I hope you guys like the story, it is a bit on the long side. Thanks for the reviews, I always love to read them.
The importance of memories.
Eleanor is in her apartment talking to an ugly big guy. She hands the guy a little box.
"Whatever you do, make sure that she gets this."
He tries to open it, but she prevents him.
"What is it?"
"That doesn't matter."
"It does if I have to risk my life to get to get it in place."
"It's an inheritance with a little surprise to it. I believe it belongs to my daughter. So just make sure she gets it. Okay?"
They grin at each other before the guy shimmers out.
-h2o-
Rikki is eating her breakfast outside, when suddenly a demon shimmers in before her. She gets up into fighting position.
"What do you want?"
"Is a little breakfast to much to ask?"
He grabs a sandwich from the table as he smiles. She makes a twirl and kicks the sandwich out of his hand. He looks evilly at her and makes a fireball in his hand. He throws it, but Rikki dives right in time.
"You missed."
"Not much chance that it will happen again."
He forms another fireball and right when he wants to throw it, Rikki kicks him in the stomach, making him stumble and letting his own fireball hit him in the stomach. All that's left off him are ashes after a few seconds. "Well thank god my mom thought me some fighting moves." Suddenly she sees something glistering in the ashes. She kneels down and picks up a locket that looks a lot like Cleo's, only the rock on the top is different. She looks back at the ashes. "How did you get this?" All of a sudden she remembers the time. "Damn, I'm supposed to meet Zane." She puts the locket in her pocket and heads inside to get ready for her date.
-h2o-
Zane is already waiting for Rikki as she runs up to him. She gasps for air when she reaches him and gives him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Sorry I'm late, but I ran into some inconvenience."
He smiles and unwinds his arms.
"Well I'll forgive you for a kiss."
She smiles and kisses him full on the lips. He pulls her into an embrace, but they stop as an old lady coughs beside them. They hear her mumbling. "Kids now days have no decency anymore." They smile at each other.
"How is that we always get interrupted by old ladies?"
"We must look like scum."
They laugh and Zane takes Rikki's hand to start walking down the street.
"Hey, do you want an ice-cream."
"Sure."
Rikki reaches into her pocket for some money, but Zane is already moving to the booth.
"No, this is my treat."
"Okay." Rikki smiles at him, when she notices something is in her pocket. She gets out the locket. "I forgot all about you." She holds it out in front of her and smiles. "Why not?" She puts the necklace on.
-h2o-
Zane turns around, holding two ice-creams and noticing Rikki walking away. He quickly goes after her. When almost there, he drops the ice-creams. "Great." He reaches out and turns Rikki around. "Where are you going?"
Rikki tears her arm loose from his grip and stares at Zane before looking around.
"I don't know."
"You don't know, great and with running after you, I dropped the ice-creams."
He points to his shirt where two spots indicate where the ice-creams went to. He laughs, but she doesn't respond.
"I don't know about any ice-creams and I surely don't know you."
She tries to turn away, but once again he turns her around.
"Rikki?"
"You know my name?"
"Off course I do. Rikki what's going on?"
He touches her arm, but she pulls away again.
"Who are you?"
"Rikki, what do you mean? I'm Zane, your boyfriend. And if you think you are being funny, you're not."
She still looks at him like he is a stranger.
"I'm not trying to be funny. Where am I?"
She looks around. Zane grips Rikki's arms to make her look at him.
"Rikki, do you remember anything?"
She looks at him, tears forming in her eyes.
"I have no clue what I'm doing here or who I am."
"Alright, don't panic. We're going to solve this together, okay?"
Rikki nods at Zane and he takes her into an embrace. After a second she hugs him back as Zane looks around, wondering what just happened.
-h2o-
Eleanor opens her door to find Zane there, holding hands with Rikki, who is wearing the locket. A smile forms on her face.
"Hello Rikki, Zane. Why do owe the pleasure?"
She opens the door for them so they can come in. Zane pulls Rikki with him inside and sits her down next to him on the couch.
"Euhm, we have a problem?"
She turns around towards the bar.
"Do you want anything to drink?"
