Secrets

Phoebe leaned over to kiss Cole, outside, under the moonlight. Before their lips touched, Cole transported Phoebe home. As Phoebe faded into black, Cole stood there, smiling with pleasure. But then he thought about his dream. About how wrong he was. He had to reveal his history to his daughter soon, or else. Cole looked at his foot and looked back into the sky before he walked along the pavements and headed home.

Rikki was brainstorming for ideas of a new game and came up with an idea. She picked up a jar and stared at what was going to be the jar of lies and fears.
"Listen up girls," Rikki said. All at once both Emma and Bella turned around to see the jar and pieces of paper sprawled across the table.
"You have 5 pieces of paper. You write down your greatest fear on one paper and fake fears on the rest. You put all of them in the jar and we must guess your greatest fear!" Rikki explained. All the girls smiled. It was a great idea and they knew it. Rikki ripped the paper into 15 pieces and 3 of which were going to contain their greatest fear. It would be a shame if Barbas got hold of those pieces, whispered a new voice in her head. It was the witch conscience that came along with her new powers, but how was she to know that? All she knows is that she is a mermaid with extra powers but what she knows is wrong. She is a mer-human who was born the most powerful witch of all time. Rikki sat on the floor and handed out 5 pieces to her BFF's and left 5 for herself. She looked at the piece of paper. It was so little yet it could be so powerful.

Cole looked at the view in front of his house. The water that was aquamarine in the midday was then looking malicious and evil. The moonlight reflected off the water and into his eye. That night it was a crescent moon. He looked up at the sky and saw the blanket of stars above his head. He tried to find constellations. He waved his hand a bottle of coke appeared in it, with a cup and tiny umbrellas. He poured the cola into the cup and started to drink. He looked at the stars. He thought about the old legends about how the stars control your faith. He shook his head at how silly those ideas were. The angel of destiny controlled your faith, not some silly star but he thought how those myths may be mistaken. Maybe, the angel of destiny was thought to be as bright as the stars, as pure as the stars but someone told the tale wrong and the story got meddled up. He looked at the stars and looked at the water. He saw something moving. Maybe it's just a trick of the light, Cole thought but his instincts thought different. He stood up and looked over at Maco island. He then looked down at the water again. He saw something orange reflecting the moonlight off it's scale. The creature was about to jump out of the water and Cole was ready to strike. There was the blonde hair above the water and the creature suddenly jumped up. She was the mermaid Phoebe had saved years ago.
"Milly, what are you doing here?" Cole asked. She smiled.
"So you and Phoebe got back together. After all that heartbreak?" She asked. Cole nodded and smiled.
"So, how have you been? Has the sea hag attacked you lately?" Cole joked. She laughed, thankfully, and shook her head in relief.
"Maco island is such a beautiful place to go swimming," Milly told Cole and their conversation continued.

Charlotte was taking a stroll along the pavement and decided to take a little dip in the sea. She jumped of the bridge and into the sea, where she ought to belong. She swam along the shore when she noticed another mermaid. She had blonde hair and the same tail as hers.
"Great, more competition," Charlotte mumbled. She then swam closer. She saw the other mermaid talking to a man. A man with sea green eyes and jet black hair. A man she recognized almost instantly. That man is Rikki's dad! Charlotte thought as she swam away as fast as she could.

Cole snapped his head around.
"Did you hear that?" He asked. Milly shook her head and looked the same way that Cole had. The sea contained ripples, which may have come from a fish or other strange sea creature. Milly chose to ignore it and continued with their conversation.

Rikki was sitting on a dusty rose bean bag. She crumpled open all of the fears. There were 15 pieces of paper on the floor. Rikki swiped them off the floor and opened them.
"The water," Rikki read, puzzled. Emma laughed.
"So fake! It might've been something Cleo would write but she's not here!" Emma said as she continued laughing. Bella put up her hands.
"You caught me! It was fake and it was totally Cleo!" Bella exclaimed. Rikki nodded as they went through several more.
"Meteorites," Rikki said as she took a glance at Bella. Bella looked up at the sky.
"If we hadn't stopped it, it would have been death for us," Bella said. Rikki gave her a weird look and mouthed 'Okay'. Emma patted her back.
"When we were on the travel, I and my mother thought we saw a huge meteorite and then a stream of blue lights flashed into the sky. It was so pretty. I even took a pic!" Emma told them. She took out her Nikon camera and showed them the photograph she had taken on her 'little' trip. There was a beam of cyan light that streamed into the sky as the burning meteorite crashed into it. There was a blanket of stars in the background which glistened in the midnight sky. It was stunning. Rikki smiled at Bella, who was looking at the picture in complete awe. Rikki continued leafing through the pile of fears.
"Demons," She read and started whistling.
"Rikki! You are completely aware about the fact that demons are mythical, aren't you?" Emma pretended to scold. Bella held back her laugh and it was replaced by a wide grin, which were moving constantly, across her mouth.
"I'm sorry. It's just that mermaids were also supposed to be mythical which we found out sooner or later. What if we found a world full of demons someday? I feel like there is something supernatural after me ALL the time and it is really freaky. It feels like there's a demon living inside my house," Rikki explained in rage. Suddenly, the lamp exploded. Both Bella and Emma looked at Rikki accusingly. Rikki shrugged.
"How about we go to Maco island and trade secrets?" Emma suggested. Rikki nodded.