PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS X READER

XIV

"Stella!!" I hear Annabeth call to me as I fall to the ground helpless.

All I can feel is the sharp pain in my stomach that spreads throughout my body. I can barely think at all. Percy and the others all surround me.

"Hey, hey. Its okay. Your gonna be fine." Percy says wiping tears off his face.

"No, its okay. Don't cry, Perc." I say feeling the life drain out of me.

"The fleece. Get the fleece!" Percy calls as Annabeth places her hand on mine.

Grover throws the fleece to Percy as they all kneel around me. Percy places the fleece on me and nothing happens. I can't catch my breathe.

"No, no." Percy says under his breathe as he places two hands on my cheeks and lifts my head up. "Stay with me. C'mon this should work."

"I'll be okay, Perc. Just...just tell Luke that I was never going to give up on him and he shouldn't either." I say with a pause between every word to catch my breathe.

"Hey, look at me. You proved everyone wrong, Stell. You are good and are nothing like your father. We need you. Please!" He says as I draw one final breathe. "No, no! C'mon, look at me! Look at me, please."

Everything goes dark, until I see a light in front of me and am surrounded by some sort of void. I reach to touch it and hear something behind me. I must be dead...

"Dear child..." Hades says behind me surrounded by a field of darkness. "You are supposed to die right now, but the fleece will revive you. Do better, don't let it take you or else you will be here with me. And be careful. You need to be strong for whats to come. Now, go." He says gesturing towards the light.

I reach towards the light and touch it. As I touch it, I feel life being put back into me. I gasp for air and jolt myself upwards to see Percy lift his head up and everyone around me in tears of joy.

"Hey, guys." I say making them all laugh and watch the relief go across their faces. Percy puts his hands on my face and stares at me, then pulls me into a hug. Annabeth then hugs me as well and I give her a smile.

"I think its time we get the hell out of here." Grover says.

"Yeah, yeah." I say laying back down. "I just need a minute or two. I still feel a tad...dead." I say chuckling under my breathe.

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We finally make it back to camp and are met with all the campers glorifying us and thanking us. But, we all know this isn't over yet. We still need to revive Thalia's tree.

"Lets go, guys." Annabeth says holding the fleece and pointing towards her tree.

We make our way to Thalia and place the fleece on it. Nothing happens, but Chiron explains it might take longer seeing as she has been 'dead' for quite some time now.

"You should all get some rest. Tomorrow, we celebrate." Chiron says as we all walk back to our cabins, but he places a hand on my shoulder. "Stella, a moment?"

"Sure." I reply as we begin to walk away from the others.

"Percy told me about your fatal encounter."

"Well, it was fatal. I was dead for like 10 seconds." I say.

"What did you see when you died?" He asks with a concerned look on his face.

"Well, first I saw a light in front of me. Then, Hades stood behind me in darkness and began speaking to me. Talking about how I can't let something take me or something like that." I say shrugging.