Red eyes

Chapter 9: Success

P.O.V. [Name]

I sighed as I looked at Lilac she was spinning some web for the two of us so that in case anything happened she could pull us out if she needed to. After a few short tests to make sure that it was attached we began to walk into the water, once we got to knee level I took a deep breath and sighed as I looked at the female beside me. "Are you ready?" I asked as I looked at the female in front of me.

She nodded hearing this and I took a deep breath before once again jumping into the water. As I did I looked around trying to find the area from before. As we were swimming I felt a tap on my shoulder and looked to see Raven pointing at something. When I did I saw the ore that I was looking for and we began to swim towards the dull blue glowing ore from before. As we did I once again heard something moving behind us.

I chose to ignore this and keep going, if I look back then there's the chance that it might close the distance and once again attack us. At that rate, we might never be able to get the ore that I'm looking for. I could see raven slowly swim away from me clearly preparing to battle the creatures behind us once again. I continued trying not to think about this and eventually arrived at the glowing blue chunk of ore.

It was just as beautiful as I thought it would be. A giant blue rock that seemed to be trapped by the rocks around it. And now that was closer to it I could see that it was not only glowing but pulsating as well almost as if it had a heartbeat. I then reached to my side and grabbed the pick beside me and began to try and swing at the area below it. I could just carve the rest away when we were safe on the beach again.

But for now, I just wanted to get it out as quickly as possible. As I did I could hear something swimming towards me rather fast however, I tried to ignore it knowing that Raven was protecting me. However, after a few seconds, I still heard the creature approaching me and when I turned I saw the shark-like grimm close to me. I was about to swim away but Raven came in and kicked the creature sending it away from me.

I sighed with relief seeing this and accidentally wasting some of the dust that I had bought and moved to a different side and began swinging at the ore once again. She was a lot stronger now then she was when we were attacked all those years ago. I wonder what happened to make her so strong? I guess it's better not to think about or at least wait to think about it since I've got something important to do.

I then began to dig a new area hoping to make the process go a little faster. And before long the rock that I had been hoping to obtain shifted slightly and I smiled as I began to pull on it. My hands were wrapped on either side of it and my feet were planted firmly against the rock that it had been attached to. I pulled with all my strength and before long I felt it release. I had been trying so hard that when it did I nearly threw the rock with the amount of force I was using.

I looked at it with a smile and placed it inside of the large cloth that I had and then pulled on the string that Lilac had made for us. When I did I felt us being pulled back rather quickly. When we immerged from the water I took a deep breath and looked around for Raven. As I did I saw on the beach. It seems like Lilac was able to get her back before me. She then hissed as she looked at us. "Are you alright?" She asked as she looked at me.

"Yeah I'm fine," I said as I stood up and looked at Raven. Her clothes were a bit torn but I've seen her in worse shape before. "What about you? Are you okay?" I asked as I looked at her. I of course already knew the answer but I thought I should ask nonetheless. She nodded hearing this and I smiled.

"Did you get it?" She asked as she looked at me and I nodded with a smile.

"Yeah," I said as I reached to the side and pulled out the large rock. As I did I saw that a large amount of water was coming from it. To much water for it to just be wet. Was it producing its own water?

"Why is so much water coming from it?" Raven asked as she looked at me.

"I don't know," I said honestly. None of the books mentioned this to me. If it produces it's own water then does that mean the other ores produce their own materials as well. I looked at the cloth and placed it back inside. As I did I watched as the bag slowly filled up before stopping. So it needs to be submerged underwater before it stops producing water?

"Is everything alright?" She asked as she looked at me and I nodded.

"I just . . . I don't even know how I'm supposed to use this to forge something? It's constantly producing water, so I'm not sure if I'll even be able to heat it up high enough to get it to a point where we can begin molding. I said as I looked at the rock in front of me. I was happy that we got the ore but now that I know this all it really does is complicate things.