Chapter 3
The girls were in their common room, having another slumber party. It was Saturday.
Flora reached for a glass of water and accidently knocked it over and the water went all over Bloom and Tecna. They both stood up and headed for their rooms, but Layla stood in front of Bloom and Stella in front of Tecna.
-Maybe only Tecna should go.-said Layla.
-No Bloom should go!-said Stella.
-Tecna!
-Bloom!
-Tecna!
-Bloom!
-Ahhh!-while Layla and Stella were fighting Tecna and Bloom transformed and fell to the ground.
-Oh.-said Layla and Stella.
-I guess you know.-said Stella.
-Yeah.-said Layla.
Musa and Stella were steam drying them without anyone noticing.
-Well, I'll go get the glass in the sink.-said Stella.
The girls were quiet. They heard a scream from the kitchen.
They ran inside the kitchen. The first to enter were Bloom and Musa who, slipped on the water on the floor and transformed next to Stella, second were Layla and Flora who tripped on them and fell on the floor and transformed as well, because they touched the water from the floor. Tecna was last. She just leaned against the door frame laughing.
-Sorry, I sometimes forget I'm a mermaid.-said Stella sheepishly.
The girls glared at her.
-Well, now we have to wait.-said Layla.
-Allow us.-said Musa as she and Stella started steam drying everyone
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-So you're mermaids for one week, and you're mermaids for a month?-asked Flora.
-Yeah.
-I became a mermaid when I was on vacation with my dad. I was 10. I found some kind of a cave with a little pool in the rocks. It was so inviting, so I went in.-said Musa.
-The same thing happened to me. I was 9.-said Flora.
-So, we are six mermaids, I mean wow! I never thought I'll meet other mermaids!-said Musa.
-Now, Musa and I will have to give you lessons to master your powers, quick escapes when in touch with water, weird excuses, and the full moon.-said Flora.
-Full moon?-asked Tecna.
-Every time a mermaid looks at a full moon she acts weird, the full moon has this weird effect on mermaids. So whatever you do, do not touch water or look at the moon or it's reflection on a full moon!-said Musa.
-Ok.-said Stella.
-Don't worry we've been through a lot of full moons, the bad thing is that you don't remember what happened while you were affected by the full moon.-said Flora.
-Well, I'm pretty sure we're gonna have a lot of B's, C's, D's and maybe even F's in gym class.-said Layla as they started laughing.
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The girls were walking down the hall at the school to their next class.
There was a group of six boys in front of them, Tecna saw someone familiar.
-Timmy?-she tapped his shoulder. He turned around.
-Tecna!-he said as they hugged.
-Timmy! I haven't seen you all summer, I never thought you'll go to this school.-said Tecna.
-Well, these are my new friends, slash roommates. Sky, Brandon, Helia, Nabu and Riven.
-And these are my friends, slash roommates, Bloom, Stella, Flora, Layla and Musa.
-Girls, this is my best friend Timmy, we're best friends ever since kindergarten.-said Tecna.
-Hi nice to meet you.-said everyone minus Tecna and Timmy.
-Tecna, can we talk to you?-asked Stella.
-Well, I'll see you at lunch, ok?-said Timmy.
-Ok.-said Tecna.
-Tecna, you mustn't tell him we're mermaids!-said Bloom.
-But, he's my best friend, I tell him everything! Besides, he can help us find out more about this whole mermaid stuff and help us with the full moon…-said Tecna.
-Forget it!-said Musa.
-Only the six of us know about this, and that's how it's gonna be, ok?-said Layla.
-Ok.-said Tecna.
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The girls were sitting on a table in the cafeteria along with the guys and hanging out.
-Next class, gym class.-said Layla.
-I heard we're gonna swim.-said Nabu. The girls gave each other frightened looks.
They all went to class together.
-Uh, professor, we can't swim, we were on vacation together and we caught a cold.-said Bloom fake coughing.
-No exceptions!-he yelled.
The girls changed in swimming suits.
They were in the changing room the entire class, they finally got out when the bell rang.
They were rushing back to the changing room.
-Not so fast, you're not getting out of this place until you get in there and swim 30 times from one end to the other!-he yelled as he got out of the room.
-Do you girls want us to wait for you?-asked Sky.
-NO!-yelled Bloom-I mean, no. We'll be fine.-she smiled sheepishly.
The guys got out of the room.
-Are we really gonna swim?-asked Layla.
-Of course not, the teacher's not here, so we're gonna sneak out.-said Musa-That's what I did at my old school.
They all got out with no problem. Tecna was last, she slipped on some water and fell in the pool, the others didn't see her.
The girls were walking down the hall.
-Where's Tecna?-asked Flora.
-She's still at the pool!-said Layla. Just then they saw the gym teacher walk in that direction.
-What do we do, we can't get her out of there!-said Bloom-If you dry the pool, she wouldn't be able to walk out of there!
-Let's go! We'll think of something.-said Layla as they started running.
Back at the pool, Tecna was trying to get out of the pool, but her hands were slipping. Suddenly, Timmy walked in.
-Tecna?-he asked.
-Hi Timmy.-she said sheepishly.
-What….You're a…a…a…a mermaid!-he said.
-Timmy, no one can know about this! Can you please help me out, cuz if someone sees me, I'm done for it!-said Tecna.
The girls burst in.
-Tecna! And Timmy.-said Flora.
-Ok. I'll help you.-said Timmy.
He started pulling her out.
-Don't bother girls, I got it under control!-said Timmy sarcastically while he was trying to pull her out.
-Ok.-said Layla.
-A little help here!-he said.
-I thought you got it under control?-said Layla.
-And besides if we touch her, you'll have six mermaids to look after.-said Musa.
-What? The six of you?! All of you?!-ha said in amazement.
-The teacher's coming!-said Flora. She went to the door and froze the door knob-That'll hold him for a while.
Timmy barely pulled her out, Stella and Musa dried her off.
-We can go out through the back door.-said Bloom as they ran outside through the back door.
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The girls and Timmy were in the school's yard.
-So remember, if you tell anyone, you're toast, literally.-said Musa.
-Don't worry! I know the consequences of you being exposed! You can trust me.-said Timmy.
-Good.-they said.
-Hey I wonder if the school lets us go to the beach on weekends?-said Flora.
-I think it does.-said Stella-There isn't any rule against it.
-Well, how about we go now, you never swam in the sea or ocean, it's so beautiful! In fact, you haven't swam at all!-said Flora.
The girls and Timmy went to the beach. Timmy showed them a part of the beach no one visited. He found it when he got here the first day, by accident. They called it the 'Mermaid spot'.
The girls had a lot of fun swimming (most of them for the first time), while Timmy was waiting them at the beach.
All thought, they had no idea what awaited them in the future, close future that is.