"No thanks, look Rikki can't remember anything, me, where she is, her own name even. I didn't know what to do, so I thought it was best to come here."
Eleanor bends down before Rikki and looks her into the eyes.
"Well that was the right thing to do. I think I know what's wrong with her. There is a rare disease running in our family. But with the right medication, she'll be healthy once again."
She reaches out to touch Rikki's face, but Rikki backs away.
"I've never heard of such a disease."
"Well like I said, it's rare. Look, why don't you go home now? She is in good hands now."
"You're sure I don't need to get a doctor."
"No, I know what she has, she'll be healthy again in a few days. She just needs some rest and the right medications."
Zane looks at Rikki, who strengthens her grip on Zane's hand.
"Please, don't leave me alone."
Eleanor smiles and takes Rikki's hand out of Zane's.
"Don't worry, you're safe with me, isn't that right Zane?"
Eleanor smiles at Zane, who is looking distrustful at her.
"Yeah sure."
Eleanor leads Zane to the door and pushes him out.
"I'll take really good care of her. Oh and Zane, I think it's best for Rikki that you don't tell anyone else that's she is sick. We don't want people to think she is crazy, now do we?"
"I guess."
And with one last glance towards Rikki, Zane leaves the apartment.
-h2o-
Cleo and Emma are walking along the beach. They just came back from a swim.
"So what are your plans for the rest of the day?"
"Byron called, we are meeting this afternoon. I just have to make sure that nothing happens, so please" She looks up to the sky. "No demons today, please."
Cleo laughs and takes Emma by the shoulders.
"Don't worry, Lewis, Rikki and I can handle anything that they throw at us. So where are you going?"
"He is taking me on a trip to the city museum."
"Whoa, interesting."
Emma notices Cleo's sarcastic tone.
"Don't make fun of it. I love to go there. I think it's great that Byron knows that. It must mean something right, that he knows that kind of stuff about me?"
"Sure Emma, if it means something to you then it must really mean something. So go on home you, get ready for your big date."
Emma starts to walk away, but after a few steps she turns back around.
"You do know that you can always call me because if there's an emergency…"
"Lewis, Rikki and I will deal with it. You earned some time off, with all the demon slaying. Now go. We don't want you to be late, now do we?"
"Thanks Cleo, you're the greatest."
"Go!"
And with a big grin, Emma runs off towards her house.
-h2o-
Cleo walks further along the beach when she suddenly hears a scream. She looks around for Emma, but refrains from calling her. She should be having fun. So Cleo runs alone towards the noise. When she comes there she finds a woman lying on the floor. She looks around, but doesn't see anything so she kneels down next to the woman. She kneels down next to the woman to feel for a pulse. Sadly there is none. She backs away quickly and gets out her phone. She dials for Rikki, but gets no answer. So she then dials Lewis. "Lewis… Yeah, I have someone…" She sighs. "How should I know if it's magical?... Where I am? On the beach, before Salderstreet… Alright see you soon." Cleo hangs up and turns around only to stand before an old woman. "Hello can I help you?"
"Where is Louise?"
"Excuse me."
The old woman grips Cleo's arms. Stronger than is expected from a woman from her age. Cleo notices a tattoo on her arm.
"I asked you, where is Louise?"
"I don't know any Louise."
Not happy with this answer, the woman throws Cleo a few feet away. Luckily she lands rather softly on the sand. The woman turns around and runs away. Cleo gets up right when Lewis arrives. He sees her getting up. He goes over to help her a hand.
"Thanks."
"Are you okay?"
He looks her over. Cleo looks at her arms, which are a little bruised.
"Yeah, except some bruises, I'm fabulous."
"So why did you call me?"
"For her." Cleo points behind Lewis. Lewis kneels down next to the woman, while Cleo bends down so she can look over his shoulder. "I heard a scream, so I went to check it out and I find her dead. I phoned you and then some old lady with super-strength attacked me, asking for some Louise. So what do you think?"
Lewis has put on some gloves and pushes some hair away. "Oh god." Cleo turns around as they see that the woman's eyes are still open.
"It looks like her neck is broken. So is her arm and it looks like she also got some few good beatings."
