H20 Just Add Water Fanfic | Mermaid Magic | Party Girls – Part 1
Reanna swam around Mako Island, her golden tail propelling her forwards at a slow pace as her eyes engorged at the beautiful sight of the ocean around her. Her body weaved in and out of the different coloured reefs; her direction going back towards the small fishing boat that was sitting far out from the magical island that gave her the magnificent tail she now possessed.
Another mermaid swam beside her; Emma. Their identical long blonde hair creating shimmers in the current as they moved, their heads popped up in interest at the small ringing noise of a cell phone. They smiled at each other before making their body's move upwards towards the surface.
Lewis on the surface, flipped open the small phone he had beside him; for hours he had researching anything he could on mermaids – whether it was truth or legend – he couldn't really tell. "Hello?" He spoke into the microphone, his mind coming away from the book in front of him for a moment. A female voice spoke on the other line, "Yeah, just a second." He nodded, before holding the phone over the edge of the boat but never dropping it in the water ; he knew the two girls underneath could hear him. "It's for you two."
Reanna and Emma broke the water's surface cleanly, each grabbing the side of the boat to keep their heads and upper body above water. Emma grabbed the cell phone from Lewis's hand and placed it against her ear, but careful not to get too much water on it that'll cause it to break. "Hey, Cleo." Knowing it was the brunette who had called them, Rikki had said she was going to be busy this morning which was why the ruder blonde never came swimming with them today.
You could hear a smile in Cleo's voice on the other line, "So, have you decided what time for the party tonight?" She asked, there was a small tapping on her end that sounded like metal being clinked against another piece of metal substance but Emma never took notice to it.
Emma glanced at Reanna, "I'm not having a party this year Cleo." She told the brunette mermaid. It was going to be her birthday sleepover, every year she had done one with the help of her mother organizing it – but because of the mermaid situation, it was safer to stay in, rather than risk getting exposed if one of them got wet.
Reanna frowned from beside the other blonde, "Party?"
"Emma!" Cleo screeched slightly on the other end in disbelief, "This is a tradition we're talking about." She protested, she always loved the sleepovers her blonde best friend put on every year.
Emma turned to Reanna for a moment, "My mom always throws a birthday sleepover every year for me but I cancelled it this year because I didn't want any one of us to risk getting wet." Reanna made an 'O' motion with her mouth, but something caught her attention – if there 'was' going to be a party – would she be invited?
Emma turned back to the cell phone conversation, "I know, Cleo. But-" She started, trying to find the right words, "-I just don't see myself having the party this year." She looked up to Lewis and Reanna, "Not with, uh, recent developments."
Lewis looked up from his book for a moment with an excited chuckle just thinking about the mermaid situation, it was truly fascinating. Reanna looked back at her own tail with a content smile as the large fin just touched the surface, when it started to float behind her.
"Aww," Cleo whined, another noise from the other end sounded, two metal instrument clashing together, "How about we talk about it more after my new job." She exclaimed excitedly.
Emma blinked, "Your new job?" Since when did Cleo get a new job?
"Yup, at the Marine Park. The Dolphin Tank."
"The dolphin tank!" Emma rushed out, panicked because the brunette would be surrounded by mountains of water.
Reanna grinned from beside the blonde when she heard Cleo talk about the job, "Oh," She quickly snatched the phone from her with an apologetic face, "Cleo!" She greeted the brunette, now holding the phone to her own ear while Emma and Lewis looked at her confused, "Did David give you everything?" Daniel had given her the surprise a couple of days ago, it was a job at the Marine Park – working with dolphins and doing separate things around the park. There were two student spaces left and both Cleo and Reanna got the jobs. Cleo was working now, but most of the time, Reanna and her had the same work schedule.
"Hi, Rea!" Cleo called back. "And, yep. He gave the stuff to me when I arrived, he's working with the other dolphin trainers right now. He said to tell you you're stuff's in your room when you get back from swimming."
"That's good." The blonde nodded even though Cleo couldn't see her, "Just be careful, make sure to keep a dry towel with you at all times."
Cleo sighed annoyed for the concern, but it was nice for someone to be nice like that. David seemed like a great guy too when she first met him, "I know, I'll be fine. We've both taken the necessary precautions. No need to worry." There was a sound of a door shutting through the phone, "Look, I have to go Rea. We can make it work." With that the brunette hung up.
Reanna closed the phone and placed it back in the boat. Emma turned to her, "What was all that about?" She questioned, confused. "Did you just cheer her on for this job, she could get wet!"
Reanna sighed, looking back to her fellow mermaid and semi-good friend, "Emma, I'm the one who told her about the job. We both have a job at the dolphin tank – my brother got it for me as a surprise before he even knew about the secret." She paused, "For me it's one of the things that'll bring me closer to my brother – we haven't been able to spend as much time together as we used to. As for Cleo, when we first met she told me she loved dolphins."
Emma shook her head, "You are both so stubborn." She was really worried about them though, what if they did get water on themselves and Reanna's brother wasn't there? They didn't have Rikki's power of getting rid of the tail within a minute before someone saw them.
Reanna nodded, a small smile on her face, "I've been told." She looked over to Lewis and his sea creature book, "Have you found anything, Lewis?" Gesturing the book on his lap.
"Is there anything useful?" Emma added, also interested and curious to see what he had found.
Lewis smiled between the two mermaids, "It's already told me you're a lot hotter than your average mermaids and they don't have cool water powers." He grinned as he turned to the next page. He was jumping for joy when he got to witness each of the girl use their powers, it was amazing to see what they could do.
"You know," Emma started, looking between the guy in the boat and her fellow mermaid, "There's only one place where we'll get answers to why were mermaids." Her head turned to the large island to the side of her, the two others following her sight.
