Mimmi hasn't returned to the moon pool yet and Ondina was worried. Usually, after they had a fight, Mimmi would swim away, cool down for a few hours, and then return back to the moon pool to talk things through. She hadn't returned yet, and it was almost dinner time. Ondina went searching for her when she went to gather lunch, but she wasn't successful. The sea creatures were being less than helpful. The dolphins didn't seem to grasp the meaning of the word important. They just wanted to play.

After her unsuccessful search, she decided to wait at the moon pool for her friend to return. She knew that Mimmi would return when she was ready to talk, but it was getting late and there was no sign from her.

Back on land, Zac was facing a similar dilemma. After he started to overheat in English class, he knew that something was up with his twin. He tried on many occasions to try and reach her through mind speak, but she never answered him. He wanted to know who or what set her off earlier today and there would only be one person who knew.

"Mum?" Zac called out as he put away his homework. He couldn't concentrate as all he could focus on was Mimmi.

"Yes sweetheart?" Lauren called back from somewhere upstairs.

"I'm heading to Mako."

Zac heard frantic footsteps coming down the stairs as his mother entered the kitchen.

"Why? What's going on?" she asked worriedly.

"It's Mimmi. She got angry earlier today and it affected me. When I asked her what happened, she shut me out. Now, I'm going to go and talk to Ondina to see what happened."

"And when you said that you asked her, you mean that you… um…" she trailed off and put her index finger to her forehead.

Zac nodded. "Yeah, mind speak. She is blocking our connection, so I want to go and see if I can help."

Lauren reached out and grabbed Zac's arm before he could turn away.

"Is there any way I can help?" she asked, her eyes full of concern and curiosity.

Zac smiled at his mother's eagerness to help, but he shook his head. "This is something that I think only her big brother can handle. I'll call you if I need help. I promise." He placed a gentle kiss onto his mother's cheek before racing out of the door and diving into the canal.

Lauren watched as Zac's blue fin came out of the water for just a moment before speeding away.

Zac reached the moon pool in a matter of minutes. When he surfaced, he saw Ondina's face go from joy to frustration.

"Oh, It's just you," She grumbled, sinking back down in the water.

"Nice to see you too Ondina," Zac said playfully as he swam to the edge of the pool.

Ondina gave him a smirk. "That's not what I meant. I just thought that you were…"

Zac interrupted. "Mimmi? No I'm not, but do you know where I might find her?"

Ondina huffed in frustration. "I wish I knew. We had a fight earlier today. I was mad that she was spending so much time on land and I missed her. She took it the wrong way and we both got angry. Things escalated when she lost control of her powers though. I knew than that this was deeper than a normal best friend argument."

"I'm guessing when you said that she lost control of her powers, it had something to do with heat," Zac commented.

Ondina nodded. "She made the water heat up…" She paused. "Wait, how did you know that?"

Zac grinned. "She made me heat up in class. What happened next?"

Ondina sighed. "The water heated up to a scorching temperature. Just when I thought that I was going to be burned alive, she stopped." Ondina narrowed her eyes at Zac. "I'm guessing that had something to do with you."

Zac put his hands in the air. "Hey, I didn't want to melt into a puddle of sweat during the middle of English class."

Ondina rolled her eyes. "When I tried to talk to her afterworlds, she left the moon pool. That was hours ago and she hasn't returned."

She glanced at the entrance of the moon pool like she was checking to see if they were completely alone.

"Zac, I'm starting to get really worried. Sure, we have fought in the past, but we have always returned to each other after we have cooled down. What if she got hurt? What if she got caught in a net by land people? She could be on the way to the Marine Park right now!"

As her hysterics grew, Zac swam over and sat next to her. He draped his arm around her wet shoulders.

"Ondina, breathe, If she was hurt, I would have had a vision. If she was captured, she would contact me. She is fine," he said, trying to assure her.

Ondina took a deep breath. "Do you think you could, I don't know, force a vision to see where she is?"

Zac hesitated. Sure, with much concentration, they were able to sometimes force concentration. They were always together though when they practiced. He wasn't sure that he would be able to concentrate due to the fact that he too was worried about Mimmi, and therefore, his emotions were high.

Ondina was trembling beneath Zac's arm as she cried silently.

Zac at least had to try. Both for Ondina and Mimmi's sake, and to see if he could really do it.

He pulled his arm away from Ondina and she looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"I'll try."

Ondina nodded her thanks as she wiped her tears away.

Zac took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He focused on his sister's face…her warm blue eyes…her chocolate hair… her bright smile…the way that she always smelled like tropical flowers mixed with salt. Little by little, with each thought of her, the vision grew. Zac gasped as the vision became strong. He saw Mimmi curled up on a beach fast asleep. She didn't seem to be injured, just exhausted. Both physically and emotionally. The vision then faded away.

Ondina watched him with wide eyes. "Well?"

Zac sighed in relief. "She's fine. She is sleeping on a beach."

Ondina was taken aback. "Why on earth is she on a beach?"

Zac shrugged. "Do you know which beach it could be?"

Ondina hesitated. "Um…" She closed her eyes to think. She snapped her fingers suddenly. "The opposite side of the island!"

Zac raised an eyebrow. Ondina rolled her eyes.

"The opposite side of Mako. There is this little spot of land that we found a while ago, just pass the shallows. When she is mad, she tends to go there to get away. Why wasn't that the first place I looked?"

"Because you were not thinking straight, you were too emotional. Stay here and I will go and get her." Zac reassured her.

Ondina nodded. Zac smiled and dove under the water. Ondina watched as his dark blue tail disappeared out of the moon pool.

Zac traveled swiftly to the other end of the island. He grasped the edge of the beach and hulled himself up.

