Hey! This is my first story so I'm sorry if it sucks! Reviews are welcome and appreciated! I wrote this story because I wasn't very satisfied with the last book so I reimagined it with focus on Percy and Annabeth and the other seven. I do not own Percy Jackson or any of rick riordans fabulous characters!
1- Percy
I was floating in the water. I couldn't tell if the water was cold or hot which I found odd but I didn't question it, I was so tired I could barely keep my eyes open. The currents quietly grabbed at my hair and clothes but it almost calmed me; floating there made me forget the bad things. But the longer I floated the more questions rose to my mind; how did I get there, why was I there, and where was Annabeth? Then as that last thought passed my mind I felt a tug on my leg. It felt like seaweed at first but then the grip tightened and started to drag me down. I couldn't fight the tentacle-arm-thing all I could do was try to use my influence over the currents to try to propel myself up. But suddenly they stopped working, in fear I drew in a breath but instead of the weird water to air change I usually did all I got was water. I tried to cough it up but I was moving too fast. All I could think was 'I'm drowning, I'm actually drowning'. I tried to suppress the fear but it built up until I couldn't take it anymore and I screamed until darkness consumed me. As the last bit of light faded I heard a whisper through the currents say 'Poseidon's revenge' and then a scream "PERCY!"
I was dripping with sweat tangled in my equally sweaty sheets. Shadows at the door told me I had been screaming, again. Every night the dream was the same except the fear of drowning the next night was a little bit worse. I vowed never to criticize Thalia again for her fear of heights. The door quietly opened and Annabeth was there. Even with their little vacation in tartarus and their spray on death mist Annabeth looked beautiful. Her hair had a golden tint with the light of the hallway making her look better than Aphrodite herself.
She tiptoed in probably thinking I was asleep; most nights I was so tired that I could somehow scream myself asleep. But I turned toward her as soon as I felt the mattress cave into her weight. She sat at the edge and lightly rubbed my legs, I wondered if she could feel how cold my legs were under the sheets. After tartarus I just couldn't get warm; but Annabeth seemed fine, she didn't look so painfully thin and pale, and she felt warm. I could count my ribs and was pretty sure I was paler than Nico. I couldn't seem to keep anything down, which was pretty hard to hide from everyone considering I was like the human garbage disposal before tartarus. I missed the guy I was before tartarus He was funnier and less likely to stab an unsuspecting crew member who accidentally surprised him (sorry Leo).
Annabeth was talking to me but I didn't hear her until she was half way through what she was saying
"...we're all just really worried Percy."
I'm just scared that the whole almost killing Leo was just the start of this slope that if we don't discuss will get too slippery to climb back up."
I nodded in response then sat up.
"You know how thailia is terrified of heights"
"Yeh but what does that have to-
"Do you think that if she wasn't she could fly like Jason?"
Before she could answer Frank burst in with hazel behind him.
He looked at me, then Annabeth on my bed "oh my gods I'm sorry" he rushed out blushing. I could see Hazel averting her eyes and doing the cute little fan gesture she always did when embarrassed. She mumbled that we were needed on the deck and turned to go up on deck. Annabeth sighed "We'll continue this later, okay?" I nodded but was glad for the interruption maybe telling her would only worry her, I just needed to take a dip in the water and the fear would go away itself
