Mimmi, Ondina and their newest friend Weilan, walked into the Ocean Café. After the stressful meeting of the Western mermaid, Mimmi was eager to try to make her feel as comfortable as possible in her new surroundings. Ondina on the other hand, was still upset with the boat disaster that almost exposed mermaids to land people earlier that day. Luckily, David already knew their secret and was only trying to help Amaris get free from the net that she was trapped in before his brother could see the poor mermaid. Weilan, well, she didn't know that. Using her mermaid powers, she pushed David away from the trapped mermaid so she could free her, and David flew through the air. Ondina, who was watching nearby, was not at all happy with Weilan's methods. After a bitter meeting back at Rita's they all decided to go to the Ocean Café to meet everyone before the full moon ceremony could start.
"Hey everyone." Mimmi greeted. She introduced everyone to Weilan and they all sat down.
Carly came up and asked if they were ready to order. Mimmi introduced her to Weilan too.
"I'm guessing that you're another, um." Carly stopped and made a swimming motion in the air.
Weilan looked confused. "Is that some type of secret code?" she asked.
Carly looked at Mimmi for an explanation.
"Yes, Weilan is a mermaid." She offered.
This seemed to please Carly for she smiled and looked satisfied that she figured it out.
"Is there anyone here who doesn't know about mermaids?" Weilan asked.
Evie smiled. "Yes, but those who do, we trust completely."
Weilan smiled and turned to Mimmi.
"So I'm judging from your accent that you are not from around here?"
Mimmi nodded. "I'm from the Northern Pod, but I've been here since I was very young."
"Why don't you have a pod?" Ondina asked harshly.
Weilan's eyes turned sad as she looked away. This made everyone feel awkward.
Evie decided to break the silence by asking "shouldn't we be going? We don't want to be late."
The girls stood up. Zac hugged his girlfriend before saying "have fun out there."
"Don't worry." Mimmi told her brother. "We will bring her back safe and sound."
The three mermaids turned and began to leave the café. They stopped suddenly as two new figures walked through the front entrance. Rob and Lauren Blakely had arrived.
"Hi everyone. How are you tonight?" Lauren asked as she walked up to the table.
"Hi mum, dad. What are you guys doing here?" Zac asked.
Mimmi glanced at him worryingly. The full moon ceremony would be starting soon and they really had to go.
"Oh you know, we were just coming here to eat dinner. Your father was craving a burger." Lauren explained with a smile.
"Well, they do have really good burgers here. Sorry to cut this chat short, but we really have to go." Ondina said, motioning to the door with her head.
Rob followed this motion. "Oh, where are you going so late at night?"
"We are going to meet up with some of Ondina's family." Evie lied convincingly.
"Are these the same people who raised you Mimmi?" Lauren asked.
"Um yeah. They are back in town and we are just going to say hi." Mimmi explained.
"Oh, well we would love to meet them. Is it okay if we come too?" Rob asked.
He and his wife were discussing earlier about meeting some of Mimmi's family. They were trying to incorporate her more into their lives.
"No!" Ondina yelled, scaring the two adults. "I mean, they are kind of far out and I know how hungry you both are. Maybe next time."
"Um okay." Lauren said, still in shock of what just happened. "Have fun you three."
The girls smiled and quickly rushed out of the room.
Rob and Lauren glanced at each other and sat down at the table, just now noticing Weilan.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Blakely, Zac's father and this is my wife Lauren." Rob said, reaching his hand out to the new girl.
"I'm Weilan. I just moved here." She said, shaking the adult's hands.
"Are you staying with Principle Santos too?" Lauren asked, obviously wanting to start up a conversation.
"Yeah. She spent some time in Shanghai with my grandmother, so I'm here visiting."
"Oh, how interesting, I've always wanted to visit there. What's it like?" Rob questioned the Chinese mermaid.
Weilan shrugged and told them of her home. Zac and Cam both listen to her describe the beautiful land.
When she was done, Cam checked his phone before putting it down. "Nothing from David."
