Laps

[Angelica Blackheart]

5 A.M. The whole of the grounds lay still and still in a state of slumber as Angie strode briskly to the pools. Everyday like clock work the Emerindyl girl came out at 5 o'clock in the morning to do her usual round of 100 laps before the day started. The practice always refreshed her and allowed her time to gather her thoughts and prepare for the day.

Angie slipped out of her robes and shivered as the cold rush of air hit her midsection. She cursed her two piece swimsuit as she felt a chill wrap around her. Taking a deep breath, Angie prepared herself- then dove straight into the deep end.

The initial plunge was always the worst. Hitting her skin it felt like thousands of tiny knives stabbing not just her skin but every organ in her body. She fought off the feeling as she started her laps. The more she started moving, the less frozen she felt. 5...10...15 laps, she started warming up and letting her mind relax

25...35...45... She silently counted as she finished off each lap. Rounding the 50th lap, Angie heard someone stammering to say something. The noise startled her and she felt herself slip under water momentarily.

[Rea Fines]

Rea could not help but laugh when she saw Emerindyl students in the school pool. What was the point of it? There was a whole lake in their common room that they knew for certain did not contain a percentage of liquid that was most definitely first year urine. Sure it was possible, and very likely that there was a much larger percentage of Emerindyl Lake that was the urine of numerous creatures of the deep but still. The more she thought about it the more she realised she would never swim in the school pools. A lot of her friends did on a regular basis and this girl was one of many, all the same thought Rea could not help but want to warn the girl about the unsanitary condition of the school pools. That wasn’t to say she didn’t think the right lengths had been taken to ensure the cleanliness of the pool to the best abilities of its cleaners, but we were talking about urine here. First Year urine.

What she had been trying to say when she saw the girl swimming was, “Do try not to swallow any of it, I don’t think it is very sanitary.” Thought she was almost certain the girl had not heard it all, and when she ducked below the depths of the pool, Rea realised she must have startled her. She thought about that for a moment; the opportunity for a bit of fun presented itself so easily. However, she knew this girl was in her house, and decided it was not appropriate to do such things. Not appropriate at all.

“So I suggest-“ she started, with all intentions of telling the girl she should get out of the pool before she make herself sick. She paused though when she noticed she did not resurface again and stopped. Coming to sit down on one of the lounges by the pool. Perhaps she should wait until the girl had resurfaced again before she continued to spend her breath. The air was rather chill after all, and warm breath was precious at the moment.

She sat back and watched the sky streak with more sunlight as warmth came to the world. The girl had been holding her breath for quite a long time, and Rea began to wonder perhaps she had transformed to wait under the water. At the same time, the pool reeked of chlorine and she knew that even a Grindylow could not handle that for long. She would have to come up sooner or later.

[Angelica Blackheart]

Angelica resurfaced after a moment and laughed when she saw it was just a member of her house. She had seen her around and knew her name but in all honesty, in all her years at Koal, she had never formally introduced herself to Rea.

"I didn't think anyone but me would be crazy enough to be up at this hour." Angie smiled as she came to rest on the stairs of the pool closest to the girl. After a moment, Angie realized that she had started tasting a really foul taste in her mouth and began to gag. That's what she had forgotten to do! Normally she set a cleansing spell upon the pool to rid itself of the oh so lovely "foreign" liquids it contained, but that day however, she had not remembered before diving into the freezing pool.

"I think..." Angie started as she continued to gag, "That I have forgotten the cleansing spell this morning..." She finished as she grabbed her wand and conjured up a cup of pumpkin juice to take away the horrible taste. For some reason, however, it only served to enhance the bitterness in her mouth and she continued to gag more.

"Oh Merlin's Beard, I may throw up..." Angie started turning a slight shade of pale green as she felt the chunks start to rise up in her throat.

[Rea Fines]

Rea was grinning and pulling a sickened face as she saw Angelica heave. It was funny, but altogether gross. She smiled and stood back as if she expected it to projectile in her direction. She stood watching her and half wincing while she waited for something to happen or not happen, either way she would be sure to stay out of harms way.

She waited and wondered perhaps she should do something, though she knew that if it had been her[/l] to swallow something like that, then she might have preferred to get her stomach pumped anyway. She waited for it to come, though thought she might not be the nicest of people if she didn’t at least help her. She sighed and stepped forward again with a small vile in her hand.

The vile contained a powder that Rea kept on her for some unknown reason. She knew that to smell it would be to clear the body of the possibility of vomiting for at least an hour. She tipped a bit of it into her hand then blew it into Angelica’s face and stood back knowing the effects would be instant.

“Feel better?”