I was taking my evening walk around the camp, as I often do when I've had a stressful day. My mind has been a blur of thought and interpretations of the riddle, all rejected. Obviously I had a quest to get something a monster took. Duh. What really stumped was 'light and dark will collide, the explosion will give you a free ride'. It was too wide-ranged. And with Annebeth missing in action, Grover off to find Pan, the god of the wild, so I was all alone to do my quest. Or, so I thought.

My dream was like this: I was in a boring cement basement riding a scooter in circles. I could hear the voice of my father above me saying," Keep going son. You're being so helpful to me." But I could her him laughing to himself. He had me doing these dumb laps and he was laughing at me. Anger and resentment swelled up inside me, which doubled when I heard other laughs. Mr.D, Zeus, Hades, Ares, and Athena were laughing at me too. Suddenly a doorway appeared. It glowed with marvelous light and seemed like the entrance to heaven. "Don't be a pawn in those Olympians games. You deserve better," the voice said smoothly. Maybe the door was worth a try…

I awoke with a start to find none other than Apollo standing in front of me.

"Um…hi," was the only intelligent thing I could think to say. He just smiled and lifted his hands in a dramatic gesture, and I knew instantly he was going to recite a haiku.

"I come to Percy,

He wakes up and sees me here,

He knows I'm so cool"

He looks so proud of his creation, that I give him a thumbs-up sign. I know by now if you tell a god their creation sucks, things get blown up. Namely, you.

" I know you have a quest, and I will give you some advice. Forget the movies, avoid the clichés, and you'll do great, you might even live." With those final confusing words, he was gone.