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Melissa's POV
The girls and I were resting in the moon pool, with our heads leaned on its edge. We've been floating there in hours and enjoyed doing nothing and being lazy. My mom was supposed to have a birthday party and she told me to ask my friends, but I had doubts about it. What if they refuse? What if they make fun of me? I mean, the girls were on mom's b-day party last year, but we're older now and there's be lots of drinks, meaning we will have to be extra careful not to get wet.
"So... Girls, would you like to come to my mom's birthday party tonight?" I asked quietly. I kinda hoped they won't hear me, but I spoke loud enough to be heard.
"Cool! I'm so there", May said, "And how old is she now?"
"Thirty-three", I replied. I'm surprised how May instantly accepted to come, since she was not really a party-type of girl. She likes more to be in a quiet and peaceful area, alone with herself and no one else to bother her.
"Your mom's so young", Destiny spoke, "How old was she when she gave birth to you?"
"Eighteen." I was supposed to celebrate my 15th birthday in October so yeah; she was eighteen when she got me. And she is such a lucky girl to have me.
"I'll come, but under one condition." Oh, no! What was Des up to now? "I don't have to wear a dress, skirt or high heels. I'll come dressed in my own style."
"No", I said. This was a classy party and the females that come there were supposed to wear dresses or something, not pants and Converse's.
"Oh, come on, Mel!" Des groaned, "You know I hate dresses and high heels!"
"Relax, Des. Nothing's gonna happen", May said and looked at me. "Right?"
"Right!" I agreed.
Destiny rolled her eyes. "Fine! And tonight's the full moon so we're gonna have to be careful!" She looked at me. "Really careful!"
"I'll be careful." Why did she have to look at me while saying that? It's not my fault I forgot about the moon last time. There should be a sign somewhere saying It's the full moon so I don't forget about it. Gee!
"I wanna look at the moon", May said with a big smile across her face. "It must feel good."
"Yeah, it feels so good to embarrass yourself and the next day you don't even remember what you did." Notice the sarcasm in it?
"No moon-watching, May", Destiny warned May, who made a baby face and groaned. Destiny shook her head. "I don't fall for that. What if something bad happens? What if you kill someone?"
"We did make a promise years ago that if one of us kills someone, the other two will cover", May said.
"This is different!" Des and I exclaimed in unison. I remember that promise, but we said we'll cover only if one of us had a good reason to commit a murder. Looking at the moon on purpose was not a good reason. Okay, maybe our secret was, but May didn't have to know that.
Destiny's POV
May and I were sitting on the couch in Melissa's living room and observed how the guest's number was slightly getting bigger and bigger. I took a deep breath and felt May leaning her head on my shoulder. Rihanna's Don't Stop the Music was playing out loud and if someone didn't know Melissa's mom, they'd think this was some teens' party. I had a feeling like I was in disco club, which I was pretty sure made May take my hand and squeeze it - she didn't like to be at a place filled with unknown people, especially if those people were in large numbers like this was the case. I think it's called Social Phobia in psychology, but I'm not sure - she's never paid a visit to a psychologist to find out and she doesn't intend to.
I slightly hit her head to shake her out of her thoughts. "Dyson's here."
She looked up and noticed Dyson standing in front of us, wearing a black tuxedo and white shirt. She got up and gave him a tight hug, before kissing his lips with lots of passion. He replied with his usual, bright smile.
"You look lovely tonight", he said. She was clad in knee-length pink dress and high-heeled purple sandals. Her hair was tied in a ponytail, but there was no trace of makeup on her face. I guess she really did look lovely.
"Thank you, dear." She kissed him once more as another 'thank you'. "You look nice too."
"Thanks. "He smiled again and looked at me. "You too look-"
"If you say lovely, I'll smack you!" I cut him off. I wore the same outfit I wore on that school party a month ago - short red dress, red high heels- and I really hated to be dressed like that. Dyson's comment would only make everything worse. But what can you do against Melissa when she's so persistent?
