Author's note:

Just so you know I'm a Zevie fan, but I had to have them break up because it fits with the storyline. Please try to understand. Much love xXx

The Dark side of the Moon

"There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact it is whole black!", Pink Floyd

01.

Zac walked inside the "Ocean Café" and tried to look everywhere else but at Evie who was arranging some of the new stock in her shop.

He still felt guilty for breaking up with her about a month ago, but he knew it was all for the better. She was a really nice person, and he really cared about her, but Evie never seemed to completely understand why he wanted to stay a merman. When he tried to explain her he realized their relationship was going nowhere and he told her it would be better if they don't see each other anymore. What's more when they broke up he expected to feel devastated, but the feeling never came. Instead he felt relieved. Now he was spending his days swimming with Lyla, Nixie and Serena, and taking classes with them from Rita. He was glad to have them as friends, especially Lyla, because she seemed to understand him best.

A sigh escaped his lips when walked to the bar where David was, passing through the table Cam was sitting at, without acknowledging his presence. Cam looked at his direction but Zac never responded to his look.

"Hi, Zac." David greeted him.

"Hi, David." He responded and asked David to make him a drink.

He then walked to one of the tables furthest from Cam's and sat down. Not long after, Serena, Nixie and Lyla showed up. Serena went to David and Lyla and Nixie went to Zac. They greeted him with smiles on their faces, but when he briefly responded Lyla noticed he was distracted.

"What's up with you?" She asked him a-matter-of-factly.

"Nothing." He said and shook his head, then turned to look at the two girls. "Are you up for a swim?"

"Of course." Lyla smiled, her eyes sparkling.

They waited for Zac to finish his drink and for Serena to stop singing and walked out of the café together. Then the four of them dived in and headed towards Mako. That night was not an ordinary full moon, but a lunar eclipse and unfortunately they lost track of time and after swimming for about three hours, the three mermaids and the merman headed straight to the moon pool. When they arrived something caught Nixie's attention.

"Look." She said. "The stone from the trident! It's glowing!"

The others looked at the same direction and realized she was right. The big oval stone that they had decided to keep after the trident was destroyed was spreading blue light all around the place.

"I think we should go." Zac said. "I don't want to mess with that thing or what's left of it again. It's too powerful."

"Zac's right." Lyla said. "We better go home."

Serena only nodded and the three turned to dive in.

"Nixie?" Serena and the others turned to call her and their eyes widened. "Nixie, no, don't...!"

But it was too late. Nixie's fingers curled around the circular stone and just then the moon shined above the cave before becoming completely black. It made a connection with the stone in Nixie's hand and the four of them suddenly were surrounded of a water wall that was spinning around faster and faster and was pulling them under the water with enormous strength. In the next moment everything turned into the brightest light and they disappeared under the water...

Suddenly everything stopped and it was like nothing ever happened. With one difference though. Lyla was the first to crab the surface followed by Nixie, then Zac and finally Serena.

"Are you ok?" Lyla breathed like she had run for miles.

"Yeah, you?" Zac asked and she nodded.

Nixie looked around the place.

"Wait a second, the moon pool...it looks different."

They all looked at their surroundings. The pool of water was not rectangular, but circular and the walls around it were wrecked from an explosion.

"Where are we?" Asked Serena, her voice shaking.

"I have no idea." Lyla answered still focusing on the place.

"We have to investigate." Zac said and pulled himself out of water.

He then pulled out the others and helped them dry off along with Lyla. Once with their legs they walked around.

"I think we should..." Lyla started, but Nixie motioned her "quiet" with her finger and pointed towards the water.

Four shapes had appeared there. Zac and the girls quickly used their magic to become invisible. The four shapes crabbed the surface and it turned out they were four mermaids. One brunette and three blonds. Because of being in the water, the blonds looked similar.

"That's not fair, you guys cut me off again." The dark-haired girl protested.

"You're so slow that I always forget you're with us too." One of the blonds said sarcastically and they all laughed.

"Shut up." The brunette said, but a smile appeared on her face.

"Guys, it's so good to be together again." One of the other two blonds said and the others gave her smiles.

"Yeah, we missed you so much! Even Rikki here", She pointed towards the blond next to her, "couldn't stop complaining about not having you here to help us with the homework!" The brunette said.

"Rikki? Homework?! You're hilarious!"

"Hey!" The one who was supposed to be Rikki said. "Believe it or not I have my moments sometimes."

The other three girls rolled their eyes and everybody burst into laughter.

"I think it's time for us to go." The blond in the far right who was silent most of the time said. "It's getting late."

