Creative Writing: The Under Water World By Ella Mcnair

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The under water world
By Ella McNair Imagine seventy million soccer pitches, that's the size of where I'm about to scuba dive for the next hour. My sweaty body is making my wet suit stick to me. Glaring into the warm, tropical ocean makes me want to jump straight in. The speed boat stops. The instructor turns around.' You can go now' he announces to my family and I. I look around nobody seems to be moving. I count to three in my head.' Splash '. The water is so warm and clear. I kick with the gear that was so cumbersome on land feels like a feather under the water.

The deeper I go the more colours I see. One thousand and five hundred different types of fish. Yellow ones. Blue ones. Purple ones..As I kick effortlessly I come across a giant ship wreck like one you would see in a movie. It's covered in rust and looks like it's been there for centuries. I swim away. Passing by the submarine that has older people in it. …show more content…

I grasp onto to the boats edge. I look up like I'm a lost puppy. The instructed pops his head out of the boat. He helps me onto to the boat. 'I got stung by a jelly fish' I exclaim. He whips out a credit card and a bottle of vinegar. He pours it on to my leg. Scratches a credit card against it. He looks up. 'You can go now'. I stare down at him. 'Bye', he snaps. I don't speak. I peer over the edge of the boat. Look back. And jump. I come across my brother Jack. We start to mess around making faces at each either. All of a sudden the sea became darker. We both looked up. To see what everybody could ever want to see. A pod of dolphins. We stare up. Watching them leap out of the water and dive back down. Our watch begins to beep and vibrate. Our times up. We take one last look around the Great Barrier Reef. That was such a thrill to do and we bring our selfs to the top of the water and climb on to the boat. We speed back to shore. I couldn't believe that all of what happened to me and what I saw happened in a

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