I wrote this a long, long time ago. I was thinking about something I regretted, (funnily enough I can't remember it now) and then this happened. So please enjoy this mindfart.

Thanks to Darknesse Sidhe for being my beta and awesome test monkey.

Enjoy! :D

Disclaimer: Do you really think I own Percy Jackson? Really?

Thalia

She saw the spear enter her stomach before she felt it. The snake woman who threw it at her cackled with glee. It was if time itself stopped. She felt dizzy. Numbly her fingers touched the wound. Blood. Her knees shook. Not just anyone's blood, it was her blood. For a moment she thought she might be sick. Then, her knees gave out and she sank to the ground.

She heard screaming. It wasn't hers… it sounded too far away now. The monsters that surrounded the hill slowly disappeared. The great Thalia Grace was dying, and there was no need to stick around to feel Zeus' wrath.

So close. So damn close. She could reach out and touch the other side of the border. Damn. But that's okay. Better to be in the seemingly infinite underworld than trapped in a cage for the rest of your life. Maybe when she was dead she could see Jason again.

Just getting to the underworld would be the painful part. Literally. Every breath she took was laboured and painful. It felt as if the spear was in her chest rather than her stomach.

Then she coughed. Blood surged up in her mouth. She could feel it traveling up her throat. Great, she was going to drown in her own bodily fluids. Lovely.

She felt like she suddenly was a lot heavier than she was before. She stopped herself from falling forward and impaling herself some more into the weapon. Now the great Thalia Grace, only living child of Zeus was lying on the ground, dying.

Oh how the mighty fall, she thought.

Her shield was long gone, lost somewhere in the field. Maybe Annabeth could find it and keep it as a reminder. Then at least someone would remember her.

She could hear what was left of the monsters now. Very few remained. They were trying to claw their way through the barrier, totally ignoring her. What were they trying to get at?

Then she remembered she hadn't come here alone. With a startled gasp, which wasn't the smartest thing to do of all things considering, she looked around for Luke and Annabeth. Oh, and Grover. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Luke holding Annabeth back. She was crying, but so was he. Beside the two was a man in a wheelchair and Grover.

Seeing them cry hurt her as much as the stupid spear.

She looked away and looked up at the sky. You could see so many stars out in the country. They were beautiful. To think her father was in charge of all that… Amazing. Seeing so many stars made her think of a poem her mother would tell her on the rare occasion she wasn't passed out, drunk.

Star Light Star bright,
The first star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.

A voice in the back in her head whispered to her. If you could have a wish, any wish with no limits, what would it be?

At first she thought, well, I'd wish not to be here dying. You know, I'd think I'd rather be in Jamaica or the Caribbean or even France right now. Then she changed her mind. That kind of wish was too cliché.

Any wish. No limits.

Fine, she thought. I wish my mother never took us out for a picnic. I wish I never went back to the car, I wish I never left Jason alone with her.

I wish I could see him again.

As Thalia took what she thought were her last breaths, she thought of her brother.

By the next morning her body would be gone and in its place would be a large pine tree, standing tall and proud, just like girl it was named after.

Thanks for reading and review please!

Since it's a two shot I should update soon. Sometime next week I should update.