"Cory!"

The 15-year-old looked up from her painting to see another girl standing in her driveway.

"Hey, Rikki."

Rikki made her way into the garage where Cory was painting.

"I was nearby and thought maybe you wanna hang out for a bit," Rikki said. "But if you're busy, that's okay."

"I was just giving this one a last look before putting it aside. Just let me grab my keys." Cory pulled off the plastic gloves and ran inside to lock the house.

The two teens started wandering around discussing random events that had been happening in their lives recently. They became so absorbed in their conversation; they didn't notice that they had walked all the way to the harbour at the marina.

Cory and Rikki had only known each other for about two months at this point but had managed to become quick friends. They had met each other when Cory was messing around near the waterfront and twisted her leg, causing her to fall in the water. Rikki thankfully had been nearby and jumped in to help her out. To say that Cory was embarrassed was an understatement.

"Looks like a twisted ankle. I think you'll be okay."

"Thanks. I'm Coralie by the way. Well, actually it's Cory. No one's called me Coralie since I was a toddler." Cory said nervously as Rikki continued checking her foot.

"Name's Rikki." the other girl said without looking up.

"I don't know what I would have done if you weren't here."

Rikki looked up for a second.

"No big deal."

"It was a pretty big deal to me." Cory joked. "If you ever need anything, let me know. You know, just to repay the favour."

Rikki gave her a small smile.

"I'll keep that in mind."

The two of them didn't see each other again until a couple of days later when they passed each other at school. Cory always tried to give her a friendly wave. After a while, Rikki had started asking her to hang out at random times, and it eventually became the norm for the two of them.

"She's the worst. She could at least-" Rikki stopped mid-rant when Cory halted and put her hand out in front of Rikki.

"What?" Rikki asked curiously.

Cory pointed over to the docks. Where a tall brown haired teen was walking away from an inflatable boat.

"Zane left his Zodiac totally unattended." Cory smiled. Rikki smiled back and nodded in understanding.

The two of them made their way over to the red boat. Looking around to make sure that no one saw them.

"Get the spark plug," Cory whispered while continuing keeping an eye out.

Once Rikki pulled out the small silver piece, she motioned for Cory to run. The two of them got out of sight and waited for Zane to return.

They watched as Zane and his friend, Nate, returned to find that his boat refused to start. Rikki and Cory had a good laugh when Zane let out a couple of curses and kicked it out of frustration. However, things went south when a girl walked by, and Zane called her over. Cory recognised her to be Cleo. Another teen, who was in the same year as Rikki and Cory.

They talked for a bit before Cleo got into the boat. Looking like she was getting ready to pass Zane some tools. Zane processed to push the boat away from the dock with Cleo still in it.

"Why me? I didn't steal your spark plug!" Cleo shouted in frustration.

"Because you're here, Cleo. My dad will buy me another boat anyway. I tell you what if you get it going you can keep it." Zane shouted back.

"We should do something, right?" Cory asked Rikki.

Rikki nodded her head.

"Just follow my lead."

Rikki started rushing towards the boat, much to Cory's surprise. After some brief hesitation, Cory followed after her. They both jumped off the dock to the zodiac. Each landing. One after the other. It caused Cleo to let out a surprised shriek.

"Hi, Cleo," Cory said, while Rikki gave her a bemused look.

"Cory? Is this supposed to be some sort of rescue because there's a fatal flaw here I don't mean to state the obvious, but we're just floating out to sea all three of us?"

"How do I always manage to forget how chatty you are?" Cory jokingly asked as Rikki pulled out the spark plug.

"You two took that?" Cleo asked.

"Zane Bennett's a pig. Anything I can do to get under his skin can be a bad thing, now can it?" Rikki said as she moved to put the plug back in its proper place.

"Cool, thanks Rikki," Cleo said happily.

Rikki looked up at her with a similar confused face as when Cleo screamed at them earlier.

"You know my name?" she asked.

"Yah well, I've seen you around school since you arrived."

Rikki didn't say anything and placed a cover back over the boat's engine.

"Oh I mean I meant to say hello and everything!" Cleo panicked.

