Daughter Of Wild

Chapter 6: I Almost Died Not Really

When I got there, there were kids dancing, swimming, talking, and even making out.

I put my towel on the sand and laid down humming some songs in my head. I felt someone watching me.

"Why hello gorgeous."

OMG who could it be? Note the sarcasm.

"Hey Leo. What's up?"

He was wearing only swimming trunks letting his six pack show.

"Oh nothing just enjoying the view." He winked at me. "How about you?"

I pit a finger on my chin and looked at him.

"What's there to see?" I asked flatly.

We both laughed and he sat down sat to me. I propped myself on my elbows so I could be more comfortable.

"You know that there's hundreds of more girls you could be talking to." I told him.

He shrugged his shoulders.

"I like what I see here." He said smirking.

I sighed and faced him.

"Leo, I'm sorry but I just want to be friends. I'm not looking for a relationship right now."

"Oh." He said softly lowering his head in defeat.

"But you should hang out with Natasha. She seems to like you."

He lifted his head and smiled.

"Really?"

I nodded and he got up and ran to where Natasha was hanging with her siblings. I stood up and stretched my arms and headed to the lake for a swim.

The water was warm but refreshing. I went in deeper and submerged myself in. Underneath the surface was some fishes and a few lost jewelry. I saw something sparkly near some kelp and swam to it.

I saw that it was just an old watch and began to swim up for some air but my leg got caught on something. I looked down to see that it was tangled in the kelp.

I started panicking and failing to untangle it from my legs. I didn't have much air left. My lungs hurt and I screamed underwater. No one heard me. I decided to pray.

'Lord Poseidon, if you can hear me please help.'

Then a man with black hair and sea green eyes appeared in front of me. He was wearing a blue T-shirt and beige shorts. He also had a fisherman hat on. The last thing I saw before closing my eyes was him swimming to me.

Nico Di Angelo
I was just leaning against a tree when I saw. Poseidon coming out the water with her in his hands. I ran to them and saw that she was unconscious.

"What happened to her?!" I screamed getting the attention of a few campers.

"She was caught in some kelp. You better do something quick. Her aura is fading."

I sensed that she was dying and he placed her in the sand. Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Jason and Mercedes ran to us.

"What happened to Ava?!" Mercedes asked me screaming.

"She drowned. Percy what do I do?!" I asked the sea god's son.

"Dude just give her CPR."

I fave palmed myself. How could I be so stupid?! I leaned over and placed my mouth on hers.

I ignored that fact that her lips were so soft and kept giving her breaths and pumping her chest. Leo and Natasha came as soon as Ava pushed me away and coughed up some water.

Ava Sanchez
I woke up to Nico kissing me?! His soft lips were putting breaths into me and his hands were a little to high for my liking.

I pushed him off and threw up some water. When I finished he tackled me in a hug.

"Oh my gods Ava! I thought you were gonna die!"

I hugged him back tightly.

"What happened?" I asked dazed.

"I answered your prayer dear." The man I saw earlier said.

"Poseidon?" I asked standing up.

He nodded and touched my cheek.

"Ava Maria Julia Sanchez, I bestow on you the blessing of breathing underwater."

He kissed my forehead then disappeared leaving some seashells and sea plants.

"Well.........that just happened." I said after a few minutes of silence.

"Let's go swim!"

The girls dragged me back into the lake. On dove underwater and took a deep breath testing out my new blessing. Jason lifted me on his shoulders and Natasha on Percy's and we played chicken fight.

I noticed that Nico was leaning against some tree and I shadow traveled to him. He jumped a bit when he saw me.

"Hey whats,"

Before he could say anything else I grabbed his hand and shadow traveled back into the water. He started freaking out and I held his other hand to calm him down.

"What's wrong Nico?"

"This...is...Poseidon's domain." He said hyperventilating.

"It's OK. I'm sure if he wanted to kill you he would've done it already." I said laughing.

The Hunters left during the lake party so I had the cabin to myself.f Which meant a GIRL'S NIGHT.

Natasha, Mercedes, Piper, and Annabeth stayed over and we ate junk food, did each other's makeup, ate junk food, and talked about boys, oh and ate junk food, incase I missed that.

"So...Ava, who's your crush?" Natasha asked.

"Oh I don't have one." I lied shoving some m&ms in my mouth.

"What about Nico?" Annabeth asked smirking at me.

"What about him?"

They all looked at each other and laughed.

"We know you like him!" Piper yelled.

"I do not!" I said defensively.

"Sure, and Poseidon and Athena are best friends." Mercedes said rolling her eyes.

"It doesn't even matter if I liked him or not. He likes P... someone else."

I said that last part quickly. I can't believe I almost gave out Nico's biggest secret.

"Oh I'm sorry honey." Piper said rubbing my shoulder.

"It doesn't matter. I'm tired, I'm going to sleep. Good night." I said harshly as I pulled the covers over my head.

They didn't say anything else and I'm glad for that. I felt a tear roll down my cheeks as I drifted off to sleep.

But of course I just have to have a dream don't I?!