The Ocean Under The Buildings

Date: 1/6/2018

By JaneWest

There are a series of buildings on a shore.The beach is big,having quite a bit of sand before reaching water.The buildings are usually stores.As I was in the water on the beach,I found out there is a huge pocket of blueish clear water under the buildings. I waddle through the shore to the small gap and slide in. I hold my breath and look around.It seems like its actually lit up pretty well.The floor is covered with a few coral reefs and seaweed. As I swim towards the colorful floor,I see something swim past me in the corner of my eye.I turn around,looking for what it was.As I swim around I spot another person.I swim towards them till I realise they had a tail.It was a siren.As I swam to get a closer look they backed up.I was running out of air so I frantically tried swimming up but the buildings were there.I tried finding the crevis from which I came from with no luck.I started falling,losing consciousness as everything started going black. I felt something touch my chest and soon I realized I was breathing underwater.I opened my eyes and saw the siren there. "Are you okay?" It asked."Yea...Sorry I couldnt find where I came from and I ran out of air. My name is Jessica." I said. "Hi, Im Ryan!The girl that swam past you was Sarah,and then theres my friend Jack and Lizzy." He said as all his friends came out."I waved at them and smiled."People dont come here often so you startled me." confessed Sarah.She has beatiful golden eyes and golden locks to match her porcelain skin.Ryan had brown eyes with black tuffs of hair and fairly tan colored skin.Jack had midnight black hair and blue eyes with translucent looking skin.Lizzy had red locks of hair along with orange glowing eyes.They all had blueish green tails,sparkling in the magical light underwater."How would they if the only enterance is a gap small enough to slide in a teenage person!" I said laughing.Hmm...I looked around and saw above tons of types of floors.I saw a tiled floor."Ill be right back,Ima get a ball." I said.I swam towards the tiled floor,seeking a loose tile.I pushed one and peeked through.No one was in the store,its owner was probably busy.I crept inside,grabbed a baseball from the toy section,and huridly snuck back to the tile.I plunged in and close it."Hey!I got a baseball!Know how to catch?" I asked them. "Yea!" They replied in sync,laughing and smiling.We threw the ball to each other and messed around for a bit.Until someone opened the tile,only able to tell from the corner of my eye.They looked shocked,it being a man.He closed it afterwards.I dismissed it,having fun with the mermaids/sirens. Soon we all heard a motorboat around the edge of the space.It probably came from the enterance which I came here from.I looked at them worriedly.The motor stopped.Someone was coming."HIDE!" I yelled panickly.I swam to,trying to hide behind a huge peice of coral.As someone snorkeled down hear with a harpoon,he came around looking for them most likely.I heard Lizzy scream,followed by the woosh of the harpoon.Her screaming stopped.I peeked above the coral and saw blood gush into the water. He took her and swam back to his boat. As the motor faded away,I left my hiding spot.So did the others."THEY TOOK LIZZY" Ryan yelled.Sarah was crying and Jack hugged her."It must have been the guy at the tile.They all looked frightened."He might come back,you guys should escape." I said to them."We can only escape during high tide.Its lowtide." Said Jack.Later on,one by one,each of the sirens were killed,tails being sliced off for one,took back by another.Sarah was the only one left and I was bound to protect her. As the man came again to look,he saw me in front of Sarah and without hesitation,harpooned me.Sarah,eyes wide,cryed as I fell,she looked around to all the other remains left.Sarah swam away to the other side,high tide finally coming.(Suddenly I woke up)