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A/N: I'm not really sure if I like this or not, so please tell me what you think through a REVIEW! I apologize in advance if I get any Greek mythology wrong. I knew absolutely nothing about it until I read the books, so I'm bound to get some stuff wrong.

It is my punishment.

My cruel, heartbreaking punishment.

I wish I could die. Give up. Leave Ogygia for good.

But immortality is part of my punishment, also.

Good, kind, brave Percy. He didn't want to hurt me. But how could he not? He had to leave me. Leave me for his mother, his friends, his brother, his Annabeth, and of course, the world.

He didn't understand. He couldn't grasp that I had fought against his family. He couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that I served my father blindly without considering the consequence, without thinking about what I was truly doing to myself, my family, and everyone around me.

I remember what he said to me once.

"It's not fair to punish you for what your father's done. I knew another daughter of Atlas. Her name was Zoë. She was one of the bravest people I've ever met."

My heart stopped at her name. Then it started racing frantically. Was?

Oh, Zoë. My lovely, brave sister, the most beautiful of the Hesperides. I suppose if you would truly compare their features, they would all be equally beautiful, but Zoë had something. Perhaps it was the determined fire in her eyes, or maybe it was just because she was smart enough not to only care about beauty.

She warned me once. She told me to get out of it while I could. She told me not to fight for Atlas, but for Artemis. She warned me.

And she offered to do it with me.

How I wish I had said yes.

But I was a fool then.

I didn't want to believe it.

I didn't want to believe I would fail.

Or that my father, who had seemed so loving then, would fail.

I realize now he was using me.

I didn't want to believe my only way out was to never fall in love.

What a fool I was.

But you can't change the past.

So I served the Lord of Time.