READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 Vol 1 Issue 11 May 2014 | Page 42

height.” She turned her
focus to Sidra and lowered
her voice to a soothing
volume. “Now, we're going
to play the game we used to
play back home with
Poppie's seaweed baskets.
You're going to step into
our magic basket and make
a wish, and see if it comes
true.” Arrowanna held
Sidra's hand so tight it was
turning white. She hated
seeing the rope burns
around Sidra's wrists and
ankles where she had been
tangled up and thought,
That must sting something
awful. Arrowanna watched
Sidra put one leg over the
basket's edge.
Sidra said, “Sis, it's too
big, I can't get my leg in it. I
can't touch the bottom! Can
I just make my wish now?”
“Oh, Sidra, sweetheart.
You have to climb into the
basket, or your wish won't
come true.”
“But we don't have any
flower petals either.”
Arrowanna thought
quickly and answered, “We

can sacrifice a couple of
things and your wish to still
come true. I'll come and lift
you in, and we'll use
imaginary flower petals.
I'm not going to let you
miss a chance to make a
wish.” Arrowanna struggled
against the violent
movements of the rope
ladder while still holding
Sidra's tiny outstretched
hand in her clutches.
Sidra screamed.
Arrowanna felt Sidra
lose her footing; she now
dangled by one arm.
Arrowanna's adrenaline
surged. She yanked Sidra
closer to her, relieved that
she had not let her baby
sister fall into the depths.
In one more swift move
Arrowanna lifted Sidra into
the basket.
“You did it Sis! I'm in
the magic basket. Can I
make a wish now?”
Crying through a hint of
laughter, Arrowanna said,
“Wait, we need to sprinkle
you with the imaginary
petals!” Arrowanna made

quick movements and said,
“Já, now you can make
your wish.”
“I wish...” Sidra did not
finish her wish, but rather
screamed at the top of her
lungs along with Meilí and
Torleik as a wave caught
the rope ladder just so,
sending Arrowanna
plummeting into the icy
water. Arrowanna heard
Sidra's screams, and
between the fifteen-foot
swells, she saw her baby
sister in the basket being
raised to safety by her twin
brothers. Now all we have
to do is save me, she
thought. She felt herself
rise again and be pushed
forward from the force of a
wave, and the wave behind
it came crashing over her.
Arrowanna disappeared.