Brrrringgg Ugh, not swimming again! Emma thought as she rose out of bed. She went to the bathroom, poured water into the bathtub, and went in. She sat there with her tail out, thinking how she got lucky last week when all they did was stretch and talk about the competition.

Suddenly, someone was knocking on the door. "Emma, you in there?" her mom asked.

"Yeahhhh", Emma groaned. Suddenly, her mom turned the doorknob. Emma startled and freezed the lock.

"What happened?" her mom asking Emma. "What? I can't hear you over the water pouring", Emma yelled as she turned the knob for water.

~At Swimming Practice~

"Ok, everyone, I would like you to welcome a new swimming student!" Emma's coach said. Just then, a girl came.

"Charlotte?!" Emma yelled.

"Hey Em", Charlotte fakly smiled as she set down her stuff.

"Ok girls, warm up!" Coach yelled.

"Why are you here?!" Emma asked Charlotte.

"None of your business!" Charlotte said.

Emma couldn't stand this. Couldn't stand her swimming class, her parents, and of course, CHARLOTTE!

I'm so leaving! Emma thought as she escaped from her swimming class.

~At the Juice Net~

"Hey Em…" Rikki and Cleo said as Emma entered.

"Hey." Emma answered back.

"How was swimming class?" Cleo asked.

"Ugh! There's a NEW STUDENT!!!" Emma yelled so frustrated.

"How bad can this girl be?" Rikki asked.

"Hey everyone!" Charlotte said as she came to the table. "Emma, why did you leave early of swimming practice today?"

Rikki and Cleo dropped their face to a 'I-feel-so-bad for you' look to Emma. Emma nodded.

"Can I talk to Emma in private?" Charlotte asked.

Cleo and Rikki didn't want to see Charlotte's ugly face, so they left and waited for Emma by the docks.

"So Emma!" Charlotte sounded so perky and scared Emma.

"What? You have to ruin Rikki and Cleo's life, now me, too?!" Emma yelled. "You sicken me!"

"Emma, I will tell you who sickens me", Charlotte said like as if it was important.

"Do you sicken yourself?" Emma said as if it was funny.

Charlotte had a furious look. Emma didn't care. Whatever loser Emma thought.

"Cleo sickens me!" Charlotte just blurted right to Emma.

Emma was disgusted of Charlotte's reactions. "Are you kidding?" Emma yelled. "You're just jealous!"

Charlotte rolled her eyes and pretended as if the rest of the conversation would help. It didn't.

"Emma, she just thinks you're a big fat loser!" Charlotte said.

Was Charlotte reading my mind when I said 'whatever loser'? Emma thought, questioning herself. "What, are you making fun of my weight?"

"No, Cleo is!" Charlotte yelled, but only in the way that no one else but Emma could hear. "That's why she suggested for your parents to take you back to swimming class!"

"Ok, you're a liar!" Emma said straight to Charlotte's face. "First of all, why would Cleo say that you? She doesn't even want to talk to you! Secondly, I know you're trying to make me mad so I won't be Cleo's friend! You think I'm dumb? Well, guess what? You're the dumb one!"

Emma finally took a breath and waited for Charlotte's repliment. "Emma, I can't believe you'd say anything like that!" Charlotte yelled. "I'm the sweetest, yet honest person there is ever to be!"

Emma protested against that. "Oh yeah? Honest? Then why did you yell yesterday telling Lewis and Zane that I was laughing when I wasn't, HUH?" Emma yelled.

"Emma, trust me!" Charlotte said, trying to think of saying anything. "Has Cleo been acting like herself lately?" Charlotte asked all acting innocently.

Emma thought and she was right. The previous day, Cleo yelled and pushed on Charlotte. Cleo would never do that. She also had been protesting against her dad for a later curfew. "Well, she has but—" See Emma?" Charlotte proved. "She's just acting like a goody two-shoes."

Emma thought. She was convinced by Charlotte about Cleo, but she knew the day that Charlotte came in to her life, Charlotte was evil. She was trapped by everything around her. Ash, her beloved one had moved, one of her best friend Cleo was transforming badly, swimming class, and Charlotte. What am I going to do with my life now? Emma asked herself, disappointed.