Not Yet

Yet, as the scale lifted, a force pulled her body fiercely upward. Realizing a cord of her cloak had caught upon the great scale, her body flew at a speed she had not known before. The water rushed around her as the sudden force burst through the surface.  Clutching onto the scale she coughed wildly, gulping the air.  She could feel the hot sun on her skin.  'It is not time yet' a voice from within her echoed.