Everyone was down at Leaky Lake. The day was hot and muggy; swimming was like the prefect thing to do on days like this. Edward walked down the path with his two cabin mates. They wouldn't get in the water with him because then they would get "clean", but they would put their feet in.
As they reached the shore Edward got a look of disgust. Every camper was there. Splashing, diving, dunking, laughing, yelling, playing "Marco Polo" it was not what Edward wanted to see. "Gah…I should have come sooner…" he said to himself, to no one. Never the less he went to the end of the pier and just stood there.
He watched as the rhino from Jelly Cabin swam by, waving at him, "Get in!" he shouted, Edward said nothing back. He looked as the Lemmings swam in a prefect line, one behind the other; Harold diving all the way down to the bottom and coming back up with a fish, giving it to Raj who just threw it back when he wasn't looking.
Edward watched as Milt, the hippo, had the water shallow him until the only thing you could see was the top of his head and nose; Flint, Mort, Dave, and Ping-Pong all floated by, like the birds they were. He turned around and on the beach were Kirkpatrick, Ted, Gordon, and the others playing a game of Volley Ball.
Everyone seemed so happy to be there but something was missing, something that should have been the first thing that Edward would have noticed. Where was Lazlo? He scanned the Lake again and still didn't see him. He was about to ask Raj or Clam when he saw something bob up out of the water. It was an orange-ish, brown tail, flicking back in forth like the Crocodile's tail from "Peter Pan."
Then he showed himself, Lazlo was sneaking up behind Raj, hoping to scare him. Edward just smiled, Raj was such a scardy-cat he we bound to scream at the feel of something suddenly touching him in the water.
Lazlo rose from the murk and with a roar grabbed Raj by his waist and pulled him down. Edward laughed when Raj came screaming back up with Lazlo behind him, laughing. "Lazlo…that wasn't nice." Raj said, placing his hands on his hips, "I'm sorry, Raj, but I couldn't resist!"
Raj scolded him a little more but Lazlo wasn't listening. His gaze had gone over to the pier at Edward, starting at the water. "Okay, Raj I'm sorry. I won't do it again, excuse me." He swam passed Raj, Clam, Dave, and even Samson on his little floating. He pulled himself up and stood behind Edward, "What'cha doing, Edward?" he asked, causing Edward to jump a little.
Edward looked at him, "Preparation" was all he said, Lazlo gave a puzzled look, "For what?" he asked, scratching his head. "To have some time to myself," once again Lazlo gave a puzzled look. "But, Edward…why would you want to be alone when all your friends are right here?"
Edward said nothing, just very gently moved Lazlo out of the way, walked up the pier, about faced, and bolted. He was running all the down the pier at full speed, which was amazing giving his tiny legs. But he was still going pretty fast and at the last second he jumped off the pier, did a double flip, and dove into the lake.
Lazlo bent down and glanced into the water, he was amazed and so was everyone else. They waited for Edward to show himself, but he never did. Lazlo stuck his head into the water but couldn't find any trace of the little platypus. "Hey look!" Samson called; they all looked over towards Acorn Flats and saw a little beaver like tail sticking out of the water, then disappear into the deep.
Edward floated all the way down to the bottom of the lake. When he reached it he found a rock to lounge against. He put one leg over the other, leaned back, placed his hands behind his head and gave a water full sigh. 'It's nice to have some time to my self' he thought and closed his eyes.
AN: Platypus's can stay under water for up to 10 minutes if they're not disturbed. I can't even stay under for two.
