Perla had her hair done up in beautiful curls and had the most gorgeous black, strapless, silk dress on with a slit that went up to her lower thigh. She was wearing black stilettos and had just come back from a very expensive manicure. She inhaled and calmly exhaled as she admired her attire in the mirror, before taking her glasses off and applying makeup.

Perla smiled as she walked out of her room. She decided not to put on her contacts today, since she hated them so much. That was a big mistake. The weather was pretty crappy outside, and it seemed like a pretty bad storm. Perla began walking when suddenly the boat swerved and swung around very harshly and quickly. Perla lost her balance and fell into the railing. Being the paranoid person she was, she immediately assumed something was going on, but kept a calm face. She took her stilettos off and decided to walk barefoot the the dining room then put them back on when she got there. But yet another swerve took her off her feet and she flew forwards, 'causing her stilettos to go flying off the edge of the deck. Perla jumped up as quickly as she could and heard a loud bang and screaming. Her eyes went wide and she looked over the edge, eying one of her worse fears.

Perla ran down the deck as fast as she could, swerving past the screaming men and women. Perla looked at the railing and seen and hand holding on... a rather small hand. She pushed her way past the large man that just stumbled by and looked over the railing, seeing a little boy holding on for his dear life, tears rolling down his delicate little face. Perla reached down and held her hand out to him.

Reach up and grab my hand!

She shouted. Her eyes focused on what was behind him and she gulped, trying to hold back her fear of the water. The little boy reached his other hand up to Perla and she reached her arm out as far as she could stretch it. The boat swerved once again and her body swung forward, but she quickly caught herself. The little boy let go but she quickly caught his arm. Perla used all the force she had in her arm and pulled him up. She held the shaking boy in her arms and ran down the deck, trying to find his parents.

The boat finally let another ginormous wave take control, and Perla tripped with the boy in her arms, as she knocked up against the railing. Perla looked to her side, and only seen the blue, storming sea. Perla got up but the little boy was soon taken from her grasp and swept away into the crowd. He screamed and cried for her, and she could hear him loud and clear. Perla made an attempt at making her way through the crowd to find him, but some big arms accidentally shoved her off the railing. Perla grabbed on at the last second and was now hanging on for her dear life. A very handsome man reached his arms out to grab onto Perla, but her hands finally slipped and she screamed as she fell into the deep blue sea.

Perla was terrified. She was now surrounded in the thing she feared the most. Her hair came undone and her healthy long hair was surrounding her face. Perla thankfully spotted a rock and wildly kicked her arms and legs towards it, but soon realized that she injured her ankle terribly. Perla's lips escaped a loud 'ouch', when she soon realized she was underwater. Perla was running out of breath, and fast. She swam towards the rock with her arms as fast as she possibly could and began climbing it. She ran out of breath and exhaled as soon as she got to the surface of the blue sea. Perla was breathing heavily and coughing. She was getting light headed, and began panicking. Tears escaped her eyes and she screamed for help, not bothering to open her eyes, afraid of the watery hell she'd have to see. Perla could slowly feel her consciousness slipping away as everything became suddenly a lot less loud...

Perla could feel her body being grabbed and brought onto the raft, but it was just all black. She felt at peace and could almost feel herself smiling. Then, she felt something warm cover her lips and felt as though something was coming back to her. Perla slowly opened her eyes and seen a man giving her mouth to mouth. Perla blushed, and even though it was just to save her life, she was still embarrassed. Perla looked around and seen some people smiling at her awakening. Perla was quickly covered with something and she felt warmer. She sat up and spit some water out of her mouth then looked at everyone. She was having quick flashbacks of the little boy... screaming... and her falling off the cruise ship. Perla shut her eyes, trying to shake the though from her head. Perla then realized that she was still wearing her formal dress but seen another girl wearing a fancy dress as well. The dress was now soaked in sea water, so she just ripped from the slit and below, and she was now wearing a dress that touched her thighs. Perla looked around at everyone, again, completely speechless.