"Hold on," Rikki said as she moved the boat forward. Cleo and Cory both smiled as Rikki weaved the boat around the harbour. As they passed Zane, Rikki revved the engine. Causing the boy to be completely drenched with water. Cory and Cleo let out chuckles as they all floated away.

The three of them had huge smiles on their faces as they travelled down the waterways, and Cory and Cleo waved at other passing boats. As they were passing a canal, Cleo asked Rikki to slow down.

"Hey, Emma! Want a ride!" Cleo called to the blonde walking by.

"Are you licensed?" Emma asked Rikki.

"Are you my mother?" Rikki shot back.

"Come on, Emma. It will be fun." Cory said.

Emma seemed to think about it for a second, then a small smile appeared on her face. She moved to hop onto the zodiac. Once she was aboard the girls set off.

"Want to go out to sea?" Rikki said.

"Isn't that dangerous in a boat this sized?" Emma asked.

"Chill out." Rikki scoffed.

Rikki turned the boat out to the ocean. If it wasn't for the adrenaline going through her system, Cory probably would have felt nervous about heading to open waters, but the joy she was feeling overshadowed any doubts in her mind.

Unfortunately, that joy would diminish in a couple of hours when the boat stopped unexpectedly. Rikki kept trying to turn the engine back on while Cory nervously tapped her nails on her leg.

"Are we chilled out yet?" Emma sarcastically asked.

"So? We're floating. It's not like we're sinking." Rikki said.

"Not yet," Emma whispered under her breath.

"I think we're out of fuel, feel like paddling to that island," Rikki said. Pointing to the nearby dryland.

"Mako Island? Forget it." Emma said.

"No one goes there. It's surrounded by sharks... and reefs... and mangroves." Cleo said nervously.

"Why do you make mangroves out to be a bigger concern than sharks?" Cory asked. "I think we should go. Better than floating out here aimlessly."

Rikki smiled and picked up the two oars. Passing one to Emma.

Once they got to Mako, they pulled the zodiac up onto the beach. So that it wouldn't float away while they weren't looking. The last thing they needed was for this situation to get even worse by losing their only way back to the mainland.

"How are we ever going to get back home?" Cleo asked with a sad look.

"Good question, Cleo. Ask your friends here." Emma said snidely.

"Hey, you chose to get on the boat. Don't act all high and mighty." Cory snapped back.

"I wasn't the one who took this thing miles offshore." Emma huffed. "You three are lucky I've got this."

Emma moved to the boat and pulled a flip phone out of her bag. Cleo smiled at her friend.

"Emma's always really prepared," Cleo said to Rikki. Which made Cory roll her eyes.

"Oh, I'm so happy for her," Rikki said in a mocking tone, which caused Emma to give her a dirty look.

"I'm not getting any signal we should get to higher ground."

Emma headed off, with Cleo following close behind. Cory turned back to Rikki, who was still leaning against the boat.

"Let's go with them. We might find something weird." Cory said playfully, as she turned to start walking.

A small smile appeared on Rikki, and she ran to catch up with Cory.

A few hours later, the four of them were all slowing, making their way further into the island, with Emma leading them to higher ground. Rikki let out another huff as they passed a small river.

"Do you have any idea where you're going?" Rikki asked.

"Just up, I'm still not getting a signal," Emma answered.

"Maybe we won't get a signal. What then? What if we can't call anyone? What if nobody finds us what then?" Cleo said.

"We'll signal for a boat or something," Cory said.

"Or we'll have to draw straws and decide which one of us the others will eat." Rikki smiled.

"That's not funny," Emma said, angrily.

"I'm relieving the tension!"

"Don't start, you two. Let's just focus on getting home instead of bickering with each other." Cory said firmly.

They continued on until they came across a small waterfall. Emma told everyone to mind their steps as Rikki and Cleo jumped across.

Cleo hesitated. "I can't do it, it's too slippery, there has to be another way."

"Don't worry. It's not as far as it seems." Cory told her, but Cleo just shut her eyes and shook her head.

"I can jump across with you if you want?" Cory said as she leapt back over the water.

