Sorry this chapter is so short. I had to pull out and rearrange a few thing so it made more sense. Thanks to all that have reviewed! Keep it up! I actually like hearing from people who I don't know so they give me truthful feed back, and good advice. Seeing the reviews gets me really excited to post the next chapter.

I'm probably not going to get to update as much this week. I volunteered to help out with this girl scout camp (Don't dis. Its actually pretty fun. And, it can help you get into a good college. sorry You guys probably don't care about the sophmore girl in girl scouts) So anyway, here it is the third chapter. Read and Review! I like any kind, unless it's just plain mean then don't bother. Thanks! :)

I was ready to give up when I felt something grab hold of my arm. It pulled me upward, or what I could only guess was up. To tell the truth, I had no idea which way was up and which way was down.

I broke the surface, and immediately started coughing and sputtering up water I had breathed in. I took breathe after breath of sweet, wonderful air. I looked at what had grabbed me, a hand. The hand was connected to an arm, the arm to a body, a body to a head. That head had a face, a face of which I knew and loved. My dad was pulling me onto a beach. I saw mom running towards us. She wrapped me in a hug. When she finally let go, she gazed at me with a beautiful smile, her white teeth gleaming. All of a sudden, she was furiously shaking me, shouting, and pleading, "Wake up! Thalia! Please, Thalia, wake up!"

My eyes fluttered open to see Alaina shaking me, tears streaming out her eyes. My head throbbed more with every violent shake. "Stop it, that's not helping my head," I said pushing her away. She enveloped me in a crushing hug, "Oh, I thought I'd lost you. Don't ever do that to me again," she sighed, relief flooding her voice. "Hey, it's okay now. But I still have to be able to breath," I managed to choke out. She quickly let go of me, "Sorry."

I blinked a few time to get my eyes working. The beach was gone, and with it, my parents. My heart felt as if it were being torn out. I shook my head, don't think about them. Get your mind somewhere else.

I was laying on a large orange blow up raft. I looked around. "Where's Em," I asked, panic starting to rise inside me. "I don't know. I saw you and I knew I had to do something. I looked for her but I couldn't find her," Alaina said, her voice cracking. My eyes welled with tears. Behind me, I could hear Alaina crying. I stared at the sunrise, not able, nor willing, to appreciate its beauty. As I was staring at it, I noticed something in the water.

I shook my head. You're just imagining things, Thal. Your still water logged. You didn't see anything, I told myself. But just as I was starting to believe myself, I saw it again. This time, I actually saw what it was.

I saw blond hair and a flash of pale skin. I shouted, "Em!" She turned around at the sound of her name. "Alaina, I see Emily," I yelled jumping up and down and pointing like a child. Emily's face lit up when she saw us. She furiously paddled in our direction. When, out of nowhere, a large, metal flag pole from the stern of the ship hit her in the head, knocking her unconscious.

Alaina screamed, "Emily!" Not even stopping to think, I dove back into the cold morning sea. In a split second Alaina was beside me, paddling like crazy. Emily was sinking towards the sea weed infested, soft white sand. Wait, I thought, how can I see the bottom of the ocean?

There was no time to figure that out. Emily could drown. I had already lost my parents, I was not going to lose one of my best friends, they were practically family, my sisters.

Alaina and I took in a huge gulp of air and descended towards the sandy bottom. We took either side of Emily, putting her arms over our shoulders. Alaina and I pushed off the sand, half carrying half dragging Emily to the surface. She was already waking up; I could feel her grip on my arm.

When we broke the surface, Emily practically started throwing up water and gasped for breath. Her eyes were wild with fright. Her arms still draped over us, we all three swam back to the orange dingy.

I quickly struggled over the side of the raft with help from the other two. After I was safely In, I grabbed Emily's arm and hauled her in. She and I both held out a hand to Alaina but she just swatted them away. Somehow, she propelled herself from the water into the boat landing on her face. Emily and I stifled our giggles. She shot an angry embarrassed look at us.

Emily inhaled and pointed at something in the distance. I spotted something off in the distance. What's that? It looks like….. No way it couldn't be. Could it? Could it really be...?