Seventieth Prompt: Breathing

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Peter stared at the frozen lake.
"Ed, are you sure?", he said and frowned.

"Of course!", Edmund said, stepping on the ice. "It is as safe as it could be!"

Peter sighed and let his brother walk upon the ice.
It seemed to be safe, and Edmund was almost in the middle, when Peter heard a crack.

"Ed?", he called and his voice sounded more afraid than he wanted it to sound.

Edmund turned around. "What is it, Pete?"

"It cracked", Peter said. "The ice!"

"No, it didn't", Edmund said and turned around.

"Ed, come back!", Peter called terrified when he saw the crack in the ice.

"Now!!"

Edmund only turned around annoyed and wanted to say something, but when he saw the crack his eyes went wide.

"Lie down!", Peter yelled, but Edmund only stared at the crack.
And then it was too late.

"EDMUND!", Peter screamed when his brother broke into the ice.
He knew that he couldn't just run up to him.

Edmund's head popped up from the surface, but Peter knew that he would drown.

Panicking Peter searched for something like a long branch when Edmund's head disappeared again, but Peter found nothing and so he stumbled across the ice, trying to not break it.

"Ed!", he yelled. As if from a miracle Edmund's head snapped up and Peter reached out with his hand for Edmund to grab it and luckily Edmund was smart enough to raise his hand as much as he could.

Peter grabbed his arm and tried with all his strength to pull him up and then he finally succeeded and lifted his brother up at the ice.

"Breathe, Eddy, breathe", Peter whispered, as he pulled his brother into a hug.

Edmund coughed.

This was the moment Peter realised that he had started to cry.

When Edmund finally had stopped coughing Peter looked back to the ground.

"We need to go back", he said.
Edmund looked up.

"I'm cold", he whispered.

"I know, Eddy", Peter sighed. "That's why we'll need to hurry."

"It probably wasn't that safe after all", Edmund said and a small smile appeared on his face, but Peter couldn't smile.

"Probably", he growled.