(Zikki never broke up.) SET AFTER S3EP26

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This is HEAVILY inspired and based off of MissLuxe's H2O-Atlantis story and another story that I can't remember the name of at the moment.

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Things have never been better for the trio; Cleo, Rikki and Bella. They'd just graduated, "Rikki's" was booming, overall things seemed to never be better for mermaids. Well, all three but one.

Emma had just returned from travelling the world with her parents, she'd seen it all from giant statues to strange practices, the reefs she'd seen were magical, she even swam in natural freshwater for the first time, it was absolutely amazing. But she was ready to come home, she left right after Charlotte's defeat and was eager to see all her friends again. "Emma!" Mr's Gilbert shouted from downstairs.

"Coming mum!" Emma jumped out of her bed, running down the stairs to see what her mother wanted. "Yes mum? What is it?"

"Your father and I are going to move up to Sydney. We were thinking…" She glanced over to Neil. "You should stay here, for the time being."

Emma thought for a moment. "What?" She asked, visibly confused. "Why would you move to Sydney? And I wouldn't come with you?"

"Your grandmother's sick Emma."

"What?" She asked, now concerned. "Why wouldn't I want to come and help take care of her?"

"Her sickness..it..it takes away her basic motors, I mean she can barely walk!"

"So let me help you! I want to help, I love grandma as much as you do."

"You'd have to clean and feed and bathe her everyday!" Mrs Gilbert took a breath. "And you've been avoiding water for the longest time, we just want to respect that."

Emma looked ashamed. The guilt of being a mermaid weighed her down evenmore. She hates lying to her parents, she hates herself even more now that she can't even help take care of her grandmother.

"Well..what do I do when you're gone? What about Elliot?"

"He's coming with us, we didn't want to leave him with you and have you taking care of him. You're a big girl Emma, you're already 18 now. I trust you can take care of yourself..and the house."

"But how, I- I don't even have a job yet, the bills here must be crazy. Isn't this a bit much?" "Your father and I will continue to make sure you have water,light and internet. You're a smart girl Emma, why not get that job at the Juicenet Cafe again? It'll help you with things like food and other necessities."

"I.."

"We're trusting you on this Emma."

"I'll do my best." Emma said with a warm but determined smile.

"That's my girl!" Neil said, pulling Emma into a tight hug.

"Well, If I want my job back, I better get a move on." Emma said, getting out of the hug with her dad and heading towards the front door.

Emma walked towards the Juicenet, looking around ever so often at all the things that changed since she was gone. She walked towards the once bright blue and green cafe, only to be met with a deep red and blue. She looked around, seeing the familiar tables and benches be replaced with fancy and expensive looking couches and chairs with cushions. Maybe Wilferd renovated while she was gone? She walked through the beads, and she immediately noticed how bigger it felt. There were seats that looked like domes of some sort, most notably there was a stage with Nate of all people playing on it. She giggled to herself at the thought of Nate playing an instrument, there was also a girl singing who she didn't recognize. She had dirty blonde hair, blue eyes from what she could see and a necklace with a strange blue gem but she chalked it up to being one of those healing crystals people gawk about.

She sat down at one of the tables in the middle of the room, simply because it was the most similar to the ones in the Juicenet. Why were things so different? She didn't see Wilferd behind the counters making juices like he always does, did the cafe get a new owner? Emma's train of thought was broken when a girl, about her age came up to take her order.

"Hi, I'm Sophie, I'll be your server today, what can I get you?" Emma looked at her for a second, she had red hair, an obnoxiously fake smile and a voice that made Emma think she was trying too hard. "I'll just get a Blueberry Blast, thanks." Sophie wrote down her order before walking away to make it, not forgetting to flash Emma a smile beforehand.

Cleo walked into the cafe, talking to Bella who just came off the stage, with Rikki trailing behind, not taking much interest in their conversation. They sat over in one of the dome seats, just chatting and catching up. Rikki yawned, before getting up to go order a juice.

"Hey Sophie, can you make me a mango smoothie? With a hint of mint."

"Sure thing." Sophie said, getting to work on her order right away.

