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On with the story:
Emma still couldn't believe she was a mermaid, everything involving water had become a challenge, even a single bath. Oh, how she didn't like it.
And with Cleo, it wasn't much better. She couldn't even take care of her fish properly. Oh, how she hated it.
And with Rikki. She was swimming and exploring the seas every time she could. Oh, how she loved it.
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At the Sertori's Rikki is dreaming about her life as a mermaid, Cleo is panicking about her life as a mermaid.
"This is a catastrophe of the highest order. Moisturizing is mainly water."
"If dolphins could swim for miles, so can we."
"We can't moisturize ever again."
"We could swim all the way to Fiji. Could you imagine that?"
"Our skin will be dry and wrinkly. We'll be Geriatrics by the time we're 21."
Enough of all the pointless squabbling between Cleo and Rikki, Emma decides to interrupt "I missed training today. The first time in 6 years."
"See. See how bad this is. We have to tell somebody: our parents, a doctor, the police, …"
"And then end up a mermaid in a straight jacket with moisturized skin. Forget it."
"Rikki is right, Cleo. We can't tell anyone."
"Not even mum?"
"No, no parents."
"But I tell mum everything."
"Well not this time. It's to dangerous, people just won't understand. We could be locked up."
"Why would we be locked up?"
"Because we're different, because we can do things that other girls can't do; because they're scared of us."
"Fine, I won't tell anyone. Except Lewis."
Rikki decided this was the time to interrupt, since Emma's soft approach didn't seem to work on Cleo.
"No Cleo, not Lewis, not anyone."
"Ok, don't worry, I'm really good at keeping secrets."
She starts to smile and turns around, not noticing the looks Emma and Rikki give each other. Then Cleo thinks about something.
"What about the demons?"
"What about them?" Rikki says nonchalant.
"What if they try to attack again?"
"We'll just do what we did last time, you make them wet, I freeze them and then we break them."
"What if we're not together?"
"Then you use that thing they call mobiles"
"We'll just have to try to stay together as much as possible and then everything will be al right Cleo. "Remember, you at least have a power" looking at Rikki.
"Yeah I do", moving water right at Rikki's side.
"That's so not fair, you two are working together. But wait till I have my power, then we'll see who will laugh."
And they all start laughing.
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That night Rikki comes back from a late night swim, when she suddenly hears a girl scream, she quickly rans over to the sound. Once there she sees some sort of dog chasing a girl in a bikini. She grabs a wooden stick that still lays there, yells duck and then hits the creature in the face.
"Run."
"What about you?"
"I'll be fine, now run!"
The girl does as Rikki tells and starts running.
Rikki, now alone with the thing, starts beating the monster like hell, until the dog flees.
"Wow, that really was a beast that looked like hell."
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Next day at school Miriam is giving her invitations for her pool party.
"Party time, people. No excuses. In honour of our very own surfing god, the beautiful Byron for winning his special price."
"What price?" Cleo wonders.
"Whatever it is they give out for surfing."
"The coast surf classic. He won by a mile." Emma smiles thinking about Byron.
"I was having a spray-taint, but I'm sure he was amazing. Rikki, I'm sure, I might have a blank."
"Sorry, I'll be flossing my teeth that day."
Miriam gives her a quick smile, before walking away. Which gives Lewis the space to go to Cleo.
"Hey, Cleo."
"Oh hay, Lewis" spontaneously beginning to smile. "Nothing much have been happening to me, nothing at all. Just the same old thing."
"Cleo, euh, are you, euh, are you going to Miriam's party?"
"Off course I'm going."
"And don't forget girls, bring your best bikinis, it's a pool party."
"Right, euh, well, the thing is that you are going …"
"I've changed my mind, I'm not going."
Cleo walks away, leaving a disappointed Lewis.
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After school, the girls walk together to Emma's place and Rikki and Cleo are disagreeing again.
"It's so uncool to miss one of Miriam's party's. She won't ask us ever again."
