Sorry I haven't uploaded... For... Well, a long time! I've been really busy with schoolworks and such things like that I know I keep saying that but it's true :D I have dancing like, 24/7 .-. Anyways, enjoy this chapter. I typed it on an iPhone, so please appreciate it. I had no computer or iPads or anything bigger than a phone, so... Sorry for not updating as fast as I normally would. Enjoy the story!

PS, if you read my later update saying I might not update, I've decided against it so for those of you wanting me to continue, here you go!

Chapter 1: Who?

Cleo, Rikki, Zane, Lewis, Bella, and Will all gasped at the sight at them. The three people were the three they least wanted to see. Their names were... Sophie. Dr. Denman. Charlotte.

"Sophie?!" Will yelled. "What are you doing here?" Then he added, "In Ireland?!"

Sophie just shook her head if he was a little boy asking the most stupid question. "To protect you from her." She shot her blue eyes right at Bella, who was standing there, shocked seeing them. She just stood closer to Will, looking back seeing the whole pool of water.

"Uhm... You know, Sophie, we should discuss this somewhere else..."

"Ahem." Dr. Denman interrupted them. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Dr. Denman, I see Cleo and Rikki have made some 'new friends'. Surely you two still remember me? The famous, Dr. Denman? Yes... Well, as you could see, we've found another 'place' like the other one back at Mako, is this right?" Cleo was stunned. She stood straight up with absolutely no expression. "Wow... Well... I'm seeing some new faces around here... You two must know Cleo and Rikki's secret, right?" She looked curiously at Bella and Will. "May I ask... Are you a... Mermaid?" Her eyes completely firm on Bella.

"Mer-" Bella started, shaking terribly,"Mermaid... Mermaids? They-they aren'-aren't real..." Bella finished, stuttering, "Why would they exist?" Dr. Denman just stared at her, her gaze icy. Will was standing over her, a protective posture over Bella.

"Yes, mermaids. Now may I ask one more question... What is your name?" Dr. Denman said.

"I'm not going to tell you just like that." Bella replied firmly, her eyes holding fear.

"Well then, why don't we have a little chat?"

"No," Bella said once again.

"Oh come on, don't be afraid. We won't do anything bad to you! We just want to have a tiny little discussion with you. It might help you clear your head, you know? You don;t have to come, you know. The desicsion really is yours... We're not going to pressure you or anything." Charlotte exclaimed. "But if you don't come, who knows what your friends my get into?"

This caught Bella's attention, things like this always caught Bella's attention. She quickly looked up, nodding slowly, afraid of what this 'chat' would be like.

"Bella..." Will started, along with Rikki and Cleo grabbing her left arm, and Zane and Lewis giving her 'bad idea, Bella' looks.

"Stop, guys. It'll just be a minute, I promise," Bella promised. They all gave her uneasy looks, "I'm 17 guys, I could handle these types of... 'Interesting' situations by now..." Bella turned around, looking back once again and slowly stepping out with Dr. Denman.

"Bella's made a bad desicion hasn't she?" Will asked Rikki and Cleo. They both nodded, including Zane and Lewis. "What do you think will happen to her? I mean, the red haired girl and Dr. Danmen?"

"The red haired girl is called Charlotte, and it's Dr. Denman, by the way. We don't know what Denman, Charlotte, and your sister could be doing up there right now... They could be trying to expose her!" Cleo said quietly. "The red haired girl used to be mine and Rikki's enemy. She became a mermaid after she realized me and Rikki were mermaids, to try to be a 'super mermaid'. She had all our powers because she was in the moon pool alone... So she outnumbered our powers. They could expose Bella, Will.

"So why don't we go up?" Will started to climb back up.

"Yeah... Not a good idea," it wasn't Cleo or Rikki replying, but Sophie replying.

"Sophie?" Will raised an eyebrow to his sister right in front of him. "Sophie, why are you doing this to Bella?"

"Because she's a fish, Will! Open your eyes, Will, haven't you seen before that she never touches water, she avoids any liquid? And when she gets wet, she freaks out and runs away from you? She's a fish!" Sophie exclaimed. Will shook his head. "If you don't believe us, we saw it ourselves! That's why I came here, she's a mermaid. Now don't tell me you still like her!"

"But I do still like her. And I already know she's a mermaid," Will stated. Sophie's eyes seemed to explode, her face was red with anger.

"You mean you knew she was a mermaid...?! Why didn't you bother to tell me? We could've made millions of dollars just saying it to the world? How could you be so stupid?! And how in the world could you still like her? How in the world could you be in love with a fish?!" Sophie screamed, anger taking over.

"She's not fish, Soph, she's a mermaid, and that doesn't happen to every person in the world. She's special. With or without that tail, she's not like any girl I've ever met. I love her for who she is, not for what she is," Will replied.

"Will, how could you... How could you be so stupid?" Sophie replied, angered by the fact Will didn't get her. "I'm not gonna keep arguing with you, but when you see some sense and realize "The Great Bella" is just playing tricks with you, don't come crawling to me, because all I could say is... 'I told you so'. She's just using you, Will, as soon as she gets what she wants from you, she's going to steal everything from you. Wait, I forgot, she already has taken your whole entire life away, Will. You gave up diving for her, Will! That was your big chance, and you just gave it up for Bella!" Sophie yelled. "Why would you do that? Why would you ever think of even doing that?!"

Cleo, Rikki, Lewis, and Zane were all watching quietly, each not knowing what to say. Each not knowing if they even should say something. "Maybe it's just because-" Will was cut off again by Sophie.

"Maybe because of what?" Sophie asked.

"Maybe I gave it up for her because I'm in love her!" Will snapped at Sophie. Sophie's eyes seemed to pop out of her head, and her eyes seemed to slit tinier and tinier at the same time. Cleo, who was also watching the scene playing out was also quite shocked. Zane and Lewis's expressions both said 'WHAT?!' And Rikki's expression just says, 'Will...?', and a quite shocked expression as well.

No one had predicted that this was going to happen. No one had even knew Will was 'in love' with Bella. No one ever thought Will would want to be with Bella so much. They had always thought that one day they would break up, and they would stick on being best friends instead... But after Cleo, Rikki, Lewis, and Zane heard Will say it, they knew that Will would never give up on her.

"You know, Lewis, we should go, and leave them to talk about this..." Cleo was the first one who broke the awkward and tense silence. Lewis quickly nodded, knowing what Cleo meant. Rikki and Zane both followed the two. "Yeah... Uhm... You'll be alright down here, won't you, Will? Uhm... We'll be right up if you need us..." Cleo silently said.

They all walked up to the top of the moon pool, where there were sea cliffs to see Bella. Dr. Denman. Charlotte. Those three were not a good match in a sentence. Dr. Denman and Charlotte were surronding Bella on the other side of the sea cliffs, and it didn't look to pleasant...

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