I was in the marsh again, this time I was running. I had remembered what had happened last time, and I had to get out. I think this was one of those lucid dreams.

My running was blind. I couldn't see anything two feet in front of me due to the thick fog. I only saw my feet, sending the shallow water cascading in every direction.

I skidded to a halt as I came upon the pond. The cold feeling swept over me again and I darted in the other direction.

After a short time, I saw the pond again. The cold feeling returned, this time mixed with a hot feeling on my forehead, from anxiety I guessed.

I turned and ran to the left, but ended up in the same place I was before; in front of the pond.

I stood there for a while, watching it. My heart pounded and my breath was quick.

I noticed small bubbles surfacing on the water and soft voices surrounding me, barely audible. A feeling of dread fell over me. I had to face my fear if I wanted to get out, I realised.

"What the hell do you want?!" I cried out in frustration. I walked up to the water and looked into it. My refection stared back at me.

No, it wasn't me in the water. It was Rin, looking back up at me in the same surprised expression I wore.

She copied my every movement, I had come to notice. I waved, she waved. I blinked, she blinked. I sighed, she sighed.

I kicked the chilly water, sending droplets across the pond, and she was gone. I was faced with myself again.

I kneeled and looked across the pond. I couldn't see below the surface of the murky water.

I put one foot into the water, expecting the mire to be shallow at first and gradually lead me to the bottom, but there was no mud and I lost my balance, falling into the frigid pond, adrenaline racing though my body. I would expect it to wake me up, but it didn't.

I could see and breathe perfectly well under the water, but I knew I had to get out before he appeared again.

I started to swim the surface, but something latched to my foot and pulled me under.

I flailed around desperately, trying to free myself, but when I did, I could no longer breathe and the thing latched onto my foot only grasped tighter until my foot numbed. When I went limp, I could breathe again and the thing loosened its grip slightly so it wasn't cutting off my circulation.

I found resistance to be futile. I had no other choice but to let myself be pulled further into the depths of the pond.

I looked down to see what was pulling me, but my lower half was consumed by darkness. The darkness felt sub-zero cold and I shivered and clutched my goose bump-covered arms. It closed over me and I was blind to all around me.

Something caught my eye; a light shining in the distance. I felt the thing latched onto my leg let go.

I started to swim toward the alluring light. I froze when I realised this must be another trap.

I swam in the direction I thought was up, but the darkness didn't leave. I now wasn't sure which way was up now. The light waited patiently in the same place it had been a few feet ago.

I tried swimming away from it, but after swimming for a minute or so, it was even closer than when I was a few feet south of me.

"What do you want, dammit?!" I hollered through chattering teeth. I heard no reply.

I wish I had been equipped with a weapon or something, so if there was danger, I would be able to fight it, but I had none. I probably wouldn't be able to fight in these temperatures anyway.

I gave a frustrated sigh, and with crossed and shivering arms I swam to the light. The nearer I got to it, the stronger my curiosity and dread grew.

I was face to face with the light. It glowed a pale aquamarine.

I reached my hand out to it mindlessly. It was strangely warm, even though it glowed coldly.

I held it to my face and soaked in its warmth. The feeling of dread left me and was replaced with pure serenity.

The sensation didn't last long. I noticed something in the background; a strange creature that came from the depths of the sea; an angler fish.

It was too late to run (or swim) now. I was just another fish it had caught with its gorgeous light, and now I was going to be eaten.

It was odd how something so hideous could behold something as beautiful as its light.

I noticed its eyes, which were eyeing me cunningly. One was blue, one was green.

That was the last thing I saw before the carnivorous fish devoured me.