I'm Not The Only One

(I know I've posted this story before, but I wanted to make it part of this one-shots serie)

Summary: What if we actually got Bella's side of the story? What if we got to know what was going on in her head throughout the first episode of the third season?

My dad did it again. We moved for the eleventh time. I've lived in the United States, in Canada, in France, in Germany, in Italy, in England, in Ireland, in Estonia, in Argentina, in Spain and I just moved to the Gold Coast in Australia. I have a feeling I'm going to love Australia, because I live near the ocean. Why do I love the ocean? It's because of what happened to me when I was living in Ireland. Long story short, I found a weird see cave near the beach on the night of a full moon. I was nine years old at that time. There was a pool of water in that sea cave and the water looked so appealing that I decided to jump in. Then, the moon passed over the pool and something magical happened. The next morning, when I tried to take a bath, I turned into a mermaid. That's when I knew my life would never be the same. I turn into a mermaid every time I touch water; even if it's the smallest drop. Living in England was a pain since it's always raining there. Even living in Ireland was a pain. As I said earlier, Australia is the best place for someone like me, because it's always sunny and the ocean is nearby. I can go for a swim almost every time I feel like it.

Right now, I am walking down one of the beautiful beaches on the gold coast. There are lots a people there, so I must be careful. I'm trying to find a spot where it's safe for me to dive; where people won't see me dive and not come to the surface. The perks of being a mermaid is that I can hold by breath for about half an hour; maybe even more, but I've never tested it. I was walking when I noticed some guy in the water surrounded by what appears to be bubble in the water. It looked like the jets in a spa. Then, all of a sudden, the guy, who was sitting on his surf board, got turned upside down. It didn't seem like it was on purpose. Then, I saw two girls, a blond one with curly hair and a brunette one with straight hair. I saw the blond one do a weird hand gesture; it seemed like she was the one responsible for what happened to the guy in the water. I heard her say:

"Don't you love some holidays?" They walked away and I walked passed them.

I really feel like they are responsible for what happened to the guy. Although, that's impossible. I'm the only one with powers over water. Yeah, I forgot to mention, I can turn water into a jelly kind of substance and harden it to make it look like crystal. Another perks of being a mermaid. Then, something hit me; maybe I'm not the only mermaid in this world.

I decided to keep a close look on these girls; maybe I could find what's going on. I sat on the sand not too far from them so I can see what they're doing, but far enough so they won't think I'm a creep or a stalker. All they did was getting a tan and talk; I couldn't hear what they were saying though. Then, the blond one looked at her phone and they both left.

I decided to continue exploring the beach. I have to find a secluded spot so I can dive in. After walking for about fifteen minutes, I found a spot behind some rocks. It is secluded enough so people won't see me. I dove right in. I missed swimming. I transformed about ten seconds after I dove and I could feel my scales glide through the water. Wow, the underwater world in Australia is so colorful. There so many colorful fishes, corals and sea weeds. I even saw some baby sharks, some dolphins, some turtles, some manta rays and some seahorses. I love this place.

I swam around for half an hour before going back to the beach to dry off and go back to my house. I have to unpack some boxes. After I finally dried off, I got up and headed back to my house. I was walking on a pathway when I saw a guy passing flyers to everyone. As I walked passed him, he gave me one. It was to advertise a new café that is opening tonight. There's supposed to be live singing. I think I'll go, I love music, I love to sing, I could make new friends and I hope I'll see those two girls again.

I walked in the café, which name is Rikki's, and heard the most horrendous voice ever. I hope this isn't their idea of good music. Then, I saw the guy who gave me the flyer with the blond girl I saw at the beach. This café must be theirs. It seemed like they were arguing about the singer, because they were looking at him almost in disgust. I leaned on one of the pillars in the room while laughing at that poor guy's voice. The saddest part is that he seems really confident and he seems to think he's an awesome singer. Then, he said something to the drummer and he left looking really mad. I feel bad for the blond girl and the boy who gave me the flyer. I don't think things are going as planned.

A bit later, I saw the brunette girl alone, so I decided to introduce myself.

"Great place isn't it?" I said to her.

"Yeah." She said looking a bit skeptical.

