A Secret Kiss

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  Water! It was all around her, suffocating her, wanting to kill her.

  Her body, small and weak, was washed about in the dangerous, angry whirlpool of water. She couldn’t breathe. She couldn’t control herself. She wanted to scream for help, but when she opened her mouth, water rushed in and suffocated her. She shook her head, tears burning in her eyes, her heart intense with pain.

  She was scared. Her heart raced. Her body ached. And she knew she wouldn’t last. She’d die soon. The water spirit would take her far away. She knew it would please her new brothers and sisters a lot.

  She closed her eyes.

  She was exhausted and couldn’t fight the water anymore.

  Then she stayed still. She felt her small body floating there in the deep ocean, her eyes half-closed. As she sank deeper to the bottomless pit, she glimpsed rays of light flickering beautifully from above. Then she saw a small figure of a boy reaching his hand out for her, the azure eyes large with fear, and his small boyish face pale with dread.

  “Sebastian!” she screamed within her mind. “Help me!” she begged, though no sound came out of her mouth.

  She reached her hand out to him, but it was to no avail as he too began to struggle in the water. He was drowning. Just like her. He was drowning with her.

  Why would he want to save her when he himself was struggling against the angry sea?

  She was tired—so tired.

  She closed her eyes and felt herself go.