Bella's P.O.V

Now that I'm here at Mako Island, I can't see anything special about it. I mean the cave is pretty cool, but you have to fall down a hole to find it.

Maybe this isn't the place Emma and Rikki were headed to.

I don't even know why I thought it was. Though, I guess I'm kind of glad I came. Will and I have been in the cave for about a full hour now, while waiting for nightfall. The full moon should be passing over any second now.

I've taken off my shoes, and I'm sitting at the edge of the pool of water. My feet are dipped in the water. Will is walking around examining the cave.

Suddenly, I see a flash of silver starting to peek over the hole in the roof. "Will," I say pointing to the bright white circle in the sky. He turns around and sees the moon.

He comes close to me and sits down, but he doesn't touch the water. I feel my hand accidently touch his as I place my hand down.

We both blush, but I can't seem to pull my hand away. I smile and he smiles back, but then something ruins it. I see Zane's face and pull my hand away slowly and reluctantly.

I stare at the pool of water in front of me trying to think of something else.

As the moon is passing over, something really peculiar happens. Some golden bubbles rise up from the water towards the shining moon.

"Woah…" I say mesmerized by the bubbles. Will and I are both awestruck. The moon goes away going past our view. "That was so cool," states Will. "I know," I reply.

"So, we should um… get going" I say still amazed by what I saw.

Will and I leave with smiles plastered to our faces, and when I wake up in the morning mine is still there. Will makes me so happy, and I had fun with him. But, then there is Zane, and I've known him forever.

I need a bath to help me relax because there is no school today, fortunately. I turn on the water and touch it to make sure it's warm enough. I am about to get in the tub when my legs start to tangle. I turn into water for a second. I find myself staring at something that used to be my legs.

Let's just say that Emma and Rikki are not the only ones with those scaly orange tails…

Cleo's P.O.V

I jump into the school's swimming pool. I figured that I could put my swimming skills to the test now that I don't become half fish when I swim. So I switched back to swimming lessons.

Bella's sitting up one of the chairs around the edge. I haven't seen her since my outburst with Charlotte. I smile at her, and she smiles back.

By the end of the lesson I find I can still hold my breath for a while. A good seven minutes, less than before, but still long. I can also swim pretty fast.

I had to get used to swimming with two legs before I could do any of that. Since that was the last lesson of the day, I go talk to Bella for a little.

"You're a really good swimmer Cleo," Bella says.

"Thanks," I say with my cheeks flushing bright red from the compliment.

"So, why did you sit out curious" I ask.

Could Bella be a mermaid? No, Cleo you need to stop living in that fantasy. Maybe she's hydrophobic like you were once.

"Oh, I hate swimming. I'm switching for volley ball" she states, and I nod. We continue talking and I smile quite a lot. Bella then has to leave.

On the way home I want to sit down in Lewis' old fishing spot. I sit behind the rocks and just listen to the sound of the crashing waves.

Suddenly, I hear voice behind the rocks. I peek over the rocks and see three girls that I know. Emma, Rikki, and Bella are there. Without meaning to, I hear the whole conversation, and feel like I'm invading their privacy. When they're done talking, I let out a gasp.

Perhaps it was a little too loud because they start to walk around to my side of the rock.

Bella's P.O.V

"What did you want to tell us?" Emma asks.

I take a deep breath. This is it. I'm about to tell Emma and Rikki that I'm a mermaid.

"I… okay, well the other day I saw you two, down by the sea. I was about to walk over to you when I saw you both jump into the water. I thought it was weird because you were wearing your normal clothes, and not dressed for swimming. And when I looked a little farther… I saw…. Well I think you know what I saw. I know your secret" I say, and I am about to tell them the rest of the story about me turning into a mermaid too, but I can tell by their facial expression that they want to start talking.

Because they probably want to make up excuses, I need to hold up my hand signaling them to let me continue.

"Look, don't say anything yet, I'm not finished. Just hear me out," I say.

After a brief pause to make sure they won't interrupt, I continue. I tell them the whole story starting from when I saw them the strange island, Mako, came to mind. I then said how I went to Will asking him if I could go with him. I tell them how I slipped, and Will came in after me. Next, I speak about how I dipped my feet in the water and golden bubbles rose into the air. Lastly I tell them about how I woke up the next morning and was about to take a bath when I discovered I had a golden tail. Both girls' eyes widened as I told my story.

Rikki opens her mouth to speak when there is a sharp intake of breath. My eyes widen too as I realize that someone was listening. I feel panicked.

I quietly and quickly put my fingers to my lips, and tiptoe around to the other side of some tall rocks we're standing by.

I exhale a sigh of relief when I see who is sitting on the other side of the rocks, Cleo. S

he doesn't know about mermaid, but she's a friend. We can trust her. "Cleo" I say smiling nervously. "Hi Bella…" she replies.

"Did you just…um… here all of that?" I ask.

"…" she doesn't say anything, but she nods. She then seems to notice my nervous expression.

"But I won't tell anyone" she says reassuringly.

"Really?" I ask.

"Definitely, don't worry. You're secret is safe with me" she says.

"Well, if you blab then you're dead" I say giving her a stern look. She giggles, but then becomes serious.

"I know" she looks at Emma and Rikki sadly.

Man, she knows everyone.

"Okay then, good. Well, I'll talk to you later Cleo" I say smiling. I walk around to the other side of the rocks.

"Guys, don't worry. It's only my friend Cleo. She won't tell" I say.

Cleo looks at them and then walks quickly away. Emma and Rikki get a knowing and secretive look in their eyes, then nod in agreement.

"We have to go" says Rikki. "Bye Bella. Be careful" says Emma. They leave, and I frown.

I wonder what all of that was about.

I ignore it and run off to find Cleo.

Rikki's P.O.V

Emma and I sit at a table in the café and start talking.

"So… what do you think of Bella being a mermaid?" asks Em.

"I don't know. We can trust her to keep the secret because she would only be exposing herself if she exposes us. If she's related to Charlotte, we might be in trouble" I say.

"Bella is nicer then Charlotte. Speaking of which, should we tell Bella about Charlotte and… Cleo" Emma asks.

"Maybe we should tell her about Charlotte" I say thinking it over. Emma nods.

"Okay, we will tell Bella about Charlotte being a mermaid, but not Cleo. Bella isn't going to like it if we tell her that her cousin is evil and tried to take away all of our powers though" she says.

"We can't say the part about her threatening us to stop being friends with Cleo either" I say.

"But, let's wait until we can prove Charlotte is evil" says Emma.

We nod in agreement. I blush remembering something. Emma gives me a questionable look, so I tell her.

"Well… I kind of already told Bella I don't like Charlotte. I didn't mention that she was an axe wielding maniac though" I say making Emma giggle.

With that, we stand up and leave. We head towards Mako.

Cleo's P.O.V

I sit there in a booth sitting across from Bella. We heard every word Emma and Rikki just said, and I'm relieved they really do care about me. I then notice Bella's hurt expression.

"You're a mermaid? How? I saw you swimming in the school pool" she whispers angrily.

"I was a mermaid" I say twirling the straw in my cranberry booster smoothie.


So form here on I will be writing completely with my ideas. Although notkate gave me a small idea that I will be using...

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