I woke up to some knocking on my door. It was dark, which was weird - I thought I'd slept for quite long already. The knocking turned into banging, so I threw off the covers and went to get the door. It was Annabeth. She looked worried, which is never a good sign.

"Annabeth? What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

"Hi, Percy. And it isn't the middle of the night. It's nine in the morning."

I went inside and glanced at my alarm clock on the nightstand. Sure enough, it read 9:02 a.m. Oo...kay... It was nine in the morning and it was dark. Then it occurred why. I went back to the door. Annabeth's eyes and mouth were wide open. And she was blushing. I looked down and realised why - I was wearing only my boxers. I blushed, ran inside, hastily put some clothes on and ran back outside.

"Something's wrong with Apollo," I guessed.

"Uh, y-yeah." Annabeth was STAMMERING? Then she seemed to recover. "So Chiron's calling a meeting of the head-counselors."

When we got to the Big House, everyone had gathered around the ping-pong table. Michael Yew, head-counselor of the Apollo cabin, seemed really pissed. He was yelling at Clarisse, "Can you SHUT UP and be a LITTLE serious about this? The keys are lost and you're bickering with someone about something as lame as TOILET PRIVILEGES? Are you KIDDING me?"

The scene was hilarious. I mean, Clarisse, daughter of Ares and the biggest bully at Camp, was being yelled at by Michael Yew, who was barely above a metre tall? I busted up. Everyone shot me weird looks and Annabeth nudged me. That was when I realised how serious the situation was.

"Good morning, guys! Er, or is it still good night?" Gods, I was feeling like an idiot. "Anyhow, what's up with stolen keys?"

Clarisse snickered. "Really fast, aren't ya?"

"Apollo's car keys are stolen, Percy," Chiron said.

What? Apollo's car keys stolen? No way! I could DIE to drive that sweet Maserati.

"And now the question of dispute is," Travis Stoll said.

"If we should send someone on a quest," Connor Stoll continued.

"And if yes, who," Travis finished.

"Jeez! Cut that out, you two! It's annoying!" Katie Gardner complained, "Either you talk, Travis, or Connor talks."

"It shouldn't be a question of dispute at all," Michael said, refusing to get distracted, "The sun is very essential. No one here can deny that, right? So we need a quest to find the keys. And it's obvious that you need to send me and my cabin-mates 'cause we're the sons of Apollo."

"CHILDREN of Apollo," Silena Beauregard corrected.

"Whoa! Back up a sec" I said. "Can't Apollo just ask Hephaestus to make new keys and new lock or something?"

"It's not so easy, Percy," Beckendorf told me. "Apollo's car's security system is pretty darn good. If Dad so much as went near it, he'd either spontaneously combust or get blown away by the sound waves of some horrible music."

"Or the car would probably recite one of Apollo's haikus," Connor muttered, "The haiku would be so bad, Hephaestus would run away from horror."

"This is not the time for jokes, you numbskull!" Michael shouted.

"Guys!" Pollux snapped. "Shut up! I have a question. If Apollo's security system is that good, then who could steal the keys?"

"I don't know, my child," Chiron's eyes got a faraway look, "But the person is definitely more powerful than the gods."

"Of course we know!" I growled. "One of Kronos's nasty little scumbags."

"But which nasty little scumbag?" Pollux asked.

Annabeth and Chiron locked eyes like they knew who it could be. But, apparently, they didn't want to share it, so Annabeth changed the subject.

"I have another question," she said. "Can't Apollo just temporarily deactivate the security system, so that Hephaestus can change the lock and stuff?"

"No, my girl," Chiron said. "Right now, Apollo is too upset to do much other than mourn over his car and swear at the offender."

"So let me summarize," Katie said, "Apollo's car keys are stolen, New Delhi is getting scorched while New york might freeze - "

"What's New Daily?" Silena asked stupidly.

"New DELHI is the capital of India, you egghead," Katie snapped, and then resumed her summarization, "Apollo is too pissed to do anything helpful, though he CAN do something - "

"Now don't you blame Dad - "

"So now it's upto us to find the car keys, but for that Chiron needs to grant us a quest, which he isn't doing," Katie finished.

"I do want to grant a quest, dear," Chiron said, "but I don't think we should send Apollo's kids."

"Why not?" Michael asked, and we all muttered in agreement.

"After three thousand years of observation," Chiron said, "I am suspecting that the powers of Apollo's kids are linked to the sun and sunight. Just like how Percy's powers are linked to the sea."

"Of course!" Annabeth jumped in her chair, her eyes shining with excitement. "That would explain the theory of sunlight being a source of Vitamin D!"

"My theory is yet to be proved. But I don't want to take any risks."

And then a huge argument followed, Michael versus everyone else. Surprisingly, Michael finally gave in. "Fine... I guess I'll have to sacrifice some things for a greater cause."

"So who gets the quest?" I asked.

"You, Percy," Chiron said.

I was stunned. "Me? What? But why?"

"You are a son of one of the Big Three, are you not? You are the most powerful demigod in Camp."

"Oh. Okay, then."

"You get to take two other people with you."

"Shouldn't he consult the Oracle first?" Clarisse asked.

"Apollo is the god of the Oracles, Clarisse," Annabeth said like it was obvious, which it was. "And when Apollo is upset..."

"Oh. Right." Clarisse was BLUSHING?

"I choose Annabeth," I said. Annabeth was the best strategist in Camp (and my best friend). Silena oooh'd and Annabeth whacked her.

"Okay," Annabeth said.

"And I choose Beckendorf." Beckendorf was this really muscular guy and good fighter. Clarisse was a better fighter, but she acted too rashly. Plus, if we bump into one of Hephaestus's horrible inventions, Beckendorf could deactivate the thing in a second. When it comes to electronic monsters, Beckendorf is the guy you want.

"I'm in," he said.

"Very well, then," Chiron concluded the meeting. "The three of you shall leave at first light tomorrow. Erm... Excuse me, you shall leave in another twenty-one or twenty-two hours."

A/N :- Please review! This is my first fanfiction. Sorry if it isn't good.