The following events took place following The Titan War and prior to Percy's disappearance.
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August 21st, 1600 hours, following The Last Olympian, prior to The Lost Hero
My name is Dylan. And yes, I am a girl. Rookie mistake. Anyhow, I was normal. For eleven years, I could pass as decently normal. I was quite proud of it, actually. Annabeth later told me that she was barely seven when she was attacked. Oops, sorry, spoiler right there. Forget the last three sentences please. I was, as you could call 'normal' until...the August after my eleventh birthday. The day school started again. That was when everything changed. I would never be normal again. Well, it hadn't been at school, thank heaven, but after school when I was walking home.
See, I lived in a neighborhood that most kids passed by on their way home. There I would be, walking with the mob of students going home, and then I would turn a corner down into a different street, whereas everyone else would just cross the road and keep going. I had been only about a block in when the ground in front of me started swirling into a giant puddle of mud. I walked right into it. My feet got stuck in the gooey slime that had suddenly appeared there. I tried to pull myself free, but the goop had hardened like cement, "Oh, this is fantastic!" I said, full of sarcasm, "How am I supposed to get out now?" I continued to tug. I didn't even notice the face evolving in the puddle. At least, not until it started talking, "Hello, by dear young demigod," I looked up and probably screamed. I saw the face of a woman, with hair swirling around and eyes closed, like she was sleeping. That hadn't stopped her from speaking though, "Wha-what are you?! Who-?" "You do not know me, but I certainly know you. I've been watching you since my son was defeated." "What do you want with me? Wait, you're just my imagination, aren't you? I have been watching way too much TV!" "Fool! Of course I am real, and I am here, specifically to give you a warning. They will be coming for you soon. And when that time comes, it will only be a matter of time before I choose my pawn. Prove yourself, demigod! You are the only other child of the three within my reach, my deception. Which one of you will be of my convenience: You, or your upstart brother?" "I don't even have a brother! Let me go! I know you aren't real!" "You wish, my dear. You wish. Keep wishing, Dylan. Which one will I choose...?" I was finally released and fell back onto the sidewalk. When I looked where the woman had been, there was nothing, not even a trace of mud or slime. Almost as if it never happened. I laughed at myself, "Dylan, you probably just tripped. Stop making things up." and continued to walk. But I was starting to know better with every step...
