Lyra screamed and her hooves slipped and with a splash she fell over, sinking with a glug into the pool. Water rushed into her open mouth as her legs kicked out, floundering like a beached fish.
Then a pair of huge paws wrapped around her hips and she found herself being lifted bodily from the water, fluid sheeting from her fluff. She looked down to find herself hanging half above Rain. Opal was below, having moved from Rain's legs to his chest.
"You know I can hear everything right?" gravelled Rain.
"H-hear w-what?"
"I can hear your fingers going in and out over and over, my hearing is a little better than most."
Lyra gaped at him, her face graduating from pink to a radiant beet red, her eyebrows rising as the absolute horror of the situation dawned on her.
"A-and at th-the m-mansio
