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Webby shivered, clutching her jacket closer to her body she briefly wondered why she was doing this.
Because, she thought to herself, she had a mission to do and some best friends to save. Finding a small smile form upon her beak she narrowed her eyes and slid a boot upon the unsteady ice. It had been making cracking and creaking noises for a while now. The water underneath was far from fully frozen over.
Still, she held her breath as she moved her other boot upon the slightly white surface. Swallowing she quickly got on her knees and began to crawl across the frozen lake. This was the only way to get to the others in time.
She knew this, but she knew she was literally walking on thin ice.
One wrong step and she was gone.
Slowly she crawled across the transparent surface, at one time even being able to look below her at fish still swimming by. She had to be careful around that piece of ice in particular. Her heart was pounding and her breath coming out in wisps.
Finally she was nearing the other side. In her haste, she stood up and started to walk towards the shore. She felt more safe. More secure.
She took a step.
A loud crack echoed.
Webby’s world dropped out from under her.
The shock alone was enough to keep her from moving. The instant cold engulfing her body drove the air from her lungs and being suspended in a cold and dark place numbed everything around her. She couldn’t hear, although she was sure the others were screaming her name by now.
She needed air.
She needed to get to the surface. But Webby’s eyes instead seemed to take in the quiet beauty around her under the water. Bubbles echoed around her as fish passed by. The light was even reaching at this depth and she could see the crystal clear scene around her. Colors of blues and reds from the corals, green from the plants. Everything looked so surreal. She had never seen anything like it before.
Webby at first wanted to stay longer.
Then the crushing cold almost made her inhale water.
Suddenly everything faded into clarity and Webby frantically tried to claw her way to the surface.
Using everything her grandmother taught her, she reached out towards the opening. But found her limbs suddenly useless just shy of reaching it.
Her mind was going dark.
No…
The lack of air…..
Webby fell unconscious just as another form jumped into the water.
