PHOEBE TURNING into a mermaid put a stop into our search, though I kinda was starting to understand magic worked on mysterious ways

Knowing mermaids needed water, Paige orbed us to the beach. If I knew how to orb someone else with me, I would have helped.

Sadly I didn't.

Once we touched the water, Phoebe slipped from Paige's grip and fell to the water with a big splash

"Hey!" Phoebe exclaimed incredulously, splashing water making me want to laugh.

"Sorry, couldn't hold you" Paige apologized cringing. Phoebe tried getting up without effort, again falling to the water, I threw a hand to cover my mouth, covering my giggles.

This was priceless!

Piper sighed softly seeing her sister still trying to stand up "Phoebe, you can't stand, you don't have legs"

Phoebe stopped, throwing her arms up doing a little tantrum "Okay. Well, why me?" She asked. "Why did I get the tail? We all said the spell together!"

She looked so cute as a mermaid. I giggled, looking away

"Don't laugh at me Kassandra!" Phoebe whined pointing at me.

I raised my hands up in innocence "I'm not laughing" I told her, but I couldn't help a smirk forming on my lips as she glared at me "I'm not" I said, my lips twitching and a chuckle coming from between them

"Maybe because you're the best swimmer?" Paige suggested at her first question

"Yeah, at the Y! But this is the ocean! It is very cold and I am allergic to shellfish!" Phoebe exclaimed

"Okay, forget that" Piper said, giving her a look. "Do you sense the sea hag? Is she close?"

I looked down, still laughing silently. My shoulders shaking with laughter making Piper elbow me in my ribs.

"Okay, okay, I'll stop" I mumbled chuckling, massaging the spot she hit

"How should I know?" Phoebe asked, impatiently

"Well, maybe if you put your head underwater" I suggested with a grin

"And get my hair wet?" Phoebe asked me incredulously, I shrugged

"You're a mermaid. Mermaids get their hair wet" I pointed out

Paige nodded in agreement, "You should be able to sense the sea hag. My spell worked but not the way I envisioned it"

I nodded in agreement as it was what I had first thought about.

Phoebe sighed in defeat and pinched her nose before diving underwater. Just at that moment, I turned around feeling someone coming before a swirl of blue lights appeared with Leo orbing to us

"I found Craig. He was on a plane on his way to New York" Leo informed before pausing and looking around at his surroundings in confusion "Why am I standing in the ocean?"

"Phoebe's a mermaid" I informed him smiling

"Oh" Leo paused, raising his eyebrows "Well, that would explain it"

I chuckled, turning to face the ocean when Phoebe poked out of the water

"Whoo! Dive in! The water's great" Phoebe exclaimed, smiling

"Phoebe, get back here this instant!" Piper shouted at her as Phoebe dived back under the water again before popping back up next to us in a second's flat

"The call of the sea's intense. Just like Mylie said it was" Phoebe told us, kind of dreamily

I frowned at her warily

"Well, ignore it" Piper said "Did you find the sea hag?"

"Now that you mention it there was a stench under the water" Phoebe tilted her head aside

"That could be the sewage treatment plant" Leo informed, sighing. I cringed my nose in disgust

"We'll take our chances, follow the stench" Piper nodded and turned to Phoebe

"How?" Phoebe frowned

"I don't know. Get in touch with your inner fish" Piper told her, rolling her eyes. I laughed silently "And then when you find the cavern, call for Leo and we will orb there"

"Okay" Phoebe nodded diving back to the water, swimming away

I stared at her retreating form for a few seconds, sensing something weird. I could have sworn I saw some part of Phoebe glimmering green.

I blinked back at the conversation around the others when there was silence. I turned to face them seeing Paige and Leo at Piper in concern

"Piper, are you okay?" Leo asked slowly. Piper seemed to snap out of her trance and looked up at us

"I'm fine. Everything's under control" Piper nodded.

I frowned touching my necklace, looking between Piper and the ocean.

Somehow I knew both her and Phoebe weren't fine. 

~8~

It had been now a while since Phoebe had left to find the Sea Hag and I had been bored. So here I was, siting on the sand staring at a bottle of water wanting for it to org into my hand.

The bottle first turning into a hue-purple color before getting surrounded by a swirl of lights before appearing back. At the same place.

I groaned at it about to burn the bottle again when I got startled by Leo calling to us about Phoebe calling to him

It was the surprise that the bottle of water orbed towards my shoulder, "Ouch" I hissed

Leo turned to face me, seeing the orbs disappearing around the bottle. He chuckled "You are getting there" he praised smiling slightly.

Paige smiled as well before standing up, all of them joining hands before leaving. I quickly stood up touching Paige's shoulder as they started orbing away at the same time I sensed Piper getting left behind at the beach letting go of their hands.

~8~

We appeared on a cavern with a swirls of blue lights. I dropped my hand from Paige's shoulder as she looked around for her sister, realizing she wasn't there

"Where's Piper?" Phoebe asked before noticing me "Kass, what are you doing here?" She scolded me.

"I sensed her letting go of your hand" I said looking at Paige.

