Shifters of the Elements by Lark Sterling

Author:Lark Sterling [Sterling, Lark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

The Dolphin’s tale smacked against the sea floor, sending up a plume of sand and coral. It shot forward, swimming at high speeds, turning over and back again. It let out a succession of noises and circled back around, waiting for the other dolphins to reply. When they did, it took off again, this time racing just above the ocean floor and dove straight down into the cracked ground and the darkness below.

Bubbles sputtered up from the ravine, and fish swam close before darting away, sensing the Dolphin’s presence. After a few moments, the Dolphin reemerged with gold chains wrapped around its snout and a chest hooked over its tail. It dragged the treasure along, looping back behind the chest and pushed it with its snout. The Dolphin continued another few hundred feet, looking up at the bottom of the boat, floating above it on the surface of the water.

Flipping straight up, the Dolphin used its tail to sweep at the ocean floor and gripped a bag with its teeth, pulling it out of its hiding place. The current was so warm that day, a perfect day to play in the depths of the shimmering blue Castile Seas. The Dolphin sped off, heading for the surface. It didn’t slow down as it reached the break, jumping high out of the water and diving back down deep below.

On the boat, an eighteen year old human girl gasped, watching the splash as the Dolphin dove back down. She smiled and shook her head. At the back of the boat there was a splash and a thud. Indra spit sea water from her mouth and tossed the treasure up on to the deck. The girl, Bree, hurried over, grabbed Indra’s hand, and pulled her up onto the boat.

Indra laid there on the deck, soaking the warm sunlight in. She had a bright blue one piece bathing suit on that matched her crystal clear eyes. Her blonde hair looked almost white out there under the hot sun. Bree took her soaking wet bag and wrinkled her nose. “I don’t understand why you take this thing down there. You know they have pouches for that.”

Turning over and lifting herself to her feet, she rubbed the water from her face. “It’s good luck.”

Bree stared at her for a minute as Indra tossed the swim fins to the side, not even noticing she hadn’t been wearing them when she came out of the water. “I still don’t know how you do that.”

Indra glanced up at her as she inspected the large gold medallion on the linked chain. “Do what?”

“Breathe, underwater,” she replied in astonishment. “Well, I guess you don’t breathe underwater, you hold your breath. But still, that has to be a world record or something.”

“I have the small breather to fill me up again,” Indra replied, nodding to the small personal oxygen tank sticking out of her bag.

“Right.” Bree walked over and picked it out of the bag. “But when was the last time I

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