CHAPTER TWELVE

Using my powers

I got out from my bed, took a shower. Yeah, there is a shower inside the cabin and it's not a water fountain. I checked the clock it was 6:30 am. I put on some clothes and got out of the cabin. Sky was waiting outside with her arms crossed leaning on the cabin wall.

Sky said sarcastically, ''Are you done or do you need to comb your hair?''

I said, ''Yes and no. Why did you wake me up so early?''

Sky replied, ''Because we need to get your new camp schedule and call your brother''.

I said, ''I don't think Chiron is awake this early and the whole camp must be asleep right now.''

Sky said, "The early bird gets the worm, so let's go. Most kids wake up at this hour and they like to walk around camp.''

I said, "Ok, but I still think you are talking about you and me walking around camp".

Sky said, "That's the whole point of waking you up".

She took my hand and we started running down the road toward the lake.

We got close to a wooden dock.

Sky said walking toward the dock, "We could try to do a small practice session with your powers before Percy comes."

I said, "Sure, but I have no idea how to use them."

Sky said, "Ok, let's start by healing, Chiron told me that Percy could heal when he touched water, what if we try it first?"

I said, "Sounds good to me as long as I don't get hurt."

Sky took out a small knife. And we were already at the end of the dock. Looking at the lake.

Sky said, "Give me your hand."

I said, "Wait, I think you're taking this too far, what if I don't heal?"

Sky said, "It's just a small cut, like a mosquito bite"

I said, "Just give it to me, I'll do it"

Sky said, "Ok"

She gave me the small knife. I took one finger and made a small cut; I could see blood, just like a small dot.

Sky said, "Now just put your finger in the water, it should heal."

I said, "Did you just say 'It should'?

Sky said again, "It will heal, just put it on the water you little baby."

I put my hand in the water and the small red dot was gone. In 2 seconds I took my hand out and it looked just as before I made the small cut.

I said, "It worked."

Sky said, "I knew it would work, you just have to trust me. Remember I'm daughter of Athena, I know everything that you don't"

I asked, "Point taken, what else did Chiron say about Percy?"

Sky said, "He said that Percy could breathe underwater."

I said, "Ok, I'll just jump in."

I jumped, and on purpose I got Sky wet, a totally worth-it canon ball. It was hilarious. Then I though, she did her hair, and she had this cute haircut and I ruined it. I'm so dead.

Sky said, "Did you just jumped in and got me wet?"

I said, "If I say no would you believe me?"

Sky said, "No"

I said, "I'm so sorry"

Sky said, "Never mind, just try to breathe underwater."

I said, "Ok, I'll try."

I went underwater and tried to breath. I tried to breathe slowly, at first. It was just like fresh air. I could breathe normally under here. Then I saw someone fall into the water, it must be Sky I thought. It was Sky but she was struggling to swim up, she was sinking. I though alarmed "Does she know how to swim?"

I swam fast toward her, it was very fast, and it was like an underwater canon ball just shot from my shoes. And yes, I did jump in with my shoes on. I caught Sky and swam up as fast as I could.

We made it out, and she was gasping for air and coughing water.

I asked her, "What happened?"

She replied still breathing hard, "Someone pushed me (coughs). And I fell in (coughs), and I was drowning. (Coughs for one last time)

I said, "You don't know how to swim?"

Sky said, "Isn't it obvious?"

I replied "I didn't know you can't swim, you could have told me."

Sky said, "Well it's more than that. I'm kind of afraid of deep water, like pools, lakes, and oceans."

I said, "Still you could have told me."

I was swimming toward the shore. But then I thought doesn't Percy have any other powers?

I asked Sky, "Does Percy have any other powers that involve being in the water?"

Sky replied, "Yeah, but those are way too strong for your use, he could make earthquakes, summon storms, and he could talk to horses. We could try that."

I said, "Yeah but that's not fun"

Sky said, "Why not?"

I joked "Because we have already talked to Chiron, he's a horse. Even you can talk to him and hear him talking back, and it's not that fun."

We both laughed at the joke. Then I was thinking, what happens if I concentrate the water around me? I tried it, nothing happened for a couple of seconds. But when I concentrated harder, I could feel myself getting out of the water, floating out of the water. I was holding Sky and we both got out of the water. The coolest thing was that I was walking on water, it was awesome.

I can walk over water and Sky wasn't wet at all. Sky tried to stand up on the water, but she was falling in. Good thing I was holding her, I started to concentrate harder to hold her over the water too.

We both were having fun, and I was holding her close to me, concentrating took too much strength, I had to hold her close to me so we can use the same space and I only need to concentrate under me.

We were face to face, I was holding her back so she doesn't fall back into the water and she was holding my shoulders. Alone in the lake, at 7 am, and the sun was already going up. Sky was looking into my eyes and I was looking at her eyes too. They were like gorgeous chocolate fudge eyes, inside beautiful round pearls that shined stronger than the sun; they can blind you by its beautiful sight.

There are no ways of describing this. It's impossible to describe an angel that fell from heaven. I had to say something. When I was about to open my mouth to say how pretty and beautiful she was, she stopped me. She puts her fingers in my lips to keep me from talking. Then she gave me a really long hug.

Just standing at the middle of the lake now, I got the hang of moving us outside the water, or sliding without making a movement. I used my powers to get us to the dock where we first started, slowly, you barley know we are moving at all.

We made it to the docks. She got on the wooden dock and I came behind her.

Sky said, ''Well, we better go to the big house and get your new schedule and call Percy".

I said, "Yeah, let's go."