"What do we do now? Call the police?"
Lewis gets back up.
"Yeah, we'll do that in town from a booth, anonymous. We don't want anyone associating you guys with this kind of stuff."
Cleo looks unbelievingly at Lewis. "This stuff." She points to the woman and almost starts crying. "A woman died Lewis, this isn't just some stuff." Lewis gets over and tries to take Cleo in his arms, but she struggles to keep out of them while crying. "It just isn't right." Lewis eventually wins and hugs her. He starts caressing her hair while giving her a kiss on the cheek. She puts her head on his shoulder while clinging to his shoulders. "People shouldn't die. Demons shouldn't exist."
"It's okay, Cleo."
"No it's not, if I hadn't persisted Emma to go home, we would have been on time and she would still be alive."
Lewis leans back and takes Cleo's face in his hands. With his thumbs, he wipes off her tears.
"You shouldn't be thinking like that. If it wasn't for you, Emma and Rikki, a lot of other people would be dead, alright? Now let's get out of here, so we can discover what thing did this, okay?"
Cleo nods, still sobbing, and they walk away, holding each other by the waist.
-h2o-
Emma is sitting in front of the museum, waiting for Byron. He is already nine minutes to late. Finally she sees him coming around the corner. She stands up.
"Sorry, I'm late. I couldn't find a place to park my bike."
"That's okay."
Byron kisses her on the cheek.
"You look great."
"You think, I just threw something on."
"So shall we?"
Byron points to the museum.
"Sure."
They head inside, where Byron pays for their tickets.
-h2o-
After a half hour of touring, they are still in the painting room.
"Isn't this great?... Byron?"
Emma looks around and notices that she lost Byron a couple of paintings back. She walks back and sees him walking back and forth before a portrait of a young woman.
"What are you doing?"
Byron looks around and smiles.
"It's like her eyes follow me. Look."
He walks again back and forth.
"Don't be ridiculous." Emma walks closer and notices the eyes following them. "Oh my god, you're right." She motions for one of the guards to come closer. "Excuse me, could you tell us something about this painting?"
"Sure, it's the painting of queen Gisela of Amand, wife of King Charibert the second. She disappeared right after this painting was made. The legend goes that Gisela and the king were madly in love when suddenly the queen fell ill and was about to die. The king was devastated about this and had to hire someone to take care of their son. This woman was Lucianda. Lucianda wasn't just an ordinary woman, but a witch and one that was madly in love with the king. She wanted to be his queen at all costs. She knew that the king would never marry anyone else if his wife died, so she convinced the king to make a portrait of his wife. The night it was finished she put a spell on the queen. "Trapped inside this painting you'll be, for all eternity." The queen disappeared forever to never been heard from again. The king was heartbroken, when he heard the news that his wife was gone. The king never gave up on the search for his wife. He didn't want to believe that she had left, as Lucianda had been telling him all this years. Five years later, on the exact day that the queen had disappeared, the king was so filled with despair, that he jumped trough a window and died. The portrait of the queen hung right next to the window and the people who had witnessed the king's jump, swore that they had heard the portrait scream. To this day people still say that if you are quiet enough, you can still hear her scream." The guard, Emma and Byron silenced, but before they had the chance to hear anything the guard continued. "Off course that's just a silly legend." The guard walks away. Emma and Byron go closer to the painting, but don't hear anything.
"To bad the story isn't true."
"Yeah, Byron do you mind if I make a quick phone call. I won't be long."
"Sure."
She leaves Byron by the painting and walks out on the terrace to call Cleo.
-h2o-
"Hey, Emma, how is your date?"
"Cleo, I think I found a painting that has a woman inside. I need your help."
"Well I'm kind of busy myself…"
Emma leans against the wall.
"Cleo, you promised me that I would get the day off."
"Emma, there are some things that are more important then your date. I already have a demon to deal with."
Emma immediately comes off the wall and in to action mode.
"Sorry, Cleo, I didn't know. Where's Rikki?"
"Good question, I have called her already seven times, but she just doesn't answer."
"She is probably with Zane. Find her and tell her to help you, I'll deal with this painting."
