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Melissa's POV
I nervously walked in circle around my living room, trying to hide the uncomfortable feeling that just wouldn't stop bugging me. I noticed Destiny and May giving me strange looks, after which May yelled at me to stop annoying her. It was not my fault I was so nervous in situations like this. But what situations, you might ask?
My grandma's coming to visit today. She lived at the other part of the city and just recently moved around here so she decided to visit. I haven't seen her in years and I wonder if she stayed the same, goofy grandma as she was five years ago. I heard people her age become grumpy as the time goes on so I hope it's not the case with her.
I started walking in circle again, and then stood in front of the mirror to check my looks. I had to make sure my white sundress and flip - flops looked good with my makeup and that my makeup and hair weren't ruined. I mean, what would grandma think if I appear in front of her looking like I fell out of a tornado or something? But once again I got preached by May.
"For hell's sake, Melissa! It's your grandma coming, not the US president! Stay away from the mirror and sit the hell down!" What the hell was her problem? I mean, I know she and Destiny weren't nervous in situations like this, but it was their life and this was mine. I had every right to be nervous, especially because… I heard that famous ding - dong. Oh, no! Grandma's here already!
I ran towards the door and as I opened it, I saw a short and tanned chubby woman - my grandma, Rose Tanner. Her hair was long and dark brown; the same color were her eyes. She wore black pants, white blouse and black high - heeled shoes. She held a small, brown purse in her left hand.
"Grandma!" I yelled as I pulled her into a hug.
She out her free hand around me and smiled at me. "You grew so much since the last time I've seen you. I can barely recognize you. I bet Mist Marciana looks older too."
I couldn't help but laugh at the sound of Misty's full name. I don't know what the hell were my parents thinking when they named her like that. I mean, Mist Marciana? Sounds like a name for a wedding cake. I'm just glad they were nice enough to give me a normal and only one name. And I wouldn't be so sure about that looking older thing. If you ask me, Misty stayed the same little brat she always was. But who asks me anyway?
"Misty's still that little twerp she was five years ago." I just had to say that. And to my surprise, instead of scolding me, grandma actually smiled.
"Ha - ha, very funny. You should win a prize for the best joke ever, Melella." Yup, that sarcasm and a weird - only funny to her - nickname meant only one thing - Misty's here. I mean, Mist Marciana. "Have you gotten anything for me, granny?"
"Misty!" I warned her. Grandma just got here and the first thing she asks her in five year is 'Have you gotten anything for me?' I really wonder are we even related. Some kind of mistake must've been made at the hospital and my real sister was given to monsters whose baby ended up here, in my house. I hope to solve that mystery once.
I noticed grandma just waving her hand, showing me nothing's wrong. For such an old woman, she really had a lot of toleration towards brats. "It's okay, it's okay, girls. I've got something for each of you."
I smiled and led grandma into the living room, with the intention of getting her to meet my friends. As she got her present - a Miley Cyrus newest CD - Misty went outside to play volleyball with the wall and also wait till my parents get home from work so we can all have lunch together.
"These are my friends, grandma", I said as I pointed my hand towards Destiny and May. "This is May Seward", I introduced, as grandma stretched her arm and shook May's hand. I noticed grandma giving weird looks to May, who retaliated. I wonder what the hell was going on. But as grandma released May's hand, they both smiled at each other. Phew! At least now I can introduce Des. "And this is Destiny Bain."
"Nice to meet you, both of you", grandma said as she shook Destiny's hand. There were those looks again, but this time between grandma and Des. What the hell was wrong? Did any of them do something? Well, I guess we should wait till lunch so everyone can calm down a bit. No one has eaten anything yet and since everyone was hungry, things like this strange looks happened. At least I hope it was that reason.
- H2O -
"And then I hit him with my purse and he fell down and almost fainted. The police was surprised about my courage. They even said it's a great thing a woman knows how to defend herself." This was grandma telling us the story - again - how when she was around my age and some guy tried to rob her, she disabled him with a purse. I personally never actually believed it was the whole truth, there must've been something more… But what? Or was that my imagination making me think crazy things? But anyway, I can't believe my parents still laughed at that story. It was old and even though my favorite grandma was telling it, it became boring after hearing it for more than thousand times.
