Sirena, Mimmi and I were hanging out in the Grotto when Ondina and Zac enter.
"Watching over my shoulder for you guys is really getting really old, so what are we going to do about it?" he says.
"We came here to deal with a threat, mainly you. What do you expect us to do, sit around planting seaweed?" Ondina says
"I have never seen you plant seaweed." Mimmi jokes.
"Zac hasn't done anything-"
"Hello."
We turn to see an older woman enter the Grotto. 'This must be Rita,' I thought.
"You must be the new mermaids Sirena told me about." she says
"I'm Manoa, she's Ondina, this is Mimmi." I say.
"I'm Rita. Welcome to my home, which I'm happy for you to visit so long as you respect my property." she says, taking a box from Mimmi. "How long are you here for?"
"Till we've dealt with this merman," Ondina says, "then I can get rid of these ridiculous legs."
"I've told them Zac's a friend." Sirena says.
"The Seventh Cycle of the Moon is underway. The boy's powers will grow. There's no telling what he'll be like after the next full moon."
Zac stands up and looks at Sirena's Moon Ring. "Then why don't we have a preview." he suggests.
"Of course, we can create the effect of a full moon with a Moon Ring." I add.
"You can't be serious." Ondina says
"Or we can wait until the real full moon," Sirena says, "How many days away is that? You'll be so attached to your legs by then you won't want to get rid of them."
"Alright, fine, go ahead."
"Are you certain you want to do this?" Rita asks.
"I need to know what's going to happen on the next full moon," Zac responds, "if it really will make me a danger to you all."
"What if the Moon Ring makes you a danger right now?" Ondina asks.
"Then we stop," Mimmi says, "that's the beauty of using the Moon Ring."
"I still don't like it."
"You ready?" Sirena asks.
"Do it." Zac says, closing his eyes.
Sirena uses her moon ring on him and he moves a bit.
"Zac?" she asks.
"It's okay," he responds, "I can see Mako. I can feel it. It's dark. I'm in a dark place, maybe a cave. I'm seeing rocks, with carvings, they're symbols. One of them looks like a trident."
"The Trident is a merman weapon." Ondina points out.
"Zac destroyed it." Sirena says.
Mimmi quietly gasps, as if in the trance herself, and I look at her. "Mimmi?"
"Zac?" Sirena asks, "What's happening? Talk to me."
"There's something here." he says.
"What?" Ondina asks.
"There's...something."
"What is it? Tell us!"
"Powerful."
"Enough!" Ondina moves Sirena's arm down, breaking the Moon Ring's effect.
"Are you okay?" Sirena asks.
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Mysteries of Mako
FanfictionManoa Lai is an aqua-tailed mermaid that has lived with the Mako pod her whole life, but has always felt like there was something else out there for her. When she hears that fellow mermaids Sirena, Mimmi, and Ondina are going on land to investigate...
