Why is There a Beach in Idaho?
by Cayla Mitchell
by Cayla Mitchell
Woke up in my bed, I stepped down to brush my teeth and get ready and suddenly my feet started to burn. As I was walking it felt like my feet were on fire. I looked down and I'm standing on lava. I screamed to my mom for help but the sounds of my yells were being muffled. I couldn’t even force the words out. So I start to panic and just begin running to the door. As I open the door a large amount of water hits me and I just start floating out into the open. I can't seem to stay standing in my room, so I am pushed through the door, away from my room, into the middle of the sea. When I float up to the top of the water, it's dark and the only noise I hear are snakes hissing. I bust out crying from pure terror. All I can seem to do in this moment is cry, but when I wipe my tears away, I began wiping away a thick red substance that smells horrid. The tears were burning my eyes. I had never felt something like that before. I gather myself to stop the burning and begin to think of how I'm gonna get myself out of this situation. The only plan that comes to me is to swim with the waves and hopefully end up on a shore. Luckily I knew how to swim, so I began swimming and about 15 minutes later, I reached a beach. There was a huge sign in front of me, so I walked around to read it. It said Welcome to the Beach of Idaho. WHY IS THERE A BEACH IN IDAHO? At this point, I am so confused about where I'm at and what happened to me. But I'm too tired to even try and think about it, so I just lay down on the sand and try to take a nap. As I'm laying there trying to sleep, I suddenly start hearing a loud banging noise. It's a band right next to me performing for a kid's party. They were right next to me when the whole rest of the beach was free. I get up to move and I fall right back down. I can't seem to stand. I have a tail. Where did this tail come from? I realize all the kids are looking at me, thinking I am a real mermaid. I rub my eyes and look down again to make sure I'm not tripping and it's actually there, sand all over it. As I begin to wipe the sand off, the kids start throwing water all over me. One splashes my face, and my eyes open. My mom is standing over me. She says, "You have been screaming like a wild maniac and flopping around in your bed." It seems it was a dream. I try to explain to my mom what had happened, and she just tells me to "go back to sleep" and wake back up when I'm normal.