"Okay, I'll try to find them."
-h2o-
Cleo hands up the phone and sits down next to Lewis.
"Great, Emma says I have to find Rikki, like we don't have anything better to do."
Lewis puts his book down.
"You know what, why don't you try to find Rikki, I'll keep researching."
"But it's not fair that you have to do the researching alone."
"Don't worry, I'll be okay. Besides if you find Rikki, she can help us researching."
Cleo stands up and laughs.
"Okay, I'll try to be back as soon as I can."
She gives Lewis a quick kiss and gets out.
-h2o-
Emma goes back inside the museum and finds Byron still in front of the painting. He is really close to it, probably trying to hear her scream. She comes closer. "Any luck?" He jumps up as Emma startles him. She laughs. "Sorry I didn't mean to startle you."
He smiles.
"That's alright."
"So did you?"
He looks at her strangely.
"Did what?"
"Had any luck in hearing her?"
He smiles again.
"Nah, probably just a dumb story. Too bad."
Emma goes to stand besides him and looks also towards the painting.
"She is truly beautiful."
"Yeah." She looks at Byron, who notices it. "I mean, you look good too, she just reminds me of something."
"What?"
"I know it sounds strange, but a couple of weeks ago, I was surfing, when suddenly a huge wave pulled me under. I blacked out, but when I came too, I heard this wonderful voice. Before I could see the person that had saved me clearly, she was already gone. I've never seen her again, although I kept looking. The only memories I have off her are her beautiful voice and her shining red hair." Emma suddenly looked away. She remembered that day too, that's was the day that she had turned into the little mermaid. "That's why I liked this painting at first, she has the same colour of hair as my saviour. And then I heard the story that the kind has searched for her everywhere, but has never found her."
"You don't really think that that has happened to the girl that saved you, right?"
Byron smiles towards her.
"No off course not, but a guy can wonder. You know I'm really sorry, here I am on a date with the most beautiful girl of the city and then I mess it up with talking about another girl."
They start walking towards the exit.
"Don't be, I liked the story and I'm really glad she saved you cause otherwise I wouldn't be on a date with you today."
They smile at each other before turning towards each other. Byron pushes some hair behind her ear, but instead of taking his hand back, he rests it against her cheek. He comes closer and Emma closes the distance between them. Byron hesitates right before the kiss, but only a second. So short, Emma didn't even notice.
-h2o-
Cleo walks into the juice net café and sees Zane sitting at the bar.
"Hey, Zane. Do you know where Rikki is? I kinda need her right now."
Zane tries to avoid Cleo's stare.
"She isn't with me, I thought she was with you."
"Well she isn't, so any ideas?"
Zane walks past Cleo.
"I don't know, with her mom?"
Cleo laughs.
"Yeah right, Rikki is not there, I can tell you that."
Zane turns around.
"Why not?"
"Because Rikki is not on good terms with her mom right now. She doesn't trust her for an inch."
"Why?"
"Let's just say that her mom doesn't have the best intentions with Rikki."
"Wait, what?" Zane looks confused at Cleo. "She didn't tell me that."
"Well a girl has got to have her secrets. So any ideas where she could be besides with her mom?"
"No, sorry."
"Too bad, I really need her help with something, well thanks for your help Zane."
Cleo smiles and Zane tries to pull a smile off too. Immediately after Cleo left, Zane does the same.
-h2o-
On the way home, Cleo stumbles upon Ms. Chatham. "Hello, Ms. Chatham". She turns around very quickly, like she expected to be attacked. "Don't worry, it's just me." She relaxes.
"Oh Cleo, you made me startle."
"Ms. Chatham, are you alright?"
She turns back towards Cleo.
"Sorry, did you say something?"
"Are you alright Ms. Chatham?"
"Sure, sure, why wouldn't I be?"
She starts walking again and Cleo follows her.
"You look a bit scarred, if I may say?"
She laughs nervously.
"Why would I be scared? For as long as my name has been Louise Chatham, I've never been scarred. So don't be ridiculous."
Cleo stops Ms. Chatham by her arm.
"Wait, what did you say your name was?"
