Ember almost jumped in surprise when Mitch pulled her away from the seaweed-throwing Alderic. "Thank you," she said to Mitch, glad she hadn't been hit by the seaweed. She would have grabbed some seaweed to take revenge, but she didn't want to risk falling again.

Mitch smiled widely and held his hand over the water. A good sized snowball formed and he held it out to Ember. "For the lady." He said winking.

Alderic's eyes widened. He looked around trying to pick a way to swim away.

Jora finished walking over to A'ine who was in her monster for. She looked so beautiful that Jora hesitated getting any closer.

A'ine smiled a little and nodded for Jora to get closer.

Ember blushed slightly, but took the snowball from Mitch. She hurled it straight at the back of Alderic's head. "Thank you," she said to Mitch, brushing the snow off her hands.

Mitch smiled. "It's all good, wasn't a problem at all." He looked back at Alderic who was rubbing the back of his head while brushing some snow off of his hair. "Let that be a lesson to you to be nicer to ladies."

Alderic nodded. "Okay. Okay I got your point." He said swimming out further from them. He hadn't failed to noticed Ember's bush at Mitch calling her a lady.

Jora bit her lip and walked a little further and started swimming a little awkwardly toward A'ine. The flashbacks hit her hard and she almost went under. But something pulled her up. It was A'ine's fin-like tail. Jora coughed a little getting the water out of her mouth. "Thanks..." She said moving up a bit to where she was on A'ine back like she would be for riding a horse.

A'ine smiled a little. 'You're welcome' She sent as a whisper into Jora's mind knowing her monster voice could only be heard under water. She swam out a little further into the lake.

Ember turned to Mitch. "Now that we've had our revenge, could you teach me how to swim?" she asked, slightly more talkative due to her change in mood.

Orion shapeshifted into his dragon form and dove to the bottom of the lake, trying to see how deep it was.

Mitch nodded. He let his face go blank as he put his hands under her arms and pulled her next to him. "Lift up your legs and start moving them up and down." He said kindly to her.

Jora sucked in her breath. She was nervous from being out on the water but her flashbacks weren't coming... yet.

A'ine looked back at Jora. 'Want to see something cool?' She asked. Jora nodded slowly. 'Hold on.' She said turning to dive under the water. Her horn glowed a little and light went around them.

Ember almost panicked, feeling her legs sink under the surface. Mitch's voice broke her near panic, and she followed his advice, kicking her legs rather hesitantly. She found herself floating to the surface a bit more, and she kicked harder, glad Mitch was holding her arms, or she would have sunk.

Orion noticed a light closer toward shore under the water. He swam towards it, trying to see what it was.

Mitch smiled. "There that's half of it. Now I'm going to put my arms around your waist so you can try paddling with your arms." He said letting go of her arms one at a time waiting until his arm was holding her up before moving the second one.

A'ine smiled a little and spoke her voice sounding bubbly. "See this amazing word?" She asked as they got further out.

Jora held her breath looking around a little.

Ember felt herself tip forward as Mitch moved, and she had to keep herself from grabbing his arm. "How do I do that?" she asked, knowing her voice had become slightly higher-pitched due to her fear.

Orion came close enough to see that the light was A'ine and Jora. "It is beautiful isn't it?" He said, refraining from smiling because his dragon smile looked more like a grimace or a scowl.

Mitch smiled. "Cup your hands and rake them through the water." He said smiling thinking of a way to describe it better.

Jora jumped a little her grip loosening from A'ine. She felt her fear heighten at the sight of a chinese dragon and was plunged back to the time she had almost drowned. She flailed away from A'ine trying to get to the surface as she felt herself breathing in water.

A'ine freaked out a bit when Jora kicked off of her. She swam up until she felt Jora again. She was limp she swam up a bit more and Jora was sideways on her back and she got to the surface. 'Jora!' She yelled in the girl's mind trying to get her to snap out of it.