Water

  I was working at a camp and we were in this bluish-brown water.  The activity of the day was to swim with the orca's, which in reality, was just one orca.  It was small, for a whale, with a glossy black finish and white spots decorated around it's belly.  I was able to touch it a few times as it jumped out of the water and back in.  It's rolling black body was snakelike and creepy but everyone wanted a feel.  After going under the water to try to grab on, I came up to face to face with a brown seal.  She was about six feet long and had these magical eyes that dared me to give my hand.  I put my left hand out and she gently bit on to my palm, hard enough to have a good grip but allowing me no pain.  I had a feeling that this would be a ride I would never forget.  Just about the time we were going for a swim, I felt another mouth on my right hand.  I looked over to see an identical seal with the same eyes daring me to let myself go.  When we took off, I didn't know what to think.  I tried to keep my head above water but then I allowed myself to become submerged halfway, only my eyes showing above water.   I had never gone this fast in the water before, yet I wasn't scared because I knew that these two had control.  We headed straight for land, which was 200 yards in front of us.  I lost track of the distance but I knew we had to be rapidly approaching the sandy beach.  As I started to panic, we dipped below the surface and then shot out of the air.  The sight must of been amazing, a pale man sandwiched between two beautiful sea creatures.  We went maybe twenty feet straight up in the air and as we came down, we did two full somersaults.  At the time, I had this feeling that I should be scared but all I really felt was exhilaration.  I knew that I would feel a belly flop like feeling on impact but instead we barely made a splash.  My seal escorts took me back effortlessly, they had never let me go.  When I was returned, the seals disappeared into the foggy water.  No one really said anything to me except, "nice flip."  I tread water and looked to touch the orca again.