As the dusk was setting in, the sound of splashing hooves echoed through the trees. The fading light gave the area a red hue, adding to the surreal feeling this time of day usually has. Away from the dark muck of the swamp, sits a rare body of pure water. Two young kimeti were playing along one edge of a small lake. The closer to the center you looked, the darker it became, thus making it difficult if not impossible to tell the depth after the first few inches.
The colt shifts his hooves through the shallows, causing the mud at the bottom to shift and move into intricate patterns. While he seems content with this, the filly is splashing nearby, causing the water to blur and clouding up the clear surface.
Eventually, the filly seems to tire of her present activities, and after the water settles around her, she finds herself staring at the dark and hidden depths of the lake. Looking over at her companion she begins trotting towards the center of the water. While her eyes are locked on her destination she misses the feeling of the sudden drop, and finds herself below the water.
The colt hears a loud splash and looks up just in time to see his sister fall beneath the surface. As he quickly moves forward, though not far enough to reach the drop, he searches the dark water for the filly. As he peers though the Murky Shallows he notices a glint of light in the deep water.
The filly finds herself slowly slipping beneath the water, and as she was unable to take a final breath she can already feel her body losing it's strength. Staring up through the Watery Depths she catches a glint of light before her eyes close, and her consciousness leaves her.