Troubled Waters

by Mrsaturn123

This is a picture of Lucy, from Bittersweet Candy Bowl, falling head first into a body of water. Lucy cannot swim, and also has a phobia of water--lakes, rivers, oceans (fine on beaches), etc.--after an incident when she was a kitty. (Chapter 30: Troubled Waters) Looking at this picture, and at the same time listening to Linkin Park's "My December", really hits a person hard.

Listening to the song's lyrics and scrolling down on the picture (in full size) very slowly really prints an image in your mind of how she is in this picture.

This is what I picture. She's walking by a river, 10 feet away from the edge of it, hugging herself, tears falling, trying to hide her emotions of crying. She may have had another memory loop of Mike, who have been friends since childhood and an old crush, wishing they were still friends and that he would talk to her again.* She looks at the river, slowly walks towards it, tighten her hands on her arms, due to getting close to the water. She gets a vision of the water rising like a wave, to five stories high. She panics, and then faints, falling forward towards the river, doing deeper into the river.

You may have a different or similar image than mine, but no matter what image you get, as long as you vision one while listening to that song, it'll be a deep impact.

This image also reminds me of the intro from Kingdom Hearts.

*SPOILER: Lucy eventually told Mike she loved him, however Mike is in a long distance relationship with a girl, Sandy, that moved away before middle school started for them. While is was nice for Lucy to admit her feelings for Mike, their friendship started to fall apart the next day. The tension between them started to rise, and eventually started to show among their friends. Soon, their friends found out about the event, which put Mike on the guilty spot. He kept telling his friends he has a relationship with Sandy, before this event happened, but none believed him till he showed a picture of her. They were finally convinced. However, Lucy is now heartbroken, regrets to admit her feelings for Mike, and longing for comfort. She feels she lost her only friend, and has made attempts to find a replacement.