Daphne stared back at Celandine before shaking her head once. "No, Celandine. Not those," she replied as quietly as she could but loud enough to be heard over the din. It was difficult to keep her inside voice with all the splashing and shouting about. "The clothes covering those. Like you did for yourself," and she pointed at Cela's...those.

Ears perked at the sound of her bestie's voice, Evolette restrained herself from hugging Willow. "Willow!..... Hi." she said, grinning instead. She then shrugged her petite shoulders, "Apparently it is fun to swim in murky lake water?" she asked, not really seeing the appeal herself.

Her blue eyes flew back to Torin, and she shook her head, "That is quite all right- I dont think I will be get-"

OHAI COPE.

For a brief second, Evolette had the urge to run away. But how WEIRD would that be? Evolette McKenna running away from a BOY? HAH.

"Hello... Copernicus Kettleburn." she replied, using his full name like he had used hers.

Hmmmm..... weird much?

Baaaaaaaaad idea to take a glance, yep. Now he wanted to go into the water...be with Karma...ehem... and have fun. But oh dear...drama could be sensed around.

It could be said, about three groups had been formed there. He instantly ran to the common room, took his swimming shorts and literally flew downstairs back into the fun room, well...floor.

He walked up. "Hey guys." He called up, waving to everyone.

Em was nervous...oh yes. No one had seen the few but formed muscles without a shirt on. He felt...free?!

... "Say what?" he asked looking at the girl confused. What was wrong with trying to flirt with friends? He loved Karmaluff. And Evee was really pretty. Yeah, he was definitely confused.

He was like joking, people.

He reached out and grabbed Karma. hehe

Aww, Evee wasn't going to join them. That was a shame. He like hardly ever saw her at all this Term. At least she wasn't Graduating though. "Maybe later then. I'll pull you in." Totally joking.

He grinned at her as he dog paddled in place. "Miss McKenna... I'm starting to think that you're avoiding me. Why... would you be avoiding me? HMMM?"

"Emilianoooo," she said happily, grabbing onto his arm. "Here to have fun with the rest of uss?"

Blink blink blink. Maybe she should just get him to swim with her. That would be fun. For suuuuure!

WAIT. His arm was... muscular. o_O Where did those come from? She hadn't... but she also hadn't seen him without a shirt either. Hehehe. THIS WAS SCHOOL. Admiring his muscles would be saved for...

Drool.

Karma began to say something to Evee, when suddenly -

SPLASH!

She came up from under the water, hair covering her face. She spit out the water directly in Torin's face. It was a good thing that she wasn't holding onto Emiliano too tight, or he would have gone under as well.

Or did he?

She smiled at him. She was glad that he could see the other side of the story. "Its never too late to say you're sorry to your mother." She just hoped that his mother forgave him. But as sweet as William was she couldn't imagine his mother being any different.

She giggled and tried to move out of the way of the water and it rained down on her head. She shook her head and wiped her eyes. She splashed him again. "I'm learning to love the winter actually. I like the frost and how everything ices over." and plus her birthday was in the winter.

"Oh Clifford is awesome. The best guy here actually, well other than Chris that is. But Clifford is the tops. Hogwarts won't be the same without him." She let her head dip under the water after she said that. She stayed under as long as she could before her head broke the surface. She spat out the water at William. She nodded "Yeah I played the first half. It was much fun playing with Professor Shackleton. That woman is fierce. But that Ainsley woman kicked me." She said harshly. "Thats ok though I hit a bludger at her," she giggled.

"Oh. OH!" Cela got it.

She poked her wand under Daphne's shirt and cast the switching spell. "You are just lucky I have soooo many... clothes." Cel was pretty sure Daphne would be okay wearing the one she'd chosen, Cela had even fixed the sizing for her.

She ignored Torin, and actually used a Daphne-style nose wrinkle in response. You were only allowed to be grabby-handsy like that if you were cute like Plymmy.

Otherwise it was creepy.

