Hey guys! I am deeply sorry that it took me so long to update! I had to study for my finals in school! But the good news is, my last day of school is on Friday, so I'll definitely be able to update more often! Thanks for the reviews! Keep them coming! I do not own H2O: Just Add Water. Enjoy!
The rest of the week flew by in a flash. Before I knew it, my family and I were getting ready for the barbecue. One thought kept lingering in the back of my mind. The full moon. It was supposed to rise at 8:03 tonight. I still had two hours to prepare. My dad usually likes to have his barbecues late, which definitely doesn't work in my favor. The barbecue will still be in full swing when the moon rises. Luckily, the gang would be arriving soon, so we would be able to form a game plan. "Hey Will," Kyle called over to me from his boat.
"Yeah," I said as I made my way over to him.
"Are you sure you're gonna be okay tonight?" he asked with concern. "Kaylie told me about the full moon."
"I've been dealing with them for five years," I shrugged. "I bet I could get through this one too."
Kyle gave me an unsure look. "If you're sure."
He then went back to working on his boat. When my dad started to fire up the grill, I heard familiar voices. "Hey stranger!" I heard Rikki call.
"Hey Will!" the others said simultaneously.
I smiled and waved as I made my way over to them. "Hey guys. I'm glad you could make it."
"Thanks for inviting us," Lewis grinned. "Okay, before everyone arrives, we should probably figure out how we are going to deal with the full moon."
"Agreed," Emma said. "So what I think we should do is..." That was all I heard because out of nowhere, my head started to spin and my ears started to ring. I once again saw images of Mako, but this time I saw myself in the moon pool with the girls using their powers against me. It looked like I had lost complete control of myself, while the girls seemed to still be sane. How could they not have become moonstruck too? I mean, they were at the moon pool. Well, whatever the case, I don't know why I'm having these visions. Suddenly, my vision stopped and I shook my head.
"Will!" Lauren screamed as she dropped to her knees to get to my level. "What's happening to you?"
"N...Nothing," I say while still trying to think straight.
"Will, if you keep having blackouts like this, something must be wrong," Lewis said.
"Seriously, I'm fine," I say in defense. They all glared at me. I knew they weren't gonna fall for that again. "Okay fine," I surrendered. "I keep having visions about the full moon tonight."
"It seems like the blue moon is really having an effect on you," Lewis said while rubbing his chin.
"Yeah, in one of my visions, it looked like a storm was happening around Mako. I think it's trying to tell me what will happen if I become moonstruck."
"Well you won't," Rikki said confidently.
"I don't know..." Cleo said with an unsure look.
"He'll be fine," Rikki assured.
"Will!" I heard Kaylie call. "Dad said some of the food is ready if you guys want some!"
"Alright!" I said excitedly. I turned to the gang. "You guys up for some grub?"
"Is that even a question?" Rikki laughed.
"Guess not," I smirked. We then made our way to the grill where my dad was flipping burgers. My dad saw us approaching and grinned.
"I knew you couldn't resist!" he laughed. "Grab a plate, there's plenty to go around."
Emma scrunched her face up. "What's wrong?" I asked.
"I usually eat more healthy food," she shrugged.
"C'mon Emma! This is a barbecue! Time to let loose and have fun!" Rikki said.
"I'm sure one burger won't hurt!" I laughed.
"Well..." Emma hesitated. "...Okay." My dad then filled our plates up with his signature burgers.
Honestly, I think he should start a restaurant. His burgers were really amazing. I would always ask him what the secret to his burgers were, but he would just laugh and say, "You'll find out, in time."
The gang and I sat along the dock, with our feet swinging over the edge. "We still have an hour and a half to figure out what to do about the full moon," I said after I took a bite from my burger.
"I say we go inside your room and cover the windows," Lauren suggested.
"Wouldn't Will's parents get suspicious?" Cleo asked. "I mean, we wouldn't come out for the rest of the night."
"It's the best option we have," I concluded. After we all finished our burgers, I clapped my hands together. "Well, let's get to work." We started to make our way inside, but were suddenly stopped by an all too familiar annoyance, Carrie.
"Hey guys!" she said as she blocked our path inside.
I rolled my eyes. "Kaylie didn't tell me that you were here already."
"Aww, don't you guys like me?" she asked feigning innocence.
"Not really," Rikki said under her breath.
"So what're you guys up to?" Carrie asked completely ignoring Rikki.
"None of your business," Lauren said bluntly.
"You guys are always so mysterious. It's like you're hiding some big secret," Carrie implied.
"Just leave us alone," Rikki said as we began to push passed Carrie. We finally made our way inside and headed up to my room.
"Okay, let's get down to business," Lewis stated. We then got to work. We put cardboard over my windows and taped them down and covered any object that could reflect the full moon. Once everything was said and done, Lewis checked his watch. "Five minutes until the full moon rises," he confirmed.
