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Chapter 9: Powers Unite

The tentacles made their way to the mermaids and snatched them in their grip.

"AHH!" Akira screamed as she was grabbed and raised 15 feet up into the air. Akira, Layla, and Liana all tried to struggle free, but couldn't.

"I've got you now!" cackled Gallos.

"NO!" Hanna shouted. "Let them go!" Suddenly, Andreas appeared next to Gallos.

"Under one condition," snickered Andreas. "If you give me your pearl's powers, then I'll set you and your friends free." He looked towards the squirming mermaids. "If you don't, then I'll let you all die! Your decision." He smirked at Hanna.

"Hanna, d-don't do it!" coughed Liana as she fell limp in the tentacles.

"No, never in a million years!" spat Hanna.

"Fine, it was your decision," laughed Andreas. He looked at Gallos and nodded. Gallos understood and tightened his grip.

Throughout the castle, their screams could be heard. Hanna started crying.

"What will I do?" she thought. Hanna remembered the treasure of her ocean, the Lost Coral. It could only be used once, when she was in trouble.

"Lost Coral!" she chanted. A peach colored coral, no bigger than her hand, appeared in front of her. It was shaped like a horn. Hanna took the coral and raised it up. "Aquamarine, please save me!" The coral glowed a bright white. Out of nowhere, Aquamarine appeared. She had long silky shining silver hair, a long sparkling light blue dress, and a golden trident in her hand.

"Make the light stop!" Gallos cried. He immediately dropped the mermaids and shrunk into the darkness. Only Andreas stayed, shielding his eyes a little. The mermaids landed on the hard floor with a thud. The Lost Coral shattered into a thousand pieces.

"Well, there goes the coral," she sighed and suddenly remembered her friends. Hanna swam up to them. "Akira, Layla, Liana, are you OK?"

"Yeah, I think so," replied Layla, rubbing her head.

"Thank you, Hanna," Akira said hugging her. "You saved us." The mermaids looked up at Aquamarine.

"Mermaid princesses," started Aquamarine. "I will grant you with another weapon, more powerful than before." She looked at Hanna. "As for you, Hanna, you are obviously new at this. I will give you your first weapon, but is still as powerful as the ones the three others have. Good luck in restoring peace in the ocean." The light disappeared, along with Aquamarine.

"Well, she's gone," breathed Akira.

"Yep," agreed Hanna.

"Even, though she is gone, it doesn't mean this is over!" snarled Andreas. He held up his hands and shot black lightning bolts towards the mermaids. Fortunately, they all dodged.

"Ready?" asked Layla. She reached for her necklace to take her pearl out.

"Ready." The four mermaids took out their pearls and transformed. All eyes were on Hanna, since they had never seen her in her battle uniform before. She wore a long peach armored tube dress that swirled around reached to her knees. Her light pink wavy hair was now tied into a long ponytail. Hanna had long silver boots that reached ankles. Her weapon was a silver trident, a little like Aquamarine's, except smaller.

"Hanna, you look amazing!" exclaimed Liana.

"Thanks," she blushed. Hanna snapped back to reality. "Now to fight evil and restore peace!" The other mermaids nodded.

"Peach blossoms!" chanted Hanna. The trident she held spore glowing feathery, but sharp, petals towards Andreas.

"Ice sheath!" shouted Akira. The long icicle in her hands shot smaller ones towards him.

"Cupid's arrow!" Layla sang. She shot a heart arrow that traveled to Andreas.

"Fire wave!" Liana chanted. The fireballs in her hands made its way, circling.

Surprisingly, Andreas only got hurt slightly.

"W-what?" Akira stuttered. "That didn't work?"

Andreas laughed. "Of course not, did you think that your worthless weak mermaid princesses could defeat me?" He snapped his fingers and Giselle suddenly appeared.

"Yes, Andreas?" she asked as she bowed down.

"I want you to get rid of these mermaid princesses," he ordered. "Make sure you take their pearls too."

"Gladly," smirked Giselle as she looked towards the flabbergasted mermaids. Andreas sat back on his throne and watched Giselle do his dirty work.

"Now where were we," Giselle asked sarcastically. "Oh right. To your death!" A black aurora appeared around her.