She held out her hand for Cleo to take. The other teen looked at it for a couple of seconds before nodding and grabbing hold of it. Cory gave her a confident smile and told her to jump on three. Cleo's footing caused her to slip and tighten her grip on Cory's hand. They both screamed as they fell down a path into a cave of some kind.

The sounds of Emma and Rikki's voices echoed down to them. Shouting their names.

Cleo let out a groan as she sat up. "I think we're okay."

Cleo looked over to Cory. Other than a bit of pain in her wrist, Cory felt fine, so she gave Cleo a nod.

"Yep, we're all good," Cory said.

"Can the two of you climb up?" Emma asked.

"I don't think so," Cory answered.

"Are you sure, come on just try?"

"It's too steep and slippy," Cory said, as she tried to get back up. Only to slide back down again.

Cory could vaguely hear Emma and Rikki talking. A few seconds later, there was the sound of feet scuffing, then Emma yelling as she fell down into the cave. Much like Cleo and Cory had.

"Are you two okay," Emma asked, once she collected herself.

"My leg hurts a little," Cleo said.

"There's a bit of pain in my wrist," Cory added.

"They're probably just sprained," Emma said after checking on them.

Suddenly Rikki slid down to join them. Causing Emma to give yet another angry look.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, you came down."

"You were meant to stay at the top and throw down a rope or something."

"What am I a mind reader?" Rikki complained.

"And with what rope?" Cory asked. Trying to defend her friend. "There wouldn't be anything long enough or strong enough to pull us out."

Rikki nodded her head and smiled.

"Exactly," Rikki said. Glad that there was at least one person on her side.

This just made Emma roll her eyes at them in annoyance.

"Shouldn't we concentrate on getting out of here," Cleo suggested.

"Yep." Emma agreed.

She got up to start looking around. Followed quickly by the other three. They started heading further into the cave. After a little while, Cory couldn't help but think that it would be getting dark soon. She hoped that the tide wouldn't pull the zodiac back into the ocean. Leaving them with nothing to paddle back home with, if the plan of calling or signalling for help didn't work.

"There's no way out," Rikki said, as the girls continued walking.

"Let's try here," Emma said as she made her way up what looked to be a small stairwell at the other side of the cave.

A little while later, they noticed a shimmering reflection coming off the cave walls. They each entered a larger area, where they found a pool of water. It was a pretty sight. Cory looked up to see that night sky shining down on it. Which was what must have been giving the pool it's out of the ordinary, bright blue colour.

Cory just started up in awe at the starry night sky.

"Wow, this is like the cone of a volcano," Rikki said with a bright smile.

"It's um... not going to erupt is it?" Cleo asked as she huddled towards Emma.

Cory and Emma each give Cleo a look.

"It's been dormant for 20 thousand years. I think we're safe." Emma reassured her friend.

Cory moved towards the pool and started waving her hand through it. Emma moved along the edge and looked into the water with curiosity.

"Look, title rings, the level of the pool rises and falls," Emma said. She kneeled down and started taking her shoes off.

"So?" Rikki asked in confusion.

"So, it's connected to the ocean. There might be a way out." Emma said with a proud smile that she seemed to make a lot when she was right.

As Emma got ready to jump in the water, Cory called out to her.

"Be careful you don't know how far it'll take to get back to the ocean."

"Trust me. I'll be okay."

Emma stepped down to an underwater step in the pool and drove in. Disappearing into the deep blue water.

A concerned look appeared on Cleo's face. She stared at the water and shook her head.

"I'm not gonna like this."

This made Cory remember that Cleo couldn't swim. Cory felt herself cringe at the thought of Cleo having to do something that seemed to scare her so much. Cory moved to the edge of the pool and sat down. She hoped Emma came back okay. For all their sakes.

After a few minutes Cory, Cleo and Rikki were all sitting on the cave floor, waiting for Emma to come back. Cory had started lightly bouncing her leg as she got antsier. Cleo called out for Emma after another minute. Growing more concerned for her best friend's safety.

"Relax, just give her a minute," Rikki said. Not wanting Cleo to start panicking.

"She's right. Emma's basically a professional. She can handle it." Cory told her. Trying to keep Cleo calm as well as herself.