Somewhere in the background, I noticed Melissa running around the house from one guest to another; offering drinks. May excused herself and went to see if she could help her out - I think it was because she felt bored - while Dyson and I decided to just be lazy and be happy while doing it. As soon as she left, he sat next to me and sighed. I noticed him staring at my boobs - I don't think I was his type of a girl, but you see what this outfit does to people? I tried to call him and shake him out of his thoughts, but he was like hypnotized by the view. I know most of the girls would like some guy to stare at their boobs, but not me. I was angry at him for doing that.
I slapped the back of his head and his eyes met mine. "Do it again and I'll hurt you", I threatened.
He nodded. "S-sorry."
May's POV
"Are you okay?" I asked Melissa as I approached her, only to see her filling lots of glasses with beer, wine, juices and many other kids of drinks. "Need any help?"
"Someone forgot to put the beer in the fridge. Everything's warm!" Melissa yelled hysterically. I think she was into this party too much.
"How about you use your power?" Now, that was the idea.
Melissa sighed in relief. "May, you're a genius!" she said as she pointed her hand towards the beer bottles and glasses, cooling them down; of course, careful enough not to freeze them solid.
"I have my moments."
A few seconds later Mrs. Tanner - Melissa's mom - joined us behind the bar, wearing a big smile on her small face. It was pretty obvious she was satisfied with the party.
"Happy birthday, Mrs. Tanner", I said as I shook hands with her. "And if I might notice, that's a lovely dress you have there."
"Thank you, may", Mrs. Tanner replied. She wore a short blue dress, exactly the same to the one Melissa wore. "I liked the dress Melisa bought, so I bought one for myself too."
"No kidding", Melissa mumbled sarcastically. I think she was embarrassed by the fact her mom had the same dress she did.
Mrs. Tanner, Melissa and I continued our chat until Mrs. Peets - Illene's mother -appeared at the door. And guess who was with her? Only the two girls Melissa, Destiny and I last wanted to see at that party - Illene and Therese. I bet they joined Mrs. Peets just to annoy us. Mrs. Tanner excused herself to go over and greet her co-worker - yes, Illene's mom and Melissa's mom were co-workers. I wonder how that creature called Illene can be a daughter of such a kind person Mrs. Peets is.
"Oh, no. The bitches are here", Melissa groaned.
I smirked. "Maybe they take the juice or something so we can get into action."
Melissa nodded. "Maybe."
Destiny's POV
As soon as Mrs. Tanner greeted them and Mrs. Peets, Illene and Therese somehow noticed Dyson and I sitting on the couch and for some reason they thought it'll be nice to join us. I rolled my eyes at the very sight of them, while Dyson kept his cool. I wonder how the hell he managed to stay so calm while being near them. I never liked that two; they were mean and had no respect of others - they thought that if they were the most popular in school, they own and can have everything they want. The other reason was they always made May jealous - everyone knew Illene had a crush on Dyson and she didn't really bother to hide it. She used every chance possible to make May look bad in front of him and always flirted with him when May was near.
"It's weird to see someone like you on a classy party alike this one", Illene spoke to me. I just rolled her eyes at her statement - knowing her for so many years made me immune to her insults.
"I'm sorry. Do I know you?" This gotta annoy her.
"Yes, it's me, Illene." Illene rolled her eyes and pointed to Therese. "And this is Therese. What is it with you these days? Temporarily amnesia?"
"Oh, yeah." I smiled. "I never usually forget faces, but in your case I'll was glad to make an exception. And I won't thank you for making me remember, now I'll have nightmares for at least a month."
Therese's eyes made a fine circle - yep, she was annoyed, along with her buddy Illene.
Illene sat next to Dyson and gently took his hand. He pulls his hand back, which made her sit closer to him and lean onto his shoulder.
"Wanna dance, Dyson?" she asked in a seductive voice.
He moved closer to me and shook his head. "No. I'll dance with May."
"But May's not here right now", Illene was persistent. "And she can't dance anyway. What she doesn't know won't hurt her."
This was really getting out of hand and I decided to get involved. Dyson was good at keeping his distance from her, but if May came and saw her seducing him, I don't think that scene would look too well. "Are you so desperate to find a boyfriend you have to steal someone else's to have one?"
