Chapter 7

Succeed or Fail?

"So what's our plan?" asked Buddy.

"Well, we try to find Hanna," Akira explained. They were now in the castle. "When we find her, we get back out without Andreas noticing."

"Which will be really hard!" shivered Liana. Her face was as pale as a ghost and was staring at something.

"Why do you say so?" asked Liana. Everyone turned their heads towards her.

"Because there's Andreas right in front of us!!!" shrieked Liana. They all quickly turned their heads around and Liana was right. There was Andreas.

"Ah ha!," laughed Andreas. "So you found my castle, but you'll never find Hanna!"

"Oh, you're so wrong!" Akira said angrily. "We will find her! TELL ME WHERE SHE IS!!!!!!!!" Her face was as red as a tomato. Akira was almost going to give Andreas a big punch in the face, but Liana and Layla held her back.

"Never!" shouted Andreas. "But I will tell you this: Hanna is right now going to her death. You have 20 minutes to save her or else, she will die!" Then Andreas disappeared.

"We got to find her!" informed Akira. "Or else she'll die!"

"Of course!" said Liana. "Let's go!" The mermaids and Buddy started wondering around the castle. Every 10 seconds Akira would ask, "How much time do we have left?" They opened a gray looking door and swam in. It creaked a little, but it wouldn't move anymore. Liana was so frustrated that she slammed into the door. It fell to the floor with a thud.

"And that's why you don't mess with me," Liana said satisfied.

"I guess she's not in here," sighed Layla looking inside. Suddenly, the door picked itself up and slammed shut. Liana raced to the door and tried opening it.

"It's not working!!" she said frantically. "We're trapped!"

"Yes you are, yes you are," snickered a voice. Then Gallos, Deetros, Foley, and Hena appeared behind them. The mermaids spun around.

"Oh no! Not you guys again!" exclaimed Layla.

"Yes, it's us again," smirked Gallos. "And we're here to defeat you once and for all!"

"Oh, no you won't!" said Layla, shaking her fist. The mermaids opened the lockets and turned into their battle uniforms.

"Thorn Wave!, Wishful Wonders, Lightning!, Firestars!" they all chanted. Their powers went to the monsters and they quickly said, "Dark Energy Reflections!" The powers bounced back to the mermaids.

"Ahhhhh!" they screamed. They were pushed against the wall.

"Is everyone alright?" asked Buddy.

"Yeah, I think we're fine," answered Liana. They used all their energy to get up. "We're not giving up this fast!"

"Oh you will now!" snickered Deetros. "Mirrors!" Suddenly, there was a maze of mirrors around them. The monsters ran though the maze and the mermaids followed, but Akira kept bumping onto the mirrors.

"Ow!" Akira cried in pain. She rubbed her head.

"Are you OK?" asked Layla.

"Yeah, but this is so frustrating!!" Akira said angrily. Then red fire flames appeared in her eyes. "Fire Thorn Wave!" Blazing red thorns came out of her rose and shattered the mirror maze. The mermaids found the monsters a few feet in front of them.

"We found you!" laughed Liana. "Let's continue!"

"Fire Thorn Wave!, Wishful Wonders, Sparks!, Firestars!" they all chanted. Their powers went again towards the monsters and they said again, "Dark Energy Reflections!" It was the same thing they did before, but this time, the mermaids' powers defeated them.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" the monsters cried, then they disappeared. Suddenly, Hanna appeared.

"Hanna!" Akira exclaimed. "You're alright." Hanna said nothing.

"Hanna?" Akira asked. "Are you there?"

"Oh, I'm here alright, ha ha ha ha!" Hanna laughed. Surprisingly, she transformed.

"You're not Hanna!" Akira exclaimed shockingly.

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