Me, Tam, Mother and Father stood on the rock. I looked down at all that water, swirling, churning, then turning into waves and splashing against the rocks. Far beneath the surface, I could see a place where the water had been blocked out, well, I couldn't SEE it. No, it was much to far down, but I could feel it.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Tam asked. "She..."
"Quiet Tam!" Father exclaimed. "Your birth was enough shaming!"
Mother and him glared at me and Tam
He opened a water portal, and pulled us in.
As we fell towards the water, I felt the it swirling, I could feel the water cushion us, and it was amazing, but terrifying.
Calm down Linh. Tam shadow whispered to me. Think about my voice, you control the water, not the other way around. Breath. In, out, in, out.
Suddenly, we were in Atlantis. I could feel the water outside the shell around Atlantis calling me. I closed my eyes. I breathed, in, out, in, out I thought, and in that way, I didn't lose control. We walked down the streets to Slurps and Burps.
"Stay out here. I don't want to be seen with you." Mother shuttered.
"Twins," Father muttered, and they walked into the store.
Tam glared after our parents. I closed my eyes again and began to shake. "Why are they so mean? How can they be so cruel to us and not care? We should be ashamed," Then the crying started. "How could our own parents think that we're awful just because we're alive?" My eyes blurred, so I wiped them, but my vision didn't clear. I was losing control.
"Linh, whats wrong?" Tam asked, but I couldn't quite here him. I was that girl with blurry vision, but I also wasn't. I could feel what she felt, but I couldn't make her do something, I couldn't control her.
"Linh? Calm down breath. You can control it."
I flashed into the girl, just for a second. "No I can't. I'm sorry Tam, be careful."
Don't do something you'll regret Linh! Calm down! Tam shadow whispered. Usually, that calms me down, this time, it didn't. I wasn't in control of what this girl did or didn't do.
I, and the girl, felt the water roaring around the dome. She closed her eyes and lifted her hands. The water began to push on the part of the dome right above her. I tried to get back in control It won't work. I thought to this other Linh. You can't break that dome. She ignored me. The water pushed towards her, not only the water outside the dome, but also from the tubes.
No! Stop! Linh! Please! Tam shadow whispered.
The tubes broke and blasted at her, then suddenly, the top of the dome began to bend. People began to look.
Then, the dome cracked. I felt it fall on her head. Water began flooding Atlantis, it swirled and thrashed and turned into foam. People began to run and fall into the water.
Linh! Help! Tam shadow whispered to me.
Suddenly I was in control again. I saw Tam, falling under the water, thrashing, and sinking. I lifted my hand and the water lifted from around him. Now he could breath, but that was all I could do. A woman ran over.
"Stop! I know how that feels! Please! Don't let the water take over you!" She yelled.
"Please. Stop me..." I whispered.
The woman lifted her hand. She was more powerful than me, the water stopped around the hole in the dome. That other Linh kept pulling, but the other woman was stronger. She pulled at a different place, and the other woman didn't notice, I broke five more holes in the dome. The water rose above my head, and I lifted with it, but then I hit the dome. Water could come in if I pulled, but I couldn't go out. I was trapped, unable to save myself from drowning, then I blacked out.