Shreya Inamdar

Horror Thriller

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Shreya Inamdar

Horror Thriller

A Late Night Swim - Part 2

A Late Night Swim - Part 2

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Our mission began. We traced our route on the map of the resort, and we decided to be as far away as possible from the teachers’ rooms. We put on our swimming costumes and set off for our adventure. At sharp 2 o’clock, we started our journey. The resort was in a jungle, so the pool was quite far away. I stood first. Behind me was Giselle. In the middle were Anna and Nora, and at the last were Jamie and Yuri. We slowly headed towards the pool, as Jamie and Yuri checked whether anyone was around. There was a deep silence, except for the rustling of the leaves, the soft chirping of the crickets, and somewhere on the outskirts of the jungle, we could hear the howling of the dogs. The cold breeze suddenly stopped, the dogs slowly stopped howling. I suddenly stopped walking. “What is it?” Giselle whispered. I turned around and signalled everyone to keep quiet.


I then signalled them to slowly sit down among the bushes, as I sensed someone behind us. My heart started racing, as the sound of the rustling leaves became intense, the sound of someone coming closer to us. Then someone suddenly spoke, making us all flinch. “You sure there is no one? I just heard the leaves rustling; never mind though.” It was Miss Dorothy, and soon we found out that all the teachers were having a campfire in the middle of the jungle at 2 am!! Wait, that’s not fair! All we students got to do was just play some games on the ground!! Ok, let’s focus on the situation now. We are stuck, and we can’t go ahead unless the teachers go away from this place. And after 10 minutes or so, they did. We quickly took a chance and headed toward the pool.


Amongst the shadows, there were large bushes. As I moved some leaves of the bush which were blocking our sight with my hand, it revealed the humongous pool.

The water was still, its surface glistening in the moonlight. The atmosphere gave me an eerie feeling. “Let’s get in!” Anna whispered. We all nodded. Yuri decided to go in first. I don’t know why, but this was giving me a weird feeling. She put her foot in it first. “Ouch, it’s cold!” She exclaimed but decided to proceed anyway. Soon, we all got in. As I was swimming, I spotted a huge fish sculpture attached to the slide. “Look, guys!” I pointed to the fish gaining everyone’s attention. “What is that?” Nora asked. “I don’t know!” I said. We all stared at it for a second. “Guys, where is Giselle?” Jamie said, swimming towards us. Suddenly, Giselle came swimming as fast as she could toward us. “I… I was at the other side of the p-pool…(panting) Miss Dorothy and all the other teachers are coming in our direction!!!”


Panic rose amongst us, we did not know what to do. I just stared at her, not understanding what to do. Suddenly, we heard a teacher’s voice. “OH MY GOD! What the hell are you girls doing here?” Before we could react, there was a noise of splashing water coming from above. The huge fish sculpture attached to the slide suddenly tilted, and water started gushing from its mouth. In a moment, I found myself drowning in the deep 25 feet pool, not able to breathe. It was so dark down there, all I could hear was the soft splashing of water underneath, as I struggled to come to the surface, I heard a voice. “Shreya, wake up! It's 6 o’clock already, Miss Dorothy will be coming to check on us in 15 minutes!” I suddenly opened my eyes, the sunlight hitting my face. Was it just a dream….?


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