The cool water soothed her burning muscles. She couldn’t believe she had run so fast or
so far. Her legs were screaming at her
when she finished but now they were soaking in the sparkling, cool water and
only whimpering a bit. She tilted her
chin up to the sun and floated on her back, relaxing, releasing the tension,
letting go. She closed her eyes and let
her mind drift away while her body bobbed on the surface.
Suddenly, there was a tingle up her spine followed by
a jolt. The next thing she knew she was
being dragged down into the water, deeper and deeper at a speed so fast that
everything was blurred. She held her
breath but her lungs were burning now.
Her heart was thundering in her chest as panic flashed through her. Her mind reeled trying to figure out what was
happening.
Then, it stopped.
She wasn’t moving downwards anymore, she was frozen in place for the
shortest of seconds. Her heart still
thundered but she didn’t move. She
focused her eyes but all she saw was clear water ahead. She struggled to force herself to look down
and when she did, there was nothing but the sandy bottom. Her eyes darted around her but there was nothing
unusual. Her lungs were on fire so she
kicked her legs and shot up to the surface.
She gulped in the fresh air and immediately swam to
shore. Too scared to look around, she
focused on the shoreline and blocked everything else from her mind and her
sight. Once on the safety of the beach,
she stood and looked out to the water.
She stood still, straining her eyes, then, for an instance, she saw
something. Could it be? Was it more than just a legend? But the water here was too shallow for such a
creature. Nothing else could have pulled
her under like that, though. She stared
for a long time, trying to catch a glimpse of it but nothing appeared. Was she imagining it? Was it real?
Finally, she turned and walked up the beach. Grammy would know what to do.
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