Mimmi entered the moon pool in no time. She was thinking about what Lauren said to her about talking to Rob. She had no idea how to approach this. Maybe Ondina had an idea.

She broke through the water and shook the droplets away from her eyes. She looked around and spotted Ondina sitting on the ledge that was beneath the surface. She flicked her tail lazily as she crossed her arms when she saw Mimmi.

"Well look who is back," Ondina smirked.

Mimmi settled on the opposite side of the pool. She couldn't help but notice that her best friend was looking at her strangely. It was almost like Ondina was mad at her. Either that or she was disappointed.

"How's Zac?" Ondina asked.

Mimmi shrugged. "I don't know. He left before I was able to talk to him."

Ondina uncrossed her arms. "But you were over there for a long time. What happened?"

"Lauren. She is having a hard time adjusting. I guess she is trying to make life as comfortable as possible for a merman. She even ordered a lot of food from the café for Zac's breakfast."

"Yum," Ondina licked her lips as her stomach grumbled. "Good, I'm starving." She started to dive below the water but Mimmi motioned her to stop.

"Can you think of something besides your stomach for five minutes?"

Ondina glared at her. "Why do you care so much? Life is never going to be the same for you and for Zac ever again. I suggest you leave the land people and focus on more important threats to the pod."

"Ondina!" Mimmi cried in outrage,

Ondina shrugged. "It's true. You need to get your head out of the air and back in the water."

Mimmi's jaw dropped. "How can you say that? They are my family."

"The pod is your family. I've already told you that." Ondina reached up over the side of the pool to grab a piece of coral and began to file her nails."

Mimmi narrowed her eyes. She was starting to get annoyed. "Actually, Zac is my only biological family left. You are just a friend so you really don't have a say in my life."

This time, it was Ondina's turn to get offended. "I have no say? Huh, that's funny. Who dragged you along to land and helped you meet your biological family?" She made air quotes when she said biological. "Who held you when you were crying over your runaway mother?"

Those words were like a slap across Mimmi's face. "You have no right to bring my mother up." Mimmi said bitterly.

Ondina threw her hands up in the air, the coral falling into the water. "Well I'm sorry. Now excuse me for asking, but where was your family then? Huh? Where was your family when you would wake up in the middle of the night, crying out for Nerissa? Where was your family when you were new to the pod and the other mermaids made fun of you for being different? Where was your family when you only had one friend? Where were they Mimmi?"

Mimmi's rage exploded. "STOP!" she screamed. The temperature in the moon pool water around them started to rise, slowly but surely. When Mimmi was angry, she was dangerous.

Ondina did not back down. "I was there to soothe you back to sleep. I was there to tell the other mermaids to back off. I was that only friend. I guess I spent all of that time and effort to help you fit in for nothing. Glad I finally understand."

The water's temperature was still continuing to rise. The water started to bubble and Ondina now was starting to feel uncomfortable.

She looked over and saw that Mimmi's hands were outstretched. She was the one causing the dramatic shift in the water. Ondina then remembered that Mimmi had a hard time controlling her powers when she was emotional. "Mimmi, stop. You are making the temperature rise. It's getting way too hot in here."

Mimmi didn't seem to hear her. She was blinded by her emotions and that caused the water to become even hotter.

The moon pool water started to steam. Ondina had to use her powers to try and cool it down, but Mimmi's magic was far superior. The water bubbled and Ondina cried out in pain. She realized that she made a mistake.

The wind on the island began to pick up and it whipped Mimmi's hair around her face. Her deep blue eyes were full of anger. She scowled at her companion as the water heated up even more.

"M-Mimmi," Ondina cried out. The water was almost unbearable. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say those things. I was jealous."

"Jealous?" Mimmi said darkly. "Jealous that I finally found people that accept me? Or are you just jealous of my abilities? Are you just apologizing because you know that I am more powerful than you?"

Ondina shook her head as tears streamed down her face. "Please…Stop!"

