The boy from Neverland

Lagoon and Waterfall

"What was that for!" Ben said wiping the water from his eyes.

"Next time, shutup," Ethan said before playfully slapping him over the head.

Ben winced and rubbed his head.

I chucked and the three then turned their attention to me.

"So are you going to enjoy the water and probably the only time we'll get off, or sit on the rocks all day?" Will questioned before pushing his hands back ready to splash me.

I quickly stood up and held up my hands, "Don't you dare" I said narrowing my eyes at him. 

"Then get in already!" Ben said as he whipped some water at my legs.

I smirked and leaped off the rock tucking my legs up and as I fell into the water managing to splash all of them.  Even in this heat and the humidity of the jungle, the water was still as cold as I had expected it to be, but getting used to it thankfully took less time. I pulled myself under the water finally getting my hair wet and man did I miss that feeling.

As I broke the surface, a fit of laughter filled my ears and I turned, squinting my eyes as the three of them were all jumping on each other making it a competition to who could push who under the water for the longest. I couldn't help but laugh as Ben got dunked under again, his protests turning into gargling as he refused to close his mouth.

I couldn't help but notice Pan talking with Felix, his eyes never leaving the lagoon and the waterfall. He seemed to be listening but-

Why did he look like some kind of lifeguard...

Yeah right, like he would want to save anyone.

My thoughts were interrupted by Will.

"Hey Emily, down below us is a whole bunch of long kelp-weeds," Will said excitedly only to be cut off by Ethan who shared the same excitement.

"If you swim down there and bring one back we'll let you push Ben off the waterfall," Ethan finished. 

"What?!" Ben yelled sounding betrayed as he pushed the other two.

"Deal," I grinned before looking down at the water below me, taking in a deep breath before ducking under the water. I started kicking as much as my legs would let me, pulling and pushing the water behind me. I slightly opened my eyes in case of stinging but there was nothing. That's when I realised, this lagoon was freshwater. I opened my eyes wider and everything became blurry but I could just see the long kelp weeds, still, the depth was something I should have considered a lot more carefully but then again, I didn't expect a lagoon to be this deep.

I let go some of the air I had been holding back needing my lungs to shrink a bit to adjust to the pressure. Watching the bubbles pass my face and tickle my skin, I continued to swim down towards the long weeds that were planted at the bottom. I felt a burning sensation in my lungs telling me to hurry up and get to the surface but I ignored it and grabbed the top of the kelp pulling my self down towards the root.

I let go of the rest of the air I had been holding and my feet touched the soft cold sand as I grabbed the bottom of the kelp trying to pull the weed from its roots. I was stuggling to try and twist it out from the sand but something caught my attention behind it. So much that I abandoned the kelp completely.