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Percy's Pov:
Annabeth and I were walking though the woods, just talking. We were kind of worried about Nico, his headaches were getting worse. Nico said that the headaches are because of visions he's getting, but he won't tell us what the visions are about.
We turned a corner and saw something truly, horrible. Sam, this new girl Grover brought, was on the ground. Her head was bleeding and she was unconscious. "We have to get her to the infirmary, now." Annabeth said. I carefully picked her up and carried her back to Chiron.
"Oh dear." he said. "Get somebody from the Apollo cabin." he told Annabeth. "Percy, you go get Grover." I nodded and left the Big House. I ran and found Grover with Juniper at the pavilion.
"Grover! It's Sam, Chiron needs you." I called. All three of us ran back to the Big House. We found Annabeth and Chiron in the infirmary with an Apollo kid leaning over Sam. "Percy, did you see what happened?" Chiron asked me.
"We didn't really see what happened." I said. "We just found her in the middle of the woods."
He nodded. The Apollo kid finally spoke up and said, "I think she's in a coma. She cracked her skull but it's only minor. She'll live, but I don't know how long she'll be unconscious."
"Thank you. You can go back to your activities. As for the rest of you, keep quiet about this." Chiron said.
"Why?" I asked.
"None of your concern." We all left and tried to forget the image of her in the woods. I didn't know the girl, but she seems familiar...
Grover's Pov:
"Grover! I need to talk to you." Chiron called to me as I was leaving. "Yeah?" I asked.
"You know what happened to her, don't you?"
"Well, not exactly but-"
"Do you or do you not?" he asked a bit more stern this time.
"Yes." I suddenly found my shoes very interesting.
"Your officially watching over her. Don't let her out of your sight. And don't tell anybody." I nodded and left Stephanie and Chiron in the infirmary.
Stephanie's Pov:
I'm dreaming. I must be dreaming, there's nothing this beautiful ever. This was surreal.
I think the dream was from last summer. I was sitting with him watching the fireworks. I know it doesn't seem that beautiful, but to me, it was my happy place. I don't think I ever want this dream to end, I don't need to wake up.
Everything started to fade. I thought I was just waking up at first. But shouldn't I be dead? Instead of opening my eyes like I would normally, I felt like I was just in this dark hall. If I screamed there was no echo. I wasn't asleep, or my powers would work, but they don't. Is this really what it feels like to be dead?
The darkness was starting to give me a headache. But it wasn't like a normal headache, it was more of a numbing feeling. I started to hear whispers, they kept getting louder until I could make out who they were. It was Percy, he was talking to Chiron. And Grover. Something about how Percy found me. Stupid Percy! Your officially on my hate list! Wait who's that... "I think she's in a coma. She cracked her skull but it's only minor. She'll live, but I don't know how long she'll be unconscious." Damn! So that's what's happening, I'm in a coma. At least now I know why I have this headache.
I'm not sure how long I was in a coma. But all I could really do is listen to people talk around me. Most of it was just Apollo kids or Chiron. But sometimes Percy or Grover would visit. Like I said, I couldn't use my powers, so I just sat there in darkness. I'm pretty sure I haven't even been gone for a day.
Boy was I wrong.
When I did wake up. There wasn't anybody in my room. I looked around, squinting. It was so great to finally be able to see something. Wait a second! Nobody in the room... I looked around, and sure enough, there were medical tools sitting on the counter. I slowly moved towards them. My whole body felt numb. I grabbed the closest thing on the counter. Easy as pie.
Then I heard a sharp gasp and the tool was taken from my hand. I looked up and saw Grover next to me. He smiled and pulled me into a hug. "Your finally awake!" "Finally?" I said. "I was only out of it for a couple of hours." duh.
"Steph, you were in that coma for 2 weeks." Grover said. What? 2 weeks? Wow. Grover was still hugging me, so very slowly, I stretched out my arm and grabbed a different tool. He immediately took it away from me. "No!" he said. "I'm not a dog!" I whined.
He took me outside. It was around dinner time. Chiron was at the pavilion, "Chiron!" Grover called. "She's awake."
"Nice to see you again Sam." Ok guess he knows about the fake name thing. "You should know that Grover will be watching you from now on." I nodded and went to my table. I guess you should know that I get to sit at the Morpheus table and go to the Morpheus cabin now.
Grover sat down across from me. He watched me while I ate, then he escorted me to all my activities. Even though I couldn't play because of my head. He still made sure I didn't skip. It was getting really annoying.
My last class of the day was sword fighting. With Percy and him. "Grover, can I play?" I asked. "My head's feeling a lot better." he hesitated for a second. Then I put on a pouty face and he gave in. So easy. "Fine, but be careful." he sighed as I stepped onto the mat where he was waiting.
"You ready?" he asked.
