I watched from a distance as my body rode that water upwards. It surged, rolled, and seemed to thunder as gravity was flipped upside down. I couldn’t take my eyes off of myself. Something totally alien took over my body. My normally frizzy brown curls were sleek as they lay against my shoulders. The curls perfectly framed my face and my lips seemed to form a small heart.
As we—me and myself—neared the top, I watched my eyelids lift and I froze in shock.
I had brown eyes, but they were silver. They seemed to see everything at once. Then they turned towards me and seemed to zap me. “Get back. Now!”
I felt myself sucked through the air and crashed into my body. I gasped, choked, and struggled against what was happening.
“Accept me. Accept yourself,” The Immortal me told myself. This voice