"Bella's right." The brunette nodded. "I'm up for another race and this time I'll win!"

"Dream on, Cleo." The girl called Rikki said before they dived in and disappeared under the water.

Zac and the three mermaids reappeared again. Their faces were expressing both shock and excitement at the same time.

"Are those mermaids from your pod?" Zac asked the girls, but they shook their heads.

"We've never seen them before." Lyla said.

"Maybe we should go find them and talk to them." Serena suggested.

"And tell them what exactly?" Nixie said with her eyebrows up.

"Let's just swim out of here." Zac said. "We can go to the cafe and discuss what we'll do."

"Good idea." Lyla nodded.

They all looked at each other and dived in together.

{ * }

Meanwhile Cleo, Emma, Bella and Rikki walked inside "Rikki's". They looked around and spotted Lewis, Will and Ash sitting at one of the tables and talking. Rikki went to get drinks while the others went to the boys.

"I hope your little discussion has everything to do with us, otherwise.." Cleo joked and they all laughed.

"Don't worry." Lewis told her and winked the boys.

"We saw that!" Emma bit him but then smiled.

Something caught Bella's attention.

"Guys, look over there!"

The others turned their head in the direction Bella was pointing at.

"That's not possible!" Cleo said.

"It can't be how it looks!" Emma said her voice chocked.

"I can't believe this!" Will and Lewis said simultaneously.

"There has to be an explanation!" Ash concluded.

They all couldn't take their eyes off the kissing couple behind the bar. Her eyes were closed because of the sudden surprise when he leaned and pressed his lips onto hers. She quickly backed away breaking the kiss.

"What the bloody hell was that?" She asked trying to take a breath.

"You liked it, Rikki, admit it."

"Zane, we are over! How many times do I have to tell you that?!" She said firmly quickly getting her conscience back.

He only smirked and kissed her again, even more roughly, putting his hand on her waist and pulling her to him, closing the space between them. She pushed him away.

"Stop! What do you think you're doing?!"

He leaned again, but this time instead of kissing her lips, he pressed his on her neck causing her moan slightly.

Not removing his hand from her waist, he slid it up, pressing her body next to his and kissing her neck again. He then opened the office door behind him and pulled her in, this time however she didn't protested.

Cleo gasped and muttered "Unbelievable" to herself. Lewis, Ash and Will were blinking blankly and Bella and Emma suddenly had become speechless staring at the closed office door.

"I can't believe them!" Emma was the first two speak after a few minutes in awkward silence.

Just then with the group not noticing the door of the cafe opened and four people walked in.

{ * }

Zac and the girls shoved their way out of the water at the first secluded beach they found and they went at the direction of what they knew to be the "Ocean café". When they reached it however, they noticed the place was completely different and was named "Rikki's".

"What the hell happened to the "Ocean Café"?" Lyla groaned.

"I have no idea." Nixie answered her checking out the place with her eyes.

"Hang on. Isn't Rikki the name of one of those girls who were at the moon pool earlier?" Zac asked.

"You're right." Serena answered.

"What do we do now?" Lyla asked.

"I say we go in." Zac told her and started walking towards the entrance, the others following close behind him.

He walked in followed by the girls and they looked around. Their look fell over the small group chatting with each other.

"Look over there. Those are the girls we saw at the moon pool." Nixie said pointing at them.

"Let's take a seat." Lyla said and they sat behind the table of the group so they could hear what the others were saying.

"These are only three of the girls we saw at the moon pool, the forth one's not here." Zac whispered.

The girls nodded and they all went silent so they could hear the other's conversation.

"I can't believe those two." They heard a feminine voice say.

"Tell me about it." A man's voice commented.

"I've never seen anyone else to lose it like Rikki does when she's around Zane." They heard one of the other girls say.

"Rikki said the same thing about Bella, remember?!" A boy cut her off followed by a laughter.

"Oh, really?!" The third girl bit him. "So, Lewis, tell me, when did Rikki said that about me?!"

"It was on one of our first full moon sleepovers together. If I remember clearly Will came to talk to you and Rikki commented how you lose it every time when he's around you."

"Was that the time when the tentacle kidnapped me?" The voice that belonged to Bella asked.

"Exactly."

"So, that was the reason you disappeared like that?" A male's voice said.

"Yeah."

"I'm sorry about that. It was my fault; I took you outside to talk to you."

"It's ok, Will, you didn't know about us being mermaids back then."

A sound of people kissing each other followed. Zac, Lyla, Nixie and Serena exchanged shocked looks. Those boys knew? And there was a water tentacle?! They hurried out of the café and Lyla was the first to speak.

"What the hell is going on here?"