41 - Marine Creatures

Maya

"W-what did... I ever do to you..." I gasped at my childhood best friend, trying to swim out.

Suddenly, the lake water current instantly became high. I tried struggling and swimming my way out of it but my efforts were futile.

Three faces.

I saw three people before I drowned in. The first was Queen Zoraida, the second was crying Trixie. Third was my childhood best friend, Kathleen, who had a mischievous expression on her face.

As the water current pulled me in, my chest grew numb. I began to see a combination of red and blue dots, succumbing to the darkness…

Wondered if this was the end...

***

My eyes flickered open, only to see some humane looking creature chanting something. “Aliento de mar…”

Words which meant, breath of the sea. “Grant this unto your lost daughter. Make her breath to avenge her death.”

It was almost like I was in a lucid dream. I could hear those words clearly however, I wasn’t moving, not even an inch. I heard hisses and whispers.

“She finally came, it see