And as on cue, the old woman appears again, but this time, she is looking even older then before.
"Her name is Louise."
Ms. Chatham looks baffled at the old woman.
"Gracie?"
Cleo steps before Ms. Chatham.
"Ms. Chatham, get out of here, I will handle her."
"Three down, two to go."
"I don't think so." Luckily for Cleo, her street lies next to the water. She quickly makes a huge waterbal throws it with such a force, the creature passes out. Cleo takes Ms. Chatham's arm. "C'mon we need to get out of here."
But Ms. Chatham stands still as she keeps looking at the creature.
"Gracie…"
Finally Cleo succeeds in getting Ms. Chatham moving.
-h2o-
He knocks on the door of Eleanor's apartment, but she doesn't open. "Rikki? Are you there?" He starts banging on the door. "C'mon open up." He still doesn't hear anything, so he takes out his phone and dials Rikki's number. He hears her phone going off inside. "Screw this." He kicks the door in. "Rikki, are you here?" He walks into the living room and sees her lying on the couch. He bends down next to here and she opens her eyes partly.
"Zane?"
"Yeah, it's me. Don't worry, I'm going to get you out of here. Put your arms around me."
With help from Zane, she gets her arms around his neck. Next thing he takes her into his arms. They leave the apartment.
"Where are we going?"
"Somewhere, no one will find us."
-h2o-
Back at the museum, Byron has left. Emma is standing in front of the painting. "Alright, I need to get you of there, but how? Probably a spell. Where is Rikki when you need her?" She comes closer to the painting. "Alright if I do get you out, never tell Rikki I just said that, okay?" Emma sits down on a bench and pulls out a paper and a pen. "Okay, how hard can spell making be right? I have better in English then Rikki."
-h2o-
Cleo sits Ms. Chatham down in her room and sits herself down next to Lewis on the bed.
"Ms. Chatham, why did you keep calling that thing Gracie? And why did it want you? What is that thing?"
"I'm so sorry."
"Don't be sorry. This is what we do. Demons show up, they scare us, we vanquish them. This isn't any different!"
"It is different."
"Why?"
Ms. Chatham looks up from her hands, straight into Cleo's eyes.
"Because I created it!"
Cleo looks unbelievingly.
"What do you mean?"
"I was seventeen, fighting evil, like usual." She laughs and looks up like she is seeing it all before her once again. "I hated it. The overwhelming pressure of my destiny." She exhales deeply. "I had found some magical book. I convinced Julia, Max, Randall and Gracie to start practicing magic. Small stuff for pleasure or gain. But I discovered something even… bigger. Eyghon. Also called the Sleepwalker, a demon that can only exist in this reality by possessing an unconscious host. Temporary possession imbues the host with a euphoric feeling of power. One of us would, um." She nervously looks down at her hands. "go into a deep sleep, and the others would, uh, summon him. It was an extraordinary high!" Smiling nervously. "God, we were fools."
"You couldn't control it."
"One of us, Randall, he lost control. Eyghon took him whole. We tried to exorcise the demon from Randall, but it killed him. No. We killed him. We thought we were free of the demon after that. But now he's back. And one by one, he will kill us all."
"Three down, two to go?"
She nods.
"Who is the other left?" She shakes her head so Cleo stands up to stop in front of her. "Ms. Chatham, he is going to go after that person, in need to know who it is."
"I don't even know."
"Wait, what?"
"We had a really hard time copying with losing Randall, especially Gracie was fed up with everything. She gave up her powers and therefore also mine and Julia's. We've never spoken each other after that. I have no idea, who still is alive, and who isn't."
"Do you know how we can kill it?"
"I don't know how to stop it without killing Gracie."
"Don't worry, Lewis and I will start working on it. Why don't you get some rest?"
She starts to go.
"Cleo?" She stops. "I'm sorry."
"I know."
-h2o-
Zane takes Rikki to the beach. She sits down behind some rocks.
"Thank you Zane. You're the only one I can trust right now."
"I love to take care of you.
He sits down next to her.
"So we are some together, right?"
"Yes."
"How long already?"
