She's so Cheeky for a Dragon

Diving In

Finana pov: I began to do my stretches before my race. During swim practices, we are required to race one of our peers to see our ability. I haven't lost a single race since I'm a mermaid and water is my natural habitat.

I saw Selen standing poolside. She waved at me, but I could tell she was distracted by my opponent. She had a cap on and tinted goggles as well, making it impossible to tell who she was. I was weirded out by this, but it's natural to have swim gear, so it's not the end of the world.

"Three, two, one, begin!" Our instructor yelled

In unison, me and the other girl dived into the water, and as soon as my skin hit the water, I transformed my legs into a mermaid tail, beginning to swim as fast as I could. Within ten seconds, I was already at the other side, but I was shocked. However, when I looked to the side and saw my opponent touch the wall a second after me leaving me in a frozen state, do to this they got one second of a lead over me.

I launched forward and swam faster than I ever had before, not wanting my streak to end, and due to a miracle, I somehow won, but only by a fingertip.

"Who are you?" I asked the girl that I just faced; she ignored me, but while looking around like she was paranoid, Selen approached us slowly.

"Good job!" She cheerfully said she patted the stranger on the shoulder. She leaned in and whispered into her ear. The girl nodded and walked away.

"What was that about?" I asked Selen, who just shrugged, not responding to that question.

"Finana, do you want to help me take down Vox and his posse once and for all?" Selen suddenly asked me, much to my bewilderment.

"I do want to deal with Vox, but why do you suddenly want to dispose of him all of a sudden? You seemed bored by him earlier," I pointed out.

The lunar sky dragon cracked her knuckles. "I was, but he went too far," she growled. Selen was being cryptic, but her anger knew no bounds.

"Okay, but who is part of his faction?" I asked since the whole group isn't well known.

"A few of his inners are Reinu Endou, Enna Allouette, Kyo Kaneko, Hex Haywire, Ren Zotto, and Fulgar Ovid, but those are just a few of the inners; I plan on crushing everyone involved!" Selen told me

"Crush, like destroy?" I questioned

"Pretty much honestly, I never want to see Vox again after this," Selen stated.

"So you're going to beat him again?" I stated, only to hear Selen decline after.

"I'm not going to beat him." She stated

"Then who will?" I asked her, and she didn't reply; she just had me follow her into the locker room. I was led to my mysterious rival.

"Petra, let's get Pomu and Rosemi's condolences, and then we'll take out Vox and the loser brigade once and for all tomorrow!" Selen cheered

"Wait, we're actually going through with this; what will Elira think?" Petra asked

"It doesn't fucking matter." Selen stated. She understandably was dead set on ending this before it got out of hand.

"So I should get my hoodie, right?" Petra asked Selen, who gave her the thumbs-up and decided to walk her there just in case.

I followed the two of them just in case, just to see what was going on, and we went into the locker room, slowly making our way to Petra's locker. For some reason, we felt like we weren't alone in here, and as we turned the corner and could visibly see her locker, my suspicion was revealed.