Chapter 15

A/N: ATTENTION ALL READERS, THERE IS A VERY EXTREMELY EXCEPTIONALLY AMAZINGLY IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE: PLEASE READ.

As the Jacksons and the Benjamins walked into the dining hall, they looked around them. The other 'mer' families were already there and they were watching them enter (with the exception of the cooks) This made the Jacksons feel rather self-conscious and nervous. Bella and Will led them to the adults' table, Perry excitedly going off to the kids' table.

"Hey everyone this is my colleague Fred and his wife Kelly," Fred and Kelly nodded and waved when they were mentioned in Bella's introduction. "Fred, Kelly, this is everyone. This is: Rikki, her husband Zane, Emma, her husband Ash, Anna and Ben, Cleo and Lewis," Bella said gesturing to them all before sitting on her seat.

"Ah, Bella? Where are our seats?" Fred half whispered.

"Oh, silly me, sorry 'bout that. Ben, some help?" Ben moulded two chairs out of water and Bella half hardened them. "Please, have a seat," she laughed.

Both Fred's and Kelly's eyes were wide as they sat down on the seats that had just appeared in front of their eyes. Anna and Rikki cooked the food with Leila and Charlie pitching in for the first time. They each brought a platter of charred but steaming hot food out of the kitchen area. The platters were placed at one end of the table – in front of Cleo. Cleo brought streams of water out of her glass, with this she made the water pick up a few serving spoons and made the platters and spoons travel down the table, she started dishing out the food to everyone from her seat. No one except their guests battered an eyelid. They were sitting there staring.

"Cleo, ah, could we possibly dish it out by hand tonight?" Bella asked.

"Oh!" Cleo said seeing their guests' expressions. She moved to get up.

"No, no, don't worry about us, it's quite cool watching you," Kelly said.

"Well, if you are sure," Cleo smiled and resumed dishing out.

"How much salad do you want?" she called down the table.

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"So what powers do the others have?" Fred asked, curious.

"Rikki has the power of boiling water and creating lightning – her four kids have those powers too. Emma has the power to freeze water and create snow, again her kids have those powers also. Anna has the power to mould water and boil it, Ben has the power to freeze water and mould it, their kids have all three powers, with their ability to mould water doubled. Cleo has the power to mould water and control wind. My powers you have seen." Bella said.

"Wide variety then," Kelly put in.

"Yeah, at least one of each power type, you have Cleo's powers – controlling wind, and moulding water and you also have a derivative of my power 'cos you say that you can explode stuff water based?"

"Yeah."

"Will? Where is the water for our glasses?" Kelly asked.

"Hey, Ben, could you fill our glasses?" Will asked

"No problem," Water came from his direction into their glasses.

"Wow, you guys use your powers all the time," Fred said.

"Yeah," Rikki said, "It's our way of life,"

Well after everyone had finished their main meal, Bella signalled to Cleo and Anna. They raised their hands and brought in a tentacle of a different flavoured juice each. Anna's tentacle went into their glasses, and Cleo's filled their bowls. Then, with a discreet wave of her hand, all their juice in the bowls, turned into jelly. Fred, Kelly and Perry were again in awe.

Everyone dug in. Kelly and Fred were a bit hesitant at first, but Bella reassured them.

"Don't worry – its normal jelly – it's not gonna bite,"

Kelly took a hesitant bite, but as soon as she swallowed and started shovelling it into her mouth.

"That, is really good jelly," she exclaimed, her mouth full. Bella laughed.

Once everyone was done, Emma called down the table, "Anyone for a popsicle?"

Anna, Bella, Cleo, Kelly, Fred, Will, Zane and all of the kids put their hands up. Lewis handed some Popsicle sticks down. Bella showed their guests what to do – Ben had refilled everyone's juice glasses. They all held their sticks in the juice and waited for Emma to freeze it. Again, the guests were amazed by the food.

"You guys seriously are amazing. We should come for dinner more often," Fred said. "I've been a merman since I was seventeen, I don't use my powers overly often, therefore I don't have as much control over them as you do, when did you guys change?"

"I was changed when I was twenty-one," Anna said.

"Twenty-two," Ben said.

"Fifteen," Emma, Rikki and Cleo said.

"I feel so out of the ordinary," Kelly said, "But really I'm not…"

Bella laughed, "Don't worry Kelly, you aren't the only human here, besides, we really are normal."

After dinner, the adults got to know each other better before Fred, Kelly and Perry left to go back to the mainland, thrilled about having new friends.

A/N: Attention to all my wonderful readers and lovely reviewers. Thanks for the well-wishing for my camp, it was amazingly fun.

However, There will NOT be another update for over TWO WEEKS, due to the fact that I will be in China and Japan over that period. This is my first overseas trip ever – first time leaving little ol' Aotearoa. So Exciting. Please bear with me over this time period, the next update will be sometime after the 23rd December – that is the day I'm flying back from Japan. Maybe 24th? If not, expect another update after Christmas. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing, I love you guys, and please be patient for the next update. :D Next chapter there will be some action…:P

Krystalslazz out.