life. I started for the door, but heard Cleo behind me. "Please don't go, Avery."

I turned. "Sorry," I said gently. "It'll protect you."

"One more thing," she said. "Where did you live before here?"

I froze. When my head finally worked again, I whispered, "I can't tell."

Emma shook her head. Cleo looked disappointed. "Avery…" Cleo started. "If we don't know anything about you…"

Emma jumped in for her. "Then I don't know how we could be friends."

I was disgusted. How could they say such a thing? "What? How could you two be so self-centered?" Before they could answer, I turned. Facing the door, I said, "Call Lewis. Have him come. Look for us in the morning, but if it'll make you late for school, don't."

And with that, I ditched the enemies and got outside.

Rikki smiled at me when I stared at the moon. I didn't stop for a long time, but when I did, I giggled as Rikki pulled me to the water.

Oh, how perfect that had been! The moon was so…beautiful. I didn't need anyone besides Rikki and the moon.

We raced to the shoreline, and without a moment's hesitation, we dived in. I laughed as my tail appeared. Yes, the moon had done this. We owed it one. It had given us our perfect tails.

We surfaced at Mako, and pulled ourselves up on the rocky edge. We dried off, frowning when our bronze tails disappeared as quickly as it had come.

"Let's watch the moon pool bubble," I whispered. Rikki nodded and giggled.

After waiting a while, the grand finale came. The pretty—no, stunning—moon came into view. The moon pool began to bubble and froth. Rikki grinned and jumped in. Her blonde hair disappeared from view under water.

I frowned. Why did she get all the fun? I kicked off my sneakers and dived right in. Rikki was under water, waiting, with a tail. I kicked my legs, and they formed into a tail. We both surfaced.

Rikki and I watched as balls of magic flew up into the sky, seemingly to disappear once they hit the moon.

My hand came out of the water and started to point at the sky. I attempted to bring the moon down to us, but Rikki slapped my hand away. She said something along the lines of, "Let it be."

The moon eventually passed and all my bones ached. I lay down on the sand—tail and all (it would dry off soon enough)—and closed my eyes. One thought surrounded my head—and all I dreamed about that night was the moon. I heard the faint buzz of my phone, but I ignored it. I slowly drifted off…

A/N: So the next chapter is her date with Shane—wonder how that will turn out!