Lyla (Lucy Fry) is one of the main characters of the first season of Netflix original television series Mako: Island of Secrets. During season 1, she comes to land with her best friends, Nixie and Sirena, to rid Zac of his powers. However, she instead develops a sisterly friendship with him. In season 2, Nixie and Lyla rejoined the pod, searching for a new home for them.
Powers and Abilities[]
Mermaid Powers[]
Hydrokinesis: The ability to create, control, and manipulate liquid water at will. As a mermaid native, she displayed this powers many times.
Hydro-Cryokinesis: The ability to freeze water and liquids in general.
Hydro-Thermokinesis: The ability to heat and boil the water.
Telekinesis: The ability to move objects and people with the mind.
Aerokinesis: The ability to to summon and control the wind and the air.
Invisibility: The ability that all natural merpeople are shown to have. It allows them to stay invisible for a while, and it's only temporary.
Volume Reduction: The ability that all merpeople are shown to have, with this power, merpeople can shrink objects. Lyla was taught how to use this power in Rita's class.
Mermaid Abilities[]
Moon Spell Control: An essential skill that every merperson has to learn to master properly, as it lets them survive the Full Moon's Spell without letting it control them. As a mermaid native from the sea, she learned it when she was hatchling.
Limited Transformation: Lyla used the Legs Spell to turn her tail into human legs. She can transform into a mermaid ten seconds after physical contact with water. She turns back into a human a few minutes after she is out of the water and when the water on her has fully dried. Once her body is completely dry, she turns back into a human along with the outfit she was wearing before the transformation.
Enhanced Breath: Merpeople are able to hold their breath without any discomfort for at least fifteen minutes before needing to breathe, and will get unconscious if the time period extends over past those minute.
Speed-Swimming: The ability that all mermaids and mermen are shown to have. It's the ability to swim at an incredible speed, and as such, their bodies is encased in bubbles because of the incredible high speed. Lyla has the ability to swim at a super speed, and dive at depths no human being is capable of, completely protected from its cold and water pressure.
Aquatic Adaptation: Depending on where they are born and raised, merpeople may be resistant to certain elements in that area.
Enhanced Senses: Merpeople may have slightly enhanced senses suited to life underwater due to living in the sea. To sea born mermaids, land people smell horrible, even the average hygienic human emits this smell but only mermaids can detect it.
Endurance: Merpeople are able to swim for days without exhaustion, something which no human has the stamina to do. They can also dive at depths no human could withstand.
Amphibious: Merpeople's respiratory system can extract oxygen from both water and air, allowing them to breathe freely both underwater and on land.
Extended Lifespan: While merpeople do age, their lifespan is far longer than that of humans.