Rikki looked around, just examining the place and looking out for any thieves. Though they'd never encountered one, she'd still be ready to boil the sweat off their forehead if it happened. Then she spotted Emma, drinking a juice, her usual. At first she assumed it must be someone who looked like her, after all she was blonde with a pretty ordinary everyday style. But not just everyone had that locket, the locket all three of them practically swore to never take off has a promise to Ms Chatam. Now she was sure it was Emma she was looking at, she should've ran over there and announced her presence, to ask where she's been, where she went and if she met any cute boys on her trips. But she stopped herself, a feeling of guilt washed over Rikki, she nor Cleo had made much of an effort to stay in contact with Emma. They didn't tell her about the comet and how they defeated it, they didn't tell her about the cafe or how the moon pool was destroyed. Heck! They didn't even care to mention how they found these cool gems, and how Bella had helped them so much-that was it. Bella. They didn't tell her about Bella! Bella doesn't know about her either. Rikki ran over to the booth where they were sitting.

"Whoa, Rikki calm down, you look like you've seen a ghost." Bella said, giggling.

"Not a ghost. Emma."

"Emma!?"

"Emma?"

"Emma's back? That's great! But why are you freaking out?" Cleo said, confused written all over her face.

"We can't talk here, meet me at mako ASAP." Rikki said, walking out in a rush.

"What was that about?" Bella asked. "Cleo? Cleo!"

"Huh!? Oh.."

"Are you okay? You look scared?" Bella looked around, trying to see what she was looking at.

"We have to go. NOW." Cleo said, getting up and running out of the cafe.

"Cleo? Cleo, wait!" Bella shouted, running after her.

Emma jumped up, startled over the mention of one of her best friends' names. She walked out the cafe, looking for where the source of the voice went. The only thing she saw were two short heels submerging underwater. She thought to go check it out, to see if she could get a glance at whom it may be, it could be Rikki but she didn't wear heels like that, so the obvious answer was Cleo, but then why is she wearing heels when she much preferred flats. Last time she tried to walk in heels she fell face flat onto the pavement. Unless..it wasn't them, could they be another mermaid? If so, do the girls know? Have things changed much beyond what she originally thought?

"Emma?" A voice said from behind her. She turned to see..

"Zane! Oh, you scared me for a second there."

"Sorry, I just didn't know you were back. Have you seen the girls yet?"

"No, I haven't."

"Really? They were just here jus-"

Zane's talking flew over Emma's ears. She had noticed the neon red sign on her way there, but didn't notice exactly what it said.

"And they'd be pretty excited to see you, and you'd finally meet Be-"

"Rikki's?"

"Rikki?" Zane asked, confused. Emma pointed to the red neon sign, eyes still glued to it as if it were a full moon. Zane followed her line of sight to where she pointed.

"Ohhh yeah about that, funny story, I bought the cafe after Wilfred closed it down- had to do with money or something I don't care but I named it after Rikki as a gift." Zane said.

Emma's face scrunched up has she put on an obvious forced fake smile. She tilted her head slightly to the side as she did that and walked away without acknowledging Zane. So many things have changed. There was only one place she knew that wouldn't change, while the rest of the world around her might have this one wouldn't. She walked towards the end of the dock and dived in. For a few seconds she stayed underwater, then she felt that sensation of her legs turning into water before being replaced by her tail. She flicked her tail in a certain way, activating her boost speed as she sped through the water towards mako.

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"Cleo!" Bella said, swimming over to the edge of the moon pool. "Why are you guys freaking out about this 'Emma' girl?"

Rikki paced back and forth, before stopping and sitting down on the sand in front of the girls. She took a deep breath before speaking. "Emma was- is our friend, she left to travel the world with her family the summer you came here."

"Really? That sounds pretty basic, why would you be freaking out about it?" Bella asked, "Shouldn't you be happy she's back?"

"We should!" Cleo shouted in response, "But if you knew her as well as we do you'd know she doesn't take very well to being left out of things."

"And we left her out a lot. Too much even!" Rikki said, slapping the sand causing it to fly over to the wall.

No one said anything for a while, until Bella decided to break the silence. "You guys didn't tell me about her either." Bella said softly, as if she spoke any louder, the walls surrounding them just might crush them.

"I know, and I'm sorry." Cleo said, "But then the water tentacle, and then Sophie and her antics then the comet. We had a lot on our plates."

"But we had a lot of memories in between. A lot of awesome swims and sleepovers. And times where we just enjoyed each other's presence. Were your

plates so full that even during those times you couldn't even mention her? What this sounds like to me is you guys replacing her with me." Bella said,visibly upset.

