Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 | Page 22

"Xie Wan?" I heard from behind me. I stood up fast and turned around to see my mother. I stood there
silently, not able to move. She turned around and told me to follow her. I walked slowly behind her. She
led me to the edge of the water. I reached out to her, but she backed away from my hand. She took a step
into the water and kept walking.
I slowly followed behind her, deeper into the water. She turned back and looked into my eyes then dived
into the water. I followed behind her, deep down into the water. She kept going down and so did I. All of a
sudden bubbles formed all around her and once the bubbles were all gone, I saw what she truly was, a
monster. Something I could never explain. It grabbed onto my leg as I tried to swim away. It dragged me
down. I was struggling to breathe and I was too deep down to make it.
My vision became blurry as my lungs filled with the water. Its eyes glowed green. That was the last thing I
saw before the darkness I'd see forever.