Right as Cory said this, Emma reappeared from the water.

Once Emma caught her breath, she smiled up at the other girls. "I was right. It's about a twenty-second swim to the reef outside straight through plenty of room. We can all fit."

Cory and Rikki smiled back at her and started taking their shoes off. Cleo hesitated. Her eyes were darting back and forth between the other teens.

"Through there... no way," Cleo said with shaking hands.

"Come on, Cleo. There's no other way out. You can do it." Rikki said as she continued taking her shoes off.

Cory placed a comforting hand on Cleo's shoulder, but that didn't seem to help much.

"I can't do it, and besides I can't swim."

Everyone went silent. As Rikki and Cory had joined Emma in the water, they had convinced Cleo to at least take off her shoes, but once she looked at the water again, she went still.

"Everything will be fine." Emma tried reassuring her again.

"How can you be sure?" Cleo asked.

"We can't, but we don't have much of a choice, Cleo," Cory said sincerely.

"What alternative do we have," Rikki said. "Stay stuck down here forever."

"Look, Cleo. It will only be for a little while, then you won't have to get in the water again if you don't want to." Cory said as she swam over to the edge.

Cory raised her hand for Cleo to take, much like she had at the waterfall before. She let out a defeated sigh. After taking her hand, Cory started leading Cleo into the water. They slipped under for a second and quickly came back up. Cory was careful to make sure that Cleo stayed afloat with her.

The four of them all nodded to each other. Silently checking if the others were ready to dive out of there. Suddenly the pool lit up. Sparkling bubbles were rising from the water floating towards the full moon. Looking kinda like fireflies.

"Wow," Cleo said in wonder.

"Spooky," Emma muttered.

"Let's just get out of here," Cory said once the sparking had stopped. Finally having enough 'adventure' for one day.

"Okay, now take a deep breath," Emma told them before going under once again. Followed by Rikki.

Cory gave Cleo one last look. "On three?"

Cleo nodded, and Cory started counting down. Once she reached three, they both took a deep breath and dived down. They swam through the tunnel with Cory holding on to Cleo, and Rikki staying close by if they needed help. Once the narrow cave started getting wider, they started swimming for the surface. Each girl let out a gasp as they breached the water.

"That was more than twenty seconds," Cleo said. Still holding tightly on Cory.

"Relax! We made it, didn't we?" Rikki said. Gesturing to the open sea around them.

"You did great," Cory said to Cleo.

"I'm proud of you, Cleo. I knew you could do it." This made Cleo smile.

Out of nowhere, a blinding light was pointed at them. The girls covered their eyes. Trying to avoid looking directly into the bright light.

"This is the water police please make your way to the boarding ladder at the rear of the boat."

Rikki and Cleo started swimming over, while Cory and Cleo took one last look towards Mako.

"Come on," Cory said. Helping Cleo swim to the boat.

Once they had gotten back to town, the girls were told to wait as the water police sorted things out. Each of the girls' families arrived to pick them up. Cory felt her blood go cold when she spotted her uncle with an annoyed look on his face.

She rushed over to him and apologised. He didn't say anything as they walked home.

Once they walked through the front door, her uncle turned and stared at her.

"Explain what happened."

"I'm really sorry, Emmett-"

"I don't want an apology. I want to know what happened."

Cory explained how she had been hanging out with Rikki, and thought it would be a funny idea to steal the spark plug. They ran out of fuel when riding out to Mako Island, and being picked up by the water police. The mad look on her uncle's face didn't waver once.

"Do you have any idea what it was like to get a call at work telling me that my niece had gone missing after being seen riding out into the open ocean," Emmett said pinching the bright of his nose in stress.

Cory's head dropped in shame. She shut her eyes tightly. "I'm so sorry, I promise I won't do it again."

"I sure hope not!" Emmett sighed. "Give me your keys, and go to your room. We'll talk about this when it isn't one in the morning."

Cory reached for her shorts and panicked when she couldn't find anything in her pockets. They must have fallen out when swimming out the cave.

Emmett must have guessed what happened judging by the look on Cory's face.