"Dark shadows, appear!" she chanted. Suddenly, the castle shook and dark spirits came rushing out of the floor. They immediately rushed towards Akira, Hanna, Layla, and Liana.

"Ah!" Liana screeched as a spirit flew past her, knocking her down. The same happened to the other three. With all of them on the floor, the seven spirits circled around the mermaids, making them dizzy.

"It hurts so much!" cried Hanna. She collapsed to the floor.

"Someone help!" thought Akira. She fell and blanked out for a few minutes. During that time, strange things happened. Akira opened her eyes to see light surrounding her, not a bit was in darkness.

"Where am I?" she thought. She started to swim around until she stopped to see a small mermaid, who looked a lot like Aquamarine!

"Wh-who are you?" she asked. The little mermaid looked up to her.

"Me? I'm Lily," the mermaid answered. "I'm the daughter of the goddess, Aquamarine."

"WHAT?" exclaimed Akira. "Her daughter? I never knew she had one."

"Well, she does," Lily told her. "I'm here to tell you something."

"What is it?" Akira wondered.

"You can restore peace to the oceans," she started. "Light will always defeat dark. Remember the words, Akira. Good luck!" "Wait, what do you mean by the words?!" Before she could finish her question, the mermaid disappeared and she woke from her dream. She looked around to see Giselle, stealing Layla's pearl!

"Don't you dare touch that!" she shouted. Akira grabbed a piece of broken stone and threw it at Giselle. She dodged, but dropped the pearl right back into the case.

"So, you think you can defeat me," cackled Giselle€. "Well, you're wrong!"

"I can restore peace to the oceans, light will always defeat dark!" Akira recited from her dream. By now, the other three had awoken too.

"Layla, Liana, Hanna!" she called. "Grab each others hands! Focus on light!" Without question, the mermaids joined hands. Suddenly, a light started to glow from them. Different colored lights rose from the mermaids, except Akira, and rushed into her.

"W-what's happening?" asked Liana.

"I think all of our powers are uniting into Akira!" exclaimed Hanna. It was true. The lights gave Akira more power. She confidently stood up.

"No, it can't be!" shouted Giselle and Andreas.

"I told you to be careful!" warned Akira. She took out her pearl and transformed. This time, her armor was sequined with diamonds, shining brightly. Her hair was tied into a bun and looked more powerful than ever.

"Rainbow colors appear!" she chanted. From the shining ball she carried in her hands, a huge rainbow sprung from it and smashed into Giselle and Andreas.

"NOOO!!!" they cried and fell down, unconscious.

"That was amazing!" exclaimed Liana as she swam up to her friend and hugged her. "I never knew you had it in you!"

"I never knew I had it in me either!" giggled Akira. Aquamarine appeared in their in front of them.

"Congratulations, mermaid princesses," congratulated Aquamarine. "You have stopped the evil from ruling, but not everything is done yet." The mermaids watched as Aquamarine pointed her trident towards Andreas. He turned into a helpless little salmon and swam away. "He won't be causing any trouble anymore." Aquamarine murmured some words that Akira couldn't understand. Giselle's pitch black hair turned into a shining black with dark blue highlights. Her dress was no longer there. Instead, a dark blue tail took its place. Giselle slowly rose up.

"W-what happened?" asked Giselle. She looked around. "Did I cause this mess?"

"Tahna," Aquamarine said calmly. Giselle suddenly remembered her real name and her gaze fell onto the goddess. "You are now free from Andreas's rule. You may go home now."

"So, I'll see my parents again!" exclaimed Tahna. "Thank you Aquamarine, Akira, Hanna, Layla, and Liana! I owe you so much!" She hugged the mermaids.

"We're just glad you're back to normal," smiled Akira. Tahna nodded and waved good-bye to the mermaids and Aquamarine. Once she was gone, the castle suddenly shook.

"What's happening?" asked Liana.

"Since there is no ruler anymore, the Panthalassa castle is no more," replied Aquamarine. "You're quest is fulfilled and peace is restored. I hope to see you all soon. Hurry and go!" Aquamarine disappeared.

"You heard her, let's go before we get crushed!" Layla informed. The four mermaids rushed out of the castle and back into the ocean.

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