Aaaand, today we are going swimming! I don't know why it took me so long to write this...

Enjoy, everyone!

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Panther, Nebula, Shadeseer, and Argan were lying on a platform, bored to death. Nebula and Argan were a dull blue-grey, and Panther was half asleep. Shade was scratching the bamboo with his claws.

"Hey, I have an idea...Let's go swimming!" Argan sat up, bright yellow flashing through her flanks.

Panther cocked his head. "I've never swum before!" Nebula and Shade nodded. Argan grinned. "I'll teach you!"

And like that, their boredom was forgotten. They took off towards a wide, slow river, that Argan thought would be good 'for beginners'. Landing on the bank, Argan instructed them on the basics. "Your tail is used for steering, and your wings should be folded in when you move about. Your arms are what propel you, so don't stop moving them. I'll give you a demo."

The RainWing slipped into the river, her scales matching the water, with splashes of pink and yellow. She lashed her tail back and forth, and pushed back with her arms, moving upstream. She turned back to the other three. "See? Easy! Come on, try it!"

Panther stepped closer. "Is it cold?" Nebula groaned.

"We're in the rainforest, sloth-brain!" She then shoved Panther into the river, where he flailed about before realizing that he could stand. Argan shot Nebula an approving smile, giggling. Panther regained his composure, and tried to swim the way Argan had taught them. He laughed. It was a funny feeling, swimming.

"Okay, you next!" Nebula herded Shade to the edge. The NightWing took a breath, and jumped into the river. SPLASH! Nebula was left on the bank, dripping. Her snout turned into a determined smirk. "You're gonna get it, Shade." She hopped in, treading water, and began to chase Shadeseer. Panther and Argan followed, thrilled.

"Catch me if you cannnnnn!" Shade sang out, tauntingly. Nebula poured on the speed, close behind the NightWing.

"No one splashes me and gets away with it!"

With a cry of, "EEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH" She raised her multicoloured wings and engulfed poor Shadeseer in a tidal wave of water. Ducking underwater, she smirked. Panther laughed.

"Oh moons, your face!" He held onto Argan for support. Shade cocked his head.

"You think that's funny?" He asked teasingly. Argan tensed, her scales orange with anticipation.

"WATER FIGHT!" She shrieked, and four tiny tsunamis erupted from the river. Everyone laughed, dodging waves, sending forth huge rainfalls, and simply getting drenched.

Water went up Panther's nose, and he shrieked. "It burns, it BURNS!" Nebula responded with a shower of water to his head.

Shade gilded under the water, waiting for the right moment to strike. As Nebula reared back to slap her wings on the surface, he jumped up and tackled her. She cried out in surprise. "Haha, got you!" He wrapped his wings around her. She blushed, and struggled to get out, making waves in the water. He finally relented and let go, and she splashed him lightly.

"You're such a tease!"

Argan did a similar move, sneaking up behind Panther and springing onto his back. He screeched, and tried to shake her off, but it was no use. Nebula got an idea. "Chicken fight!" She hopped on Shade, and they battled it out.

However, they were all wet and slippery, and soon fell back into the water. They resumed splashing.

After the splashing had died down, the dragonets floated lazily in the warm, wide river, enjoying the peace.

"Hey Argan, this was a great idea!" Panther commented, and Argan pinked with happiness. Nebula nodded.

"We should definitely do this again."

They swam for a couple minutes more, until a loud grumble erupted from Panther. He shrugged. "Hehe...Seems like I'm hungry!" They all laughed and clambered onto the bank, getting ready to fly back and grab some fruit.

They leapt into the air, flying through vines and in between branches. Shade dodged a toucan flying past and suggested, " Why don't we fly above the canopy?" A bug flew into Argan's maw and she spat it out, nodding.

Nebula veered upwards, the other three behind her. They burst through the treetops, into the wide open sky.

"Oh no..." Argan groaned. Nebula's scales darkened.

Instead of sunny skies and warm breezes, dark clouds loomed overhead. The group picked up speed, but the rain poured down on them regardless. Annoyed, Nebula huffed. "Stupid rain, ruining our flight."

Shade nudged her. "Hey, it's just like swimming in the air!" Everyone burst out laughing at the silly comment, and the solemn expressions were replaced with grins.

They flew onwards, rain cascading off their bodies, trickling down their noses. Panther began spiralling downwards, a hopeful grin on his face. "I think I see the village!" As they flew down, the droplets of rain flew off. Nebula, being at the back, got many splashes to the snout.

"Hey! Watch it!"

Diving back into the canopy, the dragonets were relived to have some shelter from the rain. They landed on a wet, slick platform, and Panther promptly slipped.

"Well. This is comfortable, isn't it?" Shade mumbled from beneath the heap they'd all been knocked into. Nebula, who was on top of him, snorted. All four squirmed and writhed, trying to untangle themselves. Finally, they freed each other.

The rain was still coming down, and they walked to the hybrids' hut, holding banana leaves over their heads.

"Ahh, my nice, dry hut." Panther sighed, shaking off the water once he was inside. Citrus paused in the hallway, soaked, her scales a mild orange-red.

"Oops, sorry!" Panther raced to his room, to avoid any conflict, with Argan, Nebula and Shade behind him. Nebula snagged a couple mangoes on the way. Citrus was left standing, and dripping in the hall, wondering just what in three moons was going on.

She went to find Fearstriker. She was wet, and it was raining. "Rain...rain, rain." Her scales were a mix of grey and red. Rain. Not her idea of a fun time.

Nebula giggled as they plopped down in the hybrids' room. She passed the mangoes around, and they sat in silence, enjoying the sweet fruit. "Well, that wasn't too bad..." Shade commented.

"I bet the river will be dangerous after all this rain." Nebula added, peering outside. The rain thudded on the roof.

Argan solemnly nodded. Then she burst into a smile. "We can go river-rafting!" Nebula grinned, bumping wings with the RainWing.

"Just my thoughts!"

Panther and Shade exchanged a glance. "River-rafting? Sounds scary!" Those two dragonesses were intense.

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After the rain had died down, Argan and Shade flew home. They had made plans to river-raft another day.

So Panther and Nebula were left to themselves.

"Hey. Maybe we should take Citrus swimming."

So, how did you like this one? It was wet and fun, I think.

Leave a comment! I'm so glad for all the support you guys have given me.

Watch for more, in the next week or so.

Rain-ly, Clearly.

P.S: I originally planned on having a rivalry between Argan and Nebula.