Chapter 8: Juniper: Please, don't let me disappear…!
Slowly it will happen. I am going to shut my eyes that final time, go to sleep one last time, and I will not be waking up again.
When Grover went off with Nico to look for Percy I slowly started to become depressed, that is not good for a nymph. We are supposed to be happy creatures, consequently I started to die. Please, don't let me die! Please, don't let me disappear!
My final day came. This was the day Chiron suspected me to die that day, so he allowed me to come out of the infirmary. That day I was in a green, comfortable gown and my hair was a wreck, my face was greener than usual. Grover and the others looked uncomfortably sad, like they were waiting for me to drop to the ground and begin to fade away into a pile of dust.
Annabeth was 2 months pregnant with Percy`s child, she had a decent bump now.
"Annabeth… I`m sorry I won`t be here to see the child when it comes… sadly I won`t be here for it at all…" I said sadly
"Don`t talk nonsense!" Grover snapped. "I won`t let you fade!" he said grabbing my hands.
"Grover…" I was getting dizzy. "Grover… I think it's my time now… right now…" I said. Tears were starting to grow in my eyes. Then I fell to the ground.
"No… don`t…" those were the last words I heard before I vanished.
Death isn't cold. Death isn't the end. It is the beginning of something bigger. It`s the beginning of your next life as something new. You could be reborn as an animal or as a human. Those thoughts were interrupted by a sweet calm voice telling me "Juniper, it is not your time. Go back to him." I saw his face, it was the face of Nico de Angelo, son of Hades.
I awoke in Grover`s trembling arms. He was crying the other girls were around, as well as Percy and Annabeth. Only later did Nico and Sakura show up. Nico looked at me and mouthed "Yes… move… tell him you are still here." Then I said "Grover… I`m okay…" That made him yelp. We all laughed it off. I lived another day.
~Juniper
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