Hospital visits.
When I woke up I still had the "overwhelming urge to stop", but now it was more like the feeling of wanting life to stop. (A/N: I'm not emo if you were wondering.) It was hard to breathe, just trying to get air to my lungs made it feel like I was being crushed. I heard a silent ringing, yet it felt as though it was blocking all other noise. Eventually the ringing went away and I thought I heard crying, but I couldn't move my head. Through extreme pain I passed out.
I woke up several times hearing different things talking, crying, yelling, and inaudible voices. Other times I felt poking, stabbing, tickling, and someone putting shaving cream in my hand which was followed by more tickling. (I can only imagine who was doing that…Ariadne) When I finally woke up the last time, I felt my eyes open, but I could not see.
"Stop, Ariadne." The horse man said. I had felt something warm on my lips until then. "Can you say something? Anything?"
"I can say plenty of things." I said with a smile on my face. I swallowed whatever they were giving me and asked, "What was that?"
"Nectar of the Gods. What did it taste like to you?" Ariadne asked.
"Sangria mixed with sprite." Just then my sight started coming back, and I saw Ariadne staring at me. "What?"
"Sangria? When have you had 'Sangria'?" She asked confused.
When I was about to answer Chiron said, "That is not the matter. What is, is that you are the son of Zeus."
I replied with, "Ya, so. What's your point? Thalia is the daughter of Zeus." It sounded a little rude, but pointing out that I was Zeus's son was stupid. I mean I thought everyone that was at camp saw what I did.
"Yes. That is true, but now there are four who can fulfill the prophecy." I was about to say something, but it wouldn't have made since for the current situation.
"Chiron," Ariadne said turning toward him, "Not now. After dinner, maybe."
He looked at her with considering eyes, and finally said, "Okay, after dinner." And they walked off talking about a meeting.
I was about to say 'What do I do?', but I decided to stay where I was. I sighed deeply and looked around. Out the window I saw I was in the big house. Down the hill I saw the cabins, the volleyball pits, and…a fire in the middle of the arena? I tried to get up, but it felt as though I was welded to the bed. I made sure I had everything, but when I checked for my neck my bronze necklace was gone. I immediately bolted up looking for it. I threw the pillows, the blankets, and the nightstand around the room looking for it.
I saw out of the corner of my eye Dionysus walk into the room. "Looking for this?" And he held out a bronze chain-link necklace. My bronze chain-link necklace.
I sat back in bed looking at him and said, "Ya. Why did you take it off of me?"
He walked to the end of the bed, tossed it to me, and said, "Didn't. It must of fallen off of you when you pulled your little stunt three days ago." At first I didn't understand what he said, partially because I was busy putting my chain around my neck, but when I did I looked at him and said, "Three days? Are you sure?"
He sat down, grabbed a cup, and saying, "What a waste. I'm a god of wine, yet I can't have any wine myself." Then I heard water pouring into a cup and he handed the cup to me. And there it was a full cup of water.
"How did you do that?" I asked.
"The cups are magic. I'm a god, I'm pretty sure I know how long it's been since you've been out of it." he said answering my previous question.
I looked back at him and thought, 'Wow. The god who made hangovers knows what time it is. Well he is right. About the god part at least.'
"Well I should go see what other brats are doing." He said getting up to leave.
"Thanks." I said when he was at the door.
He didn't turn around, but he stopped and asked, "For what?"
"I don't know why, but you do have a good side that you don't show many people. And I know it took time, your time, to go back to the beach and find it. Thanks."
"Don't mention it." he said and walked away.
By then I had forgotten all about the fire and laid back in bed. After about an hour a girl came in. She looked really strong, was tall, with long, stringy brown hair, and pig-like brown eyes. And she had a tray in her hands.
"Who the hell are you?" And I fixed myself, "I mean, who are you?" Mad at myself for lack of self control.
Not even a minute of seeing her and she's already mad at me. "I brought your food." And she mumbled something about 'this not being a job worthy of her talents'
"Why?" I asked as she put the tray in my lap. "You look like you should be instructing in the arena."
She looked up and said, "I was. But Chiron thinks I need to babysit you."
I laughed a little witch just made her madder. "That's stupid. If you saw me an hour ago looking for my necklace…well just look around."
And she did seeing the wreckage of what used to be a nice room and said, "That was you?" and she laughed a little. "It looks like you couldn't hurt a fly…But then again you did kill three harpies in one shot."
"I did? Oops." I said not caring about the bat ladies. "I was trying to make a point, not kill."
"Okay, I got to get back to work." And she left.
After half an hour I kept trying to think of her name, but I guess I didn't ask. My next visitor I didn't even see come in, and I was staring at the door
"Hello James" She said which made me literally jump and grab onto the ceiling.
I looked down at her and asked, "Who are you?"
"Annabeth Chase" She said holding a hat in her hands. She had long curly blond hair, tanned skin, a good figure, and pretty athletic. I noticed she was wearing an orange camp half blood shirt, and let go to fall onto the bed.
"How did you…" I saw what her 'cap' was and said, "Invisibility hat. Cool." It was a Yankees cap.
"How did you know?" She asked.
I smiled, "Your eyes are gray meaning your one of Athena's children." She nodded, "Athena is the goddess of wisdom and strategy so of course she's going to make something like an invisibility cap."
"I'm impressed. You figured that out just from looking at my eyes?"
"Yep. Anyway, why are you here?" I asked.
"Just wanted to see 'The Almighty Son of Zeus'."
"Almighty, huh?" I was starting to see why Thalia didn't want to talk about being one of the big threes daughter/son. "Who's been calling me that?"
She looked at me like she knew where I was coming from; I hardly know where I'm coming from. "Almost everyone." She said sadly.
"Almost? Who doesn't?" I asked a little curious.
"Well, a lot of the time I think their joking. But the people that don't are me, Percy, Tyson, and Ares cabin. Most of the Ares' kids talk about you like you're a disease."
When she said that I thought about the girl that brought me my food, and thought, 'Is she an Ares kid? It would make since with the big muscles, short temper, and all.' But I said, "Whose Percy and Tyson?"
"The other two 'Big three' kids. Percy's human, but Tyson's a Cyclops."
"Cool." I said trying to get comfortable in the bed. When I looked back at her she looked confused.
"'Cool'? Most of the campers think Cyclops's are…" I could tell she couldn't think of the word.
"Disgusting, horrid…need I go on?" I said thinking of the stories with Cyclopes in them.
"No. Please, no." She said looking away from me.
I could feel she wanted to leave so I said, "Bye."
She walked to the door and after out of eyesight she said, "Bye."