Chapter 10b-Aqua meets Martha

CHAPTER 10 B-AQUA MEETS MARTHA
Just keep going, she though. She had a long way to go, the sharks still playing with her feet. SHe tried to swim without moving them. Looking down, she saw one of the sharks farther out swimming toward her a lot faster than she was moving! She picked up her pace, hoping the sharks under her wouldn't mind. She swam past a part of the water that was really red, and it looked like the sharks had already gotten to some other bird or fish. Maybe that's why they weren't biting her yet. The one that was farther out caught up with her and grabbed onto her foot, and pain went searing through her body and she felt as if her leg had been ripped off! Blood came up out of the water and she knew that he was still holding on. She screamed as loud as she could but no one could hear her! She was still too far out! More blood kept coming, and even though the shark had let go she couldn't move her leg. It hurt way too much, but she blinked back the tears and kept going, still screaming! More sharks gathered around her, running into each other, attracted by the smell of the blood. Right as they were about to attack, everything froze! The waves stopped in mid-air. The sharks froze. Aqua turned her head to make sure she was still alive. Farther out in the water she saw something coming towards her. It wasn't swimming, it wasn't walking on water, it was floating on top of it! It had a weird purple glow to it. As it came closer she saw that it was an old woman, sitting with her legs crossed and floating a foot above the water. she stopped right in front of Aqua, one hand behind her back. The reflection on the water was that of something shiny, but Aqua couldn't make it out. The gypsy looking lady held out her other hand, but Aqua didn't shake it, just eyed it warily. "What is going on? And what are you, some kind of sorceror?" "Oh, of course not.," The old lady said. "Consider me a friend. A friend with a very benefitial deal to both of us. You see, I didn't stop all of this. You did." Aqua looked at her like she had just said that aliens were real. Hehe. "I know you're scared, why don't you let me explain? You see, you have a power. The power to control water, and anything in it. And, when I'm here, anything it touches," she said, gesturing towards the rest of the beach. " Now let's get back to that mutally beneficial deal I was talking about. Your power. You have it, I want it. Well, let me elaborate. It is written in the laws of this land that no one person shall have total control over any thing that involves other people. Water involoves everyone, and you control it, therefore you are breaking the ancient laws juist by bieng alive." "I've never heard that law before," Aqua said, still not trusting this wierd lady. " Yes, well, few people have," she said quickly. "The important thing is that it's there. And you're breaking it by bieng here. My proposition is that I rule it with you. You would need to come back with me to do the partial transfer, but then, together, we would be invincible. You've never been able to use your powers on your own, but the minute I show up, look what you can do!" She said, guesturing to everything around t hem again.

"No way! How do I know your not just going to steal my power all together?"

"You don't. You just have to trust me," she said, with a strange look in her eye.

"I don't think so! You sww, Trust is a beautiful thing. You can keep it, or you can throw it out the window..." Aqua said, then, mustering up all the strength she could, set the beach back in motion (except for the sharks, of course). She swam as fast as she could while only moving one leg back to the beach, not looking back. She crawled onto the shore and yelled for her parents. _______________________________________________________