deeper and deeper {open}

[ABELIA KNIGHT]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=width,470,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style,background-color: #f1c9a5;,true][rs=2][style=margin: 15px; background-color: #e8ae84; color: #000000; font: 10px verdana; text-align: justify; line-height: 90%; padding: 5px;]Very few were awake at this time of the morning, both of students and teachers. They were usually fast asleep in their beds, ignorant to the beautiful sunrise that was peeking up over the ocean, or were just settling down to bed to get a couple hours of sleep before the stress of the day was thrust upon them. Abelia wasn't one of them, though. The ferry had left unusually early today, but the teacher was ready. She wanted to get to the island before sunrise, as Sunyshore's tall buildings always ruined it for her when she tried to watch it from her apartment's balcony. Now, standing on the banks of Crater Lake, she watched as the dark blue of the night sky melted away to grays, then oranges and pinks before a sliver of the blinding sun peeked over the horizon. Smiling, the coordinating teacher walked over to the edge of the lake, staring down into the crater that had filled with rainwater over thousands of years. The steep drop to the bottom was unlike that of a conventional lake, but it was perfect for Abelia. Diving in, she felt her body shifting in midair before she hit the surface of the water headfirst as a Dewgong. Cutting through the water in her new streamlined shape, the white Pokemon plunged deeper and deeper into the water. This new shape allowed her to stay under the water for much longer, though the pitch darkness at the very bottom unnerved her a little. So, she stayed close to the surface, swimming with the Magikarp and Goldeen that seemed to be early risers just like herself. As the morning sun began rising higher over the horizon, the world began to light up, chasing away the pitch darkness of the night. The inky black water of the lake surface began to shine blue, and murky rays of sunlight began filtering through, illuminating the shadows at the bottom of the lake. Abelia could see Corphish scuttling about on the bottom, with Marill beginning to bob to the surface. Many of them paused to see the unfamiliar Pokemon swimming amongst them, but Abelia paid them no mind as she danced through the water, diving deeper and deeper. She reached the bottom, kicking up a cloud of sand and less-than-amused Corphish as she pushed back toward the surface. She felt her lungs beginning to burn, signaling that she needed to come up for a breath of air. As the distorted light of the sun reflecting on the lake's surface grew ever closer, Abelia's eyes closed, ready at any moment to break the surface and take her first breath of air after having dove down several minutes earlier. Finally, the feeling of her head escaping the water and the cool morning air through her sleek coat of fur made her open her jaws wide, gulping down the air. Instead of diving back down, however, she rolled over onto her back, laying herself out on the surface of the water, just allowing herself to drift across the water, which was beginning to gleam and sparkle with the light of the sun reflecting off of the tiny ripples that came from the myriad of Pokemon both on and below the surface.[/style]

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