The Lake

Slowly, the man pulled out two small blue gems, that appeared to be glowing faintly. "These gems," he explained, "naturally glow blue. However, when they come near the type of jewels that we were stealing, they will glow a deep red instead." He handed one gem to Astra and the other Ardua. "Right now, we have other business to attend to. We'll be waiting for you right here at the same time tomorrow, right here. If you've found the treasure by then and delivered it to this shore, then we shall reverse the spell. If not..." The man paused momentarily. "Let's just say I hope you'll enjoy spending the rest of your life in this lake," he finished with a grin.

The two men then proceeded to remove the water tanks from the backs of the women. Neither Astra nor Ardua bothered to struggle, since they both knew resistance at this point in time would be futile. Astra watched the men leave back the way the way they had come.

Before she even had a chance to think about it, Astra suddenly felt like she was being choked. Remembering what the man had told her, Astra ran towards the lake and dived in. As soon as she did, she felt a wave of relief pass over her naked body. The same thing had apparently happened to Ardua, for she had dived in quickly as well.

"Well," said Ardua, "Now what do we do?"

Astra looked about the lake. It expanded quite a bit in an almost perfect circle. The water was too dark to judge how deep it was, so there was almost no telling whether it would take hours or weeks to scour the entire thing.

The had only one day, however. If they could find the treasure and get cured quickly, she might be able to continue her mission, assuming the men kept their word. On the other hand, Astra had gotten out of some pretty tight situations before, and there was a fair chance Astra would discover some way to remove the spell on her own. Finally, Astra said...

1. "We might as well try to find the treasure."
2. "Let's explore the lake on our own first, I have a feeling there's more to this lake then we were told."
3. "I think we should leave this lake and try to find another water source to hide in."
4. "Let's just wait here, Sir Fred will probably show up sooner or later."

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