A/N: Hi guys! I'm so sorry for not updating in such a long time. I've had stuff on and also I've been busy with my Merlin fanfic which I've finally managed to upload. This chapter is probably going to be quite short but also probably with a lot of feels. Just a warning.
Drowning
It was an accident, they told him, as the wreckage of their car was fished out of the lake. Just some kid who lost control. As usual, they had happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was almost like the gods had cursed him to have eternal bad luck and misery. The doctors and police crowding round him were parroting the same old things. It wasn't his fault. He wasn't to blame. There was nothing he could have done to save them. He was lucky to be alive. Oh, how wrong they were.
The day had started off pretty normal. The three of them, Percy, Sally and Paul, had gotten up early and started driving down to Montauk for a family holiday. They were halfway there when someone had crashed into them, sending their car straight into the water below.
Because of his powers, Percy had survived the car plunging down, but his mum and Paul hadn't been so lucky. Even as he watched the blue Prius with it's impossible hoof prints on the bonnet being hoisted out the water and his parents bodies being taken away, he still couldn't believe it had happened. He half expected his mum to come up behind him and laugh about it.
But she would never do that again and it was all his fault. If only he had acted quicker instead of panicking maybe they would all be alive right now. He could have saved them. Why didn't he?
The doctors said that he was in shock, that this was only natural. It would go away with time. But it wasn't shock that was plaguing him. Guilt was gnawing away at Percy Jackson and, with time, it would slowly destroy him.
A/N: Sorry. I don't know why I decided to do this. I know I can be cruel with my treatment of characters but this has probably crossed some sort of line. Oh well. Just... Don't kill me. Please? Okay, please review. I love to hear your thoughts and criticisms of my work. Bye!