The reviews made me laugh lol

I'm sure Dyson appreciates your concern for him. Now let's see how he deals with his secret, shall we?

Oh, and what was in the last chapter said in "Next time" will be in the next chapter because this chapter is only Dyson-centric. So if you're fans of his, you'll enjoy it.

Dyson's POV

I jumped into a cold sphere of water called - aka the ocean - and violently kicked my feet until I've got the tingly feeling in my legs. With a gulp I observed the scenery behind me; my legs merging together to allow a long, bronze fishy tail to sprout. I waved my tail and started my quest around the coral reefs; enjoying the feeling of many colorful schools of fish swimming alongside me.

What I was looking for remains a mystery; all I knew is that it was there, somewhere between the reefs. My hand touched a beautiful light blue coral and I instantly pulled it back - my finger got cut by it. A small river of blood surrounded me, and soon the whole ocean turned red. I began to scream really loud, hoping that someone would hear me. I screamed and I screamed, and I screamed, but no one ever came. I continued screaming and at that exact moment-

I raised my torso in just a bit of a second; my whole body wet thanks to liters of sweat that consumed it. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. It was all just a dream. Just a dream.

Even though I tried to convince myself I was only dreaming, I couldn't get rid of an awful feeling I had for the last 18 hours - hours that passed since the incident on Ooha'oma on the night of the full moon. That moment May pulled me into the pool all I thought about was to get out of it as soon as possible. Who'd know that such a girly girl could hold so tight onto me.

Once the moon passed the volcano cone, I knew that it was it. I knew about the secret I'd have to share. The rest of the night seems to somehow be deleted from my memory, but the events of next morning played over and over in my head at least three times every day.

"Dyson... Dyson!"

I felt something gently hitting my arm; it was something soft and mild, like someone's hand. I groaned, trying to stay asleep, but the hand wouldn't stop hitting me.

"Dyson!"

And all that was needed to wake me up was a good-morning-hard slap. I widely opened my eyes and observed my surroundings - I established that I was in the cave by the moon pool, with Destiny and Melissa by my side. Destiny held her hand in the air - that's where the slap came from.

"What?" I asked; shocked by what she did to me. She didn't have to slap me to wake me up. Opera music usually works.

"You're alive!" Without another word Melissa tightly wrapped her arms around me; pulling me into a hug. "We thought she killed you!"

I frowned. May killed me? No way! She'd never do that. She's too sweet. At least when she's moonstruck.

Wait... Moonstruck? The full moon last night. The pool. Bubbling. Volcano cone. Moonlight. May. Me.

I screamed as I remembered the events of last night. With my eyes wide opened I glared at my legs. No, I couldn't be a merman. No! I couldn't! May couldn't do that to me. The moon wouldn't let her. Or would it?

I sent a scared glance at Melissa and Destiny. "Where is she?" I asked;' she' referring to May.

"She's at home. And guess what: she doesn't remember anything", Melissa replied.

I gulped and gasped. She doesn't remember what she did, but I sure do. Who wouldn't remember the night their life got ruined for the rest of eternity? Having no other choice and sick of getting strange glares from them, I decided to tell Melissa and Destiny everything.

"May... She turned me into a merman."

Melissa's eyes formed a shocked glare. "She what?"

"Turned me into a merman", I repeated. I started talking so there was no other way than to tell them the whole story. They seemed to be very interested in hearing it. "Last night when I arrived here, May was in the moon pool. We talked and I offered to take her home and she accepted. She requested that I pull her out of the pool and I... I went over to her to do what she asked, but the moment she took my hand, she pulled it to her and I ended up in the pool."

"Wait, wait, wait... A moonstruck May asked you to pull her out of the pool, with a promise that she'll go home with you", Melissa tried to understand, "And you believed her?"

"What was I supposed to do? She looked innocent", I said in a childlike voice.

Destiny rolled her eyes at my statement. "She looks innocent every time she manipulates someone. And this time she was even moonstruck. Haven't you learned about her looks at school when she feels 'sick and needs to go home or else she'll vomit'?"

"Well... I haven't really thought of that." I made a childish face. Mel and Des shot me with a death glare.

"You can be really dumb sometimes", Destiny commented.

Melissa nodded. "I agree."

We chatted for a bit more, until I decided to test my tail. If I was a merman, I should at least practice my new life. I decided to start with my powers, but they didn't really seem to work. I tried lots of different hand movements, but the girls said they didn't get their powers at first either.

Next step: tail. I approached the pool's edge and with a deep breath said "I'm ready" to the girls, after which I was supposed to jump into the pool. But I didn't. I was scared of what I've become, scared of losing my humanness.

"Oh, come on, Dyson", said Destiny, "Be a man for once in your life."

Her statement angered me and I was just about to shot something back at her, when I felt small hands hitting my back; pushing me into the water. Melissa for sure.

I tried to stay under the water for as long as possible, afraid to show the girls I was one of them. I mean, which manly man would ever admit he's a merman? The very second I hit the water, I started counting in my head the seconds that'll show me my fish side.

1. I gulped and put my hands around a rock underwater in order to keep my body under too.

2. My breathing fastened and my heart beat so hard and loud I could hear it despite being underwater.

3. I looked around the underwater part of the moon pool - I guess it will be my new frequent residence so at least I should've start trying to like it.

4. I noticed a fish approach me, but the moment it saw me, it ran away. Was I really that scary?

5. I reached out with my hand and picked some sand into it. God, how long it lasted!

6. The sand flew away from my palm; dissolving into water.

7. This time I picked up a rock - it was small, but it remembered me of myself - so small and tiny and yet a bearer of such a big secret. I wondered how the girls are able to handle it.

