The Lone Ranger

A short prequel to the Dawnwalker Cycle:
Erica, the swimming coach of Northern Michigan University is short one swimmer for a meet starting in two hours against their archrival school. Crystal is an all-around sportswoman on campus, and can swim, but hates competitive sports. She'd rather do fun things like white water kayak and raft, sea kayak, snowboard, ski jump, rock climb, hike, and ride a surfboard. Oh, and practice her karate. Erica, just needing a warm body and unsure of Crystal's ability in the pool, convinces her to swim for the college team "just this once" in the hope Crystal can finish an event or two and keep the team out of the cellar for the season. The results: Oh. My. God.