It started with the dream.

That was the first time that I saw her. Had I not, things might have turned out differently.

Way. Differently.

My name is Percy Jackson. I've been threatened, nearly killed, threatened again, nearly killed in the circle of which is my demigod life. Lovely.

One of the lovely things about being a demigod. You get nightmares. I've been getting them (along with some not-very-nice-and-totally-uncalled-for death threats) since I was 12. Also I learned that my dad was a God (Poseidon) and that all of the other gods wanted me dead. Long story short, they decided to keep me alive, because I could potentially save Olympus.

More than once. Which was what I was left to do.

Another thing about dreams. There not just dreams. They're visions, warnings, and nightmares. They try and help you out by scaring you half-to-death by letting you see and know things you really just didn't want to know.

Sadly, we demigods can't help that. But back to the dream.

I was standing at the doors of Olympus. When I reached out to touch them, they magically opened and I walked into the throne room.

Olympus looked different from the last time I'd been there. Which was a only few days ago when my girl-friend, Annabeth, brought me up so I could the results of Olympus which she finally was able to finish after the last quest.

Oh yeah, my girl-friend. Demigod, Junior in high school, and the head architect of Olympus.

Your typical average demigod girlfriend.

But this resembled Olympus before the Titan war. It looked the same from back before the titan war - and my first time to Olympus (also when I was 12).

It didn't take me long to figure out that this probably was a shadow of the past.

Standing a bit apart from the rest of the council, I watched as Apollo holding a little girl in a pink blanket stood in the center.

"I, Apollo, wish for the gift to create my daughter a god."

I couldn't help my mouth dropping to the floor. This little baby girl was going to be a goddess?!

I had the chance to become a god once, but I turned in down because of the bad reviews from experiences from past quests. But still - seeing someone become a god? Still cool. And besides, I was curious. A knew god hasn't been made since...since...

Okay for a long while.

I glanced over at Athena. She had a guarded expression on her face like she was trying to figure out the best way for her to embarrass Apollo for the rest of his life.

Not that she'd do it. Unless he made her mad.

Apollo shifted from foot to foot while talking. I figured that he either was nervous, or really had to go to the bathroom.

I took a peek at his twin sister, Artemis, who glanced nervously between Zeus and her brother. She had one hand on her bow like she almost expected a fight to break out at any moment. Gods are kinda bipolar. I understand, but she had the arrow ready to fly.

Athena studied the scene and I realized that she wasn't looking at Apollo. She was looking at the child. She glared that child like it killed her best friend.

Oh wait -her dad already did that. That explains the sour face.

I noticed Hestia, at the bottom of the council, staring at something.

At first I thought that she might be staring at me. Then I realized she was motioning my to look right next to me.

I screamed.

Standing right next to me, was a girl that had not been there several seconds ago. With a heroic squeak, I covered my mouth expecting that I had blown her eardrums out. When she didn't look my way, I waved my hand in front of her face. She didn't even seem to realize I was here. I turned my head back to Hestia for an answer, but she was staring at the council again. I gave up and looked back up to the council.

I must have just missed something important because all the gods were staring at Apollo in disbelief. Apollo turned as red as his sacred cows and stared at the floor.

Then Zeus's mouth moved, but no sound came out. Sadly, I can't lip-read (sorry -I was too busy fighting for my life for the past several years) so I sat there looking stupid. Then I could hear him again.

"THE MOTHER IS WHO?" Zeus yelled and Apollo opened his mouth to respond.

And just like that, it was like someone hit the mute button on a You Tube video to bleep out the cuss words. I remained completely lost and very confused, wondered what just happened. All of a sudden all the happy, smiling faces of the gods turned murderous. Athena looked like she had just won a battle.

Oh Gods.

Artemis sat there completely stunned and looked even a bit betrayed. But what for? Apollo had the most kids out of all of the gods.

Why does this one make a difference?

Zeus held a guarded expression and held his hand out for the child. Apollo looked like a deer caught in headlights. Slowly he looked at the child and I almost thought he was going to refuse. Then he held out the child.

The child flew out of Apollo's arms and carefully into Zeus's. The baby girl landed in the crook of his arm. From here, I could tell that the girl was about 2 years old, but small for her age. Her face was similar to a toddlers.

The little girl caught Zeus finger and waved it around like a trophy. The little girl let out a laugh that rang through out the throne room. Hestia, Artemis, Aphrodite, and Demeter smiled softly, the rage leaving almost instantly.

Zeus open up a giant sinkhole in the middle of the council. I didn't realize what he was going to do until it was to late. Even Apollo yelled in shock when Zeus let go of the child and the child flew like a comet to the Earth.

Apollo yelled in fear and anger. He started turning red with fury. Then he dove into the hole. Zeus glared at him and began firing lightning bolts down the hole. Artemis jumped up from her chair and diving down after the child the her brother knocking a bolt away from the death-hole.

Then I was the one being shot down the hole -falling to the earth faster than the speed of sound. I screamed in terror as gold, silver, and lightning surrounded me.

Zeus was going to fire me out of the sky.