Aqua looked up at the surface of the water, "so this is it huh?" she said, bubbles escaping her mouth, "It doesn't look too bad. The image of the school distorted as the bubbles rippled along the waters surface. She took one last intake of water through her gills and popped her head up. Already, the air stung her throat and eyes. Her eyes teared up, not liking the dryness. She hurried to the edge, where the water lapped smoothly and pulled herself out as she started suffocating. Finally as she dragged and flailed herself away from the water, her neck tightened and her gills sunk back into her neck and vanished into her skin. As lungs formed she dragged in a breath of air, it filled out her lungs and she could breath normally again. Gasping, she lay on the ground, trying to catch her breath.
"Arg!" she panted, "I hate that!"