Wake Up The Relentless Ocean

Chapter 2

When I wake up I can't find Atlas, I begin to scream for him. He appears next to me checking to see if I'm hurt. Once satisfied he begins to rub my back with his fin to calm me down. Once I've calmed down enough I ask,

"Where did you go you promised not to leave me?" He just nudges me telling me to grab on, me, not wanting to stay in one place too long, grab on. He starts swimming stopping to make sure I'm ok every once in a while. After about an hour of this, I'm about to ask Atlas where he's taking me when I see something in the distance.

"Is this where you went Atlas? To find a village?" He whistles at me and starts to swim faster. When we get closer I see someone standing on a dock like thing, Atlas whistles and the person looks over at us, it's a boy.

"Aqua you're safe. Good job dolphin." The strange boy says as he reaches his hand out, I flinch away. But I must say he's kinda hot.

"The dolphin has a name it's Atlas and who are you calling Aqua?" The boy stares at me confused. He then stares off into the distance thinking about something. Once he is done thinking he turns to me.

"Aqua stop messing around we have to get ready for the ceremony." He pauses to give me a chance to say something. When I say nothing he becomes annoyed and grabs me by the arm. I scream and try to yank my arm away. Atlas then smacks the boy's arm with his tail to make him let go. Once free from the boy's grasp I grab onto Atlas for dear life.

"OW! You stupid dolphin what was that for." The boy says grabbing his arm.

"He's not a stupid dolphin and he did that to protect me!" I yell. This guy is strange, what ceremony is he talking about and why would I have to go.

"Come on Aqua if we aren't at the ceremony we'll get in big trouble."

"First off, why do you keep calling me Aqua, second what's this ceremony about, and third who are you?"

"Did you hit your head or something? If this is a joke it's not funny, just come on we need to get ready."

"I'm not going anywhere until you answer my questions."

"Why do you have to be so stubborn, fine. I call you Aqua because that is your name, the ceremony is to see if one you are the person who the necklace chooses and my name is Noah. Are you happy now?"

"I guess I'm good now, but how do you know me?"

"We're friends, now grab my hand and let's go." He holds his hand out and I grab it this time. He helps me out of the water and starts to drag me away. I mouth to Atlas to look around and make sure this place is safe. He whistles at me and dives under the water. I turn back towards Noah then take a look at the rest of my surroundings. The houses are literally floating and the only thing connecting them is the walkways like the one I'm walking on.

"Here's your house now hurry and change into the dress that is laid out on your bed. You have half an hour to get ready make sure to look your best, this only happens every 5 years."

"Ok." I walk into supposedly my house and close the door behind me. I search the rooms until I find one with a dress laid out on a bed.

"So this is my room? Not what I expected but I guess it will work until I figure out what's happening." I then change into the dress. Once changed I look at myself in the full-length mirror next to my bedroom door. It's a navy blue dress that ends just above my knees, with straps that just cover my shoulders. On the front, a wave pattern is made out of blue and silver jewels. I find a pair of white diamond earrings and navy blue heels to go with the dress. I then go to the bathroom that's connected to my bedroom and do a smokey eye look for my makeup with a nude lipstick and light blush. I then curl my hair into loose waves.

"Aqua we are going to be late, hurry up!" Noah yells at me from outside.

"I'm coming, calm down!" He really needs to take a chill pill. I look at myself one last time in the full-length mirror before heading out the door. I see Noah dressed in a light blue suit with black shoes and his hair is slicked back.

"Finally now let's head to the ceremony." He grabs my hand and starts to lead me to the center of the village.