<div class="floatleft">(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h215/wontsubmit/waterson1.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Qiang Nuo<br/><strong>Position:</strong>Student<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Over the Fountain we Go 0830 Sept 1st 2013<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Toad, Myth, Open<br/><br/>Watching Nuo run was like watching a gazelle.  The steps taken were neither truly leaps nor were they running movements, but somewhere in between.  Kinetic energy burst from the balls of her feet, every brush of her shoes to the ground kicked up a small bit of the grass.  This made each step thrust her forward to cover more distance than any normal person could do.  So while she did not truly run faster than most, she still covered a greater distance with each step.  Those steps were leisurely until she made a sudden twist in the air to look back and see if Toad were chasing her.  Instead of simply seeing the bouncing man behind her she also bore witness to a three headed hound spitting fire.  A scream tore from her throat as she shouted for Toad to run.<br/><br/>Power was pushed into her limbs as she pressed forward.  One foot pushed off from the grassy earth to propel her upward while the other leg lashed out to catch off a tree.  Beneath her foot the tree bent from the force she projected into the length of her body, recoiling back and then forward.  Nuo made a sudden shift in direction bouncing off the tree and lunging head long into the gardens of the plaza.  Hands caught on the stones of a stairway, knees tucked beneath her while the hands guided her in flight over the stone obstruction.  Those legs were ready to touch the ground when she landed, barreling her forward through the obstacles to come that she dared to hope might slow down the hound behind them both.  Nuo knew Toad could leap and bounce over the plaza even better than she could, she just hoped the hound did not have a similar gift.<br/><br/>On flat ground she knew the beast would overtake Toad and perhaps her.  So she leapt along the stone steps and over the hedges, pushed her body to vault over the tiers of the landscape until she stepped onto the stone surface near the fountain.  She felt the slick surface where water sprayed out onto the stone and nearly came to knee herself.  Rubber soles caught her and she found her grip on the smooth surface.  Feet continued to push her from the ground, allowing her to leap up and across the edge of the fountain.  During her burst of energy over the fountain steps she twisted her body in the air to glance back toward the pair behind.  Stomach muscles brought her legs up and over, hips turning once more so that she landed facing the direction she wished to travel after her impromptu display of acrobatics.  Then she was off again, eyes casting a determined gaze through the courts ahead and toward the Headmaster’s Office.  The smile never wavered from her lips as she was having more fun than she intended.<br/>