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I was walking along a path that hugged the edge of a shimmering blue lake,🏞 the warm breeze gently caressing😌 my skin.
Taking in the beautiful scenery 🏞on this sunny 🌞day.
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A young boy👦 no more than six years old 🤝 holding my hand, chatting 🗣️happily calling me sister .......😁as we strolled together.😄
His eyes 👀were bright ✨with joy😃 and grin😄 across his round, cherubic face.👦
His tiny hand👐 felt warm and comforting clasped in mine and his sweet😄, giggling voice😁 sounded like music🎵🎶, making me feel peaceful 😌and content and I couldn't help but smile ☺back at his infectious joy.
All around us people👥 were out enjoying the weather🏞, laughing😆 lightheartedly as they walked the scenic path around the lake🏞.
The sun glinted off the rippling water🌅, and the trees swayed 🌴gently in the wind.
It was an idyllic summer day.🌞 Behind us there was a lively group of friends,👥 joking playfully🙌 with each other as they tagged along on our leisurely walk.🚶♀️🚶🏻♂️🚶🏻♂️🚶♀️🚶🏻♂️
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Suddenly, I was jostled roughly from behind as two young men🫸🫷 from the group began horsing around, accidentally bumping into me in their boisterous antics😑 and knocking me off balance. 🤯
Before I could react,😰 I was plunging headfirst into the cold lake,😶🌫 the happy sounds around me turning to alarmed shouts. ⚠️❗❗
As the water enveloped me,😶🌫 I glimpsed the kid's stricken face,😭 tears streaming down his cheeks as he began wailing for his sister, his voice🔊 growing fainter 🔉as I sank deeper. 🔈🔇
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Sputtering and gasping, I struggled to right myself and kick upwards,⬆️fighting to reach the surface for air 🌬but only inhaling mouthfuls of water🌊, my sodden clothes dragged me down.⬇️
The light filtering through the murky water began to dim as I sank into the depths.
I stopped fighting.😵💫
My limbs grew heavy, my struggles ceasing as I surrendered to the black void enveloping my mind. 😖
My limbs went limp, my vision faded to black Terror gripped me,😵💫 but as my lungs cried out for air, an eerie sense of calm overtook me.❌❌❌❌
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Just as oblivion embraced me, strong arms💪 encircled 💫my limp body, a distant figure swimming powerfully toward me through the murky water.
As my eyes fluttered shut, giving in to the blackness, I saw a shadowy 👤figure diving toward me through the hazy water.
Though I couldn't make out his face, I could see he wore a plain white t-shirt with a blue and white striped collared shirt layered on top.
He wrapped 💫his strong arms💪 around me and hauled me ⬆️upward, towing me forcefully toward the shimmering light above.☀
With a surge of effort, my rescuer propelled us both upwards,⬆️ breaking through the surface.
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The next I remember I was lying on the bridge beside the Lake.
I lay there, soaked and sputtering as consciousness slowly returned. 😮💨
The frightened kid flung himself at me,🫂 hugging me tightly with relief that his "sister" was alright.
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I clasped him 🫂shaking body, comforting him as onlookers expressed their relief that I had survived the ordeal.
I sat up slowly, 🙍♀️searching 👀the crowd for any sign of the mysterious stranger who had saved me, but found no one. ❎
My rescuer had vanished as suddenly as he had arrived.❗❕....
