She was at the beach. It was quite a lovely day, actually.
It is so lovely, a skeleton could be fighting a homicidal child.
She was at one of the tide pools.
Her feet were in the water, and She was staring down at the starfish. They comforted her.
She remembered her parents.
They used to point out fun creatures that would tickle your fingers.
I miss them.
They taught me about the water.
And how magical it is.
The ocean, which harbors all these creatures until the get to the tide pool.
In fact, this beach was special.
It was known for its quickly rising tides.
Here is was.
The tide was rising fast.
She could join her parents in sweet oblivion.
"HEY! HEY! GET OUT OF THE WATER!" A lifeguard yelled at her.
But she felt safe now. Finally safe.
She could be back in her parent's arms.
Safe again.
The lifeguard ran over to her, along with some helpful bystanders.
They grabbed her arms.
No! I want to be with my parents!
She struggled in their grasp, trying to stay under the water.
In the end, they pulled her out,
But not after she was able to get a lot of blood in her system.
She blacked out.
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"It happened again. She has done this a lot, and there might not be a lifeguard next time to save her."
"What else are we to do?"
"I... don't know."
She woke up. Gasping for breath, finally with the seawater out of her system.
"Are you okay?" One of the doctors asked.
"I... I am now." She replied.
"We would really like it if you didn't... er..." The doctor stuttered.
"Try to die?" She asked. "I wish I still had my parents. We don't all get what we want."
She got up, out of her hospital bed, and walked towards the aquarium they had in the hospital.
She stared into the tide pool, remembering what she had just tried.
The starfish looked up at her, almost like it was saying "You're gonna be ok. People die, but you have to move on."
"Yeah... Maybe I do..." She said.
The starfish twinkled.
"Maybe..." She muttered. "Maybe I do..."
She down into the water, and a bright shining star reflected right over the starfish. Almost like it was the star itself.