A Girl Called Ari by P. J. Sky

Author:P. J. Sky [Sky, P. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-19T22:00:00+00:00

Ari’s lungs contracted. In the darkness, tumbling beneath the waves, she lost all sense of direction. Desperately she clawed, and the heavy water dragged through her fingers.

She struck a rock hard, then the water grabbed her and pulled her onwards. Her head broke the surface and she gasped, then the current pulled her under again.

Her heart thumped against her breastbone and a red heat rose in her gut.

I can’t swim.

She thrashed her arms. Over and over she tumbled. Her hand broke the surface of the water and was washed down again.

I might die.

With her hands and feet, she searched for anything with which she could take hold. A sharp object scrapped painfully against her palm and was gone. Her head bobbed to the surface. A flash of colour, a mouthful of air and water, and she was dragged under again.

Darkness. She screamed into the water.

Her body thumped against something hard and round and, as she began to drag around it, she reached around and hugged it. Her head breached the surface and she gasped. Roaring, the frozen water dragged at her limbs. The surface of the rock was smooth and slippery and she clung tighter.

She was out in the middle of the river. The cold water stung her face; from below her chin, the rest of her body was going numb under the water.

Ari searched for Starla. The imposing rock face loomed above. The narrow shoreline looked far away. “Starla,” she cried, her voice lost in the surging din.

Has she fallen too? Is she drowning somewhere further back or further down the river? Each way she looked, she saw only the chopping grey waves and further on a thin mist.

Water. First you’ve not enough, then you’ve got too much.

She tried to pull herself further up the rock but she only slipped further down. She leaned her head back, keeping her mouth above the surface. She took in a mouthful of water and choked. Her jaw chattered, her limbs numb. Her joints were starting to burn and the water was ceaselessly pulling at her and she knew it wouldn’t stop.

Oh please she prayed, Maker don’t let me die here. Don’t let this be it.

She couldn’t feel her fingers.

Her hands slipped and she was pulled back under.

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