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I dreamt that I was on a high dive. Looking around I saw the clear blue of the swimming pool beneath me surrounded by thick white concrete. Below me in the pool was everyone from Camp Half-Blood. I spotted my brother Malcolm, he waved and smiled reassuringly. Shuffling to closer to the end of the high dive I finally spotted Grover and Percy. They both smiled and motioned for me to join them in the pool. I shook my head.
"I'm quite fine up here, thanks." I called down.
"Annabeth!" Grover complained. "Come on!"
"Pllllleeeeeaaaaassseeee Annabeth!" Percy whined.
"Come join-" Grover started. His jaw dropped in shock, he started quivering and inching closer to Percy to hide behind him.
Dramatic music from absolutely nowhere started. By this time the rest of the camp is also staring at me in shock.
Is my hair on fire? Does my breath smell that horrible? I thought my mind whirling. Just to be sure I patted my hair. Not on fire, thank the gods.
Suddenly the music crescendoed and I felt the diving board's weight go down.
Whipping my head around I saw Polyphemus behind me.
How the heck is the diving board not collapsing. There is no possible explanation for this. That stupid cyclops has to weigh at least a ton if not more.
Polyphemus stepped closer.
"Silly demigod girl you will jump off this diving board. Your death will teach other demigods not to mess with Polyphemus." he said stepping even closer.
The Cyclops raised his arm ready to squish me or knock me off. I wasn't staying to find out.
Turning around I faced the campers again. Taking a deep breath I closed my eyes and stepped off the diving board.
Then I waited... and waited... and waiting. Shouldn't I have hit the water by now? The diving board really wasn't that high up.
I slowly peeked open one eye. I saw the sky rushing past.
It seems like time is slowing down. Maybe I'm stuck in time. There's really no way this should be possible. High dives do not take this long. I really should stop going on high dives...
Finally I hit the water. Pain shot through my legs as they broke through the water I groaned.
Why does it smell like a dusty gym closet now?
I woke up with the Fleece lying on top of me like a warm 60 pound dog. Warm, but still crushes your legs.
I guess the describes the smell. I always did think that the Fleece would smell somewhat better up close...
Opening my eyes I saw Percy kneeling beside me. Grover stood behind him wearing a concerned look on his face.
"So... you're not married?" I asked Grover, feeling a rush of warmth from the healing power of the Fleece.
Grover cracked a smile. "Nope not yet. My friends talked me out of it. He wasn't really my type anyway."
"Annabeth, just stay still." Percy said grabbing my arm.
I shook off his arm and sat up anyway.
Then I heard a familiar voice yell. "Down! No you sheepies! That way! Come here!"
Was that Tyson?! Maybe I hit my head on those rocks harder than I thought... I'm probably concussed and seeing things, how wonderful. Wait... shouldn't the Fleece have fixed that? Maybe even the Fleece has limits.
"We need to go." Percy said standing up. "Our ship is..." he stopped realizing that our ship, The Queen Anne's Revenge, was actually very far away from us.
"Tyson! Can you led the flock away from us?" Percy called out.
If Percy said Tyson then Tyson must be alive! Right? Unless if Percy is somehow concussed too...
"The sheepies want food!" Tyson yelled back.
"I know, I know. They want people food! Just get them off the path. Then meet us at the beach." Percy explained.
Tyson finally coming into view. He shrugged then led the sheep away. "This way sheppies!"
"Keep the Fleece around you." Percy said turning to me. "Just to be sure you get healed all the way. Wouldn't want you collapsing or something now would we."
I heard Clarisse to my right. I turned to see her collapse onto her knees beside me clutching her chest. Gasping I reached over to her.
"Ribs broken." she panted. "They're mending, but definitely broken."
"How exactly can you tell?" Percy asked his brow all scrunched up.
"Because I've broken a few, twit! Annabeth," she said turning to me. "Are you fully healed? Do you think you can walk?"
I made sure my feet were firmly planted. I bent my knees and stood up for exactly three seconds before falling into Percy. Catching me easily Percy helped me back down on the ground.
"I'll have to carry her then." Clarisse said.
Before either Percy or I could object Clarisse picked me up slung me over her shoulder and started towards the beach.
Grover and Percy followed closely behind us slightly jogging to keep pace with Clarisse.
"Runt," Clarisse said addressing Percy. "get your gods forsaken ship down to this beach this second."
Percy took a step closer to the water. He put his hands on his temples. After a minute or so Clarisse shifted feet and looks as though she was about to say something when The Queen Anne's Revenge appeared around the corner of the island.
"Charging sheeps!" Tyson yelled running down to the beach. I turned to look at his to see him nearing us followed closely by at least one hundred sheep bleating angrily at him.
"They probably won't follow us into the water." Percy said hesitantly. "All we need to do is swim to the ship."
"'Cause Annabeth can really do that right now." Clarisse snapped sarcastically.