"So. That's a plus."
"It's a pool party. I know it's dangerous. But maybe if I told Lewis about us, he could look out for us?"
"No, you did the right thing, Cleo. None of us are going."
"No wait, I think we should go. For Byron, not for Miriam. Surfing is just like swimming, it takes a lot of hard work and training. He needs to know everyone is supporting him." And Emma starts to smile again.
"You like Byron, don't you?"
"Hah, no way."
"Well you sound like an ad for breakfast cereal."
Emma changes the subject. "Well if we learned more about what's happening to us, we might be better at controlling it enough to go to the party."
"Really." Cleo really starts to hope Emma will be right.
"What's to learn? We touch water and ten seconds later we grow tails."
"Well, maybe it's about building some discipline. Exercising some control."
"That would be perfect. That's great. Control. Then we could go to the party. I'll text Lewis" and she starts texting, but is quickly stopped by Rikki.
"You do realise that you'll have to swim to test this theory."
"What? No way. Forget it."
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At the privet beach, Rikki tries to convince Cleo to come along.
"Come on, it's not even deep here."
"No."
"Please Cleo"
"No… No." Repeating herself to make it clear.
Emma has enough of Cleo's stubbornness. "Fine, come on Rikki."
"Control and discipline starts with the mind, so concentrate." And she starts chanting "no tail" over and over and is followed by Rikki. But it has no effect, because ten minutes after they touched the water, they grow tails. And to make matters worse they see Lewis arriving.
"Who gave the information? This is my secret high classified fishing spot. Someone must have blabbed." Looking at Cleo.
"Sorry." Cleo says, feeling guilty.
"It's fine. Hey I got your message about going to the party."
"Oh, that was an old message. I'm not going anymore. Too muck homework."
"Fine… well, I might join you all for a swim then." And he starts untying his shirt.
The girl start to panic, but luckily Rikki comes whit a solution. "We're naked, Lewis." And Emma quickly goes along.
"Just a quick dip then?"
"Goodbye Lewis."
"The offer was there."
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Emma, Cleo and Rikki make their way over to Emma's house.
"We're never going to be invited for something cool ever again. And why, because we got tails."
"My swimming career is over."
"I just have one question, why me? I didn't ask for any of this to happen." While speaking she makes a water bubble and brings it to her mouth and drinks it like it is the most normal thing in the world.
"You think you have problems. I've been training to be a swimmer since I was six months old." And makes a water lolly of her juice.
"Well, say goodbye to that dream, because we're merfreaks now."
Rikki just can't stand their negativity anymore. "You two are unbelievable. Look at yourselves. You're drinking water from mid air" while looking at Cleo. "And Emma, you've just made an instant icy pop. Anybody else would love to do that, you both got this amazing powers and all you do is whinge, whinge, whinge. I don't even have a power, do you hear me complaining? No. Well I had enough. I don't want to hang around with whinges." And she walks out on them.
Emma and Cleo look embarrassed at each other and Cleo even ads "I know how she feels, sometimes I don't even want to hang around with me."
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Rikki never saw the chance to inform the others about the beast from last night. They were both to busy, trying not to be a mermaid that they didn't have the time to listen to her. She decided to take care of the beast on her on. So she went to the place where she met the beast, to investigate it. Once there, she found a broken iron leash. So that meant that the creature was set lose by someone.
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At the juice net café, Lewis was talking to Cleo.
"Lewis, what do you think about Rikki?"
"You know those stone fish that kinda look like a rock, that can shoot enough poison to kill an entire football team in half a second? She kinda reminds me of one of those."
Before Cleo could react to the strange comparison, Bryon came in and she joined everyone at congratulating him.
"Congratulations Byron, what's your ranking now? You must be getting up there."
Unluckily Zane intervenes before Byron could answer. "Control yourself."
Lewis shot in defence mode. "Ooh Zane, you're dry. That must feel different." Reminding Zane about the hydrant incident.