Creepy but intriguing. Maybe it was a Hufflepuff thing?

Plymouth sneaked around and swam underneath the Headmaster once Copernicus was doing his job. So far, so good! Then, he started his way up the stairs so he could get behind Evolette. "Hehehe," evil Plymmy laugh.

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She looked back over her shoulder again to see Plymouth spitting on himself. Weirdo. "Come here!" she hissed.

Plymouth froze midstep when he met Karma's eyes again. What? Err.... ERRRMMM.... He waved because he clearly was incapable of anything more intelligent. Err... erm.... Stare. "Stop it!" Whatever it was.

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OHAI COPE.

For a brief second, Evolette had the urge to run away. But how WEIRD would that be? Evolette McKenna running away from a BOY? HAH.

"Hello... Copernicus Kettleburn." she replied, using his full name like he had used hers.

Hmmmm..... weird much?

Plymouth finally looked away from Karma. She ... was distracting him from his task: Throw Evolette in the water and then SWIM AWAY FAST.

As Karma was pulled in - and Copernicus was probably giving her lectures on rocks or something - Plymouth moved into place. Dripping, he hovered behind Evolette.

"Hehe." Yeahhhhhhhh. Subtle as a flying brick, that Plymouth Morgan.

Evolette gasped. "I swear Torin, if you pull me in, I will kick you!" she threatened, giving him THE LOOK, before becoming distracted once more.

Avoiding? HAHHAA. Nuuu. She had not been avoiding him.... OKAY. She HAD. but, she wasn't going to TELL him that.

"Why? Have you missed me?" she asked, batting her eyelashes at him. Why was he even talking to her? He'd been avoiding her too, sort of. He must be up to something.

She tossed a paranoid glance over her shoulder. ZOMGPLYMOUTH.

"Plymouth Morgan!" she warned, Holding up her hand. "I knoooow what you are thinking.... STOP thinking what you are thinking."

Oh dear.

Cope inched out of the way with splashies. "No worries, Plym. You're in the clear." He sent a rippling wave toward Paris, who was splashing nearby, and then another at Cela and Miss Hopton.

Oh dear goodness....Drooooool!!

Karma Atkins in a swimming suit. Ehem...Let's get our boy to concentrate back on the event, the first floor which was flooded had been transformed into a giant pool.

"Hey, Atkins...long time since you called me by my name..." He said, quite stranged though smiling at her and starting to sit next to her, putting his feet into the water, just when...

Ohh no...Karma was pulled in by Torin Kane! And since they were sort of clinged to each other, it meant he was pulled in as well into the mid-murky water. "Gah...at least it doesn't taste like...algae..." He said, spitting as fast as he could. "Are you alright, Karma?" He asked her, worried.

Torin totally ignored the look that the weird blonde was giving him. She like clearly needed to lighten up and have some fun. Instead, he just pouted at Evee. "You would kick me? For having fun with you? I thought we were friends." He gave a melodramatic sigh. Yes, he had only met the girl once, and like barely knew her. But it was fun playing with her and flirting. Not that they were really flirting right now of course.

And there was Karma squirting water in his face. Charming. "There we are, Karmaluff. Now we can go swimming with the Grindylows." He winked at her. He was going to miss Karma.

Then he saw that some other dude got pulled in as well. OOPS. "Sorry," he called out, trying not to laugh. Hopefully the guy had a good sense of humor.

Dani just stood there, but then Plymouth swam by. He was the only one of the older kids that she knew. "Plymouth can you teach me?" She pointed at the water and flopped her hands a little bit. "Please" She gave him the puppy dog eyes. If not, she was just gonna sit there an watch.

"I am," she agreed clapping her hands together and holding them in front of herself. "I am. I'm really lucky to have suuuuch a gracious friend like you!" And she wasn't just sucking up. It was the truth.

Coughing, she glanced both ways as she unfastened her robes, still in her kneeling position and..."Celly," she said grabbing her shoulders and moving her a little. "There. Hide me," she whispered and finished undressing herself.

