Into the water (Quazar)

== Into the Water ==
I met her some days ago, while on patrol on the beach. She appeared near the shore, head out of the water and a playful smile on her face, as if inviting me to get in.
    "I can't" I replied. "I'm on patrol"
    But she insisted.
Her name was Ghost. She was flirty, cheerful and fun to be around. She always appeared at the same place and time, while I was patroling the beach, looking for any intruders that might be too close to the Sea Kingdom. We talked and chatted. Every day, she invited me to go to the water with her, and every day, I promptly refused.
    One day, she edged closer, and I managed to see more of her; She was pale, with dark dots all along her body and the most shimmering scales I had ever seen.
    "Come in" Said her. "Surely the queen won't be that mad if you took a tiny break"
    I sighed. "I can't, you know that" 
    It was just me or she was starting to look more beautiful each passing day?
    One day, she asked me:
    "Where is this Summer Palace you talk so much about anyway?"
    I raised an eyebrow. "Where do you live in this world that you don't know where the Summer Palace is?"
    "Oh, I was raised very far away, you wouldn't know where it is" She sighed. "But maybe I could take you there one day... I just need you to jump in the water"
    I also sighed. Every day was the same thing: She appeared right after my shift on the beach began, we talked all day long, and when the sun started to set, she disappeared. It didn't mattered wherever I went, who I asked, how did I searched: No one had ever heard of a SeaWing named Ghost.
    Every time I tried to trick her into telling me where did she came from, who were her parents or relatives or who she might be living with, it was always the same answer: "Jump into the water, and I'll tell you everything"
    But I never did.
    But one day, I had an idea. I called a day off with the general and did the same I did every single day: I wore my armor, grabbed my spear and waited in the exact same spot.
    Soon enough, there she was: As beautiful and glamorous as ever.
    "Won't you invite me into the water?" I asked.
    Her head dropped. "Why, if I already know the answer?"
    I smiled. "Well, this time you don't" and jumped into the water with her.
    The moment she grabbed me, I felt a wave of relief; As if all the problems in the world had been turned into dust. Her scales changed color, from purple to indigo to green to red. Suddently, I understood everything: Why she was there, how she disappeared every single day, why she had to insist for me to come into the water. I wanted to feel panicked, to feel tricked and betrayed but... I couldn't; All I could feel was her love, this enourmous love she had inside her heart, but couldn't give it to anyone unless they paid the price for it.
    I watched as she dived with me, as she choked me so every single drop of love I had given to her would be with her, and would stay with her forever.
    I'm sorry, she mouthed as silent tears slipped from her eyes.
    Goodbye.
=== Epilogue ===
    Kelp swam in the forest, as calmly as they ever did. The fishes swam, the otters played in the water and the seagulls survived by not going near it.
    But that day, something was different; They could feel it. They could feel the agitation in the Kingdom of the Sea, a place they couldn't nor wanted to go to.
    By the edge of the trenches, crying tears no one else could hear, was Ghost.
    "Hey" They put a wing over her, and then frowned. That felt weird. Normally, she was cheerful and playful, not sad. Her scales were painted in an unusual dull blue.
    "It happened again, didn't it?" They asked calmly, like they even cared.
    "Y...yes" She sobbed. "It's so unfair, Kelp... They had so much love to give, and yet..." 
    They sighed. "You'll find more, you know. You always do"
    She instinctively reached the pouch underneath her wrappings. In the pouch, they knew, contained a scroll with all the dragons she sacrificed... All the dragons she loved. "I know" she said, but didn't seemed satisfied.
    "I know...."
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