I know I am asleep. You know when you’re dreaming and its like everything is normal but something at the back of your mind tells you that you’re not really there. That’s where I am right now. The evening sun is out, there are birds, everything is a little too idyllic. My feet keep slipping on the wet stones as I walk by the river and I can feel the coolness of the water slithering between my toes. Not an unpleasant feeling, but it makes me long to just dive headfirst into the rushing water, yet I know I have to wait until I get to the pool, otherwise I might be seen.
Just around the bend I can see the edge of it now, there is not a soul in sight as I slowly slip my thin summer dress over my head and cautiously make my way into the water. I can feel it lapping at my thighs ever so softly, and then until it just covers my breasts. I stroke my bare skin with my hands, bathing away all the impurities since I was here last. Quickly I dive under the water, into a green shimmering world of sprites and suchlike. As I surface I can see someone on the shore. He is here. But as I blink the water from my eyes he is gone. A figment of my imagination.
Suddenly I feel strong hands grasp me from below the water, and I struggle but I cant get free. I am pulled under into the deathlike embrace of a creature from below. Its arms encircle me and despite my struggle for air it pins me to itself. Then as suddenly as it came I can feel its lips upon mine, its warm tongue probing every wet crevice of my open mouth. My head surfaces momentarily and I gasp for air. We’re almost at the shore. I feel the stones of the riverbed pressed into my back as the weight of the creature above me pressing its hot body upon mine. His body upon mine. Slowly he releases my mouth from his swift and brutal touch. It is the man from the shore.