"I saw you on the beach this morning." I said. Oops, I look like a stalker now.

"Oh right." Was all she said.

"I'm Bella." I said as I went for a handshake.

"Cleo." She said.

Then, I heard the singer arguing with the blond girl who I think is named Rikki and all I heard was that he was going to sing acapella.

"I don't need a drummer, I'll do it acapella." the boy said. He then walked on the stage to introduce the next song.

"Hello, hello, this one's going out to all the ladies in the house tonight." He said smiling.

"Change that, he'll suck if he does play." Rikki said arms crossed.

"He's not that bad." The boy who gave me the flyer said.

"If you ignore his complete lack of rhythm and that fact that he's tone deaf." I said to complete his statement.

"You sound like you know something about singing?" Rikki said as she turned around to face me.

Then, before I could blink, Rikki took the mic away from Nate and said:

"Nate, meet your new singer." She pointed to me.

"There's no way I'm sharing my mic with anyone… but her." He said as he saw me.

"Now all we need is a drummer." Rikki said.

"Lewis, you should be good, really good." Cleo said to a blond guy.

"Hum… I did when I was ten." He said not so sure about this.

"Great, you and Nate will get along just fine then." Rikki said.

"Him?" Nate asked. "He's hopeless."

The next thing I know, I was on stage getting ready to sing a song I just wrote. I hope Nate will follow my lead and won't mess up.

"Thanks for coming everyone. I would like to dedicate tonight's gig to the girl that I hear is the inspiration for this place: Rikki." I said in the mic. I then proceeded to sing the song titled Who Am I. I sang a couple of other songs then something weird happened.

I was singing a song called Now or Never when I saw a drink falling on the floor in Cleo's direction. The weird thing is that no one knocked the glass over. Something is definitely up and it has something to do with magic. I'm sure of it. Then, I saw Cleo grab Rikki's arm and she dragged her outside. Cleo looked nervous.

After I finished singing this song, I decided to take a break and to go see the two girls outside. I want to know what's going on, so I'll confront them about it.

"Is everything all right out here?" I asked.

"Shouldn't you be singing?" Rikki asked.

"I thought I should check that you're okay." I said.

"Why wouldn't we be okay." Rikki asked.

"Can you please leave us alone for a few minutes?" Cleo asked. Something is definitely going on and they don't want me to know.

"There's something I need to ask you." I said.

"Whatever it is, it can wait." Cleo said.

"There's something going on here, isn't it, something magical?" I asked.

"That's ridiculous, there is no such thing as magic." Rikki said trying to defend Cleo and her.

Then something came from the canal, it looked like a tentacle or something. It was made of water. It kidnapped Rikki and dragged her into the canal. She was panicking; she screamed for help and I was just frozen in place. Cleo ran to the pier and I followed her. What was she doing? That's when I saw it, I saw Rikki's tail. She was a mermaid just like me. Then, Cleo dove into the canal. That means she's a mermaid too. If I want them to trust me, I have to jump in too. After a couple of seconds, I dove to join Cleo. She looked really shocked when she saw me, then I saw the thing taking Rikki away so I pointed it to Cleo and we started following it.

After swimming for like ten minutes, we arrived at an island and we entered a sea cave. I don't know what her power is, but she started using it on the water thing around Rikki. I decided to do the same. We tried really hard, but it was doing anything. I tried to harden it and it worked. The water thing broke in hundreds of pieces and we swam to the surface.

"Are you okay?" Cleo asked Rikki concerned.

"What was that?" Rikki asked.

"It's gone now." Cleo said.

"Where?" Rikki asked.

Then, they both turned to me realizing they just met another mermaid.

"Nice tail." Rikki said.

"Likewise." I responded.

Then we heard sound that looked like someone breathing and moaning in pain.

"Shh." Cleo said.

We turned to the end of the pool and we saw a guy lying unconscious in the sand.

"Let's go." Rikki said.

"No, he sounds like he could be injured." Cleo said. So she's the nice one and Rikki is the mean one.

"What if he sees us?" Rikki asked.

"We can't just leave him." I said.

"I've got a really bad feeling about this." Rikki said.

