Chapter 9
by 
TeratonArm
What do you do?
Wait and Wish this wasn't happening.
You stand looking into the water as panic and dread rise up in your chest. The four people around you don't look happy either. The Prefects are shouting, telling you to hurry up, and now even some of the other freshman who've already taken their turn in the Tarn are getting impatient, shivering while they wait on you. You know it's expected of you, you can't see any other way out...
"C'mon, guys," Nadia says, emptying a few things from her pockets and tucking them into her luggage. "Nothing else to do, right?"
The Minerval boy sighs, following her lead, and tucking away his glasses. "I suppose there's no other choice..."
...and now even those around you were giving up. You can't be the last person on the boat. But you can't **** yourself to willingly take the dip! You try taking a deep breath, closing your eyes shut tight, paralyzed with indecision... and then something happens.