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That night, despite my wonderful kiss with Mako, my dreams were covered over with nightmares...
My feet were sticking to the sandy beach as I walked down by the water. This place looked unfamiliar, but somehow notable. My toes, sand in between each one, were freezing, even though it was midday. The sun was beating down on me, but yet it was like I was jammed inside a cooler.
The sound of the seagulls above the water caused me to flash a look at the ocean. And there, about twenty feet out, was Meelo. Screaming for his life, he tried to paddle his way to shore, but only sank under the huge waves.
I dove into the water, ready to come to the rescue this time, but when my hands splashed into the waves, the sea turned to tar. Thick, and black as the water was, I struggled my way toward Meelo. And even though I was struggling to swim, his head kept bobbing in and out of the tar.
Finally, I was only a couple feet away from his tender body, but just as I reached out to grab him, his head flashed into the black sea. I dove under, and dared to open my eyes. I ignored the stinging in my eyes as much as I could in order to find Meelo. I looked around but all that was in front of me was black.
I've held my breath for more than I could and quickly rushed to the top for air. I, surprisingly, bolted out of the water at top speed. But when my head surfaced, it hit a rock. Not just a rock, a cave wall.
I was now inside a cave, surrounded by water, and only given an inch to put my mouth in order to breath. The eye-stinging tar had finally turned back into the deep-blue, but Meelo was still nowhere to be seen. I dove under, looked around, and almost had a heart-attack. There, not two feet in front of my face was Meelo.
In the mouth of a Hammerhead.
No blood was flowing, no screams erupting, and no eyes opened. I shook Meelo, punched the shark, and eventually had to go up for air. I went up, hit my head (again) and dove back under. Only this time, diving under led to falling, as I was now hurtling at top speed down onto the beach.
I tried to water-bend my way to safety, but my bending didn't work in my dreams. A figure below me came into view. An object. A person.
A child.
I was screaming at dear Meelo to move, as I would kill him if I landed on him, only his feet were glued to the floor. Not literally, but still, he wouldn't budge. I was veering in, about to crush the life out of this poor boy.
I was coming fast, now. Like a Cheetah on steroids. He looked up at me and spoke his last words. "I love you." Right as I was crushing him, I woke up screaming and crying. The blanket that was on top of me flew on the floor and I was kicking my legs like a kangaroo.
Mako and Bolin woke up startled and quickly rushed towards the couch. I could hear words of, "What's wrong?" "Korra, you're fine!" And most importantly, "Meelo."
Mako sat next to me, calming me down some, as I sobbed my eyes out. I told them about my dream, and nobody spoke. Bolin suggested to go get some Coffee and left the room, obviously leaving me and Mako alone on purpose.
Mako put his arm around my and combed my hair with his fingers.
"It was horrible," I wept, not sounding at all like myself, "M-Meelo was just s-standing there and I w-was..." I trailed off as Mako shushed me, telling me everything was going to be all right. But I knew it wouldn't.
I would live forever remembering that little boy, and how I abruptly ended his life. Bolin came back with Coffee and we all drank up. I started feeling a little better, but not much. I'll spare you the details, but we had a long, emotional chat.
All I know it that no matter how much they tell me, how much they persuade me, how much they convince me...
I killed Meelo, and I'll live forever remembering that.