CHAPTER ONE
THE BEGINNING
Victoria Bennett was in her home unpacking, she has just moved into the Gold Coast, home to her parents, Rikki and Zane. At the moment her parents were out at their cafe, reopening the place. Her parents had told her to be at the reopening of the cafe that night, as it is now a family business.
"Vicki! Honey you ready?" Zane calls out his daughter.
"I'm ready." Vicki says walking down the stairs. Rikki then walks towards her husband and daughter, wondering what was taking them so long.
"Oh Vicki you look beautiful. Come on we need to go." Rikki said. When they arrived at the cafe, they got out and went to get the cafe ready. Rikki smiled at the cafe name, Rikki's and remembered the times she was here during her high school years.
"You ok there?" Zane asked his wife.
"I'm fine, just reminiscing on the times when we were younger." She told him. Zane kissed Rikki on the cheek, took her hand and walked in, seeing their daughter helping the employee's with the preparation.
"Vicki, some of our old friends are coming along with their kids, maybe you can show their kids a good time?" Rikki asks her daughter.
"Sure mum, I'd be happy to?" Vicki replied, while still helping out./span/p
"Mum?" Vicki says.
"Yes." Rikki said.
"Can I make a juice?" Vicki asks, Rikki and Zane look at each other smiling and nodded towards their daughter. Zane is wearing a casual black long sleeve shirt with blue denim jeans. Rikki is wearing an Alecta Frill off shoulder skater dress with her hair down in curls. Vicki is wearing a pink straps print zipper-up 40s vintage dress, with her hair also down and curled.
It's now eight o' clock, and customers have finally arrived. Rikki and Zane could see their friends in the crowd, and waved at them.
"Vicki, these are our friends, Ash and Emma dove, their daughter Stella and their son Alfie." Rikki said.
"Hi." Vicki said, shaking their hands.
"Hi." The Dove family said.
"This is Lewis and Cleo McCartney and their daughters, Aria and Zoe." Zane said.
"Hi." Vicki said shaking their hand.
"It's nice to meet you." Both Aria and her mum Cleo said
Ash is wearing a Khaki pants and a dark blue shirt, Emma is wearing a pink dress features with long sleeves and wrap design to the front. Stella is wearing a polka dot midi blue dress; Alfie is wearing a navy textured short sleeve shirt with skinny smart trousers in burgundy.
Lewis is wearing a white polka dot shirt where the sleeves are folded up to his elbow, and casual trousers that is low waisted in dark blue. Aria is wearing a sleeveless vintage bow-knot Elk Forest print skater green dress, and Zoe is wearing a vintage style swing pinup polka dots 50s swing blue dress.
"Why don't you girls go somewhere where there are no adults, and get to know one another?" Emma suggested. The girls nodded and headed out of the café.
"Let's go for a boat ride." Vicki said."
"Are you sure we should, I mean what if our parents wonder where we are?" Aria asked concerned.
"They won't notice." Vicki said.
"You sure love to do scary things don't you?" Stella asked.
"A boat ride isn't scary." Vicki pointed out.
"It's night time, that's when it's the scariest." Aria told her. But Vicki wasn't listening; she went to a boat and turned on the engine.
"That's my dad's boat." Aria said.
"Come on then, hop in." Vicki said, Stella knew she couldn't convince her so she just got on the boat.
"Stella?" Aria said.
"Don't worry Aria, we'll be fine, and if we don't we have each other." Stella said, so Aria got on the boat and they left just like that. Halfway the boat completely stopped.
"Why did the boat stop?" Aria asked scared.
"Don't worry, it's just the engine. We're out of fuel." Vicki said.
"WHAT!" Aria said now freaking out.
"Ok Aria come down, take this oar and start rowing ok?" Stella said giving Aria an oar.
"Let's row to that island." Vicki said, seeing an island in the distance, so they started rowing. When they reached the island, they go out and walked around.
"So what are we doing exactly?" Vicki asks.
"I don't know, phones don't work out here so we can't call for help." Stella said. They realised it was really quiet, so when they turned around Aria was gone.
"Aria?" Stella said.
"Aria!" Vicki shouted.
"ARIA!" Both girls yelled.
"I'm down here! Can you hear me?" Aria shouted from below.
"Oh my gods, Aria are you alright?" Stella shouted down, while running to the hole with Vicki.
"I'm fine!" Aria shouted back.
"I'm coming down." Vicki shouted.
"Wait, but how are you going to come back up?" Stella asks.
"Well, would you rather be up here, or leave a friend down a hole alone?" Vicki pointed out.
"You got a point." Stella said, so once Vicki went down the whole, Stella followed.
"Hi." Aria said.
"Hi." Stella and Vicki said. They then got up and walked into what seemed to be a cave, with a pool filled with crystal blue water.
"Woah." All three said.
"We're gonna have to swim." Stella said.
"How'd you figure that out?" Aria asked.
"You see that? It's an opening." Stella said pointing to the opening.
"Smart thinking." Vicki said, complimenting her new friend.
"Thank you." Stella said smiling. Aria went straight in, and then Stella and Vicki last. All of a sudden the pool started to bubble; they looked up and noticed the full moon.
"What's happening?" Aria asks.
"I don't know." Both Vicki and Stella said. Then the pool stopped, they looked at each other confused.
Back at Rikki's Cafe.
"Where are the girls?" Cleo asked the others.
"I thought they were outside." Both Zane and Rikki said.
"No they're not." Both Ash and Emma said.
"Lewis! Your boat is gone." Cleo told him.
"What do you mean gone?" Lewis said.
"You don't think?" Rikki said.
"No, plus it's not a full moon." Emma said, but got a guilty look from Lewis."
"Lewis? It's not a full moon right?" Emma asked the guilty looking friend. The others were just staring at Lewis, waiting for an answer.
"Yes." He finally spoke.
"Yes what Lewis?" Rikki asks.
"Yes it's a full moon. Tonight's a full moon." Lewis said.
"And our daughters are out there." Ash said, he didn't blame Lewis, like Rikki was doing right now, but he just hoped Stella would come back safe.