Reanna nodded, "Mako Island." It made sense, it was where they had been changed into what they are now – it would be the most logical place to find anything relevant to their situation. "It would be the most logical place to look."
Lewis nodded quickly, as he close up his book, "Well, let me just pull in my line-" He was cut off by Emma.
She shook her head, "No, not you Lewis. This is for us," She turned to Reanna, "You coming?" She wondered, getting ready to dive back under the water.
Reanna quickly looked over to the clock on Lewis's cell phone and cringed, "Oh, I can't." She sighed, disappointed that she couldn't go exploring, "I need to be at work in an hour so I gotta leave." She turned back to Emma, "Have a good time though, call if you find anything." With a small wave of goodbye, her head went back under water, her tail now propelling her all the way home at a very fast speed that was easy to use now that she had been a mermaid for a while.
Back with Emma and Lewis, the other blonde mermaid looked a little unhappy that she was going to be on her own now, so without even waiting for Lewis to say anything else, she dived back under water – making her way to the Mako moon-pool where they transformed that night months ago.
~ 8 ~
Reanna walked into the dolphin food stocking room that she was meant to be working in today, she saw Cleo already standing there placing fish into a bucket filled with salt water. "Hey, Cleo." The blonde smiled, getting the brunette's attention for a second.
"Reanna," Cleo breathed a sigh of relief, she couldn't remember when her fellow mermaid was supposed to be starting. She was glad to have someone with her in case something happened. "I was just about to take these out, wanna help?" The buckets were for the dolphin show that was currently going on outside the room, the crowd was screaming in joy as the dolphins did tricks for their trainers.
Reanna nodded, grabbing one of the two full buckets with her glove covered hands, she was wearing the exact same protective clothing as Cleo was – their of them wanted to take the risk of getting wet and turning into a fish in front of the entire marine park.
The two mermaids walked out of the door and placed the buckets just beside the dry area on the pavement, they looked up as they watched the dolphins to various tricks for the delighted crowd.
David saw his little sister to the side with the fish and Cleo, he grinned happily as he walked over to her in his wet suit to get the fish for the dolphins. He, himself was currently one of the park's dolphin trainers – it was how he found out about the job for Reanna and her friend so quickly. "Hey, girls." He said, picking up the fish, "You okay?" He gave them a look, "With everything, nothing's happened has it?"
Reanna rolled her eyes, "We're fine," She noticed his body suit covered in water, "Just don't touch us and we'll still be okay." She and Cleo noticed him grab both bucket from in front of them, knowing that he'll be needing them now. "Now, go. Create a show." She waved her hand, causing him to walk away back to his station amused.
Cleo chuckled, "Sometimes I wish he was my older brother," She admitted, having a little sister was always a pain in the butt.
The blonde laughed at her statement, "He's a lot worse at home," They turned back to the door, ready to get more fish sorted, "You'll want to kill him when he pushes you off the bed every morning to wake you up."
Cleo cringed, not liking the idea of an older brother now, "Okay, you win. You can keep him." Both of them took one last look at the dolphins before heading back inside. As Reanna turned back to the door, she couldn't help but feel like someone was watching her from the crowd with curiosity and interest.
~ 8 ~
Reanna and Cleo each grabbed a bucket to put the fish in and a pair of tongs, both of them carefully placed each fish they grabbed and put it in the bucket full of salt water that would keep the fish fresh until it was given to the dolphins.
They were going great until one of the fish slipped out of Reanna's pair of tong's splashing into the bucket of salt water. The blonde gasped as water droplets landed on hers and the brunette's skin.
Cleo and Reanna shared the same look of panic as the brunette rushed to the towel they left to the side, but much to their bad luck – the towel was soaking wet.
"Try this." A female voice came from behind them, making each mermaid turn to the incomer. A dry towel was thrown into each of their hands. The two of them immediately rubbed their skin dry, not looking up to the woman until they knew there was no water left on their skin.
When they did look up, each of them were greeted by an elderly woman with long blonde curly hair, wearing ocean blue clothing that brought out her eyes. She wore a secret smile on her face as she looked between the two girls. "Timed well, wouldn't you say?"
Cleo and Reanna shared a look before smiling nervously, "Uh, yeah." Cleo began looking thankful for the dry towel – maybe this would be harder than they thought, "Nearly got salt water in our eyes."
Reanna nodded, "It stings when it get in our eyes, thank you."
The woman nodded enthusiastically, "It does sting doesn't it," Meaning something else as her words were spoken, "But not when your actually under water." The two girls looked at her slightly alarmed, but played it cool while saying nothing. "Why is that I wonder?"
Cleo shook her head, getting weird vibes from the woman, "I don't know."
"Um, thanks for the towels but we should really get back to work." Reanna looked a little nervous to be around the woman now – she didn't know why, but if felt like the older woman held similar knowledge that they do for the water.
The woman looked at Reanna with a soft smile, "Lots of things are a mystery, still, you both have time to learn." She looked at them seriously, but her face still held the knowing smile, "Stay dry, that's the big lesson."
A door opening jolted the girl's attention away from the old woman as they turned to it, seeing their supervisor coming in to get them, "Reanna, Cleo." She waved her finger towards herself meaning that they should follow her.
Reanna looked back to the spot were the lady was standing and she was stumped to find no one there, both mermaids shared a look of both confusion and curiosity for the woman who made two meanings to her words.
Note: It's been a while since I updated this story, over 3 weeks I think.
For a love interest – at the moment I'm stuck on Reanna being with an OC male character I'll bring in (not sure when yet) but when it comes to season 3 she'll be with Will like Bella would be. I'm not really sure about her being with Zane, at first I felt like it was a good idea but then it wouldn't really fit with my character. Zane and Rikki are good together, I'm not really wanting to remove that. But, if I do happed to change my mind – I'll let you know.
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