The sea was calm and peaceful, the rays of sunlight danced along the rocks and sand and sea life. The shell fields were bursting with color and all manner of shells that had been abandoned by their previous owners. Crabs and other shellfish were trading their old shells for new ones. But they had to be quick about it or another, faster; shell collector would get to them first.
Princess Leah of Atlantica darted left and right trying to find all the best shells. She had an extensive collection of shells that filled its own closet! She wasn't sure what she was going to do with all of them. For her it was all about the search!
Leah sat on a rock in the middle of the shell field taking a good look at her day's efforts. She had collected several small shells with speckles, two smooth conch shells and a whole bunch of colorful ones. She brushed her bright red hair back out of her face and took a good look around. The creatures that frequented the fields were appearing in large groups now and the sun's rays were coming from a different angle. Leah realized that she had been gone longer than she expected! She quickly gathered up her shell collecting bag and started to swim back towards the Golden palace.
She had hardly been out of the shell fields when a shiny object caught her eye on the ocean floor. She swam down to see what it was. A shell! It was so beautiful it looked like it was made of pearl! Leah had to have it for the collection! She picked it up out of the sand to get a good look at it. Suddenly she heard a rumbling sound from beneath the ground and before she knew what was happening the ground opened up and a vacuum force pulled her down into the gaping hole. She tried to struggle but the pull was too strong, she tried to scream but no one was around. Finally it sucked her down into the ground and the hole closed up. You would never know that anything had happened. The only thing out of place was a forgotten shell collection bag that had been abandoned by its owner.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author's Notes, findings, and ramblings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello everyone! I'm back!
I know I've been gone for a while but with school and work and life things got way out of hand and I could barely find time to do my homework! But now I'm getting the hang of school and I think I'm going to be able to devote more time to this project.
I have been taking a creative writing class in college and I've been doing some MAJOR revision on my story. If you read the original there are many grammar errors and run-ons and I can't bear to look at it anymore! So I'm fixing them!
This is going to be a big project and I may not get everything done on time like I want to, but I'm really excited about it! So without further ado, here is the first chapter! Please read and respond with comments compliments or complaints!
(By the way I stole this author's notes idea from xJadeRainx)