Ariana flinched and looked at the girl, and then around, still breathing heavily. "No! Be careful--there..there was..an alligator, or something..." she exclaimed, though the volume and excitedness decreased in her voice with every word. Then she was standing there, looking around with a confused look on her face: frowning, eye brows knitted together. "What..what just happened?" she muttered to herself. She shook her head and ran her hands through her hair as she swallowed back some excitement, standing there in frustration.