"I don't have to steal someone else's boyfriend. I can have every guy I want. I just want to dance, that's all." Illene faked a smile. "And I would never steal from May. She's just... Let's just say she's not born with qualities most of boys would like. Like intelligence or being thin or having a pretty face."
I balled my fist. No one's insulting my friends and getting away with it. I was just about to curse her whole family out - maybe even hit her - when Dyson interrupted me.
"Listen, Illene", he said in a fake friendly voice - I guess he didn't like his girlfriend being insulted either, "I think it's best for you to leave. I do not want to dance with you or hang out with you or be with you or sit with you and I don't want you near me for this whole evening. Got it? And leave May alone, she's done nothing to you. If you're so brave, then say all of this to her face."
Looking insulted, Illene got up and together with Therese headed towards the kitchen. "Smartass", I heard her mutter while leaving.
"Good one, Dyson." I gotta admit, Dyson surprised me with his speech. I think it showed Illene not to think of him as a wimp - he can be a man too and with this he proved himself as one. If only May was here to see him at his moment of glory.
Melissa's POV
I was so nervous about the whole party thing that May had to give me tips how to use my powers just to cool the drinks down and not to freeze them completely. We put the juice, wine, beer and other drinks' bottled on the bar and all I had to do was to hold my hand up and think of cooling them down - sounds easy in theory, but in practice it's pretty hard.
"What are you doing?" Familiar voice interrupted us. Oh, no! Just what we needed - the bitch twosome to bother us.
I looked up and saw Illene and Therese, wearing the exactly same short white dresses and high heels. Like they're home, they took the glasses and reached for the beer bottles - it would be polite if they waited for me to cool the beers down and make them actually drinkable.
"Could you just wait for it to cool down?" I asked, annoyed.
Therese cynically smiled. "And that would happen how exactly? By you holding your hand up?"
I gulped at her statement - what if she saw me using my power? Well, maybe she did, but didn't know it was a power. She probably thought I was a psycho for holding hand up like that.
Illene took the beer bottle in her hand and opened it, which brought smile to May's face. I kinda knew what she was about to do and I liked it. Too bad Des was not here to heat it up.
May put her hand down, but I grabbed it and whispered to her ear: "Wait for me to make it cold first."
She nodded and waited for me to do the job. I put my hand into a stop-sign position, cooling down the beer in Illene's bottle; almost freezing it. Seeing me being done with my work, May waved her hand from left to right, making the beer splash all over Illene, ruining her perfectly, snow white dress. She screamed in astonishment and put the bottle back onto the bar.
"What the hell?" Therese shrieked. "Why does this always happen lately?"
I glanced at May and smirked; she doing the same. "Didn't I mention we have a pressure problems in this house?" I think this was a perfect excuse.
"Therese, let's go outside! I don't want to be see until I dry out!" Illene ordered to her friend, who obeyed and together they headed towards the back door.
Destiny's POV
I noticed the front door opening and saw a familiar figure entering the house, dressed in an elegant black dress and shoes - Mrs. Rose Tanner. Her lips curved into a smile as she glanced outside for a moment - probably into the full moon - before closing the door and heading towards the place Dyson and I were sitting.
"Good evening, kids", she greeted as she sat next to us. Dyson and I retaliated the greeting.
"So what are you doing here, Mrs. Tanner?" I asked. I don't get it? Was she not trusting us so she had to check on us or something?
Mrs. Tanner smiled. "Please, dear, call me Rose", she said as she continued her reply: "I was invited to the party, but I also wanted to check on you girls to make sure you're okay."
This part angered me. What the hell did she think? That we were little girls that can't take care of themselves? And besides, we were inside so there was no way we would get moonstruck.
"No worries, they have me", Dyson said proudly. I rolled my eyes.
"We're doomed."
Dyson glared at me. "What was that supposed to mean? That I can't protect you well enough?"
"You sure as hell proved that you can protect us when you gave us a rash with that spray of yours, with a cover that it's a poison ivy rash."
"It was an accident."
"You knew about it and instead of coming clean, you tried to make it better and guess what? It didn't work!"
"At least I tried!"