Zane promptly walked up to Lewis. "Lewis, … I don't know what happened with that fire hydrant. But if you, so much as mention it again, I'll remove your head from your shoulders."
When Zane tried to back away, Lewis took his shoulder. Cleo quickly intervened.
"Let it go, Lewis."
She got help from Byron. "She's right, he is not worth it mate. And will it change him? No."
Everything went back to normal after that.
"Byron is just a nice guy. Emma's right, we should go to Miriam's party to show some support for him. I mean, what a hero."
"Great, so we go."
"You think?"
"Yeah, whatever blows your hair back."
Cleo looks at him not understanding what he means by that.
"Cleo, I don't get you, one minute you're going and then you're not and then you're going again."
He just couldn't take it anymore, so he took his juice and left, leaving a sad Cleo behind.
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The next morning, Emma is eating her breakfast, when her parents arrive from their jogging. When her mum sees her sitting, she gets worried. "Are you sure you can afford to miss training again?"
"Aren't the regional's coming up?"
"You trained when you had the flue, even when you broke your wrist, you swam with one arm."
"If she is that bad, she should see a doctor."
"I don't need a doctor."
"Sweetheart, you have been spending an awful lot of time in your bedroom lately and locked up in the bathroom. Is there anything we need to talk about?"
"It's nothing."
"It's alright to feel moody. You at an age where you go to a lot of changes and …"
"Exactly, mum. So I'm in one."
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In the meanwhile, Cleo is trying to find a way to stay dry at the party by testing a wet suit.
"Hay Miriam, I was just calling to say I'll definitely be at your party. Probably. … Well I just thought I let you know. … What I'll be wearing, Something appropriate. "Looking at her wet suit.
Then the training began, whit little result as she still gets a tail when she gets wet in the wet suit.
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Lewis couldn't take Cleo's behaviour anymore, he had to talk to someone about it. Just then he saw Rikki reading in an old book. He discreetly tapped her on the shoulder. "Rikki, can I sit."
"I certainly hope so, just not with me."
Ignoring her request, Lewis sits down. Rikki shoves the book of the table, so Lewis couldn't see what she was reading. Lewis not paying attention to Rikki's arrogant look. "I know we had our differences. Euh, thanks" that was to the waitress that brought him his drink. "Euh … I wanna know what's wrong with Cleo."
"What makes you think anything is wrong?"
"I've asked her to go to Miriam's party like a hundred times and every time she changes her mind."
"Maybe she doesn't like you, did you think about that?"
"Yes, it actually did cross my mind. But then I thought, oh no, no, she hangs around with you, her standards must be pretty low."
"Goodbye Lewis." This guy was really starting to piss her off. "Look, can you tell me what's wrong or not?" "Not." She had more important things to think about, like hellhounds. "Please, I know there is." "Look, I'm not even speaking to her at the moment, okay?" And that thing still is running around. "I'm just trying to be alone right." Attacking God knows who... "You think you could just …" She stopped in midsentence when Lewis' drink started to boil.
"What the … Ouch it's hot, is this somebody's idea of a joke." Rikki, not paying attention anymore at Lewis, could only stare at her hand and smile. She found her power. Only one thing to do now, to go and test it properly.
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"I'm glad you called" Emma said as soon as she saw Rikki. "I'm sorry I was talking about all that negative stuff before. I'm not normally like that, it's just that I was …"
"Em, it's cool, do you know where Cleo is, I need to show you guys something."
"Probably at home and what it is?"
"Before I show it, there is something else you should know. I have to tell you something about last night."
"Oh no."
"I went swimming yesterday and …"
"Rikki, do you know how dangerous that is? You don't even have powers."
"Yeah I remember, I was the one being choked."
Emma looks ashamed forgetting it. Rikki, seeing that Emma will be silent, continues her story.