He quickly dried off and stood up on the sand and scanned the beach for his sister. She was on the edge of the beach, close to where the jungle started. She was curled up in a ball underneath a tree.

Zac smiled and walked over to her. He crouched down in the sand and looked at his baby sister.

It was obvious that she had a fight with Ondina. Her hair was falling out of her ponytail and there was dried tears on her face. Her mascara was smudged underneath her eyes.

Zac smiled in sympathy and gently shook her arm. Mimmi eyes snapped open. She pushed herself up and looked at her surroundings, her eyes wild.

"Shh. You are okay. It's just me" Zac assured her.

Mimmi, now realizing that he was here, looked at him with wide eyes, her breathing heavy. She nodded and took a deep breath.

Zac got off of his heels and sat back down in the sand. He patted the sand next to him with a smile. Mimmi slid over and sat next to him. She snuggled up to his chest, obviously needing his comfort. He placed his arm across her back and brought her closer to him. They sat that way for a while and stared out at the sea.

Zac felt Mimmi place her face against his shirt and began to silently sob. He let her get her tears out as he rubbed her back and made comforting noises.

After she could cry no more, she sniffed and looked up at her brother. Her normally cheery blue eyes were bloodshot and her face was pale.

Zac looked down at her.

"I lost control," she whispered, her bottom lip trembling.

Zac nodded gently. "Yeah, Ondina told me."

Mimmi looked down at the sand. "She's terrified of me now, isn't she?"

Zac pulled his arm off of her and scooted away. He sat across from her and took her small hands in his. He waited for her to look up at him.

"Ondina is terrified for you, not of you. She broke down when you didn't come back. What is wrong? What are you stressing about?"

Mimmi inhaled shakily. "I talked to La- um Mum after you left. I wanted to walk you to school, but you were already gone. Mum is having a hard time finding the right words to say to you and she broke down because she feels like she is failing as a mother. She wants me to talk to Dad because he is still freaked out and when I told Ondina this, she got angry with me. And then I got annoyed because I have two families to deal with when before I only had one. And the pod has no clue what to do with the water dragon and I feel like I am failing our birth mother because I am supposed to be the powerful. Now Ondina's scared of me because everything came to the surface and I lost control of my powers and hurt her. Now she probably hates me and I don't know how to deal with that. To top it all off, I have no clue what Chris and I are. I mean are we dating or are we just friends? How am I going to keep this secret from him? I also have to deal with work and friendships and getting at least 8 hours of sleep at night!"

All of her problems came out in a rush. Mimmi inhaled deeply to make up for her lack of oxygen. Zac stared at her for a moment, blinking his eyes a few times as he processed what Mimmi just let loose.

Mimmi looked down at the sand again when Zac didn't answer right away. "I needed some alone time to think."

Zac raised an eyebrow. "I can see that." He took a deep breath and squeezed Mimmi's hands. She looked up from the sand.

"Okay. You are not responsible for the water dragon. If the entire Eastern pod couldn't defeat it, then why does the responsibility fall on you? We are going to find a solution together. Second, you are not failing Nerissa. If she was here right now, I know that she would be so proud of you and what you have accomplished."

Mimmi blushed and smiled.

Zac continued. "Ondina understands how much stress you have been under. Anyone in their right mind would have snapped way before you did if they were under this much pressure. Fourth…" he paused. "I cannot believe that I am going to say this, but how about you ask Chris if he wants to go out sometimes. Mimmi, you are allowed to ask. There is no rule saying that you can't. I also heard from our loud-mouth Weilan that you owe him a date."

Mimmi blushed a deep red and nodded. As much as Zac wanted to keep her safe, he could see that she really liked him.

"But." Mimmi looked at him with wide eyes. "You have to bring him over to meet me first."

Mimmi smiled and rolled her eyes. "Yes dad," she responded in an annoyed tone.

Zac gave her a serious look. "It's not dad who he should be afraid of." He glared at her and then began to chuckle.

Mimmi giggled, but then went quiet. "Speaking of dad, what am I going to do?"

Zac held up his hand. "What are we going to do?" he corrected. "You are not alone Mimmi. Remember that."

Mimmi gave him a small nod. They were silent for a moment as they thought.

"Do you think we should bring them to the grotto? Let them explore how we live on land?" Mimmi asked.

Zac shrugged. "Only if Rita is okay with it."

"I'll ask her and then tell you. How about we try Friday? I mean, it's only Wednesday so that gives us plenty of time to prepare," said Mimmi.

Zac grinned. "Let's do it. Are you ready to go talk to Ondina now?"

Mimmi bit her lip and nodded. "I need to talk to her. Wish me luck." She stood up and started to walk towards the water. Zac watched her walk to the edge before she stopped and turned around.

"Zac?"

He looked at her and tilted his head.

"Thanks for listening."

Zac smiled and nodded.

Mimmi grinned as she turned around and ran into the sea.

The merman took a deep breath. Now to talk to his parents.

Sibling bonding! You guys constantly ask me for it so I delivered. How did I do? I am so excited for the next few chapters. In 2 chapters (ch 25) I will be doing a spin off episode for the season finale. Then I am adding new characters and switching things up a little bit. Yay!

On a side note, when I finish writing this, I have over 100 comments! How insane is that?! I remember when I got my first few comments. I was soooo happy. I might have been dancing around my kitchen. So thanks for all of them. I do read every single one and I take in mind every suggestion. So, if you want something in the story, go ahead and ask. You might just find your idea in the story.

Also, sorry for not updating for a while. I was out of town during Thanksgiving. Also, to all my fellow Americans, Happy belated Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoyed spending time with love ones. To all my non-American readers. I hope you had a good Thursday.

Thanks for reading!

~Moonlight Mermaids