water water everywhere! Lyra did like water but not in this kind of situations and well, the first year couldn't swim so good. A bit lost in her own and new created panic, Lyra did not first see a boy on a broom by her but when she did saw him she was so reliefed and grateful that she wanted to scream out loud in joy!
but she controlled herself, 'better not celebrate too soon, wait till your save on the ground...yea. She thought and was helped onto the broom.

Breathing had become a little easier now, and Kiri felt as if she could actually comprehend what was going on around her. A girl was leaning over her, her cool hand stroking Kiri's face. Hey... she thought fuzzily, isn't that Emiliano's friend? She tried to sit up, but her vision started spinning immediately. Doing that was, apparently, not a good idea. She sunk down onto the table again. She wanted to know what was going on, but there were frantic movements and loud noises all around her.

But something wasn't right... Coldness was creeping up her clothes again. She moved her fingers. They touched water again. "What..." she mumbled through blue lips, and then someone was pulling her upwards rapidly. She felt queasy again right away, but pressed her lips close together. The Great Hall swung into view. Kiri's eyes widened in shock. The House tables were almost completely gone now, submerged beneath the waters. Everywhere, students were jumping into the waters. Most of them were heading for the Entrance Hall. Kiri could see a few brooms whizzing past overhead, too.

Emiliano had picked her up, and it looked as if he was going to jump, too. Carrying her?! She would be too heavy for him! "No, Emiliano, don't..." she said, but then she could feel him move, and with a splash, they were in the water again. She clung to his back as tightly as she could, trying, at the same time, to make herself weightless. Of course, that was something Kiri couldn't do, and Emiliano was clearly struggling.

Then someone behind her was pulling on her. For a horror-struck moment, Kiri thought it was another Grindylow, but Emiliano let her go, and then she was being carried by a new person. He - it was a man, broad-chested and tall - moved through the floods much easier than Emiliano had. Kiri stared in utter surprise. Professor Lawson was, apparently, her personal rescuer.
Water swirled over her, and she had to try to keep her head above water, but she was safe now. The professor, she decided light-headedly, deserved a present of sorts. A big one.

Remembering that the Hospital Wing was at the third floor, Emiliano almost slapped his head, but remembered he had two younger students at his charge, ready to be taken there to a safe floor, away from the murkiness of water, off the view of the aquatic magical creatures now surrounding them. "It is third floor, I will take them to Nurse Avalon and then I'm coming for you." He told Karma, the Hufflepuff girl he didn't know and the Professor holding Kiri.

The water had risen to under the children's chins, and still it was rising, though it was not spilling out of the open windows.

The water rose high now pushing all humans out of the great hall and into the entrance hall, as the great hall filled to the ceiling with water, where it again, stopped its ascent.

As Arethusa said, the water was drained out, the injuries healed, and everything was restored to normal.

Sarah Plopped herself onto a bench. God, she hated it when it was all wet. She piled mash potato onto her plate, along with some chicken, and started to eat. She was relived everything was dry again.