-in the cave -
Annika and her friends watched Hector walk up and down on the other side of the cage, while he was talking about his plan.
"Oh, don't be mad girls. You know you're not supposed to trust strangers." Hector teased and played with his new water powers.
"You are Sapphire's grandfather! How could you do that?" Clara yelled angrily.
"And most importantly, how did you do that? I thought I thought you wanted to give me powers not take them away, even though I don't have them?!" Sapphire wondered curiously, but also mad.
"Oh sweet, naive teenager. Did you really think, that someone like you wouldn't have these powers? Everyone in this family does. Yours were just not showing. They would have shown, if you just would have been yourself and not force them to." Hector explained sarcastically emotional. "Unfortunately my powers began to disappear once I've used them for voodoo potions. But now, that I have them inside my staff, Salineas can be mine again! "
"Hold on. So you leave my mom alone in the middle of a war and don't even help her rebuild Salineas, but now that you don't have anything left to do, you want to be king again?" Sapphire suspected shocked.
"Well, well, well. You're not so useless after all. Maybe I'll even let you out one day and transport you into a cell in Salineas. But now you have to excuse me. I will reclaim my throne!" Hector declared confident and used his new powers to swim through the water exit and the girls had to watch him dissapear.
Annika sat down on the wet stone and signed hopelessly. Clara noticed how broken Annika looked and sat down next to her, while Sapphire searched for a way out on the other side of the cage.
"Are you okay, Annika?" Clara asked carefully.
Annika looked at Clara sadly. "Oh sure. We found a mad voodoo man, who has taken Sapphire's water powers and now he's off to take over Salineas. And we're stuck in here and can't do anything about it. Thank you for asking." Annika answered sarcastically.
"But that's not all, is it?" Clara continued questioning concerned.
Annika signed again. "I guess not. I just... I just hoped, that he'd tell me something about myself, but he just described you two. I felt like I was nobody and not even worth looking into my future. Maybe I have just no place at this team."
"Annika, you are a great person. I mean who do you think convinced me to go on this trip. And who beat me up after I totally failed as a princess. You have the ability to turn every situation into something you can handle. You even manage to help others with their problems. And I don't know many people, who can do that. "Clara complimented her friend and put her hand on Annika's shoulder.
"Thanks, Clara. I needed that." Annika thanked Clara and hugged her.
"Good, now use your ability to get us out of here, so we can stop the voodoo king." Clara said enthusiastically.
They both stood up and walked to Sapphire.
"So, any ideas?" Clara asked and looked around the cave.
"Maybe? I spotted a stone lock on the other side of the wall of the cell. But we'd need something pointy to unlock it." Sapphire showed the girls the stone lock on the wall.
"Maybe I can help with that." Annika showed her claws.
A few seconds later, Annika had one finger inside the lock and tried to unlock it. Clara and Sapphire watched her crossing fingers. Finally she did it and it fell off. They now were able to push the stone cell bars aside and step out of the cage.
While Annika and Clara picked up their shoulder bags, Sapphire swam through the water tunnels and searched for a way out.
When she returned to the cave, a smile was on her face. "Hey, I think there's a short way, that we don't need too much oxygen for."
Annika groaned, but followed Sapphire and Clara into the water. They swam through a confusing tunnel system until they finally reached the end of the water.
Annika was the first one, who jumped out of the water and dried herself by shaking the water off.
"What do we do now?" Annika asked and looked towards the sea.
"Well, we can't swim all the way back to Salineas. We need a ride." Clara pointed out, while squeezing the water out of her hair.
"Hey, I think there's a ship over there! We're so lucky!" Sapphire shouted excitedly and jumped up and down, so the ship could notice the girls.
Luckily the ship did notice them and came over to the rocky island.
"We are saved!" Clara cheered happily.
"Oh, no, we're not..." Sapphire mumbled in disbelieve.
The ship was steered by none other that Admiral Scurvy. He grinned confident and he and his crew walked away from the ship and right towards the three girls.
"Well, who do we have here? Stranded on a rock? And who needs my help to survive?" Scurvy joked sassy.
"Scurvy, we don't have time. Usually I'd insult you so badly, even your crewmates had to cry with you, but right now I'm in a hurry." Sapphire explained determinedly.
"You still need my help. So, let's say two tonnes of gold and I'll get you home to safety." the captain suggested.
Sapphire took one look at him, then turned around and whispered to the other girls:
"When I say now you run after me. No questions, alright?".
Annika and Clara agreed and Sapphire looked back at Scurvy.
"We agree. Let me just get my stuff." Sapphire said politely, grabbed Annika's and Clara's arm and slowly walked onto the ship.
"Wait, what are you doing? That's not your stuff." Scurvy questioned suprised.
"Now!" Sapphire yelled.
The girls ran onto the ship and cut the bridge, so the crew of the ship couldn't follow them.
"Relax, I'm just borrowing it! I'll give. It back as soon as I save my kingdom!" Sapphire excused herself sarcastically. Then she turned the steering wheel and the ship sailed straight for Salineas.
-before the sea gate-
When the group arrived at the sea gate, they saw Hector on a ship made out of water with sea animals swimming in it.
"There's Hector!" Clara gasped. "He's going to destroy the sea gate and take over the whole kingdom! Hey, isn't this like the third time, something happened to the sea gate?"
"Not if we can stop him!" Annika decided and showed her claws again.