"That's hard to say. We don't really have a beginning, we just kinda rolled into it."
"How do you roll into a relationship?"
"Only you know the answer to that." Rikki looks down. Zane takes her hand. "Don't worry, we'll figure something out."
She smiles at him. Suddenly the water hits their feet. Rikki jumps up as in a reflection and she feels something changing inside her. She transforms into a mermaid. Zane backs away as he sees what she has turned it to.
"What's happening to me?"
"It's you."
Rikki looks over to Zane.
"Please, don't leave me, I don't know what's happening to me."
Zane is getting over the first shock.
"You're a mermaid."
"I'm a what?"
"A mermaid. You're the one that saved me from the ship. I should have figured it out. You were the person there that woke me up after I almost drowned. And you wanted me stop telling people about mermaids and with all the secrecy."
"Look, Zane. I don't know what you're talking about, but right now, I have other fish to fry. I mean look at me, I'm partly fish." She sticks out her hand in frustration towards the tail and suddenly the tail starts steaming. "What the hell." She pulls her hand back and the steaming stops. When she sticks her hand out again and makes a fist, the steaming starts again.
Zane smiles at her and comes closer to feel her tail. But before he reaches the tail, Rikki is all dry and her legs appear again.
"Alright, now that was cool."
"Okay, but what now?"
"Wait, I remember the picture I found on Ms. Chatham's boat. It was of her and her two friends in mermaid-form. She will know what to do."
"Okay, how do we find her?"
"Emma must know where she is. C'mon, let's go there."
Zane sticks his hand out to help her up, but unfortunately the water hits her feet again. Making her transform again.
-h2o-
"Alright, this will have to do."
Emma puts down her pen and stands up, holding the piece of paper. She coughs in preparation and when she notices that no one is around, she starts. "Trapped inside this painting you would be forever. But this mermaid is clever and gets you out so you can have your happy ever after." The painting glows so hard, that she has to keep her hands before her eyes. When she lowers them again a red-haired woman in medieval clothes is standing in front of her. The painting only has a décor right now.
"Thank you so much. Now I can finally be with my husband."
She looks up, but nothing happens. Emma comes forward.
"What is suppose to happen now?"
"I don't know, I thought I would be able to go to my husband, but apparently not."
Emma notices the crowd that is forming in the room.
"Well, why don't we get you out of here, you're getting a lot of attention here."
-h2o-
Back at Cleo's, Lewis and Cleo are doing research. "Hey, I found him." Lewis points to a picture. "Isn't that the tattoo you saw on Gracie's arm?"
"Yep that's it, what does the book say about it."
"It's called the Mark of Eyghon, worn by his initiates. Eyghon, also called the Sleepwalker, can only exist in this reality by possessing an unconscious host. Temporary possession imbues the host with a euphoric feeling of power."
"Yeah, we already know that, but what about the non-temporary?"
"Unless the proper rituals are observed, the possession is permanent, and Eyghon will be born from within the host."
"Eww!"
"Wait, listen. Once called, Eyghon can also take possession of the dead, but its demonic energy soon disintegrates the host, and it must jump to the nearest dead or unconscious person to continue living."
"So how do we kill it?"
"No idea."
Suddenly the front door opens and Emma enters with a woman that looks medieval. The woman starts looking at the interior.
"Hello Emma, who is this?"
"This is Gisela. The woman of the painting."
"Isn't she supposed to be dead?"
The woman looks at Cleo.
"I believe I am. I think I can't move on because I still have something to do on earth."
"Great, any ideas what that is?"
Once again the front door opens and Zane and Rikki enter. Zane goes over to Emma.
"Emma, I need to speak with Ms. Chatham, it's urgent."
"Zane, I already told you that Ms. Chatham doesn't want to see you. Now leave, we have some bigger things to deal with."
She pushes him towards the exit, but Zane won't move.
"You don't understand, I need to talk to her."
"Rikki, why don't you tell your boyfriend to leave, we could really use your help."
Rikki looks at Emma.
"Are you Emma?"
Emma looks at Zane.
"I told you it was urgent. She has lost all her memories completely."
"You've got to be kidding me."