"We obviously weren't trying to do that!" Rikki shouted. "But there's no use in bickering about it. She's here now."

"She was turned with us when we first became mermaids." Cleo said, "We've gone through a lot together leading up to when she left. Knowing Emma she's most likely all over the place with all the changes." Cleo said slumping down into the moon pool.

Just then an air bubble popped over by the entrance of the pool. The girls backed away onto the ledge while Rikki backed up nearing the wall. They all released the breath they didn't know they were holding when they saw that it was just Emma.

Bella decided to scooch over towards a far corner in an attempt to hide herself.

Emma sat herself on the underwater ledge, not saying a word to the other girls, they weren't even sure she saw them. She then pushed herself onto the sandy floor of the moon pool, groaning while she did. She let out a long sigh before staring into the opening of the cave.

"What, not even hi long time no see from my best friends?" Emma said, with a huge smile on her face.

Rikki kneeled over Emma, stretching her hand over her tail. "You should've told us you were coming back." Rikki said smiling. She curled her hand into a fist, causing the water and Emma's tail to evaporate. Emma felt the tingly sensation fly through her body, then her tail was replaced by her legs. She stood up and brushed the sand off her clothes, then pulled Rikki into a tight hug. After letting her go, she looked around the cave, noticing that it too - had changed. There was a waterfall for one, a part of the wall was completely blown out, pieces of it were scattered all over the sand, the whole place felt like a cave as if all the magical properties of the moon pool was broken down to them. A shiver ran through her body, she wanted to faint and hope it was just a dream- maybe her mind playing cruel tricks on her.

"W-what happened here?" Emma asked, sounding like she could cry any second now.

The girls all looked at each other, wary of what to say next.

"How do I put this.." Cleo said, searching her mind for a better way to say what she was going to say. "There was this co-" she was interrupted by Emma randomly shouting "You!" and shooting daggers at Bella with her eyes.

"You're the girl from the cafe! The one who was singing!" Emma said, surprised and a bit confused.

Bella looked at all of them before moving over closer to where Emma was standing. "Nice to finally meet you." She said, putting on a friendly smile. "From what I've..just heard..you are the other mermaid!"

"I haven't heard much about you." Emma responded, coming off a bit rude. "I didn't know you existed until just know. No offence."

"None taken." Bella responded. "But I'm hoping we can change that." she smiled. Emma, out of habit, started fidgeting with her locket. Then she glanced at the necklace on Bella's neck, then to the one Cleo and to the one on Rikki's.
"And yeah, we pretty much almost died and then we were almost discovered by Sophie and this gu-"

"Where are your lockets?" Emma interrupted, not seeing to have been listening in the first place. Cleo and Rikki shared a look with each other. "We took it off, Will made us these cute necklaces out of the gems from the wall so we had to wear it and-"

"Had to?" Emma interrupted. She seemed to be doing that a lot. "You HAD to switch out our lockets because some guy gave you pretty gems instead?" Emma snapped.

"No! That's not it at all! It's a sign of all that we went through together, it has significant meaning! Not just because they're pretty!" Cleo tries to explain.

"Oh, so because a new mermaid came along our bond and what the lockets stood for didn't mean anything anymore!?" Emma shouted, looking back and forth from Rikki and Cleo. "Ms Chatam entrusted us with these lockets! Made us promise to never split them apart! Or did you forget all that too!?"

"We had no other choice BUT to take it off! It wouldn't exactly look right to have two necklaces of different styles hanging on our necks!" Rikki shouted

"But they aren't just any necklaces are they!? And since when did you care about what other people thought of you!?" Emma shouted with venom. Rikki's mouth opened to say something, but quickly closed allowing only air to escape. Emma's head shot back in the direction of Cleo.

"I can't believe you guys! After all we've been through and this is how you honor it!?" Emma said, a tear streaming down her face. "There was no other way to wear it!" Cleo said. Emma scoffed before rubbing her temples in a sign of frustration. "You guys are behaving as if necklaces are the only way to wear something! You could've made the gems into bracelets for goodness sake!" Emma shouted, anger seeping into her voice. "That way you'd still be wearing your locket right now! Or make them into a ring! Better yet, put the gems INSIDE the lockets! Or attach it somehow, anything but getting rid of it all together!"

The room went silent after Emma stopped shouting. Only the occasional drip of the waterfall water and the swish of Bella's tail adjusting into a more comfortable sitting position could be heard. Bella was the one to speak first.

