H2O: Just Add A New Tail

The Secret Is Out

Bella and I continued to stare at each other for what seemed like forever. Finally, I got my muscles moving again and I motioned for Bella to follow me. She nodded. We then started to head towards the moon pool. While we were swimming, my mind was swarming with questions. How long had Bella been a mermaid? Was she one when we lived back in the states? We finally reached the moon pool. As our heads broke the surface, I glanced at Bella. "Nice tail," I said simply.

"Likewise," she replied. I then hoisted myself out of the water.

"You can get out," I said to Bella. "I can dry us off really quickly." Bella gave me a confused look, and then pulled herself out of the water. I held out both of my hands, one over my tail and one over Bella's. I clenched them together and our tails started to steam. Within seconds, our legs reappeared.

"Wow!" Bella exclaimed. "That was so much faster!" We then stood up.

I asked the first question. "How long have you been a mermaid Bells?"

"For about seven years," she said. "I was changed in a moon pool when I lived in Ireland. That's where I got my crystal from. Were you changed at this moon pool?"

"Nope," I said. "I've been a merman for six years," I revealed. "I was changed back in the states a week before you arrived."

"You mean we both had tails the whole time while we were friends?" Bella asked. "Oh, it would've been so much easier if we knew about each other then!"

"Tell me about it," I chuckled. "So, do you have any powers?"

"Yeah," she smiled. "Watch." She then made little sections of the water in the moon pool turn to jelly. "I can also harden this to make the water solid, and I can make the jelly explode."

"Well, that's the first time I've heard about that power," I laughed. "I can move water, freeze water, and heat and boil water."

"Wow," Bella said in awe. Do Kaylie and Kyle know about you're secret?"

"Yep," I smiled. "They both took the news surprisingly well. When Kyle calls me fish boy, I threaten to boil his insides and that shuts him right up."

Bella and I then broke out into laughter. It felt good to finally get the secret off my chest, and it was so awesome that throughout our whole friendship, Bella and I had shared the same secret all along. As we calmed ourselves down, I saw four heads poke up in the moon pool. It was the girls. When they saw Bella, their faces turned hostile. "What's she doing here?" Lauren asked angrily.

"I can explain-" I began, but was cut off by Rikki.

"I guess Lauren was right," she said. "You can't be trusted. Why would you bring her here of all places?"

"Wait, guys just listen-" I tried to say again.

"We thought we could trust you!" Emma shot at me. Jeez, they were relentless. They didn't even take the time to hear me out.

"Will, I can't believe you!" Lauren said with another shot of anger.

"If you would just calm down-"

"Calm down?" Lauren asked. "Why should I calm down? You spilled our secret to her already and she hasn't even been here for one whole day! This is-"

I had enough. I threw my hand in the air. A couple seconds later, lighting shot down into my hand, making a loud cracking sound in the process. This made everyone shut up. I said nothing, and made a sphere of water rise up out of the moon pool. I looked over to Bella and motioned for her to use her powers on it. She stuck out her hand and turned the sphere into jelly. The girls were awestruck. Bella then shifted her hand, which made the jelly sphere explode.