Not Quite Human
"All right class, it's time to go to the pool. Everyone go get changed into your swim suits." Ms. Goat dismissed the class to go change for their fitness class, it was finally warm enough to use the school's pool and it was well known that swimming was a great strength building exercise. Shortly all the students were changed and lined up by the pool where Ms. Goat was giving them instructions on what their swim exercises would be.
"I don't like these school swimsuits. They never fit me right." Duckie tugged on her swimsuit's strap as she said that, fiddling with how it fit her.
"Are you sure you can swim?" Fakir asked her, concerned about how she'd fare in the deep end.
"For the last time: yes, I can swim. Ducks are great swimmers, you know." Duckie responded, frustration leaking into her voice. "So will you please stop asking?"
Fakir just looked away and muttered, "Ducks don't swim the same way humans do."
"Now, everyone into the pool!" Ms. Goat clapped her hands to get everyone's attention; the first day of swimming was always like this so it was a struggle to keep her students in line and on task.
"Here I go!" Duckie yelled as she jumped into the pool, her legs thrown out in front of her at an odd angle as she butt-flopped into the deep end. For nearly a whole second it looked like Duckie'd be okay when she bobbed right up to the surface like a buoy, but then she tried to actually swim and immediately realized that she had been completely wrong. In a panic she flailed around and cried for help, kicking her feet furiously in an attempt to stay afloat.
Without hesitation Fakir dove into the water and grabbed Duckie, quickly dragging her to the edge of the pool where Ms. Goat and the other students pulled them both out and formed a circle around Duckie and Fakir while the poor girl coughed up pool water. "Are you both alright?" Ms. Goat asked anxiously while Fakir glared at Duckie.
"I thought you said you could swim," Fakir shot at Duckie accusingly.
"I can! I'm just... still getting used to being a girl again!" Duckie shot back angrily. They glared at each other until Ms. Goat interrupted.
"If you're both well enough to argue you can walk to the infirmary and have the nurse check you over." Ms. Goat crossed her arms, near misses like that did not please her. Fakir and Duckie simply nodded as they both got to their feet and turned towards the main building. "And Duckie, you're going to stay after school today and learn how to swim properly, I don't know how you got the idea to jump into the deep end like that when you obviously can't swim but I won't have it happen again."
Duckie flushed bright red and said in a squeaky voice, "Yes ma'am." Not more after school punishments! It felt like Duckie's luck would never change.
Ah another "takes place some unknown time after the end and Duckie's a girl for no reason just so we can look at her life" fic. I don't know where this idea came from but it was too funny to pass up! And I know that we see Duckie swim as a girl twice in the series so it's a little against canon but who cares when it's such a funny image? Ah... humans don't swim like ducks indeed, we'd sure look weird if we did, sitting on our butts kicking our legs underwater with our arms tucked up against our body. But I'm starting to think that this would make a better comic.