"So, grandma… How much money do I get this time?" Yup, you guessed it. It was Misty asking this. But luckily, there was mom to warn her instead of me doing it this time.
"Misty!"
"Sorry."
Grandma just laughed at my sister's question. I never heard her warning or scolding my sister when she was an idiot - quite the opposite, grandma always acted cool even in the worst situations.
"Melella, would you mind passing me a salt?" Yup, there was this nickname again. And I was not about to let her get away with this.
"I actually would mind, Mist Marciana." Revenge, my sweet, sweet revenge. I could almost see sparks in Misty's eyes when she heard how I called her.
"Just you provoke, Melella, you're dead when we're home alone." Did she just threaten me with death? She? An eleven - year old punk threatened me? How dares she?
"Ooh, I can't wait", I retaliated. I saw Misty drinking her orange juice and saw a perfect chance to get even. I smirked as I put my hand on my lap did a stop - sign thingy, freezing Misty's tongue against the edge of the glass. She screamed, making my parents surround her and try to calm her down.
"It froze", my mom said as she and dad slowly started rubbing the glass, making it warm to melt the ice.
At the sound of the word 'froze', May and Destiny gave me a smirk and nodded. I could see they liked it. I've also got the look from grandma, but hers was not approving, but somewhat worried. Did she know something about my powers?
Dyson's POV
As I parked my small, white motorboat on the beach and made sure it's safe, I took the black bag that contained my equipment and found my way into the woods. Walking between high grass and thick - grown trees gave me some cuts and insect bites, but it was all worth the purpose. The girls told me about the moon pool on Ooha'oma and gave me a close description of where to go look for the cave entrance so I - as a future scientist - decided to investigate and do a little research about that place.
Once I reached the rocks, I checked out almost every single one of them, trying to locate the cave entrance. 'Long, dark and when you glide down you get the feeling like you're on a toboggan' was the only description given to me about it. What if I accidentally got into the wrong cave? I've seen some small ones, but what if there were some big ones and I got stuck into them? Then what would happen? How would I ever get out?
Looking under one of the rocks next to a small waterfall, I noticed a cave entrance very much alike the one the girls described to me. I threw my bag down first, then got into it myself. Gliding down, I could feel the smoothness of the rock I was on. I guess nature did many wonders by creating this. But all the joy disappeared once I reached the bottom. I hit the hard ground so hard I yelled out loud like some kind of a girl. Good thing no one was there to hear me.
After gathering the pieces of myself together again, I glanced at the crystal blue pool or water that stood in front of me. Although I'm a very manly guy, I gotta admit it looked beautiful. I grabbed my bag and approached the pool, putting my fingers into it. The water felt cold and kind of refreshing. I smiled. Maybe this very water will reveal to me the secret of the girls being mermaids.
I took a few test tubes out of my bag and took water samples in each one of them. Then I took samples of the rocks and everything I could find in that cave; I even took my clothes off, being dressed only in my blue swimming shorts, and dove under the water to the bottom to take the sample of it. I found some shells and fossils of animals dead for hundreds of yours ago and bagged them too. If it could help solving the mystery, then it's welcome in my home lab.
Once I took everything I needed, I was ready to go back home and analyze what I've found, but there was only one problem... How to get out of the cave the way I got in?
Melissa's POV
As Misty's tongue was finally freed, we continued our lunch as peacefully as it was possible. Mom gave Misty a lecture not to put so much ice in her drinks and not to drink them when they're too cold. He - he, if they only knew the truth of who was actually behind it. Grandma kept giving me weird looks, while May and Destiny laughed at the incident between themselves.
"I would suggest you two get involved and try to stop fights between these two girls", grandma said, looking at my parents, "Because it's not really fair that Melissa always has to cool things down. Right, sweetheart?"
This time she pointed her look at me. I instantly froze. Did she know something about me? Or about my mermaidness or my powers? Or maybe about both? Was this some kind of a secret message that she is perfectly aware of who I am?
Destiny and Melissa gave me a concerned look, me retaliating it. I can't say I wasn't concerned, I was, deeply. What if grandma knew and told my parents? Or everyone? My life would be ruined once and for all.