"You know, I may not understand exactly what you're feeling right now Emma, I didn't have a locket and to be honest the way things are sounding they meant alot to you." She paused, no one responded so she continued, "And you make a valid point, there were other options rather than just getting rid of the lockets all together, I'm sure Will would have come up with something if you had asked." She said, looking at Cleo and Rikki. "But can we all just say we messed up and move on? I don't like us arguing, so I say we start a new leaf. From what I've heard Emma doesn't take well to change and that probably weighing her down too, so we start there. We get Emma all caught up with recent events and get to know each other properly and our past experiences."

"I agree." Cleo said, pushing herself out of the now really cold water. "We- specifically me and Rikki, messed up. We basically have been lying to both of you and that's not okay. I want to stop arguing, I just want us all to be friends-all four of us."

"The last time there was four mermaids, we ended up in a messy power battle, breakups and getting back together, constant terrorising and just being plain annoying, someone losing their tail - though well deserved - being hated for no good reason, need I say more on how terribly wrong this could all go?" Rikki said, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh don't even mention her, just the thought of her drives me crazy." Cleo said, rolling her eyes.

"And here I was just trying to give her a chance." Emma said, smiling to herself.

"I'm sorry, what the heck - someone losing their tail? That can happen?" Bella said, genuinely confused.

The three girls shared a knowing look with each other before bursting into laughter. It was a great release of all the tension that had been building up in the room. "That my friend, is a story for another day. Oh how hectic she was." Rikki said, holding her head to emphasise. "So, start over?" Cleo asked, sticking her hand out. Rikki sighed, saying something along the lines of "then they were four-again" then putting her hand on top of Cleo's. Emma smiled, she knows it'll take her a while to fully forgive the girls and accept Bella has one of them, especially all the new changes but she was willing to give it a shot. It was not in her nature to hold a grudge, Emma Gilbert doesn't do that, she fixes the problem and moves on, this one would be no different. Then she put her hand on top of the other two. Bella smiled, excited for the new friendship that was blossoming in front of her eyes. She swam over to where they were standing, raised herself onto the ledge then stretched her hand out to put it on top of the others.

"To a new leaf!" Cleo shouted. "TO A NEW LEAF!" Everyone shouted in return then threw their hands in the air. All of a sudden, they all collapsed onto the sand with a groan, tail outstretched in front of them. They burst out into a unanimous laughter, finally aware of the fact that Bella's hands were wet. Bella joined in on the laughing, thinking about the great adventures and memories that were about to be made. Little did they know, things were going to get a whole lot messier.

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Lewis typed away on his computer. Seeming to be very deep into what he was researching, he didn't even notice Ash walking up to him.

"Hey stranger." Ash said, taking the seat in front of Lewis. He snapped his fingers in an attempt to get Lewis's attention.

Lewis, startled and slightly bothered by the interruption, looked up from his computer. "Ash!" He said, surprised by the sudden appearance. "What the heck are you doing here man?" They both stood up to give each other a hug, then sat back down. "You know, just felt like coming home." Ash said smiling, "Have you seen Emma around?" Lewis chuckled, "Of course you'd be the first person to wanna know if Emma was here." Ash's face reddened in embarrassment. "She's my girlfriend man, can't blame me.'' The two then began laughing and just catching up with each other.

Zane wiped down the counter, he yawned completely bored from his daily chores. Then he saw Ash, or someone who looked like Ash talking and laughing with Lewis. Curious, and not being able to control his sudden desire to mess with Lewis and this "new guy" he walked over to the table. Zane slapped his washcloth on the table, getting the attention of Lewis and Ash.

"Zane."

"Ash."

"What do you want, Zane? You're never really the friendly type." Lewis said.

"Just wanted to say hi to our old pal Ash." Zane said, taking a seat next to them. "What? Can't catch up with old friends?"

"What have you been up to Zane since I've been gone? I mean you have all people is working for Rikki, never thought I'd see the day you'd get a job."

"I actually own the place mate. Bought it after Wilfred closed it down. Me and Rikki work for each other." Zane said, a proud smile on his face.

"Damn man, that's awesome actually."

"Yeah now he has to work for his money." Lewis said, obviously playing around.

"What can I say, I'm a changed man." Zane said, shrugging.

In the midst of their conversation, a notification popped up on Lewis's screen. Curious, he clicked on the pop up window.