"Just in time," Emma breathed. To make the night seem faster, I dug through my room to find a movie to watch. Oddly enough, I found a movie about mermaids that was under my bed. It had dust all over it. It was probably one of my sister's movies from a long time ago. Conveniently, the movie was called Mermaids.
"Are we really gonna watch this?" I groaned.
"Why not?" Cleo asked. "We could see if the movie has similarities to us. Besides, what else are we gonna do?"
"Okay, fine," I said defeated.
Halfway through the movie, when the full moon was well into the sky, the door swung open. It was Kaylie. "You guys okay in here?" she asked. "The full moon is up now."
"It's all good in here," I said. "We moon-proofed the room."
"Good. Well, I guess I'll see you guys in the morning." Just as Kaylie was about to shut the door, it was pushed open again by none other than Carrie.
"Man, why is it so dark in here?" she asked with attitude in her voice. "How about we shed a little light in here?" Before anyone could react, Carrie tore down the cardboard the covered one of the windows. Before I could look away, I found myself trapped in the moon's grasp. It had caught me. I was gazing at the moon for quite some time before Kaylie spoke up.
"Will, are you okay?"
I just smirked in response. "Mako is calling me."
Rikki's POV
I can't believe our luck. The one thing that wasn't supposed to happen, of course happened. I turned to Kaylie and Carrie. "Get out," I muttered.
"What? Why?" Carrie asked confused.
"Get out! I yelled. And with that, the two girls left without another word. Fortunately, I looked away from the window before I could catch a glimpse of the moon, but Cleo wasn't so lucky. "Cleo?" I asked.
"Wait, why am I not moonstruck?" she asked.
"Maybe only mermen can get affected on the blue moon," Lewis concluded. At least that was one less thing to worry about. I turned to Will. He still had the same smirk on his face.
"Will, you need to listen to us," I began.
"Mako is calling me," he repeated. He then started to walk out of the door.
"Guys, stop him!" Lauren yelled. When we grabbed on to him, he flicked his wrist, which sent us flying back into the wall.
"Don't even try," he said flatly. While we were all dazed, Will took this time to go downstairs and leave the house.
"C'mon guys, we gotta go after him!" I said. We then sprinted down the steps and burst through the backdoor. We saw Will dive off the docks and speed towards Mako. Luckily, no one saw him. "Lewis, go to your boat and meet us at Mako." He gave a slight nod and ran off. The girls and I then dove off the docks and sped after the moonstruck merman. When we finally reached Mako, we all had shocked looks on our faces. Will had his trident in hand and was creating a massive storm around Mako.
"Will!" Cleo yelled over the crackles of lightning. "You need to stop right now!" Will lowered his trident and used water to hover over to the sand. He then steam dried himself in mere seconds. He slowly aimed his trident at us.
"Who's gonna stop me? You?" he scoffed. Then, out of nowhere, he made a column of water rise from the moon pool. It seemed to come alive. The column of water then started to attack us. We had to push our powers to the limits to defend ourselves from it.
"Don't you see?" Will asked. "There's no stopping me!" He then used his wind power to lift us up from the water.
"Will, stop it!" Lauren pleaded. "This isn't you!"
For no more than a split second, I looked in Will's eyes and it seemed like he was trying to fight his way back to normal. Then the moon took over again. Will just grinned and clenched his fist together, which burned Lauren's arm in the process. She let out a blood curdling scream.
"Will! Please! You're hurting her!" Emma yelled.
I could see it. The real Will was trying to break free. He was trying to regain control. I could see the hurt in his eyes. There was one thing I knew the real him would never do, and that was hurt Lauren. The moon was relentless. It still had a tight grip on Will. What he did next seemed to happen in slow motion. He pulled his arm back and threw his trident directly at us. Without thinking, I somehow managed to catch the trident and throw it right back at him. His eyes widened and the blades of the trident just barely hit his face. He flew back into the wall and fell unconscious. We were then immediately dropped back into the water. We swam up to the ledge and dried off. We could see that Lauren's burn was getting worse.
"Guys, I don't feel so good," Lauren said right before she collapsed right next to Will.
"Oh my god!" Cleo gasped as she put her hand over her mouth.
Just then, Lewis came rushing in. I realized that the storm was settling down. "What happened?" Lewis asked.
"No time to explain," Emma said. "Lauren needs a doctor right now.
"Lewis, you go take care of Lauren," I said. "We got Will."
Lewis nodded in agreement and picked up Lauren. He then made his way out of the cave. When he was gone, I made my way over to Will, who was still unconscious. When I knelt beside him, I saw that his left eye had a huge gash running across it. I sighed and placed my hand on Will's shoulder.
"Don't worry Will," I whispered. "It's over now."
That was a pretty intense chapter, if I do say so myself! And hey, it was the first chapter in a different POV! The next chapter will hopefully be up tomorrow, but no promises! Thanks for reading!
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