Voodoo

Entry #21: Excerpt 2

Madison looked out on the water, squinting at the shadow in the distance.

It seemed as if it was a house of some sort, but it looked too small.

Could it be a ship? No, the ship would be moving, there is no land out there....

She kicked off her shoes, and took her outer clothes, and left her bathing suit. She tied her hair back, diving in.

She swam for what seemed like hours, and ended up hitting her head on the platform holding the structure. She climbed aboard, and quietly climbed the stairs.

She landed on a squeaky step, and winced.

As she progressed, she could see lights, but unsure of what it was. Her foot hit the top step, and she stood there, shocked.

On top of the platform, hid a mansion.

"Hey! What the hell!?" She snaps out of her reverie, to find a boy about her age or a little older, with brown hair and an athletic build.

He was probably taller than her by a foot. Definitely a foot.

"I'm sorry?" She asks him, as he stalks towards her.

"I asked you what you were doing on our property, trespasser." He growls, and she stiffens.

"I saw the outline of this place over on the beach. I got curious, and so I swam." He looks at her, flabbergasted.

"You swam all the way here?" His own thoughts are going a mile a minute.

Who is this beauty before me? She swam here? Is that even possible?!

She nods.

"I swam. I'll leave, I just wanted to see what this was... I've never seen this out here before." She tells him, and begins to descend down the stairs.

"Hey!" She turns to find him smiling. "Come back up. Since you're here, you might as well take a tour. I've never had a visitor before." She smiles and follows, unsure of what she's getting herself into.

Here's something I wrote because I was in Corpus, and I saw a shadow on the horizon. The idea popped in my head, and yeah. So tell me if 👍🏼 or 👎🏼....