"And how? He's got my water powers and we don't have any canons on this ship. Even if we get near or onto the ship, who knows if we can stand on the water." Sapphire disagreed stressed.
"Hm... We have to get his staff away from him, so we need a shooting weapon." Annika though out loud. Suddenly she looked at Clara and smiled confident.
At first Clara looked around uncertainly.
"Me? Oh no. No, no, no! You saw what happened at Icy's race! I'm not good enough."
"Clara, you've helped me to get up again. Now let me help you." Annika put one hand at Clara's shoulder. Then the princess nodded.
-on Hector's water ship-
Hector walked around on his ship and fed some of the sharks in it with beef, while he grinned convinced, that he would win the fight.
Suddenly something smashed into the back of the ship and cut off a part if the ship water.
Hector turned around angrily and detected Sapphire on the steering wheel. "Hey grandpa! I want my water powers back, that I realized I have 10 minutes ago!" she shouted.
Meanwhile Clara and Annika stood on the side of the ship. Clara let her bow appear and aimed for Hector's staff.
"Okay, keep calm. It's not difficult. Now, how did dad do this again." Clara tried to reassure herself.
"Hey, didn't you tought me to be myself and not my parents?" Annika reminded Clara, who smiled and took a deep breath.
Sapphire steered the ship in a good position for Clara to shoot an arrow. Suddenly sharks in water bubbles came flying towards them and Sapphire had to turn the ship to keep them from smashing into the ship.
The girls looked around and realized the sharks came from Hector's ship. And he didn't stop sending more and more sharks.
"Alright girls, it's now or never!" Sapphire yelled at Annika and Clara.
Clara tried to aime again and didn't let the sharks distract her. She waited patiently for the right moment and let go of the arrow.
It flew faster than the sharks right at the staff through the chaos. And it hit the staff so hard, that it flew into the air and out of Hector's hand.
"No!" Hector yelled fiercely as his water ship fell apart and all the sea animals scattered into the ocean.
Bu now the staff was about to fall into the deep water. Suddenly a pink, shiny cloud caught it and flew back to the ship of the girls.
Annika looked at Clara, as she realized it was the princess, who caught the staff.
"Clara! That's amazing! Just a little closer!" Annika cheered for Clara, who began to struggle with keeping the staff in the air.
Luckily Annika grabbed the staff as soon as she could and broke it in half. Clara exhaled satisfied.
A blue fog appeared out of the staff and flew into Sapphire.
Suddenly a loud scream came from the water. Hector swam in it and were surrounded by sharks and other angry looking sea animals.
But before they could hurt him, the water around him flew up into the air with him in it.
"Sapphire, are you doing this?" Annika asked. But Sapphire shook her head.
But then they noticed Queen Mermista and King Sea Hawk on the shore. Mermista let Hector fall down on the ground, where guards put cuffs on him immediately.
"Take him to an anti-voodoo cell. Even though he's not going to be a problem any time soon, now that his staff is broken." Mermista demanded and the guards grabbed Hector to take him away.
Meanwhile the three girls have arrived at the shore and watched the voodoo master.
"Wait! I haven't told you your future yet." Hector began and looked at Annika. "You want to know, don't you? Oh, I'd be very careful, if I were you. You got very... Interesting future." Before Hector could tell Annika anything more specific about her future, the guards dragged him away.
Annika thought about, what he said. Then she felt a hand on each of her shoulders. They were from Clara and Sapphire.
Then Mermista cleared her throat to get the girls' attention. Sapphire stepped forward to talk first.
"Mom, that's all my fault. I thought I needed help to get my water powers and that this was the only way to get Salineas and Seaworthy to come together. But I shouldn't have gone to Hector. I'm sorry."
Mermista and Sea Hawk looked at each other and then back to their daughter.
"Wait, did you really think, that it was your fault, that Seaworthy isn't on our side yet? No, no, no! It's because of Scurvy. He took over the whole town and that's why we had trouble getting people to join us." Sea Hawk explained to Sapphire.
"We always knew you had your powers inside of you. We just wanted you to get them as quick as possible, so that you could protect yourself. It was never a bad thing, that you didn't get them." Mermista added and the family hugged.
Suddenly Annika gasped and looked guilty.
"Wait... Did you just say, that it's because Scurvy didn't want to join you?" now Clara and Sapphire also remembered.
-later back on the rocky island-
Scurvy and his crew sat on a few rocks, when suddenly a ship from Salineas stopped at the island. The royal family, a few guards and Annika and Clara were on it.
"Well, if it isn't Admiral Scurvy and his crew. Maybe you've changed your mind about our offer?" Sea Hawk asked and walked to the front of the ship.
"Forget it! I'd rather die here, than letting you help me!" Scurvy answered stubbornly.
"Oh, sure, no problem. We've got time." Mermista joined the conversation.
While the adults talked about the offer, Annika and Clara decided to talk to Sapphire.
"So, would you like to join our super cool alience for the new princesses? It would be fun and we'd love to have you in our team." Clara requested.
"Why not. I Mena thanks to you I now know, that my powers are inside of me. I just need to find out how to use them. So, sure." Sapphire agreed happily. "Now, if you'll excuse me? I have to see, how Scurvy suffers!"
Sapphire ran to her parents, while the othe girls laughed and Annika added Sapphire to her alience list under the category "has agreed". But again nobody noticed the light of the sword, that was now dark blue.