Fishy Times-Emily

My chest burns and feels like I'm suffocating. Something tugs against the pain pulling it out of my chest and up to my mouth. I blink my eyes as I notice faces in my vision My back is pressed against the hard ground as a large wracking cough sounds out from somewhere next to me.

Oh god, Julia I think. I turn my hand in her direction trying to see if she is okay. A pressure closes over my chin stopping me from looking as I meet the eyes of the man with the funny teeth. I jerk away from him as the memory of submerging into the darkness of the water comes to mind. My eyes flicker around to the faces of the women also surrounding me. My eyes widen at one of them with red hair who casually tosses a ball of water into the air as if it is an everyday thing.

"Is it true. Are you truly one of the mates of a dragon?" The man ask as he pulls my gaze back to his. I nod my head as I feel the pain in my throat may be too much to talk. "oh dear, we are so sorry for the trouble we have caused. Allow