"We can do it." Percy insisted. "Once we get to the ship I can get us away from island in about... 2 seconds."
We actually almost made it too.
We had just passed the entrance to the ravine when we hear a fierce roar and saw Polyphemus, baby blue suit in tatters, sloshing toward with two giant boulders in both hands.
"You would think he would run out of rocks." Percy mumbled ahead of me.
"Swim for your lives!" Grover yelped and started splashing his way to the ship.
Clarisse decided to take Grover's advice and started to paddle towards the ship. I hung onto her neck with one arm and tried to frantically paddle with the other. Unfortunately, I still had the Fleece around me like a cap. I swear that thing weighs the same as a small dog, if not more.
"Hey you! Cyclops! A traitor to your own kind!" Polyphemus sneered at Tyson.
Tyson immediately froze and quit paddling.
"Tyson don't listen to him." Percy said and tried to grab Tyson's arm. Tyson stood his ground and shook him off.
"I am not a traitor!" Tyson yelled back at Polyphemus.
"You are serving the half-bloods! Mere mortals!" Polyphemus said throwing his first boulder.
Clarisse, Grover and I were far enough that the boulder wouldn't have an effect on us. I was mostly worried about Percy, and maybe a little bit about Tyson too.
Tyson, however, easily batted the boulder to the side. "I'm not a traitor. You are not one of my kind!"
"Till death or victory!" Polyphemus yelled charging into the surf. He forgot one thing, his foot was still wounded. The cyclops stumbled. I couldn't help but chuckle a little. How dumb could this guy be?
Polyphemus straightened up, spitting out salt water and plenty of curse words.
"Percy come on, you runt!" Clarisse yelled from underneath me. We were so close to the ship I could throw a goblet at Grover's head.
Percy muttered something to Tyson. They seemed to have a small disagreement before they settled on something. Percy drew his swords. Dear gods, please don't fight the thing! I groaned.
Clarisse had now reached the ship. Grover stuck his arm out to help me up. I grabbed it and he hauled me up. He's stronger than I thought. Clarisse waved his arm away and swung herself easily onboard.
Turning back to the fight I saw Polyphemus rip out an olive tree (he'll pay for that! Those are my mom's trees!) from the cliff and start to try and smash Tyson and Percy. Clarisse waved to Percy signaling for him to get his butt on the ship so we could finally leave this island.
The battle continued. Clarisse groaned loudly when Tyson was hit by a the olive tree with enough force to level the Eiffel Tower. "Now how are we going to get him on the ship?" Percy was then also hit with the tree it racked his back leaving his shirt somewhat tattered. This time it was me that groaned.
Tyson then grabbed the giant's ankle causing him to trip and fall on his face. Tyson and Percy then let Polyphemus go and started running like mad men for the water.
"Yeah go Jackson! That's what ya get Cyclops!" Clarisse yelled.
Polyphemus staggered quickly to his feet. "Where are you?" he bellowed looking for Tyson and Percy in the waves. "I will smash you!"
Percy then made a giant wave to carry him and Tyson to the ship. They were almost to the ship. Fifty feet... thirty feet... ten feet.
The Cyclops roared. He picked up a boulder and hurled it in our general direction. It fell to the right of Tyson and Percy just missing them.
"Is that the best you got? I bet I could beat you in my sleep! And you tried to marry me!"
"Clarisse, shut up!" Percy snapped.
I looked up just in time to see Polyphemus throw yet another boulder. I watched helplessly as it soared closer and closer to me until it smashed into the hull of The Queen Anne's Revenge.
You have absolutely no idea how fast a ship can sink. I know for a fact that the Titanic sunk in two hours and forty minutes. Granted, that ship was much larger than The Queen Anne's Revenge.
I gasped out loud when the icy blue water hit my ankles. Wobbling slightly I heaved myself over The Queen Anne's Revenge into the icy waters. Surfacing I gasped for breath. Was the water always this cold?
The sinking ship was acting like a whirlpool. Pulling everything in a ten feet radius under with it. Clarisse was a strong swimmer, she wasn't even going anywhere. Grover's dog paddling was doing his very little now. And me? I was clinging to the Fleece with all I had.
The very next second I was lifted out of the water. Looking down I recognized the fish tail, it was a hippocampus.
Clarisse and Grover also had their own hippocampus. Tyson swam over and swung himself up on Clarisse's, she didn't seem very pleased with that. Percy swam over and climbed on behind me, I didn't mind too much.
We were just starting to leave when we heard "I did it! I sunk Nobody!" Polyphemus yelled in triumph. Well hopefully no tells him he's wrong.
The hippocampus started off back home.
"We..." I started before trailing off realizing how tired I now was. "did it. We..."
My eyes snapped shut involuntarily and I fell asleep holding on to the hippocampus' neck finally headed home.
Nice and long chapter right? Not too shabby.
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