Yes, because Cela was enough to cover her from the WORLD of Hogwarts.

She was busily folding her school uniform on top of her robes as she knelt next to Cela when water splashed against her ankles. Part of her neatly and carefully folded school uniform got wet and Daphne gasped repeatedly and audibly as her hazel eyes sought the culprit.

Kettleburn.

"Copernicus Kettleburn! Youuuuu," she hissed and pointed an acussing finger, holding the semi-wet clothes against her chest. "You just wait until--" Until what? He was in the water! Revenge was out of reach! "You just wait!"

She'd get him. She'd get him good.

There had been a lot of loud noises coming up from the first floor, which not only confused Jack since the whole floor was FLOODED, but it was also interfering with his studying. How could he get 12 OWLs if everyone was screaming and shouting all over the place?!?

And of course, being the nosy little Gryffindor that he was, he was going to investigate. Maybe he could go get Anna to get rid of the troublemakers...hmmmm, there was a thought.

As he ventured towards the stairs, he immediately stopped dead in his tracks as he caught sight of what was going on. ZOMG! It was like...a little pool party down here! Everywhere he looked he saw someone he knew...Daphne and Evee and Cela and Paris and Karma...and there was water splashing EVERYWHERE. EEEP! He was going to get wet!

"What is going on?!?" he asked the area in general...he feared what would happen if a Professor caught them right now. Mainly Kazi. Gulp.

He immediately halted his questioning, however, when he noticed there were girls in swimsuits down here. Blink. He hadn't even noticed when he first came down due to the shock of it all but now...

Oogle.

William chuckled and tried to get out of the way, managing to nearly miss the drops of water falling onto his head. It was almost like she wanted a splash fight, well he was more than up to it. "I love the winter too, though it get too dry for my liking. It's a time to reflect the most I think." he replied, "Skating on the lake is awesome, too bad I forgot my skates this year and couldn't do it." he replied, not mentioning the polar plunge he did before it completely froze over.

Using the palm of his hand he made a small wave of water move towards Paris before nodding, "yeah, he's always so helpful. And he knows more about hogwarts than most of the professors here." he said grinning a bit before making a face. Watching as she disappeared under the water he waded a bit until her head popped back up spitting water at him. "Ewww." he laughed shaking his head as he got a face full of the stuff. "I didn't know Professor Shackleton played Quidditch. she's good alright. Not as good as Colin, now he's an amazing player. too bad I didn't get the chance to get his autograph." he pondered, knowing it would have made his mums day to get that piece of paper. She adored that man. "I saw that too, looked like it hurt. Poor Bunbury though falling off her broom like that. Ainsley was okay, it was obvious she wasn't playing her best though." he added after a pause.

"Hey, you wanna go dive off the diving board?" He asked her, his eyes lighting up as he looked at the board with un-shed glee.

Karma raised an eyebrow from the water, then stuck her tongue out and splashed him.

FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL.

Emiliano had unexpectedly come in after her, and she disappeared under the water to get the hair out of her face.

"I'm fine, but Torin's about to not be..."

Cela certainly had a problem with a few people today. And she called Karma a COUGAR! Or... wait. What? No... BLONDE MOMENT!

She saw the look Torin gave her, and since his head was turned it was the perfect opportunity to -

POUNCE! Right on his back, sending him under the water.

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Cope inched out of the way with splashies. "No worries, Plym. You're in the clear." He sent a rippling wave toward Paris, who was splashing nearby, and then another at Cela and Miss Hopton.

"Thank YOU, Big Hairy Mermaid Brother. If Miss Hopton doesn't get in soon, I may need your assistance again." MMHMMM. EVERYONE was going to go SWIMMING! EVERYONE!

Maybe Nurse AVA LON would be by? One could only hope. One... could only hope. Maybe Plymouth would get sick from the water? Again, high hoping.

