"Chapter Six:
Past Savior."
A few days had past since the first lesson, and Sonic was getting better at swimming, and losing his fear of water. Now, comes the fifth, and maybe final day of swimming lessons. "You're getting better." Shadow said, smiling.
"Thanks. I bet you'll be happy when this is over." Sonic said, with a smirk.
"Amen to that." Shadow said. The two weren't friends, but they were getting along with each other. "We need to practice your diving skills, and then, I'd say we're done." Shadow said, thankfully.
"Cool. Luckily, I have more than one pool, and it goes deeper that the other one." Sonic said.
"How deep?" Shadow asked.
"Six feet." Sonic answered.
"Good enough." Shadow said. They went through the same routine when they got to Sonic's house. They put their book bags down when they got inside, they went upstairs to change, and this time, they went to the deeper pool. "OK, Sonic, do you know how to dive?" Shadow asked.
"Yeah." Sonic said.
"OK, let's see it!" Shadow said, standing near the pool's edge. Sonic got to the edge of the deep end, and dove in perfectly.
--Under Water
Sonic opened his eyes, and began to swim up, but then saw something, he thought he saw, not what was there, but he saw three other kids near him, at a beach, then saw this huge wave come at them. Sonic snapped out of it, and found himself losing air, like back at the gym. Sonic fainted at the lack of oxygen, and began to fall to the bottom of the pool.
--Above Water
Shadow saw Sonic's little hallucination, and saw him lose air. Now, Shadow freaked. He jumped in after Sonic fainted, and swam down to him. He grabbed Sonic by the waist, and began to haul him up with him. Once he got out, he lied Sonic down flat, like he did before, and began to push on his stomach. He saw that it wasn't working, Sonic was down there for a few minutes. Shadow sighed with grief.
"I know I'll regret this."Shadow thought in disgust. He tilted Sonic's head back, and passed air through his mouth (gross, yes, but he had to). He began to push on his stomach again,... nothing happened. He repeated the process, until the like, the eighth time, and got Sonic to cough out the water. Shadow sighed in relief.
Sonic opened his eyes slowly, followed by a loud groan. Shadow helped him sit up, allowing his brain to catch up. "Sh-sha-Shadow?" Sonic mumbled. Shadow nodded.
"You ok?" Shadow said.
"Yeah." He said, with a groan. "Except for this weird taste in my mouth." Sonic said, wiping his mouth. Shadow smiled.
"Let's say, you're not the only one who tastes it." He said, wiping his mouth.
"Ah, gross!" Sonic said. Shadow chuckled. Only a few moments later, and the two were in the living room, fully clothed, and drinking hot chocolate.
"So, why are you afraid water?" Shadow asked. Sonic turned to him.
"I'll tell, only if you explain why you save lives." Sonic said. "I know you do, you were a hero in other towns." Sonic said. Shadow knew Sonic did a little digging.
"Fine." Shadow said. He cleared his voice. "Back when I was seven,...
--Shadow's Flashback
My friends, and I invited this new kid in town to go swimming with us, but he couldn't swim, so I let him hang on to me. We swam into deeper water, deeper than we were supposed to. "Guys, we swam too far, we have to go back!" I said.
"Quit being a poor sport, Gloom. What could happen?" Gloom was the name I gave myself, since, at the time, I wasn't proud of my real name. But a few seconds later, this giant wave topples us, and sends us deep under water. I was able to save the guy. He called himself "Quickster," for an odd reason, but it's all I can say. I was only able to save him.
--End of Flashback
"But my other friends didn't make it, and I grew a fear of people dying. So, I took courses on how to save people when you're on your own. I left Quickster a few weeks after saving his behind. We vowed friendship to each other, but we lost touch." Shadow answered. Sonic stared at Shadow in shock for a brief moment, then began to laugh.
"I don't believe it!" He yelled.
"What?! What about it?!" Shadow asked.
"Because "Gloom," that kid you saved was me!" Sonic said. Now, Shadow grew a bit shocked.
"You?" Shadow questioned. Sonic nodded. "You're Quickster?" Shadow asked. Sonic nodded again. They began to laugh at it. "Good to see you again." Shadow said.
"I didn't recognize you." Sonic said.
"Neither did I." Shadow said.
"Do you think, we'll be able to be what we were?" Sonic asked, with his hand held out. Shadow stared at the hand, then at Sonic.
"Sonic," Shadow said.
"Yeah?" Sonic asked.
"we still are, and always will be best friends." Shadow said, shaking his hand. "It's what I said before, and I assure you, I'm making it stay that way." Shadow said with a smile. They both began to laugh, glad to know they had their friendship.
What do you think? I hope you liked it! I won't show what happened on the test, because, it'll be boring. So, I'm just going to skip ahead to the next topic of the semester. Plz R&R!