One By One (One Direction Fanfic)

Rescue

*Clarissa's POV*

"What do you want Khyrah?"I asked and she laughed. Her eyes narrowed and she tapped her foot on the floor.

"I want you to stay out of my way."She said placing my tea cup down."I realize you're a hunter and you're friends with the centaur which will make this very difficult for you but I need you to leave this alone."

"I'm not just friends with Harry. They're all my friends."I said kicking my shoes off and shoving them into the closet.

"Whatever, they're all the same thing, freaks of nature."She said waving her hand dismissively."Stay out of my business and out of my way."She stood up pushing me out of the way as she glided towards the door.

"Oh and don't try to find them, you'll never succeed."She opened my door and the minute she stepped outside the air in my apartment got a few degrees warmer.

"Cheerio."She whispered laughing evilly as she closed the door. I whipped the door open again and she was gone. The only sign that she was ever there was the teacup sitting on my living room table with red lip stick staining the golden rim. When I closed the door again her laugh echoed off the walls as if a ghost of her was still there. Staying out of her way was one of the only things I wouldn't be doing.

*Louis' POV*

I was shaken awake, quite roughly I may add, by Niall.

"What do you want you winged annoyance?"I groaned swatting at him.

"This is important Louis."Niall said and I propped myself up on my elbows to listen.

"Harry's in trouble and we need your help."Liam said picking me up bridal style. I was surprised at the sudden hoisting of myself into the air and almost slipped out of his grasp. Damn slippery fish tail that I happen to be cursed with.

"I don't see how I could possibly be of any assistance considering my condition."I said gesturing to my tail and the fact that Liam was carrying me. He shifted my weight in his arms and grunted trying to keep me from falling right back to the ground.

"There's water involved Louis and you're by far the best swimmer we have for obvious reasons."He said glancing at my glimmering tail."You're the only one who can do this Lou."I looked down at the appendage I'd cursed and called useless earlier that day. Was I really going to be able to help for once and not just be a helpless merman lying on the sidelines like some beached whale? I hoped so.

"Well then take me to him Liam."I said smacking his thigh lightly with my fin. He smiled gripping me tighter to make sure I didn't fall and he started to run. Niall flew close by sprinkling fairy dust behind him like a bread crumb trail in Hanzel and Gretal. When we finally reached the lake Harry was no where to be seen.

"Where's Harry?"I asked looking around the lake.

"She's already got him under."Niall said in a panicked voice. He circled the lake once.

"We got to get him in there Liam."Niall said dusting like crazy. It was practically pouring from his fingertips. I knew this was serious.

"This is it Lou, get back our Harry."Liam said bending his knees and tossing me into the water. I flailed around in the air for a little while before forming a perfect dive and going head first into that lake. When I hit that water I no longer felt like a clumsy oaf like I did on land. I was in my element and I could finally show my talent. I saw Harry and a girl at the bottom of the lake. They were kissing but her hands had far too tight a grip on his neck for it to be innocent. I swam down as quickly as I could. I swam underneath Harry and straight at this girl's stomach breaking them apart. She flew back a few feet and I pushed Harry away from the fight I hoped wasn't going to break out. I knew he was drowning and I went to pick him up to swim him to the surface but the girl had different plans. She hissed at me then lunged for me. I flipped my tail up at her doing an underwater flip. I caught her chin snapping her head back. She came for me again but I caught her by the throat slamming her against a nearby rock. I looked at Harry and I could physically see his lips and fingernails turning blue. She clawed at my forearm which only caused my grip around her neck to tighten until her pure black eyes bulged out of her head. I could feel her struggling to breathe but I didn't care. I was beyond caring for this pitiless creature that preyed upon innocent people then obviously tried to drown them. This creature who had tried to drown one of my best friends. I decided to have the tiniest bit of mercy for this girl that she hadn't shown to Harry and I slammed her head into the rock one last time. She went limp in my hands and I let her drop to the sandy bottom of her watery grave. I watched her for a millisecond before turning to Harry. I grabbed Harry and hoisted him unto my shoulders. I lifted him to the surface. He was heavy and when I broke the surface I had to fight as hard as I could to keep him above the water. I pushed him onto shore towards Liam who dragged him farther up and out of the water. I laid there half in the water and half out wheezing and trying to catch my breath. Carrying all that dead feet thirty feet up had taken a lot more out of me than I thought it would.