"I guess…" I muttered the answer. Grandma just smiled as she continued:
"But it's okay; if things get too cold, Destiny can always heat them up. Am I telling the truth?"
Destiny gulped and shook her head. "I'm not really into… That sort of things."
Grandma smiled. "Oh, it's alright, dear. Don't be sky. Everyone here understands." But this was not the end of grandma's crazy talks. "And have I told you that I used to surf? No? Well, you see, you have to wait for the right wave to come. If it doesn't, then you just ask the water for help. Isn't it right, May?"
May's eyes went wide open as she shook her head. "I wouldn't know… I don't surf; it's not really my thing. I'm more into computers."
Grandma just kept smiling. "There's nothing to be embarrassed about, dear. You and Destiny and my grandchild know it. It's okay to tell the truth."
"Okay, I admit it! I lied! I think it's time to come clean", May said as she raised her hand. She was not going to spoil our secret, was she? But, as I looked at her expression, I had to agree that she looked quite ready to spill everything out. No, no way. No! She can't do that, no! She can't tell everyone. This was just wrong! How can she betray us like this? "I'm allergic to algae." What the hell? Since when was she allergic to algae? And what kind of crap was this? She scared the hell out of me!
I noticed Destiny bursting into laughter as she buried her head in her hands. Misty, my parents and I continued giving May weird looks, while grandma just curved her lips into a slight smile.
"I used to use that kind of excuses when I was your age." Okay, that does it! Grandma and the girls and I definitely had to talk! Right now!
"Grandma, why don't we go to my room? I have to show you something. I wrote you a poem." This was a lame excuse, I know, but what else was I supposed to say? 'Grandma, let's go to my room to talk about mermaids because Destiny, May and I are ones and I suspect that you know something about it.'
Grandma nodded. "Very well, dear. As you wish."
- H2O -
"Okay, grandma, what do you know?" As we entered my room and locked the door behind us, I immediately got to the thing. I had to know what she knew or I would go crazy.
"Be specific, my dear. I know a lot of things. I don't think we have enough time for me to tell you everything." Why did she have to do this every damn time I asked her something? It was really becoming more and more annoying. I was about to answer in short, just to question how much does she know, but May was here - as usual - to hurry the things up.
"Do you know we're mermaids?" Oh, that's just great May. That's just great! Way to go, girl. Come one, tell everyone everything. I'm sure the rest of the Honolulu would be glad to hear our secret from you.
Destiny and I gave May warning looks, but she just shrugged. Grandma smiled. "Of course I do."
Okay, this was totally unexpected. She already knew about us? Could that be the reason she moved in this part of the town? To help us out? She explained right away anyway.
"I was on Ooha'oma when I saw you three girls exploring the island. I saw you, May, fall into the hole and Melissa and Destiny going after you. It awoke old memories that are hidden deep within my heart. Anyway, the next thing I know was the moon going on the top of the volcano and you three diving our. I immediately suspected you might have changed, so I wanted till next morning to find out. And guess what? My suspicions came true - you became mermaids and I guess you soon found your powers."
"So wait, you saw us?" I asked, still in shock. She actually spied on us. How rude!
"Yup. Almost every full moon I go to Ooha'oma to observe it under the moonlight." So weird. Grandma is such a weirdo!
"You said it awoke your old memories… Does that mean you were a mermaid too?" Good question, May. A really good one. Granny had to explain this part
"Yes, I was", grandma confirmed. My friends and I exchanged weird looks. I could see that the very same question bugged all three of us: 'Is grandma still a mermaid?' She did say she used to be, but there is no way you can stop being a mermaid. Right? "But I had to give it up for the sake of myself and my friend."
"You can do that?" Why was I not surprised that Destiny was the one who asked this?
Grandma just nodded. "Only at special nights."
I frowned. I kind of had a hunch this was going to be a long story.
Rose's POV
Observing these three girls, I couldn't help but notice they still have a lot to learn about their powers and magic itself. They maybe think it's fun and everything -and they're right about that part - but it's also a big responsibility of theirs. If someone got hurt by their powers, they had to be aware that they are the ones who caused it, not their powers, how teenagers these days would justify it. If they got exposed, they had to learn how to deal with it without someone ending up killed - also a new method of these days' teenagers. But maybe they just needed to hear my story. What happened to me will maybe make them think twice before they do something involving magic in public.
