HoO One Shots

🌊 Just Keep Swimming 🌊

Gender Neutral
Non-swimmer
Child of Hypnos

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Y

ou looked down at the water in front of you. It stretched out for miles and just the thought of what lurks in the depths of it scared you.

As a young kid, your mortal mother didn't really understand the need to teach you how to swim. There were no beaches were you grew up and your mother was more focused on teaching you the fundamentals of life.

It seemed ironic to you that you ended up dating the son of a sea god. Percy always wanted to go swimming with you but you'd always refuse. That was until today.

The rest of the 7 had peer pressured you into going to the beach with them for some 'quality bonding time' they said.

It wasn't that bad. You had just planned to stay on the sand instead of the mysterious blue water attached to it.

"You sure you don't wanna come in?" You heard Percy ask. You turned your head to look up at him. You could see the sadness in his eyes as you nodded.  You felt terrible because of that action but it wasn't your fault that you feared drowning and whatever lurked beneath the calm waves.

"Don't worry Perc. I'm still on for beach volleyball which I'm gonna crush you in," You said in hopes that he'll cheer up.

It seemed that you said the right thing when he smiled and gave you a small kiss on the cheek.

"Don't forget to put sunscreen on. Annabeth keeps mentioning skin cancer and I think Leo's scared now," He said before leaving to join the others in the water.

You sat down on the gray towel that you had managed to steal from Annabeth the day before. Some would think you were bored but you were the opposite.

Frank had come back from the water and had fallen asleep on his towel. As the nice friend you were, you helped Hazel bury his body, except his head, in sand.

The day continued on and you were quite relaxed until you heard a scream.

If you were by the water at Camp Half-blood, you wouldn't be as worried but there were mortals at this beach.

You looked up from the sand and glanced around. All your senses were alert and already your hand itched to grab your whip that was nearby.

"Y/n!" You heard someone shout your name from the water.

A tentacle was holding startled Piper up in the air and Jason was zooming around, trying to find a weakness.

"Frank, Hazel, wake up," You said, shaking the sleeping demigods with your feet.

As soon as the two of them woke up, you made your way to the water, your whip now in your hands.

"I think we need to put it to sleep," Hazel suggested, glancing in your direction. Hazel knew of your hesitation to get into the water but with Percy nowhere in sight, you were probably the next best person to deal with this.

You sighed, glancing once more at the water in front of you. "It seems that you're right," You said.

You took a step into the water and then another. You did this until you were waist deep into the sparkling water.

In another situation, you'd be happy for yourself but you weren't allowed the time now to be so.

Leo was keeping an unconscious Piper afloat while Jason tried distracting whatever it was that had ruined the peaceful day.

"Is there anyway we can move it closer to me?" You asked, looking over at Hazel, who had stopped when you had.

She thought about it before shaking her head. "I don't think it would be safe to bring it closer to the beach. If Percy was here, then it would be possible but," Hazel stopped herself from continuing. You knew what she was going to say anyway.

"Think you can give me a ride Frank?" You asked, nodding towards the tentacle that was above the water surface.

Before you knew it, you were speeding towards the tentacle on the back of dolphin Frank.

The whole thing was sort of a blur to you. Just being this far in the water freaked you out and Frank had to dodge all the attacks from the tentacle with you on his back. It got a lot harder to dodge when more tentacles shot up in Frank's path. You swear it was like the monster was specifically targeting you.

Despite your fear of the water, you jumped off Frank's back and on to one of the tentacles. If you weren't fast enough with putting it to sleep, it would drag you down in the depths of the water.

With one touch and thought, the tentacles sluggishly dropped back into the water. The one you were holding on to was the last to drop but it dragged you down with it.

You don't remember what happened next but you did remember blacking out after freaking out.

You awoke to Percy's concerned face looming over yours. You immediately brought him down for a kiss. You were unbelievably happy to see him after the whole water thing.

After the sweet moment shared between the two of you, you punched him on the arm. He rolled off of you as he groaned in pain.

"That's what you get for making me deal with a water problem," You explained, staring up into the darkening sky.

"I got back at the end and it seemed like you had everything under control," He responded. Percy on his side now and was looking at you. He still looked concerned and that meant one thing.

"Did I almost drown?" You asked. Your voice never wavered and the eavesdropping demigods were shocked at that.

"If I didn't jump in and get to you at the right time, you would've died."

You arched an eyebrow at Percy and turned your body so you were looking at him. "Guess it's too late to tell you guys that I can't swim."

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Date Published: ?
First Edit: {07/27/2017}
Latest Edit: {12/31/2019}