"But that doesn't matter now. Last night when I came back form my swim, I heard a girl screaming, so I went over. She was being attacked by some kind of animal, a supernatural animal, so I started to hit it with a stick until it fled. I want over a couple of books all day and found a mythological creature that just looks like it, a hellhound. People trained it to attack a certain type of look and then eats their brain."
"We have to find this thing and make sure that it doesn't hurt anyone else."
"Don't worry it doesn't like mornings, so we'll have to wait.'
"Now come come on, I wanted to show you something."
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Lewis decides to go and fish a little, but when he arrives at his private beach he soon hears Emma and Rikki talk.
"Ok, ok, I'm officially curious. What did you want to show me?"
"Is that you guys? Are you naked again?"
"Euhm, we're having a bit of a girl talk, Lewis."
"Yes, but are you naked?"
"Go Lewis."
"No, no, I'm here to fish. I'm having withdrawals, I need the relaxation. If anyone is going, it's you guys."
"Don't push it, Lewis"
"Yeah, shouldn't you be following Cleo around?"
"No, no way, I'm totally over that, trust me. I don't know what's going on with Cleo lately, she can't make up her mind." Ring, ring. "You see what I mean. It's Cleo, she is going to the party again. I give up."
Emma and Rikki exchange worried looks.
"Lewis, you got to do us a favour. Make sure Cleo doesn't go to the party on her own. Call her back."
"Nah, I'm here to fish."
"Lewis, this is important, she could be in trouble."
While taking his phone. "I'm not some lackey, I'm not some servant, you really think you can tell me what do to and I'll jump and her phone is off."
"She could be in big trouble, Lewis. You like her, don't you?"
"Well, in a friendship kind of way."
"Well."
He takes his gear and turns around.
"Alright, time to show you." And Rikki starts boiling their tails.
"Wait a minute, you said that the hellhounds were trained to attack people with a certain look, right?"
"Yeah, what …"
"And the girl that was attacked was only wearing a swimming suit?"
"Yeah, but what … Oh no, it can't be."
"Whoever it was, he trained the hellhounds to go after people in bathing suits, which means …"
"We really have to hurry."
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At the party, Miriam opens the door, to find Cleo in the most ridiculous outfit she could find for this party. "It's a pool party, remember?"
"I remember it, it's just that I got a terrible cold, so I won't be swimming. At all. So where is Byron?"
"I'm sure he'll be here any minute. You really are keeping that one?"
"Oh yeah. You can't be too careful with a cold."
And to make her words stronger, she fakes a sneeze. Miriam, who is disgusted "I don't think it's a good idea that you're here. Sick people make me feel … sick."
Tiffany backs her friend up "You should go."
"No, I'm fine. Really it's nothing. I can still party."
"Whatever, just go outside and don't touch anything. And don't try any drinks. Better yet, just stay away from everybody."
"You got it." And she walks to the garden, not hearing Miriam saying loser and Tiffany laughing.
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Once outside, Cleo can only see the pool and how much space it takes in from the garden. She doesn't even see Zane.
"Look who's here. Just when we wanted a bit of fun."
"No, get back."
"I hope you like that, Cleo. You had a good laugh when I got soaked last week. Now it's your turn."
"I have a cold. I can't go in the water. It's the flue actually and it's catching."
"Come on, swim time. You're going in."
"It could even be ammonia."
The guys start chanting Cleo and surround her.
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Right at that moment, Lewis arrives at the party, still armed with his fishing gear
Miriam, always ready to talk to guys. "Lewis, I didn't think you were coming."
"Oh no, just cruising by, I thought I drop in."
"What's with the fishing gear?"
"I never leave home without it. Oh, have you seen Cleo?"
"She is around by the pool, spreading disease."
**
In the meantime Cleo, has been picked up by Zane and Nate.
"No, please stop, please."
"What you reckon, Nate."
"On tree?"
"One, two, …"
Just then Lewis intervenes, making Cleo relax a little. "Let her go, Zane."
"If you insist."
