Sinking… She felt her body plunge into the freezing water andhear muffled voices screaming above her. Although Lucy was sinking deeper and deeper, she feltat peace, and it didn’t hurt. In fact, she felt light, as though she could soar off into thesky any minute now. In a split-second her thoughts recollected as sherealized her situation. All the lightness disappeared as though it was never there. Insteadit was replaced by a new feeling. It pulled her lower and lower into the water, as Lucy began to panic.Her chest ached for the feeling of air. She tried to move her arms but it was too late. Lucy had gone far too deep into the seemingly bottomlessocean. She tried to remember the feeling of lightness and peace but that felt likeyears ago. Her lungs called for the long gone air at the surface. She stared at the top of the waterthat was gradually moving further away from her. Lucy extended her pale hands towards it, trying tograb onto the flowing currents. She was tired of giving up and running away. She was tired of beingpushed onto the ground. She was tired of falling. With as much strength as she could mustershe pulled herself a little higher, even though her head ached from the pain.