WARNING

FULL MOON IN 10 MINUTES

CHECK ON THE "fishes"

Lewis almost spit out his juice. He didn't know today was a full moon, given the fact that the moon hadn't been much of an issue after the moon pool lost its magic. But the app he created on his computer only warned him of a full moon when it was something serious or special like a Lunar eclipse or the moon that comes every 50 years. He was sure this was something serious, worried she reached for his phone and dialed for Cleo. Her phone went straight to voicemail. He called her a total of 3 times, even ringing Rikki's cell but nothing. Time was running out.

"You good Lewis?" Ash asked, wiping his face with a napkin.

"No no I'm not okay." Lewis turned his screen so Zane and Ash could see the notification. Their faces matched Lewis's level of worry.

"A full moon? Shouldn't we check on the girls?" Ash asked.

"They're not answering their phone." Lewis said, trying to call again.

"8 minutes till the moon rises." Zane said, tapping his fingers on the table. "What about Mako?"

"What about it?"

"What if they're there?"

"What if they're not?"

"Then if they get moonstruck they'll most likely be there."

"Aren't we trying to avoid that though?" Ash asked.

"We're out of options, and we're running out of time." Zane rubbed his eyes, "I'm getting the zodiac, you come with me or you don't." He said, getting up and walking out, not forgetting to put the closed sign on the cafe. Ash didn't waste any time following Zane to the zodiac. Lewis, out voted, quickly and messily stuffed his laptop in his bag and ran after them.

6 minutes until the moon rises.

The boys all got in the zodiac while Zane started it up. They were racing against time to get to an island that they weren't even sure that the girls were there. Zane put the motor on full speed, cursing to himself on why it couldn't go any faster. If Lewis could pace back and forth he would be doing that, he didn't know what this full moon would do and would feel immensely guilty if anything happened to the girls he swore to protect.

3 minutes until the moon rises

He had no idea how he did it but it was done. Zane had managed to get them to mako in 3 minutes when it normally took about 10-12. It was as if something was giving them an extra boost but he shrugged it off to adrenaline of some kind. They exited the zodiac, Ash helping to drag it onto the shore. They ran into the foggy green woods, following Lewis who seemed to know his way towards the land entrance like it was his front door.

"Girls? Girls! Are you here!?" Lewis shouted, brushing the sand off his clothes from the drop.

"In here Lewis!" Cleo shouted

The boys let out a breath of relief, knowing that the girls are all in one place and not under a moon spell.

"What's up? You guys are breathing like you ran all the way here." Cleo said, standing up, she'd been sitting on the sand along with the other girls.

"Today's a full moon." Lewis said, still panting from the journey here.

"Okay..? I thought we were over that already? I mean if you haven't noticed the moon pool is basically just another body of water in a strange cave." Rikki said, unimpressed.

"That's what I thought too, but I programmed my app to only notify me if it was something serious."

"Did it tell you what kind of special it was?" Cleo asked, moving to stand beside Lewis.

"No, which is why we wanted to make sure you guys didn't get moonstruck."

"Well as you can see, we're fine." Rikki said.

"The moon should be up now." Ash said, moving from standing behind Zane.

Emma and Ash locked eyes before running up to each other and hugging. They practically drowned themselves in kisses and "I miss you's".

Rikki rolled her eyes, walking to ask Lewis questions. Zane kneeled down at the edge of the moon pool. He put his hand in the water, feeling how suspiciously warm it was even though it's connected to really cold ocean water, in a space without any sunlight. He couldn't shake the feeling that something was going to happen, he just didn't know what. Rikki walked up and kneeled next to Zane, using her hands to stabilise herself to not fall in.

"You good?"

Zane stared at the water as if it wronged him somehow. "I'm fine. Just thinking is all."

"Looks like your spacing out, must be some pretty intense thoughts. Hope I'm in there somewhere." she said with a smirk.

Zane chuckled, seeming to loosen up a bit at Rikki's jokes.

"The moon should be coming overhead any second now!" Lewis said, standing next to one of the exploded rocks.

They all took a step back from the moon pool, waiting for the moon to pass over the opening. The cave went dark, as if a light switch was flipped off, the moon pool shined a beautiful deep blue colour, the sky outside the opening of the

volcano was rid of any kind of light, not even the tinker of the stars. They all watched, some more mesmerized than others, as the full moon came over the opening.