"Girls, I think it's time for you to hear my story", I said, getting their attention again. It was time for it and all they needed to do was to stay quiet and listen carefully to what I have to say.
"Then speak, grandma." I knew my dear Melissa enough to already know she'll say something like this. But what needed to be told needed to be told and now was the right time.
"All this what you girls survive makes me feel nostalgic towards the old days when my friends and me did fun stuff with our magic. I still remember that day that made us different like it was yesterday…"
One of my two best friends, Jessica Moss, ran away from home after an argument with her mother and it was my task as her friend to go search for her. I, together with my other friend, Kate Woodson - a tall and thin black haired, light tanned and blue eyed girl - saw Jessie taking her brother's boat and heading towards Ooha'oma. Having no other choice, Kate and I borrowed my boyfriend's boat and went after her.
"Jessie, where are you? Jessie!" we yelled as we walked through the forests of an uninhabited island. As we got deeper and deeper into the forest, the sun started slowly disappearing and letting the night's darkness surround us. Soon our only light source and guide was the full moon that that shone above us.
"Jessica! I know you can hear us! Get over here right now and stop playing smart with us!" As much as I was patient Kate was just as inpatient. Things always had to go fast with her, which could come in handy sometimes. But in times like that it totally did not come in handy. If Jessie heard her, she would only run away even more and would maybe be angry at us too.
"Get me out of here!" Kate and I immediately stopped walking as we heard a quiet sound of that familiar, strong voice. Jessie was somewhere nearby and was definitely in trouble.
Kate and I saw rocks in front of us and we climbed onto them in order for us to find our friend. We called for her many times, but I don't think she heard us. Suddenly I tripped over a small rock and fell into a cave hidden deep within the rocks. Hitting the hard ground, I let out a shriek of pain, but quickly pulled myself together when I saw those familiar big green eyes staring at me. And with the eyes came long blonde curls, tanned skin, long legs and tall body of a slightly chubby girl.
"Jessie, you're here!" I immediately pulled my friend into a hug, causing her to do something she hated the most in this world - to laugh.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. But how do we get out of here? I tried to climb up, but it's too slippery. Must be yesterday's rain." Jessie had a point there. We had no way of getting out. Wait, we did actually! Kate could always help us! But after hearing the sound of a body crashing the rocky ground, I had to tell myself to never mind that option and try to figure out a new one.
"Kate, you were supposed to stay up and help us get out!" Jessie said harshly. Kate rolled her eyes and gave her a threatening look.
"I see it's a thanks I get for coming all the way here to look for you", Kate fought back. She and Jessie always had these kind of arguments. I was the one that usually stayed 'cool'. I had no idea it would become literal in just a few hours.
Embarrassed, Jessie blushed and pointed her look towards a cave pool behind us. It shone almost like the moon and made the whole cave light and gave me a feeling of protectiveness. "Then let's just swim out."
I nodded and took Jessie's hand, while Kate just stared at her angrily. Jessie could sometimes be a real pain in the butt, but deep down she was a good person. You just had to get to know her. As I gave Kate a look that told her to come with us, she muttered 'Fine!' under her breath and took my other hand. Together, the three of us jumped into the pool, finding ourselves in that beautiful, crystal clear water. Suddenly, that very same water started to bubble and golden sparkles began to fly towards the sky. The moon was directly above the top of the pool. This whole scene couldn't be described any differently but magical.
"Okay, what was that?" asked Kate.
I giggled. "I don't know, but it was pretty cool."
"Try better with creepy", Jessie added.
"So you became mermaids only because your friend ran away from home and you followed her?" my granddaughter asked as I finished my story. I nodded.
"Exactly. Now this was only the beginning. You still need to hear how it all ended with our magic." This was going to be had to tell, I just knew it. It will be like living those awful moments again after all these years I tried to forget them. But I guess it's okay if I suffer if it'll help these girls and make them learn a valuable lesson.
Dyson's POV
After I barely made it out of that sea cave, I immediately boarded my boat and headed to my home lab. Making sure the door behind me was locked, I took out all the samples, ready to test them. This required lots of work and time and somehow I knew this was going to be a long day. But what needed to be done, needed to be done and there was no help - I was the only one that could at least try help those girls, one of them being my girlfriend.
