Underwater

• Kelly Liu, Grade 6B
• Short Story
• 2013

Kelly Liu, aged 12

500 word short story
Under Water

The last thing I remember was swimming on the beach, everyone was either swimming in the endless waters of the sea or building sand castles in the golden sand. When I was swimming something grabbed me, it felt slimy as if a snail tried to lick me. I tried to grasp onto the closest item near me, a floating stick but it was too late, the slimy thing got my leg and dragged me underwater.

I was knocked unconscious. I found myself in a cave. I wondered where I was for a few seconds until I realized that I wasn't breathing in air, I was breathing underwater! I tried to jump for air. I wandered around for a bit, not noticing what was behind me, a giant octopus that looked hungry! I had to stop to catch my breath but I couldn't because if I did I would be lunch for this octopus! I continued swimming away from the octopus but it didn't stop until I reached the random sunken city that is, the octopus swam away like a baby deer running away from a lion. I dunk down to the bottom of the sea hoping that this was all just a dream . I fell asleep; the sea bed was as soft as a feather.

I woke up to the ear piercing sound of dolphins, where am I? I thought I swam to the house that was shaped like a big ship . The ship was covered in barnacles and seaweed, you could smell the seaweed even underwater it reeked of octopus ink. I heard a sound it was the sound of people, really happy people, probably my imagination- but I was wrong it was the sound of... talking animals?

I was wrong, really wrong I was so confused to what I just heard. I continued swimming hoping that the talking animals wouldn't see me. I found a school of fish who didn't talk so I hid among them . Their scales were really shiny under the sunlight .... Wait sunlight? I can finally escape this fishy nightmare! I quickly escaped from the fish; they didn't let me it's like they could read my mind. I was getting impatient I was waiting, waiting, waiting until I finally had enough I quickly swam under them but it wasn't enough, they just made another barrier . Then I saw a unicorn, I couldn't believe my eyes! Its mane was pure white and its horn was a sparkly blue I almost fainted when I saw it. The unicorn came to my aid and ate the fish! Before I realized what was going on, the unicorn head butted me and I fell and I stopped breathing I felt like I was going to die.

Something shook me telling me to wake up. I could barely open my eyes, it was my friend she said that I almost drowned and that I was unconscious for a while. Was it all just a dream or was I really there? ....