"Just go to bed," Emmett said. Sounding rather defeated.

Cory rushed to her room and closed the door behind her. After getting changed out of her damp clothes, she slammed down on the bed. Trying not to cry. When failing to go to sleep, Cory turned to look out the window to the night sky. Hoping that the day had been a bad dream that she would wake up from.

A few hours later, the sun had risen, and Cory was staring her at her bedroom door. Debating if she should try talking to Emmett again. Cory couldn't believe how stupid she had been in hindsight. The moment she saw an opportunity to mess with Zane, she took it without thinking.

Cory's thoughts were interrupted by a knocking on the door.

"Um yeah?"

The door opened, and Emmett made his way into the room. He didn't have the annoyed look on his face anymore, but Cory could tell that he was still upset.

"Right punishment..." Emmett said, rubbing the back of his head. "No games or painting for three weeks. You'll be doing all the washing and vacuuming for three weeks too."

Cory nodded her head. Emmett's eyes softened.

"And please, for the love of God. Don't steal any more spark plugs."

"I swear I won't," Cory said quickly.

Emmett let out a sigh and moved to sit next to his niece. "Cory, you seriously scared the living daylights out of me last night. For my own sake, and yours, don't do anything like this again."

Cory nodded again, and Emmett gave her a small smile. "Alright... I have to get back to work. You can get started on housework."

"I will! Thank you, Emmett." Cory said as she gratefully hugged her uncle. Emmett returned the hug but reached behind her to grab something off her nightstand.

"This is mine for the next three weeks," Emmett said. Shaking Cory's DS at her.

"You monster." Cory smiled. Emmett smiled back and gave Cory's hair a ruffle, then left the room.

Cory got out of her pyjamas and got into some new clothes for the day. She moved about the house doing all her usual chores. When the first load of washing was done, Cory moved to take everything to the clothesline. Only once she took the wet clothes out of the machine and picked up the basket, she felt a weird feeling coming from her legs. She looked down, and there was a sudden flash. She opened her eyes to see that her legs seemed to be covered in sea green scales.

Cory let out a yelp as she fell to the tiled floor of the laundry. "Ouch..." Cory looked behind her to see that she had some kind of tail. She just stared at it in shock for a few minutes. Once the surprise was gone, Cory started pulling herself across the floor. She reached up to the top of the broken dryer (that she and Emmett still couldn't be bothered to fix), and grabbed at the towels sitting there.

She started whipping the towel up and down her hands. Thankfully causing the tail to disappear. Cory leapt to her feet. And rushed to the front door.

Emma

Cleo

Rikki

Did they know about this? Was it happening to them too? She had to find them. Maybe they knew what was going on.

Cory opened the front door to find Rikki standing there, reaching for the doorknob.

"Did you-" Cory started.

"Something really weird just happened-"

"Emma and Cleo!"

"Yeah, come on-!"

Rikki grabbed her hand, and Cory closed the door behind her. Later realising that she would have to break back into the house with her secret method. Cory led Rikki to Cleo's house. Knowing where it was due to once having to visit because she was paired with Cleo for a school project.

Cory frantically knocked on the door. Cleo opened it, and her eyes went wide.

"Thank goodness, you two are here! Come on! Emma waiting inside."

Once all of the girls were inside, they started frantically telling each other about how they somehow grew tails that morning.

"It was blue and covered with scales," Cleo said as she walked through the kitchen.

"Mine was green," Cory told her.

"Why does it matter what colour they were!?" Emma shouted at them.

"I was water for a second," Rikki said.

"I was a fish!" Cleo yelped.

"How the heck did this happen," Cory whined.

"What's going on?" Emma said as she sat on a chair in the living room.

"That's what I wanna know," Rikki said as she sat down next to Emma on the arm of the chair.

They all stopped to look around the room. Cory turned to Cleo.

"Is anyone here?" she asked in a slightly panicky tone.

"No, my dad is at work, and my sister and mom are shopping."

Once they knew no one could overhear them, Emma spoke up. "Okay, what happened to us?"

"About ten seconds after we touch water, we grow these.." Cory started gesturing wildly to her legs.