Rose's POV
"Why did it end? Will our magic end one day too? Will we become ordinary again? Will our powers disappear? I don't want that to happen. Is there a way to avoid it?" So many questions my dear Melissa had. And there were as many answers and I was willing to tell them, but... There's time for all.
"Patience, my dear, you want to hear this. You really do."
With great sadness in my eyes I watched my reflection in the moon pool's water. Kate held my hand tightly and I could feel her tightening her grip of my hand every second. I could see a tear streaming down her face. She didn't even bother to wipe it away. I could understand that. What we were about to do wasn't really the awesomest thing in the world, but it's not like we had a choice.
Hearing the strong male voices coming from outside, I checked my watch that almost showed midnight and then looked at Kate, nodding. She nodded back and just as we were about to jump into the moon pool, four male figures appeared behind us, giving us threatening looks. All of them were muscular and tall, with tanned skin and dark hair; with the exception of a guy whose hair was blonde. And that same blonde was the ex love of my dearest Kate - it was her dear ex boyfriend, Adrian Stokes. That sweetheart was actually sweet, until Kate admitted to him that she was a mermaid. That's when all the trouble began.
Adrian was surprised at first, then angry at Kate for not telling him earlier, even though they dated for 2 years at the time he found out. He told everyone about us, but no one believed him but his buddies. So, one day he decided to catch us and earn some money by exposing us to the scientists. Adrian gathered his buddies and together with them went after us all the way to Ooha'oma. But what he didn't know was that we weren't some powerless sweetheart he thought we were.
"We're sick of your constant bugging, Adrian", I said in a cold, threatening voice. Kate and I were half moonstruck - meaning controlled by the moon - at that moment, but with three years of being mermaids we kind of learned how to at least keep a tiny bit of conscience. The other half was owned by the moon.
Adrian just laughed at my words. "And what are you going to do? Kill us?"
That actually seemed like a good idea with us being moonstruck and the moon told us to do so, but we did our best to resist that deed. We would only get in more trouble if we killed someone. But temptation was too big and we just had to do something to at least make ourselves satisfied at the moment.
"Maybe", Kate said as she raised her hand, pointing it towards Adrian. "I really thought we had something, but obviously I was wrong." She slowly clenched her fingers, making Adrian scream in pain. A big and hurtful burn spread through his whole right arm. There was steam coming out of his skin. Kate burned his arm.
"You bitch! Stop it!" Adrian ordered and turned to his buddies. "What the hell are you waiting for? Go grab them!"
But they weren't so brave he thought they were. They knew what their destiny would be if they tried anything at us, so they just climbed up the entrance of the cave and ran away. Adrian looked hurt and defeated that they had left. He must've felt betrayed by his own friends after they had left. But that didn't stop Kate and me to laugh directly into his face.
"What's with the name calling? Don't you want it to stop?" Kate asked. Her fist was now balled, while Adrian's arm was almost on fire - literally.
I took Kate's hand, eye - signalizing her to stop. She put her hand down, opening her fist. Adrian let out a sigh of relief. Poor guy probably thought it was the end, but he had no idea what I was about to do to him - which was something my normal self would never do on purpose to anyone, not even my worst enemy.
I raised my hand, making it look like a stop sign and looked at Adrian. Observing his burned hand being covered with ice, I smirked. "Better now?"
"You bitches! You'll pay for this!" Threatening, weren't we? The next thing I did maybe made him realize that by calling us names would only bring him more trouble.
I pulled my hand back, then raised it again. Adrian's frozen hand exploded into hundreds of pieces of frozen skin and bones. He let out a loud shriek of pain, before glaring at Kate and me and taking a big step back, leaning on the cave's stone wall.
"I'll make you pay for this, I swear." Again he with the threats. At least he didn't use any ugly nickname for us this time.
Kate and I laughed at him until the moon came over the top of the volcano. Our laughter faded away as we watched the moon pool water bubbling like it does every time the moon's above it. But this time was different - this full moon was special. So special it took away all the magic it gave. And by that I mean mermaid powers. Kate and my mermaid powers. Because of the Adrian incident, we decided to somehow renounce them. We didn't know how until we looked at the moon and it told us it can make our powers disappear this very night. It was the only chance we could get in years.
