Waterfall

I'm in sufficating darkness. Icy water swirls around my waist, pulling me slowly along. A roar grows steadily louder. Suddenly a curtain of crystal is in front of me, pounding up foam. I can just make out sunshine and people laughing on the shore. I want, no, need to join them. The waterful flows faster, taunting me. I fill my lungs with air and dive. I've swam before, but this water is different. It's alive. It tosses me around, draging me to the bottem. There is nothing I can do. Rocks glint coldly all around me. But then a hand slices through the water, a beacon of hope.