"Well, if I was you, I wouldn't even try."
"What a surprise."
"Please, stop it, kids", Mrs. Tanner - I mean, Rose - stopped out little argument.
"I'm going to the bathroom", I said as I got up and headed to the desired place. I heard Rose warning me about the full moon and I promised I'll be careful. Gee, these old people really were annoying.
-H2O-
Flushing the toilet, I reached for the wet tissues pack that stood on the cupboard. Wiping my hands, I threw the tissue into a trash can and glanced at the mirror that stood right across the bathtub and the toilet. I noticed my hair was a bit messy, so I went to fix it, when I suddenly fell into a trance at the sight of a small, golden, circle-shaped figure that sparkled in the mirror - the moon. Obviously I forgot that the mirror was also right across the window, but now it was too late for feeling sorry.
I felt my body relaxing like I'm on some kind of drugs; my arms and legs felt lightweight and my heart began beating slower and slower and slower... Until I felt like it stopped its beat. My face expression turned serious - my eyes darted at my reflection in the mirror in an if-looks-could-kill way. I turned on my heel to the window; facing the bright-lighted moon that looked so beautiful I wanted to won it. I've got this weird feeling that my self esteem strengthened and I felt like I wanted to tell the whole damn human kind the truth about them - that they're all low-leveled bastards now worth life they were given and that they should all die in a painful death. Why did those humans have to take over this world anyway? It would be so much better if the world was ruled by mermaids - at least we had powers to put some things - and persons - in order.
I nodded at the moon and left the bathroom, heading back to find my mermaid friends and ask them to join me to make my dreams come true - together, the three of us could make the human kind fear us and they would no longer be in charge; we would.
Passing by all those people made me realize how much flaws they had - they were almost all drunk, ugly, boring, stuck up, superficial, shallow and dull, unlike us - the mermaids - who were perfect in everything. We were pretty, nice, understanding and we could have any man we wanted. We were the rulers of the oceans and waters, which meant we could control them - we could control those pathetic humans by manipulating their blood and that way making them our slaves. Yes, that's a brilliant idea! May, Melissa and I - the three of us - could rule the world and free it from these weak humans' leadership.
I felt my body temperature warming up, which made me realize I was probably too angry and excited - my power could easily get out of control and spoil everything. I felt warmed and warmer, and as my body was heating up, so was the room temperature. I leaned on the wall to take a rest - it was so hot I was barely walking. So why were the humans still able to stand on their feet? Didn't they feel this hotness?
I observed all these people that surrounded me; tiny drops of sweat running down their forehead and arms. The very look at those sweat drops made me feel even hotter. What the hell was wrong with me? I was perfectly fine until I reached this room and... Then I realized what the problem was! It was not my power or me feeling angry or excited - it was them, the humans. They were doing this to me! They wanted to kill me. They probably realized my true intentions and wanted to slay me.
But no! I was not letting this happen. I took a deep breath and tried to walk again, only to fall down on my knees; my whole body was shaking and I felt disoriented. Wait... Where was I heading? Where are my friends - my mermaids? Where are they' Why was I alone? In which direction were they?
My head began to hurt hard and I covered it with my hands. My feelings mixed in my head - in one moment I was delusional, in the other I was panicking and afraid, then in the next I felt powerful. All of a sudden the humans started to scream; at the same moment my headache lowered. I looked up and saw their drinks exploding and evaporating. Yes! I knew it? I knew I could do it! My power made them afraid; I made them afraid!
Feeling a bit better, I got up and turned to the wall; heading towards the nearest room possible which turned out to be the kitchen. I used the all as a support for walking since I still felt weak - what have those humans done to me?
"Des! Are you okay?" Melissa and May probably panicked seeing me in that condition. Judging by their voices, they were pretty scared for me. See, those are the real friends, not some pathetic humans who don't give a damn about their loved ones.
I nodded. "I'm fine, I just... Need water." I went to take a glass, but my legs began to shake again and I once again fell down onto my knees. May ran over to me to help me get up, but I raised my hand to stop her - if she touched me, she would get hurt and I didn't want that. She was one of my kind after all. "I just need a glass of cold water. My head hurts a bit."
