How could a son of Poseidon die, it rammed in my head in repeat as i let the darkness finally claim me.
The day stated normal, me and the seven were chilling on the decking next to the canoe lake, enjoying the warm sun beating down on us and the coke I had bought from the stolls earlier that day.
Jason grabbed Piper's hand pulling her into the water laughing as she splashed him trying desperately to escape.
"No no let me go!" She shrieked. Then I saw her face light up with a evil grin, seeing what was coming I quickly levitated the water to surround Jason's ears just as her charm speak slivered out of her mouth.
"Percy!!!" She raged glaring daggers at me. Jason laughed as he picked her up dumping her in the water succeeding in drenching her head to toe. She looked over at Annabeth pleading silently with her much to my confusion.
The next thing I know two pairs of hands are grabbing at me forcing me into the water. Hazel and Annabeth pushed me face first into the water with a loud splash.
"Hahah did you think that did something. You do know who my dad is right?" I smirked at them. Hazel rolled her eyes crossing her arms in defeat.
"Frank can you send him in the sky for us please." She asked him giving him her best puppy dog eyes.
"You don't have to ask me twice." Frank grinned at me as he shifted into a giant eagle grabbing my arms lifting me up high into the air.
My face filled with panic as I entered my uncles domain, I looked down at Jason's laughing face and Annabeth's grin. I pleaded with them to let me down but they shook their head saying I needed a taste of my own medicine.
Piper was hitting the water in fits of laughter whilst Leo seemed to be oblivious to the entire situation. I looked up at frank begging silently for him to let me go.
"Oh you want me to let you go. Ok you should have just said." He said as he dropped me 80 meters up in the air. I rolled my eyes knowing I could easily survive this into water, as I approached the water I stuck my tongue out at Jason then Annabeth before sinking deap into the lake.
My but hit the floor before I tried to breath as I kicked up to the surface. When I sucked in water I stopped dead in my tracks trying to breath In The oxygen I so desperately needed. I thrashed my arms around crazily forgetting in my panic how to swim, the water bubbled out of my nose mocking me as it rose to the top of the lake.
My lungs where screaming at me for air as the water pushed its way into them. I'd grown tired of fighting for the surface my vision blurring my heart beating persistently nagging me to try harder, to not give up but I felt betrayed. My safety my home had turned on me, the water no longer cradled me but it had abandoned me left me there to choke on its tears.
I closed my eyes as they grew blurry, what was happening to me? The surface seemed ages away, the light gleaming through the water. My throat was on fire begging and pleading me to breath but with every breath I took water piled in lighting me up from the inside, burning me slowly. Why didn't it kill me when I hit the water? Why choose now to strip me of my gift, my power?
I finally gave in to the darkness tugging at the edges of my vision. It felt warm and safe free from the pain. The dark fought back my pain leaving me floating and free watching my body as it floated hopelessly to the surface.
I watched as my friends cried out seeing my lifeless form at the top of the water. Worry clear on their face. Why would they have thought to come in and get me, I'm a son of Poseidon after all?
I watched as Jason dragged me to shore pressing hard on my chest. I watched as my body lay limp no sign of light in my eyes. I watched as Jason's lips crashed onto mine as he blew air into me. Air that seconds ago I so desperately craved.
And I watched as Annabeth screamed at me to wake up banging on my chest hard after Jason had stepped away. Tears flowed down her face shaking my cold body, but it was no use I had already left them. Already left everyone behind.
I watched as Nico ran onto the decking tears cascading down his face. He'd felt it. Felt my life force slip under everyone's fingers.
I listened to the cries of denial from campers coming into view. To the sniffles of tears and clank of rushed feet and hooves. For I was Percy Jackson, two time hero of Olympus, past wearer of the Achilles curse. I was Percy Jackson, I was alive until I wasn't.
I watched as the took away my body as they left me to sleep as they made my shroud. Left me to sleep as they mourned, for they knew that I wasn't waking up. Never ever again.
The shroud was beautiful, sea green with a trident and a black stallion Pegasus. I watched as they burnt it. As they burnt my body whispering their goodbyes for the last ever time.
I felt so lonely, never in my life had I been so alone. Even when I was in that coma I had no one to miss for I couldn't remember anyone. But now that I was dead wondering the strawberry fields in Elysium I cried. Cried till my eyes were too dry to cry any more, for now i was truly alone sat waiting for my friends to come. For them to come to their death, what a sick person I was. But i couldn't feel guilt about it they would understand. Understand what it feels like to want so desperately for someone to talk to, someone to love, someone to protect.
Id left them alone with inhuman amount of danger. But if I could I would force them to stay there forever because this. This was far worse.
Old friends had moved on or lost in the big city. I waited and waited. I waited to see them again to cry into her shoulder to kiss her soft lips. I waited to laugh with Jason to tease him when I was bored. I waited to eat my mums blue cookies again or to even slash my sword against a monster.
One question though still played repeatedly in my mind.
How could a son of Poseidon drown?