Mimmi was angry though. She knew that she shouldn't let her emotions get the better of her, but she had been under so much stress lately, she just snapped. She was worried about defeating the water dragon. She was confused with her and Chris's relationship. She was scared that she was going to lose her tail. She was concerned about Rob and Lauren finding out their secret. Most of all, she was furious with Ondina for treating this like it was one, big joke.

She was going to release all of her frustrations through her powers. She was going to hurt her best friend, as her good judgement was clouded by hurt.

"Take a deep breath." Zac's voice interrupted her anger.

Mimmi thought back to him. "You…Don't…Understand!" she shot back angrily.

"I do understand. I can feel your anger like it is my own. Right now, I am sweating in English class, so you are obviously heating up something. Now, take a deep breath so we both don't burst into flames. That will be hard to explain to my teacher."

Ondina watched as the anger was slowly retreating in her best friend's eyes. She took a deep, shaky breath. Ondina realized that she must be talking to Zac. She sighed as the water slowly cooled. Mimmi was distracted she talked to her brother.

"There, I took a deep breath. Happy now?" She wondered.

She heard Zac's mind chuckle. "Very. Now I am not dripping. Now what happened? Why are you so upset?"

Mimmi's guard went back up instantly. It doesn't matter. Go back to playing attention in class." She ended her end of the conversation.

Zac on the other hand wasn't done talking to her. He started to panic, wanting to know more. "Wait. What happened? Mimmi, don't shut me out. I'm not the bad guy here."

Mimmi decided to ignore him and block the conversation. They both had been practicing on keeping their own thoughts to themselves and only mind speak- the name Weilan gave to their new ability- when they intended to.

Ondina looked at her with wide eyes. The water had finally returned to its normal temperature.

"Look Mimmi. I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to…"

Mimmi cut her off with a wave of her hand. "It's fine. Now if you would excuse me, I need to go and take some time to myself."

"Wait, don't you want to talk…" Ondina started.

Mimmi dove out of the water and swam out of the moon pool, leaving her best friend behind.

She out of the moon pool and settled down on the privet side of the island. She was on the opposite side of the pod, the part facing away from the main land. When she was little, she and Ondina found a secluded part of the island. Because it was so small and was far away from the moon pool, the pod had no interest in it. They really didn't have any interest to the dry parts of the island. It was surrounded by currents, riptides Mako sharks so the land people never journeyed out.

Ondina and Mimmi loved to talk their though. The pod never bothered them there. There was some tall rocks that block them from the view of any passing boats. When the pod was using the moon pool and they needed to talk in privet, they would head to that part of the island.

Mimmi grasped the shore and hulled herself up. She dragged her golden- orange tail over the sand and propped herself up on her elbows. The sun began to dry her tail.

Her eyes began to cloud over as tears emerged in her eyes. She wiped them away with the back of her hand sat there in silence as the sun beat down on her.

She reflected what just happened. She lost control. She hadn't done that since she was younger and still mastering her powers. Now, she almost hurt her best friend. What was happening to her?

Mimmi turned over and finished drying her tail. When she was finished, she stood up. She brushed the sand off of her legs and straightened her light purple skirt. She smoothed her white shirt and took off her black flip- flops. She grasped them and walked away from the sea. She slid her back down a palm tree, pulled her legs up to her chest and began to cry.

I know, this isn't the longest chapter, but I wanted to end it there. Mimmi is having a really hard time. I guess she isn't the only one.

I am still fighting with my best friend. At the time I was writing this, I just had a fight with my parents. I guess my own emotions leaked into this chapter. Sorry for it not being more uplifting. I guess that even our favorite characters have bad days too.

I hoped you semi liked this chapter, even though it was depressing. I'll update soon. I promise. I guess there is still things in my life that makes me happy. Writing is one of them.

Also Princess of Mako: I kind of like the nickname you gave me. So go ahead and call me Moon.

Thanks for reading.

~Moonlight Mermaids

(P.S. on the day I uploaded this, my best friend and I made up. We are totally fine and the next chapters will be happier. Xoxo)