Mini Sapphire swam along elegantly leaving Dylan's mouth open in shock.
Mini Sapphire made sure they had all been settled in their rooms before he left for his aquarium-room.
After dinner, Mama Finney cleared the dishes and with a word and some sparkly blue bubbles they were all cleaned and arranged neatly in their places on the rack.
Everyone chatted for a while, mostly about Lord Gilliam and how they could plan before his next attack. Suddenly, Mama Finney asked for their attention and they gave it to her.
"I have to tell you this tonight because who knows what will happen after this peaceful night...I know that you both are no tech - magicians, you were born with black blood flowing in your veins.", she said concentrating on Dylan and Wanda.
"Including you, Winter.Your mother was an ordinary human...", she said and hesitated as if she was contemplating on what to say.
"What?!", Dylan exclaimed before she could continue.
"Mother was a human?", Wanda asked, surprised.
"No way!", Winter exclaimed.
"Yes, she was. Omnia's mother; Yevona who was a scientist conducted an experiment on your mother as per Lord Gilliam's instructions and it turned out positive as it enabled her to turn into a mermaid at will and change into human back although she could never change into a beast.", Mama Finney said and paused.
"Just like us", Dylan and Wanda chorused.
"Yes...so all three of you are Black - Amethysts, the only ones in the ocean.", she concluded.
"Now, about you, Winter. Being able to make snowflakes is mysterious to even the best tech - magicians including me but it can also be very useful if combined with the right chemicals. You see... Come with me, I have to show you something", Mama Finney said and stood up.
They also stood up and swam after her towards her 'Laboratory'.
Mama Finney waved her wand and a setup on the huge rock desk in the laboratory started bubbling. Each reaction gave off a different colour of the rainbow.
She showed them the effect of each chemical compound on different organisms. When she was done she announced it and said they were yet to see the most important one.
She swam into the inner room and took her laboratory wand then came back out and started chanting some spells, after a while a very beautiful crystal bottle appeared on another huge rock desk. The bottle radiated strong dangerous energy. Mama Finney waved her lab wand and sapphire gloves appeared on her hands. She swam towards the bottle and carefully picked it up, she asked Winter to make a snowflake directly on top of the bottle. Winter did and the snowflake didn't dissolve, it floated directly over the bottle. Mama Finney set the bottle down with the snowflake still floating on it. She went into the inner room again and brought out a blue diamond. She waved her wand and the diamond split into shards. With another wave of her wand, the diamond shards floated near the bottle and suddenly stuck to the bottle, the bottle shook violently for some seconds then it stopped. The bottle looked extremely beautiful. Mama Finney swam into the inner room again and came out with a big book in her hands. She placed it on another huge rock desk and asked the three siblings to take their seats around the desk. She closed her eyes then opened them and stared into the sapphire piece embedded in the front of the book then, she said, "Villains' Nemesis". The book flipped on its own and stopped on a page that boldly read 'Villains' Nemesis'.
Mama Finney faced Winter and said, "Open it". "Okay", Winter replied. She pulled the book closer and attempted to open the pages but the pages were stuck together like glue. "You have to command it", Mama Finney said. "Will it to open!", she yelled. "O...pen!", Winter yelled and the page flipped open instantly.
It read:
∆~Villains' Nemesis~∆
•Snowflake
•Black Jellyfish tentacle
•Black shark tooth
•(Unknown...but it's important)
★Crystal-Diamond bottle(to hold it).
"I have never been able to open it's pages and now that it has finally been opened, one ingredient is unknown!", Mama Finney yelled in frustration.
"It's okay, Mama Finney. We'll figure it out...", Wanda said.
Suddenly, Mama Finney's underwater crystal windows burst into shards and guards wearing emerald coloured suits swam in.
They surrounded them and before Mama Finney could reach for her staff, they had snatched it away from where it stood.
Mama Finney looked like an angry mom. She frowned deeply and said "You need a spanking! Staff, give 'em your finest beating". The staff broke free from the guard's hands and started to chase him while hitting his shoulder repeatedly. The guard fainted after some seconds and the staff flew back into Mama Finney's hands. She started chanting a spell and after a while, all the guards vanished. "Quick! Grab the book and follow me!", she yelled and ran towards her laboratory. She grabbed a basket and started picking some things off the racks. Dylan saw her pick a jar labelled 'Black jellyfish tentacle'. She also grabbed the crystal - diamond bottle that had been made recently. She was about to grab a jar labelled 'Black shark tooth' but she retreated and frowned then swam out of the room. "This way!", she yelled again and proceeded to her room. They all went in and she motioned for them to follow her further. She swam out the window but when they looked out, she was nowhere to be found.
"Uh...you sure that's safe. 'Cause now doesn't seem like a good time to vanish from existence", Dylan said creasing his brows.
"Come on, Dylan. It's probably a spell to make her look invisible or something. Come on, we'll jump on three.", Wanda replied.
"One", Wanda said.
"Two", Dylan said.
"Three! Yay!", Winter yelled and swam out the window, not waiting for her siblings.
Dylan and Wanda held hands and swam after her.
Time slowed and so did everything around them. Even the fishes swam slowly. They reminded Dylan of the slow motion movies his parents used to love. He shook his head to stop thinking about them. "We'll get you back, I promise", he murmured and bolted forward, now in Merman form. Wanda had transformed too. They bolted forward after their younger sister when suddenly there was a flash of white light. It was so bright that they had to close their eyes. They opened their eyes and Winter was nowhere to be seen.
"Oh no!", they chorused.