The Small Sinking Boat

Deminic and Starella Claudia left home in Britain for an adventure to America. Deminic invited his baby sister Mezzy Mae and her new husband Amer Tonic to join in the experience. They all boarded a very tiny boat with a plan to travel for a bit. Some added creations made the boat more suitable to fit them all comfortably. Deminic was a builder and loved creating new things. His wife Starella could stitch or sew anything together better than anyone. Deminic used four smaller boats to develop a bigger boat to carry them all. At each end of the ship, he created a secured room for each couple to sleep. Starella made the blankets along with warmer clothing.

Everything that Deminic and Starella had they had created on their own over the years. They were a silent popular kind of business. The couple usually kept to themselves except when it came to the company or family. Deminic created a tiny kitchen area in the middle of the ship. There was a little cooking area in the kitchen with a small cabinet. The cabinet carried foods that did not need cooking and a few dishes. Before the trip took place, Deminic tested the ship a few times with no problems.

Both the couples gathered on the ship with the belongings that they were taking. Mezzy Mae took a long deep breath and looked around before joining the others on the boat. Amer was a very creative builder as well. He created a mechanical device for each side of the ship to do the rowing with the oars. The couples made some perfect timing on the trip on the first day. The second night the boat sprung a tiny leak that Deminic and Amer could quickly fix.

The third next seeded to go as planned with no issues showing as the journey continued. Mezzy Mae looked around with excitement filling her eyes. With every shake of the boat, Mezzy Mae's eyes filled with fear. The couples ventured forward with a desire to find a thrill hiding around a corner somewhere. Shadows would dance across the water with teasing images of something awaiting. When each face would look up, there would find nothing there. The beauty surrounding them was enough to capture each person's eyes on the boat.

On the fourth day, Deminic and Amer discussed new plans as they fished for dinner in the water below. After dinner, Mezzy Mae whispered her songs of brightly lit days in the arms of a midnight moon. Mezzy Mae stopped in the middle of one of her songs to sniff the air more deeply. There was the smell of something burning very strongly. Deminic noticed the smell and looked toward the back of the ship. The fire reached outward with a long waving hand like joining in rhythm with the music. Each person searched for something to throw water onto the intruder to make it go away. The small cups and bowls full of water did not seem to help. The tiny offering only seemed to excite the guest more. The intruder gathered closer with every passing second to the point of meeting a pair of tearing eyes staring back.

Mezzy Mae felt a tug on her arm and felt the cold grip on her like nothing she had ever felt before. Amer pulled Mezzy Mae up above the water to be greeted by the fog of her breath floating out like a cloud. A sizable unknown object cast a shadow, and a voice yelling from above caught their attention. It was a colossal ship that seemed at that moment to be full of their saviors. As each of the couples reached the top, they met with a greeting of hands and blankets. Johnathan and his wife looked out at the view when they spotted the event. The couple got the attention of staff and other members, who alerted the ship's captain. Maryann led the couples to a sleeping area, where she handed each of them some dry clothes. Diana, another staff member, brought warm tea and food to eat.

A cold rush woke Amer out of sleep to discover water everywhere. Johnathan pulled the door open, yelling for them to follow. The group of them were trying to move as quickly as they could in the water. A hand grabbed Starella begging for help. It was an older man and his wife pleading with shivering at the sound of their words. The water was closing around them. They pulled and pulled on the door until the man's eyes disappeared. When the man's hand let go, Starella knew he had given up. She reached out until she found it again.

Two faces came up out of the water to greet her eyes. It was the couple coming out of the room. The men finally pulled the door open. At the top of the ship, people were shoving and screaming. The lifeboats were gone, and the boat lifted in the air. Johnathan tried to hold onto the railing and his wife. Mezzy Mae reached for the saved couple, but they fell with their arms wrapped around each other. Deminic screamed at his sister as he was sliding away to hold on. Mezzy Mae did hold on while all the others dropped below. Diana could see from the water as Mezzy Mae took her last breath when the water swallowed her along with the Titanic. Diana tried to swim over to the boats but could feel her body giving up as she sank below. Diana let herself fall, looking out underneath the water at all the faces below. Images from the Titanic that day will float through time forever in the hearts of those who survived. The haunting begins with the ones who lost.