La Fleur du lac (the flower of the lake)
Prologue
Author's note: Ok so here is a fanfiction I wanted to do for a long time. I often though what would happen if there had been a Gillman living in the lake at Hogwarts.
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Gillman swam under the murky waters of the lake. The water was green and full of algae, but despite all of this Gillman didn't mind. His kind was used too dark murky waters, especially since their species had originated in the waters of the great Amazon, but unknown to the humans the Gillman had actually travelled around the world, settling in the well ridden lakes, rivers and oceans of the world.
So it was with this Gillman who had crossed the ocean until he arrived to this island, were he followed the river upstream until he found this lakewere he decided to settle in. Now he was exploring his new home, he had learned to stay clear of the mermaids and mermen who lived here, these creatures had not taken kindly to his presence but no matter, has Gillman soon found out it wasn't difficult to stay hidden from them.
He had just finished feeding on a few fishes when he heard strange sounds coming from the surface. He decided to swim to shore to investigate. He got out of the water and walked into the trees near the river and discreetly watching from the bushes he could hundreds of humans descending from the castle overlooking the lake. There were a few human adults, but the vast majority of them were children and teenagers.
Gillman himself was what could be called a teenager for his species. And he had been observing theses humans long enough to know these weren't ordinary humans. He had seen them doing extraordinary things with the pieces of wood they always carried with them, such has levitate objects, produce water or change the color of objects and other feats of what could only be called magic.
Has such Gillman had been careful not to make himself known to them. But he noticed today they were all heading towards the lake and entering into boats which were headed towards three strange towers in the middle of the lake, the humans were celebrating something, though he wasn't sure what.
He was observing the humans with interests and then was when he saw her. She was the most beautiful human he had ever seen, her figure was slim and athletic and her hair was golden like the sun, and she walked with the grace of a swan.
Gillman was taken by feelings he couldn't describe, he felt numb and rejuvenated and the same time and he looked at her with a hunger a longing he had never felt before. He didn't know what has happening to him, all he knew was that human was all he wanted, nothing else mattered to him, not food no territory nothing. But he could see many other females dressed in blue surrounded and talked to her, and she was being observed by several other males with lustful eyes. Gillman felt anger towards them, clearly this humans was important among her people, it wouldn't be easy to approach her.
He then noticed they were going towards the boats, towards the water.
Good the water was his domain, and he knew right there that she would be his.