The Witches White Leopard

Chapter 2

Kasy

It was another day in paradise.

Deep sea diving to save the coral reef, Kasy was on the barrier reaf island.

I have been since i was a teenager, and a tragic accident took my family.

I can’t remember why I’m here all I knew is a man that must of been 7 foot tall with eyes the colour of the brightest Sea and hair so dark black it looked like satin, had brought me here. He had terrified me when I was younger or maybe whatever had happened to me. When I look back now I'm not scared of this strange man. Rather comforted that he had saved me.

Or at least that's what my crazy imagination remembers, probably trying to block out the reason why my parents and family died. I try to remember, but my memory seems to be cloud over. The man I remember if he was real, that is!

To this day, I have worked for the coral reaf saving charity.

Living in a small hut type house on the island and spending my days diving. I have a natural talent with the reaf; I can make parts that seem to be dead come alive again in colour.

No one else knows this I’m not sure what it means, it’s scary. I feel like I am connected to the whole ocean when it happens.

Every fish every plant I can feel, at that point I usually freak out and swim as fast as I can to the surface. Head home and pretend nothing happened! It scares the hell out of me; it's so beyond normal!

The couple who ran the charity and took me in said it was my magic touch. When my foster father once saw me do it, I had caught him watching out the corner of my eye. He seemed to nod and be pleased that I had done this. It is like he knows why I feel this way. Though I am far too scared right now to find out! Is this the reason my parents died? Because of me? All these questions I have no answers for leave me feeling hollow inside.

There had been some instances over the years where I thought I had made something happen or something changed right in front of me. Getting me into trouble.

But the couple Jim and Maggie Jones never once cared or punished me. I had tried to go back to school when I first came here, but those little things kept happening, and I was expelled. I once ruptured a sink and flooded the entire block of the school after the school bully had taken interest in me that break time. I ran to the toilets and was leaning over the sink, crying. Begging to be out of the school and the sink blew. Water sprewed out like a rocket and just kept on coming like a waterfall. I ended up swimming or rather gliding out of the school on the water. They had enough after that incident!

Having to then learn via textbook, practise papers, and submit online, to gain any qualification. It was tedious and slow; it's not like we have super fast fibre Internet out here.

Now at 24, I have accomplished a lot of having a degree in wildlife, safe guarding, and marine life. I am happy and content usually, but lately, something was nagging me; it was like a black cloud coming over the horizon for me. I've had these feelings before too right before my adoptive dad had a heart attack and when my adoptive mum had fallen into the ocean above some really sharp coral.

Unease crawled through me, like a shiver down my spine as I set off for my daily coral check and dive.

I can feel that today will be different, but I can’t tell why or how I know. My stomach has butterflies; something is coming.

Joining me was my dive buddy jonah on the docs. he had green eyes blond hair, a typical surfer dude attitude.

He had a big crush on me and wasn’t afraid to show it. It made things a little awkward at work sometimes. As I definitely didn't feel the same,

I had never done anything but kissed a boy, and when I did, it was sour and felt all wrong. I'm not sure if I'm doing it wrong, but it never felt nice.

I wouldn’t say I was good-looking. My hair is down to my waist. There are not too many hair dressers here! But I’m thin, draw back...no boobs.

A divers body! I’m flexible if that’s even a quality to have?

My hair is blonde from all the years in the sun; it's really blonde. My eyes are probably my best to feature their green with a bright blue ring around them.

I’ve never seen anyone with eyes like mine. It makes me wonder sometimes why all these things happen to me. But again I’m not sure I want to know...

So, I never bothered with boys again after those few attempts when I was around 18, nearly 20. At 24 now, I knew in her gut that someone was out there, my missing piece if you will. When I was dreaming at night, I could nearly see him.

Stepping up next to jonah, having his eyes go straight to my t**s were only half my diving suit was on as it was so hot.

It wasn’t like I was wearing a tiny bikini top; it was a tankini! But, he still made a show of appreciating the view of my body. I rolled my eyes at him and hit him. In the arm,

“Would you stop being a slime ball for once in your life jonah’ I say, exasperated.

“It’s not my fault when the goodies are on show; go on, give them a shake for me," he teased with a wink.

I pulled up my dive suit immediately

“Where we heading to today then?” I asked.

Jonah had a sulk on his face at the covering of my breasts that absolutely weren’t on show in the first place!

“We’re going to a new dive sight just out of our borders.”

“Why?” I asked, confused.

Usually, divers had to stick to the boundaries they were allowed to dive in.

“Cause I found some coral, I think you should see,"he said, looking at the uneasy.

I assumed it was due to the boundaries. So we geared up, and I followed Jonah into the sea and out of our boundary.