Amethyst P.O.V
I had run through the rest of the village as fast as I possibly could. My feet had begun to hurt badly from all the stone I had run on. As I ran down a dirt road back toward my home, I found a forest with a little lake. I stopped running to get a better look before deciding to hide there. When I finally reached it, I hid behind one of the tall trees. I pressed my back against it and held my feet out so I could see the damage done to them. There was blood and a lot of it. Some of the skin had peeled off from the cracks in some of the stone by the village. Other parts of the skin had just become hard, but the stinging had only gotten worse since I stopped standing.
Looking toward the lake, it was a beautiful blue; not at all like how the other lakes were. I looked behind the tree to make sure no one could see me before cautiously crawling toward it. As I knelt down, I slipped my hand in and felt how warm it actually was. The sun beams reflecting on it caused it to appear almost sparkly. I pulled my feet out from under my knees and stuck them in the water. It felt so good. I suddenly felt myself going deeper and deeper into the lake, allowing myself to let the warmth and cleanness of it wash all over me. My waist long dark hair floated around me as I let my entire body sink under.
I pushed myself back up onto the grass and allowed the rags to all come off before going back in, letting the water wash over me and take me under again. As I came back up, I caught a glimpse of something, or someone,...