Mel's Got The Power!

"So you are contacting this mysterious supernatural being by WhatsApp?" James smirked as Melanie tapped out a message on her phone.

"How do you think I should be communicating with them? Via Ouija board?" Mel asked rhetorically "Anyway, this could all turn out to be bullshit. We'll see, I guess"

Mel completed her message and placed her phone down on the bed next to her. Suddenly, the others were looking at her strangely.

"Um, Mel, you're glowing" Lucy informed her.

"Shit, I do feel a bot strange" Melanie realised "Everyone move away from me!"

Melanie started making the kind of intense facial expressions normally seen in women during child birth, while turning a kind of fluorescent light blue.

"Are you okay, gorgeous?" James asked with concern.

Melanie nodded, while maintaining an expression of deep concentration and discomfort. After a minute or so, the light faded, and she seemed normal again - if a little exhausted.

"Looks like it wasn't bullshit" Lucy realised "How do you feel Mel?"

"I'm fine" the witch reassured everyone "But something definitely feels different. I think it worked"

"Maybe test your new powers with a spell on Lei" Lucy suggested "See if you can transform another witch"

"Okay, but don't turn me into anything gross!" Leilani requested.

Mel nodded, concentrated for a few moments, then waved her hands. There was then a puff of smoke around Leilani. When it had cleared, she was herself but as a mermaid.

"It worked!" James enthused "You can transform witches!"

"Yeah, but Rebecca is a lot more powerful than Lei and it was really only half a transformation spell" Mel tried to manage expectations "But it is a promising start"

"We should leave her like that to see how long the spell holds for" Lucy argued, before becoming a little self conscious ad the others all looked at her "Oh, come on! Surely I'm not the only one who finds this hot!"

"You're not!" James confirmed, earning himself a playful shove from Melanie.

"Can someone at least carry me to the pool then?" Leiliani requested while swishing her tail "I feel a little dry just lying on the bed like this!"

"I'll teleport us all there together" Mel offered.

Moments later, Leiliani was swimming about gracefully and happily in the pool while the rest of Team Hero lounged around nearby.

"Wow Mel - transforming witches, mass teleportation. It looks like Rebecca's reign of terror might nearly be over" Lucy speculated optimistically.

"Let's hope so" Mel nodded "But I'm not going for her until I am absolutely sure I can win"