Credit goes to xxlisagalloverxx for beta reading.

The next morning came quickly when the three sisters got up with the sunlight hitting their skin, each of them began to pack things up while they got ready for the long day ahead.

Flora sighed deeply, still slightly tired from their eventful night, "Last night was really weird." She noted, folding her tent into the packaged bag she brought with her while the pole were tied together with string and tightened together.

"Yeah," Tessa nodded, agreeing with that statement as her mind remembered back to the strange pool from last night, "That pool sparkled, I'm a little skeptical to find out what really happened out there." She folded her own camping gear and put it away in its rightful spot until they got home.

"It was probably a flick of the light or something? Maybe we dreamed it?" Casey huffed, not wanting to believe what they had seen was real. Magic wasn't real, was it?

Flora raised an eyebrow at the younger girl, "So we all had the same dream?" Looking amused at the notion, yeah, they were triplets – but that was just ridiculous.

Tessa chuckled, "Yeah, I don't think that can happen Casey." Hanging her bags on her shoulders as her sisters copied her action.
It only took about an hour before everything was packed up and placed back in the motorboat, each of them climbed in – something inside them pulling at them to keep them there but they couldn't, they needed to get back to home.

Rainbow Cove had been within sight after an hour of riding in the motorboat, Tessa parked up the vehicle in its spot by the deck – Flora and Casey helped tie it up, similar to how it was before they left. The three sisters threw everything into their rightful spots as they arrived home, feeling utterly exhausted once again.

Casey flopped her body onto the couch, stretching out her limbs as her sisters did the same. "So, what are we going to do now?" She questioned, looking to the living room clock that told the time.

Flora let out a low groan as she lifted herself off the couch so soon after placing herself on there, "I am definitely going to take a bath – especially after smelling like sea water still from yesterday."

Casey bit her lip, trying to find something to do, "Swimming," The first thought came to mind, her mouth speaking for itself, "I'm gonna go swim in the pool." Her hands grabbed the bikini from the bottom of her camping bag they took with them to Mako Island.

Tessa threw a cookie into her mouth as she moved past the kitchen, "I'm going for a walk."

~ 3 ~

Casey moved over to the side of the pool as her skin felt n*** even with the bikini, with a single jump, her body landed in the warm pool water – the liquid rushing against her body from head to toe.

As her head burst through the surface, a tingly sensation coursed through her body. Her confused mind drifted down, but when she did – it felt like her whole lungs had been evaporated. Replacing her legs was a golden tail and instead of her bikini bra – there was a golden bra to match it. "What the heck…" She breathed, a sliver of panic filtering though her veins.

~ 3 ~

Flora gasped as her legs turned into a golden tail as she hopped into the soapy bath water, her arms still hovering her above water slightly as she blinked rapidly, wondering if she had hit her head at one point on that Island. "Where did this come from?" She asked herself when she realised that the tail was indeed real, it was replacing her human legs.

Her head shot up in panic when a loud knocking came from the bathroom door, "Flora," A little boy's voice came through with a whine to his tone, "Come on, I need to use the bathroom." It was her little brother, he was 10 years younger than her and so much of a baby that more boys his age. She and her sisters were adopted into his family before he was born, it had to be more than ten years ago now.

~ 3 ~

Tessa strolled around the park with her hands in her pockets, occasionally kicking about stray stones as she went. "I am so tired." She mumbled to herself, her eyes feeling tired from the night before. She only left because she didn't want to put up with their little brother for a while.

Just then, the many sets of water sprinklers turned on at their usual clocked time – water droplets spread onto Tessa's body as she went past them. She didn't think anything of it until she suddenly stopped, her body starting to wobble for no reason. Her eyes gazed down, her eyes widening as a golden tail and scaly bra replaced her clothing. There wasn't any time to contemplate as her body flopped forwards onto the ground, her elbows hitting the grassy ground. "Ow," She gasped, feeling a bang to her side as she stilled her body – wondering what was going on.

~ 3 ~

It wasn't long before all three girls got together, ranting about the golden tail that had appeared on each of their bodies when their touched water.

"Ok," Casey drawled out, still mildly shocked from the discovery, "So, we have tails when we touch water."

Flora nodded, "That would make us mermaids then, right?"

"I think so." Tessa concluded, coming to the same observation from her own experience, "We need to keep this a secret, it can never get out." There was a sliver of an order built in, but it was needed if they were going to stay safe together. The two sister's instantly agreed, knowing the dangers they would be in if someone were to find out what they were now.

Casey looked between her sisters, "Why don't we go to that pool from last night?" She suggested, "It'll be the perfect time to learn about what we are now." The two of them nodded with a smile, an excited feeling growing in each of them.

~ 3 ~

The three sisters had moved to a secluded part of the beach and put on their swimsuits, each of them ready to jump into the water as quickly as possible.

Casey grabbed the two hands of her sisters tightly, anticipation running through her veins, "On the count of three, one." She started, standing just by the incoming wave.

"Two." Tessa went along.

"Three." Flora gulped in a breath of unneeded air as each of their feet touched the salty water that ran an inch over their feet. Each sister turned into sparkled water before growing the exact tails like before, each of their bodies flopping onto the ground like a water-deprived fish would when it was out of water.

Tessa grunted at her impact, "Next time, let's be near the water a bit more." The other two agreed, both feeling the pinches of old shells digging into their skins.

"Come on," Flora exclaimed, moving herself closer to the water with her sisters following, "Lets swim."

~ 3 ~

As they reached the moon pool the three sisters were greeted with a sight of three bracelets laying on the sandy floor, each of their names engraved into the binding.

Casey frowned, curiously looking around the cavern as if the person was still here, "I wonder who left hem here?" They placed the bracelets on anyway, still wondering who could have done it.

"Beats me," Tessa shrugged, they looked really pretty anyway, "Last one to Café Lagoon is a rotten fish!" She grinned before retreating under water, swimming away from her sisters who were only a little bit behind.

All three of them were unaware that another mermaid had been watching from afar, her head tilted at them before disappearing from view.