"And it vanishes when we're dry, and that's the same for you three, right?" Cleo asked. All three of them nodded.

"The tails are like-" Cleo started, but stopped. Noting wanting to be the one to say it.

"Exactly like-" Emma continued, but stopped like Cleo.

"But that would be crazy," Cory said with a bewildered smile.

"We look like... mermaids." Rikki finally said.

"I told you before you're not funny." Emma scolded her. Mermaids don't exist. That's just too weird."

"Well, what else would you ca-" Cory started asking her but stopped when there was a knock at the door.

Everyone sat up straight and stared at the door. A look of realisation appeared on her face.

"Oh no, it's Lewis. He's helping me with biology today." Cleo got up from the couch and rushed to the door.

"Heyo." Lewis said as he made his way into the house. "Cleo oh-"

Lewis stopped when he stopped Emma, Rikki, and Cory. Who all gave him forced smiles.

"Um... Did I get the time wrong?" Lewis asked as he walked into the kitchen.

"No, we said nine," Cleo answered

"Oh..."

"But sorry, Lewis. Something has come up."

"Like what?"

"Just something important," Cleo said. She turned back to the three other girls, who all started shaking their heads at her.

"Buuuuut, not so important that you need to know about it." Cleo put her hand on Lewis' shoulder and started guiding him out of the house. "Sorry Lewis, I have to cancel."

Lewis let out a confused 'oh' as he continued walking through the house. "Maybe some other time.."

"Lewis, you're smart, do you know anything about mermaids?" Cleo asked.

Rikki rolled her eyes in disbelief. Emma just stared at the floor, and Cory covered her mouth to stop herself from saying something she would regret.

"No, not really."

"Oh okay, sorry bye," Cleo closed the door behind Lewis and turned back to Emma, Rikki, and Cory. They were all now standing and staring her down. ".... What?"

"Do you know anything about mermaids?" Rikki repeated in a mocking tone. "Are you crazy?!"

"What about our constant head shaking told you that was a good idea," Cory asked.

"Cleo, this is really serious. Something strange has happened to us. We don't know-how, and we certainly don't know why." Emma firmly told her.

"Well maybe-"

"No maybes. At least until we know what's going on. We can't tell anyone about this." Cory stated.

A smile appeared on Rikki's face. "There is a way for us to find out more."

"How?" Cleo asked. Looking curious.

"Go back in the water," Rikki answered like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"No way. Not me. You said it yourself, Cory. I don't even have to get in the water again if I don't want to."

Cory silently cursed at herself as Cleo sat back in the armchair. If Cory knew what would happen at the time, then she definitely wouldn't have said that.

"I'm going," Rikki said, proudly. "I just don't think I should go alone. Any volunteers?"

Emma sighed and raised her hand.

"I can't. I still need to finish my daily punishments for going to the island." Cory said. Sounding genuinely upset.

Rikki sighed. She really wanted Cory to come along. "Can you skip?"

"Not this time, love." Cory joked. "I'll join you for the next one. You two can show around the place then."

Rikki made Rikki feel a lot better. "Absolutely." She smiled.

"Before you go. Can I get your number?" Emma asked. Cory nodded, and the two exchanged phones to type their numbers into them.

Cory said her goodbyes and rushed out the door. She made it back into the house by reaching through a cat door that the previous owners installed in the laundry window. She sighed again when spotting the wet clothes, now shattered all over the floor.

"Ooooh kaayyyy" Cory hopped over the clothes to get a pair of gloves from the kitchen.

Cory had finished all the jobs inside the house she looked around the kitchen and saw that Emmett had left a shopping list on the bench. Cory stood there for a second. Wondering if it was worth going for such a small list of stuff.

Cory shrugged her shoulders. She really wanted to stretch her legs. She grabbed the list, a spare pair of keys, and some money from one of the draws.

As Cory walked down the street to the shops, she started thinking about the whole mermaid situation. It must have had some to do with Mako. Was it forever, or would it disappear in a few days? Her pondering was stopped when Cory heard shouting to look out.

Cory looked up to see water falling toward her. She panicked and raised her hands in defence. When she felt nothing hit her, she slowly opened her eyes. The person who tried to warn her was climbing down from the roof of one of the shops.

