No one knows what lurks underneath the waves so no one dares to tread upon the ocean, where water threatens to swirl around you to make you drown. However, today I am one of four people taking a look to discover what lurks underneath. I look ahead into the horizon to make me forget this as suddenly I realise the terror I signed myself up for. _I could die. _I stare to make this moment pass, but I am being shaked by a stranger who’s taking me back to face the ocean. How am I supposed to face the ocean, when I can’t even face my enemy?

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“Are you all ready?” One of the strangers asks me while the others look at the nervousness I am in. My fingers tremble and my legs are quite jittery. _No, I want to leave. I want to go home. _

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“Yes,” I say getting up from the seat while I take a deep breath to motivate myself to dive into the ocean, into the unknown. I close my eyes while I count to ten. _One, two, three, four, fiv- _splash. I hear a cascade of water leap into the air and a drop falls onto skin that isn’t covered by a wet suit which melts. The salt, however, stays there lingering like a nightmare. _Just breathe. Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. _

There is silence. I can’t hear any ripples forming in the salt water, nor screams or any living thing out here. It is the first time that I am noticing that there are no birds flying above, no chirps. I turn to look at the water, and all I see is my reflection. I look at myself and know _little me would be so proud. _So I took the jump into the ocean, into the unknown.

The water surrounds me, but instead of swallowing me I am floating among the waves like we are friends. I smile thinking that this isn’t so bad as there is peace here. Listening to the sounds of waves crashing makes me feel less at ease and the tension rots away making my body so lifeless that I could stay like this forever.

Although, I see something glittering beneath me - a glow of the ocean - which is intriguing as I make sure the mask is fully on before I go deeper. I swim further below and the water just travels past me like friends do - kissing my skin. The glow grows brighter and when I reach it, I look carefully at the thing. It has the same dents, same shape and same glow a diamond has. I pick it up with my bare hands and it also feels like a diamond, a little rough and cold.

The unknown of the ocean is making me discover what this truly is, as my eyes gaze upon the beauty it holds. _Surely it isn’t a diamond, _a diamond can’t be here underneath the ocean but then again no one knows what lurks underneath here. The ocean is full of mysteries, and I determined to discover every one. Now, I look to a future where my name is seen everywhere on books, screens, and memoirs dedicated to me. The name Viola Hewitt will be seen, and maybe it will help me face my enemy: time.