Paige scowled in worry "You weren't suppose to be here"

I frowned "But I want to help"

Paige sighed, opening her mouth to talk when I sensed a presence. I loooked up turning around seeing the Sea Hag creating a water fall in her hand, throwing it at us making us duck

"Hey!" I exclaimed, standing up "Enough with the water. Shell!" I screamed angrily, holding my hand up

Jingle bells sounds before a hue-purple light appears in my hands, the shell I had called for orbing on my hand. I looked up shocked it had worked, seeing a bloody spot on Mylie where the shell had been

The Sea Hag scowled angrily and flickered her arm making appear seaweed that wrapped around me tightly, making me gasp in startled pain. The shell falling from my hand to the water. Paige gasped in pain next to me, as seaweed also wrapped around her tightly

Phoebe dived down down the water to get the shell back as the grip of the seaweed tightened its hold on me making me groan as Leo grabbed a sword swinging it at the Hag, only for her to disappear and reappear creating a water ball and throwing it at Leo surrounding him with a tunnel of water.

Phoebe jumped out of the water with the shell in her hand, she threw it towards the Sea Hag only for the shell attaching itself to her making her  scream in pain, turning into a pile of dust a few seconds later

Now with her gone, the tunnel of water disappears from around Leo and the seaweed trapping me and Paige loosened its hold, letting us free ourselves

"Is everyone okay?" Phoebe asked in concern looking at us. I gasped for air crouching down over my abdomen, placing my hands on my knees, breathing heavily.

"Yeah" Paige said kneeling next to me making sure I am okay. I took a deep breath, nodding

Leo walked to Mylie to check her over  and shook his head looking over his shoulder at us "No, she's dying" Leo informed worriedly.

"Can you heal her?" Phoebe asked in worry. Leo bit his lip and placed his hands over Mylie using his healing power but it seemed that it wasn't working, making me worry

"It's no use, she's not human" Leo said dropping his hands in slight panic.

"No, not yet" Paige shook her head. "Get Craig, hurry"

Leo nodded and orbed away with a swirl of blue lights

"She should've stayed in the water" Phoebe told us, scowling in worry "She could've avoided all of this"

"Not now, Phoebe" I said frowning, biting my thumbnail worriedly. I was really worried about Mylie but it was killing me that I didn't know what was happening to Phoebe.

Now, I could tell I wasn't hallucinating, I had really seen a green glimmer around her, now I could see it perfectly. But what was it?

"Can we stay positive please?" Paige told her sister frowning before turning to me, proudly "You did it"

I smiled, proudly as well "Yeah, I did"

~8~

Not long after, Leo orbed to cavern with Craig. Craig struggling with Leo's grip

"Get your hands off me!" Craig exclaimed angrily before looking around, his eyes eyes widening "What, what just happened? Where am I?" He asked in panic

"Somewhere off the north Atlantic would be my gut instinct" Phoebe answered nonchantaly. I shot her a look 

"How... What... Who are you people?" Craig asked looking around us in confusion

"Witch" Paige smiled

"Angel" Leo told him

"Guardian" I smiled waving at him

"Mermaid" Phoebe told him

"Don't you mean witch?" Paige frowned, Phoebe shrugged.

I looked at Phoebe in horrified realization.

Craig turned around and found Mylie lying unconscious. I forced myself to appear calm when I turned to face Craig

"I know this is hard to accept, but all that matters is she's dying and you can help her" I told him softly

"What can I do?" Craig asked without taking his eyes from Mylie.

"Tell her how you feel. Your love can save her" Paige told him softly

"My love?" Craig scoffed "How can I love her? I mean, look at her. She's got a..." He trailed off, I rolled my eyes

"Really beautiful heart" Leo said, giving him a look

"Now you know what she is, but who she is, you've always known that" Phoebe told him

Craig looked at Mylie "I do love you..." he murmured and with that, a swirl of magic passed through Mylie turning her into a human.

I breathed in relief knowing that now Leo could heal her.

Leo quickly shrugged off his coat and handed it to Craig. Craig covered Mylie's naked body and Leo placed his hands over Mylie and healed her making her wake up. The first one she saw was Craig making her smile.

Craig walked to her and they both shared a kiss of relief.

"Thank you. Thank you for everything" Mylie breathed looking at us. I smiled softly.

Mylie met my eyes and with wistful eyes she smiled brightly. I smiled back, mouthing "You're welcome" at her.

"Okay, I hate to cut this short but I can sense Piper's panic and I think we should get back to her and let her know that everything's alright" Leo informed us

Paige, me and Leo walk over to Phoebe.

"Phoebe, take my hand, I'll orb you back" Leo said holding his hand to her.

"Nope, I'm staying in the ocean" Phoebe denied his help, shaking her head.

My heart beat pounded as I eyed her now more prominent green/blue aura. I turned to face Mylie to see her aura was gone and I sucked in a breath

"Okay, just meet us back at the beach. You swim so fast you'll probably beat us there anyway" Paige suggested.

I looked at Mylie, who was looking worried at Phoebe. Craig holding her hand. As if sensing my look, Mylie turned meeting my eyes.

It was all I needed to know.

"No, I'm staying in the ocean, I'm not going back" Phoebe insisted, frowning

"I don't understand" Paige said in confusion, I exchanged a knowing look with the newly turned human Mylie

"Paige, it's everything that Mylie said it was. It's complete freedom" Phoebe told us

"The call of the sea. It'll turn her heart cold if she lets it" Mylie said, turning to face the others.

"She's turning into a mermaid" I breathed in shock, looking down at Phoebe "Phoebe, get out of the water"

Phoebe shook her head backing away "No"

"Phoebe, take my hand" Paige said with more urgency holding her hand to her

"No!" Phoebe exclaimed

"Phoebe, fight it!" Paige exclaimed at her

"I don't wanna fight it. I just wanna be free" Phoebe told us before swimming away

"Phoebe!" We all exclaimed.

I looked up passing a hand through my hair in worry, exchanging a look with Paige

This was not good