♚️The Change In My Life Chapter Three♚️

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As the bell rung, I scurried out of the class and to my locker. Every single day it feels like that scene in lion king where Mufasa gets runs over by a bunch of buffalo. Once I finally got to my locker I put my stuff in my book bag and ran straight out of there. I looked at my watch to see I only had 10 minutes to get all the way across town! I ran and I ran and I ran until I got to the studio. I scurried up the stairs and pulled open the door to room 315. Out of breath, I stood there in front of the door breathing heavily. Oh! Right, I forgot to tell you! I teach a swimming class. "Sorry I'm late... school... you know what never mind." I sighed as I sat down on the bleachers by the pool. "It's okay, coach." Billy, one of my students said as I smiled.

"Billy, I told you that you don't need to call me coach just call me Charlotte." I remind him as I grabbed my swim bag from out of my book bag. "Charlotte, how do you fit all that stuff in that tiny book back of yours?" Mindy asked as I chuckled. "Magic." I winked as I walked into the locker room and changed. A couple of minutes later I came out with a full body red swimsuit. "Okay class, today since it's our last class before the break... I'm teaching you guys how to dive off the diving board." I explained as the kids got excited. "Now you guys are just using the 1rst level diving board. Since I've been swimming for years now I'm gonna show you what a dive looks like. Then I'll break it down for you." I explained as I got to the top diving board.

I stepped back a little to give me a running start. I then ran towards the edge of the diving board and jumped off. While I was falling I did a flip and dived gracefully into the water. Once I came back up all of the kids looked so shocked. I laughed as I sat on the edge of the pool squeezing the water out of my blonde hair. "How... did you do that!?" Melissa asked as I stood up. "I've been swimming since I was 4, it takes a lot of practice," I answered. "Okay, first we're going to learn how to dive from a crouching position." I started. "I want you guys to crouch close to the pool and glide into the water. Stand with your toes slightly over the edge of the pool, and crouch down close." I explained as the kids followed my directions.

"Put your arms in position over your head. Remember to tuck in your chin, and point your hands towards the water." I remind them. "Now rock your body forward and gently life into the water headfirst. As your legs follow your upper body, straighten them out and point your toes." I explained as the dove into the water. Once they all got up from the water I smiled. "Okay now we're gonna learn how to dive from a standing position," I ordered the kids got back to the edge of the pool. "Edge close to the pool so that your toes are at the edge. Get your arms and hands in position and bend at the waist, pointing your fingers towards the water." I started to explain. "Tuck in your chin, then tilt forward into. As your legs follow your upper body, keep them together and points your toes." I continued as the dove in.

"Okay, you guys seem ready to use the diving board, everyone line up," I ordered ad the lined up behind the first level diving board. "Your gonna take three to five steps, followed by a one-legged jump before entering the water. Before you guys try doing any advance moves like I did, you have to learn to hurdle." I began to explain. "Start at the back of the diving board and take 3 to 5 steps. Three steps will give you plenty of momentum for a good hurdle, but you can take five if you have short legs or feel more comfortable taking more steps." I continued as the kids nodded. "One the last step, you should be near the end of the diving board. Lunge and jump, swinging your arms upward at the same time. Don't jump off the diving board; jump straight into the air" "Land on the diving board with your feet in position to dive and your arms are over your head. Now you're ready to execute your dive."

"Now the easiest diving move is the jackknife. Your body is gonna rise up from the board, fold forward at the hips, then straighten into a dive." I explained. "Begin with a hurdle. Take three to five steps, lunge and jump, and land on the edge of the diving board with your arms over your head. Raise your hips above your shoulder level ad you jump off the board." I continued. "Reach your arms down towards your toes. Your body should look like an upside down V. Then straighten your body to complete the dive." For the rest of the class, the kids practiced doing jackknifes. The catch on fast. "Bye, Charlotte!" Anna waved goodbye as I grabbed my towel from my swim bag. I walked into the locker room and placed my bag down on the bench.

After I finished changing my clothes I grabbed my boots from my bag and sat down on the bench. While I was zipping up my boot I saw a blue light zoom by. Must have been my imagination. I then zipped up my other boot when I got up I saw the blue light again. Okay so maybe it wasn't my imagination. In looking around the locker room and I saw the light by the showers, but it wasn't a light it as a blue butterfly. The butterfly then flew out of the lockers room and towards the pool. "Where the heck are you going?" I asked as I followed it. And I swear you can believe this or not but the pool water started glowing. The butterfly the dove straight down into the water. Wait I thought butterflies cant go in the water. I dove in as well and followed it in the water. As I looked around to the find the source of the light I looked behind me to see it was a shiny blue egg. I picked it up and placed it on the edge of the pool. Before I knew it the egg opened and engulfed the entire pool in its blue light. Once the blue light disappeared I looked around. Apparently, I was in this crazy candy store. My hair was now blue and by outfits changed. 

I was wearing a blue top with black and silver diamond patterns, giving the illusion of feathers, underneath an ornate black cape covered in a green, blue, black and white feather paisley pattern. I have a blue and white mesh skirt overlaying purple tights with silver speckles. I have a large ornate scale collar with blue feathers, held by silver chains and jewels. I have on open-toed black knee boots with silver studs at the top and black leather wedge heels. The other accessories are silver, including spike earrings and a chain belt. I have three silver bracelets and one large spiked black bracelet, her ring is a silver wing. My crown is silver and composed of wings, a raven skull, chains and a blue jewel on the front. My bag is a blue spiked ball with a silver chain and silver ball in the center. 

I walked around a little there was a girl with brown hair asleep on the steps with this weird green creature. And a girl with white hair asleep on the candy cane throne with a pink creature also asleep. I then felt something clawing at my leg slightly. I looked down to see it was a cute little blue creature. Its body is light blue with a white ruff around its neck. It has cream-yellowish ear-like fins made of webbing on both sides of its head along with a third on top. It has blue ridges that run down the length of its spine and on to its tail-fin. That tail resembles that of a mermaid's. Its face is feline in structure, with a short muzzle and a small, triangular nose. "Why hello cutie, I gonna name you aqua." I gushed, I then saw the butterfly appear but this time a blue mist surrounded it. Once the blue mist cleared it revealed a woman with long purple hair.

She was wearing a white, long-sleeve coat with a silver collar over a blue, long-sleeve dress. The skirt is silver with a blue trim. She also wore blue leggings with blue diamonds that cover the sides of her legs, and blue heels. The coat appears to have a flower like a pattern with 3 "petals" and has 2 ribbons attached to it. "Who the heck are you? Where am I?" I asked as I sat on the white chair. "This is a candy shop, I'm Sakura." The newfound Sakura answered. "I'm very aware that this is a candy sho-" But before I could finish my sentence Sakura blew this yellow dust at me and I passed out on the white chair.