"Hoy, sleeping beauty." Rikki said as she was poking his arm with her foot.

"Rikki!" Cleo said disapproving what she just did.

Then, the guy woke up, gasped and looked really scared.

"It's okay, it's okay." Rikki said.

"What are you doing here?" Rikki asked the boy.

"I came in here diving, but it's different." He said looking everywhere like he was looking for something. Did I say he was the most gorgeous boy I've ever seen? "The wall, the wall was one big waterfall. Lightning or something coming of it. Right here I swear. Something came for me from the pool. Water, i-it attacked me."

"You must've slipped and hit your head." Rikki said.

"No, it wasn't a dream, it was like it was alive, magic or something." He said trying to convince us. I know what he saw is true, but he can't know that.

"You should really go and see a doctor." I said. He walked to the other side of the cave to grab his stuff and then asked:

"What are you guys doing here anyway?"

"The sooner you get checked out the better." Cleo answered. Wow, I know he can't know about mermaids, but it definitely looks like we're hiding something now.

"Are you sure you'll be alright getting back?" I asked realizing that getting back alone wasn't a really good idea in his condition.

"My name's Will." He said.

"I'm Bella." I responded. He then dove into the pool and left.

The next morning, Cleo and Rikki asked me to meet them at Rikki's. They said we had to talk about last night, our encounter and the fact that we we're all mermaids. When I arrived at the café, I saw the drummer sitting with them; his name is Lewis. Does he know about me? I don't want everyone to know I'm a mermaid. I'll be in so much trouble if I got exposed. Cleo and Rikki started by saying that he has known about mermaids since they transformed so they trust him. They said that he helped them a lot to keep their secret, so I should trust him. I told them everything. I told them how I transformed into a mermaid and explained my powers. They also have powers; Cleo controls water and can create wind and Rikki boils water and can create lightning. That is so awesome. Lewis looked a bit confused.

"You've been a mermaid since you were nine?" He asked.

"Yeah, well, we were living in Ireland at the time; my parents were working do I took off to the coast. And I found this see cave in cliffs and I went into a pool." I said. Then, I used my power on Lewis' drink so they could see it. They all looked really surprised.

"Wow." Was all Lewis said. He put the jellified water on the table and manipulated it.

"Wait, wait, wait. When my bike still had training wheels, you had a tail?" She asked.

"Well yeah, well when did you guys change?" I asked.

"Oh, ages, we've been mermaids for ages." Rikki answered. I don't know why, but I feel like she's lying.

"Do that again." Lewis said as the jellified water turned back into normal water.

"Cool it Lewis, we've got bigger fish to fry." Rikki said. I looked at her surprised.

"So what happened to you guys out there?" Lewis asked.

"Forget everything we thought we knew; we know nothing about Mako, nothing." Cleo said.

"Why? What's changed?" Lewis asked.

"The full moon sent water to attack us." Cleo responded.

"I don't get it." Lewis said.

"Neither do I, but we've got to figure it out before he does." Rikki said pointing to Will.

"Will." I said.

"He was there, he saw whatever it was and that means trouble for all of us." Rikki said.

"Hum.. All of us?" I asked. I mean, they're super nice, but I didn't transform on Mako. I'm not like them.

"You're one of us now Bella." Cleo said. Well I guess I just found new friends.

"Well we haven't really discussed it." Rikki said as Cleo looked at her with disapproving eyes. I guess she doesn't like new people. "Though we'd like it. I mean, if you want to." She said. Nice save I thought to myself.

"Yeah, I'm in." I said. I will be nice to have friends that I have a lot in common with for once and they look really nice. We all smiled at each other. I think this the beginning of an awesome friendship and an awesome adventure.

I've posted this one-shot before, I know. As I said, I wanted it to be part of this 'What if' serie. A new fresh one-shot should be uploaded today or in the next couple of days. I really hope you enjoyed this one and are going to enjoy this serie. Thank you all so much for taking the time to read this. Don't forget to review, favorite and follow. It really means a lot to me. By the way, my first language is French, so there are obviously grammar and spelling mistakes. I'm sorry about that...

I will update once in a while when I have inspiration. If you have requests, fell free to ask. I might just write them :)

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