Not based on true events

For a moment, the boy was thrust into the darkness, in which he could but feel the hand he clutched, and see nothing. But, little by little, the night cleared into a deep blue haze of water, and he saw his friend smiling upon him by his side. Then, without a sign, she let go of his hand, and swam forward in the water like a seal, as lithe as any being of the ocean. It was only  a moment that her young friend hesitated, and after followed, and not a sound could be heard. In time, she pointed downward, and the boy saw the wonder of Sea Pens waving over the sandy floor like banners, witnessed the Basking Sharks as they soared by, and he fell in love with the dancing Grey Seals which whirled about them. But even as he gazed in wonder upon every being which came in view, a deeper shadow passed over, and every creature fled at its arrival. The boy and the woman, though, remained where they were, and directed their eyes upward to spot the bottom of a vessel, the cause of the new gloom, churning away as if there was not a second to be lost. The woman, once it had passed, arose to the surface with a set face, and watched it charge away, disapproval written all over her countenance. The boy bobbed up beside her, and was immediately pummelled by the blaring speakers which could still be heard from the craft, though it could now barely be seen. The lad, in agony, pressed  his small hands over his ears and cringed, his eyes closed, and his mouth crying out: “ What is that noise?” “ It is what they call music,” was the firm reply of the woman before she dipped again beneath the waves with her with her companion gladly following her. What a marvel! As soon as the saline water lapped over his ears, the atrocious sound dissolved like an uncomfortable dream, and again he was swimming with his friend, disturbing none, and feeling all the peace which his heart could contain. Then another sound shook the sea, one which was sombre and delightful, sorrowful, and calm. It was, indeed, true music to the ears. The woman turned its way the as soon as its tones could be heard. 

To be continued...