"Cleo! Your gem is glowing!" Bella said, pointing to her neck.

"Yours is too!"

"So is yours!"

Emma sighed, a bit disappointed that she's left out of that magical moment.

The moon pool bubbled, just like it used to do before things went haywire. The walls surrounding them were hugged by water, molding it like clay. Then, the room was filled with a heavy breeze.

"What's happening?" Bella said, trying to be heard over the sound of the breeze.

"I don't know!'

"Why can't I move!?" Emma cried, turning her torso in every direction.

"I can't move either!" Cleo shouted.

The wind picked up, throwing Lewis off his feet. The wind pushed him all the way to the edge of the still very active pool. In an attempt to stop him from falling in, Zane grabbed his hand and Ash grabbed his. The wind got faster, causing Ash to lose balance and making them fall into the water. Lewis fought his way to the top, feeling extremely panicked about what may or may not happen. The three boys looked up at the moon shining down at them, Rikki, still; very much cemented to the ground, found this scene a bit nostalgic as it reminded her of when the girls first went into the moon pool-minus strange glowing stones and wind of course. She couldn't help but smile. Then something clicked in Lewis's mind.

"Guys! It's a lunar eclipse!" He shouted.

"A WHAT?" Zane shouted, trying to talk over the loud wind.

"A Lunar eclipse! It takes your powers away for 12 hours!"

"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US?" Ash shouted.

"THIS IS ALL VERY STRANGE BY THE WAY!" Bella shouted.

"I think we know that!"

The moon looked to disappear for a second, before reemerging on the other side with a bright light. The moon pool stopped bubbling, the girls found that they could move again and the boys exited the water.

"Guys, look over here." Emma said as she pointed to the once exploded wall, which was now completely normal again.

"And the waterfall disappeared too." Bella said, running her hands over where it had been.

"Am I the only one absolutely confused right now?" Rikki asked.

"Trust me, you're not. It looks like whatever just happened completely fixed the walls." Lewis said, walking over to examine it.

"And the moon pool was active. It's as if nothing ever happened." Cleo said.

Zane turned to look at the moon pool, as if instinctual he reached to put his hand into the water. Swirling it around like he did just moments before the moon came overhead.

"The waters warm now." Zane said, putting his hand deeper down.

"What?" Lewis asked, walking over to put his hand in the water as well. He chuckled, "This is extraordinary, it's like the moon pool regained its magic. Has the water always been warm?"

"Now that you mention it, I only ever noticed the water being cold after the whole losing magic thing." Cleo said.

"And when I was swimming in, that was another thing that felt weirdly off. The water was cold." Emma said, walking up to the edge of the pool.

"I'm going to have to run some tests, find out what else we overlooked. Could there be any new additions? Where did the waterfall go? I have so many questions and not enough answers." Lewis said, going on a rant about the scientific aspect of the situation. Cleo giggled, the others, mainly Rikki, rolled their eyes and just looked at the moon pool. Zane groaned, causing Lewis to stop talking and awkwardly laugh.

"Lewis Lewis, that's great and all. But we all seemed to be overlooking something big here. We were in the moon pool while it was active." Zane said.

"Oh yeahh, could you guys be..y'know..mermaids?" Cleo asked, her shoulders slightly shrugging.

"No Cleo, they'd be mermen." Rikki corrected.

"There's one way to know for sure." Emma said, walking closer to the moon pool. "Tomorrow, you guys touch water."

"I don't think I'm ready to be a fish, I mean I have a whole life ahead of me. This is- this is too much." Ash said, sounding as if he'd break out into tears at any moment.

"Ash, it's the only way." Emma said, in an effort to comfort him. "But we have to go, I'm not sure how long we've been gone for but our parents might be worried sick. And I'm meant to be seeing mine off too."

"Emma's right. We can deal with this tomorrow. Right now I want to crash in my bed and never wake up again." Rikki said, yawning. Cleo gave Lewis a quick kiss on the cheek, who gave her a small smile in return then she dived into the water. Bella dived in after her, Emma waited a few seconds before diving in as well. Rikki sighed, then dived in. After the girls left, the boys left through the land entrance, following Lewis all the way back to the zodiac. They weren't sure what was going to happen to them, were they turned or were they still human? Maybe they were split between both worlds, one leg being a fin and the other being a leg. One thing was for sure. They'd never be the same again.

"Well...what do we have here?"