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*I notice I am out in the ocean, alone and fearful. My tail was visible and floating on the surface, I had no idea what to do.

My gut instinct was to swim downwards and deep down into the dark depths. I didn't know who to trust my gut or my brain.

Tears rolled down from my eyes past my cheeks and rolled off and fell into the sea and disappeared. Just adding to the saltiness of the water.

I poked my head underwater and pulled it back up above the water, my cream hair sodden and cold. I took one last gasp and let my weight pull me underwater. I partially sink and then I kicked my legs causing me to bolt head first into the colder water.

I kept on swimming, not even caring if I lost my breath. It was getting colder and darker per stroke as I was getting closer to the core of the earth.

I see a light and it magnetically pulls me towards it. It's intriguing. Just as the light is a foots length away I collide into an 'invisible' wall.*

My eyes close and the water feeling goes away. I have been retracted out of the dream. My body melts and flops in relief as I had felt like I was coming close to my death. But I had just knocked and bumped into my bedroom door.

(12:00 am) Who knew how long it would take me to fall back to sleep!

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