He turned to the Blakely's. "We were supposed to have a card game to help him get his mind off of Sirena." He then turned to Zac "I guess it's just you and me."
Zac chucked.
"Come on, lets' play some cards." Cam advised.
Zac didn't seem to hear him because he was sharing a vision with Mimmi. He saw a dragon made out of water through her eyes.
The rest of the table noticed his blank expression.
"You okay?" Cam asked. Rob and Lauren looked with fear at their son.
"Mimmi's in danger." Zac said in a soft voice, still in the vision.
"What?" Weilan questioned, her voice full of concern.
"It looks, like a dragon." Zac answered.
Rob and Lauren exchanged horrifying glances as Weilan sighed.
"Oh no." She said.
"Zac, what's going on?" questioned a fearful Lauren.
Cam decided to help his friend. "He is just playing around. He and Mimmi like to joke and say that because they are twins, they have twin telepathy. Ohhh." Cam said, waving his arms like a ghost.
Zac, ever so grateful for his friend's quick thinking, decided to play along.
"Yeah. It was just a joke." He said.
Rob decided to let loose a nervous chuckle. "Well Zac, you certainly fooled us there."
"Haha, yeah. Um, I'm going to go get some air real quick. It's kind of warm in here." Zac said, rushing out of the room.
"Is he alright?' Rob asked Cam.
"Yeah, he just gets really hot sometimes. He will be back soon. Anyways, who's hungry?"
"I am, but I am just going to use the ladies room real quickly. Excuse me." Weilan said, getting up from the table. She walked to the back of the café where the restrooms were and peered over at the table. The adults were looking deeply at the menu. Cam caught her eyes and motioned her to go.
She quickly raced after Zac and hesitated as she saw him dive into the water. Taking a deep breath, Weilan dove in too.
Both mermaid and merman raced to get to their friends.
Meanwhile, Ondina and Mimmi were doing the best that they could with the dragon. Their moon rings glowed through the darkness and the power shot at the dragon. Irritated, the dragon blew a stream of smoke from its mouth and when it looked like it was going to strike, a flash of light blinded it.
A nearby fishing boat was also looking for the dragon. The girls knew that that boat belonged to David's older brother Joe. The dragon dove into the water and over to the boat. The girls released their moon ring power.
Zac and Weilan finally arrived at the scene and saw the water dragon at David's boat.
"What is that?" Zac asked.
"We've got to go." Weilan said in an urgent voice.
Evie protested though saying "David's on that boat."
Weilan held her ground. "He'll be fine."
"Are you kidding? Look at that thing."Ondina exclaimed.
"It doesn't want land people. Only mermaids." Weilan commented.
Mimmi asked "how do you know?"
"There is no time. We have to warn your pod." Cried Weilan.
All of the merfolk present dove under the water, but Weilan remained. She looked at the water dragon with fear and disgust before joining her new friends.
The water dragon roared once before shrinking back in the water.
After a meeting at Rita's and the realization that the dragon is a huge threat to the pod, Zac returned home.
Opening the door to his bungalow, he walked inside before turning around and shutting the door, He rest his head against the wood and sighed deeply.
"Well look whose finally home." A deep voice said behind him.
Spinning around, he saw his mum and dad sitting on his couch.
"Hi. What are you guys doing?" he asked.
"Waiting for you to return. Where did you go?" His mother asked.
"Oh, I just forgot that I needed to pick something up at home for David. I needed to return his Biology book." Zac lied, looking down.
"Now why is it that I don't believe you?" Lauren asked her son.
"Believe what you want. I can't change what you think." Zac said shrugging.
Sighing Rob stood up to meet his son. "Zac, you do you that you can talk to us. You don't need to keep secrets anymore. Whatever it is, you can tell us." Rob placed a hand on his sons shoulder.
Zac sighed and walked away from his parents.
They looked at each other and left the bungalow.
Zac looked at the door after his parent's closed it and shook his head. What on earth is he going to do?
And that concludes chapter 7. I decided to use the first episode from season three, "A Visit from the East" and throw my own spin on it? How did I do? Thanks for all the love and support
~Moonlight Mermaids