"I've been ready." I muttered. Percy yelled 'fight' and we were at it. You wouldn't believe how good he was. I dodged and dodged. Why couldn't I get a good hold on him? He tried to pin me down and I caught a glimpse of his neck. Enrage filled me, he was wearing the necklace I gave him a few weeks ago for his birthday. He doesn't deserve to wear that.
I guess he saw my pause, confusion was plastered across his face as my scowl turned to fury. He had me pinned now, I forgot about the sword and punched him in the face. He fell back with a thud. I slashed at him and he blocked. Using both his hands to hold the sword. Perfect. I kicked his legs out from under him and he dropped the sword.
I guess this is when I went a little over the top. I dropped my sword and continued to punch him. His face was bleeding now and so were my hands but I didn't care. Grover pulled him off me. I screamed. "Let go! Let go I'm not done!" I struggled and kicked him. He dropped me and I attacked him again.
"Sam! Stop that!" he pulled me off him again. Percy helped Grover hold me down. He got up and muttered, "Gods. What's your problem?"
I exploded. "You would know what the fuck my problem is you bitch! You ass hole! You don't even know how much pain I'm going to put you through!"
I said a lot of horrible words at him while Grover pulled me away. "Weren't you that girl who was in a coma?" Percy asked me. I panted at glared at him. "Get. Away. From. Me."
He put up his hands in defeat and backed away. "Steph," Grover said when we were far enough away. "what were you thinking?" I didn't respond. He sighed in understanding. The truth was, I wasn't thinking. I was driven by revenge and instinct. "Do you think you'll be controlled enough to play capture the flag tomorrow? Does your head hurt or anything?" he asked.
"My head hurts a lot. I don't think that was a very smart idea of mine." I finally said. He didn't say anything.
"I don't think I'm up for capture the flag tomorrow. See you in the morning." I said. I walked back to my cabin while everyone else was going over to the camp fire to sing there stupid little songs.
I lay down in my bed rubbing my temples. My head was killing me. Soon sleep caught me and all the pain was lifted.
You know how my dreams haven't been the best lately? This one was a good dream.
No, he wasn't in it, if that's what your thinking. I was just by myself. Sitting in the middle of a field that seems to stretch forever. The grass wasn't tall but it wasn't dead. No flowers. There wasn't even a sun in the sky. It was empty.
If you were to be put in this place, you would probably freak out, because there would be nobody here and you would be by yourself. But for me, just laying here in the middle of this desolate landscape was like taking all of the pain away. Nobody to ruin it for me. Just looking at the abnormal sky.
I think I lay there for hours. Time actually passed here. It got dark but it didn't matter because there was nothing to see. Day came again, I hadn't moved an inch. It was so peaceful. I didn't want to leave.
When my skin started to fade away, I willed myself to stay put. No way I was waking up now. I started figuring out this place. It gave me a lot of time to think just laying there. Night came again and then it was morning. My body again started to fade but I kept myself here.
I spent 3 days in that place. And you know what? They were the best 3 days of my life.
On the third day my body numerously tried to wake up. I started to hear whispers and realized that it was probably Grover. I let myself fade.
"Stephanie, you were asleep for 3 days. Are you okay?" he asked when I did return from my slumber. "Fine. I've never felt better in my entire life." I replied.
"Okay. Let's go to breakfast. Chiron's been pretty worried about you." he said. I nodded and walked to the pavilion with him.
As I sat down at my table I noticed quite a few of the campers were staring at me. Most of them whispered to there friends. It made me uncomfortable. What were they talking about now?
It took all my willpower to not look at him. I would kill him if he's the reason they're talking about me. I said to Grover, "Why's everyone looking at me funny?"
"Everyone thought you were dead or missing. Everyone including Chiron." I looked at him in awe. He continued, "We were planning to burn your shroud on Friday if you didn't show up soon."
"And nobody bothered to just look in my cabin?" I said a little bit too loudly. Grover was starting to look a little scared.
"Well, Nico heard you dying and-" that's it. I knew it was about him. I felt tears in my eyes but I pushed them back. I can't cry over him anymore. I stood up, knocking over my chair and stomped over to his table.
He didn't see me in front of him, he just continued eating. "You! I'm not dead you hear me! I'm not dead, but your going to be!"
"The state you were in," he stuttered. "It was so distant. How did you do it?"
"You don't recognize me?" he shook his head. We were making a scene, but I didn't care. "Not at all?" Again, he shook his head.
"Well maybe this will help you." I said. I moved my hand over my face. It made it much easier to give him a daydream. This one didn't hurt him. It was of us last year sitting in that meadow. We were laughing. Then my dream self looked at him all scared and saw that the meadow was unwinding. I smiled as his eyes got wide. I made my daydream self fall in to nothing. "Stephanie?"
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