ANYWAY...

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She tossed a paranoid glance over her shoulder. ZOMGPLYMOUTH.

"Plymouth Morgan!" she warned, Holding up her hand. "I knoooow what you are thinking.... STOP thinking what you are thinking."

Oh dear.

"You dooooo? You know what I'm thinking???" Plymouth grinned and took a very determined step towards her. "You -"

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Dani just stood there, but then Plymouth swam by. He was the only one of the older kids that she knew. "Plymouth can you teach me?" She pointed at the water and flopped her hands a little bit. "Please" She gave him the puppy dog eyes. If not, she was just gonna sit there an watch.

"...? Teach you? You .. okay. Yes. Absolutely."

Plymouth would show her EXACTLY how it was done.

With that, he swept up Evolette McKenna and did a BIG CANNON BALL into the murky water.

Resurfacing, Plymouth pushed Evolette back up and then spit a line of water towards Dani. "You got it, kiddo? Want me to catch you next?" Plymouth was totally pretending that he hadn't just... jumped in with Evolette.


"Hehe."

"Come and get me, Daphne Hopton," Copernicus wiggled his fingers at her and sent another tiny wave. "I'll help you dry your clothes if you and Cel just get in here and swim. The water isn't TOO dirty." He stared at the dark water around him.

"That's me," Copernicus was completely ducked under by the wave created by Plymouth and Evolette. And they both resurfaced, so he chuckled and looked back at Daphne and Cel.

"Are you going to yell at Plym? That was a MUCH bigger wave."

Waaaait a minute! Cope was distracting her? GASP.

"COPERNICUS!" She shouted as he swam off, "I will get you back for this." With a true drama queen sigh, Evolette realized, too late, that she had taken her focus OFF of Plymouth, giving him the perfect chance.

Not just to push her in, NO. Plymouth Morgan grabbed her and jumped in. HMPF. Even if it was TOTALLY distracting to feel Plymmy's nice arms around her, she was STILL not pleased with him.

Splashing him as she appeared above the water once more, Evolette pouted as she took in the sight of her wet WET, wet wet wet robes. URGH. Muttering a transfiguration spell, Evolette felt a little bit better when her robes were exchanged for a bathing suit. None the less. Plymouth was going to get it. "Plymouth!" she squeaked, turning on him. "You are evil."

And her hair was wet. Pout.

A green plastic tube, pointing towards the ceiling, trailed lazily through the murky water. It appeared to have a life of its own. An animated lake reed, perhaps? A kelpie disguised as a drain pipe? Either way, it was bumping into walls. And growing dangerously close to Plymouth Morgan's backside.

She looked up at the angry voice that vibrated off the walls. She laughed when she saw it was Jack. And he was looking like he had never seen a girl out of her robes before. "You get a better view from the water." she teased him.

She clapped her hands making the water splash at William. "I love skating too. I'm actually pretty decent at it too. I can do a triple axel. Well without falling its not a pretty one." she giggled.

She giggled again and tried to block the barrage of water from William and she only blocked half of it. This was fun. "Well Clifford only knows that much because he's been looking for the secret entrance to the kitchens." she giggled. She made a face when he said that Ainsley was off her game. No the way just got out played during the game. "They flew into that stadium thinking it was going to be a cake walk and when they realized we were there to play the game was over and they had lost." she informed him.

She nodded. "Yes, we should go off the diving board." she told him swimming over to the stairs to walk out of the water toward the diving board.

"What the-" he couldn't even finish speaking, he was suddenly under the water. And he had a person on him. AAH!!

Flailing, he tried to get away from her. He kicked her in the leg and got away.

"Geeze," he said as he reached the surface again.

"So if I jump like that you promise you'll catch me?" She eyed him seriously. Then in her sternest voice she said. "If you let me drown I will come back and haunt you Plymouth Morgan." She was scared but strangely enough she trusted him. She put one toe in the water and then stepped back still looking at him.