The creature was nearly eight feet long, with translucent skin and dark currents moving beneath its surface. Its tail dragged across the sand, leaving behind a trail of black ash. Suddenly, a deep sound echoed from the ocean, and the waves began slowing before reaching the shore. Beneath the creature, I noticed strange symbols carved into the sand, including one that extended directly toward my feet.
As I stepped backward, the creature’s tail followed my movements, pointing straight at me. My phone suddenly displayed an emergency warning telling me to move away from the water. Moments later, the ocean retreated hundreds of feet, exposing the seabed and revealing an enormous shape moving beneath the distant surface. The creature opened three dark eyes, stared directly at me, and somehow spoke inside my mind, calling me by name.
Terrified, I heard another message in my head: “You found me.” I ran toward the dunes as a tremendous impact shook the shoreline. When I finally looked back, the creature had vanished, and the ocean had returned to normal. Only the black ash remained where it had been lying. But then I noticed something even more frightening: a trail of unfamiliar footprints leading from the water and stopping directly behind me. They weren’t human, and they hadn’t been there before.
