glimpse of a being swimming deeper into the waters. They looked up to meet my glaring eyes, and I noticed the blue orbs that glowed with magic and hints of blonde hair that disappeared into the darkness like the rest of her body
I was ready to go after her, only realizing how far deep I was as my body continued its descent. My eyes widened when I took in how far away the surface was, and I mentally realized I'd run out of oxygen before I had a fighting chance.
The panic began to settle in, and my sword was only weighing me down. I couldn't see Finnick anywhere, which only added to my worry as I hoped he was out on the shore and not in a similar predicament as me.
The motivation to fight began to grow as I moved my arms and fought to begin the journey upward, but the more I fought, the harder it became as my movements were counterproductive due to the weight of my sword.
I debated on letting it go, but the idea of that being down below getting it struck a chord in me. This wasn't just my ordinary practice sword, but the one I'd let Brianne borrow for the assembly. I'd brought it because Master wanted me to practice with its weight since I'd be getting a new sword for the final year in the kendo club, but I felt like it had a bigger purpose in my life and I couldn't forgo it.
That left me a sitting duck, and I began to lose hope as my arms grew tired.
All I could do was look upward, the fear of dying beginning to trickle through me as I remembered Brianne's loving smile and Finnick's compassionate expression from moments earlier.
I don't want to die...
My eyes closed shut as if doing so would suddenly make everything else fade away and return me back to my bed. I wished to be sleeping next to Brianne as she snuggled against my warm body with Finnick embracing her from behind.
Why couldn't I just get away from here? Why can't my magic just zap me away from danger? Why am I giving up? Why...why...why...
Something tight suddenly grabbed my hand, and I opened my eyes to see Finnick's glowing blue ones. My eyes widened as they noticed the golden aura that wrapped around his body, his pink strands suddenly an ocean teal-green with white threads of glowing hair that added to the magical look.
My eyes swarmed with relief, but my lungs cried for their desperate need for air. Finnick pulled me closer as his other hand pressed on my cheek and his lips crushed mine. I gasped in his air, feeling bad for needing it, but he offered more and more until I knew I stood a fighting chance to reach the top.
He pulled back to look into my eyes once more, and with a bob of his head, I noticed the crystal gold necklace begin to emit intense power as the rest of his body continued to glow. His eyes briefly looked downward, and I noticed how darkness swarmed his irises and began to seal the glowing force of those jewels.
It was brief, but this time I saw every bit of the black sheet covering his glowing eyes and then retreating like it had completed its purpose. Then we were moving upward at a much faster pace as the waters seemed to aid us instead of fighting to destroy us, like they had earlier.
We were bursting through the surface in seconds, and I gasped for more air and fought to remain afloat.
"Are you okay!"
I looked over to see a guard on the beach, waving his hands and looking just as drenched as we were as he stood on the soaked beach. I soon realized other individuals were on the shore gasping for air, and the sound of sirens echoing from afar told me this was going to be marked as something natural.
Nothing about that was natural...
I looked around for Finnick, only to see he was helping a little girl who was wearing pink floaties on her arms. He swam back my way.
"Can you swim?" Finnick asked as his eyes scanned my face.
"Ya," I breathed, and we worked on getting back to the shore.
"My daughter!" a woman screamed and raced towards us as we crawled onto the soggy sand.
"Mommy!" The girl beamed and ran to the woman as if the crushing waters hadn't swept her away.