Melissa gave me what I've asked for in just about few seconds. I tried to drink that water, but it was too warm for me so Mel had to cool it down with her power - let me tell you the truth, I heated up the water myself because I wanted her to use her power because using it felt so good. As soon as she cooled it down, I drank everything and instantly felt my strength getting back - meaning I was able to stand on my own two feet.
"It's okay now, everything's fine", I said in a raspy voice. But it was a lie. I still had a small headache, but I didn't want to worry the girls. Friends shouldn't disturb each other, right?
A couple of minutes later I felt the weakness coming back to me - what the hell was happening to me? My small headache turned into a big one and everything in my head was spinning I was barely standing. I felt so hot I could barely breathe. I bet it was those damn humans again.
"Why are they doing this to us?" I asked my friends in an annoyed tone - it sounded almost as I yelled at them. They stared at me; surprised. "What? Don't you think it's unfair they're doing this?"
May and Melissa shoot me with puzzled glances. I know I've never yelled at them before - even when we were arguing - but how could they not feel this warmth the humans infected us with? They were my kind, they had to feel it.
"Who are they, Des?" Melissa asked; her small brownish-green eyes met my brown ones.
"Humans! Can't you feel what they're doing? It's just too fucking hot!" I went behind the bar to get myself another glass of water. I reached for faucet to release the water, when suddenly instead of water, through it leaked a superhot steam.
What the hell? I jumped back for a step and glanced at my two friends; their confused looks meeting my eyes like an arrow that was about to stab their prey. Did May and Melissa think I did that? And on purpose? I would never do anything like that, especially not in someone else's house.
All of a sudden all the bottles from the bar exploded and their content ended up everywhere - from the bar, to the walls and floor. I screamed. What was happening? Was I really the cause of it?
"It's you!" May glared at me with her eyes that revealed fear deep in them.
"Did you look at the moon?" Melissa asked.
I gulped. Have I looked at the moon or was this all my imagination? Maybe I just drank too much... But I don't remember drinking anything. "No, I didn't, no! I dunno... Maybe." I panicked. All of this was going too fast and I felt threatened - what if someone wanted to hurt me? But how would they do that? Would I hurt them? Or was it me that's the main problem?
"Okay, Destiny, you just have to calm down. We're not gonna hurt you. We'll just get you to the cool room and everything will be fine, okay?" May said in a friendly voice as she reached for my hand. Touching my right wrist, she immediately pulled her hand back and screamed in pain. "You burnt me!"
I felt my heart pounding fast again; my temperature's risen up and I felt anger taking over me. "I will not calm down! And you're not taking me anywhere! I'm staying right here where I am and you can't do anything to make me go away! I'm in charge now! I have the power!"
Seriously, what the hell were they thinking? I tried to be nice to them - to my kind - but they just wanted to use me to gain my thrust and lock me into some room with no windows and no water. How was I supposed to look at the moon if locked there? Oh, the moon. The very thought of it made me giggle.
The girls gave me strange looks again - probably 'cause they had no idea why I was giggling all of a sudden - but the thing is that I didn't even care anymore. All I knew was I was thirsty. I went to take the glass of water again, but the drinks exploded once again - or what was left of them. All the liquids immediately turned into a hot and burning steam and I got that panic feeling back.
May and Melissa screamed and I screamed along. What was I doing? Was I hurting them? I couldn't do that. They were mine and therefore I was supposed to protect them from humans, not harm them even more.
"It's all my fault! I can't stand this anymore!" I shrieked and as fast as I could I ran towards the back door - I had to get out and calm down. My feelings were getting pretty mixed up and I had to figure out what I do and dunnot want. For one moment I wanted to protect my fellow mermaids from humans and their evil deeds and for the other I wanted to hurt them as well.
While I ran through the crowd, I almost fainted for a couple of times, but I just kept running. I had to get out of there and there was nothing that could stop me - not even my own sickness.
-H2O-
Running through the long, empty hallway, I observed the shining moon through the glass wall that looked at the backyard. Melissa's family didn't have much money, but their house was to die for. If only mine was like that - with glass walls and all - I could look at the moon any time I wanted if it was.