"Would I laugh about that?"
Cleo lets out a huge sigh.
"Great, like we don't have enough problems with the demon that's trying to kill Ms. Chatham and another person that we don't even know, then Emma has to come and bring Gisela who needs a reason to be, cause otherwise, she won't get to move on. Now Rikki has to lose her mind." Cleo looks up. "Really, are you serious about this?"
Zane looks at Emma.
"Do you know what she is talking about?"
"Partly. Hey, why are you still here? We'll handle Rikki."
"Yeah right. I'm not leaving her here alone with you crazy people."
Everyone starts yelling at once, that no one notices Eyghon entering. She throws Zane to the other side of the room, where he falls unconscious.
"Zane!"
Rikki runs over to Zane and kneels down next to him. Eyghon turns her attention to Cleo. "Where is she?"
"Who?"
"I don't have much time left, so just tell me where she is."
"Here I am." Eyghon turns around and sees Ms. Chatham coming down the stairs. "You won't hurt anyone else I care about."
Cleo forms a water ball from the water in the sink and Emma freezes it. Cleo throws it at Eyghon. It hits him right in the face. Suddenly he turns into slime and starts moving across the room. It soon finds another dead creature to possess and enters Gisela. It looks like a fight starts in Gisela's body, but soon Gisela wins and the demon disappears for good. Emma looks at Gisela.
"How did you do that?"
"After being stuck in a portrait for a couple of centuries, I had enough energy to fight off this demon." A light appears above her. "I guess that that was my destiny. No I can finally be with my husband. Thank you so much." She disappears into the light.
"Now, our next problem. Rikki?"
Rikki looks up at them.
"What is happening? What was that?"
"The locket." Emma, Cleo and Lewis look around and see Ms. Chatham pointing towards the locket Rikki is wearing. Rikki looks down and takes the locket in her hand "You have to take it off, dear, if you want to remember everything." Rikki hesitates, but still does it. As soon as the locket is off, she remembers everything.
"What a day." She looks down at Zane. Lewis kneels down too. He'll be alright, just a little bump on the head.
-h2o-
When Zane wakes up, Rikki is by his side.
"Hey, are you alright?"
"Yeah sure." She puts his hair out his face. "What happened?"
"You fell. But everything is going to be alright." Rikki sighs. "So I guess my secret is out?"
"You remember?"
"Yeah, don't worry about it, it's part of the mermaid thing. It won't happen again. I would really like it if you could keep my secret for yourself."
"Does no one else know?"
"No."
"Don't worry, I'll keep quiet." He smiles at her. "That's the least I could do for my saviour. If it wasn't for you, I would still be on the bottom of the ocean."
"Or the meal of some sharks." He looks at her with confusing. "Remember your little trip around Mako and all the sharks. How do you think they disappeared?"
He smiles at her. "My own personal hero, I could get used to that." He pulls her closer for a kiss.
-h2o-
Rikki is lying next to Cleo and Emma on the beach, in front of them sits Ms. Chatham. She is holding Rikki's locket. She hands it to Rikki.
"I removed the curse. You can wear it now without any problems."
"Thanks."
After a second of thought, Ms. Chatham undoes her own locket and hands it to Emma.
"They should be together. Here take it."
Emma smiles and takes it from Ms. Chatham.
"Well, I'll leave you girls enjoying your victory. I really need to get some rest, it was an exhausting day for me."
She stands up and leaves. Rikki turns her attention to Emma.
"I don't get it. I had lost my memories for an entire day, so I was occupied. Lewis and Cleo were all day busy with the demon, what did you do?"
"I got Gisela out of her painting."
"And that took you a whole day?"
Rikki grins.
"Hey, I had to right a spell."
She gets out the paper and hands it to Rikki and Cleo. After reading it, Rikki laughs at loud.
"You worked a whole day on this spell, and this is what you come up with."
"Is something wrong with it?"
Cleo looks at Emma.
"No, but maybe we should leave writing spells to Rikki."
"Yeah, we don't want the demons laughing in our faces before we vanquish them, if the spell even works."
Cleo and Rikki laugh as Emma pouts.