"Sorry bout that, sheila. Was cleaning the roof and knocked over a bucket."

"It's okay," Cory said while looking around. Trying to work out why the water hadn't hit her.

"Good thing that gust wind made it miss you."

"The wind?" Cory turned to see that the water and the bucket had all landed behind her.

Cory said a quick goodbye to the man and ran back home. Suddenly not feeling up to shopping. She paced around the living room. That was a coincidence. It was totally a coincidence despite that it hadn't been windy like that all day.

Cory's eyes turned to the backyard where the clothes were hanging. Swinging back and forth. What if?

Cory went outside and held her hands up much like she had before. She felt the breeze pick up a bit and put her hands down. Causing it to stop. Cory stared at her hands in disbelief. She went back inside and sat down. Not trusting her shaking legs to keep her standing. After a while, she jumped out of the chair and started running out the door. Much like she had earlier that morning.

Cory started wandering around the neighbourhood. Trying to work out if she should go back to Cleo's place or try to find the other girls. She spotted Cleo and called out to her. Cleo turned to her, and a look of relief appeared on her face.

"Hey!" They said at the same time, once they reached each other.

"I've got magic powers!" Cory blurted out.

"Me too! Come on we have to find Rikki and Emma!"

The two of them ran all the way to Emma without stopping to take a breath. They noticed Emma and Rikki making their way to the front door and Cleo started shouting to them.

"Wait!" Both of the blondes turned to look in surprise. "You'll never believe what just happened!"

Cory and Cleo made their way over to them. Cleo took Emma by the shoulder, and Cory did the same for Rikki.

Once they were upstairs, Cleo asked Cory to get some water. Cory rushed to the bathroom to grab three glasses and filled them up. Being careful not to get any on herself. She placed them down on Emma's desk and took a seat in a nearby chair.

Everyone looked to Cleo. She raised her hand and started slowly turning it. The water started to move and rise upwards.

"And it grows even more," Cleo told them without taking her eyes off the water.

"Where's the extra water coming from?" Rikki wondered.

"Maybe it's stretching. Kinda like blue tact." Cory said, not entirely sure.

Cleo turned and shrugged and the water started falling towards Emma. Her eyes went wide, and she put her hand up to shield herself. She looked up to see that the water had become frozen solid.

"Did I do that?"

"It wasn't me," Cleo said. Shaking her head.

Cory let out a surprised laugh. Leaning further back in the chair.

"Okay, this is over the top I'm getting tingles now," Rikki said, while she smiled like a maniac. "Cory! Can you do anything?"

"Umm," Cory thought for a second. She probably couldn't control the wind very well from inside, but got a sudden feeling. "Hold on. I want to try something."

Cory picked up one of the other glasses and started twirling her finger above the water. After a couple of seconds, the water started spinning around like a tiny whirlpool. The girls all stared at it, intrigued at what was going on.

"I think I could do that with wind if I wanted."

They all smiled and looked over to Rikki. She started making hand gestures at the last glass-like Spiderman or jazz hands, but nothing happened.

"No fair! Why don't I get to do the cool stuff?"

"Maybe it's a panic reaction kind of thing. Or maybe it will take a little longer to appear for you?" Cory said, and Rikki gave a disheartened shrug.

"I don't think cool is the word," Cleo spoke up. "It's scary, but you should have seen the look on Zane's face."

Cory and Rikki both smiled at Cleo and chuckled at the thought of it. Emma didn't seem to find so amusing.

"This isn't funny we've got to keep this a secret from everyone, we could end up dissected," Emma said. Making Rikki roll her eyes again.

"Or in the circus." Cory recoiled at the thought.

"So this secret? It's between the four of us?" Cleo asked.

"Our secret. Our responsibility. Whatever happens, we're in this together." Emma stated.

"Doesn't mean we're married, does it?" Rikki asked.

"So sudden, Rikki. Geez." Cory joked.

"That's not what I m-" Rikki stopped when she realised it was a joke.

Emma gave a small laugh when seeing Rikki get a bit flustered. "Now that was actually funny."

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