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Every day. It happens every day.

I go to school, get bullied for being a Zelda nerd, and run to my private place to pray.

The place isn't really that special. It is just a small, very deep pond.

But that is where my life was changed for good.

I was sitting at it today, thinking about the time I lost my family.

"Michelle!" My eight year old sister, Alex ran up to me. We were having a family picnic, and we chose this spot.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Do you want to go swimming?" She asked me.

"Alex," I said. "It is freezing outside."

"So?" Alex jumped into the pool.

"Wow," Alex said surprisingly. "It is pretty-"

WOOSH! She was sucked into the water. She didn't come up.

"MOM!" I yelled, running to the edge of the pool.

"What?" My parents came running over. "Where is Alex?"

I started hyperventilating and pointing at the pool. My dad dived in, and didn't come up.

"Stay here," Mom said, kissing my head. She dived in, and never came up.

Then, a year later, I lost my best friend.

"Michelle," My friend Jane said. "Are you sure it is the place?"

"Positive," I said.

"You come here every day?" Jane said, looking around.

I nodded, then sat down by the pool.

"I still don't believe it," Jane said, sitting down next to me.

"You should," I said. "They have been gone for a year."

"Well," Jane said. "I believe that they are gone. I don't believe that they disappeared in a pond."

"You better believe it," I said. "I saw it happen."

"Okay," Jane said. She jumped into the pool.

"Jane!" I yelled. "No!"

She stood there with a smile on her face, then she disappeared.

"NO!" I yelled. I went to jump in, but some magical force kept me from going. I sat down on the grass and cried for the loss of my best friend.

I lost my best friend a year ago. I am now a 17 year old girl. Living without her parents, her sister, and her only friend.

I ran to the pool today, crying my eyes out. Those kids took it too far. They called Link a girl, told me to go **** myself, and go drown myself. Believe me, if I can, I would.

I sat down by the pool.

"Hi people," I whispered, wiping my eyes. "I am sorry for crying. I know you hate it when I cry."

No response. Just the sound of the leaves rustling.

"I know I have been bullied," I continued to the blue water. "But it just seems worse without you."

No response.

"But," I said. "I might be able to change it. Since pretty much every girl is obsessed with fashion, and there is a dance tonight, I will buy a pretty dress, and show them I am pretty."

No response, again. Then again, it is a body of water. It can't talk.

"Please keep me safe," I whispered. I got up and went home.

I stood in my bathroom, looking at myself in the mirror.

"This better be worth the $1000 dollars I dropped on this," I muttered.
I have to admit, I looked pretty good.

I was wearing a sleeveless aquamarine dress, with matching earrings and bracelets. I put on a little blush and lip gloss. I wasn't going to wear too much makeup. After all, natural beauty is best.

I grabbed my torture heals but hesitated. What if they hated me? I ran to my dresser and grabbed a loud horn I used to wake up Jane when she lived with me. It also woke up my neighborhood.

I placed the heals on my feet and started walking. I have never worn heals before, but after a while, I got the hang of it. I ended up speed walking my way to school.

The lights were on, and the door was open, so I went in.

Everyone stared at me. Every girl was in these short, designer dresses, but I was in this floor length gown. I smirked, glad that I was being noticed, and kept walking.

At the punch table, I noticed my crush, Ryder Evens, the cutest, funniest guy in school, looking at me. He didn't tease me, but he didn't talk to me and laughed when people played horrible pranks on me in school.

"Hi," I said, poring myself a glass.

"Hey," He said a little breathlessly. "You look amazing."

"Thank you," I said, blushing. "Didn't think a Zelda nerd could look this great?"

"Actually," He said. "You are always quite pretty."

"Really?" I asked, drinking my drink. "I didn't think you would notice me."

"You are the only girl in school who wears OUaT and Zelda T-shirts to school," Ryder smiled. "I think it is pretty easy to notice you."

"Hey," I said. "They are really comfy."

"They probably are."

We were silent for a while as he got a glass of punch and drank it.

"So, Michelle," Ryder started. "Do you-"

"-Ryder, sweetheart!"

Annabelle, the worst girl in school, came up to him. All the confidence I came with flew out the window.

She was wearing a dress. MY dress, just in red. She had on too much makeup on though, which made her look more like a clown than a pretty girl.

"What are you doing talking to this freak?" She asked, placing an hand on his chest. That slut! She knows I like him, and she has a boyfriend!

"I…Just…I…" He stated.

"Well," Annabelle said. "If you are talking to this copycat, then that would make you my enemy, and I can make life hell here, you know that, right?" She said sweetly.

"Yes," Ryder stuttered. I really couldn't blame him for being scared. Clowns are scary, and this clown's boyfriend was a wrestler.

"Good." Annabelle said. "Now leave this table."

Ryder gave me an apologetic look, and left.

Annabelle whistled. A bunch of girls in short dresses came around her.

Realizing I was in trouble, I held my horn in front of me and pressed the button. The noise echoed across the gym, and everyone covered their ears. Using that to my advantage, I kicked off my shoes and ran to the door.

"GET HER!" I heard Annabelle yelled. That encouraged me to run faster.

I ran out of the building and out of the schoolyard. Maybe they wouldn't follow me.

I have never been so wrong in my life.

They came out, shrieking like birds and throwing punch-soaked napkins at me.

That was my que to keep on running.

I ran into the forest, and to the lake. Don't ask me why I went there, it just seemed like the place to go.

I stood at the edge, hoping against hope that they got lost.

I, once again, was very wrong.

They surrounded me and the pool.

"What is your next move?" Annabelle said. "You can't run anymore."

I looked at the pool.

"This!" I said as I jumped in.

It felt like a whirlpool was sucking me in. I sunk down to the bottom, and then I was pushed towards a wall.

The wall broke apart, and turned into a tunnel. The water started pushing me into it.

I started swimming. The water pushing me acted as a boost, which was good, because it is really hard to swim with a gown.

I kept swimming for a while, then I noticed there was some light at the end. Maybe it was Heaven. Maybe it was air. I had no idea, but I started swimming harder.

I made it to the hole and looked up. I saw the sky.

I swam up to take a needed breath, but when my head touched the surface of the water, the tunnel started sucking me back in, back the way I came.

I stuck my hand out of the water, seeing if I could grab something. But nothing was there.

I started fighting the invisible force. But I was getting weaker. I was drowning.

My whole body relaxed, someone grabbed my hand, and I blacked out.

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