"It was our very last time with powers", Kate said as she took my hand again. I sadly nodded.
"I'll miss everything. Things will never be the same without our secret."
"But at least we'll be safe now."
And with letting a river of tears stream down our faces, Kate and I jumped into the moon pool. We watched as the golden sparkles flew up and felt a part of us being taken away with them. I felt my tail slowly disappearing, changing between legs and itself every second until it completely disappeared, leaving Kate and me with legs and back in our clothes in the moon pool.
As my tail was gone, I felt myself coming completely back and moon's control over me slightly faded. Now there, in the moon pool, floated Kate and I, normal and average humans again, without any special powers and tails and gills.
I wanted to cry with all my heart, but I managed to stay strong at least in front of Adrian. There was no way I was letting him know he managed to break me down. Kate approached him and raised her hand, slapping his left cheek so hard his head hit the stone wall he was leaned on. "This is for everything! Now go home! I hope you're happy! Enjoy the mermaid hunt with your buddies!" she said as she and I climbed up the entrance of the cave and disappeared into the Ooha'oma's forest. As soon as we got out of the cave, we couldn't hold the tears back anymore and cried all the way while walking through the forest.
Melissa's POV
Hearing grandma's story really got me thinking about what would happen if May, Des and I get exposed. How would the three of us react? Would we run away or give up like grandma did? Would we fight back or live in shadow for the rest of our lives?
"It's not really fair you lost your magic, but at least that Adrian guy got what he deserved", I just couldn't keep my mouth shut. I had to say this.
"He did. He lost his hand, while Kate and I lost something more important… Ourselves." Poor grandma! I think it was hard for her to talk about this and living those moments all over again.
"But where's Jessie? Wasn't she there too?" May asked. I gotta admit, it was a good question. Where the hell was the third girl?
"And what's with the moon thing?" Thank you, Des! Another great question. Man, I'm surrounded with quite clever people here. I would've never thought of asking these questions the two of them did.
"There's time for everything", grandma simply replied. She then got up and went to the living room to get her purse. "I have something here I want to give to the three of you."
Grandma opened her purse and took out three golden necklaces with a gold starfish pendants that's size was at least 5 centimeters. I noticed that every pendant had a different colored crystal in the middle. Grandma smiled and looked at the three of us.
"Who shall I start with… Oh, Destiny." Grandma approached her and put a hand onto her cheek. "Always there to heat things up, right? There would be no someone to heat everything up when my dear granddaughter goes out of control. So for our heat queen here is the red crystal."
Destiny watched in awe as grandma put the necklace around her neck. She took the pendant into her hand and observed it. "Is this a real gold?"
Grandma nodded. "It indeed is, but the crystal isn't a ruby. Nor the other two are diamond or aquamarine."
"But isn't this a little too expensive? I mean, I don't even know you and yet you give me a golden pendant and-" Destiny started, but grandma cut her off.
"Listen, dear. Nothing is too expensive for the new mermaid generation." Destiny nodded, looking a bit sky wearing a golden necklace a woman she never met until a few hours got her.
Grandma then approached me. "Melissa. My dear Melissa. Always the one to cool everything down, right? There would be no heat if there was no cold to suppress it. Just keep being that way. The ice princess gets the white crystal." She put the necklace around my neck and I instantly had my eyes on it. It looked so pretty.
"And last but not least…" grandma started as she went over to May. "… Our May. The one that moves the seas. The one that can be cool, but easily gets fiery when angry. The one keeping the balance between cold and heat, the one without whom cold and heat wouldn't have existed. To the ocean mistress belongs this white crystal."
As May got the pendant around her neck, she, together with Destiny and I, walked over to the big mirror that stood on the wall next to my bed to check our looks. The pendants looked great on us and they even matched our outfits - my white one with my white sundress, May's blue one with her blue sundress and Destiny's red one with her red T - shirt and knee - length shorts. We thanked my grandma as we hugged each other and started to laugh. I guess our secret made us even closer, especially now that we have those lockets. They maybe symbolize our powers, but there is also something else about them - they hold the secret of our friendship that grows more and more as the days go on. And that friendship can get slightly questioned when some friends play tricks on others. And with this I mean this individual girl I hand out with.