And then he and Nate throw her in the pool.
"Do you have a brain?"
"You told me to let her go. I let her go. Let's go and have a drink, boys"
And everyone starts to go inside.
Lewis walks over to Cleo. "I'm so sorry about this."
"Lewis, there is something you should know."
"No, no, you don't have to say anything."
"No, I really do." And the water starts to blur.
"You know how I've been acting strange, don't freak out, but …" and then the tail is clearly shown. Lewis just looked dazzled at the tail, unable to think.
"Lewis, you have to help me."
He backs away.
"Don't leave me. I really need your help." And she shows her hand. "Lewis, please." And then he takes her hand.
At that moment, Rikki and Emma arrive. But not only they arrive, but also the hellhound. Rikki quickly yells to Lewis "Where is everyone?"
"They're inside."
"Em, go and try to lock them up, Lewis try to get Cleo out of that people, I'll handle this one." While she takes a barbeque poke.
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Emma runs to the back door, luckily the door is wet, so she uses her powers to freeze the lock.
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Back at the pool, Rikki just knocked the animal unconscious. Lewis has less success.
"Can you guys help me a hand? She weighs a ton."
"We can't."
"If we get wet, we grow tails to. Is that what you want?"
"Both of you? All of you? Seriously?"
With a large amount of force, Lewis succeeds in pulling Cleo on land. Just when he got a breath, the hellhound wakes up and to make matters worse, two others join him.
"Oh no."
"Alright, what are those, your sea puppies?"
"No, they would be the evil of your legend."
"You mean, that's real? Attack them then, with your powers." While searching for cover and finding only a chair.
The girls decide to take one each.
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Rikki took the one she already fought twice. She used the poke, she was still holding, to trow over a bucket full of water, which made him wet. She then started to boil it, until it went totally up in flames. Seeing that Cleo had hers under control, she went over to help Emma.
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Cleo used her powers to make water balls and started shooting the hellhound. The thing was starting to back up, until it fell from the balcony and hit the ground hard enough, to burst in flames.
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Emma wanted to freeze it and then realized, he wasn't wet. He then jumped on her and they both fall over. Just when he tried to bite her, he stopped and burst into flames. This left Emma, who now could see Rikki still holding the poke in her direction.
"That was close."
"A little bit too close, if you ask me"
"Welcome to the club, who barely survived."
"Euh guys, I don't want to wine, but I'm still in mermaid form over here and I think I hear noises."
Rikki quickly dried Cleo's tail and they all started to run. Rikki turned around and boiled the pool enjoying her new power.
"I never liked pool parties anyway."
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On their way to the private beach, Lewis notices Byron.
"Hey Byron."
"Hey guys."
"Why aren't you at the party?"
"Huh?"
"The pool party, the one Miriam's is putting on for you."
"Miriam, she is the blond one, right? Parties aren't really my thing. See you guys."
"Nice board."
"Nice pecks."
"Nice attitude."
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"I bet this goes without saying, but if you tell, we maim you."
"I'm not that stupid, if anyone found out, you'll end up as science experiments."
"I quit the swim team today."
"Oh Emma, I know how much that means to you."
"Still, what could I do?"
"This whole thing is just out of control. It's just too big."
"Let me get this straight: you freeze things, you explode things and you boil things and you all grow tails. It's just too bizarre."
"Bizarre yep. But still sometimes it's good" Emma says looking at Rikki. "And sometimes it's not so good." Looking at Cleo.
"It's … it's … I don't have a word for it."
"I do. Three of them: totally, absolutely awesome."
"And what about that thing."
"Well that's just something that comes along with the package, but you should feel how good it feels when you save someone. Oh yeah, and with that demon of today, that makes my total of slaying up to three."
"Slaying? Is that how you call it?"
"Lewis, didn't you figure it out, we're not mermaids." Everyone just looked strange at Rikki. "We're slaymaids." She says in an obvious tone, making everyone, except Cleo, laugh.