Prologue
"And I'm Tyler, and you're watching WHHS News!", said the blonde-haired, blue-eyed, journalism student standing in front of a lake.
"That shot was perfect! I think we're finished here." , said Avery, Tyler's best friend. Avery had short brown hair, and dark brown eyes. He always wore two shirts, despite the weather, and carried around a black jacket nearly every day of the year. He wasn't very outspoken, so you would often find him behind the camera, rather than in front of it.
Avery and Tyler had known each other since third grade, and since then, they had done almost everything together. Despite being best of friends, they were polar opposites of each other. Avery had short hair, Tyler's was shoulder length. Tyler was naturally social class clown, while Avery was the background kid, who only spoke when he had to. They both played a part in their high school's Journalism program, which was known as WHHS News.
"So, Avery, did you grab everything?", asked Tyler as they were walking back to his car, which was parked on the side of the road next to the lake.
"Yeah. Wait….", That's typical Avery for you, always forgetting something obviously important and hard to miss. "Crap, I forgot the tri-pod! I'll be right back, and don't drive off without me this time!"
"Ah… Good times!", said Tyler, remembering when he 'forgot' Avery at the mall when he had found out that Avery had left his favorite CD in a hotel room when he went on vacation.
Avery half-jogged his way back to the lake and paused when he got to the lakeside. He looked around, then again. His face turned to confusion as he could not locate the tri-pod anywhere on the ground. Then he spotted it. Oh crap. He thought. Out in the middle of the lake was the very expensive tri-pod the school let him borrow for class. I'm so dead! Argh! Why can't I pay more attention? He thought it over for a second and could only come up with one solution. He had to go get it.
"Gee…. This ought to be fun…", he said as he was stripping down to his boxers and t-shirt. He never was that fond of water, but he WAS fond of money, and losing some to replacing a tri-pod outweighed his fears. He slowly walked into the water and waded for a bit until finally setting off towards the tri-pod. Did it HAVE to float to the middle of the lake? C'mon! He thought as he was nearing the expensive piece of equipment. Then, to his horror, the tri-pod started sinking. "Crap!" ,he said aloud. "Stupid tri-pod, stupid lake, stupid water!" He reluctantly went under the surface and was met by darkness. Screw it. No way I'm going down THERE looking for the tri-pod. Not like he had much of a choice. He suddenly felt as if he was becoming heavier, and started sinking. Slowly at first, then it became more rapid. "Oh crap! HELP! TYLER HELP!" , but it was no use. Tyler was back at his car waiting patiently with his radio volume on max. Eventually, his head went under and he couldn't see anything. He kept trying to swim back up, but he was being weighed down too much, and he continued sinking. I guess this is the end. He thought as he felt himself using the last bit of air.
Avery felt himself hit the bottom, expecting to die then and there, but instead was met by a bubble of air rise up and consume him. He looked around, confused, until he saw something that thoroughly scared the hell out of him. A giant koi was looking straight at him. The koi was completely black except for a white circle on its backside. Avery just sort of stood there in his literal personal bubble. The koi's eye's began to glow and it reached out a whisker towards Avery, and strangely, he reached back. When the whisker penetrated the bubble, it burst, and Avery panicked, until his hand made contact with the whisker. He no longer was dying for air, and he felt at home, mesmerized by the koi.
[A/N: How did you like it? Should I continue with this? R&R - WC]