"May, that thing with algae was lame", I said as I remembered the thing May said during lunch. She just laughed.
"What? You didn't really think I was just gonna spill everything out? Or did you?" Observing Destiny and mine's serious expressions revealed to her that we really did think that. Who wouldn't? "I cannot believe this! Have a bit of trust, guys! It's me after all."
"Exactly. It's you." Good one, Des! A really good one! But May looked hurt by it - it was fake hurt, of course.
"Now that was just mean."
- H2O -
After the grandma had left in the early sunset, girls and I decided to go for a swim. We raced to the moon pool and guess what? I was the winner. I cannot believe I was faster than May, with her being the first one of the three of us to learn how to swim.
"Beat you!" I just had to brag about it.
Des and May smiled. "Only for an inch", May said.
"It's still a win", I said. Destiny nodded. Her smile slightly faded into a sad expression.
"Guys, what if we ever get exposed?" Thanks for ruining all the joy, Destiny! But still, a wise question that was.
"That's easy. We'll fight back and never give our powers up." Way to go, May! Nice answer! That was just what I was about to say. And I had to add something to it.
"Because grandma's times were different. Teens back then were different than teens these days so we'll definitely never give up!"
Destiny smiled. "You're so right!"
I was just about to say something, when I heard something hard hitting the ground. I saw a tall, brown haired man - clad in dark blue shorts, blue flip - flops and white T - shirt. His hair was pointed up with many spiked, which directed to only one person.
"Dyson!" The three of us yelled.
"Hey, guys", he said as he sat near the edge of the pool. I noticed some cuts on his legs and arms and couple of those on his face. He must've been walking through the forest - the moron probably didn't go the same way the girls and I did that night when we went exploring the island so he got hurt.
"What happened to you? Are you okay?" And May didn't like it when her boy - toy got hurt.
"Yup, these mean nothing." Dyson smiled as he leaned down and kissed May's lips, making Destiny and I giggle. It was still weird for us to see them as a couple - although they looked like a nice couple - we still needed time to get used to it.
"Anyway", he continued, "I analyzed everything, and I mean everything here and there's nothing abnormal with it."
"That helps us how?" I laughed every time Destiny made fun of Dyson by asking sarcastic questions.
Dyson let out a cynical smile as he looked at her and stretched his hand towards her. "Would you mind getting out? I just need to test something on you."
"No way", Destiny said. "I'm not your science project."
"It's for the sake of you three. If it succeeds, it'll make your life a lot easier."
Seeing that Dyson has good arguments, Destiny took his hand as he helped her get out on the surface. She dried herself off with her power before standing up, looking directly into Dyson's eyes. "This better be something good."
"Oh, trust me, it is." He took a green pack of wet tissues out of his pocket and took one wet tissue out. "Take this and wet your arm with it."
"No way, I'll grow a tail."
"Just trust me."
Rolling her eyes, Destiny took a wet tissue from him and obeyed. She was about to ran into the moon pool, but Dyson grabbed her hand, stopping her. "Not yet."
"But I'll grow a tail", Destiny repeated.
Dyson checked his watch and seeing as nothing happened, he looked back at Destiny and smiled. "Do you see a tail anywhere?"
"No…" Destiny muttered then smiled after realizing there really is no tail. "There's no tail! Meaning…"
"That you can use these to wash all the naughty body parts without hurrying up with it in the water. You can also clean your hands. But buy this brand only, this one doesn't contain any water in it", Dyson explained.
All three of us smiled at him. He really was a good friend. I cannot believe I haven't thought of that. May leaned her hands on the pool's edge and raised her torso up. She waved her finger at Dyson, signaling him to come closer. As he came to her, she put her right hand onto his cheek and pulled him into a passionate kiss. He doesn't know how lucky he is for getting s prize like that. Many guys would want it for sure.
- H2O -
A part of the past is revealed and Dyson found out something interesting. I told my friend (the girl Destiny's based on) about the part May made Destiny and Melissa think she'll spoil the secret and then said she's allergic to algae and my friend said if I did something like that in real life she'd beat me up XD May's based on me btw. But I'm not that much like her, I'm not so wild :)