8. I threw the rock away. It brought bad luck! So what if I was small and tiny? I can live with it. If the girls can - and they're girls - so can I. A man. I'm not a sexist, but still... What was this for me? It could only bring good things into my life.

9. I closed my eyes and made a wish - that I manage to live on as normally as possible. It's not a bad thing to wish for, right? All I wanted was to live in peace with my secret, safe from the bad world. The bright side is that I was the scientist. I could do research on my own body and find out what triggers the transformation - I mean, I know it's water, but what makes it trigger it? Why do we merpeople have powers? Where do they come from? Why do only hand movements allow them to manifest? It's not a bad thing to be different when you can answer many questions unanswered by now.

10. That's it. I'm ready. I'm ready to face my destiny. My legs are not there anymore - I have a tail. A big, bronze tail. I think it glitters in sunlight. It's slippery and fish-like, but it does not stink like a fish. I opened my eyes, ready to see my tail. There, very there, at the place of my legs stood...

My legs! My own tanned, skinny legs. I narrowed my eyes; surprised. Why wasn't there a tail? Where did it go? Was it even there?

Still in shock, I let go of the rock and surfaced .With the very touch with upper world, I faced Melissa and Destiny's concerned glances.

"And?" Destiny asked curiously.

I shook my head. "There's no tail."

"What?" Destiny was surprised. "I'm telling you, no tail."

"So you're not a mermaid?" Melissa said; it sounded more like a question than a statement.

"I guess not", I said.

Destiny cleared her throat. "Let me get this straight - you left us here worried for this ten seconds for nothing?" I nodded. "Are you sure you were in the pool when it bubbled?"

"I was, I swear." They didn't look convinced. "Wait till the next full moon and get May moonstruck, she'll tell you everything."

"Maybe only girls can go mermaids", Melissa suggested.

I frowned. "Maybe." At that exact moment something interesting crossed my mind. "Let's go home, I'm hungry."

"We just discovered something big." Melissa aimed a death glare at me. "How can you think about food?"

"I also have a theory. A very important one."

Destiny rolled her eyes. "It better be."

I got up the bed and turned on the light. I know it was Sunday night - actually it was 2 am, which makes it a Monday morning, also known as school morning - but I couldn't sleep anymore after that nightmare. I turned on the computer and looked through my files. All those research about the full moon effects on mermaids and their behavior has finally paid off.

After the last night's event, one thing was for sure - the moon was a sexist. The fact that it only allowed girls to be mermaids is considered unfair by me. I was not a mermaid-wannabe, but it still offended me that the moon had sexistic nature. What if some guy wanted to be a merman and/or wanted powers? What then? If the moon could be sued for discrimination, I'm sure someone would do it.

But beside that, I discovered something else. I had it in my mind those two times before May - the times with Melissa and Destiny - but now that May was moonstruck as well, I could finally confirm my theories. And if my theories were right, the girls would have to be careful about their behavior at the night of the full moon, before it all goes wrong.

-H2O-

The bell marked the end of the class. I slowly moved through the hallway, trying to find the exit door so I can go home and finally get some well deserved sleep. After the sleepless night I had, I just hoped I'd be able to fall asleep easily; with or without nightmares, a sleep is still a sleep and I'd appreciate it.

Once out, I bumped at May in the street and lost my balance - I almost collapsed to the ground, but my girlfriend caught me on time.

"Are you okay?" she asked; concern obvious in her voice.

I nodded; my head down I shame. I was supposed to handle this like a man, but no - I just had to be a wimp. "I'm fine." I took a step further from her.

"I'm sorry about the full moon thing", she said, "Please don't be mad at me."

I turned to her; my eyes meeting hers. I saw she was at the edge of tears and immediately knew I had to justify my behavior toward her. "No, I'm not mad. I'm just tired. I didn't sleep last night and I don't feel very well. I'm sorry if you felt threatened."

"It's okay." She gently hugged me.

"So what is it that you wanted to say?" Destiny broke our romantic moment with her question.

I cleared my throat. "Oh, yeah. It's about the full moon. I discovered that it's affection on you has something to do with your emotions." I turned to Melissa. "You became a party queen, remember?" Then to Destiny. "You were nervous about Melissa's mom's party and became angry at humans." And then to May. "And you were somehow provoked by me about the sexy look - for which I deeply apologize - and you became a sexy lady. Not that's you're not, but you know what I mean."

"So you're saying that we can't even feel normally around the full moon?" Destiny asked.

I nodded. "Yeah. You need to be careful about that.

Melissa rolled her eyes and I noticed an expression full of anger in her eyes. "That's just great! So what's next? We won't be able to breathe normally so our hart reactions don't make the moon feel threatened?" She looked up at the sky and I think she spoke loudly to the moon: "That's what you want, is it? To forbid us to live a normal life! Well, you know what? It's not going to work! Because I'm better than you! You hear me? I'm better than you! You're just-"

I covered her mouth with my hands once I noticed people around us began to stare. "Keep it down, will 'ya? There are people on the street."

"I don't care", she angrily responded, "I just want it to stop. I just want it to leave me alone."

"Guys, look." Both Melissa and I looked at the direction May pointed her finger at. We saw three trailers and an expensive-looking car parking by an abandoned old small building that used to be a store. It stood right across the pier and had a great view on the ocean.

"Someone's moving in?" Destiny asked.

"I guess", I muttered.

"Maybe the new store will open", Melissa assumed.

"I hope it'll be nice and that things there will be affordable", May commented.

One of the shorter chapters, I know.

Who are the people moving in? What's with the store? Will the girls be able to live normally since Dyson told them about the full moon's connection to their emotions?

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