But as soon as I opened the large, glass door, the glance at the moon made me feel furious at it - it did this to me! It turned me into a monster. Facing a large swimming pool, I noticed two female figures standing in the shadow on the other side - Illene and Therese.
"What's with you?" Therese smiled - she decided to be annoying again. "You're kicked out?"
"Fuck off!" I simply told her off. Illene smiled in an evil way.
"No need for you to be violent."
Rolling my eyes, I passed the pool and headed to the backyard door, but was stopped by Illene and Therese - they decided to stand in front of me and not to let me go further.
"Move!" I ordered in a threatening tone.
"And what if we won't?" asked Therese, as she and Illene burst into laughter.
But that only made my rage bigger. I yelled: "Then I'll make you" and raised my hand, pointing it towards them. Clenching my fingers, I made their blood boil. They fell to their knees and tried to scream, but they were in so much pain they probably barely managed to breathe.
I heard something hitting the glass was behind me and as I glanced back, I noticed Melissa and May hitting the glass and trying to talk me out of boiling the bitches' blood. Why did they care for them anyway? Illene said so many bad things about May and probably Melissa and me, Therese being no exception. Not to mention they were weak, powerless humans.
Melissa pressed her hand against the glass, suppressing my power by cooling down this weaklings' blood. I tried to boil it harder, but Mel was better at it. Giving her an angry look, I put my hand down and ran to the backyard door. Once out the yard, I ran across the road and jumped into the ocean that shimmered under the moonlight. When will this curse finally stop?
May's POV
Seeing Destiny running away, Melissa and I noticed the moon hiding behind the clouds and ran outside to help Illene and Therese. They were unconscious and probably in lots of pain, but at least now we could convince them they were drunk and imagined everything once they're awake.
"Great. Now we've lost her", I muttered sarcastically.
Melissa nodded. "At least no one got hurt."
I gulped. No one got hurt... Yet.
-H2O-
Melissa and I somehow managed to find Mrs. Tanner - Mel's grandma - and ask her for advice. She refused to let us follow Destiny because then we'd get moonstruck too and could become a bigger threat in three. Dyson offered to follow her instead, but Rose revealed to us that Destiny's powers were the most dangerous and that the only smart thing to do would be to wait till the morning and go to the moon pool to see if she's there. If only it was that simple.
Destiny's POV
Diving out in the bubbling moon pool, I glanced at the moon through the cone of the volcano - its warm, golden eyes met mine. I felt water around me getting hotter and hotter, until it became too hot to withstand. My skin was all red and burned, and I don't even have to tell you about the headache. I started to shake and spin, hitting my head with my hands trying to make everything stop.
Once the water became way too hot for any being to withstand, I felt tears streaming down my cheeks and began to sob and scream and yell. I haven't cried in years and I'd usually never cry for something like this, but it was just too much. I just wanted it to stop. Was it too much to ask for?"
"Leave me alone!" I cried; glancing at the moon. "Why are you doing this to me? Stop it! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
May's POV
The first thing Melissa and I did the next morning was diving under the ocean and heading towards Ooha'oma. As we dove out in the moon pool, we saw Destiny lying on the surface outside the pool. Her red dress and heels seemed intact, but the skin on her legs and arms was red - it looked like it was cooked. We couldn't see her face since she was lying with her back turned to us, but it was probably red too. She must've hurt herself last night with her powers.
We tried to call for her to wake up, but she didn't seem to hear our voices. After a couple of minutes of trying to wake her up, we finally succeeded. She used her hand as a support to raise her torso up and glanced back at us - just as I thought, her face was burnt.
"What-what am I doing here?" she asked weakly. That confused and innocent look she gave to Melissa and I I'll never forget. Poor girl had amnesia, but it was a good time to remind her.
"Last night you looked at the moon and went gaga", I explained; short and clear. She didn't have to know all the details just now.
Destiny frowned and made a sad face. "Did I hurt anyone?"
Melissa shook her head. "Well... Not really. You were just a little... Hot." I think she decided to leave the incident with Illene and Therese for later.
-H2O-
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